in the day's headlines the czech republic becomes the latest country to break ranks with the block and turn to russia for its wouldn't be proud of our stock scene. in the netherlands a part of a bomb goes off outside a covert testing center holds months of unrest in the country over the government's controversial book futile. a death sentence for yemenis that's how the u.n. describes this year's drastic fall in donations for its aid program we speak to a refugee council spokesperson. entire generation of children will know nothing about. disease.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teach q. and moscow thanks for joining us this hour the czech republic has lost patience with europe's vaccination program and turn to russia for its sputnik v. coronavirus job the country's 1st deputy prime minister has proposed for going into registration for the vaccine to get its rollout off the ground are to have has more about the situation in europe. so there's 3 european nations that have a green light to dispute it despite the european medicines agency taking its time really taking its time to approve sputnik so these 3 nations have already sidelined the european union and of the said look the situation is incredibly desperate. czech republic hungry and now slovakia's which has just received its 1st batch of. vaccines there's going to be millions more that are going to be delivered by summer

so the problem is obviously very happy that he's managed to secure more vaccines for the people nevertheless there is now a scandal there's a scandal because the president of slovakia has come out she paid lip service to people's lives but all directly she is she said that vaccination shouldn't be carried out at the expense of political stability of course saving lives goes beyond any political controversy but even exceptional actions can be taken in such a way so as not to destroy the ruling coalition humiliate opponents or question people's confidence in vaccinations and cause further conflict in society it is remarkable coming out in front of your people in the middle of a pandemic and telling them. you know your health is important but what is even more important is the stability of the ruling coalition. you know it just goes to highlight that the deep divisions in europe and there are incredibly deep divisions

in europe over the way the pandemic vaccination in the rule out of the vaccines has been handled it isn't the russian vaccine that is undermining people's faith in the european union it is their handling of this crisis in germany for example 51 percent of people asked in a recent poll whether you know the the vaccination has been handled well or badly by the european union 51 percent more than half of germans have said it's been shambles the. the european union has handled it so initially the european union came out and said look let's let's all do it together so give up your power new nation needs to buy themselves we'll handle so we'll get you the vaccines but then of actually and and what ultimately happened is they bungled it 1st they were too expensive then they were too late because the united states britain snatched up all the vaccines look at the statistics only 5 percent of europeans have been able to

get a single job that is compared to 14 percent in the united states already 30 percent in the united kingdom so europe is lagging far far behind that european nations understand that this is a catastrophe this is a catastrophe of on a huge number of levels of a political level or the health care level and ultimately what has happened is that all these nations have said look we're going to do this ourselves obviously the europeans the european agencies the euro kratz they have fumbled this so we'll have that ourselves you have poland running to the chinese with hands outstretched begging for that scene quotas you have austria. going out and saying that you know we're going to now cooperate with israel to develop 2nd generation 2nd generation vaccines denmark as well saying that will work with israel and 2nd generations vaccine to target all the strains and all that and all typically the

austrian chancellor so this is a leader of a european nation coming out and saying they've lost hoops in europe the way that europe handles vaccine rollout. we must prepare for further mutations and should no longer be dependent soley on the e.u. in the production of 2nd generation vaccines look brussels understands that what has happened has been a catastrophe you have. officials the european union coming out and say we're sort of apologizing to citizens all over europe for the way they've handled things but saying that you know it isn't it is a do over yet we can still recover we'll get your vaccines there's no need to run around and make shady deals and you know buy up vaccines the supposed to be received by other european nations you have a situation where it's a free for all now nevertheless the europeans assure that they can fix things and they're now saying that perhaps perhaps we'll try to speed up the whole

bureaucratic process that has caused all of this and get you a merge and see approval for vaccines now it could be an emergency authorization of vaccines that you level we should liability among member states you remember in the early days of the pandemic when countries all over the world and nato allies are good neighbors board put up supplies from each other we're talking about mosques ventilators we all we all remember the diplomatic crises that that caused this situation now is remarkably similar so so there is no united front you know eat what you can get your hands on you get your hands on and this is a situation that obviously isn't optimal for europe in these difficult times especially economically politically all over the world nevertheless european bureaucrats aren't giving up hope they believe that they can still fix things the

problem is of course that member states don't believe that they can. in the netherlands a bomb has exploded outside a covert testing center fortunately only a few windows were shattered and no one was injured in that explosion for more on this let's now go live to our european correspondent charlotte charlotte what do we know so far any word on possible motive. well this explosion took place in the early morning just outside that. area called broken costco which is about 50 to 55 kilometers north of amsterdam as you mentioned their windows were shattered and the investigation so far has been able to uncover metal pieces of around 10 centimeters by 10 centimeters the suggestion is this could have seen a metal pipe bomb that exploded outside the front of the center the security guard was inside because it was just before the center was due to open but they are said

to have been injured in this incident a perimeter has been set up in those investigations are now are continuing but the police have said that they clearly believe that this was an a 10 intentional attack. we don't know yet what exactly exploded the explosives experts must 1st investigate what we can see is this something like that doesn't happen by accident it's has to be planted. well this is not the 1st time we've seen an attack on a coup in the netherlands back in january just when we're seeing those massive tensions in the country over the fact the government imposed a controversial coup that there was a coup that sent that was set on fire in the village. now that's several nights of riots rights which is being described as some of the worst violence the country has seen in decades let's just have a reminder of what happened. now

this latest incident comes of course as the country is heading towards a general election that's due to that place in the middle of. the current through at the moment is being done by a-k. take away from this ration that's because mark which is the previous administration decided to stand down that was over a scandal underlay to could be going team but this election he seemed very much as being a referendum on locke which is that move the street should so many people are unhappy about how his government handles the cozied 19 pandemic this is what opposition

parties have to say. still looking everybody up having usually in c. measures just enjoying our economy like the sure our social life rule of the day you know you know you shouldn't live with social life or you to study or starve i don't wish to show our elderly people. well the point of view of the current caretaker government is that these measures have been necessary as restrictive is they may have been the measures that are being taken in other countries across europe too and the government says it is plowed to billions and billions of euros into the economy to try and help those who are suffering as a result of coby 1000 whether that be individuals or businesses themselves but just to give you a sense of how angry people are in the netherlands the head open health service in the netherlands now has to have a security guard because there's also been anger directed towards the health

authorities it's really an issue that's. been spiraling out of control and looking at this latest incident in that area of costco where this explosion took place on a wednesday morning you know what's really interesting is the fact that that is likely to cause even more alarm this area is said to have one of the highest rates of positive tests in the whole of the country i saw some statistics this morning that suggested that 181 individuals out to every 100000 of testing positive for cocaine 19 compare that to the average across the country which is only $27.00 out of 100000 this latest incident of explosion outside a coed bits and just north of amsterdam will spark many concerns for the moment though it was a week long shafted a new one was injured in what police described as a tensional attack. r.t. charlotte devinsky thank you for bringing us that report. and what

appears to be another case of censorship you tube has blocked donald trump's 1st major speech since leaving the white house on channels including reuters a.b.c. and of course r.t.e. over a lack of content warnings. at address was widely criticized in liberal media with the washington post labeling it a quote stream of delusion depravity malevolence and make a mania but given that you to block the speech on many channels you may find it difficult to make up your own mind about it for pennsylvania senator bruce marks who represented donald trump in the supreme court believes the former president still has a right to express his opinion whatever it may be. he hasn't brought it upon himself because he's doing what he's allowed to do under the us constitution we have the 1st amendment it protects freedom of speech doesn't protect speech simply

because it's right it doesn't protect speech just because it's popular it protects all speech so i don't think he's brought it upon himself at all i think he's absolutely entitled to his opinion well there's no doubt that there's a double standard and they can kill 2 birds or even more than 2 birds with one stone you tube is been biased against president trump obviously against r.t.d. it what's ludicrous is nobody was telling you to take down all the false statements that adam schiff and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer made about the russia hoax investigation i mean if there's anything that has been demonstrated to be absolutely untrue over the last 4 years is that donald trump didn't conspire with russia to win the 2016 election and wears you tube taking down you know videos that have to do with the infamous steal you know gossip it was just made up absolutely scandalous allegations about donald trump and his hotel room at the ritz carlton in

moscow but there is a liberal organization who will structure in america that wants to suffocate free speech and sadly enough you tube and facebook and twitter are part of. what we asked for clarification from you tube they said the video locked enough contacts and information for what it called trumped by a lot of speech as also been a response from the pop forms on how this information should be provided in a life feed content that advances false claims the device press fraud errors or glitches change the outcome of the 220 presidential election is not allowed and you tube. but the block doesn't appear to have been applied consistently the video still up on a number of western outlets including the independent and c.b.s. among others none of which contain warning messages. you know all a poll last year by the pew research center found that most americans think social media censors political views it also found that many republicans believe that big

tech companies are left leaning legal and media analyst lionel things that you tube's latest move is an attempt to silence political opponents google and you tube and other other platforms like this are of such in the main nature that you're almost like utilities to imagine if you're on the phone almost and your phone drops because you dared mention hydroxy chloroquine or said something in favor of donald trump you wouldn't have it and if the utility said well maybe you should start your own phone company he would say that's ridiculous so it's time for us to recalibrate and redefine what deals platforms are they're not they're not the union platform this is you tube this is international it's more than that and these distinctions have to change and what it is is these agencies these platforms are if you will agencies or instruments of whatever the shadow government the ruling class the deep

state i don't know but you're being used as clenching devices to punish people to get in line and people love these platforms so much that they will not talk about or think about anything in fear of losing their beloved you to were facebook or whatever actually know exactly what you're doing. and the controversy surrounding the conference doesn't end with you tube's blocking of trump speech hotel chain that hosted the event is now facing boycott calls for a staged design that some thought were a resemblance to a nazi symbol artist help often explains it was the hyatt hotel that hosted the event and now it's getting it in the neck such a stupid and short sighted business decision by her yet i've stayed in that hotel chain countless times over the years never again. in other words how you had to simply find hosts nonces hate high out hotels highly inclusive does not mean

hosting people who are not highly inclusive hosting a fascist nazi convention is the antithesis of inclusiveness you have made a grave error in judgment and the imminent boycotts you're going to feel for years to come some fact checking websites are now even questioning whether it was done on purpose the shape of the nazi symbol is eerily similar to the shape of the stage at sea pink however we are presently unable to confirm whether this was a deliberate choice made by the event organizers the moments we rate this claim is unproven. the theory is that the sea pack stage resembled the odal room used in the archaic norse an anglo-saxon alphabets as the equivalent of the modern letter o and also meaning estate or heritage the nazis used this symbol during their rule in germany and many groups that track anti-semitism and white supremacy ism classify it as a hate symbol now the hyatt hotels has denounced the symbol and said they had no

power over how the stage was designed at the c. pac conference however the organizers of c. pac say this is all a conspiracy stage design conspiracy is outrageous and slanderous we have a long standing commitment to the jewish community council culture extremists must address don't assume it isn't within their own ranks broadly stands with jewish allies including those speaking from the stage moreover some jewish people have even mocked the attacks on super pac as the grandson of holocaust survivors and as a proud american marine and jew i find these types and see parts to be outrageous and grotesque so as to destroy a narrative but he was by dean a friday night. critics of the liberal narrative of pointed out that nazis are far from the only people to use old norse rooms for example the symbol of bluetooth is derived from ancient european writings symbols that were also appropriated by

fascists and the lord of the rings books and movies also contain similar symbols i was at sea pack and i you know eve anyone who told me that sea pact was an anti sematic of bad i would have just actually laughed in their face 1st of all the stage would at this stage would have been an upside down version of the a little room so if they were really trying to put it in a position of saying that that's part of their sensibilities then why would they put it upside down secondly as a member of the audience i didn't even know what the stage looked like until i saw it on twitter you could even see it from the audience perspective so who designed the stage was an intentional is see pac responsible is hyatt hotel responsible we may never really know the answer but one thing that is for sure is that this controversy is certainly a sign of the times in the united states of america. r c new york. political blogger anthony bryan logan believes the situation could be different for the hotel not hosting a conservative about and the conspiracies are there just to conservatives and

people believe in it because there is already a bias against conservatives anyway so the mainstream media has placed the seed ok conservatives are there raise their hateful so when we say and now a leg of stink about them well we can just make it to where you believe it because you already believe they're bad anyway so is that really a big stretch to think they would do something else days bad because it's already a thing got there about doing be in bay to begin with and maybe the whole thing about the rudin is there but it does mean there was intended to be there they'd sanction does it matter all that matters is they can link it some kind of way and have regular people believe it because there was already preprogramming to exist more global news is coming your way after the short break.

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welcome back to the program the international community may have signed a death sentence for millions of people in yemen that's what the united nations has said after it received less than half of the amount needed for this year's aid program we spoke to norwegian refugee council spokesperson. it's shocking that at a time when we are warning about a potential historic famine in yemen that countries like saudi arabia which i think pledged 430000000 that's a fraction of the 1000000000 they pledged in 2019 the u.a.e. as well as another country which is directly responsible for the situation of

hunger in yemen through its role in the war he pledged 280000000 the u.k. . hardest aid to yemen. and again the u.k. it's partly responsible for what's going on because of the sounds of weapon what this means for young children in yemen is that the entire generation of children will know nothing. and disease what they will see will see a generation whose development is time to. un raise less than half of the $3900000000.00 needed for its 2021 aid program with a number of countries giving less than last year the dire situation stems from the 6 year conflict in yemen that has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

no the. world. the way. the. yemenis themselves are helping themselves all the time and you know aid isn't the only thing that was keeping families afloat i'm not families with guilt when they could they were going out to work trying to get saved. you know families in yemen help or has been going on since 6 years the communities themselves they've been taking in families who've been displaced they've been sharing them very little that they have but the problem is yemenis they are an incredibly resilient population but they've run out of options because of 19 means more people have lost their jobs it

means that yemenis who are working abroad and helping these don't get able to do so so there's very little result as that yemenis have had so that's why the international community just stepped in with the money and subpool but ultimately as well what we need is an end to this war we need a nationwide scenes because the conflict is that is at the root cause of the hunger in this country. we're going to start acting now that's what joe biden senior advisor has said about addressing systemic racism in america the comment comes as congress is considering it forming a special commission to study the issue. we don't want to wait on a study we're going to act now we have to start breaking down systemic racism and barriers that have failed people of color back and especially african-americans there's a reason why the founders of free was created our government the way that they did

there's a reason why the united states senate is supposed to be there as suppose that upper house of our congress to make sure that just because people's passions are inflamed at the moment that new laws are not created just because people are passionate about something at the moment it's supposed to deal with more deliberative body and that's what need this needs to be deliberate if we want to have a conversation great go ahead and create commission and put it through and let it be let it be ran through whether it's the u.s. congress or state legislatures but don't say oh we're excited about this let's make it happen there's a price to pay for it. the commission supported by democratic lawmakers is expected to examine slavery pass discriminatory policies and measures to tackle race isn't day it could include changes to how history is taught in the u.s. and reparation payments the bill to set up the commission was 1st put forward in 1989 and then repeatedly reintroduced but never passed executor of director of

hyphenated america again believes the bill could appeal to some voters. it sounds like a great idea it doesn't really but i'll just if we go with it it sounds like a great idea now let's see how you actually make it work cindy because you know one of the trysting things to say in place is that with the $23.00 and me application they did genetic test everything we're finding is there's a whole lot of black folks out there who are all black right there's a whole lot of white folks they're not quite as white as they like to think that they are there's been some so ethnic mixing along the way but then here check this out in united states a population that has a population of about 330000000 people roughly one 3rd about 100000000 people united states of america have at least one ancestor who came through ellis island and so you have people whose ancestors came to the united states long after slavery

was abolished and outlawed united states so you're going to tell me that somewhere for example those 'd family came from charles of aki of poland or italy or wherever like that they were going to hold them accountable for slavery when their families were not even here so do i say do i expect this to go through where 'd there is reparations in the amount that it would really be necessary in order for it to make any difference you know in no way shape or form do i believe that there's 'd going to be multiple trillions of dollars added to the federal deficit federal debt in order to give reparations to black voters but they'll form this commission this blue rope ribbon panel to give that impression and it's basically virtue signaling to black voters that's a good news update for this hour but don't forget you can always had tara web site r.t. dot com for the details on all of those stories and many more. the be . i.

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