if you get in though it was a. little reluctant to be good again it was on those on the other. breaking ranks with the block the czech republic becomes the latest country to go its own way over coverage vaccines turn into russia for help. also this hour an explosion hits a covert testing center in the netherlands we say was an intentional attack comes amid increasing hostility in recent weeks over lingering long down. and seeking the truth the international criminal court launches a formal probe into alleged war crimes by israel during the $24000.00 a war. a very warm welcome to the program on this wednesday evening at 7 pm here in the

russian capital let's get started with your live news update. exploring vaccination program and europe has now seen the czech republic fall out of line with the e.u. it's instead looking to russia and its sputnik job to give its own an occupation campaign a shot in the arm our staff has been looking at the box difficulties. 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 so the czech republic hungry and now slovakia's which is just received its 1st batch. vaccines there's going to be millions more that are going to be delivered by summer so the prime minister's 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 vaccines by themselves we'll handle it so we'll get you the vaccines but then of vaccines 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 ultimately the austrian chancellor so this is a leader of a european nation coming out and saying they've lost hoop 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 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 that were 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 then 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 nato allies the neighbors board put up supplies from each other so 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 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 coded testing center

a lost cause only minor damage to surrounding buildings and no one was injured but it comes amid an increasingly tense atmosphere in the country over continued lockdowns with more details here charlotte devinsky. well this explosion took place in the early morning just outside that could send in an area called bluefin costco which is about 5055 kilometers north of amsterdam 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 a security guard was inside that 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 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 qubit center in the netherlands back in january just when we're seeing those massive tensions in the country over the fact the government today imposed a controversial coup that there was a covert sense that was set on fire in the village. that sparked 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 happens. now

this latest incident comes of course as the country is heading towards a general election that's due to take place in the middle of march and the current through at the moment is being run. ok take ministration nuts because marc rich's previous administration decided to stand down that was over a scandal unrelated to cope with going team but this election is seen very much as being a referendum on ministrations so many people are unhappy about how his government handles the 19 pandemic this is what opposition parties are to say everything looking everybody up having to see measures done such lawyer economy like. social life. the you know the student by the social life or do you use your i don't know. our elderly people well the point of

view of the current caretaker government is that these measures have been necessary as restrictive as they may have been but just to give you a sense of how angry people are in the netherlands the head of the health service in the netherlands now has to have a security guard because there's also being directed towards the health authorities it's really an issue that's been spiraling out of control but assistant professor of european studies at the university of amsterdam march believes the dutch government's risk reticence about handling the pandemic may have contributed to the public discontent. the situation in the country is tensed the real are a lot of uncertainties with respect to the government policy containing the virus and also with the order sectors of society but this is course by the non-transparency of the government policy for example the data of the public

the national institute for public health that is actually managing the gulf it crises are a nod to the general public which is quite unusual furder to reste censorship of all those people who have critical comments on the government policy this is supported by the big tech companies so if you put a critical remark against the covance 19 policy on facebook you will be canceled and there is of course the economic collapse of the catering industries which is almost bankrupt so the longer you are imposing a prison imprisonment of people in their own houses the more tension there will be . it was his 1st major speech since getting kicked out of the white house but just hours after donald trump had taken to the stage the former president had

fallen foul of you tube censors the platform deleted his speech on channels including reuters a.b.c. and r.t.e. citing a lack of content warnings. his address was widely criticized and liberal media with the washington post branding it a stream of delusion depravity and malevolence and megalomania but former pennsylvania senator bruce marks who represented trump in the supreme court believes no matter your opinion of the former president he still has a right to be heard. 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 on 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 it be 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 it.

we asked for clarification from you tube which said the video a lot and of context and information for what it called trump violent of speech content that advances false claims that is widespread fraud and there are some glitches change the outcome of the $220.00 presidential election is not allowed and you tube the site that the video is still up on a number of other outlets including the independent and c.b.s. none of which contains warning messages. meanwhile a poll last year by the pew research center found most americans believe social media censors political news and also found many republicans feel big tech companies are left leaning legal and media analysts lionel fears you tube is trying to silence political opponents google and you tube and other other platforms like this are of such in the main nature as you're almost like utilities today imagine if you're on the phone over saying your phone drops because you dared

mention hydroxy couric when 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 these 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 and whatever actually know exactly what they're doing but donald trump speech wasn't the only

thing from the conference to court controversy what he and the rest of the speakers were standing on was raising more than a few eyebrows and itself 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 yes 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 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 hotel has denounced the symbol and said they had no power over how the stage was designed at the c. pak conference i whenever the organizers of see pac say this is all a conspiracy staged 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 these states moreover some jewish people have

even mocked the attacks on c. pak as the grandson of holocaust survivors and as a proud american marine in june i find these types and see parts to be outrageous and grotesque so as to destroy a narrative but he was a friday night. critics of the liberal narrative of pointed out that nazis are far from the only people to use old norse runes 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 pack 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 overall 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 couldn't even see it from the audience perspective so who designed the stage was it intentional is c. 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 caleb up and r.t. new york. the international criminal court has said it's opening a war crimes probe against israel over the $24000.00 conflict and gaza for more on that we're not going to cross the line to our middle east on a policy where paul this move has been talked about for a while now take us through the implications. well the implications are certainly far reaching what we're hearing from the international court in the hague is that it will be opening a for war crimes probe into the activities of both the israeli government and her must which rules over the gaza strip from 2014 to the current date so this includes

the 2014 gaza war it includes the 2018 border crisis it includes israeli settlement expansion in the west bank and in east jerusalem and also the consistent her must rocket attacks on israel now it's taken the better part of half a decade for the court to get to this position the decision to open an investigation followed a painstaking preliminary examination undertaken by my office that lasted close to 5 years our central concern must be for the victims of crimes both palestinian and israeli arising from the long cycle of violence and insecurity that has caus deep suffering and despair on all sides. now back in february in the pretrial train of the international criminal court determined that the court in the

hague did have jurisdiction to open a criminal probe into israel and hamas and this is for alleged war crimes in the west bank in east jerusalem in gaza and in the palestinian territories there's been a very mixed reaction from the israeli and palestinian side what we've heard from palestinians is that this is eventually justice for victims of israeli crimes they say that the decision is an important landmark decision we hear in a very different sentiment being expressed by the israeli side where the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has condemned the announcement when the i.c.c. investigate israel for free ground this is pure anti semitic. his prime minister of israel are sure we will fight this brutal justice with our might. now what it does me good as well is that you could have hundreds of israeli soldiers potentially ministers in the cabinet and also the israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu finding themselves charged with war crimes and the implications that go with that the israeli defense minister benny gantz however has spoken out quite breezy and he said he's never been afraid to cross it immediately signs and he's no longer afraid and not afraid in light of this decision either but however human rights organizations for years have been warning of violations been carried out by israel against palestinians. as we know israel has had its long time ally the united states and to the former

american president donald trump tried to sanction the international criminal court after try to open an investigation in the palestinian territories now however under the new part president biden there has been pressure to lift the sanctions israel of course is against this and constant feet asking the american administration not to do so the question of course is whether or not the court will reach any decisions with its ultimate investigation artie's policy flare reporting live from tel aviv thank you. to discuss this further we're joined live by demeter dami a member of the fatah revolutionary council how significant is this decision from the i.c.c. in your opinion. it's very significant in terms of lifting the international law. even if it is even ization of the person in cause after many efforts by the israelis of dehumanizing the palestinian case and cause

this also the palestinians as victims of israeli violence and organized terror. i see this in all positive manners and as normal victims feel joyous when criminals of brought to court and courts condemn being brought to them and this is exactly exactly our position versus densham that anyone's position do you think the court's move will impact in any way the ongoing tensions in the region. it might deter. some of israeli future war crimes against the civilian palestinian people. but it would not change the course of expansionary ideology in policy i guess also international law that has been carried out by the fire of the state of

israel with the support of the united states of america i believe that this would deter some of the use of for example force for us bombs that was clearly used against. the world gaza it would probably deter from. targeted killings of. peaceful protesters. and such war crimes that has been actually. rejected were why but i have found support within israeli public and within the u.s. administration unfortunately when it comes to the u.s. administration this all comes as the i.c.c. is still under u.s. sanctions that were imposed by trump that our correspondent was mentoring mentioning earlier do you expect joe biden to lift those and do you expect joe biden to have a different opinion on this investigation into israel when just days ago you know

the united states folks person state department spokesperson was saying they had serious concerns about the i.c.c. their effort to assert jurisdiction over israel. well it's only normal for zionist lobby controlled and i don't mean jewish lobby i mean zionist lobby namely christian zionist lobby controlled washington d.c. to find some echoes like that and the white house and i believe that the trump era was a mutation in u.s. presidential history that would rarely repeat itself with all the crazy decisions and in a mass future world the world bodies that the united states was a major player in this stablish in any way that defend the. principles upon which the united states of america was just out there therefore i see some

hope in by reversing the course after given some of the decisions made by. the words the i.c.c. given sometime after this investigation goes on there because i do not think biden has the support in the controlled house or senate. even though he has democratic control he would have supports to. the sanctions against the i.c.c. due to the huge christian zionist influence on the hill and we have seen that in many many clear crimes committed against the palestinian people in which those more houses just turned their back on to me totally on a member of the fatah revolutionary council thank you for your time and your comments. their media capital is once again thronging with

protesters with no change in their demand that the pm must go hundreds have gathered next to the parliament unlike previous day security forces have come armed to the teeth with snipers even watching over the buildings are just constant reports from the scene. protesters in europe i have gathered in front of the national parliament again to demonstrate against the prime minister and to demand his resignation and we have seen a lot of police officers in riot gear now right here you can see the police frontline with in riot gear is with shields and this is quite an unusual change from what we saw here in the last couple of days we also saw a small black metal objects that were being set up behind this fence around the parliamentary building and according to the people on army and social media this might be a flash bang grenades that are being placed around here at the top security measures related to the fact that the call question on was in the parliament building p.

came here for a q. and a session with members of the parliament and you know the main political news of the last couple of hours is that snap elections in armenia are go in to be hold within the next 6 months we can hold snap elections during 2021 if the opposition and more importantly the parliamentary opposition agrees that i have already invited leaders of the opposition factions for meetings and consultations but the hard core opposition and thousands and thousands of people on the streets they are very suspicious that some of the voting might be rigged in favor of nichol partially out and so they want him to step down 1st and then do not take part in any future elections whatsoever. look at my our mania look to the divisions it's lead to in my country we've lost our lands only because of one surrender our

lands with one signator. we demand the prime minister quits the stablish a transitional government and hold elections that trying to twist it saying that they want to hold the elections but people don't it's not true passion has already proposed early elections but never fulfilled the promise. done to calm down the streets only if he wants early elections he should set a date elections will eventually happen but without question ana i think he has no other choice but to quit another contentious issue that is still a source of a lot of tension right now is the fate of on a guess very on the head of the general staff of the armenian armed forces he and 40 top armenian generals. basically defied prime minister nicole accused him of being incompetent and said that he's dragging other country to the brink of a war for that they were accused of staging a military coup and now we have contradiction in for.