the european medicines agency says it will begin assessing russia sputnik the vaccine and the block seeking to speed up its vaccination program that says some e.u. countries have already started receiving the shot we've heard from the head of the russian fund that backs the vaccine. so we actually see major european leaders should be very pragmatic and the perspectives of the bush team you sexually would bridge between russia and europe and. the chinese professor in the u.k. is attacked by 4 men while out jogging in what is believed to be the latest case in a growing number of racially motivated assaults the victim told us asian people have become targets due to the corona virus. is no surprise because because

of the pandemic the tax evasion pekoe the people at least in the cases freeze dramatically i don't feel i don't feel as safe as i used to. and the u.s. government watchdog reveals washington has squandered billions of dollars in afghanistan on maintenance. check the time it's the top of the hour wherever you are and you're watching our team international i'm donald quarter welcome to the program. the european medicines agency has begun a rolling review into the safety and efficacy of russia's sputnik the vaccine it comes after a number of countries in the block have already given the shot the green light as daniel hawking's take us through. well last year sputnik v a fact of you became the world's 1st covert vaccine after it received approval here

in russia and it was a mission initially met with quite a lot of skepticism by western countries and media largely to do with the question of how quickly such a vaccine could have been developed it appeared on the russian market just the fact that really months after the pandemic began in earnest fast forward around 8 months and that situation is pretty much gone full circle the latest news that the european regulator is now launching this rolling review of the russian produced a vaccine now what exactly does that mean the regulator will be assessing the data published by the government to institute the producers of the vaccine in various prominent international journal such as the lancet and assessed that in line with e.u. standards to do with safety with effectiveness and with quality this process could take anything from one number of weeks to a number of months probably closer to the latter the estimate is around june for a yes or no answer as to whether it will receive that approval now given the politicization of the vaccine question which really has affected the distribution

of the sport that we've action worldwide this news coming in from europe can only be a good thing as stated by the head of the investment fund here in russia are responsible for backing the sport make the vaccine we actually are completely open and we believe that sort of barriers of mistrust and different lobbying efforts against we see you will succeed in the face of will really 0 but we all know which is the road to save lives of people and i think more and more politicians understand the rozzers and trying to you know be a cult tool a good choice of which seems it's much better. by the way we also appreciated british support where you go from chancellor. all of the all earlier introduce you to help us originally. you know as the crawl also has been very helpful and so does the grid delegation. of course who is you

know really very almost on but it seems to be above and beyond all its use so we actually see major european leaders should be in very dramatic and the standards of genius actually would bridge between russia and europe. has already been approved in around 40 countries across the world from the middle east africa south america asia many countries have chosen to go with the russian vaccine for several reasons one it's high efficacy it's going to efficacy of over 90 percent secondly the ease of storage and transportation and some of the other vaccines that have been mass produced so far require a deep freeze in order to do that we're a sport that can be stored and transported at relatively high temperatures and thirdly cost this has been especially important for developing countries many of whom of but unable to afford the high price of some of the western made vaccine such as medan or pfizer for example and for them as sputnik has been and will

continue to be quite literally a lifesaver so despite of a lack of an e.u. wide approval as of yet there have been countries within the european union who have broken ranks such as hunger research or slovakia which have already approved vaccines for the sputnik vaccine for their populations the czech republic which has expressed an interest in doing so as well and of course the final stage will be an approval from the regulator which will mean that all 27 member states can improve imports and distribute the vaccine among their populations and given the problems faced by the e.u. with their vaccine rowland's occluding distribution issues supplier problems legal wrangling over imports and export the public skepticism this can only be a good thing that's confirmed of course by the w.h.o. european director who said that any expansion. over that you use vaccine portfolio would be a step forward in bringing this to an end. you are in that report from the head of

the russian direct investment fund which is the force behind the development of sputnik the let's listen to what else he had to say on the jabs e.u. approval process. russia's most insisting on supplied sweet scene we have huge demand is really very significant so we are working on loose countries the locals really want to look out for a russian vaccine. because rangers 3 mile in which you feel nations of those population of more than one thing 2000000000 so we have major demand while we've seen and that is up to you to see easy ones would need just part of their strategy if so what the role will play there but without complaint and that we will work very closely was leading me to provide them with all of the information and we are also looking forward to certain visits and production facilities of course while.

we already see as of several countries like hungary in slovakia already approved as you directly we have been approached by several other nations and it's very important that you know when to cruises directly through google quietly to any regulations you need you so you actually clarified for clinton period slovakia really followed procedure is are you can do in peace with emergency health situations which obviously called it a day maybe just so it's up to the regulator to decide on fire and. we need to make sure that people have a choice of extremes and of course different agencies need to grow their save but it's very important most political choice is that people deserve to tell all the different technology is different because. because you know we're based from human though i don't think knowledge should we believe it has been proven to be save the big aids and many people will choose specifically this human viral technology because of. president joe biden has used an unusual term

a phrase while criticizing the decision of the texas governor to lift a call that restrictions. in the last the last 3 years old think you have to be 100 times take. forget it it still matters. texas came under fire after its governor announced a full reopening plus an end to obligatory facemasks greg abbott noted that covert hospitalizations were at their lowest since october with a record number of daily vaccinations texas is not the only u.s. state that's relaxed mask wearing rules though it's received the lion's share of the criticism. texas we hear you you didn't want to be part of an electrical grid and now you've removed your mask mandate and there are large crowds together we hear you code it is a hoax so you don't need our precious vaccine we'll send it to people who are saving lives by wearing masks this isn't dangerous the entire country and beyond

where in the pandemic it's dangerous why are we wasting vaccinations on texas if texas has decided to join the side of the virus what's abbots is doing is extraordinarily dangerous he's the worst governor in modern texas history this will kill texans. well to get more input on those comments we're joined live now by wayne allen root former libertarian vice presidential nominee conservative radio host and author of the best the new best selling book called trump rules wayne thank you very much for joining us on the program now let's let's focus right now on biden's neanderthal thinking comment at the beginning when he came to the white house he said he was going to unite america do you think this comment further divides the country or contributes to that end i call it a badge of honor 1st lows in the orrible now many anderson well i mean the whole thing is so ridiculous business i earned success it's what he did. and i'm a reasonable figure of

a commonsense guy don and i'm someone who believes when you compare texas and florida and all the other american states that have remained almost completely open with very few restrictions from the beginning like south dakota as an example with their wonderful governor and to run to census the what governor of florida christie role in south dakota it abit sexton's there are relatively open for months and people go out to restaurants and in most cases those people were asked and yes what their jets their hospitals issues and their cases are far lower than all the states that have lockdowns business shutdowns resting on shutdowns indicting shutdowns and most importantly mayor. mass mass every state and every country in the world that masks and locks down as more people dead than the countries that don't mask down and lock down a la sweden and great american states that believe in freedom this is the most ridiculous overreaction to

a bad kid changes blue in the history of mankind and it's all about in my opinion government control over the people socialism communism fascism telling us what to do what to wear on our face whether we could run our own business it's outrageous and i give who knows and cheers to governor abbott thank god he's probably the great example of south dakota and florida where people are not locked down and they have less open that all the states they're locked out why do you think texas was singled out here i mean other american states are also relaxing their rules against the whole the advice of health officials why why was texas singled out by biden for the obvious i mean texas is kind of the leader of this revolt in america by conservatives like me that can't stand big government and we just believe that texas does things rightmost that it's i'm all i will tell you i think florida did a much better than texas abbott had texas kind of close down nothing like a york nothing like california but nothing like michigan nothing like illinois but

still texas was a lot more closed down and a lot more masked than a south dakota or a florida or a georgia some of the states that were more relaxed so you look you did a good job out there i think the census in florida and kristi noem in south dakota did a great job but texas has this image of now bricks and rebels and conservatives that have voted it big for donald trump and it's the symbol that democrats and liberals and communists and socialists in america ate and so they're using texas as the whipping boy as it were but to me and millions of good service like the 75000000 of us that voted for president trump the most in history by the way. for a sitting president for all of us texas is a symbol of freedom and if it ever comes to an if there's ever a division of our country there's a session or what i like to call a divorce you go our way we go our way everyone separates text this would be the

leading state that would say look we're not going to follow biden's rules anymore because this is start to be ridiculous and so i think they've always aimed their guns at census because it represents freedom and it scares the big government big brother bureaucrats ok well it's true of course that in texas coleman has hospitalizations are down and vaccinations are up but daily infections are actually still high so why not just keep masks in place now for now if it helps prevent further deaths well 1st of all you're talking to someone as a national radio show at 3 years or national t.v. show well covert began and i've always said coverts realized what was happening in china in iran in italy it's a flu it's a bad flu it's a highly contagious flu maybe 10 times more contagious than normal flu so instead but most people the survival rate is $99.00 t. 8 percent and if you're under the age of 50 the survival rate is basically 100

percent if you're rich if you're a kid and he was under the age of $21.00 it's basically a 100 percent survival rate it's ridiculous over reaction makes no sense of course there are cases of course people get the infection it's highly contagious nobody can say oh i have the key to it i will never get sick i could be sick tomorrow don and you know what i'll be fine in a week and life will go on making money running a business keep your job keep your career going is more important than this obsession this hysteria this addict over till this we've had flu since the beginning of mankind but if you bankrupt everybody and drive every restaurant owner out of business you and cause every child to think about suicide. drug addiction alcoholism loneliness the boredom and loneliness of our kids who are going to school there will be far more deaths from the way we handled cove it than there will ever be from cove it and the way to handle it has been disastrous in this country making such a big deal over the flu

a bad flu but the flu stop it let everyone live their lives who's under the age of 75 and be very careful and spend a lot of money protecting the people who are over 75 and almost every death is a person over 75 or most every death is a person in a nursing home so why are you worried about me i'm young i'm healthy i'm out there making money shaking hands kissing babies running that business without a mask 24 hours a day 7 days a week and i'm healthy as a horse don't worry about where you are millions like me worry about people over age 75 and people in nursing homes and leave the rest of us alone so would you say that the high or higher death count that would result from wearing less masks is a price that you'd be willing to pay for that for that freedom is that something or so stats i've seen indicate all the worst deaths are in new york new jersey connecticut michigan illinois california where they were the most bass and they've got the most lock downs and the people are living in poverty they're desperate i

just saw in israel where they've locked down in israel the poverty rate is up dramatically in the year 2020 that just came out the numbers so many israelis run welfare let me tell you something i live to take care of my family and to earn a living and i'm proud of my career and i'm proud of the money i make a proud of the jobs i create that's what capitalism is all about nobody wants anyone to die but going by the theatre you just mentioned done you know what 40000 people here died car accidents and yet the speed limit is still 65 and where i live in las vegas most people drive 90 on a 65 speed limit you could lower the speed limits or morrow to 5 miles an hour on the highway and you'd save all $40000.00. lives but the economy would crash no goods would ever get to market nobody would ever get to work on time no would ever get home to your family is it worth it you have to weigh risk versus reward and in the end keeping the economy open is the most important thing in the world and you

know what if i go bankrupt and grandma dies it doesn't make graham a feel any better that her grandson doesn't have any money just have a job and it's families of the typical homeless it doesn't help anyone to hurt the economy you've got to keep the economy go it got to and the rest of the world's going to learn that lesson for the next 10 years when people live in a great depression in abject poverty and our great american red republican states stayed open and people still have successful businesses and prosperity you get sick you better earn money you better have a job most important things in the world definitely some interesting perspectives thank you very much wayne allen root former libertarian vice presidential nominee conservative radio host and author of the new bestselling book trump rules thanks for joining us on the program at last. the chinese university professor has been subjected to what police are investigating as quote racially aggravated assault in the english city of southampton wang pang is said he was attacked by 4 men on the

street. when i was out jogging i was just you know it was around the one minute walk from my home i was shot is. by using reassure sed. from from a minute the car on the other side that they're all so i immediately had to be you know i got there angry and i shot it back so then i kept jogging sold and you know they they surprisingly it a circular bike and under attack me on the underground so the pollies you know has. i believe 5 days the pace i saw. racial aggressive a.t.t. you know the attack 37 year old suffered injuries to his face and arm one suspect was arrested and released shortly after the incident and an investigation is still ongoing it's far from an isolated case of alleged racial abuse in the u.k.

as of late police data suggests that hate crimes against british chinese and south east asian communities were up 300 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year professor wang says things have escalated since the outbreak of covert 19. it is not a surprise because because of the pandemic chinese under asian people also regard you know it may have been just you know presentation here so the tactful asian jiko at people act nice you know not that the case chris dramatically. was a year old. and not the physical injury unbecoming a shield you know. someone or hire a study annoys the. mental mental injury you knows i don't feel i don't feel safe i say i used to feel bad but i have to

say that i after op 36 attack i was so party from stronger my you know rusty and also from different you from the you not charity groups and the people they create they hated this the east. hatred crime. more news after the break. when i was still seems wrong. i don't roll just don't hold. any i'll get to see how disdain can add to. and endangered because the trail. went on to find themselves worlds apart we just of the common ground.

russia e.u. relations are at an impasse the kremlin has me clear it will no longer tolerate the e.u. luxury about values and so-called international norms and the russians have ended up with the e.u. interference in russia's internal politics he refuses to treat russia as an equal partner until this changes despite the relationship appears to be on hold. welcome back to the program it's been revealed that the u.s. wasted billions of dollars in its longest military adventure abroad the war in

afghanistan the main drain on american funds turned out to be unserviceable or abandoned buildings and vehicles that's among the key findings of a recent report by the us government's own watchdog over the nearly $7800000000.00 in capital assets reviewed in his private special inspector general for of going to stone reconstruction identified to $2400000000.00 and that's were used to rebound and had not been used for their intended purposes had deteriorated over or destroyed the sego report also found that since 2008 just over $1000000000.00 of dollars of u.s. funded assets were used as originally intended that's out of almost $8000000000.00 and a $340000000.00 worth of equipment is quote maintained in good condition the u.s. war in afghanistan began in 2001 but despite pledges from various presidents to withdraw troops from the war torn country there are still around $2500.00 american

soldiers there brian becker from the antiwar answer coalition believes american tax dollars could have been better spent. this is amazing levels of waste and fraud and abuse and perhaps that you have $2400000000.00 of equipment that's no longer available to be used buildings that were constructed in can't be used because they're in disrepair but this is reflective of how the afghan war has gone from the beginning hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent. and i would say tens of billions of dollars have either been looted by american military personnel or their allies in afghanistan or the money has been completely disregarded so it's fraud and it's abuse the reality is the american government the congress passes these giant military budgets almost

a trillion dollars a year and there's no accountability it but if you have these huge bundles of money available to be spent then there's an incentive to make a contract with someone who's going to build a building and perhaps not really build it or build a building that's not needed take some of the money in the form of profit to give it to goes who made the contract for them in other words a kickback this is a big system of criminal activity and it is a form of corruption but because it's in the name of national security in the name of defense no one asks important questions another report from the same government watchdog has highlighted the failures of american and gender equality programs in afghanistan now in just over a decade $110000000.00 were spent to support the project but all the effort and money seems to have failed to make any significant impact on afghan society despite

the apparent shortcomings the conclusion of the report is that the program should continue u.s. foreign policy expert ali rizk is says washington has repeatedly failed to see when something is clearly not working. there is this. a lack of understanding of the local culture you come to impose these western models on countries which have a completely different culture but regardless the u.s. senate and the consecutive u.s. administrator ins continue to pursue these kinds of policy which would seize which of the proven to be of no avail i think this could be described as a somewhat psychological mindset or a psychological problem the us continues to stick to policy despite the fact that these policies have proven to be ought to fail because i think it's kind of at the should if you would like addiction of american supremacy trying to show that america is that one which knows the solutions for every single problem in the world

since taking over the oval office in january joe biden's been broadcasting the america is back slogan we took the liberty to imagine what that could actually mean for the world bearing in mind the not so peace loving track record of many of the president's top staffers.

american is back. in. the russian module on the international space station has had its working life extended by another 7 years the decision comes despite ongoing repairs to the crucial this is the or star an english segment after air leaks were detected ross kosmos russia's space agency says the problems are due to metal fatigue or micrometeorite impacts it's believed the work will be completed over the next week and the lifespan of the module won't be affected all the repairs are being conducted with nasa. amazon has seen a huge spike in well actually that's the end of our program right now see you again

in about half an hour. there's a mic metabolife a small molecule there are bodies make up and i make less of it as i get older this is one of the things i work on it's going to be and because we have less of it we

become more prone to infection and the crazy thing is that current 19 to sars could be tearing one of its ways of attacking the body to deplete the body even more that chemical which we need to fight infections. welcome to the alex aventura from scotland where we are trying to the subject of american politics and the future of the republican party and i'm far from licking his ribs don't take that fate to strengthen his political hold on

a party he once led from presenting success to comprehensive defeat today we interviewed 2 top guess but vastly different views on the road ahead for the grand old party as martin president of the phila shatha eagles and veena shagger outta who is fighting to a republican woman for by. all of that much more to come up in the show but 1st 2 tsetse emails and messages in response to our show last week featuring professor richard murphy in our discussion on economics and political economy terry says professor murphy is extremely eloquent he makes complex issues excess a bill view such as his and those of common weale are what we need coming out of the pandemic terrorists al says it was an excellent show as always but particularly good this week as richard murphy explains what a newly independent scotland can be and how energy will see it we are happy to says exciting stuff from professor murphy encouraging for scotland no.