in the headlines this morning u.k. medical workers have been left feeling under appreciated and devalued after the government's offered them a pay rise of just one percent speaking to a british no. one not least because one can see in. the numbers that nazi sometimes in each case pointless and genital for this country during the course of the time being me we've already had teen meals of my state and that's because. you know the news italy blocks a shipment of covert shots they were made for australia in what some are calling vaccine nationalism is now demanding that the european union commission reconsider

the new. dream holiday that turned into a nightmare we took to a passenger of an italian cruise ship where 3 people on board died in a covert outbreak last year investigation into costa cruises is ongoing. they refuse to inform us today were cases of call the floor of the shed that they had tested positive there was no suspicion that a whole team there very even people that they refused to give us information. either very good morning and thanks so much for joining us this is international and hope you'll excuse me but we start this morning with a kick in the teeth that's what the british medical association has called the go.

it's one percent pay rise offer for health care workers something that hope you can say undermines the value of those who quote the country alive during the cove of crisis despite the n.h.s. receiving an extra 500000000 pounds per year under the proposal it was still likely result in a real term pay cut for staff as inflation in the u.k. is expected to hit 1.5 percent this year a british nurse told us she believes the pay rise didn't reflect the hard work done during the pandemic but not least because $1.00 can see as nor can set an average in nazis have and in each case workers in general for this country gent in the course of the pound the me that it had 10 years of a state 80 and ask. me that i think you can imagine in each instance are anti the demoralized the tangle and the same people or some government as we had at least

a small band of all that i asked our government for is actually be quite honest budget you may actually. get we are and the other issue for it is and then it unfortunately that was a missed opportunity for the government. meanwhile a leading british nurses union has set up a fund to prepare for possible strikes over the deal labor party leader secure starmer has also dismissed the proposal saying covert heroes deserve better support but the british health secretary has defended the offer calling it affordable given the country's economic downturn not everybody in britain though is convinced. i mean i guess the government would have to prioritize and i think nurses and the n.h.s. in general something that we've had prioritized at this moment and i do think they should probably receive more than one percent but it's a symbolic ratio one percent you know but what's that's not going to have any impact on the it just feels like a very it's like a very weak offer from the government it's not right that you know there's always

companies are made so much money off the back of the number of those have been in the middle of or haven't done so well and jess's critically underfunded. you know the government can afford lots of other things you look at all the contracts they've been giving to their friends i think it's fairly understandable that public servants who are doing a really difficult job of really difficult time would feel that they ought to be rewarded more fair in the u.k. ease a wealthy nation if we devalued our resources fairly i think there'd be a lot more that you know it would be ample scope for low paid workers and critical work as such the system gets a. more substantial pay rise it's not hard to find examples of how better more competition. government administration or a fairer taxation system could find the money to give since you've been

literally saving lives keeping the country running to this area of more generous offer. australia has us the european commission to review its decision to cancel a shipment of astra zeneca vaccines to the country at least a new export control mechanism to block the delivery to the company failed to meet its supply contract with the e.u. correspondent in berlin peter oliver has more. well right at the center of this are 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job they were going to be transported from italy to australia as part of a contract astra zeneca has with the australian government it's really put in place the export control mechanism that the e.u. brought in after astra zeneca failed to live up to its end of the contract it had with the european union now australia has asked the e.u. commission to review this decision but despite that the australian prime minister

has said he'll understand where italy is coming from in italy people are dying at the right of 300 a diety and so i can certainly understand the high level of anxiety that would exist in italy and in many countries or across europe well one of the reasons that scott morrison could afford to be so understanding or not is that australia does have the cillit east to produce its own vaccine in fact the deputy health minister of the state of victoria said it was lucky that they have that in light of these doses from the e.u. not looking like they're arriving in australia any time soon but while the australian side of be understanding there's been some concern expressed particularly by one german m.e.p. he says this sets a well an uneasy precedent pandora's box opened mystique if transparency mechanism leads defacto to an export ban unfortunately foreseeable and avoidable carte blanche for imitators could have fatal consequences on supply chains pro-u.

to global bussell overcovered 19 vaccines escalation preprogrammed the rules as they are at the moment in the e.u. allow member states to block the shipment of doses of vaccines from their territory if a manufacturer has not fulfilled the contracts that have been signed that was the case with astra zeneca and with italy france has said the. i completely side with italy in this and they french health minister said that if the shoe was on the other foot if it was france that was in this position they would have done exactly the same thing the french foreign ministry has gone even further they've said that a you member state should look inwards and focus on you member states getting vaccines and not what denmark and austria have been doing and looking abroad for cooperation all conviction remains very clear that the most effective solution to meet vaccination needs must continue to be based on the european framework well

austria and denmark of both signed a deal to work with israel when it comes to the development of future vaccines the austrian chancellor said the reason that they've done this is in his eyes and from his experience of what's going on with the use one for all and all for one vaccine for cumin program is that it can't be the only thing his citizens have to rely on discipline to make can only be overcome through a global corporation and defeat we also all agree. ruler lara's to return to normality in the summer. but we have to prepare are already known for the next stages of the pandemic after the some experts say that in austria alone we will need about $30000000.00 doses in the next few years while looking to the future is also important for a number of of the e.u. nations that are either already in the grip or for preparing for potential 3rd wave

of covert 19 here in germany the main area of concern is what's going on with mutated variants of the virus and how they will be affected or affect how they will impact upon vaccines when it comes to vaccines and that vaccine are small though russia's sputnik v job is currently being reviewed by the european medicines agency and that could well be rolled out given the green light to be used across the a you very shortly. ok let's bring some reaction we got from our guests. it's a country putting its interests ahead of others in the context of the pandemic and vaccines are clearly the only guy in charge of their research the implications i think alyssa v. for a country orchestra year then they would be for poor and around the world we know that as recently as a few weeks ago the vast majority of viable vaccine was in the athlon nations of

the world and or nice shoes were missing out than other countries that i think i'm most at risk from vaccination routes and this is not not nationalism i mean that we have such as it in national contra contract with us that of them they don't want or expect that this contract that we need we don't have in this moment so a lot of told people he need only are still die have are they have a lot of people are still taking the coronavirus because we don't have the best since so is normal that our government led by driving this side to stop the shipment of some buses that are produced in italy to outrightly other things a country not in the european union. french authorities opened a manslaughter probe into italy's costa cruises following the death of 3 people on board one of its ships last year from covert 19 passengers of course the mind

seeker claim that they weren't told about the suspected infections and were encouraged by the crew to use the ship shops spas and restaurants. he spoke to one of the passengers. sequoias yes the cruise was a chance to go with my son who was 5 years old to see a magical world and discover of the magic of the caribbean instead it was a nightmare i wondered how i would get out of this hell because if i didn't i was going to die stephanie dubois was one of thousands of holiday makers aboard the cost a magical last year when the covert person to make hits for her and her then 5 year old son it was supposed to be a dream voyage instead passengers found themselves trapped on board with little information or what was happening as the virus spread through the ship is over there refused to inform us that there were cases of call of it aboard the ship that they had tested positive there was no suspicion that indeed there were people there

refused to give us information and we got it from the media when we were near the coast and could get a signal plus the tension increased very quickly we were in the state of tension and anguish which i just can't describe that they concealed it from us and they didn't let us protect ourselves they didn't protect us either held twice they didn't treat us for a while and not at all humanely but also they avoided to put in place barrier measures which could have protected us but did you ask costa what measures they were putting in place to ensure that your health was the priority. finally after a few days this virus spread strongly we asked them to carve the air conditioning and they refused we demanded that they open all the restaurants inside and outside so people could avoid large gatherings through fused to put in place these measures the virus spread and evidently like the other members of this legal action i was

contaminated and like 70 percent on the ship i wanted to declare that i had symptoms knowing that 25 percent were a symptomatic you can a man. what everyone was going through the cruise ship was refused permission for passengers to disembark at several ports including only island of martinique now these images show the situation after the island's authority told passengers that they had to stay confined to their cabins tensions were high and violence erupted. was was. was. was a year later and french investigators approving allegations including manslaughter aggravated to seat and indeed injuring the lives of others against italy's costa

cruises over her model could be going team cases aboard that ship 3 passengers from the virus the company denies the accusations saying that it and the crew acted on the scant information that was available about the forests the toyman considering that at that time the situation was a building rapidly and the ship's medical team acted on the basis of the vailable scientific information and full compliance with the instructions of the health authorities and in constant coordination with them but the lawyer who represents almost knowing 100 passengers in the complaint filed in france told r.t. that that's not the case and you can see there was no more hand sanitizer it was replaced by water pretty clearly or it was either totally empty or didn't exist no security or health measures there were 3 restaurants and blood shot 2 there was only one open and there were 2300 passengers who came for lunch breakfast and

dinner one after the other without health measures and he claims that the company was fully aware before setting sail that there were troubled water. ahead even outright lying to holiday makers he said that they had questioned whether there would be italian passengers on board as at that time italy had become the latest hub for the virus costa he says assured them there would be no italians award he said me too that they knew a week in advance that the cruise could not last so yes it's true it was a strange health situation near the start or just a little in advance of the pandemic hence the concern of the french passengers to know if there were any italian passengers at this time it was a european country hit hard by convert and they wrote we have the emails and letters from costa we say no there will be no italian passengers yes they lied and they should have cancelled this cruise because they knew what could happen the

passengers who have brought these complaints now have to wait to see if any action will be taken for stephanie it's already been a long and tough journey but she's determined that costa cruises should be held responsible so that even ski r.t. legal. denmark has stripped almost 100 syrian refugees of their residency permit saying that they should return home now that major parts of the country are considered safe it's the 1st european nation to make such a move we have made it clear to the syrian refugees that their residence permit distemper or it can be withdrawn that protection is no longer needed the government says the 94 migrants who silent permits have been revoked will be sent to danish deportation camps and won't be forced to leave from there in the hope that they'll want to go back to syria of their own accord move is part of the ruling party's aim to have 0

asylum seekers applying for residence human rights groups have lashed out at the me . that the danish government to secure to force people back into the hands of this brutal regime is an appalling affront to refugee law and people's right to be safe from persecution we spoke to shabbir razvi a political and economic analyst who's concerned about denmark's approach to syria there's a sort of movement taking place in denmark and a question in europe where right wing parties and nationalistic parties have come into power and denmark is. having a sort of center right government at this moment and even the opposition is even more keen to send the syrian refugees back and of course add the problem is how a good danish government manages the whole situation whether there is send them to

you know sort of return the arms if you like the refugee camps or prefer to go back to syria but the reality is that the situation in syria is significantly better than it was you know even 2 years ago the government in damascus has gradually liberated most of the country from these wretched. isis people who are creating havoc in syria and they have sooner or later a lot of the refugees whether they're living in denmark germany or united kingdom me want to go back. u.s. capitol police have requested more than 2000 national guard troops to remain in washington d.c. for another 2 months now this comes after rumors of a possible plot by militia group to storm the capital that is killing morgan has details. it is no exaggeration to say that there was serious panic in the lead up

to march 4th a new threat against the u.s. capitol a possible militia plot to storm the capitol as early as tomorrow we are watching this the threat stream the information social media other sources with respect to this particular day march 4th federal law enforcement is on full alert after warnings from intelligence officials that another attack on the u.s. capitol could be a minute preparations were serious hundreds of national guard patrolling the area capitol police released a statement on wednesday warning possible plot to breach the capitol by an unidentified militia group a local businesses have warned tenants about possible protests you might have gotten the impression watching meteor reports that u.s. officials were bracing for the purge as citizens rushed to get home before commencing. we advise you to get off the streets as quickly as possible it'll soon be a war there. so what happened when the fateful day finally arrived nothing

what does it take to put the u.s. government on edge apparently just some lame internet rumors it all started with q. and a on conspiracy theorists on the internet they said that the inauguration of joe biden was a big false flag and that the pentagon was planning to install donald trump on march 4th the original inauguration date in u.s. history you believe you live in a nation called united states of america this nation hasn't existed since 871 president trump signed the insurrection act that gives us we the people the power again so what does that mean it means that in march present trump is going to present the original constitution trump will take office as the 19th president of the united states on march 4th under the resort republic well obviously that did not happen now the main conspiracy theory of cuban on is the idea. that a group of satanic blood drinking pedophiles have seized control of the us

government and media apparatus and that donald trump and his allies are waging a heroic covert war against them behind the scenes some of blame donald trump for not denouncing the militia groups and cuban on conspiracy theorists who rally behind him you know the president has a responsibility to tell him to stand down this road is credible it's real he went on conspiracy theories and delusions aside joe biden won the election he has been inaugurated so why is the country still on edge and blaming the former president there were no violent actions or big protests on march 4th but law enforcement was on high alert the whole thing was taken very very seriously the department continues to work with all of them. and is based on the intelligence that we have the department has taken immediate steps to enhance our security posture and stuffing for a number of days to include much the fool the u.s.

house of representatives even canceled their meeting later nancy pelosi insisted that the meeting was not cancelled just moved to an earlier time if in fact there's any trouble makers around and it made sense. i don't think anybody should take any encouragement that because some troublemakers might show up and that we change the whole schedule now we just moved in a few hours there's now a call to extend the national guard presence around the u.s. capitol just in case internet liberals have decided that a secret nazi conspiracy has taken over the republican party their proof the shape of the stage at sea-tac apocalyptic scenarios are now starting to become a regular aspect of american political discourse i actually have a lot of conservative friends and a lot of populous conservative friends and a lot of trump supporters. and none of the. had talked about this until the

mainstream media brought up rumors only cause panic if the rumors are given air by the right you know media i just think it's a justification to not put this in ministration a position where they have to actually face the failures that they have had through almost only a month and a half of being in office people were talking about a $2000.00 check that's what they want to know i want to know where their checks are that i want to hear about that where the money or where the health care you know what's going on in our economy right now is you know those are the things we don't see anyone once again holding biden accountable in the same way that we expected to be out accountable i promise you nobody going to the capitol to see the day the mainstream media's been claiming this blood drinking satanic pedophiles secret cryptic nazi symbols false flag inaugurations all of this would make a great hollywood movie or netflix mini series but in the real world america seems

to have some pretty big problems like crumbling infrastructure unpopular wars and cultural polarization however our political discourse seems to be stuck in fantasyland kaleb artsy new york. $930000000.00 tonnes that's the amount of food wasted by households in the service industry globally that's according to research done by the un environment program if you want to get serious about tackling climate change nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste businesses governments and citizens around the world have to do their part to reduce food waste let us all shop carefully creatively and make wasting food anywhere social and acceptable while we strive to provide healthy sustainable diets to all. well according to the report 17 percent of all food produced is thrown away which

is responsible for about 10 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions on more than $570000000.00 tons of food waste comes from households alone economist and author richard wolfe believes the food industry is partly responsible. you can produce food as a national social community the objectives on you could make it something like. running up public park or providing public education or provide gain public health care in other words it is a human right it is a basic requirement of civilized society and so it gets the priority that properly goals with that we don't do that in the united states and in many other countries either instead what we have in the united states and in other countries is

a profit driven food system if we did it differently if the priority was take the food we temperate doom's feed the people who are in our community we would have taken steps law would know to make sure that the food is properly produced properly packaged properly process and properly consumed that whole it's not difficult to teach people out and do it to provide them with the equipment and they would pay for itself very quickly in a better fed healthier population. pope francis is called for an end to extremism and violence in iraq during his historic 1st visit to the country the leader of the catholic church has the rally the country's christian population which has to endure after years of war and oppression mccarran picks up the story pope francis has embarked on

a historic visit to iraq defying security affairs on the pandemic in a bid to comfort one of the world's oldest and most persecuted christie and community is the police ordered me to settle a terrible i am coming as a pilgrim as a penitence pilgrim. implore from the more forgiveness and reconciliation after years of war and terrorism and that's a big from god as a consolation under the healing of. as well as highlighting their plight the pope's 1st international trip since the pandemic hit is aimed at reassuring iraq's dwindling number of christians and fosdike interreligious dialogue such high expectations but perhaps i'm realistic to believe this trip could bring about any real progress however 2 decades ago it could have been a very different story as a result one of the world's oldest christian communities and seen its numbers it plummets from 1500000 in 2003 to the current 175000

with little option many have fled the country to escape the religiously motivated violence that has plagued the country since the u.s. led invasion in 2003 tens of thousands were also displaced when the islamic state overran northern iraq in 2014 destroying churches and seizing property they were faced with a choice pay a tax convert leave or face death western countries are not oblivious to the situation the u.s. has provided humanitarian aid when islamic state terrorists overran parts of the country there was no where on has no one to turn to and the bleak reality is the pope's trip comes at a time when it's not on the fathomable of the christian faith could disappear from iraq and tiley well the pope's visit bring hope to christiane's probably will it change their lives probably not it's not going to help the christians materially directly because we are really in

a very corrupt political and economic system no doubt about that he will hear nice words but when it comes to doing today yes you know i think that's a different story western countries were not oblivious to the situation the u.s. has provided humanitarian aid but this of course has done nothing to stop the torment. thanks for your company update on our top stories in 30 minutes. join me every 1st week on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. consider the above dave and. pay them is going to.

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