the. prime minister rejects call. the country's vaccination campaign. a medical work after the government offers them it's a cure to send a dream holiday that turned into a nightmare we hear from a passenger who was trapped in a cruise ship during a break which resulted in the death of 3. they refused to inform us that the this is a pool they tested positive there was no suspicion but. they refused to give us information.

oh good evening it was international it's just gone at 6 o'clock here in moscow the prime minister of slovakia has defended his decision to acquire russia's coronavirus facts saying he's faced a wave of criticism after the country received its 1st delivery of the jab earlier i discussed the story with. over the past year we've heard time and time again that unity is needed in the fight against the coronavirus when it comes to vaccines though it seems that our unity souls apart from all political shenanigans begin his purchase of russia sputnik scene the latest of round footie countries globally to do so has made very clear because the prime minister was forced to defend his decision to critics spoke out saying they want to refund the sputnik vaccine will

not go back to russia it will save lives in slovakia i would never give it up our countries a fundamental part of the european union but i cannot turn down a quality vaccine that will save our people because it's made in russia i'm not a murderer so why did the scenes all the sputnik the flying out from moscow to the east of here on monday bring about such backlash well the russian vaccine has not been registered by the european union yet the approval process is in fact just beginning but as prime minister must have it said he cannot in good conscience allow himself to stand by and wait for red tape to be cut while his citizens are dying so widespread then is this criticism is it a couple of voices or z. really facing some sort of substantial revote while the purchase of those 2000000 jobs has really put the suboxone government in disarray so 2 of the 4 parties who make up the ruling coalition have spoken out one in fact has proposed

a reshuffle of the entire cabinet the other said it might even leave the coalition meanwhile the foreign minister foreign affairs minister very diplomatically clad sputnik the is not just a frank scene but quote a tool of hybrid war so put simply politicians who are supposed to put the welfare of best citizens of where else are here 5 mile thing in trying to send back a vaccine that could save thousands of lives for its part in looking at will this play. cole infighting said ok we'll take the vaccines back and we won't even ask for the compensation as per the contract and this is something that the slovakian pm actually wrote about specifically how expose the hypocrisy of his critics they have been seeing hybrid war jew political russian weapons all kinds of nonsense that we should be ashamed off when the russians came and offered to take the vaccine back with no repercussions everyone suddenly became quiet why couldn't the

prime minister just adopt a vaccine that had been approved then by the wise he decided to take this route and take sputnik fee and of course then we've seen all the arguments than she. well it's no secret our tool that the european union is failing in its task of vaccinating its 450000000 strong population its production is slow its rollout is even slow it's been such a p.r. and health disaster that brussels was even forced to publicly apologize so frustration desperation pushing sutton even member states to look beyond the block for help and they're looking to russia so hungry has registered sputnik the slovakia to now. san marino also after its easy to approved vaccines were delayed there are rumors that the czech republic an all star also next in line so pretty appetite is growing as is a lack of faith in brussels as food brussels and the e.u.

which is obviously all about being a single cohesive union where everything is centralized all these individual member states splintering off and breaking ranks is actually quite humiliating and in a sign that it doesn't even really have faith in its own ability to handle this crisis on friday a spokesperson said that countries can independently acquire jobs approved by the block or not whether they're from russia from china or wherever else so we're clearly seeing his shift within the e.u. member states starting to lose faith and confidence splintering from the union when it comes to vaccines and this latest saga in slovakia showing as we've seen from the very beginning that not even vaccines in the middle of a global pandemic are immune from being politicized. a kick in the teeth of the british medical association is called the government's one percent pay rise for health care workers something unions that you say undermines the value of those who could keep the country lived during the crisis or despite the u.k.'s national

health service receiving an extra $500000000.00 pounds a year under the proposal it would still likely result in a real to pay cut for staff as inflation in the u.k. could hit 1.5 percent this year comes despite the government's repeated promises of rewarding from mind stuff. our n.h.s. is the b. team heart of this country it is important that we support our really just want to see our fantastic frontline workers paid properly we absolutely want to want to rock want to reward n.h.s. staff for what they've done i will be making sure that we fight to house that that fair reward i mean i guess the government would have to prioritize and i think nurses and the n.h.s. in general something that we should prioritize 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 you know there's always companies that made so much money off the back about that but those have been in the middle of or haven't done so well and it just is 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 the more leading british nurses union has set up a fund to prepare for possible strikes over the deal labor party leader secure stammers also dismissed the proposal saying coded heroes deserve better support but the british health secretary has defended the offer calling it affordable given the country's economic downturn we got the opinions of a u.k. think tank and a nurse about the proposal. well not please because one can say as nor accurate as consider nothing that nazis have done and any chase for us in general for this country gent in the course of the pending we've already had 10 years of my

state it and ask lawyers nor me not that i think you can imagine any. demoralized the tango and the same people or speed some government as thanks we had at least a small amount of all that i asked our government in clout for is to be quite honest budget the may actually szell. we are and the appreciation for those and they nicked unfortunately that was a messed opportunity for the government i think it's fairly understandable that public servants who are doing a really difficult job or a really difficult time would feel that they ought to be rewarded more fairly the u.k. is a wealthy nation if we devalued our resources fairly i think they'd be a lot more but you know they'd be ample sco 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

cold but. government administration or a fairer taxation system could find the money to give the nurses who've been literally saving lives keeping the country running through this period of more generous offer. french authorities are investigating manslaughter allegations against israelis costa cruises after 3 people died following a covert outbreak on one of their ships last year passengers of the costa magica claim that they were not told about suspected infections and were encouraged by the crew to use the ship's facilities are to charlotte the minsky 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 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 pandemic hit for her and her then 5 year old son it was supposed to be a dream voyage instead passengers found themselves trapped or bored with little information or what was happening as the virus spread through the ship. they refused to inform us that there were cases of covert aboard the ship that they had tested positive there was no suspicion but indeed there were ill people they refused to give us information and we got it from the media when we were near the coast and could get a signal they concealed it from us and they didn't let us protect ourselves they didn't protect us either health wise they didn't treat us very well and not at all humanely but also the void had to put in place barrier measures which could have protected us and did you ask koester what measures they were putting in place to ensure that your health was the priority. attention increased very

quickly we were in a state of tension and anguish which i just can't describe finally after a few days this virus spread strongly we asked them to cut the air conditioning and they refused we demanded that they open all the restaurants and all those outside so that people could escape the crews as soon as possible to avoid gatherings they refused to put in place all these measures the cruise ship was refused permission for passengers to disembark at several ports including only island of moxon eek now these images show the situation of the island's authority told passengers that they had to stay confined to their cabins tensions were high violence erupted. was was was. was. was was was

a year later and french investigators approving allegations including mom saw to aggravated to seat and in danger in the lives of others against italy's costa cruises over her mental could be going team cases aboard that ship 3 passengers don't read from the virus the company denies the accusations saying that it and the crew acted on the scam to information that was available about the forests the toyman considering that at that time the situation was evolving 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 yet there was no more hand sanitizer it was replaced by water very clearly or it was either totally empty or didn't exist no security or

health measures there were 3 restaurants on board the shuttle to 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 waters ahead even loyal to holiday makers he said that they had questioned whether there would be a tally in passengers on board as at that time italy had become the latest hub for the virus costing he says assured them there would be no italians on board he said me with they knew a week in advance that the cruise could not last so yes it's true it was a strange. 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 covert and they wrote we have the emails and letters

from costa which 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 it's all legal. still to come another round of restrictions meanwhile set to be lifted in the russian capital and as he says in the situation across the country steadily improving as among stories to come just after this break. is your media a reflection of reality. in

a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. high salacious community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. by the 21st century america is exhausted it's just tired and it doesn't have a thing a pro that unmarked but china after being on the margins for so long does have something to prove and they do have the capacity and they are putting shoulder to

the whale and they are working to. u.s. capitol police have requested that more than 2000 national guard troops remain in washington d.c. for another 2 months but with tensions remaining high after the january riots even just rumors of renewed violence seem to put the media and the police on age kalam often expects. 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 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 me to your reports that u.s. officials were bracing for the purge as citizens rushed to get home before commencement. we advise you to get off the streets as quickly as possible it will 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 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 u.s. 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 red. is credible it's real human 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 fools 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 you brought it 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 ministries in 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 would. no i don't know where their checks 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 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 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 caleb mop and artsy new york. the world health organization has said the pandemic in russia is improving and following a steady decrease to win cases in the capital a matter of moscow has now announced a further easing of restrictions in the city with more on that his room on cost if . the latest from the russian capsule is that this city is lifting one of its final cold 19 restrictions starting on monday the mandatory stay at home rule for those over 65 years old and people with chronic illnesses will be scratched now the

city's mayor said that the latest easily restrictions is attributed to the fact that they call the 1000 statistics in russia have drastically improved now just in moscow alone the number of those people infected as dwindled 5 times compared to the figures back at the end of the year. 20 however despite the ease of restrictions moscow authorities are warning people in risk groups to be vigilant and to stay at home as much as possible because. the daily number of people hospitalized with severe cases varies between 70800 a day and of course this shows that risks still exist we must understand that the elderly and those with chronic diseases of particularly concerned about these risks that's why while relaunching concessionary tickets we still recommend that people restrain from traveling where possible but no these groups come travel they should do to a vaccination center to get

a job and feel safe in moscow has almost for its earned business as usual back in february when the moscow marrieds a creed that's a food and entertainment industry can get back to business students may go back to school and of course employees may return to their workplaces however despite the fact that so many limitations have been lifted people are still required to keep social distance and of course masks and other protective gear is mandatory elsewhere in russia toughest frictions are also in place with seniors required to stay at home russian vaccination efforts have also been in full swing. since december of last year and reports suggest that at least 5000000 people have already been inoculated now considering russian population off 150000000 people 5000000 is not such a high number however those numbers are continuing to accelerate and authorities

are hoping that it will grow very soon and by the way cording to authorities 45 percent of the population who are over 60 years old have already received the jab russian government hopes that if the nations go according to plan then by august of 2021 people will receive collective immunity and the restrictions will be eased a lot over the country. israelis and some of its pandemic restrictions but only for those with the so-called green pass vaccinations difficult around 500 people who could prove that they were code for a attended an open air port and the television friday there's hope in israel that the vaccination passports are a step towards the further reopening of the country's cultural saying. we can we are opening open air concerts we open the museums sunday we are reopening the restaurants in some of the schools so this really marks the end of this period with

most of the israeli population vaccinated we hope that covert is behind this or at least the virus as we know it is behind us it's really amazing an amazing moment here in tel aviv after one year really so desperate to hear we are coming to learn . to forgive because of diverses really feel again. another world news tonight lisa dispersed protesters and chaining cathal santiago demanding the resignation of president sebastian pinera demonstrators 3 projectiles at police who responded with the water cannon tear gas $63.00 people were arrested on this method say this time in greece the demonstrators rallied in solid. arity jailed terrorist meter is often tina's he's been on hunger strike for almost 2 months after being relocated to a different prison and has reportedly suffered kidney failure is serving 11 life sentences for multiple killings and bomb attacks in 2003.

fashion brand boohoo a staunch supporter of the black lives matter movement appears to be not so wolk when it comes to its own employees human rights groups have accused the company of paying staff below the minimum wage and poor working conditions too during the pandemic and despite promising to clean up its act the british retailer could now be banned in the united states. so. the evidence so. slight it was quite compelling i think it will be a wake up call for british institutions about how the how going more than slavery and forced labor.

just coming up to half past 6 needy here in moscow that brings you up to date thanks for being with us a today i will have more stories for you in about. i

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been. a little tight if you get in the. little village in the midst of it putting animals on those on the other. i'm ashen returns here we're going underground for a special lock down episode as britain one of the world's top financial services capitals issued new budget plans courtesy of former goldman sachs john sloan ritchie so knock they turn the show will be getting analysis rocks with universities professor danny dorling in the consult and editor of the london daily mail and drew p.s. but 1st joining me now from seafood in the suffix is the biographer of towering 20th century economist john maynard keynes nord skidelsky ski welcome to going underground i want to get on to what you describe as

a silent revolution going on there in this country about economics but as to this week's budget what do you make of it continued feeling amongst commentators certainly that. we must understand the economics of a nation is the economics of a a grocery shop. yeah well that's the that's the standard line isn't it i mean they're not they're not connected the purpose of the budget is to balance the a constant the nation that's what the purpose of a government's budget is and therefore it is the only grace shut off so to speak it alone has access to money and that it can print set in that sense the government isn't a tool like a grocer's shop a gracious shop your shop has to go to a bank if it gets into debt it borrows from back it has to repay government to have to repay the government can borrow without limit technically it can simply print the money it wants to spend now that is

a fact whether it was to do so when they want.