eat. the headlines this hour the slovak prime minister attacks calls not to use russia's vaccine as the country's vaccination campaign gets hauled down by politics. because medical. staff and government offers them a rise of just one percent and a dream holiday turned into a nightmare we hear from a passenger who was trapped in an italian cruise ship during a break which resulted in the deaths of 3 people. they refused to inform us that there were pieces of code that appalled the ship that they tested positive there was no suspicion but indeed. they've refused to give us information.

so good evening watching r.t. international she's gone 7 o'clock in the sky now the prime minister slovakia has defended his decision to acquire russia sputnik the coronavirus back saying he's faced a wave of criticism after the country received its 1st delivery of the jab earlier i discussed the story with saskia. 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 falls apart and while political shenanigans begin his purchase of russia sputnik seem the latest of around 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 feed flying out from moscow to the east of here on monday bring about such backlash well the russians roxanne has not been registered by the european union at the approval process is in fact just beginning but as prime minister much of 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 easy really facing some sort of you know substantial revote here while the purchase of those 2000000 jobs has really put the slovakian 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 side 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 what else are here by thing and 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 vaccine that had been approved by the e.u. why he decided to take this route and take sputnik fee and of course then we've

seen all of your usage. while it's no secret a tool that the european union is failing in its toss 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 it's easy to prove 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 the jobs approved by the block not whether they're from russia from china or wherever else so we're clearly seeing his shifts within the e.u. member states starting to lose faith and confidence. entering 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 us what the british medical association has called the government's one percent pay rise for health care workers something unions though say undermines the value of those who quote kept the country alive during the crisis or despite the u.k.'s national health service receiving an extra $500000000.00 pounds per year

under the proposal it is still likely to result in a real term pay cut for staff as inflation in the u.k. could hit 1.5 percent this year when it comes to spite the government's repeated promises of rewarding frontline staff. 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 drop 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 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. haven't done so well and it energizes critically underfunded and you know the government can afford lots of other things you look at all the contracts they've been giving to their friends. the model leading british nurses union has set up a fund to prepare for possible strikes over the deal labor party leaders here starmer has also dismissed the proposal saying that code would hiro's deserve better support 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 in each case workers in general for that country joining the course of the. river it had 10 years of a state it and ask lawyers nor me i think you can imagine in. the

demoralized the tangle and the same people or state some government i thanked we had at least a small amount of all that i asked our government to include for it is to be quite honest budget you may actually sure. we are and the appreciation for his and pandemic 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 are a really difficult time would feel that they ought to be rewarded more fair to the u.k. is a wealthy nation if we devalued our resources fairly i think there'd be a lot more that you know they'd 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 cold but a. 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 kind they were not told about suspected infections and were encouraged by the courier to use the ship's facilities r.t. charlotte lindsay 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 lotsa nique now these images show the situation off to the islands authority told passengers that they had to stay confined to their cabins tensions were high and 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 a valving 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 always 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 very clearly or it was either totally empty or didn't exist no security or health measures there were 3 restaurants and blood shut too 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 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 it's telling 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 it 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. to lead this hour another round of destruction set to be lifted in the russian capital that is the w.h.o. says the situation across the country is steadily improving we'll have the details on this with a story staying just on the right. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person of those great. day or thinks. we dare to ask. why the 21st century america is exhausted it's just tired and it doesn't have a thing approach that mark 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 wheel and they are working to.

welcome back now 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 john riots even just room is for a new fallen seem to put the media and police on age of more pain as more. 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'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 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 stay down this road. 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 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 troublemakers around and it makes 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 why you 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 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 the 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. no one knows 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 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 evening 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 that the pandemic in russia is improving and following a steady decrease in cases here in the capital the mayor of moscow has announced a further easing of restrictions in the city with more on that his mind costa. the latest from the russian capsule is that this city is lifting one of its final coded 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 descriptions is attributed to the fact that they

call the 1000 states estates 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 the launching concessionary tickets we still recommend that people refrain 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 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 that report suggests 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. meanwhile israelis use some of its pandemic restrictions to but only for those with a so-called green past vaccinations could around 500 people who could prove that they were really attended nope and there pop concert in tel aviv on friday. in israel but the vaccination passports are a step towards the further we are one of the country's cultural saying. this weekend we are opening open air concerts we open the museums sunday we are reopening the restaurants and some of the schools so this really marks the end of this period with most of the israeli population vaccinated we hope that corbett 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 a while you really so desperate to hear we are coming to. you for the because of diverses really feel again. in other world news the place of disperse protesters in the chilean capital santiago demanding the resignation of president sebastian pinera demonstrators throwing projectiles out police who responded with water cannon and tear gas since the prepaid were arrested. 4 men to this time indeed. why demonstrators rallied in solidarity with jailed terrorist mitri school fontina says he's been on hunger strike for almost 2 months and after being relocated to a different prison and is reportedly suffered from kidney failure he is serving 11 life sentences for multiple killings and bomb attacks back in 2003.

the 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 during the pandemic and despite promising to clean up its act the british retailer could now be banned in the united states. thanks. the evidence. was quite compelling i think it will be a wake up call for british institutions about how they're handling more than slavery and forced labor.

before we get some news just in because the president. nicolas maduro and 1st lady cynthia ferraris here have been inoculated with the 1st dose of brushes and vaccines they are the 1st 100000 shots arrived in the country last month and were given to the most vulnerable sectors and health personnel pictures over to the presidential they were saving the job of broadcast on state television. brings you

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what why don't read the whole have line read it china gave us diplomats anal covert tests and error american officials say they were supposed in error exactly what so wait a minute hold on hold on hold the presses. chinese officials gave an american in a row he is able call the test is that what i'm hearing that's what i just said so american diplomats in china received these coping test by chinese officials and parents instead of putting it in their notice they put the swab somewhere else and i just felt like you know after if you look at what's happened in america over the past few decades is is humiliation right of the ordinary person of the workers of the deplorable is as hillary called them and you saw you know 70000 people die from overdose every year.