simply just not a morning person also does washington really support democracy in the world ukraine's crackdown on independent media. in the headlines this 8th of march profiting from the pandemic 2 senior german m.p.'s that quitting in a major scandal for allegedly earning under its of thousands of euros from facemask deals will tell you all about it. claims of financial mismanagement jury the pandemic times by the u.k. government which is spending millions of pounds on a brand new media briefing room well from one health workers just get an offer of a one percent pay rise plus president biden's long awaited covert relief bill passes the senate many people end up getting even less than under donald trump.

allow their happy monday is going good thanks for tuning in to our to international live from our world news center it's kevin i would you for the next hour with those headlines in more detail than 1st german m.p.'s are standing down over claims they made hundreds of thousands of euro for brokering facemask deals peter all over our europe correspondent reports make no bones about it this is a big scandal here in germany pandemic profiteering isn't a look any party wants to be tarnished with in this is part of the ruling coalition here including angler merkel's christian democratic union party the representative of that party nicolas lobel has said he's going to step down at the next election this is after his company allegedly made around a quarter of a 1000000 euro from being the middleman in deals when it came to pee pee and masks during this pandemic that may not be good enough for some sort of said. he needs to

go right now and no wait until the election in the autumn however he said he is sorry for what he's done so far but he isn't the only one that's been involved in the scandal we've also heard that. from the very insistent party the c s u is facing a corruption probe after he's understood to have taken away a 6 figure sum for being the middle man again in deals involving masks he's already said he's not going to run in september he has stood down from his position as the deputy leader of the union parliamentary group but he's denied any wrongdoing what they say is prompted is well senior figures including members of angular merkel's cabinet coming out and saying there's no way this can be tolerated in condemning those 2 politicians to collect a commission that is to gain money 3 mediation in emergency situations is not

possible that destroys trust in our democracy those who fill their own pockets with essential goods such as masks do not represent the people but the lowest interests it's understandable why the center right block is circling the wagons there is obviously a bundestag election coming up in september but before that just next sunday there's 2 important regional elections as well and they want the candidates involved not to be as distant from this particular scandal as possible there's also a want to not be more fuel to a fire of frustration to seeing people demonstrate against the way the government has handled the pandemic here in germany it's not just a german issue we've also seen those protests taking place across europe.

with. the level of hopes there will surely only be added to when it starts coming out that m.p.'s that politicians were enriching themselves personally during this pandemic journalist and author thomas fassbender spoke to support it he says public fear in his views over the issue is going to damage the ruling party. i think that definitely the christian democrats as a party at the forthcoming for coming elections will take a hit there's 'd no question there's anger about this the interesting thing here is that mr little bit just last year was the subject of a completely unrelated corruption or misbehavior commercial misbehavior case within his own party the man has been known for a sort of potentially shady behavior is there where allegations and nevertheless the party sort of shut their eyes that is of course 'd the dangerous thing it's not

just a matter of the law such of the letter of the law but also. 'd about the way to supply. downing street being criticized for spending millions of pounds on a white house style media briefing room it comes as the country's former trading standards rather cold to prime minister boris johnson's alleged use of a charity for a 6 figure renovation of his official property and abuse of his position and some of point to that all this happening of course in stark contrast at the same time as the media pay rise over the health workers on the very front line of the coven 5. 1000000 spent on a media briefing room 3 and a half pounds a week for nurses make no mistake this is a political choice by the tories it sums up boris johnson's warped priorities that he can find millions for vanity projects while picking the pockets of n.h.s.

staff our n.h.s. heroes deserve a fair pay rise after all they have done for us the conservatives are wasting $2600000.00 pounds on a vanity media sense of a boris johnson while denying n.h.s. workers a fair pay rise the conservatives priorities are not the british people's priorities . the u.k. given his sister difficult economic circumstances mean it can only afford a one percent pay hike right now for n.h.s. stuff but with inflation predicted to reach one and half percent this year that would likely result in a real term pay cut then and as his union says they deserve more and they're prepared to strike over it political commentator anthony webber told us the government's priorities are wrong but the media companies. actually need these. facilities one those are sure to generate a fine or. witnesses shortage of finance money should go in the suit. you very much for such schools are options of accrual direct she was like.

giving an atheist start but it doesn't go out. rather a pool message that the government's prepared to spend money on promoting its own interests but not prepared to spend money on people who've been looking after people who are beaten in hospital i'm uncertain of them are people who like the n.h.s. stop and respect the nurses and so on. the government's also extended till september a so-called further low scheme to pay 80 percent of people's wages for hours where the cow work in the pandemic it predicts the cash injection will get the economy back on track but in the latest episode of artie's going underground with afshin rattansi british economic historian robert skidelsky questions that embers they think there's a lot of pent up demand that there are a lot of savings that people haven't been able to spend and that as the shops and

entertainment places reopened people will flock to these places with their extra spending power and that'll make the whole thing revived but if you look at it realistically i'm very skeptical about this because national income has fall and it's fallen by 10 percent cent in 2020 that means savings of all there as you know some people will have extra savings but what about all those whose incomes have all they're not going to have extra spending power we're talking about people who are being made unemployed because small businesses are closing going bankrupt and or cutting down on their start and rather than keeping that population on 1st. i would try and provide work for them and especially young people.

by the knees today italy central region of land still wants to manufacture the russian sputnik v vaccine now and has asked the government to consider its proposal now to see also plans to purchase a 1000000 doses of the job on the country's health minister says he fully supports russia's shot. in my opinion if the vaccine works and is safe i do not really care about the nationality of the scientists who developed it therefore i am open to sputnik v. as well as to other vaccines should the european medicines agency in the italian medicines agency give their approval we are ready to cooperate with russia even very soon sport is already been approved in 2 e.u. countries hungary and slovakia recovers as the blocks criticize the war generally for the slow pace of coronavirus inoculations in many member states well chief of italy central lousy region telling us about the approval process for sputnik the.

it's necessary to produce vaccines in house in order to be self-reliant and avoid the problems we've recently faced including the difficulties with job supplies and on time deliveries autonomy will benefit everyone in this case we've always treated the sputnik vaccine with great respect paying particular attention to the scientific evidence behind it therefore we had no reservations about it off we saw the in the explanations of its validity in the medical journal the lancet and by the last there are small and the only national institute for infectious diseases in rome we've always said that the efficacy and safety of vaccines are the main thing whereas their origin doesn't matter to us. unfortunately we can't say decisions absolutely independently and always have to wait for the approval by regulators will so hope for a fast track process so that it doesn't get bogged down in excessive red tape because we're in emergency and in great need of doses in italy we don't expect to

see any disputes around the sputnik vaccine because we believe it will contribute to the common good and protect the health of our citizens. joe biden's covert relief bill finally passed the senate then after a moment vote last minute negotiations $1.00 trillion dollars of aid may seem like a lot but nester sestriere taylor reports that people may end up getting even less after it than under donald trump. ungar in america especially for children has soared to historic levels unexpected medical bills have created a serb just families desperate for in america the richest country in all the world we have incredible hunger what how is this possible as the u.s. continues its brutal battle with one invisible enemy an old one has of ram poverty but for those one in 10 americans who lost that job and same never recovered all those 3 in 10 low income families who worry whether the next meal is coming from

good news joe biden promised you a helping hand no one should work 40 hours a week you live in poverty and it wasn't just higher wages no buy do was also going to rip open the government's wallet and hand out those support checks the american rescue plan is going to keep the commitment of $2000.60 already gone out $1400.00 checks to people who need it. this is money directly in people's pockets and with control of the house of representatives the senate and the white house the only trinity nothing could stop the democrats puffing that kind of bill no out of touch hot little greedy republicans not even trump no it was a done deal right but we obviously are now ultimately sending. money to less people in the administration this is not the promise that we need.

conservative democrats have fossil divide in the admin sense fewer and less generous relief checks than the transfer has been good so not a done deal biden promised one thing with has $1.00 trillion dollar aid package the house then took a stab at it and the senate now taken a not the stab at it and it's a wounded form almost $12000000.00 fewer adults will get the relief biden pledged unemployment benefits are finishing a month earlier than planned and as for raising minimum wage to $15.00 well courtesy of some democrat senators who vetoed debt that won't be happening and if you're wondering what an elected official offering in the face of the people they sell looks like well hey you go. to cinema cinema. no i'm sure go it's a big thumbs up from have for $174000.00 annual salary but if you

thought biden himself was brain child this bill was as devastated by this well think again he is comfortable with where the negotiations stand he is controversial and knows there will be tweaks at the margin so if these tweaks mean that american struggling to stay afloat amid the biggest recession in the u.s. in decades on getting the money who is what national democrats particularly nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have chosen to do is crimes through a 1.9 trillion package that includes things like funding on the national endowment for the arts and national endowment of humanities and the subway in silicon valley to help nancy pelosi constituents and while the washington elite did eventually realize that splashing $100000000.00 on a subway in the richest town in america wouldn't sit well with those people standing in line to food banks when will it realize that it works for we the people

and not me myself and i. were the mainstream media delighted with the bill with the washington post initially branding it a defining move by biden but then a change of heart may be there that was forced to change its headline after an online backlash. shall waste money on americans could washington post exaggerate by density humans in the market desk way probably not shameful who make a train with a chunk of the still doesn't come home my friend soak up all of the money showers my fellow poor's the amounts are being paid are just a drop in the in the bucket the payments are proof that their faith and the bite administration was well founded and the reality is of course that much more of their covert relief bill is going to other causes another interest groups in the us you know we have a constitution and the government has grown by leaps and bounds beyond what the original intentions were at this point the number in the duties of the american

federal government have. the number of tourists arguments over laughable you know the last coded stimulus package had billions and billions being sent to foreign countries this one has everything from money for amtrak which is a perennial loser of public money. 3000000000 in aid to aircraft manufacturers almost 300000000 for the national government for the arts and all while people are suffering and i would add that while there are clear signs that the global appetite for the us treasury which is u.s. debt seems to be waning this is a heck of a time to be incurring a lot more debt. start of around you we cope it's going to pay for you and thank you for tuning in to out international with me kevin i mean this as i tell you what's after the break among the stories as brazil reports disturbing new coded records insists in the headlines again for the wrong reasons president bolsa naropa tells the country to stop whining about what's been going on there and the disease

but i think about this after the break. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation 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 inmate in the shallows.

join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. present both scenarios called on people to stop whining about brazil's kovi catastrophe despite the country registering its highest daily covert death rate last week it's got the 2nd highest death toll in the world with more than 260000 victims so far. sugar due for this quarter do you mean going over the pretentiousness enough with the whining how long are people going to carry on crying for you for we have to confront the problems obviously we need to respect the elderly those with conditions but where is brazil heading to if we live in fear

. meantime health authorities say just over 7000000 have so far received at least one vaccine dose brazilian hospitals are struggling to find room for the sick and the health systems are overloading and then there's this to look at what is that you ask well it's a container placed outside a clinic in the north of the country to hold bodies victims of the disease residents told us what they thought about the sorry site but i think people are panicking and this container shouldn't be out in the open yet this doesn't help. that it has a huge impact i think it makes you more careful and more inclined to protect yourself it's only when you actually see that it has any impact when you realize that our people in their lost loved ones were all to blame people but also the government because they should set the example. the editor of one brazil a new side told us the president must take the blame for the worsening situation. i

think it's political strategy. all the time trying to prove to the brazilian book relation he has this situation the control over the situation is completely out of control i don't feel that resume is going to have that the situation before may or june because we are very. in the nation we don't have any more. to protect people. to stay at the next 30. days i going to be even worse than the situation we have who at this moment. desperation and anger in lebanon

as the country's economic downturn pushes more people to the brink they're on top of covert everything else last week the lebanese currency to a new low fuel nationwide protests reporting from the capital local journalist and linda to maine for you. and downtown the return of 10 years have blocked the bronx they blocked them with burning tires trash and trash bins they set trash bins on fire and basically everybody is angry at the further collapse of the lebanese here at the dollar the lebanese pound reached $10800.00 lebanese the rest to a dollar which is very much under president that the protesters are very angry at the government for being so inefficient for not being able to form a cabinet that would unlock the $1000000000.00 promised by the i.m.f. should the reforms be finally implemented it's been close to 7 months now that lebanon has been without a proper functioning government because situations that is very very. very

law. we closed this road because this is our land our country and we have become poor we have endured so much that's why we are closing the roads again and won't let anyone pass. on we are starving we are here at martyrs' square setting tires on fire because the price of a loaf of bread has risen to $3000.00 lebanese pounds and that of a kilogram of rice to $7000.00 all while the dollar keeps rising there seems to be no end in sight a lot of people a lot of lebanese people are thrown deeper into poverty and a lot of people are desperate they're fleeing the country they're now jobless they're left with absolutely no hope and this is why they're expressing their anger and frustration out on the streets of beirut. a global cyber security crisis is brewing after a hacker microsoft exchange e-mail accounts which are used by governments individuals and institutions the u.s.

says all system users need to take immediate action. this is significant vulnerability that could have far reaching impacts 1st informants this is an active threat and as the national security advisor tweeted last night everyone running the servers government private sector academia needs to act now to patch them. in the u.s. alone an estimated 30000 customers have been affected then including state and local government agencies however its full scale is yet to be determined some 250000 users globally could potentially be at risk among them many businesses microsoft ledges that was carried out by a group linked to the chinese government but beijing denies any connection we spoke to technology expert roger kay who points out the ongoing problem with the sub's acuity in the u.s. these days. this is one of a large number of them occurred in the last little while. the us

economy and government is riddled with servers that have all the number breached one way or the other and a lot of your permission has been kagan and we can presume that military servers remain carter miles for various reasons including by the way that a lot of targets with this one were smaller businesses which are typically less good at keeping things together and patching things quickly and so on so those are all. will remain until it gets cleaned up better than it is now. just briefly for a go want to talk about a new r.t. documentary put together speaking to a russian paralympic athlete a national sailing team member who's done really well despite the fact he's lost his leg in an x. that was serving in the army despite that dmitri matter of stays really active at the gym there is sit in the pool he says and filming his video blog back in 2019 on top of all that he became the 1st russian paralympian to cross the bosphorus strait

that's between europe and asia chop a bit of water he also won the national sailing cup for differently abled athletes if you want to see him see his full story i can tell you it's on at various times throughout the day coming up here sure to catch it. but that's the way things are looking for now check it out a dot com ever socials what we're talking about and have your say as well just go to the comment section on anything we're talking about a lot he dot com let us know at 25 minutes past the hour kevin allen signing off for the farmers here in about 35 minutes either which way have a great day. the world is drew. shaped.

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