in the headlines. a french schoolgirl admits she made up claims about. a story online a hate campaign against the teacher last year leading to his beheading by a terrorist. the e.u. chief puts the blame on. with just 10. orders delivered. the kremlin brands fresh u.s. claims of moscow this time to supposedly discredit american vaccines in favor of the russian. independence movement. as a member of parliament ultimately paving the way for spain to push for extradition

. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the international in moscow the top story of a french girl whose allegations against history teacher. led to a deadly online campaign against him has admitted she made the whole thing up was a murder last october after showing the prophet mohammed to his class let's get details on this now across life to paris. joining us here on the program can you just talk us through what this go claimed at the time and what she's saying now. well some real patsy was said to his. death when he was decapitated last october show. to the whole of france he was brutally murdered by

a radical islamist for simply having done his job you know what that entailed and what sparked all of this is a class that he taught which was to do with civics getting the children to discuss issues in france as part of that class he decided to show the controversial images of the prophet mohammed now that sparked a chain of events that led to his death it started with a teenage girl a teenage girl who admits she lied about what she said she went home that day and said to her father that she'd been asked to leave the class because she was a muslim and when she disagreed with the teacher she had been suspended from his class the fall though was fierce as you can imagine called to the school and demanded that samuel patty be struck off the teaching staff there to offer him to resign when that didn't work he started an online campaign which became

a hate campaign towards samuel party describing the teachers being discriminatory against his daughter what's now emerged is that the 13 year old fabricated all of that she was sent in his class on the day that she showed those controversial images she hadn't been asked to leave because she was a muslim and she hadn't been suspended for the fact that she'd spoken back to the teacher she was in fact trying to cover up for the fact that she had been playing truant that day so her father wouldn't find out a lawyer says that the things just spiraled out of control and she was lost in that . she shouldn't have been she deeply regrets she never wished for mr. she never called his murder she never to be spilt headed. for the public. 13 year old go bears responsibility for my

but not for the death of samuel pattie. well good lawyer for samuel patty's families say that they you know nor convinced about this they say that the valuations that she gave that she was a spokesperson for the individuals in the class are just not satisfactory this is what that lawyer had to say on behalf of the family. everything in the investigation showed very early that she lied she was a spokesperson a want of lies have events that never happened the sec's the nation does not convince me and makes me rather angry because the facts are serious here tragic. you know we told her we young the lawyers have consequences but it's. believe a ball the consequences that just spun out of control from from this teenage girl the video for the then put on the internet on social media sites

spiraled out of control and it ended up with the teacher losing his head and his life but it's also had much much wider consequences here in france it once again sort of raised tensions between the muslim community and of the communities in the government here in france we saw in the weeks that followed his death that there was a crackdown or mosques that would deem to have been radicalized there was a crackdown the muslim association is here in france and that then led to diplomatic tensions between france and some muslim majority countries france even then brought forward legislation that it was working on that then decided to incur the late water it happened with some your party and that draft legislation which is now being passed by the national assembly and will soon be discussed by the senate is looking at promoting. the republican values of france but many people see it as

being in. law so you know this was one lie one lie though that not only left to teach it day but there's really uncovered a hornet's nest of problems here in france my daughters are solid they want to be alive and paris thanks for that charlotte let's stay in the french capital now and bring in elizabeth a journalist and political commentator joining us also live from paris thanks for coming on the program today as a charlotte was basically saying that the schoolgirl who made up the story she is only 13 do you think she holds any responsibility for what happened here i think she also wrote some responsibility and it was really interesting is that i think father. quite a great deal of that 1st of all because the daughter knew exactly what would work with her father she knew that her father and i were had sympathy for the people who denounced us from by and turns she put things to them so that he would literally

erupt and whens and she was not there when peoples to try to say but she wasn't there you mean he denied it he contacted people within a committee that started the chain and that eventually led to the murderers so it's more a question of what is acceptable and why it would. be so easy accepted and then whenever people said that she's lying he called them it's not a i think you know at the very least that child sponsibility which is not nil is shared with her father or as you say as you say the father father legal complaint against mr patten a and then began this massive social media campaign against him but now as we know the girl has not been officially identified but in situations like this more often than not 'd there's a habit of the names coming out do you think her safety could be at risk. well strangely enough she is actually in another league so she has no problem has calera

school as daddy had not such meanwhile a young instagram influencer who made a video on instagram about 2 years ago in which she said that she didn't like islam the religion without accusing people personally has been hounded into hiding has been the object of death threats and school refused to take or even public schools because they think oh this is dangerous and so you see the person who's being hounded still is hounded today years after she she made an instagram video and the girl whose father started the process towards murder that girl is still in school and we don't want to know her name i don't want her to be punished in in such a horrendous way but i think that there's a kind of cowardice on one side and. not on the other but there's now all this media attention on this school girl and her made up story do you think this could

end up being a distraction from the real problems that lead to some your party's murder well how do you wish real problems did the idea that you cannot express something that you cannot give a lesson that is in the curriculum and that you know it will always be seen normal by a minority but a very active and deadly minority to kill people for it i should say that's the main problem. what about the we i mean it's been 5 months since this horrific murder which sparked a major crackdown on islamic extremism in france but what's the impact do you think that it's having on the country i guess i should say ultimately the relationship between the government and that of the muslim community. well the government doesn't exist in a bet your other government is also doing this because the outrage in the country is very important it again france is a country that historically you know the french revolution the enlightenment it

just the country that invented practically freedom of speech freedom of expression against a different religion which is quite repressive the catholic religion. saw a protestant being a quarter that in paris janet us and he decided not to alter the broken at the wheel and he decided that he wrote about this and he started this movement that light lit basically the flame of lunacy so i would say that the idea that some minority can say no you cannot say anything about a religion an idea of being against people or actual people muslims that is despicable but being against ideas it still is impossible today. elizabeth journalist and political commentator joining us live here on r.t. international thank you very much. the head of the european commissioner says she's become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow inoculation of rate and laid the blame on

a vaccine maker astra zeneca artie's peter oliver digs up the story. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with delivery of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped

a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job for heading to australia the australian trade minister called that vaccine protectionism what we don't want to see is a repeat of the well scramble we saw for resources at the beginning of the pandemic where everybody was trying to outbid everybody else when it came to masks and p.p. and everything else on the line though has said yes there have been problems with the way the vaccine program is being rolled out there's been problems with the way the e.u. commission has handled things we aren't where we want to be in combating the virus we were late in granting authorization we were too optimistic about mass production and maybe we also took for granted that the doses orders would actually arrive on time we must ask ourselves why and what lessons we can to learn from it even when you have vaccines there's still problems in austria they've suspended the use of

one of the astra zeneca john. after one woman died and another person was taken seriously ill after they received it it's until a full investigation can be carried out as it stands at the moment they say there's no direct link between them having the vaccination and becoming ill but they want to make sure that that's definitely not the case when it comes to getting the vaccines into the country though there is one of the of the new that the european union could be looking at not importing them from the united states but in order to do that they're going to have to convince washington to overturn their own protectionist rules that don't allow vaccines to be exported outside of the us. russia has dismissed claims of spreading dissin from asian about us vaccines calling them nonsense the us state department earlier flagged for russian websites

as supposedly trying to discredit the fires are a modern a jobs in favor of sputnik v. is a correspondent so ask your take. the world changed big time over the last year but some things stay the same remember russia madelyne as well that our global engagement center has identified 4 russian online platforms that are directed by russian intelligence services and spread disinformation about 2 of the vaccines that have now been approved by the f.d.a. in this country we are aware of it we're monitoring and we are taking steps to address back just in time to wage oh vaccine war because while hackings a bit passe and electing foreign presidents is a bit wild being that not vaccines are where it's at 2021 and when it became clear that american scientists might vaccine the russian ones the kremlin bolts had no

choice but to raise that disinform in heads again the emphasis on denigration pfizer is likely due to stay just as the 1st besides it wouldn't be to see mass use resulting in a greater potential threat to sputniks market dominance who said to global pandemic couldn't be politicized now some would say these madness a bit late to the game i mean sputnik freeze already registered in around 40 countries many of which didn't even consider not because they'd been brainwashed by mean anti flies and notes left by undercover agents but because pfizer is logistically a much trickier vaccine it used to fall apart if it wasn't kept in specialized freezers minus 17 degrees celsius that's now been improved to minus $25.00 while sputnik v chills out to plus 8 and is around hof the price and then there are countries like iran which own exactly buddy buddy with the us so why buy their

proxy when there's another one on the market without the political trauma. not tickle right well unfortunately political games and logic on friends and paranoia is alive and well it's nonsense russian special services have nothing to do with any criticism against vaccines if we treat every negative publication against the sputnik the vaccine as a result of efforts by american special services then we will go crazy because we see it every day every hour and in every anglo-saxon media the wall street journal's resurrected this information for the sake of a few critical articles just imagine what all means over madly as it would have had twin vent if i had got the onslaught of doubt criticism hate that sputnik we got back in the day the speed of the road now is

a concern for some health professionals it's a new kind of global race that russia wants to lead there are concerns about its safety with questions of how much of it russia can produce now timing is everything the e.u. struggling with this vaccine rollout paid by production delays and shortages ready to help but may be so to block started the approval process now 5 in the us who obviously love healthy competition anyway but twitter loves polar bore trump loves music and is probably looking at that and seeing a chunk of that money party just fall away never mind that it's for the good of humanity the sputnik vaccine will not go back to russia it will save lives in slovakia i would never give it up our country is 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 you'll hear the good news is that 280000 doses of the vaccine

arrived from russia and we need vaccinations 1st as possible and evolving more people so. yes the pandemic might have changed the wild but some things never change madness and disinform ation back in the game did you miss them. the european parliament has voted to strip m.e.p. catalan separatist leader carlos preacher man of immunity ultimately paving the way for his extradition to spain courts in belgium where he is based will now decide whether to send him to treat him just a bit earlier in the program i discussed this with aussies daniel hawkins. these legal wranglings the question of diplomatic immunity has been hotly contested in the european parliament and that vote has now come through 248 against 400 m.p.'s for waiving diplomatic immunity all 3 individuals are wanted on charges of misuse

of public funds and sedition in spain this means that madrid can now issue new european arrest warrants potentially leading to the extradition and charges for that referendum in 2017 which madrid views as a legal and the organizers as criminal will of course take a different view in his speech today you said this was an attack on freedom and a campaign of prosecution against him on his associates he asked me you need to be . buried in. more than that. and it's a regime you know to me in case you. can do it will certainly view this as a victory that this question of presents a simmering. source of many tensions between catalonia and madrid will be resolved internally on a national level as opposed to getting involvement from the e.u. states either regional level so certainly victory for madrid you know some already saying that madrid trying to make an example of

a man and his associates as well did do you really think there madrid is is keen to put the politician on trial and potentially lock him up behind bars or for madrid the question of castle and independence has been hugely sensitive 11 that's pretty much been off the table and when putin one became the 130 of president of catalonia he was the 1st to refuse to swear oath to swear loyalty to the spanish monarchy to this planet a constitution and it was on the his rule that in september 27th teen laws were passed that enabled that referendum to go through the referendum was never completed madrid spent sent security forces in the region that of course resulted in these tensions. between catalonia a madrid of many years many decades coming to heads with a protest clashes with security forces on the streets which shocked many who were following events around the world.

we decided to sack the president vice president and other high ranking officials in the council on government. given the. proposal for a disease should teach. because an independence movement is bigger than just call

us presume on should madrid succeed in getting make sure i didn't charge potentially jailed as other activists have been this won't be the end of the question but by issuing this extradition request madrid is very keen to make an example of that they won't stand for somebody that goes against spanish laws and spanish constitution this is why for the last 2 years they've been trying so hard to win those legal battles the get him back to spain way could face those charges and from a legal standpoint certainly this is something many around the world be following in many countries which have their own independence movements and tensions certainly this could set a president and something many will be watching very closely indeed. before that vote in the european parliament a group of former any peace sign a petition urging lawmakers not to remove huge amounts of unity we spoke with one of them mr carthew from marlin's shin fein party. if there is going to be parliamentary immunity i would have i would question the legitimacy of 11 parliamentarians and the opportunity to escape the rule of law what the european

parliament rules that provides members of parliament with immunity and therefore 'd it needs to be used in a way in which a sparrow much is equal and it shouldn't be used and to be removed for political reasons which is what i believe they european parliament did by refusing to uphold the immunity 8 of them on down his colleagues yesterday so to me this is a full mental problem cowardice boojum and shocking to be sought on any charge let's recall exactly what his krajina supported to be as the elected representative of the people of catalonia he did what he promised he would do before an election and what he was elected to do. accusations by prince harry's wife meggan mochel against britain's royals are suddenly dominating world headlines of the moment but as a tease and he aaron reports they've also had the effect of mosque ing wide a questions about the queen and her family. well you'll worrying about home

schooling how to pay your mortgage and how to survive in the far reaching misery of the pandemic the witnesses are at war one royal bombshell after another sprinkled with plenty of commentary to make sure you don't lose perspective before you even have time to switch your gaze insteps the queen queen oprah that is with the interview of the decade which i know you've watched hans berg for magen if she bravely held back tears when she spoke of how stressful it was to stay up late googling grow protocols and there were no pats on the back for meghan claims that in return she was bullied by the racist royal family to the extent that she contemplated suicide i just didn't want to be alive anymore and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born with hash tag team meghan receiving a die hard following on the former actress becoming an icon of resistance to the racist outdated and downright oppressive royals' see there are reasons the royal

family might be grateful for the destruction to put it this way now nobody's really talking about that little news item about the queen lobbying for a change in law to hide public wealth right government memos found in the national archives revealed that the queen's private lawyer pressured ministers to alter a proposed legislation to prevent her majesty shareholding from being disclosed to the coma this otherwise known as the public just because of the risk of. discreet leaking to other people but basically because disclosure it's any person would be embarrassing. and what happens all the news stories about prince some group who were allegedly even low paid the u.s. government on behalf of pay to fall geoffrey epstein well the newspapers might have moved on the f.b.i. hasn't the department wants to talk to prince andrew that's why the south rim

district has been making efforts to communicate with him we have made it clear that we'd like to communicate with him and i can think of one other person who might be relieved to be out of the spotlight the british prime minister with a 1000000 spends on a brand new media briefing room and attempt to attract donor money to finance the $200.00 grand restyle of his official residence it's thanks very much for your hard work and putting your lives at risk and all that and his staff but it's just a one percent pay rise for you so we can afford it so as the queen celebrates unity and her commonwealth day speech and her grandson across the pond pull scorn on the royal family in front of an audience of tens of millions while still claiming he just wants the media to leave him alone is seems that it's business as usual in day old blighty just keep that stiff upper lip turn a blind eye stay calm and think of england. a special 3

d. mosque is providing hope for a young girl whose face was a very early burn to the palestinian refugee camp the family of 8 year old model is now counting on her recovery. we were in school my mum picked us top and we went to the market 1st there was towns and there was fire then we got separated we didn't know where we were. 'd but there's a little bit of. of the forms of therapy or doctors without borders they made this mosque they call it a 3 d. mosque that makes the skin soft and heals it up 70 percent. but when i wear the

mask i feel better the doctors made it for me i used to go to the doctors to have my dressings changed then they made the mask for me now my ones are almost healed. i have this. at home where the mask but i don't like to wear it when i go out i feel shy when they wear it because everyone starts looking at me but the doctors told me to wear it at least 6 hours a day. to wake up one day and see their faces back to normal because it's really affecting them both psychologically a pretty good for this full recovery. with most of europe still under heavy restriction is due to the pandemic the authorities here in moscow are taking a much lighter touch with most businesses operating as normal and according to the

deputy mayor that's down to the city's success in countering the pandemic over the past year or spoke with artsy about the lock downs and major inoculation campaign that's now happening right here in the russian capital. buried somewhere but it was sort of the let's get straight to the main point to vaccinations in moscow so how is it going. at the moment it's going very well or what exactly is going so well we have vaccinated more than 700000 people in moscow since the beginning of the campaign this means that approximately 121-5000 are vaccinated every day depending on the day of the week we always have free slots we have made the widest range of possibilities for muscovites in order to choose a vaccination point for everyone out of this total number 300000 are elderly we have vaccinated 93 percent of all nursing home residents with the 1st and the 2nd doses let's go back than to when it all started where matter a year ago when corby was already in moscow how did we 1st understand that the big

epidemic would begin in moscow it was clear from the middle of february last year that it would be not only chinese but the whole world this year despite the fact that we have the longest border with china we were not the 2nd country which was infected it was clear from the middle of february last year that it would be not only chinese but the whole world this year despite the fact that we have the longest border with china we were not the 2nd country which was infected our turn was later italy and spain were 1st new york next so we could observe how the situation might develop so we did have a time lag so we can make the best seas of this time which therefore from the beginning of march we're polite to 1st restrictive measures it is clear that moscow is a huge hope with a high population density and that we would not be able to ignore the situation the only question was when and to what extent we would be ready for their arrival of the pandemic can it compare moscow with some metropolis for the better.