mr hate that for a human then i hope that our. european commission admits covert vaccines are being evenly distributed among member states following claims by austria of backroom wheeling and dealing by. french performers occupy 3 of the country's 4 national theater is saying they can't survive the pandemic shutdown of cultural sites. justice for new york state. victims' families who lost loved ones accuse the authorities of covering up the death numbers. be careful what you read the british musician quits a successful band after he slammed online for play praising an anti anti for a book.

live from moscow this is r.t. international my name is called embrace we head into a new weekend here's all top story for you tensions within the european union over its stuttering vaccine rollout are ramping up the austrian chancellor is claiming that some states have made backroom deals for job supplies breaking e.u. rules reporting next. the use one for all and all for one vaccine procurement program has come under fire again this time it's austria's chancellor cortes who's not happy he says that the way that excess doses have been sorted out amounts to little more than a trading bazaar he's also we're really on happy with the weight distribution his being carried out he says that under the program the way it is at the moment some e.u. member states will vaccinate all of their population by may others will have to wait until perhaps as long as the autumn yep the idea i'm front of all i have together

with other heads of government show the information and compare our own statistics on that distribution among e.u. member states and when you do that you notice that their mounts delivered do not correspond to the respective population numbers there is such a bizarre word this little contracts but with member states and pharmaceutical companies are set to have existed according to kurtz's stats multi has received 3 times as many doses relative to its population as bulgaria we've also heard from the e.u. commission spokespeople though they've said that look there are no secret backroom deals going on when it comes to doses of the vaccine and when it comes to the distribution program austria was privy to how this would work right from the very beginning if they'd had any problems with it they should've voiced them then the starting point of the commission is to distribute doses based on population but

member states can ask for less all more of a particular vaccine in this context and following talks between member states it's possible that a new distribution plan is agreed with the company. well the e.u.'s vaccination program has prompted some member states to look elsewhere for their jobs in the direction the a lot of them have been turning is towards russia's support make the vaccine that has caused some problems though particularly in slovakia where the health minister now former health minister he is was forced to resign from the cabinet after he ordered 200000 doses of the russian vaccine 2 out of the 4 policies that make up the coalition government in that country said they weren't having nothing there's a similar boat different situation in the czech republic as well the president of the czech republic saying that the health minister and senior health official

should either quit or be sacked if they don't buy in rush's sputnik v. vaccine well the sputnik v. job is currently undergoing a.m.a. the european medicines agency review once it gets not green light which is expected to come soon the vaccine will be used in a number of european nations. foreign affairs analyst to aid real kosong to believe the pandemic has exposed the disunity within the e.u. . i do believe even though the. european union is broke and it's perceived or aims to be perceived as a abortion as we know that the pandemic. was demons from all of us all all the governments around the world we know about the facts in nationalism and we know that in this race for our citizens' lives no one is really taking into account what the e.u.

is saying i do agree with the. saying certain countries. just pushing. for securing more vaccines and there's a backlash but since nationalism is well documented. and employees are staging a unique performance of 3 of france's national theaters by occupying the venusian a protest of a covert lockdowns they claim the restrictions have brought the industry to its knees and claim the curtains may never rise again shall the devinsky explained. i don't know why. the chorus of calls demanding the reopening of cultural venue's is growing aloud day in france but with no clear end date insight to the closure of theaters concert

hall cinema museums taking more drastic measures over the last week 3 of france's 4 national theatres including this one behind me have been occupied by protesters it is true that every day several times a day we take another place a new theatre a new national stage is occupied in this way with multiply in the case of resistance to make our claims heard so we've all hit by the o.t. now for a week and for that it serves as a place of residence the odeon is the symbolic place it was occupied in the $968.00 process there are already struggles that have been expressed in this place in fact it was the base to signal the alarm of the cultural catastrophe which is taking place protesters who set up shop here at the boat in the to say they won't leave until their demands are met them not knowing the details now we're determined to hold on until we're satisfied we do not claim the reopening at all costs it is not

part of our main slogan contrary to what some media made we want things to be reopened with social rights for all and massive plan for culture and above all the total reform of the unemployment insurance and the right to unemployment benefits guaranteed for all the issue has even reached the government with the cultural minister paying a visit to the squatters i went to the occupied theater audio on i understand the concerns and particularly of all the aftermath of the whites here they know it why objective is to continue to protect artistic employment as much as nest. we will continue our discussions days later though and nothing has changed here the sector already hit badly by the 1st wave of the covert pandemic with performers taking to the streets to make their plight known you. 'd

6 there is an anger too that while small private galleries have been allowed to stay open larger places such as this of herat to remain shut protesters say that it is possible to open up cultural venues and ensure the people remain socially distanced the news and you know the louvre museum the also a museum the big museums in paris these are vos places where social distancing would be respected but they are closest these are the decisions which are purely political through this there is a very clear choice of society that emerges what is essential to the market and what is not essential concerns culture it concerns all the things that nourish hope nourish reflection this is what power has in its sights through its political choices fronts it is considered to have one of the most generous support systems of artists in the world but that system has been strained as

a result of kobe 19 and many claim that they have fall and through the cracks those his say that this protest is just the start as more and more regions in france will see similar action charlotte even ski r.t. paris. precious mounting on new york state governor andrew cuomo to step down now of a sexual misconduct allegations and also over an alleged cover up of covert kav deaths . i think we've seen so many. so many troubling things that have come out just in a matter of weeks starting with the fact that thousands of people died in the nursing homes and we still don't have the truth about that and their families need and deserve the truth and we know one thing there was a purposeful cover up and that alone is unacceptable and disqualifying the state's health department how to initially reported around $8000.00 fatalities in care homes but those who were transferred to hospital and died were excluded from the

figures something deliberately to make the number of casualties seem low or if these victims are an added then the real number of deaths is almost double those reported victims' relatives question the counting also gov co most apparent dismissal of its importance. who years 3328 darden on spittle died in a nursing home they died. the governor comatose requirement for nursing homes to take in covert patients is being blamed for making the crisis worse tracey oviedo lost her 76 year old father in one care facility on long island she's the assistant director of voices for seniors and advocacy group for the elderly in nursing homes well tracy joins us now on the sea thanks for joining us on the program do you think the deaths of your father and those many others in those cat homes could have been prevented. absolutely governor cuomo signed an executive order mandating over

9000 cobra aza to patients into these nursing facilities that didn't have to be we knew back in february you had dr g. all over the t.v. telling us that this disease was most deadly to the elderly so we knew back in february why then would you purposely put covert patients in with the most vulnerable. is this entirely a problem of decisions made by individuals there will could it be a wider problem of the system as a whole that failed your father and that's a really good question and that's why we need an independent investigation to get the answer it's very important that we get investigation because we need to know what went wrong so that this never happens to another family ever again because with the stroke of governor cuomo spend he sentence my father and over 15000 senior citizens to death and he sentenced me and every single family member to a life time of anguish heartache and pain and this is not

a fight that we wanted but this is the cards this is the hand that we're dealt and we have to deal with it we have to play it and we're going to see it through to the very end what i'm trying to ensure that other families don't have to enjoy what families like yours have had to endure the authorities say they've been trying to improve the situation in the sector from what you can understand how many real changes been made. well when president trump was still in office they did institute that the nursing homes had to test the residents and the staff twice a week which really cut down on those numbers that and that was a really good 1st step but we still have thousands of elderly patients that are dying now of them only innocent isolation there is no reason with the vaccines and the covert testing that family members could go get a test and go in and be with their loved one because like i said they're dying of loneliness and isolation. so we heard in that clip from governor cuomo earlier on

the the number of deaths has not been dispute but where those deaths occurred is what the focus is on now did you suspect when these numbers were coming out the there was an attempt to to play something down. oh we know us families knew right from the beginning and i'll tell you this my father is still among the uncounted because he was released from a nursing home rehabilitation center after next surgery knowingly with the virus he was labeled a covert suspect in his nursing home paperwork and made in test him they didn't treat him they didn't tell us and unfortunately we were the ones when we got him home that had to put him in a hospital so he's truly uncounted and do you get the impression from your campaigning that you've been listened to that heaven forbid this ever happens again that next time things will be different. well you would you would hope so but the democrats in albany are not being very cooperative with with the exception of

a select few the moderate democrats are really focused on the sexy story the sexual harassment allegations that are against the governor and they seem to have forgotten forgotten the 15000 elderly people who died professor at preventable deaths so we really haven't gotten much success with them we keep meeting with them and we keep trying to get an investigation but we have not been successful but we're not going to stop because we're not going away each state of course handles its own health care but do you think that this is a lot of the broader problems of the pandemic in the u.s. health care system as a whole. well cody really expose the problems that have been there for years in nursing facilities and that's why our group voices for seniors is going for a nursing home reform we want to throw throw the entire system on its head and make these places sanctuaries for elderly seniors should be respected protected and

treated with dignity now there were follow up for other states that follow governor cuomo directive new jersey. and whitmore in michigan are new to me california and wolf in pennsylvania and we're coming for them that they're not off the hook because they had a lot of deaths as well in nursing homes ok for now assistant director of voices for seniors tracy of you know in new york thanks for joining us thank you for having me. next to that he had to have an i.t. firm is warning that kobe to me to see possible if they do get introduced could have severe implications that day to prevent this just one of our stories still ahead after this. is you'll be via 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 or what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the death. or inmate in the shallows. according to secretary of state playing games china is the only country with the economic military in technological power to seriously challenge the stable and open international system all the rules values and relationships that made the world work the way we wanted to is china really a threat to washington's system. arrives

erupted with one of america's leading global think tanks after it published an article saying that the united states should forget about promoting human rights and democracy in its dealings with russia taking a look through the claims. there seems to be a war over russia brewing at the atlantic council the atlantic council is a an important washington d.c. think tank dedicated to promoting human rights and democracy we now have 2 of its experts who've come forward and said that quote democratizing russia may not actually be in the foreign policy interests of the united states this is some of what they said policymakers should award to human rights 1st broached to russia democratization in russia would not necessarily be good for u.s. foreign policy interests lammed by other throws of the atlantic council we had 22

headline to council individuals us signing a document denouncing them and distancing themselves from this statement they said that they feel that this statement by their 2 colleagues misses the mark this is their response there are school is premised on a false assumption that human rights and national interests wholly separate and the u.s. policy toward russia was and remains driven by human rights concerns principally in fact previous administrations and the current one have sold to integrate our values and other national interests the united states often claims it's promoting human rights around the world when it overthrows governments in libya in iraq in afghanistan the united states claimed it was bringing freedom to the countries when it invaded and destabilize the countries with pretty catastrophic results in syria the united states backed the opposition with similar runner rick now anthony blinken the new u.s. secretary of state says that now washington will not be using force in its efforts

to promote human rights and democracy around the world we will incentivize democratic behavior. but we will not promote democracy through costly military interventions or by attempting to overthrow author terry regimes by force. we've tried these tactics in the past however well intentioned they haven't worked well he's certainly correct in saying that they haven't worked they simply resulted in chaos and more suffering in country after country after country but now the question must be raised if u.s. military interventions and source is not going to be used to promote or spread human rights and democracy how exactly does the united states intends to do it former u.s. army marine corps intelligence officer skull retta says that containing russia has to make a go of u.s. foreign policy. no i mean the atlantic council has always been a promoter of the transatlantic relationship between the united states and europe. and that relationship hinges on you know the cold war type thinking no go you know

band seen the rules based international order and painting those nations that aren't willing to subordinate themselves to this rule rules peace international order 1st and foremost among those was the former soviet union and now today russia so the atlantic council is always been about the containment of russia in one of the ways that the united states and europe have. contained russia is by calling rush out you know what they what they see as human rights violations and they use this human rights issue as a means of sanctioning russia in further curtailing russia so then spend the atlantic council's you know bread and butter policy positions of hypocrisy has never stopped people who are who promote so-called american values as a means of selling point policy so you know just because america has a difficult his own doesn't mean that the atlantic council knows or their ilk

aren't going to continue to try to sell the united states the 70 shining city on the hill that should serve as a model for all over countries to. the truth is it is difficult to so you know american democracy is the cure all. the time of extreme wolk ness and council culture that seems that chatting openly about what you're reading can be a career ending move i mean session from one well known british band has been branded a fascist for mentioning that he'd read a book criticizing the left wing activist movement and. constantine boskoff looks at the growing chorus of criticism for those who question progressive narratives. just think about it you read a book you like it you say publicly no harm done you would hope well that's what winston marshall did he was the banjo player in a british band called mumford and sons and he dared to enjoy the wrong literature

over the last few days i've come to better understand the pain caused by the book i endorsed as a result of my ex and some taken time away from the bonds to examine my blinds posts so like in the band's hit single they'll just have to wait for him but what was the evil book he read you might ask something so bad it wasn't enough to say sorry he had to quit the band had been planned and for many years was a mind com or an isis manual on how to make bombs no much worse winston marshall was called out by social justice worriers for publicly recommending in newly published book criticize an n.t. for well you remember n.t. for right.

that was in the since deleted twit the poor guy barely mentioned that he read the book about it but that one twit started this tsunami of rage and calls to boycott marshall's bam downflow didn't do is meant to flush shay i really like that one song a while ago with the muscle and his prove to us just a beanie and dress and i hope the rest of the band kicks him to the curb otherwise i'm out. your banjo player is a fascist what do you think this is going to do to your public image you guys screwed up fire the fascists the book was written by the wrong guy and know a journalist who's been beating the drum about violent left wing groups in the us for years for as bad as it was often attacked beaten and evident milkshakes of even harassed a random asian and tortured him because he looked like him

a group for those who suffered because they read my were. the. was is not only the willingness to support me being good and terrorism but those of the other girls curious minds from and the new thoughts anyway and now writes a book that big surprise lashes out at and t. for and bad grasps the attention of poor winston marshall who's already on the world greater in 2018 he posed with jordan peterson i say colleges who doesn't share transgender youth oreo or feminism that was strike number one and now endorsing the wrong book that strike number 2 game over you're a ban. but it's not just who you endorse it's also who you failed to endorse like these 2 public school administrators in the state of pennsylvania they lost their jobs because they dared to criticize black lives matter and facebook posts or this

guy senator george holy spook contract was polled after he question joe biden's election victory. a conservative publisher picked it up though saying they refused to how were before the woak mob but across most of the media and cultural landscape towering is the new name of the game. loyal to get else who also writes for the online political magazine spiked says it's not right to attack a person just for reading and commenting on a book. there are issues with the with integrity and the quality of the book but nonetheless merely reading it and praising a book should no be the subject of apology the idea that you should apologize for reading and praising any book. as extreme connotations for freedom of speech you know we are seeing it more and more. praising that to kill all those who are particular writers can enjoy up an extremely hope. we've seen multiple tweeted an

endorsement of the ideas in mind cam and yes i think that would be entirely different than dean goes but he's not mine kam i think what's really interesting is that we get drawn into these comparisons very very easily you know it's very easy to throw around the term fascist nowadays but right wing fascism is a very remote ideology in today's context. whatever you think of it he said and we know a lot 'd wing fascist so the comparison is completely healed found it. the head of an american data privacy question whether the personal health information and possible could be stored securely also warned that they could lead to discrimination. and i have seen the efforts from the european union and the green you know the green initiative and while this idea that they can guarantee.

that the data is is safe and anonymized is just wrong it's incorrect and and i think it's a real problem when governments claim that just like it's a problem when companies claim that your data is anonymous and will never be lost stolen or act where concerned about is if vaccine data and then mexican data combined with travel data starts to leak out and get used going combined with these data broker profiles that anyone can buy any business can buy them any individual can buy them they're available very cheap so for example an insurance company might or might not want to insure a server or give us an offer if if a certain amount of that if we fall into a certain category based on that data. the company has seen just hood held a poll which found that less than a half of americans want digital health possible to shovel says the even if they

are only essential information should be used. what i believe is a good so lucian to the problem and opportunity of vaccine death ports is to not use a shared database is alaska knowledge even stickers is used things that don't replicate our data across every country we travel to or every sports venue if we want to watch a football game having all of this data in and out sounds great and it sounds convenient but ultimately there is a lot of risks to our privacy in the future if we keep creating more data especially health. your latest crosstalk is just moments away i'll get them back here in 33 minutes or so to give you the latest ati news an update and see that.

join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics spoke business i'm show business i'll see that. ironic that all the people that are in the big point bubble talk about the other bubbles that the fed is inflated without recognizing that they're in a bubble themselves i mean it's like a bubble is generally in the eye of the beholder nobody can tell their own bubble and so you've got all these people who are involved in the crypto bob or they can't see it.

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle according to secretary of state planes and china is the only country with the economic military and technological power to seriously challenge the stable and open international system all of the rules values and relationships that make the world work the way we want it to is china really a threat to washington's global system. discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest says horsley in washington he's a senior fellow and director of the center of american sea power at home.