if there is any problems they just make the church longer and slower but now looks like that big american game of fraud which is the american business model is coming to an end. we are in the crisis of the century. and i'm not ruling out anything anything for now the european union threatens its allies with a vaccine export ban in an attempt to fix its floundering. the e.u. states are just might be. wards of a new low in the us president branded his russian counterpart a killer. promise that diplomacy is back in front in the back. should strike trade deals with nations even if they have a poor human rights record that's according to a leaked recording of u.k.

foreign secretary rob that's put him in the firing line of human rights activists. welcome to you are watching. the e.u. has threatened its allies with the vaccine export ban in the latest twist in the blanks ongoing vaccine supply saga commissioner. said that she's prepared to invoke a law of the last 50 years ago in order to ban job exports outside the block. we are in the crisis of the century and i'm not ruling out anything anything for now because we have to make sure that europeans are vaccinated as soon as possible if the situation does not change we will have to reflect on how to make exports to vaccine producing countries dependent on their level of

openness another day another scandal involving vaccines in the european union this time there's been an increase in the language that's been used from the e.u. commission president on the law and she said that the block may well put in place rules that they haven't used special measures that they haven't used since the 1970 s. in order to block the export of vaccines that are manufactured on e.u. territory now this is very thinly veiled and how it's targeted the united kingdom in particular when you look at the numbers it's quite clear since the vaccine started being rolled out around 9000000 or so vaccines have been exported from the e.u. into the u.k. 0 have gone the other way for a manufacturer as in the united kingdom to the e.u. so what the e.u. is saying is they need to keep those vaccines inside their own territory for use on

their own citizens now that hasn't gone down very well in the united kingdom dominick rob the u.k. foreign secretary said he was shocked by the announcement frankly i'm surprised we're having this conversation is normally what really you can see you team up with projects in other countries less pretty quick to produce the right gauge and that kind of brinkmanship it's not just the united kingdom will be asking a few questions of the e.u. over this the united states as well receives vaccines manufactured inside the e.u. both inside the e.u. there's also division when it comes to the district. you should of vaccines sebastian cortes the austrian chancellor heading up a group of 6 e.u. member states who want to see a change in the way it's done he says it's too open to back door deals when it comes to who gets vaccines when he also says that the e.u. needs to approve more vaccines for use in the fight against covert 19 and he's got

his eyes on russia's sputnik v. job concerning sputnik vi and other vaccines i strongly insist that the relevant e.u. bodies issue an authorization for safe vaccines as soon as possible from all vaccines that we have the office of the world health organization just published a damning report into failings by the e.u. when it comes to dealing with the pandemic in the list of things that the e.u. needs to do fighting with its allies over vaccine production wasn't there what could help though would be approving more vaccines so that more people across the european union can receive that job. russia's ambassador to the u.s. is on his way to moscow for crisis talks after ties with washington hit a new low came in response to a t.v. interview in which president joe biden said his russian counterpart will pay the price for efforts to undermine the u.s. election last year russian foreign ministry had this to say for us the main thing

is to determine ways of improving russian u.s. dos which in a difficult state washington has in fact brought those to a dead end in recent years we are interested in preventing the irreversible degradation if the americans realize the risks associated with that this will be discussed you're in consultations between the russian foreign ministry and other relevant departments and with the russian ambassador to washington in the same interview the diplomacy gloves were clearly off with biden laying a very serious allegation of putin's door. you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. or do so what price must he pay but pray she's going to pay well you'll see shortly you don't have to be an expert in diplomacy to realize how serious this is we might end up hearing from the kremlin that russia chose not to accept the insult period so what then not even a chance to sort out anything at all between the behemoths of world politics no

wait after agreeing with the killer part joe biden gives russia and his counterpart a chance through places where it's in our mutual interests to work together that's why our renewed to start agreement with them that's over roman interest of humanity that we diminish the prospect of a nuclear exchange but like i said i'm not so sure the russian side will simply forget the offensive label anyway these mood swings are probably exactly what you should expect from how mr biden treats russia and the next 4 years but perhaps these aren't actual mood swings they've become a classic feature of how washington's been dealing with moscow for years there will always be something to blame the russians for even if it means reviving the election meddling narrative for real they just did it. we assess that russian president putin authorized and a range of russian government organizations conducted influence operations aimed at

denigrating president biden's candidacy and the democratic policy supporting former president trump undermining public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbating says you have political divisions in the us you realize what happens next right this sighting what kind of punishment russia deserves although u.s. lawmakers still haven't fully decided on what russia deserves for some of the older sins the bottom line is when the man who took over at the white house was saying america is back america is back diplomacy is back hinting at a smoother or more predictable foreign policy it could have been about anyone in the world but not russia unless mr biden confused yes and on a.b.c. once they washington also expanded arms export restrictions on russia the u.s.

department of commerce cited the country's alleged use of chemical weapons something musk has repeatedly denied our guest told us that biden and his team have a cold war mindset that's bad news for global stability. there's been this red scare since the beginning of the trumpet ministration we had 2 years of you know that russia investigation hoax the place of the democratic party base to attack russia and i think that's one of the things that president biden is doing he's playing to the base which is entirely russian it's unfortunate because there are so many things in which the united states and russia should be cooperating obviously we did at the start treaty earlier this year but the fight against terrorism is a very important one in which both russia and the united states have a common interest as well as issues regarding security in the middle east syria you know has is an example as well the president biden has really got to think what he's doing and you've got to think before you speak because we have

a great opportunity to try to turn things around in the relationship with russia and i think president biden should be focused on that instead of trying to play to the democratic base and yet again you know criticizing russia i hope that the sanctions are minor enough that this is more political posturing than actually trying to damage russia. d. american government interferes too much and in fears of other foreign countries and especially in russia blaming russia for too many things a lot of which was was. part of our own domestic creation or problems that we've created here at home i didn't came up during the cold war and it doesn't seem like he's ready to let go that make peace with russia and other countries and that's what we really need for the safety and peace of the world in for the strength and safety of americans here we need to be nicer to the world community and not treat the entire world as in a nice. sector fighting human rights said the alter of trade

so human rights activists have accused the u.k. foreign secretary of after a leaked recording revealed him saying the u.k. should strike trade deals with nations even if they have a poor human rights record. i believe we ought to be trading liberally around the world if we restrict it to countries with the european convention on human rights level standards of human rights we're not going to do many trade deals with the growth markets of the future with the foreign secretary dominic robb admitting that trading prospects actually could be done with the so-called enemies human rights groups are now hitting back accusing the government of gross hypocrisy this apparent willingness to sacrifice human rights at the altar of trade is shocking but certainly unsurprising it fits a depressing pattern on human rights from these government trade is obviously important to all nations but the foreign secretary shouldn't be thrown human rights defenders to the wharf like this while the government has actually defended dominic

robb's comments saying that this leaked order for was actually clipped and actually distorted the truth but we've also heard from the opposition party the labor party hitting out saying that dominic robb's comments behind closed doors actually completely undermined their public statements at the same time but it's not just dominic rob who has been accused long before of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses but saying something else publicly make good on that pledge bring into force the united kingdom's 1st thomas human rights sanctions regime which gives us the power to impose sanctions on the on those involved in the very worst human rights abuses right around the world so when it comes to the big security and human rights challenges of our time we need this our united nations to forge a bold new multilateralism so when it comes to championing human rights across the world it seems like the united kingdom can talk the talk but can't quite walk the walk but this week it really does feel as though britain is going through some sort

of existential identity crisis so now it's trying to reposition itself on the international world stage and reassert its global dominance but it seems like it will do that at any cost we spoke with the director of global justice now who wasn't surprised by rob's comments. anything that really surprises me about this is that people still think human rights plays any role whatsoever in terms of british trade policy it's only been a couple of weeks now since boris johnson's own backbenchers try to amend a piece of legislation to say. they want to prevent the british government doing trade deals with genocidal regimes and the government to closed it so there are backbenchers don't trust them not to do trade deals with countries that a committee jenna's genocide. and the british government said we don't want to have a hands tied so really british trade policy is a basic human rights phrase own and dominic grabs response to democracy apparently being in retreat around the world seems to be that democracy should also be in

retreat in this country because the that he put out yesterday the integrated defense route you had some absolutely chilling passages and including the fact that we're going to be increasing and you could have weapons stockpile by 40 percent and this is a deeply is april government and you know i think a trade policy is clearly going to play a role in future years in the promotion of british power i'm british transnational corporations around the world. coming up authorities along america's southam botha raised the alarm of a wreck old migrant numbers with some of the newcomers testing positive for it after the break we speak to the matter of an arizona town on the issue.

and i was so wrong. just don't call. me i'll get to see. it again. once on line themselves worlds apart. just on the common ground. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only and. i don't see how that will be successful very critical. to sit down in.

welcome back authorities at the us so the border raising the alarm and calling on the government to step in is the region faces a record influx of migrants border states are not only faced with providing shelter for thousands of people but also preventing the spread of the coronavirus after it emerged some migrants tested positive before traveling to other parts of the country border states that include arizona and alabama have borne the brunt of the influx of migrants of recent polls suggesting there is growing doubt about the ability of authorities to cope with the situation in the us mexico border while also preventing the spread of coronavirus we spoke to an arizona town manager about how they're coping with the migrant search. there is definitely the concern of coven and how that it's going to impact my community i have

a large number of seniors and elders that. this could really affect so we're hoping that border patrol 'd will start testing and before they release people were wanting to see what their health records are so that we can ensure our our citizens are protected this is really opening up a pandora's box in our community we did not see the covert crisis nowhere near what some of the other arizona cities have seen and we were hoping to keep it that way unfortunately it doesn't look with them dropping these migrants in our community untested this is a crisis the simplest and i'm putting none of this on border patrol i put this strictly on the federal government as far as the current administration needs to step up and 3rd going to offer this they need to do their job they need to have

a plan in place obviously there was no plan. and this comes as house democrats seeking to pass a new bill that would allow illegal migrants to vote since it states that whole contest vetoes. the u.s. is facing 2 events unprecedented in years after pledging to let in more refugees during his presidential campaign but is a ministration is facing record numbers of migrants we are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the last 20 years at the same time democrats have a bill in the pipeline it's been labeled the biggest electoral reform in decades affecting the financing of politics ethics security and most contentious of all voting rights and access the democrats tried and failed to pass a similar bill before it's still as divisive today as it was 2 years ago but that's nothing new for modern u.s. politics for the people act mandates the most questionable and abuse prone election

rules nationwide the bill would ensure jupiter it registering and the millions of illegal immigrants a quickly ridged to devote though mr pence may be exaggerating slightly with his specific claim voting rights and fraud are a concern for many voters on both sides of the spectrum for different reasons and some say this bill violates the u.s. constitution you are overturning constitutional justification constitutional law as this bill violates multiple residents in the u.s. constitution and not just a u.s. citizen but there are also federal law that in past they have now been able to be constitutional where you don't have to technically be a citizen as long as you are legally present in the united states disability into undo those constitutional norms this bill does away with state rights and it doesn't weigh with the will of the people but this bill touches on many things that are incredibly troubling that's why this needs to be looked at and that's what this bill is is that incredible danger to the entire fabric of america so that as i've

show one mean those who just slinks over the border can just turn up at the nearest ballot box and vote and if not why all of us from republicans they say democrats have a vested interests us law prevents non-so. dozens from voting democrats say their bill would help groups which have historically been marginalized based on their class race even criminal record as well as migrants who have coincidentally for many years tended to vote democrat some republicans say this sounds good on paper but claim the devil is in the detail take the issue of voter id polls show id requirements are widely supported in the united states but the bill could ban all states from acquiring a full social security number or photo identification and allow people to vote based only on a signed document critics say this damages election security on the topic officials say the u.s. presidential election 2020 was the most secure ever with controversy over issues

like mail in ballots polls also showed many voters had doubts about the fairness of the process and the result every state currently has their own laws on procedures on voting but h.r. one expands provisions for mail in ballots which apparently would have to be notarized or witnessed and automatic voter registration scrapping liability for those registered to vote without being eligible allegedly as long as they say it was done in error the automatic registration of any individual or the fact that an individual declined the opportunity to register to vote would you don't make an affirmation of citizenship may not be used as evidence against that individual add to that mandatory same day voter registration correction of voter details at the polls and 2 weeks of early voting and suddenly all the issues of contention last year are a step closer to being in the force on a federal level as the bill makes its way to the senate biden is having a slight change of heart on the all important question of immigration and thousands

of migrants making their way to the u.s. border are getting mixed messages i could say quite clearly don't come or we're in the process of getting set up don't leave your town or city or community supporters . of the bill so it's a long overdue reform bringing the country in step with more than realities technology and values and streamlining legislation critics say it's a poor attempt by the democrats to expire no voter base and many feel that marginalized groups such as migrants have become a political pawn for both sides of the debate both parties have used them in some way or have have been able to profit off their ignorance of the situation and of what's going on the republicans of failed democrats also failed in that both parties need really to be highly reevaluated of the people ourselves need to finally start coming together and say enough is enough with the arctic's what can we do what you really change how this process works worse in such

a polarized society right now or in such a political climate was such divisiveness obviously no unity coming at this point with demonization on both sides that that it's very difficult to come together and to try to amend things in a way. u.k. government initiative to safeguard women has been met with heavy criticism from feminist groups and campaign as the new measures compart the response to the highly publicized murder of a young woman in london earlier this month among the largest plainclothes policemen will be deployed in night clubs and pubs millions of pounds will be pumped into having increased patrols at closing time as people flood on to the streets but the more street lighting and surveillance cameras because the campaign to linda blair last oldest initiative fails to target the actual assailants. the fact is that is our money is not on who is doing the violence the critics is willing to feel unsafe i'm fed up with. the law made from time to time oh great

particular case but routinely in britain to wait in poland week all murdered that the surge not one this was a particular horrific case what it brings up is that there's a culture that says it's ok but also between men husbands do it and women who will. simply in the wrong place wrong time the place the women is in the world. we have people in london if they would feel safer knowing there were undercover police officers in pubs it depends what interest that they have we've seen the police and i thought quite a few times out what happens often is unforgivable so i don't know i don't think anything will make people safer people distrust the police even if a safer on the police is not something where you can just put them into environments like cups and experiment i mean especially the minute you know if the

problem is that women don't feel safe around men because we don't know which men are safe to be around i think a plain talk police are for us and isn't something the issue because how do we know we're safe from him how do you know he's a real police officer how do you know that it's not just someone pretending to be one because of the other things in mind i don't see no reason why i should be feeling like i have to look for a plain clothes officer obviously tech to what you don't know who's who i just feel that educating people from a young age young boys about respect who are you know out how to treat people that's the key really. for me u.k. police officer peter williams told us the initiative can improve the situation but needs to be further looked into. the police have been keeping tabs of aces the surveillance in bars and clubs and discos for years but this particular idea from the going which announced by the government yesterday obviously 1st to. the safety

of females in particular during the night time economy and that is based upon it looks like it's based upon some practice that's been implemented in oxford by thames valley police for the past 18 months 2 years called project vigilance because of the ballot initiatives there's been a 30 percent reduction in the reporting in saying that simple word of sexual violence against women no it must have some merits and it must be underpinned by some evidence base because project vigilance was awarded a prize by the international association of chief to police offices in october church last year so it is based on good practice but we obviously need to know more about what practices. thousands of pensioners in moscow care homes receive ressa support nick the coronavirus vaccine including

a 104 year old veteran who got the job so she can safely get back to spending some quality time with relatives. she has been living here for a long time hence she's a new 104 years old when the vaccination was and as she volunteered to get it she feels fine assured getting the shot which was done to allow her to see a relative safety she's very happy. and that brings rather today thanks so much for staying with r.t. i'll be here with more now top stories in 30 minutes.

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a boring washington coming up the federal reserve has revised its outlook on the us economic growth of the vaccination. this has ramped up in the nation we have former fed insider on hand to discuss what the u.s. is slap sanctions on several chinese officials in the lead up to a key meeting between the 2 nations we have a packed show today so let's dive right in. and we lead the program with the u.s. federal reserve the federal open market committee has been meeting for the last 2 days a year after lowering interest rates to near 0 all eyes are on the central banks monetary policy with inflation continuing to be in focus while equities sit near record highs fed chair jerome powell spoke following the meeting saying the central bank will keep rates at current levels today the f o m c kept interest rates near 0 and maintained our sizeable asset purchases overall inflation remains below our 2 percent longer on objective.