not accountable and we're just adding more and more to the. lies that you need to protect yourself and get in for. headline news president putin receives a russian made vaccine against. the kremlin says he's in good spirits and ready to get back to work. germany imposes yet another covert lockdown off infections while the health minister there is caught up in a scandal over a lucrative facemask supply deal. frustrations boil over in france britain and beyond pandemic restrictions with many saying enough is enough. we are fed up we no longer stand on a little lost. the thing is you call this rick's life so much we are here in castle today because all the measures that are being taken here in germany no longer serve

the people. in the russian foreign minister says moscow is no longer able to maintain meaningful relations with the as an organization after a series of snubs from brussels. good to have you with us tuesday evening at 10 here in moscow. to world news from our international 1st news from the past hour then the kremlin announced that the russian president vladimir putin has been vaccinated against covert 19 saskia taylor has more on how it's part of the push to get elected. he said he and he's done it on tuesday evening we did get was now we foster that a job was on the cards on monday journeys video conference between the president and national front scene when you factor as it was then that he finds them all

involved in fights in development for the enormous contribution that they've made not just here in russia of course globally in the fight against coronavirus but it was undoubtedly his very casual missed in passing mention that he himself is planning on getting the shot that really grabbed headlines now whilst we do have confirmation that it did go ahead as planned it was not recorded at least not publicly so while some leaders such as joe expired in america prime minister boris johnson actively invited cameras into the facts and nations president putin clearly didn't want this to be a p.r. stunt he treated it as a private medical issue and this wasn't probably not surprising given that he had previously mentioned that he wasn't really big into this sort of making a big political show of leaders being faxon ate it we do know that he is feeling very well and apparently the kremlin says that he will be watching a full day on wednesday one question though does remain which job did he get vaccinated with global of course sputniks he is probably the most talked about and

it's registered in dozens of foreign countries but here in russia it's actually only one of 3 available we will probably not find out which one was the chosen one with the kremlin reasoning the president didn't want to seem to favor any of them since all 3 are as safe and effective as each other. group we deliberately not revealing which facts you know the president is taking there by stressing the 3 russian vaccines are absolutely safe and effective we have no need to try to boost the popularity of speech especially through artificial means to monitor the vaccine is such that our manufacturing capacity can't meet international requests as it is which. it's why we are struggling in production in foreign countries now of course saying once president being vaccinated can only be positive encouragement for citizens i'm sure the kremlin is hoping that this will trade or boost uptake domestically but being certain russians vaccination rollout is fairly steady the

latest official figures released on monday with that 4300000 people are totally vaccinated of the 6300000 a hof way that they've received the 1st doses and this is actually something that we talked to the deputy prime minister about specifically about one possibly herd immunity will fall here in russia so finally we can get rid of those mosques or as you mentioned well grushka has extensive experience a nationwide vaccination we have got used to voluntary nature i think trying to pressure foolish people to get a chip or stay home because they haven't been inoculated that's wrong because everyone is different some people have a medical reason to not get the shot and for the sake of common understanding we've established the number of people who need to be vaccinated to reach collective immunity is almost 69000000 people we are pursuing this goal rapidly and estimated at the current rate we can reach it by august but we hope the pace will increase so

voluntary vaccines for here in russia on tuesday president putin being the latest to take advantage of that certainly a step towards allaying any potential vaccine hesitancy but perhaps more significantly really a sign of op solutes faith and pride and russian science and its latest medical breakthrough. german chancellor angela merkel's announced yet another round of tough nationwide covert restrictions through to mid april describing the situation is very serious the new measures include about on gatherings on the closure of shops and also being in effect of shutdown of public activity over easter. even you that we are in a situation which is very serious the number of cases is rising exponentially and intensive care beds of food in up again when it comes after a german research institute confirmed the country's entered a 3rd wave of infections last week saw the highest number of daily coronavirus cases in 2 months and a massive corruption scandal over facemasks has now breached the top with the

health minister facing questions our europe correspondent has the latest. the federal government here in berlin has extended covert 19 restrictions across the whole country but that is amid a mask crisis which is instead a new face the german health minister a report over the weekend in the online version of news magazine dish bagle claimed that again spawn authorized the purchase of more than half a 1000000 masks from a company called bird bird as berlin boss mr spawns husband himself down your phone care the company insists mr frewen care had nothing to do with this transaction that no commission was paid and denies any wrongdoing whatsoever and 1st on to work toward a media that the board of hooper birds and media over the health ministry to assist with mask procurement when the german government wants an urgent need for this the c.e.o. of the minister directing that kind of act and the minister defends it all but that

means that the board a representative in berlin mr phone was not informed about the mask business neither by his company nor his husband who had been the direct contact person that contradicts common sense. and i can only repeat that according to birthday mr spawn's husband was not informed or involved in the transaction at any time and earlier version of the article had claimed the bird it was owned by the health ministers husband that was later corrected to reflect mr frewen his role as an employee but that hasn't stopped lawmakers from seeking clarification from the health minister this salami tactic with the bit by bit information from the ministry of health about the procurement of masks undermines the trust in the institutions of our democracy it has to stop we now need an independent transparency officer to shed light on what is going on the health minister himself is biased mr spawn's allies have dismissed the article as thin soup but op.

zation parties are circling and can smell blood the bird a publishing house owns papers leg 110 bird house of deals nascar half a 1000000 went to spawn's health ministry burgess beilin of representatives spawn's husband birth like to attend bird parties because somehow the villar has to be paid what does one actually have to do in the merkel cabinet to be dismissed of course procurement had to be done quickly during the crisis but the wording of 4600000000 euro swap out of call for tenders is under considerable suspicion in view of the corruption scandals to ruling coalition politicians of already fallen jew to personal business dealings in mosques for profit scandals but what started out as a probe into a pandemic profiteering now morphed into a wider investigation into what money german politicians have been making aside from their ministerial salaries the scandal has caused real damage to the ruling

conservative union's reputation they suffered for huge historic losses in recent local elections with the green party taking up the slack in one of those areas and nationally when it comes to polling they were emerging as a real potential challenger in this september's bundestag elections in what's being called the super election year here in germany there couldn't be a worse time to have the whiff of corruption surrounding you peter all over r.t. earlier. we discussed the situation in germany with a member of the ruling party which is embroiled in the mast scandal he told us the country's more divided than ever to make things worse people are fed up with contradictory lockdown bolz. germany has never been as polarized as this and in post-war history we have a gap between rich and rich and poor country and city young and old left and right

nationalist and patriotic people are fed up with see a lockdowns i've just heard reports from from a different source from russia that pretty much life is back to normal it's it's tough it's one of the toughest countries in germany's some other european countries too but germany politicians are basically toppling over each other to raise the bar to make it even more difficult for people plus the vaccination council germans if they used to one thing are used to an orderly state orderly administrative procedures and we don't see any of this and we see contradictory. administered orders we see contradictory and failing state policies so germans are fed up but they don't or all of the requisite and appropriate conclusions in the right numbers that this government has failed and it's not any germany saying tempers flare after more than a year of tough restrictions not correspondent in paris has been gauging the mood across europe after a weekend of widespread protests. i. believe

on the streets of europe these are all the scenes that have been playing out this country is what's again are announcing a fresh wave of restrictions as the 3rd wave hits rallies protesting against what they branded health dictatorships were held from austria to sweden serbia to switzerland from poland to france demonstrators say they simply have enough we don't know enough we are fed up we no longer know which food to stand on we are a little lost the soul of blair we have the impression of being muzzled we're not free. we no longer have

a social life this restrictions are totally useless i don't feel like i'm in log we can go out like we want as long as we have our certificate so should we change the restrictions maybe. in germany more than 20000 troops to the streets in the city of care so one must protest is to cry to recent reversal on the easing of the structure of threat to freedoms. we are here in castle today because all the measures that are being taken here in germany no longer serve the people but i consider corona virus to be a serious disease just like the flu which can also be very serious but to make a pandemic out of it as we are experiencing now with many restrictions on our basic rights i don't think that is justified. when water cannons and pepper spray we used to disperse protest is the tactic was also used in the netherlands protests as was left wet but they were made. undeterred across in the u.k.

in the capital of london protesters to fight a current baron on public demonstrations they demanded the rules changed a cool echoed by more than 60 and he's written to the home seche trees saying criminalizing people for protesting was not acceptable at all q. believe was no proof dozens were arrested as tempers freight. in most different turku was taken in defiance of health regulations thousands pop the streets for the underclass callable a party atmosphere shut down by officials as it descended into destruction.

nothing justifies destroying collective halfords to contain the virus nothing justifies desecrating the side of the root of bind building collapse nothing justifies attacking children's games and public facilities while the e.u. is trying to tackle vaccine shortages it's admitted to making mistakes during the pandemic but have lessons been learned and i think this is still being made on the go ahead no a very thought free. i think they're not doing a very good job at it even if it's working but by luck not really by design i think that. extends a bed sick of it but i think that. is the most important thing is that 0 is a new consent to say europe and a little i think we have learned some and we took action. the thing is you can't

restrict life so much easier citizens are once again feeling the pain of tightening restrictions but after more than a year of living by the rules it seems now that more and more people believe that they are damned if they do damned if they don't so let's. see paris. and europeans batten down the hatches the picture elsewhere is very different artie's launched a covert 900 freedom index ranking the restriction levels by country and territory what's more there's plenty of surprises on the data there for you as well head to r.t. dot com check it out. thanks so russia's foreign minister said the relations with the us an institution of essentially ground to a halt speaking at a news conference with his chinese counterpart sergey lavrov said the brussels has killed off all cooperation. so use of good we don't have any relations with the

european union as an organization the infrastructure of further relations was destroyed by unilateral decisions from brussels. well it certainly isn't business as usual business as usual has been dead since 2014 foreign minister sergey lavrov specified because that's when all these meetings annual consultations summits between senior our profile russian officials and european commissioners and leaders that is when they ended ever since then it's been a steep it wasn't a gradual it's been a steep decline but it is important to draw the distinction he said the relations between the european union as a as a huge bureaucratic machine soulless bureaucratic machine those are dead the relations between various european states and russia there are a lot of it in some cases very healthy but sergey lavrov did say there are there is some hope because if the european union changes its outlook changes its approach

decides that it wants to improve mend relations russia russia will be there but that has to happen as equals on equal footing to mutual benefit so russia isn't about to bend over backwards to do something that europe wants especially not after not after everything that has happened in china shares much the same opinion. against china and russia but they know it's a lie under invented pretenses and attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of china russia a long gone result to uphold international justice remains undiminished. 'd was in beijing making a statement as he was talking to his chinese counterpart let's talk for a minute then about russia chinese relations or is that going to becoming closer and closer and they're being driven closer and closer because look at the european union's policy towards russia for the better half of

a decade the united states to it was sanctioned everything that they feasibly could it was to try and contain russia to coerce. is it into doing into behaving in a way that europe wants suits european or american interest and hours of work nothing's changed i mean they're the 1st to admit it that it hasn't worked so far but they believe it will work for some reason in the future and that is the approach they're increasingly taking towards china because we've heard multiple times in recent years that from european from american officials that it's china not russia that's the potential big threat of the future china's g.d.p. its economy its military spending its population all eclipse that of russia and lately the biggest scandal was that the european union has now put into effect sanctions against china for its treatment of the wee good people who are violating apparently their rights the chinese have protested this they have summoned the european ambassador told him in writing in word but nevertheless there

is little or hope that europe will change its attitude in the immediate future and to say lavrov commenting on russian sino russian relations he says there's a whole lot more chance an opportunity in the east than there is in the west. the european union destroyed all mechanisms to re have been trying to build over many years we have us partners individual european countries guided by their national interests and that objectively leads to the fact that our relations with china are developing faster than what is left of relations with european countries both countries of course insist on loosening getting rid of this sanctions regime that has blew up in europe in the united states over the last decade or so but they also said that you know looking looking into the future when in the future some

european commission drafts yet another report about potential threats in the future and says it's incredibly worried about. russia and china are growing very close politically militarily that it should look back to this moment to this moment when it sanctioned both countries and drew them together. people across britain have held a minute's silence for the victims of covert exactly a year after the 1st lockdown was imposed it's all next story after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful

very critical time time to sit down and talk. shows seem wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out just become educated and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

welcome back cheese day marks exactly one year since the u.k. ended its 1st coronavirus lockdown midday the country observed a minute's silence for the 126000 lives lost in the pandemic shaadi edwards daschle reports now on how the virus has changed britain. this time last year when covered 19 began to ripping through the u.k. life for 66000000 people changed forever from the c.v. i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home lockdown it began as 3 short weeks as a prime minister protect squash the summer brevard keep the cave at 19 peak load to help the n.h.s. cope it quickly became the norm the government had waited as long as it could to long said many but as the horror scenes witnessed abroad became reality hospitals filling up empty supermarket shelves there was little alternative once a infection has seeded itself into a population and it is spreading and spreading fast it becomes very difficult to

can train and control it and we were slow to put the barriers up to prevent the seeding in the 1st instance whilst the pandemic is a new iris the art and craft of pandemic management is not new and it is a bit disingenuous to say that because this was a coronavirus pandemic we didn't know what to do that is just not true 3 official lockdowns in total so far but most of 2020 lived under some restrictions and the mass of constantly changing contradictory rules that the public utterly baffled wash your hands stay home protect the n.h.s. stay alert control the virus stay 2 months apart no stay one meter plus apart see only 6 people no don't see anyone unless you're in a support bubble go out go out to exercise walk from home go in if it's essential go back but don't use public transport now work from home again i think pretty much

every time that they release a new set of rules everyone's been a bit confused a lot of misunderstanding somewhat confused. i guess a sort of cleared up towards the end for a lot down to work. there's got to be trust trust that there's a method in the madness and the government and the scientists could be forgiven for not exactly knowing how to confront an unknown threat but also the trust that we're all in this together which broke very early on as rule makers turned apparent for breakers we agreed that we should go for a short drive to see if i could drive safely we drove for roughly half an hour and ended up on the outskirts of town is certainly wanting courage compliance for a number of reasons number one if people are going to comply with the law they must understand where it's coming from and they must see that those responsible for passing that law are abiding by themselves the whole concept of one law for us and

one law for the the rest do as we say not as we do that's how it really undermines compliance with any law the major issue with locking down when to open up that's got to be a balance and with hospitality in particular on its knees the chance to actually pay people to go out for a meal with the virus that at large that sent mixed messages for the month of august we will give everyone in the country and eat out to help out discount but we do know that the scheme did make people go out and take it only go out to eat it on the days that it was operational so that those days restaurants were getting busier than they would have done it at that otherwise and the more people you have in the small crowded environment the more likely it is to spread infection of course lockdowns aren't just about stopping the spread they also buy time with the vaccines only becoming available at the end of the year

a workable test and trade system was crucial despite the millions spent on an outsourced system left by a tory pair with no experience of it 3 lock downs weren't enough to get a grip on the pandemic. 2332. 20319 the total number of deaths stands at 40597 i'm sorry to have to tell you that today the number of deaths recorded from in the u.k. has suppost 100000 perhaps the biggest problem with any lock down it's a sticking plaster not a cure and it became addictive while the 1st was eased by the summer the end of 2020 it was chaos to be restrictions were introduced for different regions the prime minister's workable strategy which failed to stamp out localized infection surges so it was quickly into lockdown to fact it is not down 3 all within a few short months what began as

a temporary stop gap was now the go to and even with the vaccine rollout supply issues trust issues and the rise of new variants all mean there's no guarantee the era of lockdown will end any time soon shuggie edwards r t u k. flags being flown at half staff at the white house and old u.s. public buildings after a deadly shooting in the state of colorado a government stormed a supermarket in the city of boulder on monday killing 10 people including a police officer the alleged shooter was injured and is currently in custody the 21 year old faces 10 counts of 1st degree murder police have not yet been able to establish a motive it's the 2nd u.s. mass shooting in a week after 8 people were killed 3 spars in atlanta in the state of georgia. just over half an hour from now voting will draw to a close in israel's parliamentary election the 4th in 2 years prime minister

benjamin netanyahu is running for reelection despite standing trial on corruption charges widely seen as a referendum on the longest serving leader in israel's history reports next from tel aviv. once again his ratings are hitting to the polls to him so one. simple question b.p. or no b.p. and if there's no straight on such just like they wasn't in the last 3 elections they'll be another round of 50 election in short succession yeah most definitely definitely there will be you know maybe we'll win again for sadly i think. he's too many years we have been prime minister and he's it's affecting him and not sell like him or dislike him just i want a different one piece recent track record has been patchy at based he might be counting on israel's high vaccination rate pushing him over the line but the prime minister's overall handling of the covert crisis has been hugely unpopular so

response one of the world's worst infection rates per capita and measures that have been questioned by locals for a long time. what small and noble allies all the work he and film american president donald trump did for the so-called good of israel could soon be slipping through his fingers biden calling bibi almost one month off his inauguration prompting room is of sniping israel's leader he's likely to be forced to make a coalition with as many as 12 posties making the incoming government if there is one unstable and short term in the last 1520 years there are more and more little more parties well be very big the political map so

the leader. must. be very defensible to take you to your nation the fact that the little people in the good you get to go to stations they will have. this one's ability to build a coalition and the everybody. should or should be should be able to make compromise this is the 1st israeli election in the throes of corona watching from the sidelines of the palestinians who despite the oversupply effects the nations in israel have seen precious little of it themselves we are people under occupation and usually under international law the occupying forces should be responsible for the has inspired of the fact that we have seen an authority but. for these under occupation and even.