to be looked upon unprecedented short of 3 weeks to hear isn't it french hospital chiefs then really alarm bell on a quote unprecedented burden as the country sets a. record for the year yet the government's response leaves people bewildered. by example and we don't understand the new rules at all for example we're supposed to be in lockdown yet we're walking in the chandeliers a. other news flourishing hate speech facebook that is repeatedly allowing online threats to journalists and spreading disinformation examine how the platform is now facing crackdown worldwide. and reparations and recriminations chicago becomes america's 1st city to compensate black residents for housing

discrimination but experts are divided on its real value. this is quite. new and heard of no it's not really anything it's only kind of like a housing program disguised reparations for slavery. hello from moscow this 24th of march kevin over the next 30 minutes for the latest for you and just bringing you more of those headlines there that bad news that came in from france the health care system they're risking unprecedented shot within weeks if the government fails to deal with a new covert it's a warning from the hospital federation chief no less. it was a short break the prefer my actions have been taken given this delay hospitals are likely to be rocked by an unprecedented violent shock in 2 to 3 weeks. a 3rd wave

of infections kicked in last week for now more than 26000 patients in hospitals across the country the highest figure this month and over 4000 in intensive care setting a grim record for 2021 so early into it you so c.h. an emergency doctors told us authorities response in their view had been woeful and . hospitals across france are struggling facing a shortage of beds in the i.c.u. there is an influx of patients their numbers are growing at an unprecedented pace the problem results from the fact that the government hasn't provided any extra beds for a year already furthermore our country is falling behind in vaccinations pharmaceutical companies have delayed their supply shipments are inoculation rate is very low compared to other nations like morocco or serbia where health care efficiency is inferior. a many a stunt to buy the mixed messages coming from the french government made harsh

lockdowns an official warnings of dire consequences nonetheless ministers are letting head dresses and chocolate shop stay open for french morale charlotta bensky reports on it. you'd think that by the time the 3rd looked i was announced parts of france that the government would be. termed it this is what you can do this is what you can't do but it's been anything but the case do you think you understand there were strict now in place soon places like paris. now it's. better but is typical shows you've got some points there too much numbers but the rules not to well it's a little bit lax we can do what we like if they were clear enough they are good at differentiating things after realizing that they're fuzzy so it is not really a lockdown. we can refer issues but we can buy them. from the mistake and i

shouldn't go after 6 pm. after suffering now really i didn't think you know we don't understand the new rules at all for example we're supposed to be in lockdown yet we're walking in the chandeliers a there are a lot of people even though it's tuesday normally during log down there should not be so many people yet. there are a lot of people and when the prime minister announced that 16 regions would be heading back into a lockdown last week he said citizens would have to once again fill out public mission reforms to show that they were leaving home for essential reasons when the new forms were published they contained so many options as to why you could leave home they caused widespread confusion. say zhang cost tax how come here allow me to take a breath 10 kilometers away but force my dog to stay within one kilometer of his

candle i come home from work certificate i pick up the kids from school certificate i buy a bread certificate it's a little after 7 pm certificate luckily i have no dog originally the 21 or so 1000000 people impacted by the new lock down were told they could travel up to 10 kilometers from their homes unfortunately they dogs could only go one kilometer mulcted poked fun at and even the government had to admit that the form was called plex and soon it was true the less you need into trouble more than 10 kilometers i don't want to go out of the curfew as yes that's still in place the next level of before one came as it emerged that most of the businesses that thought they would be closed as they were not essential like florist headdress and chocolate shops were told they could stay open we made some exceptions such as head

dresses for french people we did it because there were proficiency florists to make whole food turnover during spring we did it for the chocolate is because it's easter so is it really. done like as it's been up here and do people in paris know what they can and can't do do you think you can eat lunch with your friends in the park yeah. i think it's possible no they've said it's not they do not recommend eating lunch with your friends right now i think we have the right to eat in a park with friends to go out after 7 pm under certain conditions i think yes but visiting friends at home no i don't think that's possible after 7 pm we don't have the right with the curfew we don't have the right it is all just. aside a year of parents in and out of lockdown says certainly brought everyone to the

same feeling that of being generally fed up and you can't help but feel that french government is in its own confusion about what we should and shouldn't be doing causing that ups unnecessary public anxiety shows evil scale arty paris bus a snapshot from france and here meantime vladimir vaccinated year the kremlin has confirmed that president putin's had the covert 90 but which one remains a mystery with officials saying they won't specify the shot in order to highlight that all 3 russian vaccines are safe and effective so more than 6000000 have had their 1st here in russia since the no collation campaign started over 4000000 of already had both doses but as you see in this graphic here the infection rate is steadily steadily falling with the number of daily new cases now under 10000 are still a lot though. he spoke to the deputy prime minister about the vaccine program and how it differs from the rest of europe is that if you say that vaccination is safe

and we're monitoring it safety would it be easier for the government to make it more or less mandatory or if not forcing people strongly compelling them as in israel if you don't want to be vaccinated don't leave your house. russia has extensive experience nationwide vaccination we have got used to it's voluntary nature i think trying to pressure force people to get the chip or stay at home because they haven't been inoculated that's wrong because everyone is different we're now seeing a scandal unfolding around the astra zeneca vaccine while the w.h.o. says that it's too early to draw any conclusions and suspending it may be unnecessary what do you think what is your general attitude to this scandal. we are extremely careful when it comes to any data connected to side effects potentially provided by this or that product why because we did not have the opportunity to

fully check it using medical data in this case we can only speak about ourselves and here i can say that each country it's strictly monitoring all of the potential post vaccination side effects the vaccination process should not be politicized because the process itself is aimed at one particular goal saving lives and protecting the population. when shall we not politicizing this as a country. we are saying that the country created 3 product of its own we're telling the whole world about them in the same way that everyone else is why wouldn't we it's our achievement we're proud of it at the end of the day it's an appraisal of russian science which some have been trying to diminish and say we are not capable of anything we are in the long run we do acknowledge that there could be a 3rd wave there may be a slight increase but why is it massive everywhere but moderate in russia well we see how the pity me a logical situation is developing in europe and in russia one of the reasons for

this development is that they were constantly unlocked and people stayed at home they did not go outside their sterile in the sense of the virus so then they go out and catch it that's why they never develop collective immunity right essentially yes when do you think this will all end we are now working on the assumption that we will achieve 60 percent collective immunity by august it is clear that most likely there will be some seasonality everyone has been talking about that. so it could come back in october. yes but i really hope people will get vaccinated because dealing with the consequences of the disease will be far more difficult than getting voluntarily inoculated. or away from covert other news today global media watchdog reporters without borders is father mass lawsuit against facebook for letting hate speech quote flourish including false videos on the pandemic that have been watched millions of times is just one of the serious allegations now

hitting the tech giant around the globe. reporters without borders lawsuit demonstrates that the california based company's undertakings to its consumers are largely mendacious and that it allows dissent from ation and hate speech to flourish on its network contrary to the claims made in its terms of service and through its ads facebook a mere pittance has grown to be too large for the company itself even its exacts when unaware of being filmed of course admitting the giant has to be tamed. to. do it but until this happens it's up to individual countries to rein in the dominance of facebook and they do the u.k. has taken the social network to court for losing control of the data of british hughes's italy find the company over the lack of transparency in their privacy

policies facebook was misleading users to register on its platform by not informing them immediately inadequately of the collection activity with commercial intent of the data provided by them astray or forced facebook into a commercial deal making it pay news corp us trulia for journalism from its local mastheads but only after an ill tempered fight in which facebook inadvertently shut down some of vital information services in australia. on the side of over and for cement in doing so some content was blocked inadvertently even in the united states where facebook is widely viewed as a mass mind control tool in the hands of political establishment is taking steps to limit its reach for these books user profiles would allegedly reveal an individual's likes dislikes interests and habits over a significant amount of time without affording users

a meaningful opportunity to control or. and the unauthorized exploration of their private life some say the big tech has replaced big oil as the global corporate power play up except it controls not only the money but also information streams and whether its concerns about snooping censorship or monopoly practices the raw signs that the global mood could be turning on the online giant but it won't go down without a fight fairly powerful groups like media organizations and governments coming out their facebook from very different angles now none of those entities are powerful facebook is right now that of course might be one reason that actually these governments are a little worried about facebook's power at least trying to rein it in you're already a very very scary territory all right and it's only going to keep going in the same direction that it has been governments or have been slow to rein this in

governments and sort of try to do anything about it he said giants are stronger than governments they are the most powerful forces on the planet they're also talk of course of the planet as other see they control the conversation they control who gets the herd who doesn't get the care they control what you see they control what you buy they know everything about you they are showing us who's in charge. the problem between the u.s. and iran runs much deeper than just the nuclear deal iran's form of president that i hope you can stick around long all the exclusive interview he gave us who tells us whether ties with the u.s. could ever be thinks very soon. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest in the

world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. the world is driven by a dream shaped by our own personal. dares thinks. we dare to ask. during the trump administration the us agreed to leave afghanistan by may 1st the by the ministry is wavering over this commitment they claim the conditions on the ground are not favorable for withdrawal this begs the question what can be done now

that has not been tried when the. i guess the issue of reparations in the us has split opinion after chicago became the 1st city to pay black residents who've suffered housing discrimination authorities have approved a $10000000.00 package setting aside $25000.00 for each eligible family the money is to be spent on home repairs or is down payments on property reparations will be funded by income instead leave from annual cannabis taxes over the next decade but polls far in just one in 5 people agree that damages should be paid to the descendants of slaves and many also question how eligibility for these kind of programs is determined with race and sister and evidence of discrimination all being considered in the mix we discussed it with guests. there's quite in the current jing development it's quite new and heard of. it is

a 1st step towards. repairing or implementing some sort of prison or to justice. for historical injustice that the black people have suffered from no it's not really anything because i mean the elephant in the room here is that this is not slavery reparations it's only kind of like a housing program disguised days reparations for slavery because there was never any slavery in evanston let alone chicago which is that general everywhere is a news let's face it whatever it's done whatever kind of financial reparations would never repair that historical injustice that those people have suffered from i mean this is just impossible money would not buy people's lives bad or repair that suffering it is mostly symbolic it was a point only did it was to be paid it should have been pay and slave holding places to former slaves from the former slave owner or from the state that's what it

should have been about what i think when i say it's a begin it's a 1st step it is a 1st step but only and only if people keep pushing and the systemic racism is really challenge not only in cities or states but over the in the country such and actually i would go if we even beyond that it's actually a global issue what it is issues dokken to bow out don't really understand what we're saying i mean if there's ever sort of racism or some way of say some mean of somebody in mean does that mean that the state has to come in and pay some money there's a me out a mad tax money after pay or some kind of corporation that wasn't even really involved with it i mean this is not really going to happen there will be issues of course this will be misused some will be some will use this as a token and say ok you've been paid and that's basically you have to shut up and then you should not ask for more but i think. have to be realistic it is not enough strew but it should be used as

a basis force or larger social movement that ask for much more at the national level. keep a track on this israelis a vote of the 4th time in 2 years with an unstable coalition regularly bring in the government of course down and force in fresh elections here we go again then exit polls suggest the race is too close to call with growing fears that they'll once again be a failure for any decisive parliamentary majority caretaker pm but a minute yahoo's been weakened by months of protests over coronavirus restrictions and probes into alleged corruption including claims he took bribes from wealthy business leaders i spoke to middle east analysts mordechai kidder he says his personality has divided the country. we are actually divided if you have. half of the people think that netanyahu is the best thing which could happen to the state of his way while the other half do in my everybody did the cemeteries are full of people who are indispensable. deadlock which we are in is is

a result of this road to clinton you know. the people want him and hope that we do not use you could see that we could party which you know leads got more than a quarter of the whole can is it means more than a quarter of all the people think these allegations are given to rio are lashing. fire loose. and this is unfortunately what we have you know. iran's supreme leader as well that he doesn't trust the u.s. to keep its word on lifting sanctions and without that he says to rand won't return to a nuclear deal an exclusive for you now than we speak to the country's former president or whether it will ever see eye to eye with washington. a c.s. at the how would you familiar with the foreign policy of rouhani is government in terms of the nuclear deal think sions and the new u.s. administration is it heading in the right direction that yes we are waiting for

changes to u.s. foreign policy the problem between the us and iran runs much deeper than just the nuclear deal if someone thinks that the deal is the only leverage for settling issues between the 2 countries this is very far from the reality the problem is much wider and it needs to be addressed on different levels both parties have to solve problems based on fairness and mutual respect discrepancies between iran and the us are based on history and the nuclear deal alone can't fix this we've seen how the nuclear deal was fine and writing but it resulted in nothing positive in reality the reason as i've already mentioned is that the problem is way more complicated moreover the deal wasn't concluded according to international standards besides if both parties intend to compromise on something they will find a solution for any problems that emerge in the future 6 countries have been negotiating over not letting iran turn into a nuclear state those countries sat at the negotiating table with iran the deal

said it clearly if there is a new dispute each country has one voice during the vote over that issue thus those countries which disagreed with iran on something they had 6 votes and iran had only one and we hope that europe will use its abilities as a mediator between the u.s. and iran you know if it wants to mediate it needs to have a wide range of tools for that whatever that means. we were counting on that but i don't think the 2 countries are really in need of a mediator if only we could settle all the current issues of course we should welcome all initiatives aimed at genuine mediation. that the room was hit by the killing of general constance the limb on the last year what do you make of his killing him do you think the country's response for the strike on the beast was enough we have to delve into the roots of this murder did it solve any problem and assassination is the most disgusting action taken by anyone even when 2 science or

warring against each other well and war is a clear cut thing but when it happens between 2 parties that simply have disagreements and assassination doesn't solve any problem the assassination was carried out by those who have been calling for fighting against terrorism i hope that terrorism will be defeated one day and no one will use terrorist methods and commit murder to reach their goals and that no one will use a weapon if they can use reason and words to address the world considering the double standards it leads to disagreements it's not good when someone imposes their own idea on others via murder that's true regardless of the person who's killed i reiterate in principle assess the nation is a bad thing the martyr qassim soleimani was a prominent figure and his biography is well known so at the end of the day does anyone think that a mere response is important that would never solve anything is the american

government has to realize the necessity of changing its policy their attitude during the last 70 to 80 years not only hasn't settled anything but has aggravated everything much more. while staying in the region with all the news of course still making so many headlines for his soul easy for many of us to overlook this year marks of poignant versity for one really big part of the world it's a decade now since the arab spring spread through the middle east what it brought with it is left behind devastation much worse for some countries than others case in point that one particular country with close ties to washington. the arab spring is a massive opportunity to spread peace prosperity democracy and fight to the security but only if we really seized the opportunity. this is saudi arabia's worst nightmare isn't it. saudi arabia is drafting

sauza security personnel in an attempt to crush a growing revolt in the kingdom in the attempt to avoid and resting up the life unveiled a massive social welfare package but many critics see this as a way perhaps by people signing. the planned day of rage in sunny arabia perhaps it would be protesters hopes were dashed by strict security measures stern warning by saudi officials against any protests so where does the u.s. fit but in perspective for us saudi arabia has always served as the safety net whether it comes to oil you know in the oil price gets too high in the united states ask the saudis problem or oil bring the price of oil down and they've always done it there are reports that king abdullah told the bahraini authorities next door that if they don't crush their own sheer revolt his forces will. crack down came just a day after buddy is king declared martial law and told in troops from neighboring

saudi arabia to help shut down the protests we are seeing the people of this world is to help us to do something for these people we are being put before us we are asking for our legitimate rights and nothing else innocent people are being killed chopping the u.k. for example has not been more outspoken more assertive about the fact the people have been tortured people have lost their lives we have been shot at the only government over whom we have no influence. saudi arabia executed 47 people today it's largest mass executions since 1981 of the bodies and the severed head. put on public display as a warning it's a big folly to rely on so-called international organizations and governments because the saudi government the way it is it is because as american and british support. mr vice president the cia has concluded that the leader of

saudi arabia directed the murder of a u.s. based journalist jamal khashoggi president trump is not punished senior saudi these would you yes and i would make it very clear we were going to in fact they could pay the price and make them in fact a pariah that they are ready to do all show leadership or get credit oh you know yes. the u.s. president left it after you know the newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says so he really is crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation president's intention as is the intention of this government is to. to recalibrate. with saudi arabia so what we've done by the actions that we've taken is really not to rupture the relationship but to recalibrate. the country use the perfect girl like perfect partner without any reservations whatsoever so

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hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle during the trumpet ministration the u.s. agreed to leave afghanistan by may 1st the biden administration is wavering over this commitment they claim the conditions on the ground are not favorable for withdrawal this begs the question what can be done now that has not been tried for the past 20 years. across talking afghanistan i'm joined by my guest max abrams in boston he's a professor of political science at northeastern university and author of rules for rebels the science of victory in militant history in omaha we have say or gen.