in just about 3 months while we were measuring. is fast and it's the river is $35.00 closer to the town than was 4 i think we're part of the 1st for. the. kind that still is one of the world's largest collections some of them so deadly they make over the 19 look like in the. parties given exclusive access to the high security siberian. russia's at the fact that banksy has made his developers to tout the job as being 100 percent effective at producing on 3 bodies against all strains of corona virus. a vaccination vacation an italian businessman flies to

moscow to get the sputnik the job saying me doesn't want to wait months to be inoculated back home. most of the full song on facebook we should use for my friend please stay come in with one of those for me some friends asked me next time you give yourself and this is given by. a shocking report by the u.k. government reveals more than 4000000 children were living in poverty even before the pandemic hit and now experts fear the situation could be worse. for the republicans passing new laws that imposes sweeping restrictions on voting ga which could leave many by the supporters of the disadvantage. by that very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on alt. in the war of

the pandemic russia has an array of weapons among them at preventing corona vaccine the germs developers say that it's safe 100 percent effective at producing antibodies and can fight of mutant strains r.t. was invited to visit the high security laboratory at the heart of siberia where it's made. this sign is probably worth a 1000 words because we are in one of the few places in the world where it has been plastered against the door not for cool looks not for show but as an actual warning behind this door is one of the world's 2 largest virus collections some of them so deadly they make covert 19 look like an allergy and this door has been put in case of an emergency evacuation and luckily it has never been used for its purpose we are at the vector research institute met here with armed guards barbed wire and the no fly zone above us inviting journalists is worlds apart from common practice here

but they're eager to show and talk about how their jab. is made so this machine is where the work on the vaccine begins basically an inactivated virus from the red zone from the dirty zone is brought here and this machine it separates the r.n.a. from the rest of the virus it isolates it and from here at the r.n.a. is being passed on for further study and work russia boasts 3 different covert $1000.00 vaccines sputnik v. is already a brand eclipsing p.r. wise even its international competitors vectors a.p. vaca rona has remained in its elder brother's shadow even in russia few people know how it works here but we do i want to emphasize 3 major advantages of the vaccine it's because it's made from synthetic peptides 2nd it's not sensitive to virus mutations it's resistant to all known covert strains including british south

african brazilian and others and 3rd you can get vaccinated unlimited times one with the yearly flu vaccinations. both in the for the vaccine develops a 3 line to family like to enter a room you need to open a door the vaccine forms until. he's the professor that if the fast line of defense is broken down and not the pull of antibodies goes into battle that stops the virus from connecting to the cell and getting inside but if this line is crossed as well damien response destroys the infected cells so this is the pre final stage of producing a vaccine basically here they are preparing a foundation for it it's protein based so the substance in this boiler is literally called all world broth it contains all the nutrients that will make this protein grow and as soon as it is ready it will be taken to a different lab also here where active components of the vaccine will be attached

to this protein in the foundation by active i mean those that will be recognized by our immune system as well include is and therefore we will develop antibodies for covert 19 it's hard to find a volunteer in russia who'd want to be very covert jab partly because so little is known about it partly because the 1st batches have just been released to the public and partly because its efficacy has been challenged by skeptics and even those who took part in the clinical trials the had developed of the vaccine says though this is a smear campaign against the institute. i think it's purely an information war against this vaccine in particular it's very frustrating i feel sorry for my country and the vaccine officials are telling me they won't be dragged into bickering and will verify their reputation via publications in science journals several high profile russian officials have already chosen r.p.

vacas their covert job and there were rumors of russia's former president dmitry medvedev did so as well but the deputy head of the vector institute says vaccination shouldn't be a free for all fights between different produces a project people get through jobs they don't ask how this fight. major how they walk but all of them meet certain requirements it should be the same with corona virus vaccines a passenger gets a job and that's it the message from russian vaccine developers which ever jab you choose you are getting the best shot at him unity. reporting from the heart of siberia r.t. . and italian business minutes taken a vaccination vacation. the only took a 6000 kilometer round trip to moscow to get sputnik v. because he wasn't willing to wait months to get a job back. the people of my age are scared 'd the sea needed

after the sun at a store or the fire i decided to make. even if sport to me because not only could have been a brawl the europeans see. quite clear that. it's very very good. and many countries are using that honestly didn't receive any call. for more than 2 weeks which a diverse nation would advise to be versatile in russia most of the balls on the face book which is from a friend. with one of those for me. work and some friends ask me next time we give you something. because you know that it isn't must be between them the amount of i think between 5 percent is soft and

those that. you tell an engineer there was able to get a russian visa thanks to his russian wife maybe the trip was a 3rd coronavirus wave sweeps across europe and the bloc continues to experience vaccine shortages. new delhi coronavirus cases in it live reached almost 24000 the country has the 2nd highest death toll in europe with more than 107000 deaths registered since the outbreak and the santa ravioli police politics should not play a role when it comes to saving lives. more than when you're a warrior outsider you can see all the people with. full of people with. no one now view of the. situation i see there are all bars all bars. during the evening you didn't have food and all bars are close it is like

a desert. some flowers. i think the only problem of this that put me is maybe a russian the only one if pulled in who would have been made that i don't know in california. it would be or really need only to use the without any problem policy should be accepted the opposite let's buy and. be seen on the market where we can find it because we have to go around quickly to worsen it all our population and because all that are wise with us initial we will never see the end of the. policy sure they care about of people this should be the priority and not sound geopolitical. i don't know even a relationship. which is now conditioning you know such important and

crucial matter for the of our county. and those. will fly back to moscow at the beginning of april to get his 2nd this will be following his journey and will keep you updated on his progress. so the use germany's chancellor threatens the results of federal powers local regions don't do more to combine code without a dire warning for the 3rd wave of the pandemic will be the worse yet that's to come later this hour. next republican lawmakers in the u.s. have approved sweeping new restrictions on voting in georgia which include more stringent time d. requirements for absentee balloting joe biden's called the war an atrocity and an attack on the constitution and ask if the us president is more worried about the state turning radical. if you thought donald trump's rants about what he called. the democrats have this election rigged right from the beginning

and it was anything like it was a rigged election would be forgotten after he gave up trying to hold onto his oval office chair i'll tell you what you really underestimated the consequences just a reminder pretty much trumps biggest issue was with mail in ballots it was thanks to them he thought the dems on lawfully stole his victory so the republicans have done their homework and are now long to crack down on that pesky vote by mail system and other voting methods and almost every state last year joe biden became the 1st democrat in years to come out on top in the state of georgia largely thanks to overwhelming support from the black community right now in georgia the governor has already signed the new republican sponsored restrictions into law we quickly began working with the house and senate on further reforms to make it easier to in

hard to cheat the bill last sunday into law does just that and giving the state legislature controlled by the g.o.p. the powers to appoint a majority of the state election board the new rules banned providing food or water to people standing in line to vote activists from the new georgia project and black voters matter movements were quick to react with a federal lawsuit the concern is that the reform will take its toll on the minority groups 1st of all. the provisions represent a hodgepodge of unnecessary restrictions that target almost every aspect of the voting process but serve no legitimate purpose or compelling state interest other than to make absentee early and election day voting more difficult especially for minority voters opponents called the new bill a 2nd jim crow and the 19th and 20th centuries jim crow state and local laws

enforced racial segregation and wound back advantages that black people had gained and southern parts of the u.s. back to today and critics voices are growing louder a georgia state representative was arrested after trying to enter the office where the governor was signing the new controversial act. it. was the guy. who. the governor though is trying to fight off accusations of giving the green light to a race's bill and is blaming the left for running a smear campaign georges will no doubt the soon overwhelmed with fancy t.v. ads mailers in radio attacking this commonsense election reform measure. in fact left wing groups funded by the state billionaires are already doing that

now they're using outrageous false rigor to scare you well speaking of powerful critics the president has lashed out at the changes in georgia joining those who drew parallels 1 to the racist jim crow laws. you know the the the hell. no this is nothing but you. guys people from both or perhaps not so powerful in this case mr biden went on to say it was unclear wot if anything the white house could do to address the issue we don't work. for. you also continue to encourage and engage with outside leaders and activists and steps they can take some of that is going to be more appropriate from outside of the white house hoops what a disappointment not only for those who helped biden win in georgia but also for the largely pro biden native american communities in arizona where he won 2 and

that state the proposed reforms could essentially make voting impossible for those living in traditional reservations joe biden lost in florida but that doesn't mean republicans there aren't energized enough to tighten the screws on voting regulations too and florida communities of color are sounding the alarm over what they're calling racist voting suppression it looks like the story will be repeating itself pretty much all across america but the president has already conceded that it's not really up to the white house to sort out this crunch issue for his support base among the minorities. shameful and home breaking the overwhelming reaction to a recent a u.k. government report showing that even before the pandemic child poverty in the. record figures the government figures show that by 2024 point 3000000 children in

britain lived in poverty nearly 2000000 went hungry because the family struggled just to buy food the americans from the turned to us charity says the pandemic is only exacerbated the crisis. the government produced statistics saying $4300000.00 children are in poverty in the u.k. we actually believe that number to be higher we believe it's about $4500000.00 and that's about 33 percent of children in the u.k. so you know it's about a 3rd of a classroom. the fact that these numbers of before the pandemic is a is a huge concern you know this is child poverty before the pandemic was a 12 year high and you know if it was high before the pandemic it's going to be even higher now and it's going to be irrevocably higher in the future one thing that you see now that you would not have seen 10 years ago is the huge amount of food banks in the 43 percent of people on universal credit that main benefit system in u.k. of food insecurity we now have more food banks in the u.k.

than we have branches of mcdonald's so you can really see the poverty in the u.k. at the moment it's visceral it's everywhere certainly creating more well paid jobs is crucial to cutting down poverty and especially the effects it has on child poverty however we've had the best part of a decade of of a government agenda of austerity you know we've had cuts to our benefit system freezes to our social security so it's good we're going to need more than just well paid jobs and we need a thought of all housing we need you know we need cuts to the rising cost of living you know a basket for the goods is increasingly more expensive year on year so we really need the government to have a beverage moment. you know a real holistic look at the causes of poverty and to tackle the long term symptoms . the government figures show that the number of children in relatively low income families is basically the same as it was in the late ninety's the child poverty action group is calling for an increase in child benefits. today's power 2 figures

show what was clear all along that low income families with children and to depend on me financially are vulnerable and with child poverty haven't risen by 700 southern since 2012 when benefits cars began this dismal data shows child poverty levels are now devastatingly high children and their families will pay the price and less government act urgently low income families can currently receive just over $20.00 pounds a week for their 1st child a nearly 14 pounds for every other child that's slightly more than the cost of $2.00 average breakfast in a café last year the government also temporarily introduced a 20 pound weekly welfare increase for families set by the pandemic we got the reaction of done past skins from save the children about the situation. at the moment the government is saying that that's going to take you right at the end of september and that's something which we know that there was

a lot of hardship to chamish and children who are ready to talk tomorrow so we need to get with many others who are saying to where the guta government continues to provide that extra principal. that's a very immediate steps become constrained we're also very worried that it might be actually there as they are restrictions ease on the pandemic that's when you might see some of the damage because of rising out of what it means on and job losses and that's where it's important for the government to move away from thinking to start temporary measures demick to also build on the actions we take are but really get in sync but given a good start blood group children that is put into things like our arms. because i'm going to. be possible we don't need going around the world where government is really good there are a lot of things to do to do a lot which is good and we need to get that same energy. and dignity and speech. still a french doctors more than the situation in the camp of hospitals is worse than

jerking terror attacks of the pandemic pushes them to a breaking point for bringing that story in full after this break. the world is driven by a dream shaped by our own personal. thinks . we fear to ask. what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an

arms race. theory dramatic developments only really. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back chancellor angela merkel has expressed dismay at the way german states are handling the pandemic insisting regions all doing enough she's so unhappy in fact she's even threatened to resort to federal power as comes as europe 'd to get its vaccine program going amid a 3rd wave of infections the speech of all of the reports from berlin. well during

this interview that the chancellor gave on sunday evening she took particular sick and tired of bumping heads with local leaders she described some of the leaders of germany states is being not free from allusions that they could actually negotiate with the covert 19 virus we are set to see some local restrictions put in place here in berlin this week on wednesday off from wednesday f f p 2 masks will be required there more heavy duty masks in shops and on public transport are also going to any more testing put in place particularly for things like getting a haircut but this all combs as intensive care doctors in germany is saying the country actually needs a nationwide tough 2 week lockdown and that's something that's being backed up by anger merkel's health minister yen spawn the middle name of if we look at the numbers we need another 10 to 14 days at least of properly driving down context as

movement a look down if you want to call about a quarter or germany's currently hold it around the 20000 new cases of covert 19 a day mark the warning that's coming out is that that could rise during this 3rd wave that's going to towns on europe to as much as $100000.00 per day is good indications clearly point to this was potentially being even worse than the 1st 2 waves we must be prepared for a steep rise in the number of cases for more people to once again become seriously ill is closed hospitals will be all the more people didn't die again and us all get them straight if this continues on chinked we run the risk that our health care system will reach its breaking point in april when it comes to vaccinations the plan remains that all adults will be offered a job by the end of september that's a plan that looks particularly bishes right now when you take into account that not all 'd of the over eighty's in germany have had one job yet when it comes to vax.

nation local leaders are saying they want russia sputnik v vaccine to get approval so that can be used in the fight against covert the approval of sputnik v must be decided as soon as possible i'm fighting for sputnik v. not just because it's been produced in russia i believe that we should buy all vaccines which are available it has nothing to do with party politics or a proximity to moscow i find west german ideological sensitivities on this question silly supply issues as well as investigations into the safety of vaccines of seeing the vaccination program in europe be delayed thoroughly slow t.m.t. by at on the e.u. commissioner in charge of the vaccine program has said that getting russian sputnik the vaccine online wouldn't be a magic bullet that would fix all of europe's problems if the vaccine is certified within weeks or months and the way is found to produce it in europe it will take at

least 10 to 14 months before the 1st bunch is manufactured but it would not be a response to our problems today well with vaccination levels not being as high as they are in other parts of the world europe is staring down the barrel of more lockdowns more restrictions on its citizens. as bad as during terrorist attacks that's how french doctors describe the current situation in the capital hospitals which the pandemic has pushed the breaking point in an open letter they warn that they may soon have to choose between which patients to save and slam president micron's decision not to introduce another full long bout. we have never experienced such a situation even during the worst attacks in recent years in this medical crisis where there is a glaring mismatch between needs and available resources we will be forced to trios patients in order to save as many lives as possible if you. limit surgery the article is addressed to future patients of the population because in the ill de

france region in particular the incidence is growing rapidly there is significant growth and we are afraid we won't be able to cope with the influx of cases there is a gap between the needs of patients and the amount of resources at our disposal this is particularly the case for intensive care beds and this situation has developed against the background of an increase in the number of hospitalized patients we will certainly provide assistance to all patients but we fear that at some point we will run out of resources very this word sorting is awful and we do not want to have to choose which patients to offer the most optimal treatment conditions and which to give less optimal that's never happened and we do not want it to happen and so we are raising the alarm. last week friends centers a 3rd wave of infections there are now more than 27000 covert patients in hospitals across the country but the highest figure this month the number in intensive care

is approaching 5000 a record for the year though to we just heard from there says it's essential not to forget about norm koger patients. as for your mental don't you still don't you feel so the sooner the government makes its decisions the better we cannot afford to just wait and see what the result of these measures to curb the increase in infections will be we are already observing a significant increase in the number of cases in addition we don't just have to take care of patients with coronavirus but also patients with more common diseases of the cardiovascular system or with neurological or on collage equal diseases in other words it is necessary to treat both patients with corona virus and those who do not have covert that we will eventually run out of beds. a huge container ship this been wedged across the sous canal since tuesday has finally been partially refloated according to reports the stricken vessel the school's hundreds of cargo ships to back up along the waterway however it's still unclear

when the canal will reopen about 12 percent of all global trade passes through the suez canal which is a shortie sailing between asia and europe is growing concern over international supply chains due to the blockage economist richard wolfe believes it was only about for a time though it was something like this happened. this is not the 1st time the canal has been blocked not at all it's very vulnerable this canal particularly in the area where this ship is jammed very narrow part of the canal i think you could do a good bit on the suez canal you'd have to spend the money to widen then to deep in then to take steps to have fallback plans for moving cargo even relatively small distances if you could back ships down to the stranded ship there are all kinds of mechanisms that you could have the in place if you were taking seriously the vulnerability it's a little bit like it agriculture you can make more acreage produce more goods if

you only grow one plant but then if something happens to that one plant you don't have the diversity which we used to have which is a kind of protection against something happening to a monologue culture you have to think like that if you don't if you're only focused on your short term profit then you run into these problems. ok leverage your brother today don't forget you can always check out plenty more stories we have a covered for you they are on our website at www dot com.

i'm actually returns in you're watching another lockdown edition of going underground as opening arguments start today in the george floyd trial in minneapolis almost a year after a killing that catalyzed violent uprisings or around the world some argue they have been even more significant than those in the 1960 s. when civil rights marches led to assassinations of icons like martin luther king jr and malcolm x. in part 2 will be speaking to avengers endgame hollywood actor frank grillo about his post covert 19 politics in cinema but 1st joining me now from new york is the co-founder of the black lives matter greater new york chapter who knew some work thanks so much for coming on to these opening arguments today why is the case so important given and centuries you have articulated of pain for people of color and the americas well this is where the rubber meets the.