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more than 4 children. exposed the situation could be far worse. well a very warm welcome to you from all of us here internationally in moscow. russia is making use of all available tools in its fight against. corona is one of the 3 domestically produced vaccines now in circulation they say safe 100 percent effective at producing. can fight off mutant strains well we were invited to visit the high security area where it's all being me. 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 corona 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 the r.n.a. is being passed on for further study and work russia boasts 3 different covert 1000

vaccines sputnik v. is already a brand eclipsing p.r. wise even its international competitors vectors eppy vaca role now has remained in its elder brother's shadow even in russia few people know how it works or what we do but 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. but the vaccine develops a 3 line to fans like to enter a room you need to open a door the vaccine forms antibodies to prevent that if the fast line of defense is broken and then another pool of antibodies goes into battle that stops the virus from connecting to the cell and getting inside but if this line is crossed is while

the new response destroys the infected cell so this is the preferred vinyl stage of producing a vaccine basically here they are preparing a foundation for it it's protein based so the substance in this is literally called soup or world broth it contains all the nutrients that will make this protein grow and as soon as it is ready 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 and prevent 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 dickey head of the vector institute says vaccinate . it shouldn't be a free for all fights between different producers people get through jobs they don't ask how those vaccines made a why how they walk but all of them meet certain requirements it should be the same with corona virus vaccine a person just 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 immunity and we've done a reporting from the heart of siberia. and are staying with the whole the theme of russian vaccines one italian businessman has made a 6000 kilometer round trip just to receive one of us on the road he flew right here to moscow to get sputnik via because according to him he said he wasn't willing to wait months to get a shot back at home. only people of my age are scared 'd to be thusly needed after the summit of so very far i decided to make. a firm. even if only because not that there could be could be no prove the rhondda utopian see. quite clear that it's very very good to be seen and many countries are using that one as.

we see many call. it so more than 2 weeks. of assignation my advise to be versatile you know russian most of the balls thrown on facebook for my friend pleased with those for me. work and some friends asked me next time we give you some free and because you know the recent must be between them the amount of i think between 5 and 7 degrees off the italian engineer was able to get in trouble because i think it was russian wife and said his main motive for getting inoculated was simply to protect his elderly parents have audio also made his trip as a coronavirus way it was apparently sweeping across europe the block though continues to experience widespread vaccine shortages. on new delhi

coronavirus cases in italy have reached almost 24000 the country has the 2nd highest death toll in europe with more than 107000 fatalities registered since the start of the outbreak really only believes 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 who do you know full of people which . you're one now you're the heart of. the situation i see that all bars all bars. during the evening it did in their food and all bars are close it is like a desert. and some flowers. i think the only problem of this that it's put to me is made in russia the only one if put in you would have been made that i don't know in california. it would be already need. to use

that without any problem policy should be accepted the opposite let's buy and get in the market where we can find it because we have to go into round quickly to worsen it all our population and because all that are wise with other words initial we will never see the end of the tunnel policy should they care about of people this should be the priority and not sound geopolitical. i don't know or even a relationship. which is now conditioning you know such important and crucial matter for their of our country. will fly to moscow at the beginning of april to get his 2nd dose of course to follow. in the meantime a group of scammers who sold fake medical certificates to foreigners has been

detained in the russian city of novosibirsk the federal security service seized over 1400 documents with a black market value around 40000 dollars. is currently heavily restricted for foreign nationals but people can get in during the pandemic with a valid medical reason f.s.b. officers also found a list of people intending to purchase the forged documents we understand now a criminal case is underway. how french doctors describe the current situation in the capital's hospitals which the pandemic has pushed to breaking point in an open letter they warn they may soon have to choose between which which patients to save and they say president decision not to introduce another full. we have never experienced such a situation even during the worst terrorist attacks in recent years in this medical crisis where there is a glaring mismatch between needs and available resources we will be forced to treat

patients in order to save as many lives as possible if. the article is addressed to future patients or 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 if 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 france and today

a 3rd wave of infections there are now more than 27000 covered patients in hospitals all across the country that is the highest figure this month the number in intensive care is approaching 5000 that is a record for the year the doctor we just heard from who is one of the signatories of the open letter says it's essential not to forget about one covert patients. most of these are mental don't just rule don't you feel so the sooner the government makes its decisions the better we cannot afford to just wait and see what the results of these measures to curb the increase in infections will be we are already observing a significant increase in the number of cases and 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 you can diseases in other words it is necessary to treat both patients with coronavirus and those who do not have copd and we will eventually run out of beds. well still to come here

germany's chancellor threatens to resort to federal powers if local regions don't do more to combat covert at some of dire warnings the 3rd wave of the pandemic could well be the worst yet to come will cover that story just a bit later in this program. now a shameful and heartbreaking to the overwhelming reaction to a recent u.k. government report showing that even before the pandemic child poverty in the country had hit record figures the government figures show that by 2024 point 3000000 children in britain lived in poverty nearly 2000000 went hungry because their families struggle to buy food liam evans from the he says that the pandemic has 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 huge concern you know this is child poverty before the pandemic was a 12 year high and you know it was high before the pandemic it's going to be even higher now and it's going to be irrevocably high 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 43 percent of people on universal credit the main benefit system in the 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 the government agenda of austerity you know we've had cuts to our benefits system freezes too are also should security so it could mean we're going

to need more than just well paid jobs and we need affordable housing we need you know we need to the rising cost of living in 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 a relatively low income families is basically the same as it was in the 1990 s. certainly 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 the low income families with children and to depend on me financially vulnerable and with child poverty haven't risen by 700 southern since 2012 when benefits cause began this dismal data shows child power to levels and now diversity in the high children and their families will pay the price and those government x.

urgently although income families can convert and receive just over $20.00 pounds a week for the 1st child and nearly 14 pounds for every other child that's slightly more than the cost of $2.00 average breakfasts in a cafe last year the government also temporarily introduced a 20 pound weekly welfare increase for families hit by the pandemic so we got reaction from pasterns of the save the children foundation about this ongoing situation. the unity 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. charmian's children and it's not tomorrow so we take it with many others who are saying it's very important legal and continues. that it's the principle. that's a very immediate step because we are also very worried that it might be actually there as the irish easy's are the pandemic that's when you might see some of the

damage in terms of rights none of what it means on and job losses and that's where it's important for the government to move away from thinking to spur temporary measures demick to. build on your actions we take are what really get in sync but given a good start bloodroot children that is put into things like arms. because it might seem to me you know we don't need an around the world where government is really good there are a lot of things too you need to do a lot but she's going to need to get that same energy. and. speech. are still to come here on the program on our team the ever given container ship which has been blocking the suez canal for the past week is partially were floated just a bit later in the program with the implications for what marian many people are worrying about now that of international supply chains are they broken and can they recover.

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an arms race. spearing dramatic development the only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit. in. it is good to have you with us today. has a voice. over the way germany's local authorities are the pandemic and she's now threatening to resort to that of federal powers to get stuff done peter all of a filed this report from berlin. well during this interview that the chancellor gave on sunday evening she looked particularly 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 comes 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 again spawn middle name off if we look at the numbers we need another 10 to 14 days at least a properly driving down context and movement a look down if you want to call about what germany is currently hold at around the $20000.00 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 as the

indications clearly point to this way as 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 but hospitals will be overburdened and that more people will die again and that's all right if this continues on chicks 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 vicious right now when you take into account that not all of the over eighty's in germany have had one job yet when it comes to vaccinate. local leaders saying they want russia's sputnik v vaccine to get approval so that can be used in the fight against covert the approval of sputnik we 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.n.t. but act on the e.u. commissioner in charge of the vaccine program has said that getting russia 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 away is found to produce it in europe it will take at least 10 to 14 months before the 1st but as manufactured but it will not be response to our problems today or 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. the appearance of deep craters in the

permafrost of russia's far north as possible scientists for years in artie's latest documentary research is trying to get to the bottom of the phenomenon you can watch the black holes of your mouth throughout the day on our channel or over at r.t. dot com when have you phil. humanity has never seen such strange natural phenomena before giant coming to this appearing in the peninsula. of what this did to him but none of us is outside. on the navy scheme which is your eternity to keep don't deny an assertion. a national of the year so there is. no solution even be aware. of the truth and the police this is not a post to move to new or to by choice could stay missed the boat has been difficult for her. to discover to kill him if it scientists have sold the mystery of

creatures appearing in the young and instead it has to do with the unique take tonics of because clothes beneath your mouth on the cranks with the fia they build a full scale 3 d. most of the young black guy was there before you couldn't you let me teach you to chill for seriously believe me i've got a mission you push it. nothing no different program you could be arsed to get your body you know to make that you want clear. 2021 russian scientists came quite close to working out what's going on. let's go figure. it is r t international a huge container ship that's been a wedge to cross the suez canal since tuesday has now been partially refloated the

stricken vessel has caused well over $400.00 cargo ships to back up all along the water way however it's still unclear whether the canal when and will it will actually become open again we understand around 12 percent of all global trade passes right through the suez canal which is the shortest sealing between asia and europe and there's growing concern over international supply chains due to the blockage there economist richard wolfe apparently wasn't surprised at all by what's 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 that in place if you were taking seriously the vulnerability so a little bit like in agriculture you can make more acreage produce more goods at the 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 model culture you have to think like that if you don't if you're only focused on your short term profits then you run into these problems. ah thanks for catching us here for this program on a sampling of your monday worldwide news headlines and your news returns at the top of the hour this is art and. was a pandemic no certainly no borders just blind to nationalities. has

emerged we took a backseat world peace to. judge a. commentary crisis like this this time to time so we can do better we should. everyone is contributing way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenge is critical to response has been must so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. humanity has never seen such strange natural phenomena before giant coming to this appearing in the peninsula. one after another. was never about the

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hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm hearing about germany's foreign minister has signaled that he would like to see if the n.h.l. russian relations but added the ball is in russia's court rioli also as tensions over taiwan increase who is pushing for a military showdown. to discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest. marcus papadopoulos in london is a historian analyst and author of the new book a rise rosia the return of russia to world politics and here in moscow we cross to dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor and knows me internet media project originally

crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate how it's going to marcus 1st in london so the german foreign minister once a thaw and nato russia relations but not the ball is in russia's court now can you explain to our audience why that seems so odd or actually upside down go ahead marcus well we should only be hoping for in date train for a full in violation is between nature and russia because the preservation of peace to our fareed large extent depends on improvements in toys between the western military block and of russian federation however it is simply ludicrous for the german foreign minister to argue that the who is in russia's coats when in truth who is in mesa is cool too.