and in the game equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. this suggests. that we could have we made mistakes true a stark admission of the handling of the covert crisis for the french president as the country's death toll nears $100000.00 forced to impose a 3rd national. fears of a nursing exodus in the u.k. as a poll revealed one in 4 n.h.s. workers is more likely to quit now than they were in 2020. in the pandemic we speak to one british nurse.

wages have. gone up in the government to help increase the wages. year of restrictions. on the origin of corona virus is still a mystery after a long awaited report leaves many questions. we ask a russian expert on the mission why it's taking so long. and a very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. . the french president admits he made mistakes at every stage of the pandemic this in a televised address to the nation on your micron announced the 3rd nation wide lockdown as code cases sought intensive care beds filling up the country's death toll is approaching 100000 he said the situation left him with no other choice.

the city i know that every stage of this epidemic we might say to ourselves that we could have done better that we made mistakes all this is true we all need to make an additional efforts over the coming months this is what i ask of us collectively tonight the new lockdown measures will be extended from 19 areas to all of mainland france as of saturday that means a nationwide curfew beginning at 7 pm will be imposed and travel between regions is banned french president also said schools will be closed for at least 3 weeks and announce the dish and or policing to ensure no more than 6 people gather at mt any one time. the measures introduced by the president come as a complete u. turn no to his previous decision not to lock down in january as a result he is receiving mounting criticism from scientists and hospital chiefs despite this his team is touted him as an expert on health issues. he asks if

micron fancies himself as an epidemiologist. france's president is without a doubt an educated man emmanuel macro and through through the country's top institutions before making a mark in both the private and public sector he then repaying from youngest ever president i mean it's a pretty impressive resume and people traded in selfless and learned he knew when to take advice it is important at this time by following the advice of scientists as we've just done to ensure the continuity of on democratic life and our institutions but now it seems being top dog isn't quite enough not grown his throwing himself into an entirely new discipline the president has acquired real expertise in health issues it is not an inaccessible subject for an intelligent person like him considering the important time he has dedicated to it for several months not growing as 8 since he wouldn't be declared that he has become an

epidemiologist despite not having a scientific background it's this bravado this process really led to macro and consistently brushing off scientific advice over the covert pandemic as he apparently thinks he knows better. i say to the government do it now do it now do it for a shorter time but do it too can he did we were right not to implement a lockdown in france at the end of january because we didn't have the explosion of cases that every model predicted these claims over. seas on health issues have also rubbed the wrong way. mr mccollum is president of the republic and in the framework of the pandemic just like all heads of states he has become interested in epidemiological data yes to put his nose to the grindstone he's obliged to take notice of trends but that doesn't make him an epidemiologist of course it really for all those that talk about epidemiology and among them we

can find heads of states like president mccrone who talks about epidemiology just like we talk about politics when we talk about sculpture or about music but they're not necessarily sculpture artists or musicians. and what about people in paris what the they think of their epidemiologist clee inclined president their viewpoints on independence he wants to take back his independence from medical experts since the pandemic started medicine has been at the top of everything medics have been governing the country and now micron just wants to get his power back but i still think doctors are right when it comes to the virus because their opinion is based on science. the curfew hasn't been effective for france it was not good for those who work it is not really curb the virus spreading it is not limited cases it has also been bad for the economy they should find other solutions. you know when i bought my current thinks about the economy lockdown is the risk. it

is not doctors who should govern france. in britain there are fears of a nursing exodus after a survey revealed n.h.s. staff are now more likely to quit their jobs citing exhaustion from the pandemic according to that poll one in 4 and it just workers is more inclined to leave than they were last year almost 30 percent of them are nurses and midwives to occupations that are facing major shortages 70 percent said of pay rise is the deciding factor meanwhile those working for free student nurses struggling just to make ends meet one of them gave us her reaction to the survey findings. it doesn't surprise me it's a we've had he's an increased but. not the cost of living has gone up the wages have increased that it's so much stress on the nurses that midwives everyone involved in that question and i think to be honest with the carpet condemn it i

think everyone has now had enough and they need help and i feel the government need to help and increase the way. to get a good environment for everyone. british health authorities in turn a promise to provide the n.h.s. with an extra $29000000000.00 pounds but the nurse we spoke to says that money isn't making any real difference when it comes to student medics we get the 5000 pound girl and some people get a 2000 pound prawn depending if it were children or what feels like i mean tape in reality is it's all in the ocean for the increase in childcare costs you know the increase in council tax increase in fuel into placement in my 1st year i think it's a defeat back twice. and that should say the nest states that were actually retired nurses at the trade bank they couldn't believe that if they should i go into this position because i have a rabelais i've got 2 children and at the time they were 5 required to what was quite a full time childcare and the other one it just started sco the funds come for you

all to we've already signed up for the course of their or you know the potential if you leave the coals and it does add to the mental so that the sorry sorry. you all the case sports minister is being lampooned online after he suggested people should avoid hugging to save lives people took issue with the way he described hugs is off behavior. you see somebody pay. off mike and maybe call him out on that and. where can i report you because if you think you're promoting normal behavior you need to check out from the neck up what script are you reading from no sane individual would put this out there as normal. behaving in

a. strange choice of words to describe family members hoping one another. in other words if you see someone behaving like a human being then call them out. call out his many call eeks who have been found guilty of various actions ready ready. a long awaited report on the origins of 19 has faced sharp criticism worldwide some countries say the investigation wasn't extensive enough so many questions still remain unanswered the director general himself called for further studies after the report was published we got a firsthand account of the w.h.o. mission from a russian member of the take. which will cause

our mission started off under phase one why was it called that it was clear from the beginning nobody expected us to find answers to all the questions right away in fact it was preparing to rework and analyzing the data we had accumulated and establishing hypotheses in general it's hard to predict how long this investigation will take and how it will end but it should be done that's for sure. or we've managed to find out that the virus supposedly emerged in the period between the middle of november and the beginning of december however we don't know the exact location of the outbreak in my view it was in china but it's not clear yet it's unlikely though that the outbreak occurred in a wet market most probably it was some market visitor who had already been infected and spread the virus this suggestion derives from the fact that there were quite a large number of patients who had nothing to do with the markets we don't know who the 1st patient was neither do we know the natural origin of covert 19 based on our

common knowledge of various coronaviruses we suggest it's a but might have been a source. yeah the issue is very much politicized everyone is trying to find someone to blame i've never considered the oblique hypothesis a theory there's so much talk about this in the media though but people don't really have an idea there is no scientific evidence or facts proving a leak as of today based on what we saw i can say that the suspect a laboratory is run properly by well trained staff there is total compliance with all the rules regarding work with viruses of this has a class or even the class above the laboratory is regularly audited and isn't a constant scrutiny of competence international organizations building from that we therefore can't say that the lab leaked might have been the cause. well. we didn't feel any pressure coming from our chinese colleagues actually it wouldn't even be the case i can't think of how they could have put pressure on us we are in

no way affiliated with china people from various countries were part of our team who went to carry out this investigation on behalf of the w.h.o. and what would have been the point of pressurising us we hardly liaise with officials we were largely in touch with scientists. those who think that politics and sports shouldn't mix up been taken aback by the u.s. olympic and paralympic committees latest decision it okayed certain racial and social justice demonstrations at trials in racial and social justice demonstration is specifically aimed at promoting the human dignity of individuals or groups that have historically been under represented minority ties to all marginalized in their respective societal context. well under the new guidelines certain gestures and types of clothing are permitted athletes can now for instance wear hats with phrases like black lives matter and equality they also avoid any sanctions if they speak up for the rights of minorities neil during the national anthem or hold up

their fist on the podium the making a political statement in sports has long been controversial for instance in 2016 england national football team was fined 35000 pounds by fee for the wearing remembered stay poppy's at a world cup qualifier the rise of the butler's martyr movement see many athletes taking up the cause with footballers and tennis players among those showing solidarity at matches we got reaction from sports columnist alan moore. i am single to you this is a very rote sort through and i spoke with you it. did to infuse systems for some of those who were here is a start we're very very fortunate even last caller although there are people who are early for. your mo names group there so who are benefiting from this by being rude. or being very clearly are you

know just kind of skewed or prone to doing our own poll this early should be losing out for example dogs. being rehabilitated and give you no voice so that is where the arts and this. is joined and there are. still to come facts and passports and mask mandates of the latest bones of contention between democrats and republicans in america 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 and i. race often spearing dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

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back i cold reception georgian hospitality was not extended to a famous russian t.v. host on wednesday after was basically forced out of the country following violent protests upon his arrival so they may oppose not gone to georgia to celebrate his 87th birthday. the protesters took exception to previous comments posner had made about georgia and the cars here which been engaged in a long running dispute he gathered outside calls these hotel blowing whistles and throwing eggs clashes with police ensued when protesters tried entering the building they claim the russian host wasn't welcome as he didn't respect georgia's territorial integrity the hoarseness says there was no political motivation behind his visit. the pandemic has laid a host of political divisions in the united states especially over how to respond

to the crisis and now democrats and republicans are slugging it out over mask mandates and vaccine passports on the scale or more been looked at the latest clashes. joe biden says america is going to start getting back to normal in the coming summer months but what is that going to look like will normal only be for vaccinated folks while everyone else stays home such talk is being met with fury from republicans who are set against it especially when it comes from democrats who oppose aidid checks considering that democrats want to require vaccine i.d.'s for people to conduct their basic daily activities they now have 0 grounds to objects to voter id laws he funded democrat logic you should need a $92.00 and even a grocery stool surely there wouldn't be an objection to showing an i.d. to legally vote vaccine credentials would be a complete government over step individuals in america have a personal responsibility for their health the governor of florida is now promising

a state wide ban it's completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply be able to participate in normal society you want the fox to guard the hen house i mean give me a break i think this is something that has huge privacy implications it is not necessary to do democrats are standing their ground now the 1st leader to propose the idea of vaccine passports was andrew cuomo the governor of new york state back at the beginning of the pandemic he was a glowing hero in mainstream media but sense that his image has significantly faded but his idea of vaccine passports week who are codes that will be scanned by businesses for admission is catching on madison square gardens is already saying it will be a requirement and republicans now face mainstream media ridicule for their opposition to the proposal and irresponsibly they're being stupid right which is very rich

coming from the party that wants 9 forms of identification before you can vote the right would have you believe that a vaccine paul spoke is a fact. to me big brother coming for you and your family now the white house has confirmed it is working with the private sector to develop vaccine passports however they insist they are not keeping a database of who is and who is not vaccinated at the federal level so let the political games begin it's just like the mask man day now at this point 16 states have either lifted their mass mandate or never had one to begin with and now joe biden is urging them to reinstate it as there's a surge of cases i'm router in my call for every governor mare and local leader to maintain and really stay to match men. please this is not politics republican governors do not seem to appreciate joe biden's plea in fact the governor of arkansas has moved up the lifting of the mast mandate by an entire day he says the

case numbers are showing a downward trend and now we have the mainstream media pressing the white house about whether or not joe biden is just being ignored for the. norm you oh i don't think we see it that way jeff but i would say that one of the ways we can impact people across the country is bag knowledge ng this is hard the shenanigans are starting to sound a little bit less like they're motivated by concerns about public health and more like some classic american political squabbling the kind that's been around long before covert 19 and i'm going to reflect on the been arranged feeling i have you know we have so much to look forward to so much promise and potential of where we are and so much reason for how all right now i'm scared the war continue vaccine passports mask mandates every new proposed measure seems to present a new opportunity for us aside to further polarize ideally i mean would be great if

politicians focused on something other than creating political division and advancing special interests and the like but they don't. with coronavirus all receiving is that politicians are using the panic to funnel money to their corporate allies you see this through the plans to create required vaccinations which of course by necessity bring a huge amount of money to the pharmaceutical companies that are producing those vaccinations and so we're seeing a lot of things that look a lot more like corruption and a lot less like trying to actually provide guides for the american people as far as i know there is no meaningful plan employees to go back to complete normalcy to creek road of behavior i don't see there is dead a vaccine passport to go to normal places could possibly be seen as something constitutional the united states presidency has lost the trust of the people and they did they didn't do this all at once this didn't happen because a crowd of ours they've just been lying to the american people about

a lot. of mutations could render 1st generation vaccines ineffective in a year or less that's a stark warning coming from scientists in the people's vaccine alliance some of the world's leading scientists from $28.00 countries took part in that survey 2 thirds of them warned new strains could render current vaccines ineffective and new ones will need to be developed a vast majority said low vaccine rates make the emergence of new more resilient mutations more likely to discuss the results of the survey with oxfam's head of an equality policy. it doesn't have to be a choice between vaccinating someone in birmingham and someone in decatur 1st you know we could have enough vaccines for the whole world we could make the whole world say the c.e.o. . or the c.e.o. gets to decide who lives and who is you know that does not except we have been it to last produce parks in many countries all over the world and their ability is not

being used because the monopolies of pharmaceuticals are being defended so that was absolutely criminal and people adore it and so that's what we need to see happen any less that happens that shortages will continue but the world health organization says curve vaccines could offer at least some protection against new variants all right to russia's vector scientific center also says it's not all doom and gloom in the current vaccines could be quickly modified every year the w.h.o. defines the composition of vaccines for the following epidemiological season using updated strains of influenza virus it's likely that for sars kovi to the w.h.o. can potentially also determine the recommended strains of the virus for inclusion into the vaccine. or masks in single use gloves have been saving lives during the pandemic environmentalist are worried they may be doing irrevocable harm to animals around the world after being discarded a study in the journal animal biology science examples of fish trapped in latex

gloves birds tangled in masks and a whole host of other animals from monkeys in malaysia the penguins in south america with rubber gloves in the starks researchers have been gathering data from veterinarians wildlife groups and trash collectors around the world we spoke with the authors of the report about its findings. well started with the find of a fish up works and trapped in a lab to explore you're in the canals and every sunday we go out with a team of volunteers to collect a litter to do a cleanup and certainly a volunteer it turns to us and said oh i found a glove that there is a fish in sight and it was such a strange moment to see this serve little fish and crept in the glove and then you realize like this is very set. very separated deep but hope often does this actually happen and we had no clue so then we started to search for other examples of the impact of our you litter on the animal life and actually the rest

quite a lot finds according to the study humanity uses 129000000000 face mask and 65000000000 gloves each month for example in the u.k. medical p.-p. items were found nearly a 3rd of all monitored beaches just 3 months after face coverings became obligatory that all of the research is behind that report says it's time government stepped in . i really think the government should step up and really encourage. using were usable items because it's not taking into account when producing these single use products it's also affecting wildlife that is being illiterate in great amounts like we find in the streets in so many so many amounts in large amounts and also in the canals are laden with volunteers cleanup work announcing in just a few kilometers they found over hundreds of these face masks and it's that's yet it's such a big problem. that you rather today thanks for your company join me for updates in 30 minutes.

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means the river is $35.00 closer than how. was your 4 i think were part of earth for. the demick no certainly no borders and just blocking 2 nationalities. as americans we call them with the we don't look like seeing the whole world needs to be. judged as coming crisis with this system things. we can do better we should. everyone is contributing each or our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges create the response has been masked so many good

people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. this is the one business show you can't afford to miss friendship or in washington following 2 years of turbulence from the united states and other nations huawei has bounced back with a rise in profit straight ahead we bring in a panel to discuss what this means for the chinese telecom giant plus the fight for infrastructure is shaping up to be the by the administration's next major move later on we analyze the latest proposal and what it means for the u.s.

economy and a later we take you down to alabama where a vote is underway to unionize at an amazon facility a 1st in the united states packed show today. and we lead the program with wall way the chinese telecom giant which has been at the center of the tech battle between the world's 2 largest economies and now say it's light profit growth in 2020 despite being placed on a u.s. export blacklist while the company's foreign sales were down domestic business spurred positive growth thank you since. the crackdown from the us has brought a direct impact particularly in our consumer business. in such a crackdown and that's a lesson here is that chinese market contributed over 65 percent of the revenues we had an excellent performance in the chinese market in the carrier that is this. business and the consumer business i view the form in the kind of wishes her screwball who thanks for chinese market to remain strong and secondly we predict

that after the pandemic is wrong.