code restrictions as mixed messages from governments leave people confused and angry. we can't go. on together we can't see our loved ones anymore we think this is absolutely against our fundamental human rights the u.s. state of the famous pro white residents for the. crimes in the united states a martial arts center in california by far the worst affected self-defense classes for the most vulnerable.

this afternoon welcome to the program. europe's huge. apparently contradictory curfews and lock downs over a 3rd of the pandemic goes down off reports on rising resistance to measures that some of think violate basic rights. businesses shuttered parties banned national holidays canceled social life is in a log down chokehold all across europe as governments struggle to smother the pandemic and while some grit their teeth and the bod others rebel.

it's prohibition all over again but with a twist saloons hidden behind false walls are now in vogue as well as guerrilla picnics as police combed through the undergrowth for party partisans europe is just one big speakeasy youths are fed up in my opinion a moon in favor of holding us accountable individual or rather than banning us from doing anything. the lockdown does not correspond to what it should be because people can leave italy freely while we cannot leave our region we can leave the house to visit friends during the day but if i can launch of the host 10 times to visit 10 friends i can do it through the 1st day of the last majority of disregarding the obligations for example they're not wearing masks they're not keeping the minimum distance the 1st wave of covert then a 2nd and now a 3rd wave

a traditional way of life has been washed away by what very much looks like a tsunami now the pandemic and there's no sign of the tell you turning anytime soon in germany for instance authorities openly admitted to creating a void of faith between them and the people until it gives nathan there is no silver bullets when the pandemic but we need clarity. and resolve we need transparent and pragmatic rules so that people know where they stand mistakes have been made when it comes to testing to vaccinations to digital solutions the pandemic of the hold up a mirror to our country reflecting our compulsion to lay down rules for everything our fear of taking risks the shunting back and forth of responsibility so during pretty much everything for us to put in politicians to stop the spread of the virus is dissipating with every make signal they send like this one says day the 1st of april as well as the said of april should be defined as calm days with extensive

contact restrictions and a ban on gatherings from the 1st to the 5th of april. the idea was a mistake this mistake is my mistake alone a mistake must be called a mistake and above all it must be corrected at the same time of course i know that this whole matter trygaeus more uncertainty i regret that deeply and apologized to all citizens vaccines turned out to be no silver bullet against the coronavirus prompting even more contradictions was a reason we won't give this esther zeneca vaccine to people over 65. it has been greenlighted for people over 55 with a medical condition. astra zeneca has a nature stiction from 18 to 64. the standing committee for vaccination recommends the use of the eschews any $1000.00 vaccine and those over 60 and surely

over dissidents are only adding fuel to the fire of the pandemic but the more helter skelter the official response to the crisis is the more anarchic the public mood will get as move people will be pushed and pushed into the ruinous and very very deadly arena of covert denial. we don't want to believe the rules that have been imposed on us they impose on us how to think how to behave they impose measures that are devastating for our people we don't want to tell the readers any longer we can't go where we want we can't come together we can see our loved ones anymore and we think this is absolutely against our fundamental human rights it's not just some measure of their private lives of our rights and we're reclaiming our rights. the biggest goal we have is to end this corona dictatorship because i suspect what is still to come. amid european criticism over government mishandling

of the pandemic someone taking matters into their own hands telling businessmen returns to moscow just to get a 2nd dose of the sputnik if we vaccine overallocation delays back home we've been covering his vaccination journey in russia since day one we'll bring you more on how it all went a bit later in the program. over the united states there were all white residents over the age of 16 about offered covert shots by the state of them or something only available there to white people aged over 50 are some of branded the move blatantly racist though the governor has defended the decision. coordinated vaccination therefore it is an important step in to working with and compensate interested community partner networks to reach some of the most historically marginalized people in vermont this is not even close to legal the 14th amendment for sure is violated here not to mention just the downright immorality behind such a ridiculous mindset the only way to stem the tide of discriminatory racism is more

discriminatory racism. move came after a letter from racial justice activists demanding that officials prioritize nonwhites we put the issue up for discussion. you know what we have here is a combination of definitely racial justice but also being strategic as we are trying to fight this pandemic and let's be honest we're developing nations the united states is simply not cutting it for how far along we should be when we compare the rates of infection going down in places like taiwan and even china the bottom line is that the best way to really get through this pandemic is to treat the people who have been disproportionately impacted and affected by it and that happens to be black brown and indigenous people each group has equal access to the vaccine there's no real disparity in access if you want you can get it if it's available it isn't matter what color you are just go ahead and get it so this whole

thing is not necessary at all this is not at the expense of white people in vermont it is simply saying that the people who have been impacted the most are the people that we should prioritize this is most certainly discrimination based on race and you cannot do that at all especially from the state level this is a violation of many different fronts it's completely illegal and i would be surprised if he was get away with this without at least a lawsuit and possibly some more severe penalties you have the constitution that's involved the 14th amendment prevents this type of thing from happening so i don't think this can actually happen in america or at least it should be able to according to what the law says this is not a violation of the protection clause or the civil rights act of what it is the institution of good logical sense and good logical strategy to get over a pin damage that has been inflict in this country for far too long and as well as

the people who have been inflicted by myriad other forms of social injustice is about science and try to stick to a science as our glorious science is over here say i think the best thing to do would be to approach a problem from my scientific point. if you from a health point of view rather than any received point of view. protesters have hit the streets of central new york over a jump in national violence against the asian community the city alone as reportedly seen more than 30 asian attacks warning you may find the following footage distressing.

from march 2022 february of this year almost 4000 racially motivated attacks on asian americans have been reported across the country those of chinese are by far the worst affected the report found 2 in 3 incidents took place in california a martial arts center there has now opened special self-defense classes for the most vulnerable in the community. it would be filled god poor as in the one men who are vulnerable to be equipped with something that they could lose and gone into and. i'm alone believe it i don't know. really i mean i have been in charge of my friends only until now and that is that would make them sound. or class organizers say while it's unlikely an elderly person could take on a serious attacker or

a few secrets that could prevent more brutal incidents. we taught them techniques like you know find a weak point or you can counter attack you only need one effective counter attack that would be attacked go paul wait a minute this person can maybe i don't want to hurt you then you run the right over the next 2 when you can we are all going to be. giving them more to need to become used and then inspiring them to also one thing i home to practice. still to come the u.k. anti doping agency's allegedly allowed our families to clean their reputation by taking doping tests in applying the lab multi-nation see what the details brought off the break.

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a while because they're for. welcome back to the program an italian man has made a 2nd trip to russia in 2 months to get his 2nd dose of the sport and. why he'd come to moscow. the 8 years of vaccine rollout has been a debacle hard to miss for months now it's been a regular in the headlines and with more production and delivery to laze on the cards it still looks like a fun piece word had now waltz most e.u. citizens are waiting and hoping that the brussels somehow gets its act together always have taken things into their own hands on a sunday rather nearly a boon and brad has decided that manassas and off and he wants his job now but why

in the world can you get a covert vaccine at the drop of a hat while right here in russia so back in march he got on a plane from rome to moscow to get his fosters and now he is back in the capital for a round if you would have to. shift the should be verse you need to be no tune. to a long time honestly europe is very developed at the county i mean community. is good. but. because some. of those adored is not good screen is that we don't do our own production of very soon. and we have to delete so this thursday we could be absolutely. wrangling and frying a few hours all waiting until the autumn even longer until he's eligible for

a vaccine in italy. it was a tough choice especially what he thinks about his large family many of whom are in the at risk category getting the job was just as much about protecting them as himself talking to me feel so waved away any misgivings about sputnik v a vaccine that has despite being registered in round 60 countries in the world and having positive reviews. in top medical journals been met with suspicion and skepticism by many for alexandria though it's easily explained because even in a pandemic there's space for a little bit of politics. the. problem is that these media. i don't see any other problem i don't want to see any kind of course. i see the. producer. immediately find

here in europe. there is no reason. to not approve a. community already speak very clearly that. no one will see that. water is not if he should i just hope that you know. priority. for a politician will be the same for life of people. i don't know to support. coming out of the clinic after his appointment alessandro looked like the poster boy for putting health over politics. so funny vaccinated and with a certificate to prove it us andro can now fly home and safely hug his out of the parents of course getting a visa in cuba times isn't that easy alexandra invited his russian wife from being

allowed into the country but a small story like his could become something much bigger given the country's vaccine. production delays no wait lists and the fact that there are hundreds of vaccination points business owners have pitched the idea of easing travel restrictions and inviting foreigners for some kind of visa free vaccination vacation and they say it's a win win we are still just a possibility of allowing visit free travel to russia for foreigners who want to get vaccinated against kobe 19 it could be as it was organized during the fifa world cup too but not only will it help foreigners in desperate need but it will russian businesses across all spheres which continue to fight economic fallout from the pandemic. one of the present. policy should be this one. to open all to see believe the. people soon as they can

take a not business idea for a test run alessandro straight off to his shop he and a few of his italian friends who've also put their faith in sputnik he met up for a celebratory launch and all of the sundry has been told to hold off on the alcohol for a few days that didn't stop his friends from toasting to his good health his future antibodies and of course international cooperation. has been revealed the u.k. anti doping agency let illegal indians investigate themselves off of positive steroids subsequently cleared them of any wrongdoing or discuss the issue with jacqueline. well right now we have front and center to a british 2012 a limp ians that would be hurdler rhys williams and the runner gareth warburton now back in 2014 they both tested positive for steroids but they blamed supplements that they had taken saying that they had been contaminated so of course at the time

tests were carried out and it was found that those supplements had been contaminated and the 2 were let off with a 4 and 6 month suspension respectively and you can decision at the time said that the athletes were victims but they had brought the matter on themselves thus the suspension so case closed right well it was until right now the mail on sunday has come out with a report that has turned all of that upside down and 1st of all they say that the pair themselves arrange the testing of those supplements and a lot of that had been recommended to them but had no you can hope for over vision of it whatsoever there was no oversight of those testing facilities at all and as i said that analysis at the time came back saying that the supplements had been contaminated but here's the kicker the manufacturer of the supplements at this point has come out saying at the time we did testing as well and found no contamination of ourselves at least while the supplements were still on our premises so then why is there that discrepancy now you can't spokesperson has told

the mail on sunday that they weren't aware of that part of the story that the manufacturer had done their own testing but of course underwater code you can't should be the one carrying out these investigations themselves not allowing possibly guilty parties to be doing that we contacted wada who said that they have been made aware of these latest developments largest independent intelligence and investigations department has indicated to us that it will include a few elements in the investigation is launched 2 weeks ago into historically geisha in the u.k. because it was built with other gratian sort of come out over the last couple of weeks regarding the doping allegations what investigation is water talking about and making the statement well it's. well you can't is having a really rough time of it as of late it would seem what they're referring to there is the fact that even before this latest appeal of all with this hardware and the runner you cat was being looked at already over a very very similar case the only difference is the sport itself it turns out that british cycling was also apparently allowing to conduct their own investigations

a few years back as well again after positive test had occurred so of course there are now investigations by water everyone's looking at this very closely to see what happens and now we know that the chain of custody is possibly even completely called into question in these cases and it's a question of in how many other cases as well and we can just sit back and wait and see how big the fallout is. a lot more of a sports journalist for more on this island for coming on the goods in the program today do you expect water to revise its previous judgments given these new finding someone to light. no i don't think so it seems to devalue things it was very very because. if you were are you going to face. what you need to a. relatively standers. through

or as a sort of. again it's not saying to all towards where you would go to because for example the court of arbitration for sport isn't used to you know we're seniors so in one way it looks a bit dodgy woodward it is going to. it's not a great process or process as it is yet our correspondent earlier mentioned you can also facing questions over there of a british truck rider who returned positive test results do you think this leads to broader concerns on how they've handled these complaints. i think it is a broader concerns over 2 things one is nuke a sports which of course is a state sponsors with. taxpayers' money also the pressure coming on that's always on medals so if you didn't win medals you didn't get objects so again that's your state sponsor tractions or pressure to cordon or say well we know where it goes to then. and you kind of course they are you know day to

day are acted and harsh editors are dan to try and stop all this cheating or is going on you can sport and you've got as well they had lots of expert opinion of course like gregory or jangle before 2012 at least on the house who let's just say make sure matters were taken care of so i think you carry that in a difficult position right now but i think the biggest biggest blame has to go on the well the english special need because state allows this to fester and get away for so long and they are picking open source they're getting the not 'd disprove that's already on the ground so there's a lot of course of the answer to that we need to start with the u.k.b.a. get for being asleep at the wheel and yet look at u.k. sport and you get hardware that is be formed and. how critical do you think these claims are that these banned substances one legibly in energy drinks that were being consumed by these athletes. you want to say that it's probably

a very very slim chance we've seen lots of these people for whom you know tell you tennis players. the drug screens are system thanks to making a circus that hadn't been contaminated or you know tennis players saying that they got cocaine or systems through kissing a woman who aren't just ingested cocaine insolence or so a lot of the dancers peaceful because you all of us are getting off because they're eating. tainted meat from mexico so course there is actually truth in that same time i don't know i do believe that some soap means are take it at source but in this case there are a lot of questions to be asked to think these you know it's most expensive it could be crude but i think there are the ask over what they were taking because of course a lot of these people don't for one thing that's actually a masking some order more serious as so that they're putting into their bodies and

you think this could lead to a chess shortening of the sentences that these olympians had received previously and in one way if this proves and it was a work in sports situation this isn't a scene some of the very unsanitary conditions that have been you know deemed fit for purpose by these you know sports edition production companies it could be the case and then they do deserve to be sure but i think again if we look past what's been intended to system what else is there to be found i think that you know there are some serious questions to be asked not just bit by bit these are athletes are bought it they should be out of bodies at least most or all just their teams and of course you can support. a more small scale by sports journalist thanks for joining us today on r.t. good to get your take on a story. well up next legendary astrophysicist neil de grasse tyson is the guest on going on the ground for you gave you its. kind we're back now with the latest i

want to get in that. ukraine is back in the news not in a good way escalating rhetoric could lead to more complex within ukraine driving this impending conflict again why or is this all about isolating russia.

i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground on easter monday for a very special episode looking at some of the biggest questions posed by both science and religion from the very beginnings of life to our place within the universe pentagon advisor neil de grasse tyson has just published cosmic queries and i asked him about myths from people believing the earth was flat to the end vacs as of the coronavirus pandemic age at the time people long ago thought earth was flat it's because the kind of look that way and it felt that way and it kind of made sense and there's no reference for example in the bible that identifies earth as

a spherical 3 dimensional object and all references that it does make have it as a flat disk all right and in one case perhaps metaphorically it referred to corners but the point is the methods and tools of science that we now embrace that involve hypothesis then testing the hypothesis no matter what your senses might otherwise tell you became so important that in the era of modern in that era from about 1600 onward we don't find ourselves in these pickles where everybody is certain something is true and then later on we find out it's not so so back then the flat earth years was everybody we had no way to test it no one thought about it we just kept it then we start testing it know your senses are lying to you are deceiving and one of the great features of science is that the methods and tools to. supplant the the highly susceptible

physiology that we bring to bear on decoding the world around us and that's what. civilization as we now think of it the science the technology all the trappings of the future all of that is in the last several centuries but not from a millennium ago and day history and let's end with examples of our inventions wook in ways they might not have been intended to wook you say that the invention of the telescope made the earth less cosy. you might have to explain that. yeah i mean just some you just gotta get over it you know so here we are on this planet and we think it's the biggest thing in town of course because it's big relative to our senses another one of these problems and we have this curious thing about being human and i guess hubris is the world it's the urge the need to

feel special and we equate feeling special with being distinct and different and so we're earth but those other dots in the sky those are just dots we'll call them planets but we're not a planet where earth those are planets and they're just these little dots that move in the sky so putting us in the center now we invent a telescope and it says oh my gosh the universe is much larger than we ever dreamt of and if the universe is large it means large earth means we are smaller and as every decade in the centuries went by the telescope would discover more and more and more of a universe not only that we have developed telescopes that could observe other bands of light that your retina cannot even detect like it.