the one who's doing the. protests in europe over code restrictions as mixed messages from governments leave people confused and angry. we. can't come together we can see our loved ones anymore how we think this is absolutely against our fundamental human rights. us state of vermont friends prioritising nonwhite residents for the coburg a move that some have condemned as racist. as an anti asian hate crimes in the us a martial arts center in california the state by far the worst affected opens self-defense classes for the most vulnerable.

from moscow thanks for joining us here on r.t. international hawkins wherever you are tonight's welcome to the program. growing in europe but apparently contradictory curfews in locked arms during the 3rd wave of the pandemic. of also rising resistance to measures that some 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 by 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 could launch of the host 10 times to visit 10 friends i can do it through the 1st day the vast 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 now to really give this nathan there is no silver bullet to win 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 as they 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 surge 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 apologize to all citizens. vaccines turned out to be no silver bullet against the corona virus prompting even more contradictions was it only present warm give this because it seems to people over $65.00. 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 $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 more 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 to be imposed on us how just think how to behave they impose measures that are devastating for our people we don't want to tell our readers any longer we can't go where we want we can't come together we can see our loved ones anymore 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. european criticism over government mishandling of the pandemic someone taking matters into their own hands and italian businessmen returns to moscow just to get a 2nd dose of the sport the vaccine. lays back home covering his vaccination journey in russia since day one and we'll bring you more on how it all went later in the program. all nonwhite residents so-be age of 16 but offered cope with shots by the u.s. state of movement something only available there to white people aged over 50 or some of brunt of the move the governor has defended the decision. this 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 or the wants move came after a letter from racial justice activists the morning of the official's prioritize nonwhites would put the issue up for debate. 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 australia 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 a group has equal access to the vaccine there's no real disparity as far as 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 at worse possibly more severe penalties 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 equal protection clause or the civil rights act what it is the institution of good logical sense and good logical strategy to get over a pin down that that has been inflicted 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. a new view from the health point of view rather than a racist point of view. rather than central new york over a spike in violence against the asian community the city alone has reportedly seen more than 30 asian attacks a warning you may find the following footage distress. from

march 2022 february of this year almost 4000 racially motivated attacks on asian americans have been reported nationwide those of chinese ethnicity were by far the worst affected reported that 2 out of every 3 incidents took place in california alone martial arts center in the state has opened special self-defense classes for the most vulnerable in the community. it would be filled god poor as he knows it and the one men who are vulnerable are to be equipped with something he has that they could lose the ability to influence it is variable. believe it i don't know what that now is now not only have it taught me something about it not really i mean i have been in charge of my friends only until now that it's never been a record breaking number 7 out of class organizers say while it's unlikely an

elderly person could take on a serious attacker there are a few secrets that could prevent more brutal incidents. we taught them techniques like you now find that we point to point you can counter attack you only need one effective counter attack that would give the attacker far wait a minute this person can fight maybe i don't want to push then your friend over the next 2 can we are going to be. giving them more techniques that they can and then inspiring them to also once they are calm to practice. an italian man has made a 2nd trip to russia or in 2 months to get his 2nd dose of us for next week over the vaccine he told us he's asking tell you 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 plays on the cards

it still looks like a fun p. word ahead now while some 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 for nearly a boon and bread talian has decided that monopsony off and he wants his job now but why in the world can you get a coke in fact seen 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's back in the capital for a round if you would have to. shift should be verse you need to be noted. too long to sleep 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 own production

of very soon. and we have sort of big 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 for sandro 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 he was 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. because that is maybe a russian. 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. no one will see that is not 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 the world was. so funny vaccinated and with a certificate to prove it us andro can now fly home and safely hug his ultimate parents of course getting a visa in covert times isn't that easy alexandra combined his russian wife for 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 they say it's a win win we are just a possibility of allowing visit free travel to russia for foreigners who want to get vaccinated against 19 it could be as it was organized here and officials 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 pandemic. 100 percent the. policy should be these one. to open old pussy believe or we can of us need people soon as they can take a not a 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 we 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. still to come another scandal over the u.k. anti doping agency as it was revealed that british starlin pins were announced to investigate themselves following positive steroids sparking 24 team. after this

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a mate in the shallows. ukraine is back in the news and not in a good way this collating rhetoric could lead to more conflict within ukraine who is driving this impending conflict again why is this all about isolating russia. welcome back to the program it's been revealed the u.k. anti-doping agency lets a leetle impugns investigate themselves off to testing positive for steroids and subsequently cleared their plates of any wrongdoing. in the shooter are here to discuss the story. 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 1st of all they say that the pair themselves arrange the testing of the supplements and allowed 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 under water code you can and 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 these to you elements in the investigation it launched 2 weeks ago into historically geishas in the u.k. because it was built with other gratian sort of come out over the last couple of weeks regarding the pinger locations what investigation is water talking about when they make a mistake well. cat 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 cat was being looked at already over

a very very similar case 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 are by wada everyone's looking at this very closely to see what happens and now we know that the chain of custody is possibly been 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 we heard from out of mori moscow by sports columnists he says that apart from the case in point there are also many other things and u.k. sports that warrant examination divine beings in war were very very wary because everything here is in order or if you were around are you going to face. it you need to or you don't do that it's relatively standards however you deserve the truer to sort of getting pixel to. it is very very uniquely again it's not

saying to all towards it we would go to cast for example the court of arbitration or just be you know we're seniors so in one way it looks a bit dodgy we're going to wait it is going to. it's not a great draw says process as it is we don't ask what's been there in the system what else is there to be found i see you don't do or so choose course it's not just . these are these are bought and they should be. all just. or you can support. britain's prime minister is expected to unveil plans for domestic vaccine passport at a news conference on monday afternoon or as johnson says it could help prevent another knock down. this is definitely going to be. a world in which international travel will use that scene and you can see that already other countries of

the aviation industry are interested in those and there's a logic to that. a national health service out for paper certificates would grant people access to public places and potentially open up international travel there are still no details on how exactly the system would work but a backlash against the movie is already gathering covert status certification would be divisive and discriminatory with high levels of vaccination protecting the vulnerable and making transmission less likely we should aim to return to normal life not to put permanent restrictions in place as we start to get this virus properly under control we should start getting our freedoms back vaccine passports essentially covert id cards takers in the other direction it would be divisive effectively creating an underclass of people who are not vaccinated many of whom will be vaccinated for medical reasons it's a major infringement on civil liberties the e.u. parliament approved

a similar system just last week with the so-called digital green certificate that's expected to simplify travel within the european union and it appeared despite a poll finding that 7 in 10 french people see the path as a threat to privacy there's also skepticism as to whether the system will even work . it obviously creates a 2 tier society whereby some people will be allowed to go about their daily lives in all sorts of areas and then others will be discriminated against and be forced to remain at home forced to promote exceptions so it creates a very very unhealthy situation within society which is why it is rejected by a majority of people it is not the best option i think either serves a short term solution many seeing as an option but obviously as a long term one it is a very bad idea and i think this is why it's important to see these m.p.'s hold the government to account and ensure that this is at the very best very well as whichever way you look at it is merely

a temporary measure there is one conflict it is because in britain we've never had id cards we've never had any real control we don't have to sure in the past or held your sort of record to complete strangers that's what i'm conflicted about rather than the fact that if there's a unit called to be indoors people don't have the backs nation and also don't because the logical being an equal or the argument of privilege your argument is that healthy people in general are privileged over sick people but that's like that's the way the world works you know and that's a problem that exists not just in the in the pandemic but throughout to our ally. now one of the world's best known scientists shines a light on some of the biggest questions within the universe made to american astrophysicist neil de grasse tyson he's a prolific t.v. and radio show host and also the author of a popular series of science books called cosmic queries the full interview is

ongoing on the ground with afshin rattansi you can watch that on r.t. here throughout the day. powerful elites come up again and again in your latest book trying to trying to stop science as it was very aware about the power of esther a visit if your discoveries conflict with prevailing political cultural religious forces these are forces that historically have always controlled society yet they'll be resistance for you have to expect that because people in power do not relinquish power easily but at the end of the day or at the end of the decade or the century or the millennium nature is the ultimate judge jury and executioner of any idea what is the boy of spending money on a telescope the gumby repair being sent off like that let alone what's happening on mars in the freezing cold martian surface when there are people in your country

freezing to death literally in texas that on the 40000000 on food stamps maybe the real answer is that nasa should run texas. if nasa can put a probe on mars they could run texas in a way that people will not be without heat i guarantee it all right so i think the problem is not do we do this or that it is are the right people making the right decisions in the right place what's missing in our society and perhaps in other places around the world is people see it in some cases as some kind of handout here's a handout to nasa here's the age keep the scientists happy without thinking of it as an investment in the economic stability of your future and if you do not feed that pipeline from the beginning and keep it going throughout you are sowing the seeds of bankruptcy for the meter set of economic hardship of your nation because you have your priorities have valued things that do not think about the future the

way stem investments do. police inversions to have clashed in the french city of leon after a turkish owned restaurant was attacked by a mob as happened during a march against the recent assault on a kurdish cultural center but the 4 injured some of the violence the french government's increased closeness with turkey. meanwhile activists in myanmar have been carrying easter eggs with messages denouncing the military coup in the country crowds gathered in the country's largest city. marching and chanting while holding up a 3 things salute a symbol of defiance against the military takeover. of the easter sunday mass in jerusalem's old city monks some fryers marched in procession around the stone of. worshippers believe the body of jesus christ was laid after being taken down on the cross last year all cultural sites in the holy

land were shuttered regardless of their religious affiliation. the legendary astrophysicist neil de grasse tyson is the guest i'm going underground coming up right. views cross-talk we're backing off now with the latest to join us again that. ukraine is back in the news. escalating rhetoric could lead to more conflict within ukraine driving this conflict. or is this all about. 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 probably. cosmic queries and i asked him earlier about myths from people believing the earth was flat to the n.t. vacs as of the coronavirus pandemic age at the time people long ago thought earth was flat it's because because i 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 referred to corners but the point is the mess.