fresh protests in europe over covert restrictions as mixed messages from governments leave people confused and angry. we go over we will come together we can see our loved ones anymore we think this is absolutely against our fundamental human rights. and us state of vermont defends prioritising white residents for the job move that some of condemned as racist. hate crimes in the united states a martial arts center in california the state by far the worst affected opens self-defense classes for the most vulnerable.

a low life for a moscow this is elsie international welcome to the program 1st fury's growing in europe apparently contradictory curfews and lock downs during a 3rd wave of the pandemic reports on rising resistance to measures that something 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 call 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 now to give his name 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 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 set 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 a narcotic the public mood will get as more people will be pushed and are pushed into the ruinous 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 to think how to behave they impose measures to 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. and amid european

criticism over government mishandling of the pandemic some are taking matters into their own hands and it's only a businessman returns to moscow just to get a 2nd dose of the sport make the vaccine over an occupation played back home we've been covering his vaccination journey in russia since day one and we'll bring you more on that tell you how it went later in this bulletin. meantime in the u.s. state of vermont all nonwhite residents over the age of 16 i've been offered covert shots something only available that white people over 50 some of branded the move paid unclean racist although the governors 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. mom's move came after a letter from racial justice activists demanding officials prioritize nonwhites we put the issue up a 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 the 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 a 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 possibly 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 equal 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. if you from a health point of view rather than a racist point of view. in central new york over a spike in violence against the asian community the city alone is reportedly seen more than 30 anti asian attacks or warning that you might find the following video disturbing.

from march 2020 to february this year though most 4000 racially motivated attacks on asian americans have been reported nationwide those of chinese ethnicity were by far the worst affected our report also found that 2 out of every 3 incidents took place in california a martial arts center in the state is now open special self-defense classes for the most vulnerable in the community. it would be still good for our seniors and the one who are vulnerable to be equipped with something that they could lose the ability to. learn to be different i don't know that our family not only comfortable but really you know a little bit in charge of my friends not that dissimilar to the particular etc. one class organizers say that while it's unlikely an elderly person could take on a serious attacker there are a few secrets that could prevent more brutal assault. we taught them techniques

like you know find a weak point where you can't counter attack you only need one effective counter attack why would you go off wait a minute this person. maybe i don't want to. over the next 2 weekends we are going to be. giving them more techniques and become and then inspiring them to also one see our home to prague. and italian bonds made a 2nd trip to russia in 2 months to get his 2nd dose of the sputnik very vaccine he's been telling saskia tale of why. 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 2 days on the cards it still looks like a fun pete word heads 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 for nearly a boon and brad has decided that manasseh not 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's back in the capital for a round if a would have to. shift should be of us need to be noted. to a long time to sleep europe is very developed at the county i mean community. is good. but. because some. of those a dog is not good he screws that we don't own production the year of the 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 she'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. because that is maybe.

i don't see any other problem i don't want to see any kind of course. that is producing. immediately fine here in europe. there is no real zone. do not approve a. community already speak very clearly that. no one will see that it is not water there is not if he should i just top. priority. for a politician will be the 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. 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 invited his russian wife 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 covert 19 it's good to 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 2nd. from pandemic i

agree with 100 percent. the policy should be this one to open all pussy believe the or which can of us need people soon as they can take a not a business idea for a test run alessandro straight off to his start he and a few of his italian friends who've also put their faith in sputnik he met up for a celebratory lunch and wallace andrea has been told to hold off on the alcohol for a few days but it didn't stop his friends from staying days good health his future antibodies and of course international cooperation. this is to you still to come another scandal hits u.k. sports as questions are raised over a probe into 2 british libyans and how they were tested for steroids it's our next story after the break.

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a good way this collating rhetoric could lead to more conflict within ukraine who is driving this impending conflict in body or is this all about isolating russia. hello again it's been revealed the u.k. anti doping agency led a late limp ians investigate themselves after testing positive for steroids and subsequently cleared the athletes that all kids got more details earlier from correspondent. well right now we have front and center to 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 the u.k.

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 allowed that had been recommended to them but had no you cats 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 these to you elements in the investigation is launched 2 weeks ago into historically geisha in the u.k. because it was built the 1st 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. you 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 you cat was being looked at already over a very very similar case and 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 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. a sports columnist alan moore told us that there are also many other issues in u.k. support that warrant examination divine beings in war were very very weak because it was the normal order although if you were around are you going to just face. it you need to or you don't do that it's relatively standards. however you. do it through or as a sort of going pixel. is very very unique would again it's not saying to all towards where you would go to cast for example the court of arbitration for sport these would 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 interest as close as it is we don't ask what's been there in the system what else is there to be found by saying you don't do or since you switched the us not just to these are they should be allowed to go it is. just. you get support. for his prime ministers unveiled a pilot plan to look at domestic covert possible jobs and highlighted that it was a complicated issue and needed to be explored further. you go to very careful in how you handle this and don't start a system that's that discriminatory but obviously we're looking at it we want to be going ahead in the next few weeks with some test of in some pilot events that will unquestionably involve testing. to allow the the audience to really to participate and in the numbers that the people what a national health service apple paper certificate would grant people access to

public places and potentially open up international travel ryssdal no details on how exactly the system will work but a backlash against the move 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 last week with the so-called digital green certificate expected to simplify travel within the european union that's despite a poll in france finding that 7 in 10 respondents storage is

a threat to privacy and also skepticism as to whether it'll 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 the 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 so a short term solution many seeing is 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 works very well as whichever way you look at it is merely a temporary measure there is one conflict it is because in britain we 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 any call to be indoors people don't have the backs nation and also don't because the logical begin to call your argument a 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 the. next one of the world's best known scientists shines a light on some of the biggest questions in the universe let's meet american astrophysicist neil de grasse tyson he's a prolific t.v. and radio show host but also the author of a popular series of science books called cosmic queries were full of interviews on the latest edition of going underground which as here after this politan except in the u.k. and ireland but it is available to stream at r.t. dot com. powerful elites come up again and again in your latest book trying to trying to stop signs as it were very aware about the power.

of astrophysics if your discoveries conflict with prevailing political cultural religious forces these are forces that historically have always controlled society yeah they'll be resistance for you have to expect that because people in power do not relinquish power these only 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 to be repaired 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 our 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 well let me just say of economic hardship of your nation because you are of your priorities have valued things that do not think about the future the way stem investments do. and you can see that in full in a few moments time but if you're in the u.k. or island you can watch it at r.t.

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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 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 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 it 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 as 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 or they're deceiving you and one of the great features of science is that the methods and tools to. supplant the the highly susceptible.