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to move off the. last 7 years ago. into a busy monday for your worldwide headlines welcome to the program. and more than a year into the pandemic trainee doctors nurses and feeling the toll of an intense workload according to the national union of medical there's now an average of one suicide every 18 days among youngsters are working on the front line let's get more details on this now and. he's joining us here on the program well this is a very disturbing bit of news can you tell us what medical into through and what's what's behind this disturbing trend.

well we know the in the medical profession it's one of the toughest jobs in the world and we know how much tougher that has go over the last year with the pandemic time and time again we've told you stories about how medical staff are suffering under the pressure now we've been hearing about the situation from medical interns who normally work brutal hours as they try and finish their training to become doctors to be the people that save lives in the future and one union has told r.t. that the situation is so bad that these essentially frontline soldiers in the war against cope with 19 and now a breaking point. you're not even it's just. we're in a terrible situation now and since the start of january there has been one suicides among medical interns every 18 days. just to give you a sense most interns are supposed to be working a 48 hour week that's more than most people would generally in

a week but we know they work more than that sometimes around 60 hours in a room a week but that union told r.t. that during the covert 900 pandemic things are so bad that some interns are working up to 100 hours every week. and last year but this is got worse during the pandemic but it was already a serious before out of also sides among medics 25 percent were interns in the monger attempted suicides it was 70 percent 4 percent of trainees had attempted suicides and that was before the current crisis before an intern worked a 58 hour week much of that in surgery and that's got worse during the pandemic it rose to 60 hours than 70 hours than $89.00 in paris up to 100 hours so weak so it's exhausting. now that union has told r.t. that they need. to be health minister here in france in the last few days and he

has said that they would be maintenance now they've met with the health minister here in france in the last few days and he has said that they will be measures put in place to wards the end of the so much a trying to find a solution to that but the union said that's not soon enough and between now and then if we take that average of one student taking their life one in 10 taking their life every 18 days how many more will die between now and the end the summer which is 5 months away they say it's simply not enough and the proposals by the minister very and i also want to tell you a little bit about one mother who's also been speaking to or see you. took her own life back in 2019 so before because they had 19 pandemic that she's now set up an organization representing the families of student interns who have taken their lives in the last few months and she said all of them died for different reasons they took their lives in different pressures different places but they all had one

thing in common and the one thing in common was the clothes that they were in the shop making clothes she said this is a situation where intelligent motivated people who are strong in their lives to me went into a situation to come doctors to become the save use of lives in the future and they were taken in and they were completely put in this so much strain that they were cracked they were weakened and in the end the only thing they felt that they could do was to take that. shot thank you. well world kovar deaths past 3000000 at the weekend with a particularly disturbing 20 fold surge in new infections in india this month meanwhile in europe in new delhi cases have stabilized after a 3rd wave but the sluggish vaccine campaign has been dealt a further setback u.s.

pharmaceutical giant pfizer has hyped prices on future orders of its job for europe potentially raising the cost more than 60 percent and it comes conveniently at a time the brussels is seeking a brand new contract with that firm for next year we're going to want to hear about this as r.t. saskia taylor. you wouldn't think that big pharma and ethics go hand in hand but you clearly haven't met pfizer if we were implements free open markets principles in pricing the products we could go to huge prices and sell everything we can manufacture but it would be a lesser collates think we will not do it's because that's really taking advantage of a situation and people will not forget if you do start in must have been harmed that when the 3rd wave started coursing through europe more curfews and lock downs were announced hospitals were overrun and pfizer couldn't take advantage even though it's sitting on the thing they say is the only way out of vaccine but no that would

be unethical the people will never forget turns out though pfizer doesn't really care about people it cares about fresh dollar bills so it hiked its prices after all vaccines are very expensive this if human lives the a lot of economists to reopen but we saw them at the price of a meal a very nice meal in a very nice restaurant after all fisons vaccine is the most expensive on the market and it can start handing out discounts just because it's a once in a lifetime global pandemic some countries that who can't afford pfizer's prices but still want you know citizens to live for well that's fine we'll just produce it also. well no because pfizer and co are not only lobbying the biden in the situation to stop and low cost vaccine production to help out low income countries they even want those countries to be sanctioned are ethics but even for those who do have the cash purchasing pfizer is beginning to break the bank pfizer was 12

years then it became 15 year contracts are now being signed at a price of $19.00 euro and with the e.u. signing off on a future order of 900000000 doses those extra euros really add up but as pfizer well knows the bloc doesn't really have a choice because brussels fos pick astra zeneca has become vaccine non-grata after it's linked to red blood clots at this point it would probably struggle to hand out its vaccine for free let alone charge for it johnson and johnson's hit the pause button over the same concern on the european medicine agency is not keen on approving any of the shots at the moment so the pfizer job stands as the sole savior all 12 no 1519 and a half years of it that's if you don't count those 3 surprise a likely scenario is that there will be likely

a need for somewhere between 6 and 12 months and then from the there will be an annual leave oxidation but all of that needs to be confirmed. a vaccine with 3 doses in the 1st year and a booster annually after that what a tidy little way to keep those billions coming in to how with cooperation to how would morality to hell with humanity you really have to hand it to pfizer even in a pandemic it's just another day another dollar. several e.u. countries are partially opening up travel for people who have been vaccinated against covert but not all vaccines are being treated equally the european commission has said that once vaccine passports all rolled out they'll only include shots recognized by the new regulator so those who receive alternative shots including russia sputnik 3 could still be shutdown and one italian businessman who traveled

to russia to get vaccinated tried to get clarification or something or whatever he asked his local authorities if he can be recognized as vaccinated and avoid the 2 week quarantine on his return he was told that under current rules being inoculated does not allow a person entering italy to avoid quarantine well let's speak to the man himself alessandro. joining us live here on r.t. international great to see you today alessandra could you tell us more about your efforts to get clarification as to what happens now to vaccinate people. the situation is very unclear when i was landing in. after my last trip in moscow so exactly the day after which it took the 2nd was so i was let's say technically he needed and when and arrived at the border i was asking to the police at the before the buspar control order that is the checkpoint. if i

should stay in canteen or not they said that they don't know because they didn't get an instruction from their health dorothy then and i was trying with my car to my city and they are now i ask it today. i mean to their health. care of of my city in what is this situation would surely do because then technically sue needed it they already got that the 2nd those they send me that at the moment that is not any clarification and extrusion so i have to stay 14 days in quite an insult to be and speaking with you is my 1st day after the current sort the situation is i could see a very. because this is creating a problem not just to me that there is they do weeks at all but then nevertheless even you know especially my c.d.'s at least exceed we are in need to leave the

biggest to restrict. of the only regarding their summer holidays especially for asian tourists and so at home and i ask if it was going to what's going on in the in what we left and you fresh into this the mission would speak to me and then they flaky and do they have to stay 14 days you know a taunt i mean in canteen because this is will be incredible nobody would come to visit our kountry for example or for ash from russia or any way from any other count. you don't design that so it's a big problem this it's a big problem but also a lesson there as you say you're having a very difficult time getting a clear image a clear sense of direction from your all thought he is i want to ask you when you make a mention of tourism for example i mean does this perhaps the reaction from the authorities or the reaction to the russian sputnik feeders this remove some of the incentive for people to get vaccinated some will say well what's the point if you still have

to do quarantine. because that point you know i was i wrote a letter to a newspaper you may see the doors at the immediate immediately but i should and i can there 2 days ago. you need to leave him a cd there was a piece of their minister of tourism that i am and he came to. get in there i mean and in that in the office of our genome in the city of free me and. one of my friend which is original and they put date of immediate online now from there from our cd it was explained this problem with the minister said that they were still he's very interested in interesting and he will learn to speak immediately with these colleagues which is the minister of health because of this is

a very big probably it can be a really a big problem for there for the summit to list so now let's say that after a minute. i mean my speech or what they wrote on the newspaper something is going on is going to move but i was a really each shock when a few days ago. in the direction of the media or mining you know you need early in their response that is possibility of their health system is underage and is not under the center grow government the central government is making a kind of core of the nation of the health but the management that inevitably thing is under the bridge and saw in the council of the region in media online where may see that image is located at the deed or some of that but they did did that and during the question time. the other question today instead of the health and the casket that was going on even more for people which need to do with the week he

said that they're there this is. sufficiently glacial that you can find it in a very neat though you may. even loop in there splitting the is not. from. each of us you need to do with splitting the new land only it's like if you want to not pursue me did indeed use absolutely crazy because this is the position you're in now alessandra because you know there are ideas of discrimination that's one thing for example you know i mean is it fair that all the perks of an e.u. vaccination passport will not apply to those who are vaccinated outside the e.u. because a point is that just sounds like politicking to me politicking at the expense of people's health and livelihoods. and the moment you need the we're speaking about water there we call it support of too much you know. what is there

if you want. to eat deli to europe or you want to travel or even the side of europe you should never these let's see called on you before where he's a return and you're east of. the core of it so the media is there that you don't have to make that candy if you have these saw you which is you don't have to make that if you have garbage for example a few months ago and you were on demand this was the line or ether you anyway you want and demand yes but we don't understand this is a real discrimination because for example now i am on my antibody and i g g that is the that my friend which the in the finds are asked for on the feeds sort for the family and a lot of the you are going to see needed something lower than meat and not possibly because they didn't get any of the. lower than higher than he so it's thought that

it discrimination. as you say less android you have high antibodies now you've had your russian vaccine and yet you're still facing some sort of potential discrimination because guess what you didn't get vaccinated by a european vaccine ice on the road are you only italian resident joining us live here on r.t. many things we appreciate your work but. on monday does mark the end of castro rule in cuba but all castro who lead the country is communist party for the last 10 years after succeeding his brother fidel announced his resignation on friday that was the same day the classified documents revealed he had been the target of a cia assassination attempt well here's our correspondent with more details on. raul castro reveals he's stepping down what better time to disclose your country meal the idea of assassinating him this is the perfect metaphor of cuba u.s.

relations as the cia has published once top secret cables describing how in 1960 the agency offered $10000.00 to a pilot flying roll castro from prague to have to arrange an unlucky accident the plot can be added to what some say were the hundreds of assassination attempts on rolls brother legendary el commandante fidel providing a glimpse into just how big a thorn in america's side cuba was and even remains to this day clearly the carriage drew regime. will not change by its own choice. but cuba must change. i don't care how i die but rest assured if they invade us i'll die in combat. you don't make friends with uncle sam by overthrowing a dictatorship ruled by his appointee or by building

a socialist state right in his backyard for del castro did both his relations with the us started with a trade war escalated into a naval blockade of the island and climaxed with something that had the world staring into the abyss over nuclear apocalypse during the cuban missile crisis and island nation smaller than the size of florida found itself squeezed between 2 superpowers in the thick of what almost became an all out atomic war it would be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from cuba or against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states things eased a little since then of course the us is a very different country the soviet union hasn't existed for nearly 3 decades but cuba cuba remains the same along with its ever so poor relations with the u.s.

we will not live saying actions on the cuban regime we will enforce the embargo. we reaffirmed today that any strategy that seeks to destroy the revolution either through coercion and pressure or by using subtle methods will feel. the troika of tyranny in this hemisphere cuba venezuela and nicaragua has finally met its match that you with though the secretary of the united states is deliberately lying by calling cuba a sponsor of terrorism this is slander and an insult to gates cuba cuba is no closer to freedom and democracy than it was 4 years ago the age of castro is coming to an end but is the anticapitalist cuba heading the same way well rolle castro says over his dead body like. nothing nothing obliges me to make this

decision but i firmly believe in the strength and value of example and the endor standing of my fellow countrymen and let no one doubt that as long as i live i will be ready with my food in the stirrup to defend the homeland the revolution and socialist it may well be right but why do you do it. here every day. russia has expelled 20 czech diplomats in a growing feud with prague the czech government earlier kicked out 18 russian representatives accusing moscow of being behind a deadly explosion at an ammunition depot back in 2014 now the russian foreign ministry has dismissed progs claims as a and attempt to divert attention from other developments in the region now within just the past few hours our staff have been seen packing their belongings and leaving the czech embassy with their families here in moscow and they've been given 24 hours to leave the country the czech foreign minister has condemned the expulsion saying russia has now gone too far so prague will have to retaliate also

though says the czech leadership appears to be deliberately ratcheting up tensions that are under the influence of washington. the accusations herbs surge especially as earlier the czech government laid the blame for the explosions at the door of the companies that owned the depos this hostiles. it was a continuation of a series of russian actions conducted over the last several years by the czech republic one can also fail to notice the american influence by trying to win washington's favor as the us imposes sanctions against russia the czech authorities have even outdone their american masters so many diplomats were forced to start packing their suitcases in recent days because of expulsions and counter expulsions 1st of all america ordered 10 russian diplomats to head back to russia moscow's response was then almost identical then poland announced a similar move but there are sanctions only targeted 3 people and then eventually

we heard from the czech officials who announced that prague decided to expel 18 people working for the russian embassy that is even more than that then america originally chose to punish you understand that this is a very significant share of the embassy staff so you'd have to think that there must be a very serious reason for it well the czech authorities have accused this group of 8 saying of working as intelligence operatives and also blamed russia for being behind a major explosion at an ammunitions military warehouse in the czech countryside that happened 7 years ago and killed 2 people no confirmation of the cause has ever been released by the czech authorities it coincides with the decisions on diplomat expulsions by washington and warsaw that's not all by the czech republic either is

it private is seeking some suspects in particular well you know and that is the interesting part because the people the suspects that the police are now looking for are actually the people with faces that you may find familiar these 2 were once a q. used by the case of trying to poison the script balls in the united kingdom in 2018 so now when the authorities said that these 2 could be linked to that explosion immediately their names and photos were back and international headlines by doing this a joke at the chicks and then to be sure but you wouldn't expect them to be that shill. enlistee aging this explosions who joined in now discovering the social engine behind it i mean this engine reader. has been able to push.

into being more active on this. was not that interested in that they didn't want us to have these great iranians and he's pushing them. to push against the russian foreign ministry though is saying that these announcements in these steps that are taken by the czech authorities could only be a deliberate attempt to somehow distract the attention of the media and the international community from another story which is now in the news here in eastern europe it looks like when it's actually supported by facts that the west need it to cover up the importance of the information published by both russia and belarus about not just a conspiracy but an actual plan for a constitutional clue we need to speak about it so our chua's allegedly being planned against the leader of belarus what more do we actually know about this this is a story apparently that was happening more or less samuel taney is the russian federal

security service has announced lately that they have detained 2 men one with bell russian citizenship another one with dual citizenship the roofs and the u.s. detention happened in moscow and these 2 are believed to have been plotting. a coup in bella ruse by attempting to assassinate the bell russian president alexander lukashenko and possibly even members of his family during victory day celebrations that are coming at the bell russian president almost instantly blamed the u.s. for it for orchestrating this attempt but washington has denied any involvement now you may wonder what does frog have to do with all this what we have to understand that the czech republic is a close u.s. ally in eastern europe it's a member of nato not with a central role but still and russian officials very often have blamed washington

for using some eastern european countries the czech republic in particular asked puppets so the assumption by the russian foreign ministry is that washington could be pressuring these countries into making political moves against russia to demonize it so that is the message coming out of moscow and the main to the u.s. state department has already said that they are expressing full support for the move that's been made by prague. one casualty of the diplomatic rift is a check nuclear power plant in the czech republic says it's now planning to bomb the russian state atomic nucleus. from even bidding for the construction of the facility and back in january all of a sudden a chinese company was also excluded from the project the remaining bidders include french south korean and north american corporations. are shifting our attention

to eastern ukraine now where the self-proclaimed republic has accused the ukrainian army of firing 15 mortar shells in violation of a truce technically in place since 2015 austerities fled off in late march with the warring sides accusing each other of shelling their respective territories our correspondent. is in the region. the residential area around done as airport is basically deserted every single house here is either damaged or it's been completely destroyed like this one for example we don't know where the local residents are some of them have left the area of the nazca and some of them have moved to other places as i understand there are around 7 people living here with thousands of empty houses across town is the suburb of alexandre of where i'm like around the airport people decided to stay despite the constant attacks in the last few months 2 civilians were badly wounded and one man was killed by sniper fire

while feeding his chickens that's according to the head of the local administration because i'm almost positive he said i was fully ukrainian positions are only 250 meters away from the nearest house that's where a man was killed recently they are targeting civilians when the snipers shot the man there is no way that he couldn't see that he was a surreal ukrainian army officials denied the incident ever took place and labeled the details of the man's death as fake news weapons violations have been accompanied with explicitly fabricated accusations in the media specifically regarding live sniper fire from the ukrainian armed forces fake news is being spread intensively by the so-called media of suits and don't yet screech in districts local electrician alexander lost a son and a daughter in law in this conflict and said that the shooting never really stopped here he was wounded several times while doing his job fixing power lines that were

damaged by shelling. i must have been born under a lucky star the ukrainian army is always trying to prevent us from fixing damaged our alliance and shooting while i'm a top of the tricity both our former colleagues on the other side said that we wouldn't have food through city until they liberate us liberate us from what's from our land marina is another local who says she is lucky to be alive because her house was shelled several times. she had surrendered different place adventure surely but hasn't left the village currently a mother of 2 girls marie mayes expecting another daughter in the week despite being terrified from the endless sound of artillery fire she seems optimistic about the future of her unborn child so if you that you did as that if you need people always give birth even during world war 2 people have been born every day they bash us but we will continue giving birth yes i worry and i'm constantly afraid but it's life and it goes on people i spoke with another.