nato's dances largest military exercise in decades right on russia's doorstep with the alliance claiming the drills in albania are transparent and defensive. tempers fray in the waters off jersey with britain sending get its navy as disputes over fishing rights with france boils over. currents of the u.k. are sounding the alarm about their government's approach to long cove it we speak to a mother whose son has been ill since last or so. as a mom when you see your son really suffering and there is no way of him getting back to you still help us and i don't really know what to. russia

registers a one shot version of its vicodin vaccine called sputnik light it's said to have an efficacy rate of nearly 80 percent. very well welcome you're watching r t international with me nicky arun it's great to have you with us. now major nato military exercises have kicked off in albania defend the europe is an annual event but this year's drills are supposed to be the largest in decades our senior correspondent mark gasnier states the reasons for its own not hard to guess. nato immediately after coming down and russia with the propaganda equivalent of 5 and brimstone for daring to stage a snap military exercise has followed suit with the biggest nato war games the

continent that seen in 3 decades but it's different they say you just don't understand that i'm going to continually talk about what we're doing it's called transparency it's a wonderful thing and we're not getting that at a mosque alan and we and we haven't so that's a big difference right there and it's a defensive exercise which is you know a lie straight and in your face they do many takes a cursory look at the brochure or a visit to a u.s. embassy website for all the talk of russian aggression that isn't russian paratroopers practicing offensive operations in mexico along the border with texas it's american paratroopers dropping deep into simulated enemy territory and alice drive from russia's very real border has.

the scoop that the sexes he's lost they were announced well ahead across 16 nations near enough 30000 nato troops thousands of vehicles ships and jets will pound away at targets and dummies to send a message usually you don't say to who it's understood but again ukrainian officials to the rescue ukraine by the way also taking part in these war games with the purpose of the exercises from the baltic to the black sea is to train and let us speak plainly for. war with russia. the thing is every year these need to war games get bigger and bigger more hardware more countries more american troops somehow defending themselves closer and closer to russia's borders drills are

getting bigger too and we know how irritable nato gets when someone outs there's hold large military exercises there all who are concerned about a massive military buildup on the russia almost and this misery build up still per provocations. escalates the level of hysteria that followed the crimean military exercises was deafening it was everywhere and on everything how bare russia do this in the general vicinity of nato countries and not for a moment since all before has need to even concede our other countries feel when american troops are practicing invasion scenarios kilometers from their borders so often feel an international affairs commentator told us that he continued expansion of nato 1st and foremost benefits americans huge military industrial

complex. i think it's meant to show that you need to be able to bring in all of the countries a giant directly on the border russia or former members if there was an impact the military is trying to enlarge itself and get more and more members trying justify its existence in support of this american imperial germany to try and get as many countries into nature and you know the next stage of course once you've got everybody in nato in europe would be to push around to the north and north africa and middle east and try to get countries to join from there as well so it's clearly an organization which should have ended at the end of the cold war in the way that it was. but it hasn't and it's going to launch in itself its course also devices selling american weapons to countries and getting them to spend money on defense nearly always means buying weapons from america not from anybody else so it's part

of the corporate industrial complex of the united states. the u.k. has sent in its royal navy has opposed briggs's spat with france over fishing rights intensifies 2 gunboats have been deployed to the waters off jersey off to paris threatens to leave the islands without power because french fishermen claim they've been denied licenses to fish in the area the waters between france and jersey have been shed of fishing territory for hundreds of years the island belongs to the u.k. but relies on france for some of its immediate cease fire whether the u.k. is divorced from the e.u. or has a scope it's the status quo the french fishermen are sailing to jersey to protest to lazing getting licenses to fish from the islands or forests hey you can see the boats arriving at the port of said hello there are angry too about new limits on how long they can spend in shared waters in the last couple of days if disputes those called really hates it depends of course. with paris and

london heads over fishing rights in british waters the noids are out a french minister has now threatened to plunge the u.k. island of jersey into darkness unless french trawlers continue to have access to serve you don't like the government provides free tell you terry measures and these measures every tell you we are ready to use europe france has means they're inscribed in the agreement and so far as jersey's concerned i'll remind you for example of electricity transportation by undersea cable so we have the means and even if i regret that we could get to this point we'll get there if we must live with france supplying almost all of the islands electricity this is a see you yes warning the electricity for our travels through as you want to go and see as well so that. you know hospitals etc would be just

a really really. sort of trip it's a very draconian. measure and it's not the only threat coming from france the u.k. is expecting a number of authorizations from us on financial services we will not give any and so we have guarantees that's one fisheries and other issues the u.k. respects its commitments its give and take each side should respect its commitments otherwise we will be as brutal and difficult as necessary until the brig's it deal french vessels have the right to continue fishing in british waters if they had done so before the u.k. left the e.u. what's causing problems now is the required proof to show that french a fisherman claim that they are having problems obtaining licenses. were discovered

that they had given a number of authorizations but even more so they have. place conditions for the right of fishing conditions that limit us to today's conditions that limit the number of days we can fish in the year limitations and fishing gear for the fishing . they have been created all of a sudden without saying anything without warning and one and without going through the whole channels with this ng measures suddenly everyone discovers the drop on except a bull fishing conditions economic bearable french norman breton fishing company to complicate matters while jersey is a u.k. crown dependency it's responsible for its own waters and the island's fishermen think that they are the ones getting the rough end of the deal you know the. forced to stand by the streets. regulated controlled fishing and protection of indigenous fishermen and you know we've had

a massive fleet of really big fishing net waters at the same time that their boat should be prevented from landing there catch back into it it just means. it's almost all these are the principles that we stand by but it doesn't really matter so much to a little i would like to see tensions have been rising for some time now with claims that only 22 from 120 boats that were crum or to france region have been given access leading to a blockade in the port of born knowing the u.k. denies these claims saying the licenses have been issued to all 87 french vessels that have applied for them and met the criteria well more than 40 boats have been specifically authorized to fish in jews these routes is. as the realities of bragg's it sinking jews the island isn't french fishermen alike it seems have been

left trawling for answers challenged. r.t. paris. months of a key bones that stomach pains and headaches have left a mother terrified for sons well sir heidi bourne is just one parent sounding the alarm about the british government's approach to long coated everything. to. his thing. and i'm sure they're looking. wow that may have. the issue maybe not such a degree of my son's got or some other kids to me live a lot worse than my son the government of 2 children you get this virus and that we need and or children and ters that we can take

our children to get the or and that diagnosis is a need. and the support that they need physically mentally and emotionally and that is what we need here in the u.k. long cove it involves a range of symptoms and complications the still occur several months after infection among them after t. get headaches difficulties thinking coughs skin rashes and insomnia each patient has their own set of problems and for the moment it's unclear how long it lasts according to the office for national statistics over a 1000000 people in the u.k. reported long covert symptoms in march with many experiencing at least one for 12 weeks but the percentage of children is comparatively low compared to other age groups heidi born-again ses the main problem is that no one seems to know what to do. he was really ill up until oct and now he he has.

you know i got back so since january and if they have more good days and bad we have equal attack for example he just had attacked if we can't. with the greek with my son's attacks he always does think he's there yet why all the mess. that's he you know at this time his unit i'm up waller and. he gets headache. on there and i met harry but then it could be another time it might be late he also had a pretty thing based on us wow go through a wave of different. ends and he whine for now he's fine can be fine for wait and then it will come as a mom when you see your son really suffering and there is no way of him getting better you still help us no dots really know what the problem you have in really

long coverage is that it's not one system that affects it it's various systems they need to your heart's that is to. ensure that if you need to. you know you need to. be a lung specialist in all these different people and the problem you have you know once you get everything you can all go in but pull it and people and it's like you want them to join up the door but they're not and they treat me completely all that . violent clashes broke out in east jerusalem after police tried to forcibly remove residents and activists protesting against the plans of fictions of several palestinian families police used tear gas and water cannons against protesters several officers were seen hitting demonstrators during the a must. i am.

certain that neighborhood residents have been organizing sit ins in protest on the affections of jerusalem court ruled that at least 6 families in the area had to leave their homes and shake gen despite having lived in the area for generations the court found for the properties of being owned by jewish families prior to $948.00 a claim did not write by the current occupants it will serve all the staff with 7 other families must leave their homes but just the facts $58.00 residents including 17 children will be displaced to make way for jewish families. meanwhile the un is

warning of rising violence by israeli settlers against palestinian civilians it says assaults and property destruction are being carried out in an atmosphere of impunity and number of european countries are also calling on israel to abandon the construction of settlements in the west bank bronzing the illegal under international law the israeli courts that the current residents failed to pay rent for several years and have not disproved the jewish israeli claims to the property we heard from some of the palestinian residents. is that what he did he or what do you mean what is happening is not new it is the israeli occupation our duty is to continue presence in solidarity with others our presence here is a duty like a prayer and fasting lot of. this battle continues we witness this every day but whenever we witness repression arrest demolition and seizure it's increases the

resolve of this whole neighborhood this is evidence that the people are stronger than the will of the israeli occupation the people who are stronger than the administration of israeli weapons with which peaceful use who have a right to this holy city are confronted human have not. the court does not have the right to abandon any jerusalem citizen who is present grew up educated and lived all their life in the city today someone comes to tell them that you have no right to this house this is a clear and explicit violation that insults and humiliates families in jerusalem. we spoke to dimitri to me on a from the thoughts the revolutionary council which is part of the palestinian parliament who believes that israel is carrying out the systematic segregation of the palestinian people. the homes there there were 28 homes there were built by the united nations to house refugees that were invented from their homes

on a when the state of israel was established on the historic land of palestine so the a religious group jewish religious group decided to claim these houses that were not built before 48 that they belong to them since the land they have rented for 99 years in one in 885 there is a systemic segregation stomach racism in this city israel including the court system that allows for israeli jews to claim land even though it's false but that they went there in $8085.00 while we cannot go back to our homes that we lived way long before death and lands in the old way long before that the way the police reacts is very brutal because for example they use dirty water. to spray at people's homes so not only process were sprayed people sitting at their

homes were as well sprayed they used violence not only against protesters against bystanders or people that are just walking or gets cars driving by so it's a collective punishment thing to not only people that are using their right to practice feet of speech it's also people that really are not even participating in the us. russia has registered a new covert vaccine called sputnik night it's a one shot job with high efficacy according to the russian direct investment fund that's behind its development. we believe that this was short because she can really save a lot of lives and you can be you solution but you can only form a new kind of truce where we are a major birol surface is that we see right now 1st off the single shot put make light has already been called

a younger sibling to 2 shots sputnik the now let me give you some details that was put out today nearly 97 percent of all those the vaccinated with the sputnik allies have developed antibodies and it's i think it's the level at the moment stands at 7009.4 percent and apparently it's effective against all types of the corona virus that exists in the world today and today that there hasn't been any side effects any serious side effects whatsoever now during a meeting with russian president vladimir putin the deputy prime minister said that sputnik lights will be administered to people age aged 18 to 60 years old and also will bed ministered to those who had already had coal that but at the moment there and see what is level are a very a low now russian president welcomed the news and he brought up

a very interesting comparison you see when usually doing at the moment of the since you know them will now includes. their babies don't acknowledge use and blood horns that have been useful to kate's laos or what mood i'm currently the most reliable and the c. 1st as one european expert said as reliable as a kalashnikov rifle and yes we did not see a european expert did and he was right i believe seem to improve like a kalashnikov rifle now due to its single shot design that sputnik lights could be crucial in mass vaccination. during the most critical phases of the pandemic around the world and also doesn't cost an arm and a leg up aaron the manufacturers have put it below us dollars per shot now meanwhile the year 2 jab sputnik v. will remain the vaccine of choice for people here in russia and sputnik light will

be exported around the world. the un has slammed colombia security forces over the alleged use of excessive force during ongoing mass protests triggered by an unpopular tax reform there's been a week of rallies across the country on the police clampdown has left 24 people dead and hundreds more injured. the president has said shelves the tax reform which would have meant an end to the current tax exemptions the poor colombians nevertheless people continue taking to the streets outraged but what by what they call police brutality dorothy's in

turkey's protest is attacking all this as an looting with colombia's defense minister claiming on travel gravesend gangs have infiltrated the demonstrations and activists in the city of cali told us however that the government was just looking for ways to justify their actions. you know the situation in cali is stance of the moment protests are planned for today which is going to be asked peaceful is possible because the army staging provocations and order to declare a state of emergency they want to get our youths involved in clashes with police so they can justify their heavy handed treatment of people with or tis of managed to divide the people into 2 camps those 4 and those against we're finding ourselves in a confrontation and warlike conditions trying to sow hatred among us these protests didn't begin yesterday but back in late 2019 there was sidelined by the pedantic that he'd shortly after the recent tax reform that caused this new wave of protests

because what the authorities are doing is too much too bad considering that we are already in a difficult situation we weren't able to work because the government failed us during the pandemic and now is peaceful demonstrations are ongoing what is the government doing that provoking violence to justify their actions now that we have international media and social media no one will buy. those fairy tales they want to justify the use of any means at their disposal not peddling this narrative about rebel groups being involved the people have always been open to dialogue with the government but the president is hiding away not taking responsibility and sending his ministers and stuff if you really wanted to hold talks with the base so many troops on the streets now were ready for dialogue with the authorities i'm not. america has been named the world's biggest threat to democracy despite being touted as is supposed to be can a poll conducted by the alliance of democracies foundation placed it above china

and russia the organization was founded by and does fall grounds most than the former nato secretary general well of 50000 people from 53 countries took part in the survey 44 percent of whom agreed washington's influence was a threat china came 2nd and russia 3rd oldest say the u.s. secretary of state along with his british counterpart on monday singled out beijing and moscow as malign influences responding to a situation where our values are being challenged the international market sector is at least in some respects being weakened together our 2 countries recently took measures to prevent british and american businesses from inadvertently supporting forced labor in iran and elsewhere and china will continue our robust cooperation to address the atrocities and. crackdown on pro-democracy activists and politicians in hong kong which breaches china's international commitments and the repression of

media freedom across china and other parts of the world i also want to thank the united kingdom for joining us in holding russia to account for its reckless and aggressive actions historian and author gerald horne say is public support for washington's power plays is on the wane including in europe. people across the globe are not naive and they come to the simple conclusion that the united states is the bully on the block obviously they're seeking to launch a new cold war not only against china but against china and russia combined it's part of the psychological makeup of those who rule the united states to be the leading country on planet earth and they see that now eluding their grasp and so they want to take down china by any means necessary and there's also opposition to russia because russia will not go along with this new cold war against china i

think that poll results suggest that it will be difficult to launch that new cold war because international public opinion is not only hostile to the idea but i think and europe in particular there is or knowing and growing realisation that the united states would like to fight china and russia to the last european and i don't think the europeans are sufficiently naive to go for that bad bargain. the russian foreign minister has who found to be used policy of functions like a small scale media and counterparts were failed in questions from journalists off the talks between the path from here of on he coast on of status report. well this is the 1st leg of a circular journey as he said to visit azerbaijan next now mending relations between armenia and azerbaijan countries borderline warring with each other has some woods dominated the agenda here in europe on tuesday made according to both

ministers russia's and armenia's the process of settling the dispute over nagorno-karabakh is perhaps ever so slowly but is moving forward right now russia is trying to help facilitate such a basic necessities in the golan a cow back has people's access to tricity stable access to electricity water food and just the embry turning to their homes and other matters on the agenda here is a well helping armenia to deal with because with 90 pound demick just recently russia shipped to thousands of doses of its sputnik the vaccine against covert 19 and right now they are discussing a shipment of a 1000000 the more doses and perhaps even moving the production and having armenia produce manufacture russia's sputnik v. also i asked circular about how he would describe the state of relations between

russia and the e.u. right now because moscow and brussels they have been engaged in something like a sanctions ping-pong against each other here is how the russian foreign minister described the situation. we won't leave unanswered these attacks against russia parliamentarians are companies which are guilty only of being registered in a country that the e.u. has decided without grounds and illegitimately to label an aggressor the e.u. believes it can do whatever it wants when it starts threatening us with new sanctions another mania appears impunity it's a road to nowhere so effectively while the rom member states within the e.u. who want a much much more. positive relationship with russia brussels believes that they can do whatever they want with 0. thanks joining us here on r.t. and to national we're back in 30 minutes with the latest.

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