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i. i protests in colombia lead $26.00 dead in that a government crackdown we look at why though the u.s. has offered only muffled condemnation unlike during similar unrest in other countries also to come is right in supporting around 100 black people who have lived in the country for decades and say it is their ancestral home they fear their children who were born there too but also the operates it. is very disturbing to me to think that my children will be deported from the land for they have never lived anywhere and this is the life that i have spent most of my adult put here it was really fun world powers are backing
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a global waiver on covert vaccine patents to ease shortages although big pharma pushing back over the move which could massively its profits. but i know you're watching our international this friday evening just on 7 o'clock here in the russian capital dozens of dead and missing hundreds injured in colombia after a week of anger tax reforms the proposal has now been scrapped but the government's crackdown is only spurred the protests campbell it vigil was held in the capital on thursday night with thousands gathering to pay tribute to the day voicing demands for the killings to stop violent reply to the protesters being globally condemned however there's only been a carefully measured response from the united states a country known for pulling out all of the stops to support activists in other
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countries but it looks at what. columbia is a warning to everyone a warning of what happens when people have had enough rain she gets that unfair tax reform and got that an out of control pad demick gloom over a destroyed economy and shocker to how the state has behaved. medians of colombians of phoolan into poverty because of the pad demick and
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economic woes medians and the government plaid must hike taxes so taxes on the already impoverish when the people rebelled the state attempted to crush them saying the police had new choice but that's of them senseless now whose defeat nothing justifies people who protected by the legitimate designs of citizens to march go out to so defenseless citizens and cruel attack police. there eating degrees of outrage poured in from around the world for a concert and to shock to lipservice in fact you could even get away with condemning the protest of all over the world citizens in democratic countries have the unquestionable right to protest peacefully violence and vandalism is an abuse of that right at the same time we urge the utmost restraint by public forces to prevent additional loss of life yes you policeman killing all those city protestors
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but then again colombia is very friendly with the us america regularly sends troops there so why ruin a good thing but just for reference listen to how the united states spoke about the protest in hong kong beijing and hong kong authorities are targeting hong kong as for doing nothing more than exercising protected rights and fundamental freedoms including freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of speech we will continue to stand with hong congress as they respond to beijing's assault on these freedoms and autonomy and we will not stop calling for the release of those detained or imprisoned for exercising their fundamental freedoms you know how many protesters were killed by police in hong kong. 0 how many protesters were killed in russia then years 0 the booth a neck deep in u.s. sanctions will take their days where in neighboring colombia the u.s.
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tells brutus the behave themselves in venezuela they supported unarmed coupe led by a man described as washington's napco the brutal murder of a regime has systematically repressed the rights of its citizens. it's abuse corruption and mismanagement have stopped a humanitarian crisis we will continue to work with our partners across the region both to alleviate the suffering of the venezuelan people and to exert pressure on the regime so the country can peacefully return to democracy real mention of the fact that most of the suffering in venezuela is due to american sanctions but hey it's just how politics works how much losing power care about the suffering of other people is directly related to what those in power have to get a wide net the presence of the disaffected the stabilize colombia when the president is such a good friend to washington colombia plays
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a very strategic role. in america where there are several united states bases in colombia for many years has been headed by governments and presidents that have been subservient to u.s. interests in the region there's even talk of colombia joining nato meanwhile in venezuela you see a lot of the protesters were supported by the united states where did they get the millions of dollars you know that came from the united states it came from the n.g.o.s that are acting as hands of the u.s. government as well as its allies so you see a lot of geo political strategy being used in the united states of course they would turn a blind eye to human rights abuses in colombia because it doesn't bear. just as ignoring human rights abuses in saudi arabia or anywhere else in the world by a u.s. ally it's what they tend to do they tend to overlook things it doesn't serve their interests. israel is planning to support dozens of people they are part of
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a 3000 strong hebrew community many of whom arrived from america claiming the country as their ancestral home more than 50 years ago however out of it does claim that they are in the country illegally and don't qualify for residency with the story. these are a town of demonic doesn't have many claims to fame beyond its name to. some is part of the secret weapons program but now dimona is back in the news it's a community that cause itself the african hebrew israelites. now this is a group of african americans who believe that they are the descendants of one of the lost tribes of israel in the case of judah and they see israel as the spiritual homeland we feel that this is our. ancient homeland ancestral homeland we can document these stings culturally historically we can document the fact that that
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many of us are actually genetically culturally historically connected to this land . we want to be part of that to go forth in these very dark times on the planet and we know that we have that contribution to make and we've made that contribution for 50 plus years here in israel and we are known to people and. family members who over the last 25 years have become deeply intertwined with us this african american expect community of the largest in the world has lived here for just over half a century but now 100 of them facing imminent. ministry says they're in the country illegally and has rejected. we had about 2 dozen of our family members friends associates here who received letters of deportation intent to deport and these were cases that had been in limbo for the last 2 decades 2 and a half decades in some cases and so they were given to our great surprise they were
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given a 60 day notice 21 days to appeal. this is certainly outside observers have acknowledged the fact that racism is an element in the. structure of the ministry of interior door now has just 60 days to get out of the country at pace she's called home for decades. children all of whom were born in israel also face imminent and it's very disturbing to me to think that my children will be reporting from the land of their birth they will never lived anywhere else on this is the life that they know and as well this is the life that i now have spent most of my adult could hear it was or i'm surprised because our community has been here for 53 years we have been a very vital part of israeli society our children serve in the i.d.f. any aspect of israeli society or a part of this field they are living in israel time
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a tourist visas expired years ago all of us have some degree of issue with the ministry of interior in terms of taking some of usually long time to get what you would expect to do to you in 3 years 4 years 4 months it's always something the difference is that some of us are already in the system and are moving at least not in a positive direction the ministry of interior especially under the dominion of the wealth of dr parties has always seen us as something that we're not seen as always something else we're outside of the law and we incorporate ball into the family of the houses of israel and we know that there are many different divergent versions of judaism many different communities with different historians historical and cultural differences that find a way to get along how come we can't fit we're committed to this life we've committed ourselves to have futures our children 100 percent of our children when they graduate high school they serve in the idea with her because it is really an
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academic and sports and cultural events around this world the community has come a long way in the 53 years since a film effect from chicago with some 50 of his father was devotion and committed to practice all jewish holidays and face to bills each weekend and practice polygamy although it's only a small percentage. the community that faces deportation everyone here is upset and has vowed to stay put policy r.t. dimona. tanks and other military hardware have been rolling through red square in moscow today in a dress rehearsal for sunday's victory day parade hundreds of troops have also been practicing and the air force has been in the skies over the russian capital. while 28 cities across russia will also be holding their own parades this year moscow's event is back to its usual grandia after the pandemic saw things radically
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scaled back last spring in all some 1600 military vehicles and hundreds of aircraft to surprising in the capital and there also be the so-called immortal regiment procession that usually sees families walking through the city center with portraits of their relatives from the great part for you as the 2nd world war is known here in russia although this time around that is going to take place online because of code you see. big pharma fear big pharma firms saria fearing for their profits at the moment after moves by the e.u. russia and the united states to scrap vaccine peyton's during the pandemic the idea is to increase access and production capacity that hawkins looks at why though his being resist it. just when you thought it was all quiet on a covert vaccine front a new battle begins it's deja vu it's the haves versus the have nots the poor
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countries pleading with the global pharma giants through broaden vaccine manufacturing capacity and it seems like they have some unlikely allies in their fight this is a global health crisis and the extraordinary circumstances of the call the 1000 damage call for extraordinary measures didn't stray should believe strongly in intellectual property protections but in service of ending this pandemic supports the waiver of those protections for call the 916 on the other side the foreign giants are holding their ground things are not simple they say despite best intentions and weaver is the simple but their own answer to what is a complex problem waiting patterns of coming 1000 vaccines will not increase production nor provide practical solutions needed to battle this global health crisis this decision does nothing to address the real challenges to getting more shots in arms including last mile distribution and limited availability of raw materials they may have
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a point what they're really saying is that politicians are scoring points making good headlines without thinking through the whole process calculating risks or planning a strategy where was their concern for the rest of the world just a few months ago when many wealthy countries hoarded the vaccines threatening to sue each other or cut all the exports lobbyists would point out it's capitalism a free market unlike governments corporations are no obligation to think about moral issues the greater good all people before profit just as long as the balance sheet looks good on the numbers show big pharma is bought in the street doesn't look pretty good pfizer alone made 3500000000 in revenue during the 1st quarter of this year so when someone at the u.s. president says it's time. the share big pharma freaks out and so does the market with many companies seeing shares plummet some buy record amounts they're not the only ones panicking some lawmakers are more worried about us that knowledge of
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falling into the hands of russia or china and that's a total to bow speaking of russia joe biden has support from unexpected places as moscow approved the country's foreclosure job president putin reiterated his support for the proposal for those new to them which we should not think about making maximum profit but about ensuring the safety of people even the e.u. jumped on the patent free bandwagon the u. turn from below its belief that a vaccine waiver would not be helpful and even with the change of heart w.t. negotiations could take many months to settle we are ready to discuss how the u.s. proposal for waiver on intellectual property protection for covered vaccines could help achieve that objective in the short run however. recall upon all my vaccine producing countries to allow exports and to avoid measures that disrupt
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supply chains the race to a world where vaccines are available equally to all has been a marathon it's created political power plays pitting countries against one another governments against corporations the finishing line still seems distant even with the best intentions a solution will come too late for many this is not a time to be thinking about profits it's a time to be thinking about people and humanity we're talking about literally there's a bible of millions of people in every part of the globe so i would really disagree with big pharma right now you know we have seen time and time again that they think about what's best for their pocketbooks rather than thinking about what's best for the people during this time democrats have seen the wealthiest corporations get even wealthier corporations like amazon just went through the roof with their profits people business people are thinking about their bottom line instead of
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thinking about the bottom line of humanity. the american. has been named to the best job in your world facts in congress being held in washington russia has questioned why the vaccine was singled out as a video this and although now the criteria was given professor stanley pork and he was at the conference says it was rewarded for its revolutionary technology. i was not responsible for it but i understand why that particular route was. 5 years 5 years what i think would be rewarded with a vaccine why is the message you're on a witch. which is not been extensively tried to steal the poor and which has been shown to be highly effective if you exclude it
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from. the. least number ones which for a good measure. causes local reactions and. some discomfort they don't want asked so we secondary refracts we don't seem to be very major very important but there are other features too which could make it less attractive to some for example it is one of the most expensive vaccines available sputnik an astronomical as you can see being a lot cheaper and have been concerns also over fatalities now despite cases still being very rare madonna has the 2nd worst record behind the pfizer jab however it does have very good efficacy we should say as do most of the japs in fact sputnik does lead the way there with the top 3 being in excess of 90 percent we're talking
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launch on a professor of molecular on quality in college in the u.k. about this and he's against having these sorts of lead tables and says it does not help lobel battle against the pandemic. i would be very concerned about trying to have a league table of what's a good vaccine was a bad vaccine what we know for sure is that most of the vaccines that have been approved around the world that are currently being used offer very good protection from serious disease and i think having like a league table of vaccines is is very dangerous and certainly not. necessarily the right thing to be doing at a time when what we need to be ensuring is that as many people around the world get whatever vaccine is available whether that will help in improving the distribution of vaccines i'm not sure these are very complicated in fact seems to manufacture i
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think what we've got to do again across the world is look at the. capacity for improving the manufacture as well as the distribution so i think there is a bit of geopolitics he you know but it isn't very helpful when the most important thing for all of us is to make sure that everybody is protected because as people keep saying and it's correct thing to keep saying nobody in the world is safe from this virus until everybody is safe. but they disappeared in france are set to hold talks over their fishing rights to speed that's after u.k. warships were to point to share waters navy island of jersey and made a protest by french trawler as well for now the navy has been withdrawn but does remain on standby short advancing charlotte devinsky reports from its. there may be cause for car move or the escalating tensions in relation to fishing rights in the english channel but it seems everyone is really playing the n.t. both the u.k.
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and france sent a military ships to the area to patrol that came as french fishermen took their own action blockading the port of seoul earlier on the island of jersey the main. reason we're really angry with them is that the fishing licenses came with technical restrictions that were different for each fisherman and these restrictions are completely illegal and violate the breaks a treaty for example a fisherman for some totally illogical reason won't be allowed to fish in a certain zone in jersey's waters another won't be allowed to fish for certain species another will be limited to one fishing technique and when people meet it's uses trolling that's for instance they were different for everyone french a fisherman the real so what they see is being a breach of the briggs it deal over fishing rights they say that the dish will
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conditions have been imposed with limits on the number of days that they can fish in clear that they can use in certain zones they've told r.t. that these restrictions are economically unbearable for french fishing companies and now it seems the european commission is fully behind them on the 30 day reprieve. a commission was notified by the u.k. of glory days of granting 41 life to the best. in jersey. area workers from the trees to me but there were additional conditions to be like. we had indicated to the you kate. one of the reasons only you you can trade and cooperation agreement that we recently agreed had not been made and not being respected this week the french maritime in a staff writer who took part of cheers the supply of electricity almost all of
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which comes from hearing from us but the authorities in jersey say that they are avoiding by the breaks it agreement they answer to the difficulties that we currently face is without doubt talking and diplomacy but equally we've had disproportionate threats emanating from paris and a potential blockade of our main harbor and they stretch we take serious nature protect his interests meanwhile jews easy own fishermen see that they are the ones who are being bullied by the european union with their livelihoods being put under threats really had a. huge number of very very powerful back. in one of the last yeah patience and licenses for the protest. taking around about one around $500.00 pounds of the same chokers the scholars for their part
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have been banned from landing. 1500 pounds of those scots being taken by french and freely landed back in here 50 years senator. kerry in the way that tysabri tree they were so to be livid that they room authorities have been meeting with french fishermen when they same fact what they should be doing is standing united with them ok let's those threats coming from france show that people ski aussie paris. you know i spoke with right mary a former british ambassador who also negotiated fishing rights for the u.k. he believes that the disputes would be better resolved without its politics sions getting involved. you know we've been through it before i personally was chased through the streets of sherbet both and fisherman we didn't send a gunboat because of that when i was a where there was a british diplomat the the key point is peace disputes go back hundreds of years
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and the 3 in the channel islands and the fisherman normandy and vishnu fisherman they're all that leap to each other and they've all been fishing in each of us fishing grounds by agreement using traditional guides for hundreds of years and looking after each other you know in cases of storm and shipwreck and that kind of thing. and these families all all know each other and this is a a local difficulty about traditional rights and the involvement of central of qualities in paris and london should be kept to a minimum is actually extremely unhelpful now brings us to see where the end of our news wrap for this hour that's how things are looking so far today here in our city will keep you updated throughout the evening of course we'll be back with the headlines and more stories for you at the top of the.
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