to join us in the depths, the will remain in the shallows ah, in the moon, the headlights are what are you into national the u. s. unveiled and yet another round of sanctions against russia. just 4 days after the putin biden's somebody in geneva and in spite of the very optimistic messages from both sides also in the story to shape the week here on our team international moscow set. the rim record is the daily number of cove at 900 cases. source to an old high and high, the city's mayor has announced a raft of new measures in a region of central italy wants to welcome tourists to have received the russians with nick, be shocked by lack of approval so far from the european medicines agency,

one regional counsellor spoke to us, we will no student make works and therefore just probably be a continuation of the european union's policy towards the russian federation. also devastating floods, leap, one person dead to missing 24 injured in south and rushes crimea. province authorities declare a state of emergency correspondence for reporting from the region. so this is what some of the street here and y'all look like right now. i mean, you can hardly call it even a street. you could probably take on the store and on a canoe or something, i thought the international law for most go on the sunday. welcome to the weekly program where we're highlighting the top stories of the day and of the week. but particularly, we start with this news just in here. the u. s. government has said it is drawing

another round of anti russia sanctions install, contrast to the message from the putin biden's summit just 4 days ago. he is constantly rush golf. now join us here in the studio to take this further cost you . this is a bit of a surprise. i have to say, we've been highlighting the summit all week here on our international. it was the big day for biden and prudent to meet each other for the 1st time as presidents. and both of them had a very positive outlook and message as to how the whole summer went. now, as i understand washington's preparing new sanctions against moscow, right. and it is a surprise and, you know, given the latest twist that we're seeing right now, it seems that you know, the relationship between russia and the west. they're not going to improve anytime soon. in fact, they can get even worse, because jack solomon, the us national security advisor has just said on seeing that they did. the biden's administration is preparing new sanctions against moscow.

we are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in these case as well. we've shown all along the way that we're not going to pull our punches, whether it's on solar winds or elections interfering, or nevada only when it comes to responding to rushes harmful activities. it will come as soon as we have develop the package is to ensure that we are getting the right targets. and when we do that we will impose further sanctions with respect to chemical weapons. and as he just said, re, this comes on the heels of the geneva somewhere between vladimir putin and joe biden, where they had their 1st face to face meeting since the american president took office. and you know, both sides hailed as talks as constructive and overall positive. and even though there were, there wasn't any major break through, at least it seemed to leaders. we're committed to try to improve the poor state of the bilateral relationship between russia and the u. s. and you know, just days after the summit, the senior american official announcing that they will prepare new,

that they're going to prepare new sanctions and not just with regard to lex and the valid. he also reaffirm that they will continue to impose several sanctions against companies that are related to the north stream to gas pipeline. so on, you know, that's a stark contrast to how the russian side acted. after the summit in geneva, lab reputed, for instance, he over defended joe biden. they made allegations he's facing at home that the us president might not be in his best, physical or mental shape. ah, you know, he's often seen not being able to read properly from a teleprompter or, you know, losing extensive directions but that my food and after the summer he basically talk joe biden up. so let's have a listen. and your billing you could give mister, there was no hospitality on the country meeting was very constructive. our views differ on many issues, but i believe both sides have shown

a willingness to understand each other and to bring out different positions close together. that image has being drawn by the media kind of low you into a full sense of security. but there's no reason for that whatsoever, because it is a professional and you've got to be very careful with him in order not to miss anything. he doesn't miss anything. i can assure you, susan. so i can tell russian official policy for they can feel a bit confused after this about face. jack solomon, the us, the, the national security advisor. he talks about new anti russian. russian sanctions, like, you know, the summit never happened. and, you know, it is especially bizarre, especially if you recall what the americans talked before the sun. so they were talking about predictable and stable relationship between the us and russia. that's something they are seeking. and what they're doing right now after the some measure,

it doesn't necessarily falls under the category of predictability. but as you say though, it was the russian president vladimir putin who did say at the end of this very positive summit, putin did say, i have no illusions about the friendship and relationship with washington. now i think the proof is in the pudding right then and konstantin ross, golf. thank you. well, a president putin on by and they did speak for about $33.00 and a half hours in geneva. on wednesday, our team was there in switzerland, with all the action is a quick recap of the big day. the the

i have no illusions following the meeting. these are old or new. there can't be any illusions at all by and said he didn't bay russia by the way, that was a joke. i, let's, i have a look at some of the key takeaways from this summit pied abiding and couldn't agree to hold consultations on strategic stability on nuclear arms control. they also discussed a possible prisoner exchange and agreed to return their respective ambassadors to their post. however, there was unfortunately no real breakthrough on the issue of cyber security, though they agreed to start regular consultations on the issue. now as far as that goes with stumbling blocks, the 2 presidents raised concerns about human rights in each other's countries. they also failed to come up with any solid action plan for ukraine. but as you know, our team was in geneva following the whole summit for you. here are some highlights . a long couple weeks i'll hold on high. i'll go around,

of course the big russia us summit was building now it's over don, president, fight, and president putin. they sat down, they talked, i'm really the bottom line is, looks like ties between the 2 countries are better today and really looks like the best you can. hopefully we're never going to move mountains in terms of the problems that exist. but what we have seen as them say that they'll read a ignite diplomatic relations, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not to say that, but at some point it's going to happen. we'll see a rushing in washington us, some of that back in moscow. the very basics of diplomacy when it comes to just how they viewed one another, we heard from joe biden and saying that it wasn't ever going to be friendly, really. it, but it was, it was, it was certainly positive. and we heard from me a person saying that it wasn't again, it wasn't context wasn't somebody school ring more points than when a profi the job wasn't to get one or someone out. it was sent pete to become and

just been communication able to have an open frank dialogue to dissolve to in the future. and to do that without any hostility. and that's what we heard from your billing group. mister, there was no hospitality from the country meeting was very constructive. our views differ on many issues, but i believe both sides have shown a willingness to understand each other and to bring up different positions close together. there wasn't any, any strident action taken, or we disagree. i disagree, stated where it was where he disagreed, he stated, but it was not done in a hyperbolic atmosphere. both presidents have now left, 3 watched both. they are playing fly away. we've actually got a pretty good view and it comes to plain spot. i mean, i know the geneva runway, like no one else travel you controls gotten nothing on may. the lucian 96 isn't blowing. busy 747, therefore i can see them from about 10 kilometers away out of new stream. but

actually the security has been something so note, but for the soldiers we saw the police. we saw the boat, so we're going mad on the, on the lake, the sunset over the lake, just behind to see your engine, even city looking resplendent. it has been roasting, but i want to say it's pathetic fantasy absolutely perfect for the heated tools and i think they probably walk heated. biden himself gave an unclean that there were some things that he was not willing to negotiate. personally. also, you know what, we have different views on this. we don't have to look i to i but we still have to protect our own people and protect global security. now course, the best place to tell us everything about, especially president putin's press conference, was where i got the up, who himself was literally in the hall. i believe he's got a chance to all president putin. a question himself, the be difficult questions that's vladimir putin face,

that which joe barton had the good fortune to escape with questions about the opposition so that we're putting the pointed out that the protestors and the rest of following the event in capitol hill that they faced as much as 25 years in jail, for the 5 years in jail, for a political proto the year. but do budget said that there's new comparison to because they're criminal. but alexis, the bully, who was convicted in serving a 2 year sentence for the violation of his early release. so he was convicted by russian court and vladimir putin. he says that, you know, americans are comparing what happened the capitol hill to the treatment of election . yvonne and saying there's nothing in common before the nation is just, you know, going on non systemic opposition. and the citizen you've mentioned this person knew full well that he was violating russian law. and he knew full well that there was

a warrant for his arrest. nevertheless, he came back to russia and he deliberately wanted to be arrested. so he did what he wanted to do. what else can we say here? one of the things both leaders agreed on is to bar joe buttons was they need to be rules of the road. so that as a rule to how booth countries should behave in case they come into this agreement over something that the dispute your outward conflicts. how to resolve them as a civilized partners, i would say friends of thought, but they need a framework of how to behave. and so that to happen, those countries need to be held equally accountable. it wouldn't do a foreign country gets away with doing something and the other doesn't feel bad instead of phrase the who's quite disturb live. and he said, how would the united states feel if it was she'd by the rest of the world as meddling for an election? which much of the world sees the united states as do it. but in this rate,

that was us, which is russia, is accused of being predictable. by the way, how is russia planning to j live smart so that when you should 3rd story, he's given us the with believe that russian foreign policy is unpredictable. will let me send the park back to you the u. s. leaving the abm treaty in 2002 with absolutely unpredictable. what were they doing? it for that's undermine the basis of international stability in the area of strategic security. then withdrawal from the i n f treaty in 2019, there's nothing stable about that. the open sky treaty withdrawal has nothing stable about it and almost nothing left. thank god, in the field of strategic stability. mr. biden has taken a completely adequate decision to prolong the new start tracy for 5 years. if you take the situation with ukraine with crimea, that's where this all starts, right?

what stable about endorsing the qu, they talk when the ex president yanna cove each agreed with all the demands of the opposition. he was basically ready to abandon power and declare new elections in about 3 months. no, the blood filled crew was needed. that led to known consequences, the southeast of the country than crimea. and you think it's us who predictably, no, i don't think so. what do we do at the end of the day? what happened here in geneva? the entire summit was basically a trust building exercise. very few specifics with agreed upon, if any they agreed to talk about many things to work on, many things, but ultimately it is a trust exercise. it is about laying a foundation on which russia the united states can rebuild relations. i wouldn't say build on relations because there aren't much left to speak off there. there in taxes. whether it worked through a button says we'll find out within the year whether we'll see results from,

from all the top, from all the agreement for the criticism the both sides had for each other. but the message is that preliminary, it was successful that he spent the day in the villa where those talks were taking place. this was billed as a heavyweight clash of the titans. perhaps we weren't expecting any major results, but certainly looking much between 2 political big guns. what they did say, both of them was that they talk to not just the president biden, the president, but joe biden demand glad to meet the money when they agreed on things that they could cooperate on. they talked about those when they disagree. they made sure that both of their points were made as forcefully as they could, jo, by the us president saying though, while it was over record, it's likely that they're going to be embracing one another and swaying side to side anytime soon. i don't think he's looking for a cold war with united states. i don't think it's about, as i said to him,

i said your generation of mine are about 10 years apart. this is not a come by moment, is used to say back in the sixty's and united states like less huggy love each other, but it's clearly not in anybody's interest. your countries are mine for us to be in a situation where we're in a new cold war in geneva, the u. s. late. it was perhaps fortunate enough to avoid tough questions from the media perhaps because no foreign outlets roughly present at his press conference and the russian president, i was just bombarded with the questions from international john lists right after the meeting have less. did you commit to stopping your crank down against the opposition groups inside russia said by election of electing of on him why are young people not allowed to protest in russia with the but way press court does, as i pointed out, they never challenge a u. s. leader from the last,

so they'll never ask him about julian assange. they will only ask about navarro ne and a this. bloomberg white house reporter jennifer jacobs. both on twitter about she heckling putin and fantasizes about bite and smiling at her, which says everything you need to know about these dinner golfers. they're not holding power to account in their own capital. their heckling the designated enemies of america and hoping to get the approval of their president. well, the mentality of these journalists is the mentality of the east coast establishment . they operate from a place of american exceptionalism and american innocence. they cannot fathom that the u. s. could possibly be literally paying opposition, figures, managing opposition, figures. and so when these reporters were badgering couldn't about nevada, they were unable to accept his response, which was that we don't want to see something like what you saw on january 6 with the movement of insurrection as d a. r g

i it is a weekly here, went into national. the russian region of crimea has declared a state of emergency amid survey of flooding. that's left at least one person dead and $24.00 injured. we understand almost 2000 people had to be evacuated from their homes and reporting from the region is anti ecos channels. the with me so this is what some of the streets here. and you also look like right now. i mean, you can hardly call it even a street, you could probably take on the store until on a canoe or something. i mean,

just walking around here is already a challenge. it's a challenge to keep your balance alone. in fact, on top of that, i can feel large, bold as every once in a while hitting my feet and legs. now speaking of the st. well, the ground floor of the residential buildings here go on. there are no more. and this is obviously a hugely distressing to the locals. so this is where the army and the emergency workers have focus their efforts right now. in 2016, this man's house was destroyed by fire. so we families started from scratch. the final touches had been made just days before the flood hit. it all happened all too fast. oh yes about. i have a dog and he started acting strangely at 4 30 in the morning, so i took it outside my door saved us. the rain was so strong by 6 o'clock, the water had breeched its banks. i will call my son and we started to stop the water from entering our home. but nothing could stop it. we could only grab our

documents and not fit. we lost everything. you could show a disaster like this has never happened before. i hope no will ever have to go through what we did. it's the tragedy was making our authorities to help us to help the people, the emergency ministry and the army have had to join the efforts to deal with the aftermath of the flood least as a software that we are clearing the drainage system. removing debris from the flood, so the water drinks away more quickly. efforts are aided by volunteers. in this school, even the little ones have come out to help to the best of their ability. stephanie bebbles up all the basement was completely loaded. rescue work is pumped out the water and we scooped out the silt and mont. now we are taken out the furniture to see what we can to use. we children came to help asking us to give them a job. they carry out toys. we gave them simple jobs. so this is what

a beach here normally looks like this time a year. but this is what it actually looks like right now. it was supposed to be the beginning of a high to receive and, but obviously that will have to wait. now i'm again done reporting from crimea. see plenty more still to come here on the weekly, on our t, including locked down rule to been extended in england again by full weeks due to the spread of a new cove. it varied amid the mix of your stories, we will get reaction from those in london who perhaps saw suffering a small bout of lockdown fatigue. ah ah ah ah

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ah. have you with us today for this edition of the weekly moscow who set a grim record a new covert infections were talking about more than 9000 cases in one day and new restrictions on being brought in, including limiting non emergency medical care for those who have not been vaccinated. if a trunk, oh, has the story less than 2 weeks ago. the numbers in moscow were plus $2900.00 cases. and there you have it this friday, a new sad record of more than plus $9000.00 in a whole country like mexico for example. this figure is 2 times smaller. so what is going on? it looks like the new delta varian which originated in india is taken install on the russian capital. according to the mayor of moscow. almost 90 percent of the new

infections in the city are the new delta variance and the goal. so we're going to see them. the delta strain spreads foster, and the worst thing about it is that the person needs strong immunity twice as many anti bodies to resistance compared to the original we'll hand virus. so essentially we're going through the same thing again, but with more severe consequences, the government has come to the understanding that the pace of the vaccination has been very though and now they are rushing to change that. now here's one of the ground breaking decisions, introduced by the medical authorities and the washing capital. in moscow, free non essential care in the hospitals will only be provided for those who have been vaccinated. everyone will still get the emergency treatment if it's required. if you are a patient with the cancer or with blood diseases, you will still get all the necessary treatment. but in other cases for non

essential care, like i said, a jab will be required. patients have a weekend immune system for them could be 900, is especially dangerous. it is impossible to avoid all contact with them or to isolate them. all those who can have the job for special reasons will still be admitted to hospital and emergency medical care will be provided with exception to everybody regardless of vaccination status, a campaign in the city to promote booster jabs will also begin in the near future. the moscow's mayor office announced mandatory vaccination for 60 percent of the staff in the service sector, so it looks like the russian capital is bracing itself for nothing less but a real vaccination boom. when the bladder approved his press secretary dmitri passcode was asked about what the kremlin makes of the new spikes and the measures . here's what the spokesperson replied. don't get even worse in

a situation is due to 3 things, the absolute nihilism. that is people failure to comply with restrictions, the low vaccination rate and the slide nature of the virus. in the meantime, the existing anti cove measures in the russian capital have been extended till the end of june, namely, the closure of bars, restaurants, and clubs. during the night and also a 3rd of staff members being required to work from home. in addition to that, the moscow mayor's office has also bad mass gatherings of over 1000 people. besides this dance floors and football fans, those will also have to be shut down for now. once again, i'd like to point out that so far, these are the measures that have been announced for the washing capital. this isn't on a federal level just yet, but we have received a warning from the authorities that all of this could be extended to other regions of russia if that is required. so this is a possibility in the near future as well. a region of

a central italy wants to allow tours to have received the russian sputnik v. copay, shot to come and visit the motto, k province. as urging the government to open up the entire country to such travelers. and we heard from the local counselor who actually came up with the idea most everyone knows the effectiveness of scrutiny on neighbor san marino who is vaccinated with nick. but we are not even supposed to allow citizens of san marino to into italy. now, our region tends to open up to continue welcoming russians and we want to maintain relations with russia. we are friends with russia, and we want to continue business in the tourism sector, russian citizens and tourists, even if the vaccinated cannot come to italy. and this is called tremendous economic loss because italy attracts the loss of russian tourists each year. when it comes a week after the european parliament gave final approval to the new digital certificate scheme for covert 19 and includes date her on pcr tests,

antibodies and vaccination, but only for shots approved by the european medicines agency. so far, the regulator has approved for vaccines for those do not include the russian chinese or indian ones, a jacoby rossi again. so it's, it's become a highly politicized arrest. you know, make sure no, they, in my opinion, this decision is caused by political reasons and russia phobia. these are not medical reasons because the only student works and therefore it is probably a continuation of european union's policy towards the russian federation. i have absolutely no fear that we are protecting the interests of mar k. the too often protects the conflict with the interests european citizens. we, a european citizen is what we are primarily residents of them are k. and so we serve our interests, especially in such absurd situations. like the one we're talking about. england's lockdown has been extended by 4 weeks beyond the june 21st target date

after our surgeon case numbers. and the british prime minister has defended the move, saying, opening up now would cost lives 4 week delay. we think we've made even more of a difference in reducing the overall number of, of deaths and that's why we're, that's why we're doing it. and at the end of that period of, by, by july, the 19th, we do think that we would have built up a very considerable wall of immunity around the whole of the population. the fight was sending a threat until lockdown protests as rallied near downing street in london on monday chanting. shame on you on demanding freedom is what some other people that british capital told us that everyone to do that bit. stay in those 6 months from one to be really positive and gets backseat speculated.

and then to be told that you know, 4 weeks of things, not being no being i've been it is it is very frustrating. it to i like to come out . there's plenty of pen is now social distance ending going out and taking it further. thank you. a great idea to try and get them get more people. i don't agree with closing for the 4 weeks. so delaying everything because maybe they could have done something before lights trying not to open too quick to people teaching inside because no one knew about the dent in so no one knew hide could be. there are lots of people with businesses and things like that that have been a really struggle and actually, especially in the country just sometimes there are some of the top stories from the day and from the week care on the weekly and a new program for you in about half an hour's time here, what are.