the part we choose to look for common ground in the we will not allow the opponents of the revolution mercenaries who have sold out to the u. s. government sold out to the empire, receiving money from subversive agencies to provoke destabilization. the q q says washington of inciting mass demonstrations across the country, thousands have taken to the streets, protesting and economic crisis. and what they're calling poor handling of the coven pandemic. reviving the spirit of neo nazis segregation in europe. russia takes a shot at france over coven vaccine, that's after a senior official tells the rest of europe. it should reject jabs offered by moscow . and beijing. starvation will eclipse the devastation of the coven pandemic. that's according to ox fam,

which claims 11 people are dying from hunger around the world. every minute we've got exclusive insight from the charity also ahead. working for the secret services need your drink come, shaken, not stirred. because the coolness gadgets on a for you always get the bad guys spilling the secret. need for more agents. frances, on the lookout for the next james bond, says the country's national intelligence agency launches a recruitment dr. ah, coming to you live from our world news headquarters. in moscow, this is our international. i am your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now cuba, the president, has lashed out at washington, accusing it of whipping up mass protests across the country. thousands have flooded the streets of the caribbean nation, angered by an economic crisis which has,

which has been exacerbated by the pandemic. the entered the anti government movement as being described as the biggest in 30 years. the, the the u. s, which has a decades long economic embargo in place against the island said it fully supports the people's right to protest. the demonstrations come after a tough year for cuba, the hardest. in fact, in the last 3 decades, the economy plunged 11 percent as a result of the co would crisis and washington sanctions. the country said the u. s . embargo cost it 9000000000 dollars last year, making it even more difficult to fight the pandemic. america's been economically

blockading cuba for decades, calling it calling in sanctions tools for democracy keepers president is demanding supporters, go out and defend their country and a correspondent for our sister channel. our t spanish is in nevada, cuba. i'm coming out ministrations in support of the cuban government being held around the country. when i'm you can see national flags, portraits of the historical leader of the cuban revolution. fidel castro, and slogans for him. and president miguel diaz canal. these demonstration some large, other smaller like this one, it taking place not only in havana, but in other parts of cuba. the protest appeared to have been organized on social media present, diaz canal appeared to the country on television. let's listen to an x from his speech. say about i'm a little we are addressing revolutionaries who may have become entangled. addressing cubans who may have some concerns, but we will not allow the opponents of the revolution mercenaries who have sold out to the u. s. government sold out to the empire,

receiving money from subversive agencies to provoke destabilization. and there will be a response from the revolutionaries. and therefore, we call upon all the revolutionaries of the country, all the communists to come out in the places where these provocations are being carried out today. and from now on the demo and noteworthy that american flags could be seen at some demonstrations against the government. many said this was proof of the involvement of the us in organizing such action. many find it all the, even though the u. s. is blockading cuba. people are still waving american flags. despite this, the marches in support of the government took place in different parts of the city . we spoke with several people who came out to defend the government and heard what they think about the protest. but for the lower level, of course improvements are needed. but we'll, we'll do it in a different way, and we will not please the americans imperialist wants nothing good for us and said, it won't be better if they triumph here. that is stabilized, they won't get it,

they will never get it. this is the 3 to fidel wrote, and d. s. can now, since the started the pandemic, cuba has suffered from a serious crisis. not only in health care, but also in economics, a lack of food and an energy crisis due to a breakdown of some power plant. all of according to analyst, has provided fertile ground for the groups, the people organizing protests against the government. while to get more insight into what's going on down in cuba. let's cross live now to political analyst, chris banbury. thanks a lot for joining us, chris. my 1st question for you is basically, how do you think that these us sanctions have impacted cuba? they been the main force behind preventing the country from coping with the panoramic us sciences. have a very direct impact on cuba hopped on, as you said, they've been there for decades, but it's not the impact of the sanctions. what we seen as the panoramic, i really devastated tourism industry in which the big hard currency book folk, uva,

the tourist and we are coming close united states to can come, but many come from canada and europe. but also the crop. this is being particularly cool. this year the panoramic is also causing problems in terms of the vaccination program. it has not been very successful. i'm all about the sanctions impacts and things might equipment need to do harvest things, medical equipment and so on. so a combination of these things i've really, through the cupid economy is the biggest try to experience since the collapse of the soviet union and the coffee tree it had with most go then what chris, as we said earlier in the program, cuba has not seen major protests like these in decades. do you think that the the fact that the castros have left power and that there's a new head of state it might have something to do with it? i think there's a hope that some people want change. i don't thing you have to be on the streets

joining you demonstrations about how many cabin welcome some of the concessions should be made in opening our businesses and so on. the welcome you'll be able to europe, canada, and other countries are in the world. but of course, this is not enough for the americans, and of course we know there are well finance cuban groups in miami, in florida, and i was waiting to exploit any on any on rest. why i think we have to see at the moment these protests so significant, not massive, know that someone in washington and what we're finding some color code to give them proclaim it's a revolution. but it's not that yet. what we need to see how this plays out, what support the government itself can rally on the street in support of the cuban revolution against the blockade of america. i also had that, you know, cubans might be looking around the caribbean, the place why. i'm thinking that actually being a friend and i've,

united states of america doesn't necessarily mean that much of the impact the people's lives. right, well, let's take a pivot right now and take a deeper look at what you know, the u. s. is side of this, i mean, when joe biden came to power, he pledged to reverse some of trump's horse policies towards cuba. but i mean, as for now, we see that no efforts have been made in that direction. what do you think about joe biden statement? do you think he's going to change direction or it's just going to be same old story? i think by there will be very nervous about touching q because as soon as he does, there's going to be a hollow rage from the right if any concessions of what we should remember. the violet administration did restore diplomatic waste the cuba. i'm promised to reach out to remove some of the sanctions. of course, that didn't happen under sean waller presuming. i think by that is a very cautious politician. he's not going to pick a majority in both houses, and he'll be very cautious about the cuban will be seen to be as far as they are

going to be weak when cuba i'm making any concessions to the, to the island. so i suspect that by that is not going to do much or anything at all to help cuba in this womans of need. well, the u. s. describes their sanctions against cuba as quote tools of democracy. but we've already seen catastrophes in venezuela and elsewhere. and we heard from the cuban president the he, you know, he accused these us sanctions of being one of the prime factors behind why cuba has had problems dealing with the panoramic and everything. who do you think is right here? well, how did the set, how do you, what effect do us sanctions have? well, us sanctions, as we've seen in countries like iran and build up to the invasion of iraq, have been devastating the ordinary people. the fact already people get things like medical supplies, you know, we're talking middle pandemic or targeted people because things like equipment to bring in the crops or targeted every point of life in terms of shortages,

etc. and the model ways, of course, essentially regime is what happened in iraq where century the a decade plus expansion was used to stop it up to damage the iraqi economy to we can iraq in preparation for american invasion. know the americans are not going to invade cuba, but the doable directly economy help right, the economy. and they do how that will spot demonstration, the bigger scale even what we're seeing. just note not is the whole, but what we also must remember as well, is that america does not go around the world toppling regimes as it did in iraq, afghanistan, to impose democracy. we're still waiting for that, and i've gotten this done and we're in iraq. so what happens is the cuban regime is broke don't, doesn't necessarily mean it's going to move to farm entry democracy. it could remain a right way as we, you know, as we can see with a contender in venezuela. it could be a right wayne authoritative figure who takes power with the was

a western united states. so it's not necessarily the case. the people who for the workers will be something the americans wants to build on. right, chris, thanks. thank you very much. wish we could talk longer, but we've run out of time. that's political analysts. chris danbury, thanks a lot for joining us. reviving the spirit of neo nazi segregation in europe. that's how russia slammed statements by frances europe minister, who called on fellow e. u. countries not to use vaccines developed in russia and china. we can go franz profess discriminate restatements by tyra and can representative which of the spirit of neo nazi segregation in europe. it is not for the french foreign ministry to dictate the country and people what jeff they should be vaccinated with. obviously, the french foreign ministry. curtain as the country has not been able to develop its own vaccine. we sympathize with francis failure. the vast majority of european countries recognize only these 4 vaccines as the france and only 3 countries are

differently. i regret the grease does this. the words come after the french minister expressed regret over greece, allowing in travellers who received russian or chinese shots. until recently, athens had permitted russian citizens to freely enter if they been vaccinated, and it was announced, a covert test would be required for everyone entering, vaccinated or not. in greece is not the only european country that's given a green light to russia. sputnik jab, a small state of san marino has been using it for months and is now seen almost 0 new cases. the land said medical journal recently published results of a study there, which showed elderly people who received the russian jab, few side effects. now there were also no safety concerns or reported fatalities, and we got reaction from greek politicians. i think that we should avoid the daily course, any kind of vaccine the nationalist vaccine must see the as

a public who in the global and in my understanding the biggest challenge is how to vaccine all citizens. and there was not, there was, you know, just seem to be on campus where we can afford to have, i don't own vaccine in favor of that vaccination to the people in africa. the people in india. exactly because of the damages of law. but we will never be safe if only as the seasons of the let's see, that better off county will be getting into the rest will be left to the funding. i must stress that, let's say that greece was to accept the french position. that would be, that would be a little bit ridiculous from the point of view of that hunger. marian's or having sputnik vaccinations. so we would allow on gary and was put nic vaccination coming into greece. free preview without any,

without any other test discriminating on russians coming in from moscow, we spoke with put nick vaccination, which does make sense and a protest against the killing of a camera man at the hands of anti l. g. b. t activists. a group of reporters has broken into the parliament of the ex soviet republic of georgia. the journalists are reported to have taken the seats of the parliament speaker, and they're demanding a meeting with parliamentarians and for the resignation of the government, comes and made a series of protests by l. g. b, t supporters and their opponents. one camera man was found dead after being beaten by a group of anti l. g. b. t activists, author and russia analyst martin mccauley, says the country is now split in various ways. the it is a country which is profoundly conservative. and therefore, as you b t march,

the pride march was a red rag dro booth. it's a very intense movement indeed because the government was front young, georgia government, jewelry flood jobs. because the very clowns, the rest groups in georgia find it difficult to come together. and stay together and agree compromises. so therefore georgia is split various ways politics about power and the groups which are out of power. want to have and want to reduce those who have power to very, very weak government or very, very weak state. so they can take over politics, he's deeply involved in this is merely about the pride march and g p t. so he's been seized by those who want to the chief power to weaken the government, and become more powerful observances. ahead and hunger pandemic could turn out to be worse than anything coven has dealt the world. that's the

warning from oxfam. it says, 11 people are dying of starvation globally every minute. while 155000000 people are apparently facing crisis levels of food insecurity. the charity is also published a series of harrowing 1st hand accounts of women struggling to feed their children . i come secure a good quality 14 for my children. therefore i feel guilty and i feel that no matter how much i'm trying, i still need to do more. i had to look for solutions. i can go hungry, but the boy cannot. i even dared. i dared allure to go back for food because i couldn't into your hunger. it hurts me. i'm out of videos on what to do with children. i'm not eating properly. and i sometimes feel like i'm not raising them boil enough. most of the time, we have little to nothing treat. i struggle to get my children to sleep at night. they ask for food and i tried to distract them, telling them stories until they're asleep. then i look at them and pray for a better life until i get stolen by sleep. you know, when you think it's like this,

it's always short. and i think we have to understand what that actually means to people on the ground. i mean it's, it's extraordinarily serious with knowing that hunger figures were increasing. we predicted last year the tension going to get was a to see how about it's gotten. i think, yes, this is genuinely shocking. but it, it is happening across the globe called africa where the moment we've seen hunger, i significantly in brazil, india, many of the developing countries. and i think we also need to look at the safety net that, that some of the rich countries have with the poor countries. 3rd off the world's population have no access to social security, no safety net. so when they see a shock like this, there's just no way to recover from oxfam listed climate change armed conflicts. and the economic impact of the corona virus pandemic is the driving forces behind the crisis with locked downs and the closure of borders. and businesses only making matters worse for those are rarely already disadvantaged. but the head of humanitarian policy at oxfam, matthew trust,

god told us there are other factors that play to the number of 1000000000 ads increasing. and we have a situation now where you have 1000000000 as a big thing to be the 1st to go to space where you have millions on us still going hungry and not because of systemic inequality. i think also comes back to back seen inequality. we have to make sure that people are able to get vaccine. so it's not just going to the rich countries because we have to also restart the economies and put a country for me. there are 3 key things we have to dream. firstly on these files and piece the 2nd is we have to stop boring policies from blocking humanitarian 8. we cannot have a situation where parties are using hunger as a weapon of war. and finally, of course, funding funding is crucial. it will get people to help. they need, so i'd say those would be my key 3 things to be done, and then looking more long term have to build a more equal society. still to come in the program battles underway for the future of afghanistan as the u. s. head for the exit to taliban, filling the void and all while

a humanitarian crisis tightens its grip on the country, we'll have a full report just after the short break. ah. join me every 1st day on the alex summon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business and show business. i'll see you then me the ah

me summer solutions where we focus on the solutions. not so much. the problem, stacy, right, we are joined by jeff booth author of the price of tomorrow. ah, welcome back to the program. now fighting is intensifying and f dana stand as the taliban continues to make big territorial gains. officials say that over the weekend, local security forces repelled and assault by the taliban, and a key northern province at its border with 2 tickets then. well, just last week, the groups fighters entered f dana stand 2nd biggest city of kandahar, a pentagon spokesperson said, the u. s. is watching these developments with concern as american troops continue

their rapid withdrawal from the country. the escalating situation is dragging the nation further into a humanitarian crisis with ball calling upon european countries to hold their deportations of afghan migrants for the next 3 months. thousands of f danny's have been forced to abandon their homes as the taliban continues their offensive. i'll village was thrown down by the telephone. there is nothing we can do to tell them capture our home. we have been displaced. we are facing such just a moment. my children live by the road. what should we do? just as a government should help us, our children are hungry and thirsty. our homes are under the control of the taliban and we cannot go there. i lost my cow and a calf my home and all my go to some other and then what i'm suffering your lot. if you can see will live in this tent, even though i have a home i have been displayed. there is a war in our village and the area where i lived is under the control of the taliban

. and 300 channels have been displaced by someone. let's take another look at a nother war torn country that's already been down a similar path to f, ganeth stand that is somalia. us troops arrived there in the late 2 thousands in order to fight terrorism and ended and ended up staying there for nearly 15 years. however, by the time they pulled out at the start of this year, it would be difficult to say that stability had been achieved only this weekend. and an explosion in the capital of mogadishu reportedly killed at least 9 people, an injured 8 others. and was the 2nd major explosion in the city this month. the archibald extremist group claimed responsibility with more on whether a somalian scenario could now be repeated in afghanistan. here's our t corresponded more red gas to malia wasn't a libya or a rock. it wasn't a prosperous nation that the us invaded and left a wreck. it was a poor country to begin with,

made that much poor or by foreign help in the form of bombs and weapons. no somalia is much more like a gun. it's done with insurgents. the extra bob running much of the country, the the don't underestimate the, they're smart, that tough and they're motivated. as bob, according to the b, b, c, collect almost as much in taxes as the government, even government officials pay. i shall bob to be left alone. years and years of us as strikes and grades have failed to stop them. so why not try again?

the united states has been involved in somalia for decades. and it is very involved in africa for longer than that. this is a product of the poor planning in the pentagon. this is the product of the factional, little within the pentagon. it's no secret that at the highest levels of us war planning, that there are different political tendencies. there are different political factions. and so one day, one faction will have the upper hand. and the next day, another fax will have the upper hand. and you see that being played out in east africa, where we were told united states was pulling out of that part of the world. and now it appears there on the way back after 3 decades of unfair, fully and painfully beating its head against the very solid somalian war. the united states is apparently considering another round. last year you may remember

truck pulled most jewish troops out of somalia while they're potentially going back in the us, sending troops back to somalia. are you putting more forces in the hill? how precisely is that you are going to be changing its security posture on the continent? carla, i think you can understand why we wouldn't necessarily detail, but the true movements are forced presence in advance, particularly when we're talking about a counterterrorism threat. there's really no denying that our repositioning, fairly sudden repositioning out of somalia. earlier this year has introduce new layers of risk and complexity to our mission there. many people claim that the u. s. last and i'm gonna start. i would disagree. they went into kiera al qaeda and they leave with a written promise from the taliban. never to let the setup shopping of gas on again . sure, they failed, but the whole nation building thing,

but i'll card is gone. somalia is very different in somalia, the warlords, that rule, much of the country, the actual bob, they're sworn wildcard us, has tried everything. they've tried training somalian stuff, fight sha bob. they've tried bombing the militants, they've paid others to bone. the insurgents sponsored invasions by countries that neighbor somalia. nothing's work. how many decades will the us leave it these stop before come? what may it just gives up a not so secret service. france's main intelligence agency is giving a sneak peak behind its curtains, launching a website to attract new talent. and it turns out that more than half a french people think they could give double. 07, a run for his money as r t is charlotte davinsky reports. it's made out to be one of the coolest job in the world. working for the secret service is not only to drink, come,

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while of pros and dreams. the pe you the french secret service may now be more transparent. if you do show enough promise to be recruited, more than likely the only high life you're going to be doing is watching spine movies from your desk. unless you see empowering more details on your top new stories, you can always check out our website, r t dot com or follow us on twitter. i'll be back with more just about 30 minutes. then the last one i would say wrong. why don't we just don't rule out the thing because the african and engagement.