me the headline stories today. shocking revelations by bull gary as health minister does. he admits cobra vaccination failures of golf, the country almost 10000 live russian ugly stuff that took your lympics, keep seeing gold, its left western media police increasingly seeing read the question. the team is right to be there. pot choose up chemical waste, contaminated soil, and toxic and missions. and environmental specially outlines the potential dangers of this week's deadly plus intern from a chemical point of view. it is really possible to imagine a huge catastrophe. and when all the inhabitants do not know what they might be

exposed to, ah, around the clock across the world, this is been used round up an rti pleasure to have your company. i mean, in the bulgarian health minister has admitted the multiple failures in touching the cobit pandemic in the country has had disastrous consequences in what can only be described as a startling revelation. he said, nearly 10000 lives could have been saved if the occupation campaign had been organized properly. buccheri a sacrifice in the older generation. we did not give priority to people over 60 and people with serious illnesses were immunized smelly john inactive people for 5 months. and the most vulnerable groups were abandon, indeed for out of every 5 cobit debts in the country were among elderly people.

other failures cited by the minister include per logistics and errors regarding the vaccine procurement. the government prioritized astrazeneca job over other vaccines . and the british companies own distribution problems also meant a slow, real life in bulgaria. the oversights left sophia, among the worst hit by the pandemic, globally, with the 9th highest cobit mortality rates in the country. now, let me tell you, but germany, where there has been a more successful vaccine, right? the question know there is whether that should mean more freedoms for those immunize, politicians are deeply divided on the mater or europe correspond. peter, all of our has been looking at how the issue is splitting society. now that more than half of the german population have been fully vaccinated against coven? 19 the debate amongst politicians has moved on to whether that vaccination should entitle people to move freedoms. the president of the bond, the stag,

things that should, i do not see any constitutional issues for differentiating between those who have been tested on the one hand and those who have recovered or been vaccinated on the other. since the risk of vaccination is extremely low, according to current data, not everyone is convinced of the constitutional fairness of such a device of move. so the german justice minister doesn't think it's right to split society down the lines of the vaccine. and the facts cannot, should stick to the principle that those who have been vaccinated recovered or have a negative covered test should retain all their freedoms. the justice minister is against mandatory vaccination. but those believe that everybody who can get a job should get one. the result was in german politics slow who think that the governments and politicians should have no sake. and who gets the vaccination at all. it's not the role of the state to eliminate all risks to live. this encroachment would be on constitutional and would clearly contradict defined

a mental idea of freedom and our basic law. those who support freedom passes. say people that have have the job shouldn't be held back by those that haven't, but they still a healthy sized opposition. again forcing anyone to take a vaccination, walk in the state imposed on the individual. my red line is my body by decided on that last that the last word is up to me. the state must not exceed that with an election just 8 weeks away. and some potentially very tricky coalition talks on the horizon, right, so the vaccinated could well end up being a stumbling block to the formation of the next government. peter, all of her all see in cologne, germany, and meet current, coven travel restrictions. the british mother of a child with severe autism spoken of her outreach, being forced to isolate in a quarantine hotel where her son then went into melting. we'll have more in that story later in the program.

russian athletes are continuing their impressive metal whole. that took us games, reaching double figures in gold medals this friday. it means that rational limpid committee team set forth in the overall table. but as starsky, taylor explains, you'd be hard pressed to find many saluting their success. they're day in day out. the press tries to not rush and athletes from the gold, silver, and bronze pettus tools they fought for, and one r a c rank thought in overall metals so far, which in case you missed the memo, is no cause for celebration. beautiful music. and although window dressing such as calling itself the russian, the limbic committee to suggest an appearance of neutrality, cannot mask the stench of corruption. and the peace meant yes, allowing russians to compete in poco despite a full year bond for an alleged doping scheme have caused

a real sting even though only a reduced number of asking for that. and that competing as new trolls meaning they don't get a flag. they didn't get an uncertain unofficially, not from russia, but from the r c. what they do still get though are respectful sports related questions from on bias john, unless other russian olympic team athletes carrying the stigma of cheated in these games after the scandal. and how do you feel about it? first time in my life, i'm not going to answer a question. you should be embarrassed if itself, i think you should wire him from the olympics. i don't want to see him again. though to the journalists credit, he did manage to hide his disappointment better than most of his colleagues, disappointment. but despite having punished russia's athletes to the maximum, you still just can't miss them. the

the the i received some time been completely backfired. it certainly didn't keep the russians out, and it certainly didn't shame russia were putting, has used the band to pump up nationalistic bride because the russian couldn't only be proud of his compact. chris went on the greatest international sporting stage. if putin tells him to be one of the same one, it seems that some must be found, the r o c, a convenient scapegoat for that own shame and failure to take home a when seen the crew who shouldn't even be here. walk away with the silver is a nasty feeling really disappointing overall, and i feel for the other f as in the, a final. so that's what good sportsmanship looks like. and what must make it all the more frustrating is that these r o c f needs managed to steal those metals,

even when they're not in peak condition. even count in a recent on a can least, the russian limbic committee climb to the top of the metal podium, tears flow, enduring tchaikovsky, no doubt about that. the band to keep those russians out didn't walk. because despite being stripped about them, the flag that country's name and any fireplace support, they'll still be heading home with some pretty heavy hand luggage. unfortunately, the, the olympics has been politicized very much. you know, it's not new. there's always been a national as component to it, but of course the olympic games charter calls for bringing countries together and in its intention is to to promote peace. we need to resist the, the nationalist forces that are trying to politicize and polarize the anti doping

situation. and the international sport situation, i think it will be a very good thing when russia is fully reinstated and can participate. we can see the russian flag and the russian national anthem. it's really a shame that the situation is continuing as it is, but hopefully we can get beyond this before too much longer. actually, lots of great related articles online few, including the claims of a u. s. swimmer the, the 200 meter box stroke final number of hours. again, go code probably wasn't clean because the russian leave left him reeling for the top spot r t dot com has you covered for ah, the curtain will only just have fallen on the tokyo games before it opens again on the par lympics team or see final preparations, they are well underway, journalist and part of lead, dimitri ignite of went along to get

a taste of one of the toughest disciplines, park condo. hi everyone, me what you get diary about the preparations for the upcoming paralympics in tokyo, which will kick off students. and today we're at the pero minova sports center. he's to train people without any disability, but now you have a whole army of power athletes that like that very cool. i read about you why was literally crying. it's something unimaginable. your mother left you when you were born and later your adopted. right? yes, i was in the 5th grade when i was bullied. go with my backpack. i said to her, what are you doing? i'll tell my mother and she replied, you don't have a real mom. you are adopted. it was painful to hear that. but then i made up my mind and decided to be strong. there is only one parlin pick combat sports. many people have no concepts of how disabled people can fight, but they can do it here. they fight with are protected as much as possible. have a mouth guard and helmet with

a face show. we also have hand and growing protection, as well as an electronic chest protected lex pads, and electronic footwear food for the, tell us more about the electronics. what do they do? is it like in fencing where it lights up when someone hits you? yes, we have an electronic chest protector with sensors only, as well as an electron exhaust with 12 senses. you get points if you hit the sensor . so you can receive even more points if you land a spinning kick. i was the, when a determined by the number of points. so the number of points is equal to the number of blows, the more points you get, the higher your place. yes, each tried last 2 minutes. not 3 rounds with one minute break. taekwondo is rapid. it's not only about fighting, it's about. thank you. everyone has reached such a high level to get to the limit that you can't just fight. you have to think about what your opponent is doing. so it's a bit like playing chess. yes, you should be quicker than your opponent. dog. she's blows. there are people who

got enormous fortitude. there are people who have nothing to lose. they stood find a job. they struggle their entire life. that's why they throw themselves into sports. people normally retire from taekwondo the age of 30, but disabled people sometimes go until they're 40. i don't think the top harlem pins are disabled because they could easily take on any one. the wildfires fun by strong winds continue to rick devastation across southern turkey, 3 people helping killed and dozens more left needing hospital of treatment for burns, a coastal town on 18 nearby villages and districts have been evacuated, hotels in the popular tourist region of also now i started moving guests to safety . officials have called the situation

a national disaster and also launching an investigation into suspicions. the fires were the result of our son in law specialists, russian plains have been sent to help the fire fighting efforts. we got more information from the sea. there were a big part sources defects notice looming in that location, hold each miller. so then the more cover all their own. and they start educating people where in the nearby said, because the people here read it threats about cultural tradition and they've got to pick the controls. tuesday's explosions, a chemical plant in labor, cruise in germany, left 5 people dead while 2 are still missing and the locals in the area are coming

across pieces of chemical waste form from suit that was created by the smoke released in the instant the blast on the aftermath has caused green paste this on the alert. you like us to nation is very difficult from a chemical point of view. it is really possible to imagine a huge catastrophe. we haven't found for the incineration of hazardous waste. that is precisely those substances that for obvious, reasons, should not enter the environment. they're collected and burned, and it is such a plan that has no stuff, it's an explosion. it was these substances which should not be in the environment. the 3 axes, with each other, burned up and spread in these clouds of gases throughout the region. and we know that the inhabitants did not know what they might be exposed to. one more than 5 fellers and chemicals were manufactured up the sites including mytrasia and compounds, which are notably used for the production of explosives. the plant mix, petro on silicon chemicals as well, while contaminated,

hazardous waste is also handled there. this me are currently being monitored after 2nd block in the clouds building from the side for almost 4 hours after the locals remain. show what happened. i didn't go out yesterday. we weren't supposed to, but i must say that today i felt like a small the cigarette. it's still really smells here today. it did in our apartment this morning as well. i don't know whether it's dangerous or not, but i'm a bit scared. we have grandchildren, we often go to the playground with and we probably wouldn't do it over the next few days because we don't know yet how the brain has been affected by the smoke. if they're saying we shouldn't need fruits of food or anything from our garden, then there must be something wrong. and i just hope it's not real serious, unusual food. this is one of the largest chemical parts in europe, employing $30000.00 workers at the time of the blast,

locals were told to stay inside and close a whole windows. the green piece expert we spoke to the police people aren't being told enough about the potential danger uncertainty to rain. people wrote to me asking whether they can go out in the gardens and whether we will take more samples. and this worries me, most of all the people remain the talk and this is not only the force of the enterprise. after all, the main problem is that no one knows what substances have reacted and what actually happened. and here the main question arises, isn't of an acceptable to place this as it were a powder keg near large settlements? 11 16 am here in moscow. still to come. 8 curious french president take some read jumping, coming. the poster boy of a french billboard odor. who depicted him, hitler more dots after this short break news?

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the 1st meeting in anchorage alaska was an embarrassing failure for secretary of state, blinking at the 2nd meeting. the chinese presented the americans with a set of demand. they would seem to stage a set for real negotiations, and not just the roof ah, being locked in a hotel room for cobit quarantine for days would try many people's patients. but imagine how much harder it would be if you were looking after a child with learning difficulties. that was the reality for, for him. rockman here is 9 year old son has severe autism. he the full melton on the 4th day of their isolation. the british authorities had refused to grunt for hannah quarantine exemption. she shared her frustrations with us. on d for i l, you just know you don't know what struck or what heaters will cause a cell note. i tried my day to get all the things home cooked meals and things so

it can well be said that the trigger basis is more even though it has no football game for 4 days. so i know that, you know, been all room for 11 days with no access to the world and more so it would have been a routine being stuck in a hotel room for 20, for some usable for have travel to pakistan with her 2 children back in march to care for her l mother. while she was there, the country was added to the case travel red list. that meant the family was required to isolate for 10 days in a government monday to quarantine hotel upon arrival, back in the u. k. following her sons melton, she was allowed to leave the hotel and complete her quarantine at home. when the government insist that the measures in place are to keep everyone safe and that recognizes the impact the rule. solving many people for rockman, however, is still confused. why she and her children weren't at large quarantine at home in

the 1st place, given the circumstances to research on the government said you can apply for an exemption on terms of medical basis. so while i was applying for was, gave me the commission to con jean and the house. we're, we're going to go ok corner case prior to getting on the plane. we were going to come back and get the case. so for me it was like, so can they take all the precautions not to make sure that we don't pass on if we do have obviously divided so we would just take over. so what i was asking was just one quote and she'd rather than a hotel quoting, teach for just being more on the c feasible for danielle and spell that whom the french president has launch legal action against the owner of hundreds of billboards who stuck up posters depicting him as it often that's despite manual mcroy and being a staunch defender of free speech repeatedly evolving over the years that you can

say and show anything in front your house in libya, the blasphemy there is also in france, the freedom to bless fee which is attached to the freedom of conscience from where a stand i'm here to protect all these freedoms. so it's not up to me to qualify the choices of journalists. i can only say that in france, we can criticize government presidents to be blasphemous, etc. it has to be friendship to defend the right to make people love the freedom to mock and to really kill to caricature which will tear claimed was the source of all the others when he gets you will not give up caricatures, drawings, even the father's retreat. but it seems the hitler, the board was no laughing matter for the president who's now suing the man behind the poster, seize. he's been summoned to appear on his local police station on his slums. mister macross, for park, prosy in macros. land making fun of the prophets,

rear is satire, but to make fun of the president as a dictator is blasphemy, time and time again during his presidency manual, my court has defended freedom of expression. he, in france, presume, is also enshrined in the declaration of the rights of man and build the citizen. so that does have limits whether or not they extend to the some billboard, depicting mach cool as hitler is another matter. it was erected as part of protection against the cook, with $900.00 restrictions in placing problems, but it's picked his anger so much so he's now steering its creator misha, owens flow. ve who defends that billboard says it's not necessarily a comparison with the not the leader. you see hitler, but you can see stolen or i can see charlie chaplin in the dictator. now, when satirical magazine, surely i republish controversial cartoons all of them was in profit,

lofty court and defended. right to do so. that fresh publication, those sparked all fits the chain reaction leading finely to the heading of a shot. so by taking out a billboard, is it the case of coal and having double found the my story from microphone know because when it comes to making characters of our profit mohammed, it does not pose a problem for anyone. when it concerns him, it poses a problem. so it's a case of dual standards and that's wrong. well that's he should do what he did for surely abdur and defend freedom of expression. we oh yes, i understand that he feels offended when compared to hitler is nothing to be proud of. so i can understand that he is offended, but on the other hand, defends a certain freedom of expression. it's a little paradise to go to plumbing. some of the tree,

vaccinations and health policies have triggered to protests in france. now, some demonstrators come head, the country to dictatorship, but it seems that my cool, it's these billboards which all simply love to. so how do people have feel about this comparison? is michael, right to take action? or should he to take a leaf out of book and accept such caricature, that part of being the head of faith once yes, he was upset because it concerns him personally. but when it concerns millions of muslim to a french who work in pay the taxes, then there is no one to defend them. i understand that he feels offended because he doesn't have a great image. so ben, compared to him as of this and not very pleasant. yes, there is freedom of expression, but i think this goes a bit saw he should pull himself together because it's a caricature. the guy just wants to make fun of him and shouldn't really offend

here. remains a fairly negative figure, but he's still part of history. admittedly, it's understandable that he's not flattered, but he should take it on the chin being a public political figure. what does he expect? i think he has a bigger fish to fry, deal with hell the 1st time that an image has been published, showing that comb with a likeness to hitler back in 2018, the french daily and youth. this is a cover photo on its weekly magazine, so that feeds provoke, sharp criticism at the time, the paper said that it wasn't intended to do that, and all was hunky dory. and well citizens in france enjoyed the right to insult the president. mark, cool, just as an we citizen is protected him, so from insults on public defamation. now it's a billboard. so you will see of such he could spend up to

a new imprison as well as being struck with a fine of up to 45000 euros, but perhaps by suing the billboards creator, macaroni is actually being counter productive in the fact that he is warring even more attention to it. so let me be ski r t. paris. on the french human rights container we talked to believes the country to, let's make up their own roof. we saw him everywhere, according serve in the morning. brazing surely do for they are cartoons and in the afternoon the afternoon, a scalding when a french drug needs to for doing his job that jordan is. and now we see this reaction for many what about course, so not which is beyond double standards in front. it has never been about done with expression for a said because freedom of expression would be universal to every one. it is only above protecting the privilege of expression of the image, which means as long as you are on the dominant, decide, you know,

everybody cares the, for the black, the, you know, the, the arab, to move the women, etc. but once you mix the and of the fall where he plays the presence and so now you are facing prosecution. yes, he has a right to argue with other appraisers. he's so he should be the person who guarantee that everybody has a wide expression. he's a president if will be above the government forces enough. tell us down have moment to wrestle by control of a key northern district from the taliban. the retreating militants left behind a trail of destruction. locals helping describing some of the damage inflicted on their old my, and they planted mines here and over there, the attached large amounts of explosive and blew up all the buildings around here. and i'm moving into, i couldn't see the taliban stole all our things, windows and the doors. they took away all the usable materials and left behind only destruction. the telephone conquered huge swedes of the bulk province a month ago,

including here the district of cow dar. with the withdrawal of us troops from the country under way. the terra group has been filling the void, securing more territory in the past 2 months. then in the last 2 decades, it now has a dominant presence in many provinces across the country, including in a number of keys. there's also been repeated attacks on the power grid and the capital capital. the most recent took place just days ago and resulted in a massive black out in the city with workers still struggling really to restore electricity across not area local journalist below. so worry, filed this report was much of problem cell does not have the regular power that is should have, this is because of regular fighting on the highway in northern. i find a son from where these power balloons and infrastructures comments imported

electricity from the gym. son and his son, but we've also seen deliberate attacks, away explosives have been placed and these power towers continue to be blowing up the countries power provider, the national power provider. it's trying to do its best. it's even lost its workers as they have tried to restore power, but it's just not power. it's either the infrastructure, you know, buildings, bridges, or church schools clinics. they've all been targeted. just a quick reminder, a fresh update, lively discussion, always to be found in r t dot com, keeping you in the know this friday bye for me . the in the

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