and now it's been one out, my in my name is the he's really air force has struck ground targets in southern lebanon, a dramatic breakdown, and a situation that has been simmering for the last few days. and to cover up or not to debate rages over how effective wearing a medical mask in controlling the spread of chronic virus. sweden drops the requirement before recording 0 new covey cases, while the us says it is crucial to wear one. now, our panel discussion, the conflicting advice they told us to wear the mask and then we won't have locked down. so now we're doing lockdown. it's one of the recent reduction measures. we need to several held protective behavior. ah,

my broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. and we start with our breaking news. this. our, the israeli air force have struck ground targets in southern lebanon. it is the 4th round of strikes in response to what the idea of calls terrorist attacks from its neighbors territory. we can now cross live to correspondent in the area and television, specifically paula fleer. paula, tell us more about the present situation. let's say these really depend forces have concerned that it is conducting strikes in southern lebanon. it is a strikes or targeting areas some way rockets were fight, it is role during the day on wednesday, and that it's also targeting a nother area from way welcome. we're fighting israel previously in a tweet to be is ready to st. also said that it is targeting what caused infrastructure for terrorism. now this is the 4th round of israeli strikes in the

past 24 hours. the initial 3 strikes will alter those 3 rockets were fired from lebanon into northern israel, around in the day on wednesday. now, one of those walk had landed in lebanon while to landed in the territory. one was intercepted by these lady and defense natal defense system. the i and, and another one landed in an empty field. there are no reports of damage or injury on these wally only beneath side, except that if one person in his role has been treated for hysteria, now it did get an early warning that the town of catch, moore know which of home to complete the samples and residents would be targeted and they were fine when sounding to the town. the rockets fell, not far from the town, and the town remains in a state of high alert. from the lebanese side, they have confirmed that in those 1st 3 rounds. so that is prior to the latest

round of israeli strike $92.00 shells were fired at lebanon. it also says that it is opened an investigation into who was behind the filing of the initial walker and his role. however, the idea to go to statement saying that it holds the lebanese government responsible for whatever emanates from liberties territory. it's all does believe that it is palestinian groups that are affiliated with her mother who are responsible for the firing of rocket. at the same time, uni for the united nations intern for 11 on that monitor. the situation between the 2 countries says that it is investigating the incident and following it closely. it has urged both sides to show restraint. and at the same time, as yet the cease fire, of course, will continue to monitor the situation and bring you updates as they develop. all right, you're the person we want to go to when a new situation happens. thanks for that closely or intelligent just showing comes

on a grim anniversary for lebanon. it is exactly one year since a devastating blast at the port of beirut claimed more than $200.00 people's lives . thousands have gathered the capital on the tragic anniversary, holding up pictures of the debt and demanding justice. please fired tear gas at demonstrators during a heated exchange outside of government building after people voice to anger at its failure to specify exactly what triggered the blast and who was responsible. it is believed to have been one of the largest non nuclear explosions in history and a bit of award. and you may find the following videos upsetting the ash human rights group. amnesty international has condemned lebanese officials for quote, shamelessly, obstructing a probe into the black, one of lebanon's oldest hospitals was devastated in the explosion as well as you can see there, a nurse died and a baby was born the very minute of the blast,

one year on the child is reported to be doing well, we go to a nurse on the maternity unit there that fateful day. and she told us that the panic was not an option because there was simply too much to do. and then i was putting my mother in about my day and i do remember my cleaning alone feeling very bad that i did not know if i was okay to be able to be a kid and didn't have an idea what had happened. so i, when i try to move my hands and i was able to, to cite actually i supposed to be you want to be with, where are they if they are okay? so this is what they would up and see when they would. and then

we just went to bed. i had gone because i had the same way i could, i could not go into panic mode. i have to be able to be in, babies were giving me breathing and they did that. and they had to keep going. and the fun i happened to babies the computer in the go, they doing very well. they go away and i'm in contact with the parents. every day they send me pictures and they send me everything. they, how they play, how they feed into. are they doing? they read and the repair work is still ongoing in the port city. however, lebanon's economy is facing huge challenges from a plumbing currency and power outages to shortages of medicine and fuel. because of this most reconstruction work has been funded privately by non governmental organizations. the owner of one that damage to historic property told us that they

have been let down by all sides to the last 3. and my house is a heritage building, but we didn't get any help from unesco or anyone that was the only people who've been helping a one kind strange that god sent to us. and recently one n g o no one else. the government didn't help her to have given us nothing, but faith promises them. i've witness many was i was born in 1944, but i've never seen the situation so bad. everyone keeps saying we've never seen such a crime in so much damage. if there was a war, it would've been easier. at least we could have had the option to escape. at times of war, we were always notified to leave our homes. but this time we were left to die. sweden has marked the last few days with 0 new coven cases, and no more than one death per day over the last 3 weeks. despite the country dropping the mandatory wearing of mask since july. the 1st. and while fears grow about the new, highly contagious delta variance sweetens chief epidemiologist argues more data is

needed before they move against new strengths. it is difficult to say how contagious delta is as when it comes to chicken pox. we have been able to follow that disease for several years. the effectively of delta seems to be very uneven. in some cases, one person effects a 100 people. then we have other occasions where an effective person does not affect anyone at all. other european countries and the u. s. r. however, skeptical about that approach and are maintaining restrictions due to the surge of the delta strain. last week, america's centers for disease control and prevention and warned that there is an urgent need for both those unvaccinated and vaccinated to wear masks. our guests debated the conflicting global guidelines tweeted didn't do any mask band dates, and there's a lot of literature out there that shows that mass don't work. so if the w h wants to let us believe in mass that i would like to see the data that shows that makes a big difference. wearing a mask, reduce the risk of transmitting by 20 percent since she and even

a one find for point to industry. in fact, yes, we should overall reduce the transmission of the virus on my prevent sponsored, the other risk addiction measures that they told us get back soon as we get off the mass. well, we ever got vaccinated and we're still, we're in a mass. so i'm not really sure it with respect to that because they told us to wear the mask and then we won't have locked downs. and now we're doing locked downs, meaning no school or things like that. a lot of countries now are, you know, protesting germany had tremendous protests, australia had protest, francis, tremendous protests. so, you know, we gotta bring the people on cuz it's all about public health. it's selfish not to enter mosque when you should be wearing a mask. and when there's a chance to actually infect somebody else, we need to present powerful images and 2 voices of doors. we need to protect the loved ones, the bone, they're both, and the message should be boxing and protect others. what has happened with the

viruses? it's already gone to the community, and those people who survives, which is the majority, now have antibodies and have heard immunity. it's one of the risk reduction measures. we need to several help protect the behaviors, wash our hands, where mosque keeps social distancing, and the old to do the percentage risk question is, how could be persuade people who now see mosque wearing as a belief choice. the single biggest influence across all reasons for wearing a face mask abused to be the long and active social life is to become a major challenge for unvaccinated new yorkers. as the city's mayor introduces new rules banning them from public activities indoors in an effort to boost inoculations and made a search in cases or to kill them up and went out onto the streets of new york to hear opinions on the move. new york city mayor bill de blasio as announcing

a new strategy for getting people vaccinated for coven. 19 starting in mid august indoor dining and restaurants and working out in gems will be exclusively for those who been inoculated. this is going to be a requirement. the only way to patronize these establishment indoors will be if you're vaccinate at least one dose. i want you to imagine the notion that because someone's actually they can do all the amazing things that are available in the city starting in mid august in order to go work out at the gym or in doors in a restaurant. you'll have to show that you've been vaccinated now, and you'll do that either with an app on your phone or by showing your vaccination card. and beyond that, the new york city mayor didn't go into specifics about how this will be enforced at this point. infection rates in new york city are rising and 59 percent of the population has been vaccinated already. here's what people on the streets of new york had to say about the new restriction. what the mayor and the governor doing is

actually illegal because it violates the federal rules. people who get the vaccine they're showing that they can transmit anyway. a lot of people don't like it got the nubile but i think it would, it would, but it would help us. i think it's a difficult decision that he has to make. but i do think that you're starting to create a divide and separation within, within the community. if you actually do it to protect a new yorker, of course, it's a good idea. obviously it's a good idea. say horrible for the economy. i would say, i don't think it's more seats available. what exactly that policy? american pharmaceutical giants, pfizer and madonna, whose vaccines are approved by the european commission, are reportedly taking a controversial step by hiking their prices for coven vaccines in the u. the u. k. financial times, newspaper reports that a shot of madonna's vaccine is to rise to about $21.00 euros, a 12 percent increase. while fighters is planned to go up to about 19 euros,

a hike of 25 percent over the current price. and now pfizer is raising its vaccine earnings forecast for the year up $8000000000.00 to $33500000000.00. that company also plans to supply 500000000 doses to the u. s. government. so it can dispense them to some of the world's poorest countries. pfizer and the commission are yet to comment on the jump in price beyond the redacted contracts published by the european commission, the content remains confidential. and so we won't be commenting. political analyst nicholas medical venture says the price hike has left him, baffled because in his opinion it goes against all usual business practices. how bizarre is this word and situation today with countries like france, germany, italy, are thinking about making vaccination mandatory. so we should be ordering even more vaccines than just at that moment. major companies like medina and pfizer are increasing their prices were normally if you respect supply and demand,

the prices should go lower. so this is something there's something fishy behind the say here to make a profit. i don't believe that at all. i think that they have to be cautious now because everybody's looking, we're going to be making 3rd over 30000000000 dollars this year alone. why are the increasing the price? i'm not even speaking about the fact that the whole contract between the european union and the company is secret. the fact that they're raising the prices by more than 20 percent, it's something which is definitely not normal. i don't know why. countries today are imposing the vaccine with such a price, increase the profit for is it for the people getting the vaccine or is it for these companies? that's the right question. and go for the savior for getting about or a menace to city pedestrians. electric scooters are dividing opinion for not only being convenient and fast, but also potentially dangerous. we hop on board to find out among our stories after a short break. this is our t international. ah,

they're growing indications. donald trump will indeed make a 3rd run for the presidency in 2024. the former president remains the most favored potential primary candidate within the g o p. but what about the republican party leadership? are they on board? and does trump have a message? would return him to 1600 pennsylvania avenue the okay, let's go to nigeria. here's a country that is suffering from inflation. they have a huge population of 200000000 or more very young people that are already online already on their funds. and the government is not really able to crack down,

let's say, is you could see in china, the van, all those things together. and you have a breakout, you have a breakthrough, you have the big point, standard emerging. and that's so exciting because it means that the world will be born again. it looks like it's going to happen in nigeria. the welcome back to this is rti. international social media users are reeling and what they claim is police brutality against protesters committed at last, sundays, unauthorized berlin demonstration against a tightening of a coven restrictions astounding videos from the protest are now making the rounds on the internet, including this one. the me, the video also caught the eye of the un special rep, a tour on torture,

who has asked eye witnesses to contact him directly. mills, meltzer has declined to comment on the issue saying that he will 1st place an official query with authorities german lawyer andre michael told us that the use of force in the video seems grossly disproportionate. that's what we've seen in this video is quite shocking. at least to me and if you assess it from a legal perspective, you'd ask yourself if there was a threat. but from what it looks, it's just an elderly lady trying to pass by the policeman or the next, during the 10th situation, which justify the police of the throwing the lady to the ground like that. if you look at the standard legal definition of a threat, it didn't look like one of the policemen wasn't being attacked and there was no gross disturbance of the peace and public security that lady just wanted to pass by from a legal perspective of the conduct disproportionate freedom of assembly, the constitutional rights can be restricted. for instance, in a pandemic like the one we're seeing, there may be restrictions,

but they shouldn't be a difference with the people have notified of their rally beforehand or not. they should be able to gather continuously to though that pietro and on own, in the open, in citizens shouldn't be in fear of being subjected to this kind of treatment. when going to protest, berlin police asked to comment on the incident by r t said that they are aware of video and are looking into a suspected case of bodily injury by the officer. they refused to give any further details, citing an ongoing inquiry, rayner vent the chair of the german police union, told us political debate in the country is becoming ever more radicalized adding that police officers are themselves often at the receiving end of violence. the poetry state in the police are at the center of criticism in such deployments. that's something we're used to society is becoming ever more polarized politics to cultivate anything but peaceful conversation have contributed to that. and the police stand right between irreconcilable fronts that are no longer ready to engage

in dialogue and all that doesn't make our police work any easier. i don't hear any other opinions about this colleague say they have been under pressure in these events. a lot of colleagues have been injured and that doesn't make the situation easier. we'd like to see politics being used to calm people down on all sides. a state of wildfires has left behind a trail of devastation in turkey with vast swaths of forest land turned to ashes. thousands of people have been evacuated to safety and the you, russia and other nations have sent additional fire fighting forces to help. the number of deaths rose to 8 on sunday as the bodies of a couple were found in their burned out home. fires have been fed by strong winds and high temperatures. more than 100 blazes have erupted in about 30 provinces across turkey and estimated 100000 heck. tears of land have been burned. 3 people have been killed in a morning rush hour train crash in the czech republic around 150 kilometers west of

the capitol. more than 50 have been injured. 8 of them critically check railway says one of the trains was an international high speed service to germany and the other was a local commuter train. it was thought one of the drivers missed a red signal and then she is an identified man, has threatened to detonate a hand grenade at the entrance of the building that houses the ukrainian cabinet. the facility was evacuated, as special forces moved in, the suspect was eventually detained. but his motive at this point are not yet no they are modern eco friendly, and they are everywhere. we're talking those electric scooters that are getting ever more popular and even faster. they are a great way to get around, but in the wrong hands or faced with a big enough pothole. they might not be that safe for the rider or anyone in their way. more and more accidents are being reported. we took a test drive through 2 very busy cities,

fast convenient and environmentally friendly, e scooters, of massively growing in popularity here in the u. k. over the last few years, the relatively cheap to run and use electricity. so that perfectly invoke with a current focus on renewable energy. although russia is a relatively low lead boomer in the market of shareable electric scooter, this service has spread rapidly across the country where the number of users doubling since the beginning of the pandemic. as more people are being encouraged to use and the virtual means is transferred, it's also become an all time favorite among all kinds of still every company. these quarter is i available for rand, for a number of different smartphone apps and can be found pretty much on average 3 corner. yes, not everyone is so keen on them the british government, his band excuses from public roads saying they can only be used on private land. it

is not currently possible to get appropriate insurance for privately owned e scooters. meaning it is legal to use them on the road or in public spaces. it is legal to use and excuse her, on private land with the permission of the landowner from specific companies on the road. this part protective measures up 220-0000 accidents involving excuses are protected by the end this year. there are also concerns around the impact that uses having on vulnerable people in society. especially the visually impaired leaving me to wonder exactly where london the stand and the question of a, you know, people actually had to go to school because of so far as the driver myself, i think any dangerous, it depends on you know, clued up there didn't nothing there was trouble fall to false and there's no oversight. there's no guidance for these people. they just buy them and,

and they're just allowed to get onto the road in the footway without any guidance, a few weeks back and we just going so fast. and then i think the handle at the top just came off in the middle of the road. the guy just fell off by lucky. there wasn't another call. it could've been a fatal accident. yes. as the number of people whizzing around moscow park pavements gross. so does the number of accidents involving e scooters count. people have died within the past 2 years. many believe that the reason is that e scooters operate in a legal gray area. and it's true. according to the current legislation, a person on an e scooter is a pedestrian, but in reality, this is a person on a fast moving object. the city council has so far responded by introducing the so called flow zones, limiting the speed for rent it extra scooter is to 15 kilometers per hour down from

30 to 40 kilometers per hour. but clearly that's not enough. yeah, i think it's good or are fun, but most go is not will, few to, to damage and there are few places you can write safely, fish and cycling and pretty narrow sidewalk. a do most i can see to the east we do to via mood of draws for that and it's quite dangerous. if so, the near the people who don't have driving license don't lie with the course which can result in local infrastructure is not thought through. scooted, there are no special, but there are lots of in config is okay to write on the side. should you cycling? they should be regulated legislative level. the infrastructure should definitely be modified to suit the traffic lights and special things create the metropolitan police concerned about the use of east goose's in crimes. with the forces figures saying that e scooters were involved in 574 recorded crimes in london, such as robberies or assault between the 1st of july 2020,

and the 30th of april 2021. perhaps the reason why rental services such as this one require you to provide your biometric data including facial recognition in order to hire one. i think what's more important is the safety rather than face recognition . i'm let people use that bank cards like they use a bar 5 to 6, take them out. i think the 1st thing they need to think about is safety. i personally don't think it's necessary. i mean, it's obviously like you said, that's a crime. surely there has cctv and all the information that i think you need to guide your face to use, but otherwise the school applies. you do that with that, but maybe it's unnecessary to get a snapshot, i think will be better for public safety if the had some means of id like credit card, debit card, something like this. i agree with the place because if you've got someone's pitch on information about that person and be quite easy to, to,

to get the people making a menace with regards to the schools. many believe it's the task of police to regulate and control how people use scooters, but in fact, it's more complicated and all sides should be involved. the rental companies, the transport authorities and the users themselves. and while it can take months to work out a proper legislative base for the service, the scooters will continue to zoom along the streets of our big cities. well, at least until winter, for sure. does it for me? i will be back and let's save $33.00 and a half minutes. this is our international certain glad to have ah, ah ah,

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disseminated within the us intelligence community, and worldwide among allies for the next 30 years. and how the victim say they still live with the consequences today. the everybody on john hudson. philly is scotty know you're welcome for the show. it's been a year since that her rhythmic explosion and be rude. that level the pork and stun the world. the grim anniversary was marked by ceremonies and protests with thousands of lebanese marching through the streets of bay rude ones, called the paris of the middle east. now, amid the rebel and debris still scattered and remaining in many of the neighborhoods, devastated by the explosion that killed 214 people, an injured and maimed thousands of others. it was one of the largest non nuclear explosions in history caused by $2750.00 tons of ammonium nitrate improperly stored at the port and ignited by a fire. the explosion was so strong,

tremors were felt throughout the country. and even on the island of cyprus, recent studies report the explosion was the equivalent to up to $1100.00 tons of t and t. around $120.00 at the size of the atomic bomb dropped on the japanese city of hiroshima. in august 1945, the videos are still disturbing to see buildings blown apart. people not to the ground by the blast, concussion unders described how she was able to save several children. have an idea about what has, what has happened. so i, when i try to move my hands and i was able to see who i thought of to be the one to be where, where are they? they are okay. and this is what they put up and the baby see where they would. and then just one of the many survivors stories and certainly stories of heroism. and now year later,

there are still been little to no accountability as the investigation has been stymied by corruption. and the country's political turn over and major questions such as, who ordered the shipment of the chemicals, why they were stored at the port, and why officials continue to ignore all the warnings. those questions remain unanswered. lebanon remains paralyzed by political and economic instability. fuel food and medical shortages are constant. add the ongoing pandemic to the mix, and it's been a disastrous year. anger reigned supreme, crime and murder age continue to climb. people want answers, they want accountability un secretary general antonio terrace, tweeted levon on march 1 year since the devastating bay route explosions last august. the lebanese people are resilient with a med spirit and will, this is a moment to demonstrate solidarity and support their efforts to build 4 together. but lebanon is quickly falling off a precipitous cliff. the.