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[000:00:00;00] a top story tonight, the origin of the new cobra strain all microns. now under question, as dutch health official say it was detected in the netherlands before it was reported in south africa, covenant we speak to a w, h, o representative in russia. you don't have to get me on the largest the 9, which is telling us that this is a more deadly virus. there is no place for panic, but there is place for preparedness, propulsion, and action. nursing unions mean time from 28 countries demand a suspension of co vaccine peyton's so that poorer countries can legally produce them. they say such jobs have been unfairly haunted. in
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a moment by wealthier nation, we will be forced to create similar sites as a reaction to those who threaten us in this way. and we can do it now because we have successfully tested a hypersonic miss solomon. but even a potent saying rush has developed a powerful new hypersonic missile in response to panic and statement ramping up. tensions with moscow and growing fear is over, twitter is future tonight as a beacon of free speech is the online john gets a new boss known for coming out against freedom of expression and the 1st amendment . ah, welcome to the program life from ortiz world news age q. it's kevin, over here with you for the next 30 minutes with the our latest a lot. talk about to about developing story 1st. the origins and timing of this latest cove, it varied or in question tonight,
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after dutch health officials say that henri crohn was detected in the netherlands before it was reported in south africa. it's sudden clear so far. if the infected people that talking about had actually visited africa and how exactly this new variant appeared in the netherlands. but it could also mean there are many more cases around the world. i got the latest from correspondence, peter all over on the europe side of it. i'm starting with paul asleep in south africa. this announcement and the new information that's coming forward is leaving well. come to you here in south africa because on the saw people falling in the south african variance and they would say, no, it's not the same. it's all fine to expert advance that they were able to get up to, to be honest, not reported to the world, hopefully the migration and very much the feeling here in south africa for the last few days following the travel band. i'd be happy to have actually left by the speakers all concerning what we have is that in fiction here in south africa
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have morning. suppose in recent days, the last official figures who have sundays when they were 2800 new cases and the compared with the 500 april basically at the hospital finishing that they expect a lot of pressure in the next 2 to 3 weeks. and they also expect moving team panels and new cases by the, in the, at the same time, you still have thousands of south african international ban for 70. though the latest information you have is that the british airways should be operated again tomorrow. but now it says that immigrants has said that the situation with south africa is it's a wave. and the ration on the ground, despite the discovery we have in addition to the discovery of this new strain, still the name, very worrying. how has europe responded to this new strain, especially cause for this news that actually it could have been around a few days,
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maybe up to 11 days earlier. if this news is coming in this from the netherlands is to be believed anglo american and the well most likely successor all of sholtes as chancellor will be discussing with the health ministers from germany. 16 states what they're going to do for a national tactic to tackle the current outbreak of cove at 19 may well be something about when schools can be closed. also something about curfews as well. be paying close attention to it. however, some of the regional leaders in germany, a saying action needs to be taken immediately to protect our healthcare system. we unfortunately have to shut down the whole country on uneven strips of basis. a federal emergency break must be decided this week. one country that's already in the middle of a lockdown is austria. that's going to run through until at least the end of this week. it could well be extended until the 13th of december. and we've been finding out
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a little bit more from the austrian government about their proposal that they're going to him, make it mandatory for people to have vaccines from the 1st of february. and anybody who doesn't go for a vaccine could be eligible for a fine of just over 3000 euro, or spend 4 weeks in jail. we are seeing cases, almost all over the country, all over the continent. we're looking at at present in spain, portugal check republic, italy, belgium, and the netherlands. as i mentioned, frances, looking into 2, at least 2 suspected cases there. and what we're hearing from ursula on the line, the a you commission president, is that more action needs to be taken to try and tackle this new variant here. now, in a race against time, the scientists and manufacture need 2 to 3 weeks to have a full picture about the quality of the mutations of this army chron variant. while staying in europe moving outside of the european union,
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the night in the united kingdom, england has re introduced the wearing of face masks on public transport and in shops as, as a legal requirement. it had been voluntary since the summer and ministers for health there is saying it's because of this new variant and uncertainty over how it may affect people. we're trying to get that balance and propose sion and, and it is difficult because it's unknown. so we need to buy some time so our scientists can work with the world's leading scientists to just basically. so think about what they're in. we know it's very transmissible by looking at that the year . but we don't know, you know, whether it work with the vaccine vaccine, whack or the other treatments, etc. so the scientists do need some time for that. well, that's how it looks across europe right now would be keeping a keen eye to see on what news develops either with from the netherlands with regards to the announcement that this omicron variant may have been present here for much longer. also watching what's going to come out from here in berlin, where anglo merkel,
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the german chancellor meeting with regional leaders as they try to establish a new national protocol for it. when it comes to trying to tackle these covert outbreak. your teams across his, for your well nations and allow applying their own new measures to tackle the spread of the virus as they think fit australia along with european countries. a suspended flight to him from south africa, a neighboring states, while others of bad, every body except their own nationals, arriving from south africa some countries to namely, particularly israel and japan. i've gone a step further and opposed a complete band for a while. japan's prime minister saying it is crucial to avoid a worst case scenario as he put it. while studies continue into the strain, many seem to back the government stands to there was a she now come on. i am from a rural area and i am very worried doing. my wife is also very worried. wondering what tokyo residence to thinking about the new variant just for the you know, so i feel relief now that prime minister kasheila announced very strict border
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measures. it have to feel it. i think it was good that she, that of the border measures there swiftly and on top of that i want team to prepare well for things like hospital beds and similar issues. i'm scared because oil people like us are lit to relax now. to criminals is for sure. it's better not to allow people who might be infected to enter japan because the situation in japan is pretty stable. now. it's initial feeling. right now, scientists are rushing then to try to adapt existing vaccines to fight the new stray, which has yet to be fully studied, could be 2 or 3 weeks before they get a better handle on it. as the hold health organization that says it potentially poses a very high risk globally just earlier spoked. so little one event shay, representative of the w h o. here in russia. if there is something new, a new cluster or a cluster related to travel or something else, then genetic sequencing will give us the answer. unfortunately, you know,
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to jeanette requires that need more time than a p c or a manager test. but for the moment there, no such, i would say information available when a mutation shows a number of i would say change is a number of mutations that we can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, the buyer at the very end has mutations. many more mutations on the pipe dropping it is actually the needle that the virus is using to get into the salad to make us infected. to actually post infections will spread further. and this is why because it has many more and other viruses are the variance. it has the media to come into concert. so i think has scientific knowledge, but we don't have them, you know, all the logic, but not a huge. it's telling us at the moment that this is a more deadly virus. what we know from south africa is that many young people and
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this is where the cluster was detected. and we do know that callie's been young. people is lighter. we do not have reports at the moment that it is causing more severe disease or that it is more lethal. this is not something that you should speculate all. we really need a bit more time. and this is why we have said that there is no place for planning, but there is place for preparedness, proportion, and action. meanwhile, amid the spread over the covert strain, vaccine supplies were in the spotlight nursing union for 28 countries. want to get rid of peyton's for corona virus jobs, so they can be legally made by any qualified manufacturer. the group seeking backing from the un saying the poorer countries lack the shells because they're being haunted by the wealthy countries where they produce, it says the vaccine and balance could lead to even more death. the direct consequences of the failure to distribute vaccines and treatments equitably to the vast majority of people of low and moderate income countries could likely fir the
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transmission of coven 19 further mast illness, and large numbers of fatalities in those countries. they should be reason enough to address the crisis of global vaccine apartheid. well, with on the cross spreading, the united kingdom is back in the spotlight for its handling of the pandemic. this time is nurses unions in 28 different countries are accusing. richard nations of essentially costing lives worldwide and even of creating a vaccine apartheid system. now essentially, what they're doing is taking their complaint directly to the united nations. basically, this is all about many rich countries, including the u. k and the e u. they're refusing to barge on rules, particularly regarding intellectual property rights for rich and nations. have secured 7000000000 doses of the vaccine in comparison to the low income nation's only having around 300000000 doses. now these nurses unions are really accusing
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rich nations of violating patient rights. instead of supporting this waiver. certain governments are protecting the prophets of big pharmaceutical companies at the expense of public health. these countries have violated our rights and the rights of our patients and cause the loss of countless lives of nurses, another caregivers, and those we have cared for. well, nurses unions in 20 different countries have now filed an appeal with the united nation, saying that the global gap between rich and poor is only exacerbated with the pandemic, and is now becoming blindly obvious. not only that, what they argue is that the transmission of cov, it in developing nations, increases the risks of new variance emerging. now, a waiver on all of these provisions for vaccines would then allow them to be made more widely and then distributed more widely as well. it would improved the global distribution of the vaccines. now, even the world health organization has weighed in to this debate, saying that there needs to be a cap on how much of
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a country is vaccinated. no more vaccines should go to countries that have already boxing aided more than 40 percent of their population. until kovacs has the vaccines. it needs to help other countries get that to. well, the pandemic slogan has long been. no one is safe till everybody is safe. but really and truly it doesn't seem to be the case for many people arguing against the pharmaceutical companies that arguably operating profit before public health. and while there has been a global kovacs initiative, have these global initiatives really be in that successful, almost 2 years on now? from the beginning of the pandemic, and arguably, we're back in the eye of the storm. the feeling really is now that these rich countries are arguably having quite a selfish mindset and if they continue to do so well, we just go round and round in circles and go back to square one with these new
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variance emerging. also new in the south to new blood image pollutants and as rush has developed a powerful new hypersonic weapon, as he responded to a pentagon statement, escalating tensions of the kremlin or t corresponded roman cosser of gave me the latest on it while answering questions from the participants of the russia calling economic of forum. vladimir putin, a question, nato's potential weapons placement in eastern europe. and he warned of the consequences that may follow. i in particular, he wondered if natal missiles could reach the russian capital in about 5 minutes, then the what reaction do they expect from the kremlin? now, russian president followed up by saying that the country will soon have mock 9 hypersonic weapons and he did so in response to a, one of the questions about this so called red lines in ukraine and natal steps that
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led to the current tensions between moscow and the western military alliance, and you, if miss al sites appear on the territory of ukraine than the flight time of missiles to moscow will be 7 to 10 minutes. and the case of hypersonic weapons 5 minutes. imagine that. and what else can we do? we will be forced to create similar sites as a reaction to those who threaten us in this way. and we can do it now because we have successfully tested a hypersonic missile. and at the beginning of the year, we already have new c based missiles and service, which can travel at speeds to mach 9. the flight time for these missiles will also be 5 minutes. why are we doing all this? creating such threats for us is the red line, but i hope it doesn't come to that. i hope that common sense and the joint responsibility for all countries. and for the while community will prevail, go water. the so called a russian aggression seems to be dominating the hearts and minds of western politicians and subsequently the people as well. now,
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media headlines claim that ukraine is bracing for an imminent attack. well, the u. s. sends and nato officials are pushing the agenda even further saying that russia will face consequences once it's at once. it affects ukraine. now, this is just a, one of their statements. let's have a listen. global posture of u strengthens to combat credible deterrent against russian aggression. in europe and enables nato forces to operate more effectively. we continue to watch with great concern movements by russian military units and near the ukraine border. i obviously can't speak to their but their intentions, but we continue to believe that any escal atoria aggressive actions would be a great concern not only to the united states and on, but hello to our allies and partners there on the european continent. meanwhile, russian defense ministry continues to record nato forces, movements and near its borders. now those includes at entries of michelle equipped
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worships flights of american strategic warplanes that had become more and more frequent. recently, also large scale exercises including unscheduled ones, are being conducted. moscow also says that the united states rehearsed nuclear strikes against russia in november. now, the pentagon responded to that by saying that very drills were announced publicly at the time, and that they all of here to international protocols. meanwhile, here are the economic forum already. busy are, and she's there, russian president questions why nato felt the need to expand in eastern europe with it's the anthem missile assist them saying that the relationship was almost idyllic . back in the mid ninety's mex new n moscow's point to the discrepancy of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, say russia hasn't provided and says only alexi the valley case. a credit is
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representative to the p. c. w. the saying is actually western sates, not least germany, where the russian opposition activists was treated last year. that have failed to explain a number of alarming inconsistencies in their accounts of what happened. but the global chemical weapons watchdog insist it's moscow to blame. the russian federation has not provided information sufficient to answer the doubts and concerns raised in the questions submitted by 45 states parties with the russian federation to provide the necessary clarification in accordance with its obligations under the convention. there must be no impunity for those who use chemical weapons. so the o. p. c, w stance is volley appears to have been poisoned in august 2020. you may recall. he fell ill on the moscow by flight from siberia, mistreated in russian hospital before then being moved to berlin care center. germany claims that in the volley almost died from the effects of another agent,
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but the russian doctors who initially treated him, found no poison in his system. let's go live to russia's ambassador to the o. p. c. w. alexander shogun. just let you know at home to my questions are going to be similar, tenuously translated back and forth between us. so thank you for your time today to put some clarity on this controversial story. first off, and what evidence did russia provide to the watch dog and why is the p c w. call and get insufficient? so that's going. but if you will cross, the other concerns states asked russia to the following questions. what steps as the russia undertaken? what's the result? why it's ration not been able to accept the standard conditions
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put forth by the secretary to provide technical assistance. we provided a detailed answers to all of these questions, relying on the pre investigative materials we examined under the witnesses and analyzing biomedical materials and our experts that did not find any trace of phosphor organic compounds in the material of the russian blogger. however, we did in these responses were deemed insufficient. by the way, we gave a detailed replies as to who is responsible for the technical assistance which did not take place. there are no standard procedures. every state asking for technical assistance formulates with their requests themselves. and we
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formulated very clear modalities for cooperation and we only received a formal response. so why was our explanation not accepted, this will be my opinion on. so we give to our west and colleagues yet on the so called concerned group. if they would not be satisfied in the course, we might have said that somebody should get a sneak into siberia and poisons. not only the secret may be with that as if it was wrong. but the idea is, since they are driven by a desire to marginalize in russia, politics and b o, b c, w, and they're not concerned who have the health of the russian blogger. and there are many examples to this effect. i've already mentioned that ok, mrs. sugar, let me kind of flip the question right on its head. that what evidence have western
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states provided for the claim that the volley was poisoned? let's put it back there way. so you only groundless. take the remaining, if you me sadly circulated by the secretariat. that chemical weapons were used on the territory of the russians had ration there was the legit poisoning of a political figure. but this is not corroborated. this is just western states, such as germany, but also france, sweden and the united kingdom in trying to conceal very important information i did, which is needed to finish pre investigation examinations here in russia
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and slip regards to the article 9 of the convention who also have some questions and we are supposed to provide each other assistance on criminal cases. according to the convention of $959.00. b, she filed a numerous assistance request to germany and to from sweden with 0 result was specifically have you asked western nations for that? you've not heard back about what specific questions does russia have that haven't been answered lucian. melissa, you still don't want you to do up also got the rules of owner stood out when i'm good. that says, are also very close to the questions that we put a before the so called concern states only with the if you go and question of miss pat chick i recently acquired as british citizens ships
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who is rumored to have ties with the british intelligence services a 1000000000 was attending a person of only on the plane that will give which it goes by transported it to the live. how you did it come to parts it were. there were traces of a poisonous substance as it had german. a doctors say when i'm on the bottle carried by miss patrick, why have we not been here when you fight at access to the bottle? to learn if it's a piece of hard evidence starting with why our number of our representatives not allowed to talk to miss patricia for more. and the most important question is, why are we not allowed to know the formula of for the chemical substance set to be determined by german experts and are confirmed by french are swedish at
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noon specialists and in the air from o, b, c, w, a chemical laboratories i think here the explanations that they give go far from a satisfactory that the main question that we're asking is how, when and under what circumstances that had happened outside the bounds of the russian federation of an openness. a huge traces of a chemical near the chemical substance were found in his material. and there's no answer to this question yet. and specifically, moscow's been asking for video footage from the german assistance side. you think that's really important and you're worried why berlin isn't providing it. tell us more about this video. you want from germany. that is artificially in historical subject that the organization for the probation of chemical weapons or gus has a procedure called change of custody, which give birth. it means that there is
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a chain of actions that need to be observed to preserve the evidence. this means that o p c, w, experts not to be on the site to collect samples and need to, to accompany them to make sure that nothing happens to these samples. and they need to be present whenever such samples are divided, sealed and sent to all food. yoga robin shall borrow trees. but this procedure has been violated in assyria multiple times. where o p, c, w, experts. don't think about how they acquire these samples. and are they a vile at so many standards of their operation? so as we are responsible state party now built a little bit of the chemical weapons convention the shield. here we are very concerned with the fact that this way with these rules which are
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violated her la chain costume chain of custody is not observed. we have been asking these questions to the secretary since july, but we have not received any response let you know that you with this back to the conclusion that no who such materials, no video materials of sampling with data, they should take linux and no, no videos of no ceiling procedures exist. you have further as silent enters nonresponsive your group. well, this would mean another thing that i need to keep close to violation on the part of were technical secretariat. southern union with o gives rise to more suspicions and doubts as to the narrative of our western partners. okay, mr. alexander, she'll get russia's emvoy to the o. p. c. w. thanks for joining us. live there from the hague. it's a long, complicated, controversial case. thanks for letting us know where you are at your busy man.
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we'll let you get on with the day. all right, now next, just adapt taking his new post as to the c o. paragraph girl is already at the center of controversy with phase of more clamped ends on the social network because of his past remarks about not prioritizing free speech. it goes down of school, this story today i go. what's the worry here then tell us more. well, kevin, essentially as it more often more often and often happens here in this day and age of counsel culture being on the rise. something that rog while said last year came back to haunt him essentially. but then the chief technology officer, he said he put twitter, he put the whole platform above the 1st amendment in the us constitution. have a listen. our role is not to be bought by martin, but i wanted to leave all the conversation focused less on thinking about free speech,
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but thinking about how the dance has changed. so essentially it really indicates the sort of the, the journey the twitter platform has, has crossed during, during its existence because according to prague are guar according to his statement. it does not put his job as to decide who can speak or can not because he said most people can be there on the platform, but their rules, the way he saw it back then was to emphasize who can be heard, which is very, very different. because you know, you can get a, you can, you can put something out there on twitter and get a lot of likes, a lot of shares and reposts or you can, you can be shadow band. what do we know about object dorsey? they are going center number of e mails and tweet. she said to star some of my public, some work, but overall had high praise for the new year. what do we know about him? well indeed we do have some high praise for progress. while we do know he's a 37 years old, his of indian descent and he has been with twitter. he has been with the company since 2011,
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his former chief technology officer. so he's an insider and some pundits and experts actually see that as a downside of him, because obviously jed dorsey had to step down due to you to invest as growing more and more unhappy with his performance. but it's unclear how another inside, who has been with the company and has approved of the company's cause for so long. what sort of change can he bring? because lately twitter has, it hasn't been always like this. even jim doocy and former twitter ceos, they have been pioneering free speech on the platform, but that was before have a list. one of our core values is respect and defend the users voice were the free speech wing of the free speech party. we believe our purpose is to serve the public conversation and that does take a start and sir, i'm freedom of expression and defending freedom of expression as a fundamental human. right?
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