who live in abolish slavery long ago? ah ah, give us a nightmare scenario. military confrontation has returned to europe. that was the stop warning from rushers top diplomat, the head of a meeting with his u. s. counterpart. adding that moscow would not tolerate the beefing up of nato's presence in neighboring states. asylum seekers may have to wait months of the you'd better roast border to get processed if a new plan from brussels gets to go ahead. meantime, a right scruple, oxfam told us to move, throws away the rulebook. we could have managed this easily, but apparently the commissioner is not very interested in doing that. and that the owner can very and hits 38 countries. the world health organization tells us it needs more time to determine if the new virus poses

a threat. we do not have the board at least murmured that is causing more severe disease or death is more lee. so this is not something that we should try to make off. we really need a bit more time. ah, we are heading into the evening hours here at moscow. this is our t international just after 6 pm here with the highlights of the week. it's a lack of diplomacy. apparently that's what rushes foreign minister has accused nato wolf. he also exchange tough words with his us counterpart, had a meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe and gave this stalk warning. just ahead of the meeting is difficult. this was a nightmare scenario of military confrontation has returned to europe. moscow categorically will not accept the transformation of the countries neighboring

russia into a military foothold. i suppose you can't get to grips with bridging wat, divide you, unless you get all of those problems out on the table. it certainly seems to be the way diplomacy is being carried out here in stockholm it on the sidelines of this o se ministerial conference, as the foreign minister of russia said, galle awful held a meeting with the secretary of state of the united states, anthony blinking. what we heard from said gala froth was a list of issues he has and what russia has with the way that russia has being dictated to by nato, by the united states. and by the west, talking about treaties though, said gala, for all pointed out that there is a real lack of agreement in concrete written down when it comes to russia and the west for those are, the 2 continues to escalate the situation directly on our borders. and as for military security in the euro, atlantic region, it continues to deteriorate. there's only one treaty left between russia and the

united states. the strategic arms reduction treaty, the treaty on short and medium range missiles and the open skies treaty were essentially torn apart by our american colleagues. so glover of also said that in the very near future, moscow would put forward a new security strategy and new security packed that it wants to see, have some certain things written down in black and white as far as the relationship between nato and russia goes now antony blinking, the u. s. secretary of state also, i had given a press conference following that meeting. he said that as far as he was concerned, and as far as the united states was concerned, russia posed a significant risk to the security of ukraine. there would be serious consequences for brushing aggression toward ukraine as well as some of the efforts that we see russia taking to try to destabilize ukraine from within. well, the problem with sanctions, of course, is as they always results in counter sanctions and fight said gay law for of did

say that there had been essentially a failure if diplomacy from his west and partners and said that if serious sanctions were imposed on russia that there would be consequences going back, feel the way that usually possibly a group know if, if you as the say hellish sanctions follow of course or will react, we cannot not react. what will be our response? it will be seat. i don't want to guess what the west will decide to do threatening some financial sanctions, new sectoral sanctions. this is a debt and road and indiana it will backfire. and the initiators of this illegitimate unilateral measures what we may potentially take away from this is something that antony blinking said after his and his meeting with said gala, for all he said that had been a frank and full discussion and honest and sober ad debates and that both of foreign ministers, both senior diplomat, we'll take that away to their respective presidents and we may well see some more

discussion it that much higher level in the very near future. well, such talks have now been confirmed with a video cool slighted now to go between joe biden and vladimir putin for tuesday evening. meanwhile, another incident came by just in just a day after the meeting, i should say of those 2 ministers. as we understand a nato spy plane ultimately forced to passenger flies to drastically change course in order to avoid a collision over the black sea. russia called it a danger to civil aviation, and richard becker from the anti will answer. coalition says, is not russia. that's on the march presentation on what's going on. and from the us side from the secretary said, blanket sites is so lacking in credibility and so full of threat since $999.00 just 22 years. the number of countries in nato, it has almost doubled and its try and fire from the north atlantic, which is what it was called. you know, what?

it's so it's called the north atlantic treaty organization. but it's clearly the strategy came to surround russia. presentation is false on the part of, of lincoln. it's not russia that's marching westward. and i, you know, every year surrounding the united states a little bit more or germany or france or britain, or any of the nato countries. but that is what is happening in regard to nato and its relationship to russia. so russia is accused the us of causing a threat to its civil aviation and ultimately risking the lives of innocent passengers and the backlash that comes in relation to the incident in the black sea region. on friday, russian air traffic control, we're forced to divert the course of 2 airliners to prevent them from colliding with a nato spy plane is a short time ago ortiz, husky. taylor gave me details. it's no secret that the black sea region has become

something of a halt, spot in relations between the us and russia. the presence of american warships, as well as those of its nato allies, have in the policy been a cause of serious concern for moscow, which considers the area to be it's fair of influence. but it seems to have crossed over from concern and political games into very real physical danger. a least thought is, according to the russian foreign ministry. on sunday, it released a statement warning the washington and nato cannot put people's lives at risk without expecting some kind of consequence. so what triggered these was, went on friday. news came in that russian, that traffic control had been forced to change the course of 2 planes which were flying over the black sea. no one was making its way from tennessee to moscow. the other from the resort city of thought she to wolf macedonia. i'm for why that decision was taken. what apparently, a nato recognizance pain was flying dangerously close to those 2 aircraft. in fact,

the crew of one claim that they could see the native bombard you with up very own eyes. we have, of course, requested a comment from nato on our yet to hear back. but from the russian perspective, was all the more troubling is that the native plane allegedly ignored numerous attempts by ground crew to make contact, which meant that for then there was really only one way out of a potentially very tragic accident. and that was, of course, to die bought those 2 passenger jets. we all talking about a total of $300.00 people on board. so in light of this, you can probably now appreciate that strong reaction from the foreign ministry. according to them, you've got an unregistered foreign plain, which is refusing to make any contact with local authorities. what's more, it is a very close to hundreds of civilians, so it is in the eyes really paying politics with with innocent knives. now this latest incident follows a period of tensions that was off top on approved nato drills, took place and the waters on top of that. a couple of days ago we heard that to

russian fighter jets had been scrambled to escort spy pains away from its porters. and at the same time, in recent days, we've really been hearing pretty hostile rhetoric from both american and nato officials, which drops neatly convinced that rush was tiny, some kind of invasion of ukraine as soon as the new. yeah, apparently, but walter, aggressive rhetoric is part and parcel of modern diplomacy. i think we can all agree that creating potentially it's very volatile situation, which puts civilians in harm's way as neither fat nor clean play. violating asylum writes, that's devoted, have campaign is angry at an e u solution for migrants attempting to get into europe through the russian border . there are still roughly 2000 of them. vast tried that umbrella roost at temporary shelters, but now brussels wants to extend the asylum processing time by months, keeping the migrants in those special comes while it happens. various writes groups

of warning, this plan sets a dangerous precedent. if the you can allow a minority of member states to throw out the rule book due to the presence of a few 1000 people at its border, it throws out any authority it has on human rights in the rule of law, stopping detaining, and criminalize and people trying to find safety in europe, brakes international and european asylum law supporting the detention of migrants at e. you borders puts politics over people's lives. when you, you is trying to get tough on migration, particularly on its east in bo, does now in a bid to tackle the issue that it's gone to 3 countries, controversial emergency asylum measures that will give poland lithuania and latvia. the power to hold people in special asylum processing centers up to 16 weeks. that is a massive increase on the current timeframe that they can do that full weeks. the moves have shocked your human rights organizations. they've accused that you are

playing politics with people's lives and bowing to pressure from eastern european member states. and that said that this is fueling an empty migration agenda. these new rules will also extend the time that these countries have the even officially register asylum applications that could now increased up to 4 weeks up from a maximum of 10 days at the moment. now tensions on the eastern borders of the e. you have been high for many months. the you is accused by the roots of frying migrants to minsk and dumping them with the buddha. the e. u says minsky is attempting to destabilize the union by flooding it with migrants in reaction to sanctions. it's placed on beller roost. minsk though, rejects these allegations. there are currently thought to be around $8000.00

migrants being held in centers in eastern europe in countries after they crossed over the border from belarus around $7000.00 more said to remain in belarus itself . and what the commission describes the situation as improving. it still defines the idea behind these new measures to protect our borders and to protect people. we are giving flexibility and support to member states to manage this emergency situation without compromising on human rights. this should allow the member states in question to fully uphold the right to asylum and align legislation with the you a quiz. but even you diplomats and law makers of finding this pretty hard to swallow. they've described the move as lowering you stand. it's an even violating you look, leaving many to question how that you can hold itself up as a protector on human rights on the one hand and implement these measures on the

other. charlotte g been ski, r t, paris. the proposals suggested migrants weight and special close comes on e u territory while their applications are processed. however, the head of ox farms, e u officers, the conditions there ultimately undermine basic laws. here saying is substandard conditions. there's no legal aid for them and no health services, so they won't have a fair and remain asylum process. so that's the 1st concern. and then the 2nd concern is but because of the flaw, this island procedures in, in these border border detention center. it will also make it much easier to send people back to harm, and we choose a clear violation of international refugee long. so those are the 2 main concerns for us. the commissioner also has said that these are not the highest number of migrants, right? it's a few 1000 and you should be able to manage that in a fair and humane way. unfortunately, we've seen that every time when

a situation at the border rises, whether that's now in, in poland and the baltic states, or whether it's on the southern border with glee, it to the yours or spain. there's just panic to reaction and instead of managing it and working as a member states, together to share the responsibility for hosting asylum seekers and for sharing responsibility for the for them aside and process. we see that is every time this is instead of medical crisis. all right, just a moment here on the program on all t international, just heading into the 2nd half of the weekly interest to my when we visit a child care clinic. and in moscow, where little patients are in need of treatment, i'm at the pandemic. that story at many will, will coming by in just about a

ah, i understand it. i have to say that the stand, the criteria are in germany for many years. his main compatibility with public opinion, those politicians pause as competent we act in lots of people expect from them. but public opinion is produced or shaped by messed media associate. but journalists, most german journalists are sympathizers of the social democrats, most the green, z a for as long as it goes green, social democratic policy projects. you pass is a competent leader. join me every thursday on the alex salmon show. and i'll be speaking to guess of the world politics sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm.

ah. just with of cove it is causing concern. it's been spreading around the world over the past week. the so called all me crohn's train has now been detected in dozens of different countries. now the new varied was 1st found in botswana that was just over a week ago, and then in neighboring south africa as well on the corners. now also being registered in india, the united states and all the way over in australia as well, or santa, suggesting it's spreading twice as fast as that of the delta variant will italian research as a published now, but 1st image is the new strain. for example, on the right is the homework on strain on the left, the predecessor the delta variant. now the red areas,

as you can see right here on the top of the picture, basically showing how many more mutations this strain has. and that means that the virus ultimately of old, but it's not yet clear if it is more dangerous, no deaths have been reported. however, officials at the world health organization are saying it's too early to relax. we shouldn't need another wake up call. we should all be wide awake to the threat of this virus. but all me for on this very emergencies. another reminder that all so many of us might think we're done with corporate 19. it's not done with us. well, in response to the new cope, its trade, numerous nations and i were strict to travel from south africa, israel and japan. there among the 1st so far to been all incoming travellers. and many people have just found themselves stranded in south africa, travel bounds being radically imposed. all these paula selina reports from gelatinous bugs at port desolation, desperation, aspiration,

and anger. these are just some of the emotions that people here in south africa are experiencing. i'm here on the tambo important one is the, this is the main international april in south africa. and as you can see, the airport is practically deserted. a far cry from the scenes we saw just a short time ago when houses of people were arriving here. but to get on any available flight, often announcement was made that most international travel in and out of african states was being implemented. the situation such is that you now have tens of thousands of people who are stranded here in south africa. people who need to get back to jobs and families, and at the same time you have so many people abroad, many of them, south africans desperate to get into the country. many of them have not been able to visit for at least 2 years. i think to them, okay, i'm coming to check in will i be able to get home?

i'm only going 15 days to my my bash and she started computer interested. all the flat for december had been cancelled. so if you go, you can get back within 3 days. i mean it's all just completely changed and there's no way that i can go, i've been vaccinated 3 times, so i am as vaccinate as to be i wouldn't make any difference. i do congratulate deleted for taking such quick action, but i do think that they really need to form before making decisions that really affect the lives of so many people. the prices for the few remaining flights out of here have skyrocketed as has the cost of mandatory cove at testing international community. it's a cognizant of the fact that as many 7 alpha came south africans have not been vaccinations. now, some african scientists have been very vocal in saying that they were the 1st to come forward and be transparent about this new variant that has been found things. it's not a south african very end, and that it is elsewhere in the global community that instead of being applauded,

south africa has now been pushed on the black list policy r t to 100 south africa. so side has an hour trying to adopt existing vaccines to that of a new strain. earlier we spoke to melita with over representative of the w h o. here in russia. when a mutation shows a number, i would say changes a number of rotations that we can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, the buyer. this variance has invitations many more mutations on the spike brought a, it is actually used to need all that the virus is using to get into the salad to make us infected, to actually cause infection to spread further. and this is why because it has many more to and other viruses are the variance. it has the media to come into concert. so i think acknowledge, but we don't have

a logical noise. it's telling us that this is a more deadly virus. what do we know from south africa is that maybe young people and this is where the cluster was detected. and we do know that callie's been young . people is lighter. we do not have reports and he's no man that is causing more severe disease or that it is more lee. so this is not something that we should speculate off. we really need a bit more time. and this is why we said that there is no place for planning, but there is place for preparedness, proportion, and action with anti lockdown protests to happening all over europe. right now. the latest now against a tightening of cope. it measures this in the belgian capital of brussels, the scenes have descended into chaos. ah, fireworks have been exploding in the streets while police have been using tear gas and water cannon and estimated 8000 people march through brussels to day chanting

freedom. the demonstrate as have been ann good by the increased use of covert health passes and talk of potential compulsory vaccinations in the new year. now while the cobra mainly poses a threat to elderly and vulnerable people, a children apparently now are not entirely immune and we visited one child health clinic here in moscow. ah, what age are the children here and what condition are they in to? our children are age from one level to 17 years. the conditions varied severity for children here severely l and in the intensive care unit. unlike adults,

co related pneumonia is less common among children. but it still happened was in showing 3 to full and c t severity for 32234. so this means complete lung damage, almost 100 percent or store. or what is especially alarming is that very importantly, just like an adult, there's a tendency for the disease to rapidly develop. meaning that at some point, no 10 percent of the lungs are affected. and then suddenly it's up to almost 100 percent. yes, that's exactly what we've been seeing, especially when parents wait too long to call a doctor. how old are you? 10 years out? exactly. how do you feel? no, sometimes i have a headache, but i'm okay. that's not a my what. how long have you been ill? 10 days already? oh yes, i'm in my 2nd week, which are age puts are at risk, which is we've actually seen the highest incidence right among teenagers, 2 thirds of the children, a school age kids between 7 and 17 years old is because they are hanging out

together and contact on each other all the time. right. among other things, yes. do you now to them it's mostly tmj. is that the come and thanked it because they always hanging out together. you also because statistically they demonstrate a more severe course of illness than end of the tools of other ages. get rid of them because their bodies are growing so fast. and because of their hormonal process as well, yes. mono bye grounds. and the physical transformation can influence the illnesses more about the lessons are affected by more risk factors related to the course of the disease or teaching in that in their money. is it not a harmless disease? it's not sorry that we sound alarm and there is a disease for which there is no medicine. we have to day the course of the disease is unpredictable. we don't know why someone has it hard and someone else has an easy human. we, as we know there are risk groups, but for some unknown reason we severe case of the disease and can be observed among healthy children. ah, here's

a child and eventually wearing an oxygen mask. well, yes, the child is really missing his mother, which is logical. that's why we always talk to him. the doctors are always with him, otherwise he can tear off the math that children are getting much sick than in the 1st way. and worse than the 2nd. and 3rd or yes, worse than waves 2 and 3, which is just as you are for, for as your, your full complications develop very often as the code. i do not depend on the severity of the disease or even children who have shown no symptoms, face complications. what do you think about vaccinated adults? i think it's a very good idea. you're dreaming. it hasn't died. there is no time to wait for children. also a source of infection which if children are not vaccinated but will not be able to grade the necessary collective immunity, which will have all been talking about her so love yet that works in that are both with the vaccine work. so what should the concerns be here?

the theoretically, we understand that this magazine cannot be more dangerous than ada. no virus infection. well, some of the vaccine is infectious for cell, but not for the body in pennsylvania at the level of the organism. the virus does not reproduce that is not really real sinew, priesthood. ah, so britain is quote, led by a clown. that's how the french president has brandon boris johnson. as frances former u. k, envoy warns relations have hit their lowest and more than 2 centuries and macro allegedly made the remarks in a private conversation offer a number of public rounds. mojo talks to me, full speed, everything's going well. we have grown up conversations, but he strikes me before and after, as having an inelegant way about him. it's always the same circus. it's sad to see such a great country with which we could do so much led by

a clown. in the latest spot and macaroni took offense to a letter that johnson tweeted that appeared to blame franz for the record flow of asylum seekers. so pirates promptly scrapped its invitation to the u. k to a european meeting on migration will artie host and former npi. george galloway says that seems to be a rather destructive mood in some european politics these days. only old fashioned, but i don't think the heads of state and heads of government should be publicly talking to each other and about each other in this way. it is indeed a toxic on tong corby all that we have now. but if, but as johnson is the circus clown, i'm afraid the manual micron is the circus dwarf and the british and the french deserve better than the leaders that they have. but they're the only leaders that we've got and they have to get on with resolving war on i think post partum

politics. this is a anti nato, a post natal depression, on the part of the french and b, e u. in general. we have left them, they find it impossible to bear. they want us to fail. they want us even to suffer, and they are ready, as is abundantly clear every day to permit the flow of thousands of people every week trance has the opportunity to elect a new president. soon i hope they take the opportunity to make a change. just as i wish that the british people could make a change, i'm satisfies with neither of these 2 leaders. but as long as they are the leaders, then they have to obey diplomatic norms. a certain has been a busy week for you. well, fight headline serenity international. that story right there,

wrapping up this news cost for this hour. but another one is set to go. the weekly returns at the top of the hour with your top weekly headlines. hmm. join me every thursday on the alex simon show. and i'll be speaking to guess of the world politics sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race is on, often very dramatic. that development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very critical time. time to sit down and talk with

me. hello, and welcome to wells of like her trademark jackets. i'm the american political style came in one shape and size, but all colors of the rainbow measures at a time, even doubt, she nonetheless managed to steer germany and europe for many up he both can be shocking. my volition now was to replace her, do the same without bombing into the rad, at every corner. well, to discuss that, i'm now joined by a very professional matter, just of comparative government as dressed in technical university professor. it's great to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. it's

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