for a a nightmare scenario of military confrontation has returned to you, wrote the stark warning from russia's top, diplomats ahead of a meeting with his u. s. counterpart this week. so again, left ra father, that moscow would not tolerate that beefing up of nato's presence in neighboring states. also ahead on the program, asylum seekers may have to wait months of the e belarus border to get processed. if a new club from brussels gets that go ahead, humanitarian organization oks from to list. busy the move throws away the roof. we could have managed as easily, but apparently the commission is not very interested in doing that. does the all me

chrome cove, it very and grips around 40 countries. the world health organization tells our team more time is needed to understand how potent it maybe we do not have important at least merriment that is causing more severe disease or that this is more he felt this is not something that he should speculate are. we really need a bit more time. ah, oh, bringing you the top stories from the past 7 days and writes up to the moment developments as well. this is the weekly on rti hello and welcome a lack of diplomacy. that's what russia's foreign minister accuse need to of on thursday, sir gala ralph also exchange tough words with his us counterpart during the meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe. and gave this stark

warning ahead of the summit. because difficult is up as 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 to you unless you get all of those problems out on the table. it certainly seems to be the weight 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, galen from held a meeting with the secretary of state of the united states anthony blinking. what we heard from said gala, for all, 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 to 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 treated 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 russian aggression toward ukraine as well was 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 result in counter sanctions and fight said gay law for all did say that there had been essentially a failure if the clo missy 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 anthony blinking said after his and his meeting with said galen,

for all he said that had been a frank and full discussion and honest and sober and to base and that both of foreign ministers, both senior diplomats will 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 . richard becker from the anti war answer coalition says it's not russia that's on the march presentation on what's going on. and from the us side, from the secretary say blanket sites is so lacking in credibility and so full of threat since 999 just 22 years. the number of countries in nato, it has almost doubled, and it's from the 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 became to surround russia. presentation is false on the part of,

of lincoln. it's not russia that's marching westward and i was, 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. another story of the week, russia has accused the u. s. of risking the lives of civilian airline passengers. following an incident in the black sea region on friday, russian or traffic control say they were forced to divert the course of 2 or liners to prevent them colliding with a natural spy plane r t. suskin taylor picks up the story. 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. how then the policy being 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 nice thought is, according to the russian foreign ministry. on sunday, it released a statement warning that washington, a nato cannot put people's lives at risk without expecting some kind of consequence . so what triggered these was one 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 result, city of thought, she too will macedonia for why that decision was taken. what apparently, a nato recognizance pain was trying dangerously close to those 2 across. 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 and i'll yet to hear back. but from the russian perspective was a little more troubling. is that the native plain allegedly ignored numerous

attempts by ground crew to make contact, which meant that for that. and that was where the only one way out of a potentially very tragic accident. and that was of course to divert those to 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 plane 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 often on approved nature drills took place and the waters on top of that, a couple of days ago, we heard that 2 russian fight. 2 jets had been scrambled to escort spy pains away from its borders. 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 russia was planning some kind of invasion of ukraine as soon as the new year apparently was aggressive. rhetoric is part and parcel of modern diplomacy. i think we can all agree that creating potentially a very volatile situation, which puts civilians in harm's way, is neither nor clean play violating asylum writes. that's the verdict of campaigners angry out. an e. u. solution for migrants attempting to get into europe, fire the bell russian border. there are still roughly 2000 of them stranded in bel, reset temporary shelters. know brussels wants to extend the asylum processing time by months. keep them migrants in special come small, it happens, right? groups of warn up the 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 as on human rights in the rule of law, stopping detaining and criminalizing people trying to find safety in europe, brakes international and european asylum law supporting the detention of migrants at e, you borders put politics over people's lives. the e. u 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 in 3 countries, controversial emergency asylum measures that will give poland lithuania and latvia. the power to hold people in special asylum processing cent is 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 will officially register asylum applications that could now increased up to 4 weeks up from a maximum of 10 days. at the moment, no tensions on the eastern borders of the e. u. have been high for many months. the all you is accused bellow 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 bell 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. also they crossed over the border from belarus around 7000 more said to remain in belarus itself. and while 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 look ways. but even you diplomats and nor make is a finding this pretty hard to swallow. they describe the move as lowering you standards and even violating you look, leaving many to question how the you can hold itself up as a protector on human rights. on the one hand and implement these measures on the other charlotte, even sky r t. paris. just an extra note on this. the proposal suggests that migrants weight in special close comes on the you territory wall. their applications are processed

on the head of ox from c u office told r t, those conditions undermine bicycles. they're saying in substandard conditions. there's no legal aid for them and no health services, so they won't have a fair and you main asylum process. so that's the 1st concern, and then the 2nd concern is but because of these flawed asylum procedures, in, in these border border detention center, it will also make it much easier to send people back to harm. 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 the 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 about tick stage,

or whether it's on the southern border with greasy to leeward or spain. there says panic to reaction and instead of managing it and working as each 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 political crisis, you're with are to still ahead. in the weekly recap, we visit the child care clinic in moscow where little patients are in need of big treatments amid the panoramic. that's coming up short. ah

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 offense. very dramatic and development only personally and getting to disease. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk

ah, this week a new variant of cobit calls concern and has been rapidly spreading around the world. the only crawling string has not been detected in dozens of countries. the new variant 1st emerged in botswana late last month, and then in neighboring south africa. all micron has not been detected in almost 40 countries with the united states estrella among the latest signed to say it appears to spread twice as fast as the delta variant. let's get into that indeed, italian researchers have published the 1st images of the news strain on the left here is the delta variant, the right all me chron, which is the red area show has many more mutations on just to show at present. it doesn't appear, we need to say any more dangers with no debts in the world being reported from the strain. the spy thought the world health organization is raising the alarm. we

shouldn't need another wake up court. we should all be wide awake to the threat of this virus. but all me, chrome is very emergency, is another reminder that old so many of us might think we're done, was corbett. 19. it's not done with us in response to the new cobit strain. numerous nations have restricted travel from south africa with israel, japan going so far as the band all incoming travelers. i'm indeed many people have found themselves stranded in south africa as trouble buns are imposed. ortiz, paula sla, reports from the countries busiest airport, desolation, desperation, frustration, and anger. these are just some of the emotions that people here in south africa are experiencing. i'm here under the tambo important one, is that this is the main international airport 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 thousands 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 have brought 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 have made

any difference. i do congratulate the leaders 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 cova testing. international community is a cognizant of the fact that as many as 7 out of 10 south africans have not been vaccinated. now, south 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. and it's not a south african variant. and that it is elsewhere in the global community that instead of being upholders, south africa has now been push on the blackest policy r t to hunter's big south africa. and right now, scientists are rushing to adopt existing vaccines to fight the new stream of the big challenge. alma aspect, a representative of the w h o and russia told us for

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 invitations. many more mutations on the spike brought take it. this actually is the needle that the virus is using to getting to the salad to make us infect stage, to actually cause infections to spread further. and this is why because it has many more and other versus other variance each has immediately come into concert. so i think has scientific knowledge, but we don't have, i think m. yeah, all the logic, the knowledge you telling us at the moment that this is a more deadly virus. what we know from south africa is that mainly 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 lethal. this is not something that we should speculate off. we really need a bit more time. and this is why we have said that there is no place for panic, but there is place for preparedness, proportion, and action protests against a tough thing of cohen measures in the belgian capital have descended into chaotic st. ah ah, a raucous self must fear. there are fireworks of being exploding in the streets, police using tear galsen war, her common response against those protesting an estimated

a 1000 people march through brussels on sunday chanting freedom. demonstrators are angered by new anti virus measures, like mandatory mosques for children of the age of 6, and the talk potential compulsory vaccination in the new year. and while co mainly poses a threat to elderly and vulnerable people, children aren't entirely immune. we visited a child's health clinic here in moscow to find out more. ah, what age are the children here and what condition are they in through our children are age from one month 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 happens. listen showing 3 to full and c t severity for $334.00. so this means complete lung damage, almost 100 percent or store or what is especially alarming is that very importantly, just like an adults, there is 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 there. exactly. how do you feel? no, sometimes i have a headache, but i'm okay. that's not a my hotel and have you been ill? 10 days already? oh yes, i'm in my 2nd week. her age puts her at risk just. 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 and each other all the time. right. among other things, yes, you out of them. it's mostly tmj is that become and thanked it because they always hanging out together also because statistically, they demonstrate a more severe cause of illness than individuals of other ages. get rid of them because their bodies are growing so fast. and because of their hormonal process as well, yes, ramona, by graham's and the physical transformation can influence the illnesses more by the lessons are affected by more risk factors related to the course of the disease or to chew living in that in their body. is it, it's 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,

a 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 mass. with children are getting much sick than in the 1st way, and worse than the 2nd. and 3rd, yes. worse than waves $2.00 and $3.00, which is just as you are for su, 4 complications develop very often asked the coded. i do not depend on the severity of the disease, 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 long. yeah,

that works in that book with the vaccine works. so what should the concerns be here? the theoretically, we understand that this vaccine cannot be more dangerous than ada. no virus infection. well, some of the vaccine is infectious for cell, but not for the body in between. at the level of the organism, the virus does not reproduce the earth mover any real said you please would sin is led by xlon. that's how the french president reportedly brundis boris johnson this week asked frances forming u. k. envoy warned relations of had their lowest points and more than 200 years and money, all micron rib, legibly made the remarks in a private conversation after a number of public rose. bo, joe 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 sat to see such a great country with which we could do so much led by a clown. in the latest spots, mich, chrome took offense to a letter, johnson tweeted that appeared to blame france for the record flow of asylum seekers . paris promptly scrubbed its invitation to the u. k. to a european meeting on migration, larkey host and former m p. george galloway, sales people on both sides of the channel are being let down badly by their leaders . 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 bodies johnson is the circus clown, i'm afraid the manual macaroni 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 post natal depression for on the part of the french and b e u. in general. we have. 5 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 france 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 satisfied with neither of these 2 leaders, but as long as they are the leaders, then they have to obey diplomatic norms. i'm babe's where we leave

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