a a nightmare scenario, military confrontation has returned to you. reuben, the stark warning from russia. tom diplomat ahead of a meeting with his us counterparts. j. lab rob added that moscow would not tolerate the beefing up of nato's presence in neighboring state asylum seekers. it may have to wait months at the e u. belarus border to get processed if a new plan from brussels gets the go ahead. monitoring organization oxfam told us the move, throws away the rulebook. we could have managed this easily, but apparently the commission is not very interested in doing that. and as the arm across covariance grips dozens of countries, the world health organization tells our tea more time is needed to understand how potent it may be. we do not have report moorland that is causing more severe

disease or death this morning. so this is not something that we should try to write off. we really need a bit more time. ah, are broadcasting live direct from studios in moscow. recopying week's top stories with our weekly program. this is our t international. are now a lack of diplomacy, and that's what rushes foreign minister accused nato of on thursday. sergey love. rob also exchanged tough words with his us counterpart during the meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe. and gave this start warning ahead of the senate. because we have to look this up as a nightmare scenario of military confrontation has returned to you. rip 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 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, a gale 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 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 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 you 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 me thing. he said, that's 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 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 of diplomacy from his western 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 quote we may potentially take away from this is something that anthony blinking said after his and his meeting with said gay lover off. he said that had been a frank and full discussion and honest and sober had to base and that both of foreign ministers, both senior diplomats would 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 on the us side from the secretary said lincoln is so lacking in credibility and so full of threat since $999.00 just 22 years. the number of countries in nato has almost doubled and its try and fire from the north atlantic, which is what it was called, you know what? 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, 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. russia has accused the us of risking the lives of civilian airline passengers. following an incident in the black sea region on friday, russian air traffic control says they were forced to divert the course of 2 airliners to prevent them colliding with a nato spy plane, or to substitute taylor comments. it's no secret that the black sea region has become something of a hot spot in relation between the us and russia. the presence of american war ships, as well as those all bits nato allies have in the past been a cause of serious concern from oscar, 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 study is, according to the russian foreign ministry. on sunday, it released a statement warning, washington and 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 the russian that traffic control had been forced to change the course of 2 planes which were flying over the black sea. one was making its way from tennessee to moscow. the other from the resort city of thought she to macedonia for why that decision was taken. when apparently a nato reconnaissance pain was flying dangerously close to those 2 across. in fact, the crew of one claim that they could see the native bombard you with that very nice. we have of course, requested a comment from nato. and yet to hear back from the russian perspective, we'll talk more troubling. is the nature plane, allegedly ignored numerous attempts by ground crew to make contact, which meant that for them, that was really only one way out of a potentially very tragic accident. and i was, of course to di bought those to pass into jet. we are 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 off on approved nature drills, took heath 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 russia was planning some kind of invasion of ukraine as soon as the new year, apparently. but was aggressive rhetoric is part and parcel of modern diplomacy. i think we can all agree that creating potentially is very volatile situation, which puts civilians in harm's way, is neither fat nor clean play violating asylum writes. that's

the verdict of campaigners angry at an easy solution. for migrants attempting to get into europe through the bell russian border, there are still roughly 2000 of them, stranded in bella, roost at temporary shelters. now, brussels wants to extend the asylum processing time by month, and keep the migrants in special camps while this happens. rights groups have warned that that 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 puts 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 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, no tensions on the eastern borders of the

e. you have been high. for many months. the you is accused belarus of frying migrants to minsk and dumping them with the buddha. the e u says men skis 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. also, they crossed over the border from belarus around 7000 more said to remain in belarus itself and what the commission describes the situation as improving. it still defends 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 you. a quiz. quit even you diplomats and nor makers of finding this pretty hard to swallow. they describe the move as lowering you standards and even violating you law, 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 ski r t, paris. the proposal suggests that migrants weight in special closed camps on u territory while their applications are processed. however, the head of oxfam use the office and you told r t that the conditions there undermine basic laws. you're saying in substandard conditions. there's no legal aid for them. and no health services, so they won't have a fair and your main asylum process. so that's the 1st concern. and then the 2nd concern is but because of the florida side and procedures in,

in these border border detention center, it will also make it much easier to send people back and to harm, which is a clear violation of international refugee law. 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 the baltic states, or whether it's on the southern border with greasy to lee or, or spain, their stance panic to reaction and instead of managing it and working as a new 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. still ad and the weekly recap, we visit

a child care clinic in moscow where little patients are in need of treatment amid the pandemic. that's coming up shortly. say, with a search international with join me every posted on the alex simon. sure. i'll be speaking to guess what the world politics spoke. business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. oh, and then i have to say this, then the criteria are in germany for many years has mean compatibility with public opinion. those politicians pause has come to 10th. we act in line with what the people expect from them, but public opinion is produced or shaped by mass media. those are shaped by

journalists. most german journalists are sympathizers of the social democrats and of the green. therefore, as long as it goes green and social democratic policy projects, you pass is a competent leader. with welcome back to the weekly right here on our t international. now this week, a new variant of co written caused concern and has been rapidly spreading around the world. the yo micron strain has now been detected in dozens of countries. my colleague, you know, neil has more the new variance 1st emerged in botswana late last month and then in

neighboring south africa. on micron has now been detected an 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 image is all the new 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 street. the spy thought the world health organization is raising the alarm. we shouldn't need another wake up going. we should all be wide awake to the threat of this virus. but on the chrome is very emergencies. another reminder that old so many of us might think we're done with global 19

it's not done with us on the 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, destination 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 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 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 mother and she started computer interested all the flat for the same but 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 fascinate as to be i wouldn't make 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 cognizant of the fact that as

many as 7 out of 10 south africans have not been vaccinated. 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. 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 blacklist policy r t to hannah's book, south africa. and right now, scientists are rushing to adopt existing vaccines to fight the new stream. that's the big challenge. alma aspect, a representative of the w h o in russia told us for when a mutation shows a number of i would say change is a number of rotations that we can relate to something either to previous knowledge . for example, the buyer. this variant has invitations many more mutations on the spike brought a,

it is actually these the needle that the virus is using to getting to the salad to make us infected, to actually cause infection to spread further. and this is why because it has many more and other viruses at the very end, it has immediately come into concert. so i think i'm saying just acknowledge, but we don't have a logical noise. it's telling us at the moment that this is a more deadly virus. once we know from south africa is that many 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 he says, why he has said that there is no place for panic, but there is place for preparedness, proportion, and action. while covered mainly poses

a threat to elderly and vulnerable people. children aren't entirely immune. we visited a child 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 at age, from one month to 17 years, the conditions varied severity for children harris, severely l, and in the intensive care unit. but unlike adults, co related pneumonia is less common among children, but it still happens listen showing 3 to full and c t severity. here there's, oh, i thought 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, you know, 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 point. 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 and each other all the time, right. among other things, yes, you now to them, it's mostly tang that become infected because they always hanging out together. also because statistically, they demonstrate a more severe cause of illness than individuals of other ages. don't get rid of

them because their bodies are growing so fast. and because of their hormonal processes, yes, that mono bye grounds. and a physical transformation can influence the illnesses more by the lessons are affected by more risk factors related to the course of the disease. or if you choose it, the name is and in their money, it is 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 the easy human. we, as we know there are risk groups, but for some unknown reason, a severe case of the disease and i 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 mask 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 in joker is yours or for us near your full complications, develop very often us the coward. 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, we 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 works. so what should the concerns be here? the theoretically, we understand that this vaccine cannot be more dangerous than ada. no virus infections, 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, was any real sinew, priesthood ah,

from the british government has been quick to hail at every opportunity its planned, advanced research agency, which will fund and develop science and technology projects. but the countries that former information commissioner is raising the alarm, that's because the body will be exempt from requests under the freedom of information act, meaning journalists and the public could be left in the dark about how it spends its budget of 800000000 pounds. now the u. k. freedom of information act came into force in 2005 it entitled citizens access to data held by public authorities while held as a step towards open government. it has its critics, including among those behind the new exempt research agency. from my point of view is eternally malign piece of legislation. i am fully in favor of decisions and

information about them being released. but i failed to see how the process ology, of government benefits at all from freedom of information disclosures. right, in september open democracy revealed that over the past 5 years, the u. k. government reportedly spend at least half a 1000000 pounds on legal battles, trying to prevent disclosures of information. those mainly concerned health and social care solicitor abraham hassan told us that withholding such information only serves to undermine public trust. freedom of information that allows the public to see how public money is being spent. so it's extraordinary that a body responsible for spending 800000000 pounds of public funds awarding lucrative research contracts should to be argued that it should be not subject to freedom of information. i think this is a minister expressing his frustrations about the legislation, which has no doubt made the governments like a bit more difficult. we've had questions about the actions of government advisors . we've had f y requests about key government decisions,

the awarding of lucrative p p contracts to name a few. this proposed undermining of freedom of information. damages the public's right to access important information about how government works. and it also has an impact on the public's trust in democracy. that is it for me and the weekly i will be back in, let's say 33 minutes with another phone for a new stay with us. our international, with, with

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mm come on, welcome to wells fargo like her trademark jackets, and mark of political style came in one shape and size by all colors of the rainbow measures, and at times even dull she nonetheless managed to steer germany and europe for many upheavals can be shocking. life volition now was to replace her, do the same without running into the rad, at every corner. well, to discuss that, i'm now joined by a pencil professor emeritus of comparative government as. d dressed in technical university professors great to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. it's a pleasure to talk with you. now. the last elections in germany produced rather paradoxical results. and i think historically lowest showing why i'm going

marco christian democrats and some of the best results for her rivals. both the social democrats and big beans as far as you are concerned, is that more about the tea or the excitement, or her opponents or her successors. in this case, well, actually, what we have seen is that the vote for the city you have not been vote for this party. they have been vote for angela america, and the policy angle america has conducted for many years. wasa policies, welcome for the social democrats and for the green voters. therefore, what we have seen is that many of people who formerly voted farmland merkel, when's him off the top candidate of secretion democratic union now did not vote for the christian democratic copy. what for the social democratic and grin original, this is what we have seen and a short has promised.