abolished slavery long ago. ah ah, a nightmare scenario of military confrontation has returned to you. rip the stark warning from russia's tub. diplomat ahead of a meeting with us counterpart, sergey lab. rob added that moscow would not tolerate the beefing up of nato's present in neighboring states. asylum seekers, it may have to wait months at the you. belarus border to get processed. if a new plan from brussels gets the go ahead monitoring organization, oxfam told us to move the pros away. the rulebook we could have managed this easily, but apparently the commission is not very interested in doing that. and as the omicron co very grips and dozens of countries of the world health organization tells our team more time is needed to understand how potent it may be. we do not

have report at least moorland 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. ah, or run kathy, my director of studios in moscow. recapping, weeks top stories with our weekly program. this is our to international right now. lack of diplomacy, that is what rushes, foreign minister accused nato of on thursday. sergey lab also exchanged tough words with us counterpart during the meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe, and gave this stark warning ahead of the summit. if i skipped this up, as a nightmare scenario of military confrontation has returned to you, rupe 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 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 former minister of russia said galen, for all 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 overall, 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 i'm to the blinking. the u. s. secretary of state . also, i had given a press conference following that me thing. 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 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, 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 seen. i don't want to guess what the west will decide to do threatening some financial sanctions, new sectoral sanctions. this is a dead and road, and in the end 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 dad to base and that close 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 from the us side from secretary state. lincoln sites is so lacking in credibility and so full of threat since $999.00 just 22 years. the number of countries and nato 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 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 us of risking the lives of civilian airline passengers. following an incident in the black sea region on friday, russian air traffic control says that they were forced to divert the course of 2 airliners to prevent them colliding with nato spy plane or cheese soft taylor picks up the story for us. 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 from moscow which considers the area to be it's fair 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 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 resorts city of thought she to wolf macedonia, for why that decision was taken. what apparently, a nato recognizance pain, with flying dangerously close to those 2 aircraft. in fact, the crew of one claim that they could see the native bombarded with very own eyes. we have of course, requested a comment from nato on all yet to hear back. but from the russian perspective we'll talk more troubling. is the nature plain, allegedly ignored numerous attempts by ground crew to make contact, which meant that for that. and that was where you only one way out of a potentially very tragic accident. and i 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 often on approved nature drills took pay 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 is

very volatile situation, which puts civilians in harm's way as neither nor clean play violating asylum writes. that's the verdict of the 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 bellows and temporary shelters. now brussels wants to extend the file and processing time by months and keep the migrants in special camps while it happens. right. 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 criminalize and people trying to find safety in europe, brakes international and european asylum law supporting the detention of migrants at e. u. borders puts politics over people's lives. when 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 say that this is feeling an empty migration agenda. these new rules will also extend the time that these countries have the e when 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 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. also, they crossed over the border from ballers 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. but even you diplomats and law makers of finding this pretty hard to swallow. they describe 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, even ski r t. paris. the proposal suggests that migrants wait in special close to camps on you territory while their applications are processed. however, the head of ox firms, you office told r t the conditions there undermined basic laws. 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, in these border border detention center, it will also make it much easier to send people back to, to harm. we choose 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 about tick stage, or whether it's on the southern border with greasy to lee or, or spain. there's this panic to reaction and instead of managing it and working as e u. member states together to share the responsibility for hosting asylum seekers and for sharing responsibility for the, for them aside. and proces, we see that is every time this is instead of political crisis

this week a new variant of colored caused concern that has been rapidly spreading around the world. the arm across strain has now been detected in dozens of countries. my colleague, unit o'neill has more. the new variance 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, australia, 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 should a need and either wake up gold. we should all be wide awake to the threat of this virus, but on the chromos, very emergencies. another reminder that all so many of us might think we're done with global 19. it's not done with us on 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 find themselves stranded in south africa as trouble buns are imposed. ortiz policy, a 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 april in south africa. and as you can see,

the import is practically deserted. crying on the scene, he saw official 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 state was being implemented. the situation, such is why to 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 from 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, just my mother and she's got a computer interested. all the class 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 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 fall before making decisions that really affect the lives of so many people. prices for the few remaining sites out of here have skyrocketed, as has the cost of mandatory coven 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 in the south african variant, and that it is elsewhere in the global community that instead of being accorded south africa, has now been pushed on the blacklist policy r t to 100 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 and russia told us for 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 variance has mutations many more mutations on the spike brought a, it is actually these the needle that the virus is using to getting to the south to make us infect stage, to actually cause infections to spread further. and this is why because it has many more than other versus other variance, it has immediately come into concert. so i just acknowledge, but we don't have a logical noise. you telling us at the moment that this is a more deadly virus? what 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, a 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 planning, but there is place for preparedness, proportion, and action. while coded 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 are age from one month to 17 years. the conditions varied severity for children

here is severely ill and in the intensive care unit. unlike adults, co related pneumonia is less common among children, but it still happened listen, showing 3 to full and c t severity for thing to period. there for my. 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 belongs 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 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 of 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. do you now to them it's mostly tmj is that become 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 jewels of other ages to go 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 their didn't their money is it is not a harmless disease. it's not sorry that even 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 that hard and someone else has the easy human. we, as we know there are risk groups. but for some unknown reason,

we severe case of the disease and you 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 is just as you are for, for your your for complications develop very often asked the coded. i do not depend on the severity of the disease is covered. this 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 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 pennsylvania at the level of the organism. the virus does not reproduce or doesn't have any real sinew, priesthood ah, protests against a tightening of covered measures in the belgian capital have descended into chaotic sieve. ah.

fireworks have been exploding in the streets while police use tear gas and water cannon against those protesting an estimated 8000 people, marched through brussels on sunday chanting freedom. demonstrators are angered by new anti virus measures like mandatory masks for children over the age of 6. and the talk of potential compulsory vaccination in the new year with political tensions already fraught in france ahead of next year's election fighting broke out at the far right presidency candidate. eric is in moore's rally in paris on sunday . the, the brawl broke out after anti racism. activists stood up wearing no 2 races and t shirts. media report say at least 2 activists were left bleeding and related. the scene at the event reports have emerged of the presidency candidate himself being caught up in the chaos and briefly held in a headlock by a protesting elsewhere around the world. a local ethiopian community gathered to

protest in the lebanese city of a root on sunday. they are against us interference in ethiopia, which is gripped by conflicts made rebel group was fighting. the government is the te gray people's liberation front. the country which is under sanction by the us, has slammed washington for actions. it says legitimize the separatist group. 14 people have been killed and more than 50 injured after the mountain to marrow volcano on the indonesian island of java, wrapped it on saturday. after colossal ash clouds mud slides and fears of further, major russians, a large scale evacuation is now taking place more than a 1000 people have reportedly been driven to find shelter in emergency accommodation, and hundreds are hurriedly relocating their livestock. i'm in the disaster. that's a look at you weekly this hour. i will be back and let's say 34 minutes with another full fresh look. stay with us or change national the

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me. hello and welcome to wells apart like her trademark jackets, america political style came in one shape and size, but all colors of the rainbow measured at a time even doll. she nonetheless managed to steer germany and europe for many upheavals can be shocking. my 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 very professional matter, just of comparative government as drugs and technical university professor. it's 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, a producer, rather paradoxical results. and i think historically lowest showing why america, christian democrats and some of the best results for her rivals. both the social

democrats and the beans. as far as you are concerned, is that more americans the t or the excitement for her opponents, our, for 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. there have been vote for angela merkel and the policy angland merkel has conducted throughout many years, was up policies. welcome for the social democrats and for the green voters. fearful what we have seen is that many of people who formerly voted farmland worker wins. im also top candidate of the christian democratic union now did not vote for the christian democratic copied, but for the social democratic and green original. this is what we have seen and offshore. busy its has promised to continue the. busy policy line of anglo america

and say a fool, he has won by a narrow margin, but he is one. and he said you without mirka his last. not you, argued dad, the and our fire marshall's time and power is good for a german democracy because she's been such a stable force for so long that she essentially became her party. and i was wondering if you are any concerned that this period of adjustment of a new government coming at such a turbulent moment in global history when even established experienced leaders struggling to deal to some many issues simultaneously. aren't you concerned that this particular time it may be stabilized germany? well, i think the children is quite strong and stable. therefore, even in these times right now, the trenton government will not do very much harm for germany stability. the basic issue is that the program of this new government is full with.