ah, ah ha. cobit protest, rather than euro about countries run it off at new restrictions, making the lives of vaccine hasn't been people ever more complicated with predict. the on the cross will rapidly become the dominant strain of cobit globally . this year, the world health organization tells us medics for get little relief. tweaks is, is clearly can increase the number of actions around the world as we see on her and becoming dominant area. so the sheer number of instructions will bring more people to hospitals in equality kills. so say ox farm. as the world 10 riches people are found to have double their wealth during the pandemic, while much of the global population is driven deeper into poverty, we hear from

a director of the chart in france, the presidential candidate fine for comment, dean does hate speech. eric, similar himself claims, he's become the victim of political injustice. nodding that clear court should be cleared of ideology. ah, just after 11 am and vancouver, 8 pm in vienna and 10 at night right here in moscow this monday, january the 17th. welcome to the new summer. france is leading europe once again in terms of daily kobe, that case loads clocking up more than 270000 infections in 24 hours. the figures come as anger over them across governments. new vaccination pass was vented across parts the

pictures don't quite sure, but some days protested and hit the street. it came right after the national assembly gave its blessing to the so name, vaccination pass. it will mean only those who are fully jobs will be allowed access to things like restaurants and cinemas. it replaces the current less strict health path system under which a negative test are sufficient. and it's not only france that's seen on rest over cobra restrictions in the past few days. there have been major fleur ups in germany, greece and the netherland. ah

ah. it's been a record breaking 24 hours in germany and not in a good way. when you look at the 7 day indices, that's the the number of infections of cov, 19 per 100000 of the population. it's past 515 nationally. if you look at things locally in berlin, it's close to $1000.00 per 100000 of the population vol. so seen the bonds as fair as the german military say that they're going to implement disciplinary action against it's serving members who refuse to get their vaccinations. there are some cases that have already been opened in relation to that. there's also a number of new rules that have come into play in berlin. if you're riding any of the german capitals, public transportation. you're going to have to have an f, f p to mask covering your nose and mouth. that's

a much more substantial face covering than a normal surgical mask. also, if you're riding that public transportation to any event, which they'll be more than 10 people at, well, that event will be covered by the to g plus rule. what that means is that if you're going there, you need to be vaccinated, recovered and be able to show a negative test that was taken within the last 24 hours, or that you've had a booster vaccine shot. if you're under 14 years of age, none of that matters because you're not covered by any of those particular rules. however, those people who run the hospitality industry in the german capital say not enough as being done to keep them afloat financially, while everything seems to be done to try and keep bars and restaurants open at least in some fall. the earnest of his i'd earns emptied both on this place and september 2018 will work, providing people not only with food services,

but we also have cultural events, bernice and celebrations for our neighbors. the last a years haven't been as one and them to be. we're definitely demand on the money of tourists. previously, we had groups of them even people's from france, england and spain. i know now is dried up the same as the number of birthday celebrations and events, especially with elderly people. this is samara refused to waive of cancellations, coupled with christmas being cancelled, but definitely feel the impact of it. and absolutely want to receive more financial support because we have no more chance of being left standing. it's not just in germany that new rules are coming into play on monday. if you're in greece and you're over 60 and you're not vaccinated. well, you're going to get a 100, you ro fine. in fact, you're going to get that 100 euro fine. every month until you get vaccinated it, all schools are also getting underway again in greece. on monday on friday, though, students were extremely unhappy with the ministry of education that building being

pelted with missiles by children saying that they wanted substantial protection against coven 19. and that the measures that were being put in place, which is not enough to do that. those who were attending that protest said they wanted schools to reopen, but they needed to reopen in a manner that was safe from the virus. in austria, over the weekend, we saw another saturday of demonstration, thousands of people on the streets of vienna. people extremely unhappy with the measures that the austrian government have taken when it comes to trying to fight against coven 19 lease business owners. old us that the measures that have been taken by vienna. i've taken them pretty much to the wall killer elderly. it's definitely extremely sad that we had to remain shut down for half a year during the laughs, long locked down, filling all the required applications for subsidies. coffee money require the help of tax consultants and every new lockdown or new applications,

new subsidies. it's exhausting, sometimes help becomes extremely late, some people and upon the rocks, after all over himself, salary tutor. i played full financial support during the 1st wave, but my application wasn't even onset. i think they've just been overloaded when they can't work as an excuse, but i think it was just like that just in following waves. i received help but received it with a delay and it wasn't very clear what amount of money i could count on his been very hard, very hard to plan anything. no staying in austria, county. hm. at the austrian chancellor has confirmed that his government is pushing ahead with its plan to introduce mandatory vaccination at the beginning of february . it's a controversial plan which is drawing a lot of criticism for a small section of the austrian population. it's also a plan that's being watched very closely by a number of other european countries, including here in germany, to see how it plays out. but across europe,

nations are taking a number of very different courses when it comes to them trying to snuff out this latest wave of coven 90. well, if only calm taking hold in the world, some countries, such as denmark have begun. administering a 4th vaccine spokesperson for the world health organization took us through the latest development. well, what we see leaks is, is a critical increase in number of concessions around the world. and as we see on current becoming a dominant variance, we have seen in one week 50000000 newly fashion, which is the absolute direct versus the beginning of that many contributing decrease from the previous sleep. so the sheer number of infections will bring more people to hospitals, even though one crew may prove less your disease.

then delta and previous variance, these numbers alone will need more pressure on how system. so it is very dangerous situations. the country are trying to find the best way to, to reduce the risk of transmission. we know what needs to be done. so we hope that people have not been oxygenated, will be max and they can become effective mostly those who have not have their primary series of mac sees the countries are basically looking into how they're hoping that we can completely understand the government. so trying to find the ways to balance the public health side of the story and public health benefits and social issues. so you need to do that. however, we are trying to see what is having any different periods or shutting of

the virus period than previous dose studies. we need some time that's one of the time being we are still being offered 10 days. the isolation, fortune cases, 2 weeks current time woke up and now these 2 weeks current can be tucked down with the appropriate where are the master the scene in equity? and this is still a problem. again, with the booster may come for extra benefit and we are looking into data now, and it is very much possible that we want. we want to how to prevent dec nation. the biggest benefit is the primary and we want to make sure everybody's with us cooling the primary workstation is being available to everyone around the world. british prime minister barak johnson's

popularity house hit, an all time low over the so called party gate scandal. it's dominating the u. k. media with a string of revelations or by boozy get togethers dining streets. it's but johnson in damage control mode firing several offers for legendary breaking lockdown in room. meanwhile, his ministers trying to shift in order to really was some dramatically new policies, including submission to the migrant crisis, extra health care for the polishing. we'd be like the bid. in addition bars, johnson is promising to lift cobit restrictions, even though the essays it's currently under extreme pressure due to the micron weight reports of dining st. shindig, x closed widespread anger in the u. k. happening at the height of the 2020 locked darn when people were even barred from attending funerals up their local. one of them is alice tustin, founder of the campaign group, names not numbers. he was unable to pay his last respects to the wrong public. this

happened in its 1st wave, so it was the sun masjid. i didn't get to get that, you know, i stayed in london dress my best suit and how to know about myself. and it's interesting to note on a day that the prime minister was having wine, friday's funeral, there's only about 4 people that yeah, it was very rough. no way. it couldn't have been easy for many fee, but it could've been easy. can you want to try more normal flight this concept? the got a hard job so you need for why and his job and he needs to hit the ball is resign. my thoughts are if, if this is the idea of leading the already wrong approach of thought,

the state of the country at the moment, the leaders giving us rules that we do are in stand by whereas they can sell. meanwhile, the leader of the u. k. l position offending off allegations of hypocrisy after a photo of him emerged drinking beer with stuff during the 2021 spring locked on and not a mask inside. although cure stormer insist that unlike the prime minister, he did nothing wrong. just days before the election, we've been very busy, were working in the office. we stopped for something to eat and then we carried on working no party, no breach of the rules, and absolutely no comparison with the prime minister. it, members of the ruling, conservative party, don't buy that argument. however, they're saying stormer should be investigated just like maurice johnson, especially after his finger pointing against the prime minister. his defense that

he didn't realize he was at a party ha into some ridiculous duties. actually offensive to the pretty. yeah. with the whole country was look town. he was posting boozy policies in town express. he now going to do the decent thing and resign will always good to have re, to host under las john gaunt on the program. john, good to see you. i would suggest armor house in health matters by st. being as we just saw there. so accusatory against the prime minister is he being hypocritical, was a smell. it's the stench of hypocrisy. that's what it is. you and my friend, i obviously he wasn't doing what boris and a lot subarus staff seem to be enduring avenue, right? booze up in garden. but he was inside the house, he was drinking beer and his excuse that they were having

a chinese and therefore his work meal is frankly ludicrous. these politicians are all the same. it's just degrees, isn't it? it's a matter of them. and us, they make the rules and they want to act in a certain way, but they don't want the rules to apply to them. that said, i'd like is all to move on now. you and this much more important things we need to address. well, rather than who had a drink, you all know you took you took the words right out of my mind because i just, you can answer in a 2nd because the he cares so many other problems to contend with. right now, on inflations, on a 30 year high. there's an ongoing supply chain crisis. but this is headline stuff . it, are these scandals just a distraction from what, you know, more pressing issues going on? or of course is it's all a distraction. don't get me wrong. we couldn't bury my father in law, he didn't dial covey, but he died just before coven began to happen on a big scale. so therefore,

there was no funeral because only 6 people could go and the 7 children in his family. so it's affected as, as well, not as much as it's affected, other people, so i feel for them. and it is the stench of hypocrisy. but there are many other things now we need to move on. and the bottom line is test armor will never be prime minister. he'll never be a leader. he's got less christmas and i never thought it was going to be possible than gordon brown. he's an opportune or a number one for us. johnson is the best man to lead his now, even though he is, as well as thinking hypocrite, and no one to those families are upset. but honestly, let's move on. let's talk about the things that were the matter. as you said, and things like roaring a soaring inflation that the job losses that are going to be around the corner. let's talk about the migrant problem as well at dover. let's talk about law and order there. there are things that the british public now won't boorish to get on

top of that. and also, you know, this hypocrisy i was telling you about, let's ask, talk mainstream media journalists and broadcasters, whether they broke the rules during this 2 year period. did they actually know what the rules were? let's face it. the rules were they were so ridiculous at times, but i think there's a stench epoxy through or through all of this. there's a culture of drinking within the b, b, c. and most newsrooms in this country as well. so those without sin, what are they cast the 1st stone. if you understand what i mean, you system is no leader, but labor are ahead in the polls. now, johnson does get forced out a summer protecting. would that actually help or hinder labor? it chair would chair probably help them and they are like a head in the polls, but this is mid term. forget about all this controversy. i thing when people decide

to vote when they go into those booths, they'll think who is the man with christmas? let me tell you. it certainly isn't the woman less truss. and there isn't really anyone to compete with boris. i always call him a rock star politician. and you know what, you'll get away with this as well. they won't remove it, but if he went, that would probably help labor. but it depends other thing. they've got any one who's got the power to the old christmas personality to get elected, in my opinion. interesting, you see how it all develops though, isn't it at radio host center, unless john can't live on our tea today. thanks, john. thank you very much indeed. ah, the wealth of the world, top 10 riches people has doubled during the pandemic routes as the per across the world continue to suffer due to a lack of treatment. and indeed, vaccines at those are the findings of a new report by the ox, from charity called inequality kills which claims policy choices by governments are

skewed. and they say, always in the favor of the wealthy to well said the wells at 10, the richest man has doubled. since the pandemic began the incomes of 99 percent of humanity, a worse off because of coven, 19 widening, economic gender, and racial inequalities, as well. as the inequality that exists between countries, a tearing our world apart, this is not by chance, but choice. economic violence is perpetrated when structural policy choices are made for the richest and most powerful people. this causes direct harm to us. all the fun they make has really exposed inequalities and fuel them. so ok, so i'm has been tracking billionaire wealth for some time. and of course the forbes list shows that it has been growing over the last 14 years. but over the last 2 years, it's been really exponential, so we call it a billionaire bonanza. and at the other end of the spectrum, of course,

for 99 percent of humanity, it's been a very, very difficult time. and most people are worse off as a result of the pandemic. of course, more than a 160000000 people have fallen into poverty during this time. and it's in a moment when you can see the difference is really showing very, very starkly. we can't cause success when there is such disparity, that at one end of the spectrum, you have people who have more wealth than they can spend in several lifetimes. and at the other, we have people struggling to pay their next health bill or, or not knowing where their next meal is coming from. having such a level of, of disparity affects everyone, even the wealthiest because you know, and it's a sign of an unhealthy state of affairs, of an unhealthy society that needs addressing. and one of those key drivers for inequality has been a vaccine access to vaccines. so the difference between rich and poor countries has

grown, but inequality. so and the poorest countries in africa, in general, only 10 percent of the population has had its 1st course of vaccination. so that means that they still and they're taking much longer for their cove. it with response and their recovery from the economic downturn, which means that unfortunately the trend is set to widen. if we don't act and maybe it's some of those profits that lead the alter rich to snap on properties in a new york neighborhood known as 1000000000 or is ro. but it turns out that the owners are paying just a fraction of the tax being charged to low income residents. and they're also driving up costs for everyone else. ortiz kill him up and picks up the story. the south central park and manhattan are 7 skyscraper buildings that are referred to as billionaires ro. these are homes only affordable to the ultra rich, while billionaires ro is certainly driving up rent and housing costs for average citizens. one thing it is not doing is increasing tax revenue. new york city's

property taxes are based on assessed value, not the sales price residence of 157, the luxury apartment building. that's part of billionaires ro, also get a tax break because the company owns some affordable housing far away in the bronx . it's a pretty convenient loophole that allows the billionaire residents to have some of their tax burden ease. i've looked into the controversy with former new york city council candidate and lawyer marnie hall law. so it is a huge tax discrepancy. and that, you know, a lot of activists have been calling to end the $421.00, a tax subsidy, because it's cindy, lose it so much money. and then $22011700000000.00 of money that the city could have got for city services. we don't have so that's, that's a real problem and it creates a tremendous amount of income inequality. and that's where you see again, you know, like the, the story is as the rich get richer and the poor, get for 430 to park avenue, both to being the tallest residential building in the western world. it's 85

stories with a nice view, central park, or take the building known as 157 that consists of 92 housing units above the hyatt hotel. the very existence of these buildings drives up housing and rent costs for average citizens. non billionaire resident of new york city have often been complaining about the high costs of rent, which hasn't decreased very much despite the worsening conditions in the city shows a bare loss gas to hi my surgery for apartments right now. and i have that. i can't find anything really, in my opinion, for me, for less than $40000.00. problem, this is this is a $100000000.00. pardon? what department? taking advantage of all the assets of the new york city, but they're not thank or the financial strain of accommodating billionaire housing goes even further. since the pandemic, new york city has lost much of its appeal,

the ultra rich are going elsewhere. central park tower has 89 percent of its apartments vacant according to the new york post and all 7 of the buildings double billionaires ro, you've got a half of those. busy luxury housing units sitting empty. so in such a situation, shouldn't the housing costs and rent go down? well, they aren't. i mid rise in crime and inflation. new york city's housing costler still sky high working families are struggling and many look on and say the game is rigged. caleb mop and r t new york. all right, let's turn attention back to europe or right wing presidential candidate in france has been fined 10000 euro after a court found him guilty of his speech or exam work has rejected the ruling calling . it's simply a crack done on free speech. we once an end to this system which every day tightens the noose on the freedom of expression and democratic debate,

this system manufactures the crime of opinion on an industrial scale. there is an urgent need to drive ideology out of the courts. justice must become justice again . well, that certainly how eric seymour would see this. he is the bad boy of french politics, particularly as we had into that presidential election in just a few months. he's now been slapped down once again. so what did he say that was at so exclusive, here in france? well, when he was speaking on that show back in september of 2020, he was talking about unaccompanied miners. so children who've come here illegally and many of which are living on the streets in france, particularly here in paris. and he described them as being thieves as killers and as rapists. now those comments were seized on by number of organizations who made a complaint, and of course, it's now gone all the way through the courts. eric's in war has been reacting to that decision by the court to find him 10000 euros, saying that what this is,

his condemnation of free spirit at by a judicial system which he is described as being invaded by idealogues objectively . tim, once again, i am the object and the victim of political justice. i'm condemned for incitement for complicity in the incident. but the complexity of the formula used is too much to understand. i know that these immigrants like unaccompanied children and not a race noisily. well eric, the more also says he stands by his comments and he is due to appeal that fine by the court. and then he went on to say that from his perspective, that the majority of saying mobile phones after it took place here in fonts were being carried out by these unaccompanied miners. he says he's also got a really busy legal agenda at the moment and he said that's because they, when he means they, he means the ruling elite or trying to demonize him to try and silence him. however,

there was other reaction to that decision by the court on monday, and this came from the lawyer who represented the 30 or so organizations that originate fall as a complaint against what he said. if it's, you know, it's definitely an important decision because we want him to understand that we won't accept it. we need him to understand that there are human rights defenders. there are anti re says, we need him to know that we will stand up against a political project aimed at destroying the legacy of the french revolution and the enlightened me an error. though it's not the 1st time that moore has been convicted of hate speech. in fact, he's been convicted of this twice before. and there have been around 16 investigations into incendiary remarks that he's made particular topic such as immigration and on islamic. he has plenty to say about both of those subjects now, whether you agree or disagree with him, with views, what is absolutely clear and cannot be disputed is the fact that when he discussed his topics, it is something that becomes an explosive debate to install. some people pay

attention and as a result of that, when he announced his candidacy for the presidential election just a few months ago, he surged in the polls automatically. what his voice is done, what you like the contribution or not it's pushed the debate towards the right wing agenda. and some would say that that he's even pushed present mack on his traditional like to be part of the center debate to the right with policies that he's made and policies he will become painting on in this election. so this is an election that is going to put too much exclusively on right wing issues, and that is partly due to voices like eric's more no doubt. his support has since he 1st came on to the waves and said, i want to be the president. but the reality is he's shaking up the political debate . taylor france, and he's certainly a voice that we will hear a lot of in the next few months. charlotte gibbons, he wrapping up the program the sour from paris, that is indeed where we leave

a news update. i'll be back off the top with more of this story. shipping your a world today. do hope you can catch it. ah, i have a good day to use. my goal is stored safely at the federal reserve. you know, there are you don't get a back active. oh heck no. what with came when we get the rest and 7 years. bill at the $75.00 kaiser report. oh, when i was sure seemed wrong when i was just a shape out disdain becomes the african and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds

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