e.u. member states and the e.u. as a whole join that list. and now i am hoping that you do a b. and medical agency will be able to certify a deficiency of this vaccine you know that could be useful szell into being union the state would be good news because as you know we are facing a shortage of vaccine back since our all about effect to safety in the vale ability to not do political struggles it's about getting the safest back since quickly as possible regardless of who developed them any vaccine that's ready and missed the safety and efficacy conditions is welcome in europe we are interested in getting as many vaccines of theories types as we can. there has been a big change in tone when it comes to media coverage of the russian sputnik the vaccine the european medicines agency is currently reviewing the vaccine in order to give it the green there's even been talk of it being manufactured here in the ear rypien union while germany and france both said that it would be a useful addition to their vaccine arsenal hungry i've already got ahead of the curve they've already approve

e.u. member states. for years previously european governments had already attempted to reach an agreement on how to handle the crisis with no success. countries like hungary rejected any obligation to take in refugees. or johansson he's the european commissioner for home affairs as the politician responsible for the new pact she calls for a measured approach. of course it's natural to be emotional because you talk about people as human beings and then many of them are in a crisis situation and of course it is good that you have emotions towards people in a crisis but just solve the problem and to be able to find a political solution i think that we should try not to dramatize migration i think that's really part of the problem we have seen too many drama queens in this debate actually and i think that we should be a little bit more sober and pragmatic. and so the proposal is full of technicalities it calls for a maximum of 5 days screening at the e.u. out of border during which security and identity chec

and during those talks moscow announced that it was expelling diplomats from germany and other e.u. states. for attending protests by you know found these supporters after the incident burrell said that russia was going down a worrisome all thora tarion route without room for democratic alternatives some e.u. lawmakers say they do not believe that the russian foreign minister would make good on his threat to sever ties. you know who. you are as well as my nose dished from my point of view this is saber rattling no one should be surprised about that russia would be shooting itself in the foot if it wants to break off ties with the e.u. . and north stream to was one of those ties this gigantic pipeline project is meant to bring russian gas into europe and it's almost finished it's not clear where the new sanctions would affect this project worth billions of euros the venture is controversial and some e.u. member states oppose it but perlin is committed to it. but for more on this we're joined now by our political correspondent simon young simon welcome i wonder how much is the german governm

and during those talks moscow announced that it was expelling diplomats from germany and other e.u. states. for attending protests by and then found these supporters after the incident barel said that russia is going down a worrisome thora tarion route without room for democratic alternatives some e.u. law make his say they do not believe that the russian foreign minister would make good on his threat to sever ties. you know but. you know i was always my notes just from my point of view this is saber rattling no one should be surprised about that russia would be shooting itself in the foot if it wants to break off ties with the e.u. . and north stream to you is one of those ties this gigantic pipeline project is meant to bring russian gas into europe and it's almost finished it's not clear where the new sanctions would affect this project worth billions of euros the venture is controversial and some e.u. member states oppose it but is committed to it. former european central bank chief mario draghi has agreed to serve as the new prime minister of italy 73 year old economist said he was rea

diplomatic route last week during the school moscow announced that it was expanding diplomats from 3 e.u. states for attending protests by novelli supporters. after the incident the block's foreign minister for else said that russia is going down a war or some authority route some e.u. nor mike has say they do not believe that russia would separate ties. looking at. those miners just from my point of view this is saber rattling no one should be surprised about that russia would be shooting itself in the foot if it wants to break off ties with the e.u. and his. operation. and nordstrom too was one of those ties this gigantic pipeline project is meant to bring russian gas into europe it's not clear whether new sanctions would affect this project worth billions of euros the venture is controversial and some e.u. member states oppose it but is committed to it. to bundesliga football now and 2nd place leipzig hosted augsburg friday evening lives which had a chance to move within 4 points of league leading byron with a win and they managed it with a bit of controversy in bone chilling temperatures. th

social them and also because it imposes on member states very tights macroeconomy street jackets in order to avoid macroeconomy imbalances across the e.u. this makes it very difficult for states to spend money on social investment at the risk of increasing their public that until today is a unique opportunity to really rethink these issues and perhaps better recruit the youth to it to alleviate poverty within its borders again to the macroeconomic pressures by virtue of the euro arguably in a 2nd but you think there is recognition of what you just said in that as you say in the report there is no target anymore for poverty reduction in the 2020 body target of 20000000 was missed by 8700000 men women and children in the. indeed so in 2010 your 2020 strategy had been announced and the objective was to reduce poverty by 20000000 people by 2020 this time it was entirely missed and i think it has been traumatizing europe in this issue makers who do not want to commit to a new targets which they feel it may be difficult to reach setting targets mean excepting accountability for results and this is something which is difficult to obtain i bel

social demby and also because it imposes on member states a very tight macroeconomy straight jackets in order to avoid macroeconomic imbalances across the e.u. this makes it very difficult for states to spend money on social investments at the risk of increasing their public that until today is a unique opportunity to really rethink these issues and perhaps eventually create the e.u. into it to alleviate poverty within its borders i'll get to the macroeconomic pressures by virtue of the euro arguably in a 2nd but do you think there is recognition of what you just said in that as you say in the report there is no target any more poverty reduction in the 2020 body target of 20000000 was missed by 8700000 men women and children in the. in the 20102020 strategy had been announced and the. 20000000 people by 2020 this time it was entirely missed and i think it has traumatizing. this issue makers who do not want to commit to which they. may be difficult to reach setting targets. for results and this is something which is difficult to obtain i believe we can do better i believe that you should set to guide states but especially to better support m

e.u. member states in agreement when it comes to managing this pandemic. runs everybody on one page when it comes to the fact that it was the e.u. together that ordered all these vaccines are going to greece that was a good idea or the 2nd thing them is that everybody agrees that they now need to get ready for a huge amount of vaccines coming in the 2nd quarter of the year so that the national rollout is more smoothly that it has been so far and certainly as you have mentioned the digital of vaccination passports that have been basically agreed on however the french president for instance made clear in his press conference after the summit that there will be no special rights connected and then it was the head of the european commission was it off on the line who specified that this is a political question and it's not clear it is clear that the passes will come but it's not clear what they will actually be used for so another debate on the sky on the horizon or the skids of you here then from berlin because you've been listening to the president as with th

e.u. member state to follow hungary's lead the russian sputnik the vaccine is set for approval by the european medicines agency here in the e.u. sometime this month. meanwhile italy remains one of the worst hit coed hotspots in europe now one italian regions bring in a strict lockdown after registering its 1st case of the more contagious british mutation it's thought to be spreading faster than other strains with fears that could worsen the situation across the country i think rest of the e.u. at least offering vaccine shortages if not the 1st batch of britain's astra zeneca job on saturday after on threaten legal action over huge delay is its also ask the e.u. commission to let member states make their own shots as a last resort italian health counselor a letter to montana told us europe needs russia's vaccine. through them and is he going over the us in this case it's not the jobs origin we should focus on but the efficacy of test results and we must run fast because in the eternal fight between viruses and humans time is the fundamental factor we can quickly examine other alternatives to co

the commission president admits the rock was too late in authorizing covert vaccines as e.u. states struggle with supply shortages we heard from a w.h.o. advisor. to not a matter of race between countries who should get 1st and which block should get earlier countries and european union need to plan far far east for pollution to be covered by a certain period of time. and donald trump's defense team accuses the democrats of tearing the country in half as the former president of a different trial get.

the european commission president admits the bloc was too late in authorizing covert vaccines as e.u. states struggle with supply shortages we heard from a w.h.o. advisor. so not a matter of race between countries who should get 1st and which block should get to earlier countries and the european union need to plan for 4 years population to be covered by a certain period of time. germany extends its lockdown until march as fears grow that nuke over 1000 variance could undermine.

e.u. member states to reduce the costs of health care and that's has been tragic izing the social security systems and health care systems and we now discover that social resilience was neglected over the years in the name of cost effectiveness and that is partly the result of this is macroeconomic constraints that states have imposed. as i say e.u. governments the european central bank they will say they needed to bail out banks as a priority and now there will be saying to you there's a 750000000000 euro euro recovery fund to help achieve the 50 percent poverty reduction. well. that's an important initiative but each are not be focused on the reduction of quality at all in fact the e.u. has deployed a series of instruments under the next generation e.u. under the framework if you wish and so the investments will be for the greening of the economy about 37 percent of the becoming a business facility should be take it to that and 20 percent should go to digitalisation of the economy but there's no target sets for investment even in social cohesion and therefore we must hope that the member

e.u. approved jobs the labor minister explained why they look to moscow for help. me an independent state even within the territory of italy and the european union we have the right to make independent decisions french government faces flak over its covert inoculation program after it's revealed hundreds of millions of euros were handed to controversial foreign consultants. divisions in armenia as the president rejects the prime minister's controversial order to sack the armed forces chief as crowds continue to demand the pm quit. and drawing up plans to get children watching more british culture in their cartoons the b.b.c. outlined ambitious targets to reverse the dominance of american animation. there with headline news 247 mrs r.t. international from moscow right 1st for you this hour european microstates vaccinating its population with russia's feature ab after deliveries. failed to arrive the country which lies totally within it is not an e.u. member so was excluded from the blocks deals with pharmaceutical giant however negotiated getting a tiny part of each delivery to italy but t

european commission president admits the bloc was too late in authorizing covert vaccines as e.u. states struggle with shortage of supply shortages we hear later from a w.h.y. would visor. it's not a matter of race between countries who should get 1st and which block should get earlier countries and the european union need to clam for a forest population to be covered by a certain period of time. and donald trump's senate impeachment trial enters day 2 democrats are now trying to bolster their case.

conclusions and make similar decisions it comes as e.u. states also step up talks to get support for the austrian chance to sebastian coe spoke on the phone with potent about supplies as soon as the european medicines agency approved russian's jab we spoke to one top austrian for all or just about how the scientific community is responding to russia's development. albert is i think that the lancet publication shows that sputnik the is a high quality vaccine we have promising data 91 percent effectiveness which is high demonstrates this is this is a vector based vaccine which means it is injected using a virus into our immune system to form immunity the difference between the other vector vaccine since it would make v is that it uses 2 different viral vectors and this is important as in some cases the immune system can create antibodies to the vector making the 2nd jab less effective whilst with the has 2 different viruses it makes the back seem more effective. if. the b.b.c. is pumping extra cash to reverse dependence on american cartoons like th

e.u. member states for there to be a further deterioration in relations between the e.u. and of us a federation i say the vast majority of e.u. member states would not want a further deterioration. and there are some the both 6 states and poland and those are merely conduit for western aggression against russia but ever since 2 fouls and 14 western companies for example construction companies and agricultural companies have been severely could say was in their ability to export to russia and they have suffered extensively as a result of that now if the european union does impose additional sanctions on russia then russia inevitably will take a very direct response who is going to suffer more its will be those companies within the european union for example agricultural companies in spain italy and greece who are no longer able to export their culture to russia so then we have to ask the question. who really benefits from it it's a further deterioration a further worsening of relations change brussels and most very clearly not the european union with the exception of the o

e.u. approved jobs the labor mistake spain's why they look to let's go for how. being an independent state even within the territory of the european union we have the right to make independent decisions the french government faces flak over its an occupation programme after it's revealed hundreds of millions of euros 100 controversial foreign consulted. a media prime minister raises the stakes sunday in order to dismiss the country's top general back to the president often he rejected it setting the stage for a constitutional showdown meanwhile crowds in the capital continue to demond the pm quit. and drawing up plans to get children watching more british culture and not cartoons the b.b.c. outlines ambitious targets to revive the dominance of america animation. we are always happy to see this says r.t. international a very warm welcome to the program. well let's start off with how european microstate sound merino has begun vaccinating its population with russia's sputnik v covert chop off to deliveries of alternatives from the e.u. failed to arrive the country which lies totally within it

turn away from top western vaccines over ethical concerns for the world health organization warns e.u. states against hoarding supplies pointing to the drastic shortages in developing nations. russia the u.s. for undermining free trade unfair competition after washington is boasting about european companies pulling out of the nord stream to gas pipeline project in the face of american sanctions. of a 1000000 american victims and counting no mass vaccination in sight where a mask for even better to do and keep them on for months despite no real pandemic policy switches president trump nonetheless u.s. media seems still to love joe biden's little changed approach. 801 here good morning from moscow this 24th of february watching r t international with me kevin i mean so those headlines in more detail and 1st the head of the world health organization has warned rich countries against restricting vaccine supplies to poorer nations many in the you are refusing western shots over reports of poor ethical sea leaving significant numbers of our news jabs is our europe correspondent. germany is facing a

e.u. markets we acted in the interests of our own citizens and i'm sure that over time more states will draw conclusions and make similar decisions for a part we have complete confidence in the russian vaccine we can see that technical of you in the city and bureaucratic decisions taken with regard to the production and distribution of certain products significantly slow down the approval process in different countries so we think these processes should be excel aerated due to the critical circumstances in the e.u. we simply did not have a vaccine and we had to make a choice what the bigger picture it comes as the e.u. states also step up talks to get sputnik v. as well austrian chancellor sebastian kurtzer spoke on the phone with loaded more potent about supplies as soon as the european medicines agency approved russian's jab we spoke to one top austrian just about how the scientific community is responding to russia's development. the job it is i think that the lancet publication shows that sputnik the is a high quality vaccine that we have promising data of 91 percent effectiveness which

e.u. with other member states so we have to rethink the construct and that is why in my report i call for rethinking those choices now as a crisis has shown the fragility of the european integration because as we've built i'm sure you've met a few of the lobbyists of the national in brussels as regards salary increases what do you think they would think of your report on extreme poverty than many actors who fear of change because they benefit from the current system and obviously the corporations that are best equipped to organize production across different jurisdictions and just to have address issues compete with one another. on the simple question is for best at avoiding taxes limiting their tax liability by declaring profits industries issues that have the lowest corporate income tax rates and unfortunately the big players have a major influence in setting the even it's going to gender and in influencing but it's good decision making so boss of the response to the crisis is true and be aware of these these veto points that these powerful actors control and to overcome them or circumv

we simply did not have a vaccine and we had to make a choice it was angry nose move comes as e.u. states also step up talks to get this but make the job they are in charge that has spoken with president putin about a range of supplies as soon as the european medicines agency approves the faxing well we spoke to in austin for our latest about how the scientific community is approaching the use of the russian job. no. i think that the lancet publication shows that sputnik the is a high quality vaccine we have promising data 91 percent effectiveness which is high demonstrates this this is a vector based vaccine which means it is injected using a virus into our immune system to form immunity the difference between the other vector vaccine since it would make the is that it uses 2 different viral vectors and this is important as in some cases the immune system can create antibodies to the vector making the 2nd jab less effective. has 2 different viruses it makes the vaccine more effective. france has suffered its worst week in the pandemic since november reporting more than 25000 new cases on

some southern e.u. states like greece and spain which are heavily dependent on tourism are pushing to adopt the inoculations certificate quickly but the idea is facing high level resistance as well on the vaccine certificates. indeed we discussed this topic as you know there are still in a number of open question political question the 1st one is of course what these certificates will be used for but they're also scientific questions that are still open. meantime the vaccination programs encountered some severe setbacks including shortages of doses and supply delays we heard about some of the possible drawbacks of vaccine certificates from a member of germany's at the left party and also a specialist in emergency medicine from the u.k. the solution is not a little one. to cause problems. can become someone last time can access. passport but to. really unique problem you see people who want to see a young person for example who's probably just as difficult a time or someone totally who is not likely to get seen

e.u. clashes with germany. cold claims that codes of possible will have to be used by pool member states. this is our national you are very welcome thanks for choosing us today well let's start off with the natives developments in the south caucasus the opposition in armenia is remaining. in the center of the capital opponents of the prime minister are currently counted out for a 2nd night in front of the parliament building in yerevan now they've run out to stay there until the cold resigns auntie's constantine rushkoff is that for us. the biggest news of the last couple of hours in armenia is the outcome of the meeting between the opposition leaders and the country's president now why this meeting is so important well for one there is a pretty intense standoff between the armenian political leader prime minister nicola pasha now and he's top military command army generals called on pashtun to resign accusing him of being incompetent the prime minister fired back and he was a military in an attempted coup that's a story that's been playing out since yesterday now partially now wanted to

e.u. member state to follow hungary's lead the russian sputnik the vaccine is set for approval by the european medicines agency here in the e.u. sometime this month. but africa's halted its rollout of the oxford astra zeneca coated vaccine after a trial showed only minimal protection against a local strain of the virus. astra zeneca novak's trials in south africa have shown that the clinical efficacies diminish substantially the astra zeneca vaccine rollout needs to be put on temporary hold the anglo swedish drug maker is now working to adapted to vaccine to tackle the highly infectious south african mutation of covert 90 in the meantime south africa's inoculation campaign will rely on the pfizer bio on tech and also the johnson and johnson job which will be delivered in the coming weeks and the head of a center for health care journalism in south africa says the longer late in the ploy and vaccines have allowed new strains to develop. so everyone in the country's 1st straight it of course because the next scene doesn't prove to be so effective against the new they are eons and that is essenti

that comes as certain e.u. states also step up talks to get sputnik we asked her and chancellor has spoken by phone with lattimer putin about supplies as soon as the european medicines agency approves russia's jab we spoke to one top austrian biologist about how the scientific community is responding to rush of development. dahlberg it's good i think that the lancet publication shows that scrutiny can be is a high quality vaccine that we have promising data of 91 percent effectiveness which is high demonstrates this respect this is a vector based vaccine which means it is injected using a virus into our immune system to form immunity in the difference between the other vector vaccine since it would be is that it uses 2 different viral vectors will and this is important as in some cases the immune system can create antibodies to the vector making the 2nd jab less effective whilst putting the has 2 different safe viruses in it makes the back seem more effective mark is. a german doctor has refused to treat a female poli

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remember that this is something that many different e.u. states individually but collectively also through the e.u. have been suggesting might come because the e.u. as a bloc has condemned what happens to mr ranney and of called on the russian authorities to investigate prosecute and then punish those who are responsible for what happened to him remember he was poisoned with novacek and it was only through the intervention of 1st doctors in russia and then here in berlin that he was able to recover so that's pretty much what they've been discussing what they've been talking about how they intend to proceed these are the the never only case and the russian government now 53 kidnapping victims in nigeria have been released after the group present ducted from a bus last week the people including 20 women and 9 children were taken by an armed group and i just state that's as the government nears a deal for the release of dozens of school children who are also abducted last week in a separate incident that address has more now from the he says this cri