while in the united kingdom well the vaccine program is moving along at a pace french president emanuel micron is waded into the argument saying the u.k. has to decide who its friends are. imagine the british finish their vaccine campaign successfully what will they do stop european lorries from entering when there is a total dependence on the continent good luck half pregnant is not a concept what policy does great britain wish to choose it cannot be the closest ally of the us the closest ally of the e.u. and the new singapore it has to choose a model what we've essentially seen though is the british side getting a huge p.r. victory post break that without really having to do very much at all as far as london's concerned they're focused on vaccinating their own people the u.k. government's position is absolutely clear we expect companies and contracts to be on that european union know that our 1st priority is vaccinating people in the united kingdom but we also want to work with our friends and neighbors in the european union well the job of savaging that the european union and particularly e

portugal and like spain vaccine programs have had to be suspended because there aren't enough jobs emanuel micron saying london needs to pick its friends imagine the british finish their vaccine campaign successfully what will they do stop european lorries from entering when there is of total dependence on the continent good luck hofburg and is not a concept what policy does great britain wish to choose it cannot be the close us ally of the u.s. the closest ally of the e.u. and the new singapore it has to choose a model of the plan when it comes to vaccinating the e.u. isn't going to be short work it would seem following that summit on monday night also set to come this month is the european medicines agencies view on whether the russian sputnik v. vaccine can be used inside the european union the german health minister yen spahn has said that he'd be willing to use that as part of germany's vaccination program once it gets that rubber stamp at some point in february. health policy analysts royally fears fake certificates could haul my efforts to fight the pandemic i just think it's a stupid craz

the g 5 summit comes as attacks by armed groups have increased in the region french president emanuel micron is expected to join the conference by video france has deployed thousands of soldiers to back to local troops it is preparing to reduce its presence in the region. headlines here on al-jazeera we've got more news coming up right after talk to us is there. what should americans be thinking and doing right now it should be a bad idea they don't care about their work is all they care about is making money china is not going to be left out of the calling for the devoted to france try the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and they're affecting the old. world is all to. see. this week on talk to al jazeera the troubled country of somalia faces a new crisis political deadlock i'm changed by u.n. headquarters in new york the 30 years of chaos and conflict this was going to be a pivotal year for somalia that was supposed to be the 1st one person one vote elections in 15 years however in september that was the pounding the place with indirect elections the parliament in december and the

portugal and like spain vaccine programs have had to be suspended because there aren't enough jobs emanuel micron saying london needs to pick its friends imagine the british finish their vaccine campaign successfully what will they do stop european lorries from entering when there is a total dependence on the continent good luck half pregnant is not a concept what policy does great britain wish to choose it cannot be the closest ally of the us the closest ally of the e.u. and the new singapore it has to choose a model. well the plan when it comes to vaccinating the new isn't going to be short work it would seem following that summit on monday night and what we're hearing coming out of brussels as well but what we do know is the president out that meeting with the german chancellor and others on monday were representatives from johnson and johnson cure and others and we're expecting that we'll have exact numbers on the doses of the fires that by on take vaccine will be to delivered to germany by the end of this month also set to come this month is the european medicines agencies view on whether th

conference this year he was alongside president joe biden chancellor angela merkel as well but emanuel micron used his speech not like the chancellor did to say that she was full of praise for joe biden but a manual mccrone saying that perhaps europe should take a bit more of its own border security in its own hands and not rely so heavily on the united states i listened very carefully to the prison biden and the common challenges i think it is time for us to take much more of the burden of our own protection when we speak about security at our borders it is normal and sometimes us could decide to be less involved if we are too much dependent in the us with a need to we can put ourselves into a situation to be no more protected at our borders was a strange conference all round compared to how it is usually it also ended a bit strange from a manual micron there unlike joe biden an angler merkel who'd gone before him who just stayed quietly and let the the next speaker continue money were macron decided while he was going to take some questions which seemed to catch everybody off guard in quite

portugal and like spain vaccine programs have had to be suspended because there aren't enough jobs emanuel micron saying london needs to pick its friends imagine the british finish their vaccine campaign successfully what will they do stop european lorries from entering when there is a total dependence on the continent good luck half pregnant is not a concept what policy does great britain wish to choose it cannot be the closest ally of the us the closest ally of the e.u. and the new singapore it has to choose a model of the plan when it comes to vaccinating the e.u. isn't going to be short work it would seem following that summit on monday night also set to come this month is the european medicines agencies view on whether the russian sputnik v. vaccine can be used in. the european union the german health minister yen spanners said that he'd be willing to use that as part of germany's vaccination program once it gets that rubber stamp at some point in february. ok well let's go back to our top story this hour because russia seems received approval by researches in the lancet medical journal they

while in the united kingdom well the vaccine program is moving along at pace french president emanuel micron waded into the argument saying the u.k. has to decide who its friends are. imagine the british finish their vaccine campaign successfully what will they do stop european lorries from entering when there is a total dependence on the continent good luck half pregnant is not a concept what policy does great britain wish to choose it cannot be the close us ally of the us the closest ally of the e.u. and the new singapore it has to choose a model. some real mixed messages coming from. the french president on the one hand saying the u.k. can't hold all of the astra zeneca vaccine and must share it with europe on the other hand he saying the astra zeneca vaccine might not be effective and shouldn't be used for those over the age of 65 now that's an interpretation based on the the data that was given to the european medical agency or the lack of data regarding testing of the vaccine age group on the over 60 five's what we've essentially seen though is the british side getting a huge p.r. vict

the french president emanuel micron's pledged to step up efforts to fight al qaeda linked groups in the south how the region of africa mccomas speaking on a video link to the presidents of the g. 5 nations in this case became a facet of mali are attaining and chad he called on international partners to provide long term financing for subtle forces said clearly the loot concluded would deal with the absolute priority of our military strategy is to continue our fight against terrorist groups this will be achieved with the strengthening of the joint health force which is already made immense progress our intention now is to strengthen this g 5 force with sustained funding. to former leaders of a rebel group in central african republic have denied committing war crimes 7 years ago when the country descended into civil war the trial for alfred tom and patty said while it gets on the began at the international criminal court on tuesday they're accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape as is often muslim seleka rebels overthrew the government at the time they were a

president emanuel quantised described the vaccine is quite ineffective against the coronavirus in those age 65 and above well that those claims of being rubbished by scientists question where mr micron is getting that from and suggesting that the french president may be engaging in a bit of demand management with those type of statements. that the kremlin has hit back at western governments critical of a course decision to jail the russian opposition activist alexina valmy and accused them of foreign interference he was sentenced to just under 3 years for parole violations in moscow yesterday with more on the story his r.t. he goes you don. well it certainly gain some traction internationally has been covered in russia for sure but the amount of attention it's getting from international sources it is almost like they the russian media within minutes after the ruling we started to receive statements from all over the world from the u.k. from the u.s. from germany france the council of europe really you name it all of them almost following the same the very same time template all of them calling putting alexina value on a pedestal and calling for his release we reiterate our call for

president emanuel kong is described the vaccine is quasi ineffective against the corona virus in those age 65 and above well that those claims of being rubbish by scientists questioning where mr micron is getting not from and suggesting that the french president may be engaging in a bit of demand management with those type of statements. meanwhile world leaders including the french president and the european commission head her publish their joint article calling for a coordinated approach in fighting the pandemic and making sure a global recovery reaches everybody in need the pandemic calls for a strong coordinated international response that rapidly expands access to tests treatments and vaccines recognizing extensive immunization as a global public good that must be available and affordable for all yes fast becoming into the big topic of the day and my colleague under former discuss that with independent journalist luke reveal he say's that before talking about international solidarity e.u. leaders should 1st learn how to handle the situation inside their block the thing is that one use you hear my point is that i am on french channels or a vandal i am saying and speaking about i

president emanuel much as described the vaccine is quasi in affective against the corona virus in those age 65 under both well that those claims of being rubbished by scientists questioning where mr micron is getting not from and suggesting that the french president may be engaging in a bit of demand management with those type of statements meanwhile world leaders including the french president and the european commission head have published a joint article calling for a coordinated approach in fighting the pandemic the pandemic calls for a strong coordinated international response that rapidly expands access to tests treatments and vaccines recognizing extensive immunization as a global public good that must be available and affordable for all marketing gondry pharma discussed. that article with independent journalist blue green bay he believes e.u. leaders need to sort out their own house before talking up international corporation. the thing is that one use you hear my point is that i am on french channels or of on the i am saying and speaking about it i mean the suspect list are not the ones to talk they should get to work and facts in 8 1st their own population then they can talk a