for tougher measures that's plummeted and it's left the government in a tight spot correspondent peter oliver has details. with germany looking for a solution to the covert 19 crisis there are a number of options available to the government in the fight against the pandemic there is a selection of options on the table from the requirements to work from home to where f f p 2 masks in real traffic to clear or contact restrictions or curfews the problem though is the thora t's are all split when it comes to taking measures and far from reaching any type of agreement it seems so messy increasing the severity of lockdown is the only option is fears over a new take actions of covert 90 are rising the leader of the state of the varia wants to see more action being taken and swifter fashion the basic problem in our handling of the pandemic was often that the counter measures were taken too late and then loosened too early it also weakens our if it safe decisions made together in berlin were any implemented half heartedly and in different ways some are already looking for an escape like german foreign

chancellor so big deal then because i love merkel term expires in october let's catch up with peter oliver the smalling our europe correspondent morning face all eyes on this big weekend vote then tell us more hello. yes the c.d.u. party the christian democratic union will elect a new leader this weekend it'll come as a result of a virtual party conference that's taking place because of corona it had been supposed to take place late last year but it had to be pushed back because of the virus it will see who should be the next contender to be the chancellor of germany who will replace and deal americal when she steps down in september she confirmed again during her new year's address that she would not be running for the chancellorship in september's vote we had heard from her 1st way back in 2018 saying she wasn't going to stand again. this 4th term is my last as german chancellor at the 2021 problem and to relax i will not put forward my candidacy for the chance to she began and. so who's in the running to replace a well be leader of the state of north rhine-westphalia arm in le shot at 5

correspondent peter oliver he joins us live from berlin peter just in from the u.k. people are upset because of a new or painful it is constant upheaval it seems in germany more lock down work but why are they it seems heading in that direction well i'm glad merkel will be meeting with the heads of germany 16 states later on tuesday almost certain that there will be an extension of the current lockdown measures that are in place. what we are expecting to see is an extension until the end of this month however one senior social democratic party politicians social democrats part of the ruling coalition here in germany carl lauterbach who is a respected professor of epidemiology in his own right has said that there should be an indefinite lockdown put in place across germany when likely that that will be the option taken by the chancellor and the the leaders of the 16 states later on tuesday the mood music suggests it could be a 3 week extension. in view of the still too high numbers it is necessary to extend the measures and the restrictions the lock down must be exten

diverting promised supplies to other countries well let's get more now from our european correspondent peter oliver who joins us this even get even cheap peter quite a strong reaction then to this latest move by the. well yes governments are trying their best to get the infection and death rates from coded 19 down as much as they can and. they still remain high just about everywhere across europe despite those restrictions that we've seen put in place in the netherlands that here in germany as well that are in place. there's huge logistical headaches when it comes to getting the vaccine where it needs to go production slowdowns and issues with production means that just isn't enough vaccine out there to put into people's arms now the european union is said that it wants vaccine manufacturers to inform brussels every time that a vaccine is set to leave the block well what that could mean is delays in vaccine shipments going from. where astra zeneca make their job in belgium to the united kingdom which of course left the european union at the beginning of this year that hasn't gone down well on the o

national lockdown after a surge in coli cases over the festive season our europe correspondent peter oliver has more. germany continues to post high numbers of infections with covert 19 on debts associated with it on friday the grim wreck ordered numbers of dead was broken here in germany 1188 deaths confirmed that prompted chancellor angela merkel to give very sobering speech over the weekend and what she called on german citizens to think about their actions and the impact their actions would have on their fellow citizens. the coming winter weeks are probably the most difficult phase of the pandemic hospitals across the country are working to their limits current infection rates do not even reflect the effects of christmas any years eve heating at a possible surge in a number of key says and virus mutations are not helping to reduce anxiety well locked down measures they were brought in before christmas and new year were extended well strengthened last week they'll be in place until the end of january they'll be reviewed on the 25th both sits likely that they will be extended even further

centralized distribution scheme but it seems few heeded the call at the moment as a europe correspondent peter oliver explains. the european union's one for all and all for one vaccine plan as co-op against the problem of members self interest when it comes to obtaining the jobs germany has snapped up an extra 13000000 doses of the pfizer vaccines being criticized by its partners for doing so it is selfish behavior to buy medicine by yourself disrespecting common decisions is another example of the german policy of respecting their own interests above the interests of other e.u. countries berlin insists it is playing by the rules and that those extra doses won't be sent out until the vaccine is being dispatched across the rest of the european union germany says the real problem lies with problems when it comes to production it's not correct to see the germany secure vaccines at the expense of other countries. don't see it we have ordered enough vaccines and the question is how can they be produced how fast they can be produced and if we would have ordered more it would not have been possible to produ

member states do not agree however as peter oliver explained. as the e.u. looks to present a united front when it comes to the fight against covert 191 measure we could well see coming in sooner rather than later of vaccine passports as more people are vaccinated the documentation in mutual recognition or vaccination become of up most important though it is premature to envisage the use of vaccine certificates for other purposes than health protection and a your approach may facilitate other cross border applications of such that if it gets in the future the idea certainly isn't to everyone's taste but the loss of another summer season would be all thinkable for nations whose tourism industries of already being ravaged by coronavirus so covert passports may be the only way to go greece isn't going to let the idea get caught up in bureaucratic navel gazing they've already got the certificates in place we're starting to she does it'll vaccination certificates this is not a restriction on the country it will help us to get rid of the restrictions the code plac

cross border travel and portugal has closed its land border with spain our europe correspondent peter oliver reports of the latest steps from germany. this weekend tough new restrictions on travelers coming into germany from 7 different countries will come into place from saturday they're already here when it comes to travelers arriving for me you men the states ireland and portugal as well as those coming from the united kingdom brazil and south africa from sunday that list will grow to 7 to include the african nations of s. white danny and lee so too the reason these have been put in place is that these nations have seen rises in the infections of mutated variants of the corona virus the german interior minister the horse and say hoff said before they were officially put in place that germany would have to do they speak because there wasn't a unified e.u. solution on the horizon you couldn't. own information searing all the information we have we do not expect there to be european solution that meet or expect a sions in the near future and that is why we are preparing as a nation there are

anti pandemic rules and extended its lockdown the country has now surpassed 35000 related deaths peter oliver looks at how berlin is trying to slow the pace of the pandemic. following a meeting between angle of merkel the german chancellor and the leaders of germany's 16 states locked down in the country will be extended until the 31st of january what that means is that all bars and restaurants schools gyms mound non-essential retail will be closed there are some new measures being put in place as well you'll now only be able to meet with one or the person from outside of a household other than your own bond in areas where infections are above $200.00 per 100000 of the population there will be a limit on where you can travel it has to be within a 15 kilometer radius of your home in announcing these measures angular merkel said that they would necessary and. we are now very close to full capacity in some hospitals which is also one of the reasons for us to introduce these far reaching madness today epidemiologists hard hope that you would go further and extend this lockdown beyond the end of j

wrong dealing with covert 19 and as always it's a case of trying to choose the least bad option peter oliver r.t. . as countries ramp up their vaccine programs the world health organization is warning of a catastrophic moral failure and how supplies are distributed we now face the real danger that even as vaccines bring hope to some they become another brick in the wall of inequality between the worlds of the world's haves and have nots the problem is of axis is at serious risk. more than 79000000 doses of vaccine have now been. in at least 49 higher income countries. just 25 borders have been given in one lowest income country not 25000000 not 25000 just 25. i need to be blunt. the world is on the brink of a catastrophe moral failure. and the prize of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest countries. the vaccination campaign and friends has come under fire from regional mayors they say there aren't enough doses to go around and the rollout is riddled with logistical problems it saddens me to see it but it's a mess the state decided brutally to transfer a

the country's broken ranks with brussels entering job negotiations with russia china and israel peter oliver explains. the e.u. commission president of the fund the line is struggling to keep the states in line when it comes to vaccines she's warned the nations not to try and do their own deals the only framework we are negotiating in is as $27.00 we do this together and nonmember state on this legal binding basis is allowed to negotiate in parallel or to have a contract and parallel the loudest voice unhappy at brussels being in sole charge of vaccine procurement is coming from hungary with prime minister viktor orban saying the current plan could lead to months more of a lock down if we only rely on western vaccines the restrictions will have to be maintained for several more months if we can find a safe and proven vaccine elsewhere we can speed up the process mr obama said was budapest to be able to choose its own deals i don't think we have to wait for the vaccine as part of the union we agreed that we'd wait but the process is going so slowly that i think it's time to act and get the va

worse there's understandably been a strong international reaction to the events in washington peter oliver has been taking a closer look. rioters storming one of the seats of power saying that they want to carry out a revolution isn't scenes that we usually expect to see from the united states and when it comes to reaction from iran the message coming out of tehran is there's only one person to blame for wednesday and what we saw last night and today in america demonstrates to failure of western democracy and reveals how fragile and weak is foundation is we saw what calamities a populous has imposed upon his own country over the past 4 years he's blemish the dignity and reputation of his country there's also been a response from china where the foreign ministry has put out a warning on its web site the chinese citizens in the d.c. area telling them to strengthen precautions that they're taking judy to the mass demonstration that took place on wednesday also chinese social media has been drawing a lot of comparisons to what we saw the capital building to what we saw in the arab spring color

tuesday some german states have seen protests against the current anti pandemic regime auntie's peter oliver has more. well i'm glad merkel will be meeting with the heads of germany 16 states later on tuesday almost certain that there will be an extension of the current lockdown measures that are in place what we are expecting to see is an extension until the end of this month however what i'm seeing is social democratic party politicians social democrats part of the ruling coalition here in germany col lauterbach who is a respected professor of epidemiology in his own right has said that there should be an indefinite lockdown put in place across germany but unlikely that that will be the option taken by the chancellor and the the leaders of the 16 states later on tuesday the mood music suggests it could be a 3 week extension in view of the still too high numbers it is necessary to extend the measures and the restrictions. the lockdown must be extended until the end of january prematurely easing would satisfy our back again the numbers a still simply much too high as much is it annoys people

democrats ballot is likely to become the next chancellor when uncle merkel's term expires in october peter oliver breaks down the candidates for us. the c.d.u. party the christian democratic union will elect a new leader this weekend it will see who should be the next contender to be the chancellor of germany who will replace until america when she steps down she confirmed again during her new year's address that she would not be running for the chancellorship in september's vote we had heard from her 1st way back in 2018 saying she wasn't going to stand again this 4th term as my last as german chancellor at the 2021 problem and to real action i will not put forward my candidacy for the chancellor she began so who's in the running to replace a well the leader of the state of north rhine-westphalia shot at 59 years old he's a real big ally of angular merkel very much seen as the continuity calendared it then there's friedrich minutes at 65 the oldest in the running he is a multi-millionaire corporate lawyer a long term rival of. then there's no but it's again $55.00 the youngest in the race and he

calling it a catastrophic mistake the social network's actions have even alarmed european leaders as peter oliver explained. who regulates the free speech gate keepers is concerning european leaders at the moment while they were united in their condemnation of the violence that we saw in washington d.c. last wednesday there has been no objections to the subsequent actions of companies like twitter and facebook to dump donald trump from their platforms german chancellor angela merkel has said that it's not the job of social media companies to decide who gets a voice and who doesn't speak to the chancellor considers it problematic that the accounts of the us president have now been permanently blocked there's also concern in france over the power social media giants have shown that they have you know the person silencing them on social networks which have become a form of public space seems to me a complicated matter in the absence of specifically established criteria digital regulation should not be done by the digital or the go cute self regulation of the digital spheres amounts of sovereign peop

as 60 percent of the manufacturers are also warning of severe delays our europe correspondent peter oliver has the story supply chain issues with vaccinations are causing headaches for e.u. officials we've heard from me even health commissioner acknowledging that there is a problem and saying that manufacturers need to provide some casting guarantees when member states will receive their jobs the leader of the irish government may come martin has said the stick could be a delay in the vaccine rollout in his country due to the knock on effect of the delay that they're not getting the jobs from the vaccine manufacturers on time while the italian prime minister just sepic conte is accused vaccine manufacturers of breach of agreement and putting lives at risk these delays in deliveries constitute serious contractual violations which cause enormous harm to italy and other european countries with direct repercussions on the life and health of citizens no astra zeneca puts every problem in enormous we're going to do it and i think over 70 is more generally will be delayed because of esther's unti

but it is a situation being echoed elsewhere in europe to as peter oliver explains. any hopes of germany lifting its coded 19 restrictions at the end of this month the beginning of february were dashed on wednesday a cabinet meeting of angular merkel's government decided that there would be some restrictions remaining in place for the forseeable future in fact the restrictions would be tightened and toughened when it came to people arriving into the country this is an attempt to try and stop the spread of new strains of the covert 1000 virus that we've seen pop up in the united kingdom in brazil and in south africa what we have seen though is the vaccine tait it touted as the well the solution to a lot of problems the health minister yen spahn said that he was happy with the european union's one for all and all for one vaccine plan in its entirety some of raise the question in recent days if it was right to take the european path in terms of vaccine procurement let me see these clearly yes it is right there we're back to european to european partners in the best inte

worse now there's understandably been a strong international reaction to the events in washington peter oliver has been taking a closer look. rioters storming one of the seats of power saying that they want to carry out a revolution isn't scenes that we usually expect to see from the united states and when it comes to reaction from iran the message coming out of tehran is there's only one person to blame for wednesday and what we saw last night and today in america demonstrates to failure of western democracy and reveals how fragile and weak is foundation is we saw what calamities a populous has imposed upon his own country over the last 4 years he's blemish the dignity and reputation of his country there's also been a response from china where the foreign ministry has put out a warning on its web site the chinese citizens in the d.c. area telling them to strengthen precautions that they're taking judy to the mass demonstration that took place on wednesday also chinese social media has been drawing a lot of comparisons to what we saw the capital building to what we saw in the arab spring color

zeneca of diverting promised vaccine supplies to other countries here's our europe correspondent peter oliver. governments across europe are struggling to bring down the number of cases of covert 19 and the number of fatalities from the virus that's the spite putting in place lock downs and restrictions on people like those that we've seen in the netherlands that have resulted in on breasts they're the latest issues that we're seeing a regarding the logistics of getting the vaccine where it needs to go there simply isn't enough being produced at the moment to put into people's arms that a spot is a ripping between the u.k. and the e.u. which is ended up with the u.k. vaccines minister accusing the european union of well vaccine diplomacy vaccine politics whatever you want to call it he's got a name for it vaccine nationalism is the wrong way to go we've got to make sure we protect our own people and then actually you know put our you know leaning as far as we can to protect the rest of the world to deal with the shortfalls in the number of vaccine doses available the european union has said t

their vaccination programs with britain making headway while the nations are like behind as artist peter oliver reports. there's been an absolute farce over whether senior personnel from the vaccine manufacturer astra zeneca will or will not be meeting with those from the european union it now seems that after being on and off again more times than a light switch that meeting will go ahead the thing that they've got to discuss is what constitutes a contract as far as the e.u. commission is concerned they have a contract with astra zeneca to provide 400000000 doses of the covert 19 vaccine as far as astra zeneca concerned they say that's not so much a contract is it is as it is an agreement to do the best they possibly can we detect the logic of 1st come 1st served. that may work at the neighborhoods. but not in tantra and not in our advanced purchase of lehman's the e.u. says they should have access to doses of the vaccine produced to facilities in the united kingdom not so say astra zeneca and the fact that the e.u. is asking for that well that's upsetting those in the united kingdom who will

worse there's understandably been a strong international reaction to the events in washington peter oliver has been taking a closer look. rioters storming one of the seats of power saying that they want to carry out a revolution isn't scenes that we usually expect to see from the united states and when it comes to reaction from iran the message coming out of terror on is there's only one person to blame for wednesday and what we saw last night and today in america demonstrates to failure of western democracy and reveals how fragile and weak is foundation is we saw what calamities a populous has imposed upon his own country over the past 4 years he's blemish the dignity and reputation of his country there's also been a response from china where the foreign ministry has put out a warning on its web site the chinese citizens in the d.c. area telling them to strengthen precautions that they're taking judy to the mass demonstration that took place on wednesday also chinese social media has been drawing a lot of comparisons to what we saw the capital building to what we saw in the arab spring co

precautions against the spread of the coronavirus with the ramifications and more in the story peter oliver in berlin. well during the height of the 1st wave of the coronavirus pandemic last spring european member states did shut down across border travel germany was one of those that did that now there's a huge effort taking place right now to stop that happening again on thursday night there was a summit of e.u. leaders that took place of the truly where they they tried to work out what the situation is regarding this following that we heard from on the line the e.u. commission president who said that all nonessential travel around the block must be put to a stop saying that anybody who didn't need to make a journey shouldn't be making that journey there's also a new color coded system mapping system for the e.u. with a dark red section now being introduced for those areas that have the highest infection rate of covert 19 is also new rules from people for people traveling from bo's areas you'll have to have a covert test before you set off and you'll have to quarantine when you arrive at

peter oliver then i will end this hour with a show of military might from north korea a massive parade has been held in the capital pyongyang to mark the end of the ruling party convention rows of marching soldiers were on display as well as arms including nice submarine launched the missiles north korea media call them the world's most powerful weapons although western experts are still divided on how much of a threat they are. just coming up to half past 2 here in moscow about is how the news is looking say far today here in r.t. we'll have more for you in about half. i got this 8 millimeter film purely by accident. time period 963 to 65 place damascus. i don't don't. why young. i've watched it many times a man posing the monuments an old poster of the hollywood premiere of town without pity and a fight in a minute so without bers of this. i had my doubts if i should waste my time on this but i came back to that film over and over again tracing a sequence of events happening in syria at that time and those who worked there the wood on. the ground in which was hidden you know neal cur