Head of the u. N. Heralds the role sputnik we can play in the battle against time damage. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our church here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. The simmering spat over covert Vaccine Supplies has seen the European Commission publish its contested contract with anglo swedish drugs maker astra zeneca their disagreeing over definitions the firm says its of hearing to the specified best reasonable efforts while the e. U. Insists the supply volume is a binding number you members earlier met to decide whether nations should be able to ringfence their own local production charl devinsky explains. This ra is really heating up in brussels made the threat that it will look to ban exports of the 19 vaccines from the blog thats going to have massive implications not just for the but also other countries in the world and this comes amidst a huge shortage of the curve in 1000. 00 vaccine here in the e. U. Now leaders are meeting on friday to discuss whether National Regulators are going to get these powers to say no you cannot export any of the vaccine that is produced within the European Union and 1st that could be hit hard is the u. K. Which currently is waiting on a shipment of some food 3000000. 00 doses of the 5 is a bio tech vaccine thats produced in belgium of course if that export ban comes in a wont be getting those doses while continuing dialogue i believe the e. U. Needs to take robust action to secure a supply of vaccines and demonstrate concretely that the protection of its citizens remains our absolute priority well this of course comes amidst a huge spat over the last days between the e. U. And also the anglo swedish pharmaceutical group this is astra zeneca astra zeneca which has plants in the u. K. And in belgium had made this commitment with the e. U. Last year when it was researching the vaccine its now turned around the e. U. And said were only going to be able to supply 1 25 percent of the doses that we said we would by the end of march and this is a massive problem for the e. U. Because its not just been dealt this now by astra zeneca which says its got production problems but its also been told similar things by pfizer by own tech that they simply cannot produce the number of vaccines that it said it would be able to do now the shortages are already impacting many areas of europe for example here in france paris and other regions in the countries that. They can have to delay the rollout of their Vaccine Program while in spain in the capital in madrid its already said its having to halt its program and has warned that that could also be the case in catalonia really not good news as this comes amidst huge criticism all of how the e. U. Has rolled out this program of vaccination trying to get all countries at the same time and oversee finding itself relatively in short supply but the e. U. Is pointing the blame firmly that anglo swedish astra zeneca astra zeneca will suffer if they treat people in the worlds biggest market as 2nd class citizens to add to all of this investigators have now been sent to the astra zeneca plant in belgium to check that they were in fact telling the truth that they was a problem with production and thats because theres a suggestion that millions of doses had already been sent to the u. K. And that has left the e. U. Serious because it says its invested a huge amount of money and astra zeneca money astra zeneca says it hasnt received much of the moment but it does seem that the e. U. Is now moving towards a europe strategy a strategy that its often criticised when its been deployed by other countries. And charlotte mentioned in her report shortages are being particularly felt in spain where they too must populous regions have halted their vaccination campaigns and are blaming the e. U. We must stand up to brussels and demand more doses we need more vaccines and more tests and everything the destruction this task will prolong the fight against the virus. Catalonia and the madrid region have used up almost all their doses with remaining files needed to give 2nd shots to those who already had their 1st one that ruins government plans to inoculate most of the population by june and they had of the countries backs Nation Association says the shortage is nationwide so. The number of doses were receiving has been significantly reduced the vaccine is not being delivered to the rate that we anticipated its a real problem for the National Vaccination plan and it means a ton of us regions will have to review their strategies the supplies we do have will be needed to give 2nd doses to those who have already started the vaccination process so we will not be able to knock uli other vulnerable and increase groups that were identified in the original plan its a difficult and uncomfortable situation. And a similar pictures playing out across the e. U. Or just 2 percent of people have been vaccinated so far the Czech Republic stopped administering jobs altogether for 2 weeks because of the lack of doses and the spain inoculation chief again says brussels should have moved quicker to secure supplies from former giants. I do not like the lack of transparency with regards to the contracts the European Union has concluded with pharmaceutical companies we dont know above them we dont know the Purchase Price we dont know anything at all and i think thats wrong of course were concerned that apparently those countries didnt purchase vaccines in a higher price than the European Union have not experienced such delay in delivery we are not at all satisfied with the current situation. Is moscow has sent hundreds of thousands of doses of its button and the vaccine to latin america as the region increasingly bets on the russian jab argentina its a 3rd delivery of the russian shot with 5000000 doses in total expected by the end of the month olivia has received 20000. 00 doses and the u. N. Secretary general has said sputnik the can play a key role in fighting the virus as the e. U. Suffers huge delays and shortages from other vaccine manufacturers. Has more. News on Vaccine Distribution challenges delays in deliveries you may be sick and tired of it but this is the reality around the world even the trust between e. U. Countries is being put to the test as the scramble for vaccine doses intensifies concerns over how castro governments and regions like latin america will be able to secure enough jobs for their nations in time are even more serious the ultimate remedy for it is more vaccines cheaper vaccines this explains why the head of the u. N. Is counting on the russian vaccine and wants to get the green light for it asap we hope the w. H. O. Will approve russias covert 1000 vaccine as soon as possible it can play a very Important Role in the fight against a pandemic it seems though for some latin american countries waiting for the final w. H. O. Approval may prove to be way too costly while corona virus infections in russia. Pivoting bag down skepticism for sputnik v. Has all but vanished demand is on the up and moscows keen to help. The 1st shipment of the russian jab is only intended for 20000 bolivian medics but its still crucial for those on the covert front line the 1st 20000 doses of the vaccines have arrived in bolivia to stop the 2nd wave of the kovac 19 pandemic the bolivian president luis r. Say has personally welcome to shipment at the International Airport eventually bolivia will get enough sputnik feed doses to immunize 2600000 people the president wants to cement confidence in the vaccine by getting the job to. The russian creation is set to become v. Most used vaccine in mexico in the 1st 3 months of this year and the country that is just about to certify the use of sputnik the january house proved to be disastrous with the worst spike ever in new covert cases the president tested positive last week but the leaders happy has been able to seal the deal with moscow to immunize 12000000 people we spoke with the president of the Russian FederationVladimir Putin and he was genuine and cool deal i invited him to visit mexico and thank him for the decision to send us 24000000 doses of the sputnik the vax and over the next 2 months. Argentina was the pioneer in trying out sputnik among latin american countries the 1st jabs arrived and when osiris at the end of december and after getting the data on side effects only one percent of those who received the shot have some sort of issues but us august went on to order 22000000 doses with the latest batch having just arrived the president and the Vice President have both taken the russian vaccine argent. Has been dubbed the global testing ground for moscows vaccine dr well so far so good and the infamous curve in the country has gone past its peak in the you know the country with more people but seen a lot in america followed in that is how we caught the bus in the only 50 percent of the workers because we had only to find the sun bug scenes in the theaters in the in the queue so much now we are receiving 5000000 more dossiers and with. The bucks initial brought down with 25000000. 00 used for joy of september the trend is more and more evident you probably shouldnt shy away from what they call walk or not also in spanish if you want a quicker escape from the red zone for your country the u. K. Is cracking down on trips abroad travelers will now be turned back at the border if they cant provide a valid reason for travel home secretarys announcement comes after britains 2nd highest daily death toll from cope it the rules are clear people should be staying at home unless they have a valid reason to leave going on holiday is not a valid reason. Britains also announced new rules for travel from what it calls high risk countries people flying from 30 listen ations must quarantine and they government approved hotel at their own expense at their cost to go even further with a top official denouncing a mass failure to follow the rules not just borders and monitoring new strains but time to fix the biggest flaw in our current strategy namely that 3 quarters of those with symptoms do not self eiseley jeremy hunt wants to use g. P. S. Tracking through peoples phones to make sure they self isolate excited pull on and tie on a successfully using a policy my colleague nick aron put that idea up for debate that like to know your thoughts on the their proposal for g. P. S. Tracking what you think of that. Or just the i guess im not sure i mean i think its a bit over the top really i think what we havent done through all this process is get out test race and isolate work if you want to get domestic market economy back on the up and running you do australia and new zealand have done 0 cove in the got 0 go bit by chance in their borders good tech to test trace and isolate by quarantine and by providing support for people into isolation but weve got what weve got to do is weve got to accept that this disease will exist that this disease is probably not going to be seasonal forever we have got to protect the elderly and the vulnerable and britain has done incredibly well with the Vaccination Program but he terms of people who are not clinically vulnerable those people need to be sent back to work and we certainly need to open up the schools the idea of g. P. S. Tracking people is for the personnel never implemented in time anyway we know that most of the introductions of the virus into the u. K. During the 1st wave of the pandemic and indeed you in the 2nd were travelers returning from mainland europe and i think it might be too late now but nevertheless we are faced with a new virus variants and i guess this strategy is to try and stop the introduction of these more worrying variants of the virus that has been in all of piety within the British Government when the matter how crazy the idea is somebody comes along and says they want an even more crazy and draconian rule broadhead we have let these people run absolutely right and what has happened we are the Public Sector debt is now 2. 13 trillion in december we borrowed 38000000000 pounds hes absolutely bananas weve got to get back to work weve got to get back to what now because theyll be nothing to come back to if we let this continue much longer while thats most of thats ridiculous isnt it so were going to let all these early people die out we were going to let this virus spread and there in fact was donated by the 50 vaccinated by the 15th in february as you well know as making. Assumption the vaccines are going to work and theyre going to sort of transmit your make your make you know something that the economy can exist if you lock it down for here justify that you know were going to have to learn some very serious lessons this will not be the last pandemic and i think we and many other countries were not alone in this were not prepared for this we learnt some hard lessons over march and april but we have did far too much we didnt delay got that balance wrong we need to stop debating only about the medical issue and we need to start seeing it in the wider context and accept that britain does need to continue as a country and that the has to be a balance between keeping people safe and also maintaining the wealth and livelihoods and educate should all this culture of. Lebanon has been gripped by 4 nights of antilock down riots leaving at least one person dead and hundreds injured. Ah. This comes amid a buckling Healthcare System and sharp rise in poverty in the country and worst violence was in lebanon 2nd largest city tripoli 30 forces used live fire to disperse rioters trying to storm and local government building hours after demonstrators pelted soldiers with rocks and molotov cocktails and rocks began after the authorities extended the lockdown by a further 2 weeks and a city already struggling with high unemployment journalist omar abraham reports unseen. You know what about if there were lead up as it is the 4th day of the protests in tripoli a lot of protesters have gathered to trying to march to the local Administration Building and storming as happened on previous days Security Forces are using tear gas grenades to stop the protesters but its not stopping some of the protesters from throwing the grenades into the windows of the provincial headquarters some officers have been hurt as a result of protesters have been dispersed from the square with tear gas and some of them are trying to hide in the surrounding areas the Lebanese Army has surrounded the area but for now the army is not taking any action right now the situation is stable there are some small clashes from time to time it seems like the army is waiting for serious clashes to get involved some time ago it used armed force to on block the road self to tripoli as. The head of the Lebanese Red Cross says the country is caught between fighting coated and plunging incomes. Many areas new to the to asia and due to that they have to respectfully protocols and rules and regulations and these people are suffering already getting their needs and that the data recorder things to help them to see how they can manage comment spend their lives and to help their families today the hospitals are full and they done all this cup of tea and you would like to present that you want to read one thing and they have we had a facing a lot of problems to send the cases to they measure their own president because 2 out of every 2 to be is to be in the field and to help all this committee between both sides because as you were together bill the answer just like there was from both sides from as well as the great cause of and majority of from the community of. The United States is registering some of its highest daily death tolls from cover to 19 with more than 79000. 00 victims this month alone at that isnt stopping some states from lifting restrictions artist on court reports. Joe biden entered the white house masks a blazing with an executive order that promised to shut down the coronavirus but barely a week in and hes already backpedaling nothing we can do to change the trajectory the president make in the next several months not exactly reassuring especially since that trajectory is given the us the worlds highest covert death toll with january seeing record mortality over 79000 cases and the white house is projecting as many as 90000 more deaths in the next 3 weeks its one thing to hear the statistics heres the medical reality honestly the hospitals here will be on the edge of collapse but kind of in disaster mode right now were going to go through it dark things are really really bad this is among the worst fear is that weve not a pretty picture but thats not stopping states from dropping their lockdown measures california just ended its statewide stay at home order citing a decline in new cases and hospitalizations on the east coast of massachusetts lifted its curfew and businesses can stay open late again even in the hardest hit state new York Governor Andrew Cuomo is lifting restrictions hes declared an end to the postholiday surge and is assigning guilt to some incompetent government kills people but quote most critics are calling that an overdue admission his incompetence killed soon a citizens. Kudos to him for publicly acknowledging that he is running an incompetent State Government kind of shocked he would throw himself under the bus like that while he has some nerve to say this one just needs to look at the new york death rate compared to other states it is a disgrace largely due to his decision so Nursing Homes as cuomo and other governors give the green light to end cold restrictions biden is embarking on his war with the coronavirus for pandemic fatigued americans really needing some direction right now it hardly seems like their leaders are marching to the same drum the hospitals are at their at their limits there are people who are hospitals that have people in the hallways or hospitals that are turning people away there are ambulance to get an ambulance in certain parts of Los Angeles County is taking hours for emergency situations it is an emergency scenario in lots of places including Southern California and for the governor to turn a blind eye to that. I think is actually very problematic so this needs to be treated as an emergency situation and kobo point out which should be data show otherwise and were not quite there yet so while the numbers are slightly better than they were say a week ago it seems very clear that there is still a lot of reason for concern and reason for caution. The u. S. Has issued its 1st ever National Terrorism bolton on domestic extremists calling them a threat to the government information suggest some ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of Governmental Authority and the president ial transition as well as of the perceived grievances fueled by full snare civs could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence. The document does not mention any specific antigovernment plot but claims radicals may be emboldened by this months capitol right to attack government officials and facilities the editorial director of the reactionary times online news site fears this warning will be used for sweeping curbs on conservatives as a government trying to justify you know future or i guess all restrictions on you know lets say conservatives or republicans gathering to protest or to you know just come together against the agenda of the Current Administration is this is like a sign of things to come but were going to move towards a more statist its kind of society in america under President Biden were seeing it in a lot of different ways because in addition to governmental actions were seeing big tech obviously with the way that theyve all locked down and they censored conservatives you know you have a president from cant even use twitter anymore and he cant use other social Media Outlets and youre seeing conservatives get banned left and right i mean reactionary times weve lost our you tube channel and i have no idea why that would have happened because it wasnt like we were out there motivating people to take any sort of violent actions but i think right now because there is just old tali of power consolidated amongst the left were going to see a lot of strange things happen. Weve been paying tribute throughout the week to legendary broadcaster on r. T. Host larry king who died on saturday at the age of 87 we can now show you an excerpt from his last ever interview given to our to america that rick sanchez you can watch the full conversation later on today on r. T. And online. Always describe yourself to me and to just about everybody as a kid from brooklyn thats where i was i mean i think what it means is rick i never of forgot where i came from and thats true to this minute i never forgot. I came so im 85 years old. But im the kid from brooklyn and thats what i brought to the business being curious born to do interviews where i was born to be what i do i didnt go to college. My brother did im walkin on the street in new york and a friend introduces me to james sermons who was chief of staff announcers at c. B. S. Wonderful man. And i said to him i want to get in a radio what should i do. 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Choose to look for common ground. Hello and welcome to cross up where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle what does the left stand for today not long ago the less to do with working people and Civil Liberties now it appears to prioritize i didnt carry in politics over class issues we hear the word equity a lot but not equality and is there a place for marriage in our politics anymore. To discuss these issues im joined by my guest Sharon Wright austin in gainesville she is professor of Political Science at the university of florida and monterey we have Spencer Critchley he is author of patriots of 2 nations as well as former Communications Advisor for obama for america and in paris we have John Laughlin he is a University Lecturer in history and political philosophy all right plus up rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i was appreciating it was going to john paris john you know you would listen to my introduction and you know you were not Spring Chickens anymore the left use of you know speak up for the working class Civil Liberties was very much a. Part of that this is the civil i quit quite in my lifetime a good part of the Civil Rights Movement as well with the left how do you define the left today because as i said in my introduction its moved very far away