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Latin american states to get hundreds of thousands of russian coated shot doses as the head of the un harold the bold but the feat and play in the battle against the pandemic. Good evening am i happy friday to you all this is our 2 International Coming to you straight from the russian capital welcome to the program. We start with some breaking news the European Union is imposing export controls on coronavirus vaccines made in Member States amid a row over supply shortages brussels has also just given the green light to the drug at the heart of the dispute made by british firm astra zeneca we can now cross to our to charlotte n. C. And paris charlotte to major announcements from the European Commission and the European Medicines Agency talk us through whats happened. Well as you mentioned the European Union has confirmed that it is taking this extraordinary step of introducing export controls on vaccines this means that any that scene that is manufactured within the block thats the 27. 00 countries will not be able to be exported outside of the block and this comes amidst a huge row thats been blowing up of the last few days over that delivery shortfalls of the dos this is what the European Commission had to say in the last hour or. Today is a commission has adopted and futile meant to get a relation making export of certain product subject to an export out that is asian. This negotiation concerns to the transparency and export of it for 90 minutes each. As a protection and safety of our citizens visa period is if youre public spat thats been playing out over the last few days and it really comes down to the call that this is between the European Union and astra zeneca as you mentioned and andrew swedish form a company thats been producing one of the code 19 vaccines now astra zeneca has said that it wouldnt be able to supply the full amount that it had agreed on paper with the European Union saying that it was actually going to be delivered around 25 percent of the 100000000. 00 doses and then said to the European Union local try and increase that at to about 30 percent but the e. U. Has rejected this saying that that offer just wasnt acceptable and that they needed to fulfill the contract theyve even gone as far as on friday publishing a redacted version of that contract between themselves and astra zeneca and it says from their perspective they wanted to show that that contract has been broken now astra zeneca says thats not the case it says that you know its trying to make up the shortfall and its a little table too because full production issue at its facility in belgium but the e. U. Has said look we invested millions of euros into your vaccine into the research and development so we are sentient demanding that you for there will obligations but much of that money has not yet been paid to astra zeneca now this comes at mits the fact that investigators were even sent to astra zeneca as production quality in belgium to check to see if it actually was a problem with the production and miss rumors that some vaccine had been shipped to the United Kingdom now one german m. P. Has said this entire fact is astra zeneca is gold. Astra zeneca will suffer if they treat people in the worlds biggest market as 2nd class citizens. Well these complaints of being a 2nd class citizen tap so well that a narrative given that the u. K. Signed its contract with astra zeneca 3 months before the e. U. Did it but astra zeneca says a contract with this being published a century shows that this is a best effort which means it will do whatever it possibly can you know this new development on friday or blocking vaccines that are made in the European Union from actually leaving the European Union came as the e. U. Regulator also approved the use of astra zeneca as jabbers for the Vaccine Program here now the e. U. Has been struggling to obtain enough vaccine doses despite placing huge orders over the last a year or so with many Different Companies having issues with short supply from at pfizer by old tech as well and also issues in the transportation of that particular vaccine so much so that some areas of europe are either having to delay the rollout of the program or having to hold to it temporarily altogether there is really a huge amount of criticism as to how the even is dealt with this issue but this is also not likely to cause problems for the United Kingdom which of course recently officially neff the European Union slaughtered breaks it was expecting a delivery of some 40000000 doses of the fires set by old tech last seen that are being produced also to facility in belgium there is now a question as to whether that vaccine will be allowed to leave the European Union and go to the u. K. As it was originally planned it really feels as if protectionism is now being ramped up in essential what is turning into a war over access to a drug and a vaccine that is supposed to prevent coke 19. Arties charlotte devinsky in paris thanks for bringing us that report the vaccine shortages are being particularly felt in spain where the 2 most populous regions have halted their inoculation campaigns and are blaming brussels we must stand up to brussels and demand more doses we need more vaccines and more tests and everything that distracts from this task will prolong the fight against the virus catalonia and the madrid region have used up almost all their doses with remaining biles needed to give 2nd shots to those whove already had the 1st one that ruins government plans to inoculate most of the population by june and the head of the countrys vaccination 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 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. Where 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 theres been an occupation chief again says brussels should have moved quicker to secure supplies. I do not like the lack of transparency with regards to the contracts that the European Union has concluded with pharmaceutical companies we dont know about 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 did 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. Moscow has sent hundreds of thousands of doses of its sputnik the vaccine to latin america as the region increasingly bets on the russian jet up for argentina its a 3rd delivery of the russian shot with 5000000 doses in total expected by the end of the month bolivia has received 20000. 00 doses the one 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 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 covered 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 are 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 covert 19 pandemic the bolivian president luis r. Say has personally welcome to shipment at the International Airport eventually bolivia will get enough sputnik the 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 leader is happy has been able to seal the deal with moscow to 12000000 people we spoke with the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and he was genuine and cool deal i invited him to visit mexico and thanked 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 had some sort of issues but us loudest 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 argentina has been dubbed the global testing ground for moscows vaccine drive well so far so good and the infamous curve in the country has gone past its peak in the united granted we need more people bucks in name in america so to know how we could box in the only 50 percent of the workers because we have only to find the scenes in the theaters and the need to do so much now we are receiving 5000000. 00 more of those and wish to lead the bucks in the nation rather than with 25000000. 00 used for your own posts if the trend is more and more evident you probably shouldnt shy away from what they call vokoun are also in spanish if you want a quicker escape from the red zone for your country. U. K. s cracking down on trips abroad travelers will now be turned back at the border if they cant provide a valid reason for travel home secretaries announcement comes after britains 2nd highest daily death toll from code red 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 listed nations must quarantine and a government approved hotel at their own expense yet there are calls 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 is out of poland and taiwan successfully using the policy my colleague nick aron put that idea up for debate but lets know your thoughts on the their proposal for g. P. S. Tracking what do you think of that. Or just the i guess im not sure i mean i think thats 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 your domestic market economy back on the up and running you do what australia or new zealand have done 0 cove in the got 0 go bit by chance in the 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 in 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 theres been an 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 is dated by the 50 vaccinated by the 15th in february as you well know thats making. Assumption the vaccines are going to work and theyre going to transmit your make you make you so sure that the economy can exist if you lock it down for a year just to find out you know were going to have to learn some very seriousness and 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 far too much we didnt delay got the 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 the has to be a balance between keeping people safe and also maintaining the wealth and livelihoods and educate all this culture. Still had numerous u. S. States and lockdown restrictions despite insurgent death toll details on that after this short break. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. 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Welcome back to us is registering some of its highest daily death tolls from the crown of ours with more than 79000. 00 victims this month alone at that isnt stopping some states from lifting code restrictions artist on the quarter 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 giving the us the worlds highest covert death toll with january seeing record mortality over 79000. 00 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 a really 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 state wide 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 decisions the 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 extreme 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 a big data show otherwise and were not quite there yet so while the numbers are slightly better than they were say a week ago and seems very clear that there are still a lot of reason for concern and reason for caution. Staying with the u. S. Authorities have issued their 1st ever National Terrorism bolton on domestic extremists calling them a threat to the government information suggests that 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 riot to attack government officials and facilities the editorial director of the reactionary times online news site feels 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 does this look like a sign of things to come but were going to move towards a more statist 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 tax 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 a legendary broadcaster an 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 r. T. Americas rick sanchez you can watch the full conversation later on today on r. T. Youve always described 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 it 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 a more can now 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 i want to get in a radio what should i do. And he said get down to miami and i knocked on doors and small station w. H. R. In miami beach gave me a job i was a dish sarky and on may 1st 19 fifties. I saw it on the air and from that moment when that light went on and i told the audience it was my 1st day i never never could have a Live Audience i. I found my magic. I did in the media a long time. T. Is one of the few channels. Like he does news this is my country the greatest show on earth tell the truth. Larry king there said he found his magic and his magic well live on the news break down for this hour thanks for tuning in and wherever you may be. Because i was going on the phone one smoke i dont like coming for them it is not the one whos been the 1st one who is you know members of settlers from gaza thats a. Lot of muslims. There just that they get nothing. She was even. More 0 this room. Gentlemen but from the sun no mark look you go you go british course theres enough of them around. I mean the guys who are that in the cause that doesnt want any of the government in the. Kitchen. To take. 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In early february of 2014 as the may day crisis was getting more violent there was a phone call that was intercepted was a call between the assistant secretary of state for European Affairs Victoria Nuland and the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt questions of credibility are being raised after a private chat between 2 top u. S. Diplomats was leaked online i think it says the guy whos got the economic experience the governing experience hes faced the good you know what he need to screech and tony book on the outside i just think its going in hes going to be at that level working for yeah its news its just not going to work. As a. Goodwill you want to try to set up a call if its celebrants come back to me for saying you need biden and i say