247 headline news this is a. bright welcome to world news this 1st for you tensions within the e.u. over its stuttering vaccine rolled out a ramping up the austrian chancellor is claiming that some states have made backroom deals for job supplies breaking rules. the use one for all and all for one vaccine procurement program has come under fire again this time it's austria's chancellor cortes who's not happy he says that the way that excess doses have been sorted out amounts to little more than a trading bazar he's also we're really on a happy with the weight distribution his being carried out he says that under the program the way it is at the moment some e.u. member states will vaccinate all of their population by may others will have to wait until perhaps as long as the autumn up to here i'm front of all i have together with other heads of government shadow information compare our own statistics on that distribution among e.u. member states and when you do that you notice that there mounts 2 of the do not correspond to the respective population numbers there is such a bizarre word just in all contracts but when member states and pharmaceutical companies have existed according to kurtz's start small to has received 3 times as many doses relative to its population as bulgaria we've also heard from the e.u. commission spokespeople though they've said that there are no secret backroom deals going on when it comes to doses of the vaccine and when it comes to the distribution program austria was privy to how this would work right from the very beginning if they'd had any problems with it they should've voiced them then the starting point of the commission is to distribute generous is based on population the member states can ask for less all more of a particular vaccine in this context and following talks between member states it's possible that a new distribution plan is agreed with the company. well the vaccination program has prompted some member states to look elsewhere for their jobs in the direction the a lot of them have been turning is towards rushes the v. vaccine that has caused some problems though particularly in slovakia where the health minister now for the health minister he is was forced to resign from the cabinet after he ordered 200000 doses of the russian vaccine to out of the 4 parties that make up the coalition government in that country said they weren't having nothing there's a similar but different situation in the czech republic as well the president of the czech republic saying that the health minister and senior health official should either quit or be sacked if they don't buy rush's sputnik vaccine well the sputnik v. job is currently undergoing e m a the european medicines agency review once it gets not green light which is expected to come soon the vaccine will be used in a number of european nations. live reaction from inside the year let's talk to journalist anima howard who joins us from to broaden it in croatia welcome to the program and the austrian chancellor is convinced that the vaccines are being unfairly distributed across europe if that's the case what does that say about the joint approach to vaccine procure procurement. let's everybody and fortunately this is there not a very messy communication around with my unit now and we should really focus on their backs in front of there that they can really solve the problem of this and that me going to fight in post you know yeah it is really very annoying and frustrating. chance occurs to give a specific example he said the multi is getting 3 times as many vaccines per capita as bug area why is this happening you can imagine that each nation has got a lot of pressure on it to get those vaccines rolled out at the same time you've got brussels seemingly dragging its heels on making sure that everybody gets a fair deal who's at fault here well here we actually see that the e.u. although it's a very good night. group is still a group of different countries that have different approaches. but really unfortunately my country for asia is one of those countries that is proving not to be very capable right now is crying the vaccines so again another prostrate thing but over this there is also this notion that the beside it to wait longer. and the u.s. say for the results of the vaccine i'm sure in croatia like everywhere else in the year they've been looking at the u.k. which has been moving much faster with its vaccination program with 34 percent of the population compared to 9 percent of the you was it a bit too ambitious for the e.u. to think that it could have a one size fits all solution to that diverse 27 nation bloc. maybe maybe also a bit arrogant if i missed. your health minister has been looking at getting sputnik for years about 3 weeks ago that was 1st mooted but it's not been approved by the european medicines agency do you think putting v. is a good solution for the e.u.'s problems and getting vaccines rolled out sooner rather than later. i definitely think it's a good solution you know the effectiveness of the it has been scientifically proven and i think there is no reason to wait in some countries increase says well you had also the program that at the beginning people were not very to get vaccinated they were sort of waiting to see what the others will do so it seems to me that at the beginning when it was the possibility that you get vaccinated people are sort of was opening it and now when it's getting increasingly poor thing that everyone gets racks in a specially here with people knowing that they need to save the tourist season it is crucial that the vaccine who would need it now this comes just soonest possible . and with all the delays also that trust problem is never a lot of countries of or a few countries have suspended the astra zeneca job over the suspected blood clots . w.h.o. has said that there is no link the vaccine should still be used but even if that issue does die down has long term trust been damaged. we seem to have lost the sound of talking to and which is a shame when he will be able to catch over there at a bit later on that was an i'm a journalist in croatia. next though artists and employees are staging a unique performance of 3 of france's national theatres by occupying the venues in a protest over covert lockdowns they claim the restrictions have brought the industry to its knees and claim the curtains may never rise again as charlotte eventually explained. i know i. was. the chorus of calls demanding the reopening of cultural venue's is growing allow day in france but with no clear end date in sight to the closure of theaters concert hall cinema museums so more taking more drastic measures over the last week 3 of france's 4 national theatres including this one behind me have been occupied by protesters it is true that every day several times a day we take another place a new theatre a new national stage is occupied in this way with multiply in the case of resistance to make our claims heard so we've all hit by the o.t. now for a week and for that it serves as a place of residence the odeon is a symbolic place it was occupied in the $968.00 process there are already struggles that have been expressed in this place in fact it was the base to signal the alarm of the cultural catastrophe which is taking place protesters who set up shop here at the oh didn't they to say they won't leave until their demands are met them not knowing the details now we're determined to hold on until we're satisfied we do not claim the reopening at all costs it is not part of our main slogan contrary to what some media mean we want things to be reopened with social rights for all and massive plan for culture and above all the total reform of the unemployment insurance and the right to unemployment benefits guaranteed for all the issue has even reached the government with the cultural minister paying a visit to the squatters i went to the occupied theater audio on i understand the concerns and particularly of all the aftermath of the whites here they know it why objective is to continue to protect artistic employment as much as nest. we will continue our discussions days later though and nothing has changed here the sector already hit badly by the 1st wave of the covert pandemic with performers taking to the streets to make their plight no you. c think. 6 6 there is an anger to that while small private galleries have been allowed to stay open larger places such as this of how to remain shut protesters say that it is possible to open up cultural venues and ensure that people remain socially distanced. the louvre museum the also a museum the big museums in parish these a vast places where social distancing would be respected but they are closed these are the decisions which are purely political through this there is a very clear choice of society that emerges what is essential to the market and what is not essential concerns culture it concerns all the things that nourish hope nourish reflection this is what power has in its sights through its political choices fronts is considered to have one of the most generous support systems in the world but that system has been strained as a result of covert 19 and many claim that they have fall and through the cracks those his say that this protest is just the start as more and more regions in france will see similar action charlotte even ski r.t. paris. precious mounting on new york state governor andrew cuomo to step down of a sexual misconduct allegations and that alleged cover up of covert death. i think we've seen so many. so many troubling things that have come out just in a matter of weeks starting with the fact that thousands of people died in the nursing homes and we still don't have the truth about that and their families need and deserve the truth and we know one thing there was a purposeful cover up and that alone is unacceptable in disqualifying the state's health department had initially reported around $1000.00 fatalities in homes but those who were transferred to hospital and died were excluded from the figures something deliberately to make the number of casualties seem low if these victims are added to the real number of deaths is almost double those reported victims' relatives question the counting and also gov co most apparent dismissal of its importance. who. 3328 died in hospital died in a nursing home. they died my father was in a nursing home 38 build station he was in the nursing home for 20 days. when he if we were there would at least in theory ended my feeling picks him up he 'd could no longer stand. the nursing home. system was not prepared for any kind of health care emergency and i know my father still in counted but the governor's attitude of who cares where they died it does matter because it points to one where were there you know errors in their policies and to why aren't they afraid of having those numbers revealed. most requirement for nursing homes to taken care of your patients is being blamed for making the crisis worse vivian's i as his mother died of what do you know she's been demanding answers about quote most policies and founded voices for seniors which aims to improve the quality of life of some of the most vulnerable in society . the facility failed her and in and the state failed her. i think that right now at least many of the deaths that happened in nursing homes were because of a mandate that almost but in that force these facilities it take in patients when they were not equipped to take care of them so it's a combination of both my mother so that he was reporting 40 deaths back in april when my mother died and she was not part of that number because she died at the hospital so when months and months and senior passed and it's 8 x. 40 we knew that number could not be correct i mean you're not going to tell me that 40 people die on a one shot and then no one dies for months so when the number actually came out we were we were basically you know we were found to be true or that it was not correct they're still families and seniors dying today because they're being isolated sadat's. and you know i know families that i talk to on a daily basis where they see their loved declining every day and they're not allowed to you know. of a scandal comes at the worst possible time for the state governor 6 reports of sexual misconduct against most been published pushing more than 50 state legislators from his own party to demand his resignation. next arouse erupted within one of america's leading global think tanks after it published an article saying that the united states should forget about promoting human rights and democracy in its dealings with russia. has our correspondent kind of more than. there seems to be a war over russia brewing at the atlantic council the atlantic council is a an important washington d.c. think tank dedicated to promoting human rights and democracy we now have 2 of its experts who have come forward and said that quote democratizing russia may not actually be in the foreign policy interests of the united states this is some of what they said policymakers should award to human rights 1st broached to russia democratization in russia would not necessarily be good for u.s. foreign policy interests lammed by other fellows of the atlantic council we had $22.00 atlanta council individuals us signing a document denouncing room and distancing themselves from this statement they said that they feel that this statement by their 2 colleagues misses the mark this is their response there are school is premised on a false assumption that human rights and national interests wholly separate and the u.s. policy toward russia was and remains driven by human rights concerns principally in fact previous administrations and the current one have sought to integrate our values and our national interests the united states often claims it's promoting human rights around the world when it overthrows governments in libya in iraq and afghanistan the united states claimed it was bringing 3 dim 2 countries when it invaded and destabilize the countries with pretty catastrophic results in syria the united states backed the opposition with similar rhetoric now anthony blinken the new u.s. secretary of state says that now washington will not be using force in its efforts to promote human rights and democracy around the world we will incentivize democratic behavior. but we will not promote democracy through costly military interventions or by attempting to overthrow author terry regimes by force. we've tried these tactics in the past however well intentioned they haven't worked well he's certainly correct in saying that they haven't were they simply resulted in chaos and more suffering in country after country after country but now the question must be raised if u.s. military interventions and source is not going to be used to promote or spread human rights and democracy how exactly does the united states intends to do it. unless you have a full set of scott ritter who's an author former u.n. weapons inspector and also a former u.s. marine corps intelligence officer welcome back to our face goss how are you reading this is it defeatist is it be careful what you wish for which way the wind blowing of the atlantic council. well no i mean the atlantic council has always been a promoter of the transatlantic relationship between the united states and europe. and that relationship hinges on you know the cold war type thinking you know band seen the rules based international order and painting those nations that aren't willing to support it themselves to this rule rules peace international order and 1st and foremost among those was the former soviet union and now today russia so the atlantic council is always been about the containment of russia and one of the ways that the united states and europe have you know contained russia is by calling rush out you know what they what they see as human rights violations and they use this human rights issue as a means of sanctioning russia in further curtailing russia so then spend the atlantic council's you know bread and butter policy positions so this article deviated from and i think what we're seeing here is this is really about. ideologies and money the atlantic council read recently took some money in from charles koch charles koch also funded the cato institute and some people like one of the authors of this article it come over from the cato institute to the amana council and brought with her so the thinking of the chain to institute which has always been against. this kind of you know demonization of russia through you know citation of human rights violations and so now i think where we're seeing is the old guard in the u.n. council. here bristling at some new things and coming in from a source a libertarian source that doesn't align itself with the vision. this is going to have because i think a sense of there might be some dialing back of trying to sell the united states brand of democracy after all looking from a 5 and a can back over a year of race riots in a pretty chaotic election exactly what would it be selling. well 1st of all hypocrisy has never stopped people who who promote so-called american values as a means of selling foreign policy so you know just because america has you difficulties own doesn't mean that the atlantic council members or their ilk aren't going to continue to try to sell the united states is the sign shining city on the hill that should serve as a model for all over countries to race yet the truth is that it is difficult to say oh you know american democracy is the cure all but that's really not the issue i think this is an internal power struggle within the atlantic council it comes from funding and it comes from their sources of money and they took charles koch money and with it came certain. you know analysts who are now starting to 'd exert their vision and that vision is clashing against the old guard at the atlantic council just cooking a full set of what secretary of state blinken said in stopping the using interventions to promote democracy and he really by that i mean that would mean a pretty big break 10 in the middle east for a start would. no i mean look tony blinken is trying to. show. you a new face of america but the bottom line is the policies remain the same there's no change in the fundamental policies of the united states for instance in syria where we continue to have a policy of regime change maybe it's not putting boots on the ground to overthrow the regime but it's definitely about creating. conditions that are that promote instability so that you know the assad regime could in some point time in the future be brought down that is the american policy it's also a policy of making russia iran and anybody else who is lined up on the side of us pay a heavy price in this any price in the form of military action u.s. continues to support rebels we arm them we quit them we train them in these rebels exerting blood price on russia on the syrian government on hezbollah on a run for their continued involvement in syria so no tony blinken is saying $1.00 thing but the united states is doing something we will see whether the words there's had interaction again it's always good to hear your thoughts coretta thanks for joining us thank you. time of extreme woken us and council culture it seems that chatting openly about what you're reading can be a career ending move and he's action from one well known british bands being branded a fascist for mentioning that he did write a book criticizing the left wing activist movement and tea for. constantine boskoff looks at the growing chorus of criticism for those who question progressive narratives. just think about it you read a book you like it you say publicly no harm done you would hope well that's what winston marshall did he was the banjo player in a british band called mumford and sons and he dared to enjoy the wrong literature over the last few days i've come to better understand the pain caused by the book i endorsed as a result of my ex and some taken time away from the bonds to examine my blinds posts so like in the band's hit single they'll just have to wait for him but what was the evil book he read you might ask something so bad it wasn't enough to say sorry he had to quit the band had been planned and for many years was a mind com or an isis manual on how to make bombs no much worse winston marshall was cold out by social justice worriers for publicly recommending in newly published book criticize an n.t. for well you remember n.t. for right. here in the since deleted twit the poor guy barely mentioned that he read the book about it but that one twit started this tsunami of rage and calls to boycott marshall's bam downflow didn't do is meant to flush shay i really like that one song a while ago winston mossel and his prove to us just be me and suck trash and i hope the rest of the band kicks in to the curb otherwise i'm out. your banjo player is a fascist what do you think this is going to do to your public image you guys screwed up fire the fascists the book was written by the wrong guy and know a journalist who's been beating the drum about violent left wing groups in the us for years for is bad it was often attacked beaten and even milkshakes of even harassed a random asian man in portland because he looked like him a group for those who. because they read my were. the. was is not only the willingness to support me being good in terrorism but those of other girls curious minds from and the new thoughts anyway and in no writes a book that big surprise lashes out at and t. for and bad grasps the attention of poor winston marshall who is already on the world greater in 2018 he posed with jordan peterson i say colleges who doesn't share transgender youth oreo or feminism that was strike number one and now endorsing the wrong book that strike number 2 game over your ban. but it's not just who you endorse it's also who you failed to endorse like these 2 public school administrators in the state of pennsylvania they lost their jobs because they dared to criticize black lives matter in facebook posts or this guy senator josh holy facebook contract was polled after he question joe biden's election victory. a conservative publisher picked it up though saying they refused to how were before the woke ma. but across most of the media and cultural landscape towering is the new name of the game loyal to get else who also writes for the online magazine spiked says it's not right to attack a person just for reading and commenting on a book or their issues with the. integrity in the quality of the book but nonetheless merely reading it and praising a book should never be the subject of apology the idea that you should apologize for reading and praising any book. as extreme connotations for freedom of speech you know we are seeing it more and more. praising that to kill all those who particularize can enjoy up an extremely hope. if we. tweeted an endorsement of the ideas in mind cam and yes i think that would be entirely different than dean goes but he's not mine camp and i think what's really interesting is that we get drawn into these comparisons very very easily you know it's very easy to throw around the term fascist nowadays. but right wing fascism is a very remote ideology in today's context i mean joe whatever you think of it he said and he not a right wing fascist so the comparison is completely healed founded. the head of an american data privacy firms questioned whether the personal health information uncovered possible can be stored securely. warned that this could lead to discrimination. and i have seen the efforts from the european union and the green you know the green initiative and while this idea that they can guarantee. that the data is is safe and anonymized is just wrong it's incorrect and and i think it's a real problem when governments claim that just like it's a problem when companies claim that your data is anonymous and will never be lost stolen or act where concerned about is if vaccine data and then mexican data combined with travel data starts to leak out and get going combined with these data broker profiles that anyone can buy any business can buy them any individual can buy them they're available very cheap so for example an insurance company might or might not want to insure us or or give us an offer if if a certain amount of that if we fall into a certain category based on that data. the company has seen you just heard held a poll which found that less than half of americans want digital health possibles cheval says that if they are brought in only essential information should be used what i believe is a good so lucian to the problem and opportunity of vaccine afterwards is to not use a shared database is the last technology used stickers is used things that don't replicate our data across every country we travel to or every sports venue if we want to watch a football game having all of this data in and out sounds great and it sounds convenient but ultimately there is a lot of risks to our privacy in the future if we keep creating more data especially health. ok we're watching the whole. washington after which i'll be back right here with your next news in exactly 30 minutes. according to secretary of state china is the only country with the economic military and technological power to seriously challenge the stable and open international system all the rules values and relationships that made the world work the way we wanted to is china really a threat to washington's system. greetings .