The deaths that occurred were all avoidable and those who lived in the tower were badly failed by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the building and its occupants. The country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty to protect you and your Loved Ones, the people that we are here to serve, and i am deeply sorry. Human life was never a priority and we lost friends, neighbours and Loved Ones in the most horrific way. Through greed, corruption, incompetence and negligence. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Vladimir putin talks of restoring greatness to what he calls the russian world an expansive territory which, as ukrainians know to their cost, stretches far beyond russias current borders. Putins Expansionist Nationalism requires military power, but its harnessed the cultural spiritual authority of the russian Orthodox Church, too. My guest, andrey kordochkin, was a russian Orthodox Priest who spoke out against the ukraine war and the putinisation of his c
But is he swimming against an unstoppable tide? andrey kordochkin, andrey kordochkin, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you. It s a great honour it s a great honour and privilege to be here. And privilege to be here. Well, it s great to have you well, it s great to have you in the studio. In the studio. Let me take you back let me take you back to february 2022. To february 2022. Putin orders putin orders an all out invasion of ukraine. That this would be the end an all out invasion of ukraine. Within days, you, a priest within days, you, a priest in the russian orthodox church, in the russian orthodox church, choose to speak out choose to speak out against the invasion. Against the invasion. When you did that, did you feel when you did that, did you feel that this would be the end of your career in the russian orthodox church? i think that when the war has begun, very few of us could actually give a prediction of what is going to come through. So i think that
And also Johnson Johnson, just releasing the results from its phase three trials. Saying in its announcement it is 66 Efficacy Rate overall. 85 against severe disease. Still notably lessective than the vaccines from pfizer and moderna. What does the biden team say about that . The White House Press secretary just said this morning that President Biden is encouraged by the data coming out from j j but also said that the politicians will leave it to the scientists who we should hear from any moment. While were standing by. Lets bring in Elizabeth Cohen following the latest developments. So on this announcement from Johnson Johnson, what are they saying . Basically the bottom line here, kate, is that this vaccine does work well against covid 19, this j j vaccine. Im going to jump in. Andy slavic, one of the members of the Covid Response team is beginning the briefing now. On both the successes and the hurdles we face. I hope on these calls, that the public will get a regular and consisten
Or this person is jewish. Thats what i was trying to explain. Rabbi after that she went onto apologize the next day on the view. Im sure that she isnt the only person in america who thinks that. What do you want people to understand about race . I think they have to know the holocaust was about race. The nazis considered all of us to be subhuman, to be inferior. They could demonize us and destroy it. The people who marched in charlotteville said it was about race. They are referring to a jewish race. I think we have to be very, very conscience of this Racism Factor and not minimize it as something thats visual. Thats why theres this great need for really education awareness. We have to have people who understand the depth of the horror of the holocaust because it spills over into other areas. Yes yes, its about racism. Its about destruction. I think you make an excellent point. When we pair this story with the overlaps of the book mouse being pulled out of School Districts or library i
Or this person is jewish. Thats what i was trying to explain. Rabbi after that she went onto apologize the next day on the view. Im sure that she isnt the only person in america who thinks that. What do you want people to understand about race . I think they have to know the holocaust was about race. The nazis considered all of us to be subhuman, to be inferior. They could demonize us and destroy it. The people who marched in charlotteville said it was about race. They are referring to a jewish race. I think we have to be very, very conscience of this Racism Factor and not minimize it as something thats visual. Thats why theres this great need for really education awareness. We have to have people who understand the depth of the horror of the holocaust because it spills over into other areas. Yes yes, its about racism. Its about destruction. I think you make an excellent point. When we pair this story with the overlaps of the book mouse being pulled out of School Districts or library i