Watching are to international bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the Program Russia is on its way to becoming the 1st country to register a vaccine against kobe and 19 its Health Ministry says this could happen as early as next week trials have been ongoing since june here and moscow with 2 groups of volunteers taking part and will be getting more details on that a little bit later in the program from our correspondent thank you aaron. Search and rescue operations continue in beirut where the death toll is expected to rise following tuesdays blasts in the capital sports Officials Say the explosion killed at least 157 people and injured 5000 others the french president manual mccrone is in lebanon where hes held talks with top officials and called for an International Investigation into the causes of the explosions some though are questioning the french leaders real motives and the reports. Police swooped into the lebanese capital in the aftermath of t
International with me nicky aaron our top story the u. S. Has had 3000000 coronavirus cases and now accounts for about a quarter of covert deaths globally nevertheless donald trump is still trying to convince everyone that washington is leading the fight against the virus but canada mexico and even the e. U. Arent convinced this kind of open explains. Over 130000 americans have died from cold it 19 and the number of those infected across america has surpassed 3000000 mark but that hasnt stopped us leaders from bragging claiming that the usa is the leader globally in fighting the virus i think the world is looking at us as a leader and covert 19 we showcase. 99 percent of which are totally harmless. Results that no other country can show because no other country is testing that we have now the rest of the world isnt buying that one bit the usa is neighbor to the north canada says they are doing a better job fighting the virus than the United States is we were able to control the virus b
A key code of conduct. To. A very warm welcome to you this is r. T. International with me nicky aaron its great to have you with us now our top story this hour with the most countries in the world the zing back to normality following months of lockdown scientists are warning the virus is no longer being treated seriously enough more than 200. 00 researchers and doctors have sent a collective letter to the w. H. O. Saying the risks of airborne transmission are being ignored. Were concerned that the lack of recognition of the risk of airborne transmission of covert 19 and the lack of clear recommendations on the control measures against the airborne virus will have significant consequences all the warning comes of people around the globe have been flooding back to shops and bars restaurants and beaches arties southgate tale has been assessing the risk of math contagion. When most who shed its restrictions on knocked out was lifted people wasted no time in pounding the pavement no mosques
White house with the like that the law must go into the port behind him. A very warm welcome to you this is r. T. International broadcasting worldwide from our studio here in moscow nicky aaron brown top story this hour the russian doping saugor is once again making headlines new evidence has emerged questioning the authenticity of 3 key whistle blowers affidavits originally submitted with the intent of showing which russian athletes allegedly cheated or for more on that some crossing live to south korea taylor now 38 good to see you what is this new evidence emerged from and does it actually change anything. Well it really potentially Significant Development in the scandal that has gripped the sporting world for several years now at the moment proceedings at the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland are under way and evidence relating to the a legit russian government sanctioned doping scheme is being reassessed but independent expertise from a german newspaper say that in fac
Warm welcome from our team here in moscow this is our international and our nicky aaron and our top story china has approved a resolution to impose its security law in hong kong angry and the beijing protests have again been intensifying in the city r. T. Saskia taylor looks at whats at stake. With current of ours dominating the headlines since february many of the stories have to fall into the wayside but one making a comeback as the wild starts returning to normality the hong kong protests are now up to several months of her spite stay some serious scuffles and not came off to thousands of protesters took to the streets on wednesday the day ending on a really sour note with around 300 arrests and Police Using Pepper Spray bullets because they suspected some of the protesters had weapons including pecial bombs. We know that anti China Sentiment has been building in the region for almost a year but that was reignited last week off to beijing announced plans for a new piece of legislati