Code phrase how these at near record levels all the government considers using g. P. S. Tracking to make sure that the people city home is but that idea for the big. Guy give g. P. S. Tracking people is for the 1st time for implementation in time the way weve got to get back to what weve got to get back to what not to do so you dont get to come back if we let this continue much longer im worried that were. Still not. Going to get out of this quickly and the way to do it is to keep these restrictions going to get people back so. Youre watching our 2 International Coming to you live from the russian capital this every hour welcome to the program. European unity over securing coded vaccines appears to be splintering further a meeting between you members is deciding whether nations should be able to ringfence local production and curtail exports after brussels fell out with britain over getting enough to us as of the astra zeneca vaccine sent across. Explains. This ra is really heating up in brussels made the threat that it will look to ban exports of the. Vaccine from the blog thats going to have massive implications not just for the u. K. But also other countries in the world and this comes amidst a huge shortage of the curve with 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 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 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 senecas says it hasnt received much of for 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 there and her report shortages are being particularly felt in spain where the 2 most populous regions have halted their backs nation campaigns are blaming the e. U. We must stand up to brussels and says 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 vials needed to give 2nd shots to those whove already had their 1st one that ruins government plans to inoculate most of the population by june of this year 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 at the rate that we anticipated so 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 who do half 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. Where just 2 percent of people have been vaccinated self far the Czech Republic stop administering jobs altogether for 2 weeks because of the lack of doses of spain occupation 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 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 in those countries that purchase vaccines had a higher price than the European Union have not experienced such delay in delivery we are not at all satisfied with the current situation. Antilock down riots in lebanon have entered a 5th day at least one person has been killed and hundreds injured by Security Forces using live ammunition against the protesters. The violence comes amid a buckling Health Care System and sharp rise of poverty i understand lines and set fire to a number of buildings and lebanon 2nd largest city tripoli as you can see here among the property destroyed it was the town hall and the president has condemned the violence demonstrators pelted police and soldiers with rocks and molotov cocktails Security Forces responded with tear gas and rubber bullets and as we mentioned earlier life fire reportedly as well demonstrations began after authorities extended the lockdown by a further 2 weeks in a city already struggling with high unemployment and poverty for less omar you buy him reports from the scene. About it there would be it 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 in 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 is there are some small clashes from time to time it seems like the army is waiting for serious clashes to get involved because some time ago it used armed forces to on a blocked the road to trickle in if. You had of the Lebanese Red Cross told us the country is caught between fighting over it and plunging incomes. Many areas knew of the situation and due to their being have to get back to the protocol and all the regulations and the people are putting the gathering they need to be there to help them to see how they can manage them and then we live and to help today no hospital pull in. You have no idea but you might be in and there we had a paving a lot of problems and the gated to the emergency room course you are going to be to be in the. Community between both because you are together bill and your deployed their work from both 5 probably because of and majority of from the community or. The u. K. Is cracking down on trips abroad travelers will not be turned back at the border if they cant provide a valid reason for travel home secretary as announcement comes after britains 2nd highest daily death toll from corona virus 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 tough 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 isolate jeremy hunt has suggested using g. P. S. Tracking through peoples mobile phones to make sure they self isolate it started pollen and taiwan as successfully using the policy my colleague nick erin earlier put that idea up for debate but lets 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 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 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 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 world travel is 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 that 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 work 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 very desirous donated by the 58 vaccinated by the 15th in february as you well know as making. Assumption the vaccines are going to work and theyre going to transmit youll make you make an assumption that the economy can exist if you lock it down for here just to find out 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 the balance wrong we need to stop debating openly about the medical issues and we need to start seeing it in the wider context and accept the brics and those 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 on our team at numerous u. S. States down restrictions despite the surging death toll ill get reaction on that among our stories after this short break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. The muslim world are going to feel better than the us i was upset because i. Was. Just as. She was you make the. Jungle. Book you go to the british course but im really not going. To. Tell. You watching R T International welcome back to the program the us is registering some of its highest daily death tolls from the virus with more than 79000. 00 victims this month alone yet that isnt stopping some states from left uncovered restrictions as artist on quarter explain 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 packed tightly nothing we can do to change the trajectory the president make in the next several months not exactly reassuring especially since the trajectory is given the us the worlds highest death toll. 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 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 post holiday 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 while 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 where 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 are still a lot of reason for concern and reason for caution. Staying with the United States authorities have 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 snark civs could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence. That document does not mention any specific antigovernment plot but claims radicals may be emboldened by this months capital 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 the 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 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 can use other social Media Outlets and youre seeing conservatives get banned left and right i mean reactionary times weve lost barguti 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 tally of power consolidated amongst the left were going to see a lot of strange things happen. The world has been paying tribute throughout the week to legendary broadcaster and artie host larry king who died on saturday at the age of 87 and 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. And online bullies describe yo