a divided over its real value. is this quite in the current development it's quite new and heard of no it's not really going to be it's only kind of like a housing program disguised reparations for slavery. hello from moscow this wednesday 24th of march kevin 0 in here for the next 30 minutes with our latest for you starting with this headline was in from france the country's health care system risks precedented shock within weeks if the government fails to deal with a new covert surge there is the warning from the country's hospital federation chief no less. firm actions have been taken given this delay hospitals are likely to be rocked by an unprecedented violence 2 to 3 weeks. the 3rd wave of infections kicked in last week there are now more than 26000 patients in hospitals across the country the highest figure this month and over 4000 are an intensive care setting a grim record so early in the 2021 the association of emergency doctors told us authorities response in their view had been woeful. and. hospitals across france are struggling facing a shortage of beds in the i.c.u. there is an influx of patients their numbers are growing at an unprecedented pace the problem results from the fact that the government hasn't provided any extra beds for a year already furthermore our country is falling behind in vaccinations pharmaceutical companies have delayed their supply shipments are inoculation rate is very low compared to other nations like morocco or serbia where health care efficiency is inferior. woman is stunned by the mixed messages to come in from the french government harsh lockdowns an official warnings of dire consequences on the other side of it mrs alleging headdress isn't chocolate shop stay open for french morale show dubinsky reports on it. you'd think that by the time the 3rd time was announced the parts of france that the government would be permed at it this is what you can do this is what you can't do but it's been anything but the case do you think you understand there were strict now in place soon places like paris. now it's. better but it's typical shows they get some points too much numbers but the rules are not too well it's a little bit lax we can do a little like. they were clear enough they are good at differentiating these things faster realizing that they're fuzzy it is not really a lockdown. we can research issues but we can buy them. from the mistake and i shouldn't go after 6 pm. after suffering now really i didn't thank you. we don't understand the new rules at all for example we're supposed to be in last down yet we're walking in the chandeliers a there are a lot of people even though it's tuesday normally during lockdown there should not be so many people yet. there are a lot of people in the prison when the prime minister announced that 16 regions would be heading back into a lockdown last week he said citizens would have to once again fill out public mission reforms to show that they were leaving home for essential reasons when the new forms were published they contain so many options as to why you could leave home they caused widespread confusion. say zhang cost tax how come here allow me to take a breath 10 kilometers away but force my dog to stay within one kilometer of his candle i come home from work certificate i pick up the kids from school certificate i buy a bread certificate it's a little after 7 pm certificate luckily i have no dog originally the 21 or so 1000000 people impacted by the new lock down were told they could travel up to 10 kilometers from their homes unfortunately they dogs could only go one kilometer mulcted poked fun at and even the government had to admit that the form was called plex and soon it was through the less you need into trouble more than 10 kilometers i don't want to go out of the curfew as yes that's still in place the next level of before came as it emerged that most of the businesses that would be closed as they were not essential like florist headdress and chocolate shops were told they could stay open we made some exceptions such as head dresses for french people we did it because there were proficiency like florists to make whole food turnover during spring we did it for the chocolate is because it's easter so is it really oh. look like as it's been up here and do people in paris know what they can and can't do do you think you can eat lunch with your friends in the park yeah. i think it's possible no they've said it's not they do not recommend eating lunch with your friends right now i think we have the right to eat in a park with friends to go out after 7 pm under certain conditions i think yes but visiting friends at home no i don't think that's possible after 7 pm we don't have the right with the curfew we don't have the right it is all just. aside a year of parents in and out of lockdown says certainly brought everyone to the same feeling that of being generally fed up and you can't help but feel that french government is in its own confusion about what we should and shouldn't be doing causing that unnecessary public anxiety shows evil scale arty paris. a snapshot there from france where here meantime vladimir putin has been vaccinated the kremlin confirming the presidents had the covert 19 job the mystery is which one official saying they were sparse obsessive for the shot in order to try to highlight that all 3 russian vaccines are safe and effective so they are more than 6000000 have had their 1st job here in russia since the campaign started over 4000000 already had both doses and as you see the infection rates falling with the number of daily new cases now under 10000 is a lot but lisa's falling. spoke to the deputy prime minister about the vaccine program and how it differs from the rest of europe if you say that vaccination is safe and we're monitoring it safety would it be easier for the government to make it more or less mandatory or if not forcing people strongly compelling them as in israel to if you don't want to be vaccinated don't leave your house. russia has extensive experience nationwide vaccination we have got used to it's voluntary nature i think trying to pressure force people to get the chip or stay at home because they haven't been inoculated that's wrong because everyone is different we're now seeing a scandal unfolding around the astra zeneca vaccine while the w.h.o. says that it's too early to draw any conclusions and suspending it may be unnecessary what do you think what is your general attitude to this scandal. we are extremely careful when it comes to any data connected to side effects potentially provoked by this or that product why because we did not have the opportunity to fully check it using medical data in this case we can only speak about ourselves and here i can say that each country it's tricky monitoring all of the potential post vaccination side effects the vaccination process should not be politicized because the process itself is aimed at one particular goal saving lives and protecting the population. when shall we not politicizing this as a country. we are saying that the country created 3 product of its own we're telling the whole world about them in the same way that everyone else is why wouldn't we it's our achievement we're proud of it at the end of the day it's an appraisal of russian science which some have been trying to diminish and say we are not capable of anything we are in the long run we do acknowledge that there could be a 3rd wave there may be a slight increase but why is it massive everywhere but moderate in russia well we see how the epitome logical situation is developing in europe and in russia one of the reasons for this development is that they were constantly in lockdown people stayed at home they did not go outside they are still in the sense of the virus so then they go out and catch it that's why they never develop collective immunity right essentially yes when do you think this will all end we are now working on the assumption that we will achieve 60 percent collective immunity by august it is clear that most likely there will be some seasonality everyone has been talking about that. so it could come back in october. yes but i really hope people will get vaccinated because dealing with the consequences of the disease will be far more difficult than getting voluntarily inoculated. global media watchdog reporters without borders is fodder massive lawsuit against facebook now for letting hate speech quote flourish they're called into including rather false videos on the pandemic that have been watched millions of times but it's just one of the serious allegations now hitting the tech giant around the globe. reporters without borders lawsuit demonstrates that the california based company's undertakings to its consumers are largely mendacious and that it allows dissent from ation and hate speech to flourish on its network contrary to the claims made in its terms of service and through its ads facebook a mere pittance has grown to be too large for the company itself even its exacts when unaware of being filmed of course admitting the giant has to be tamed. to. 'd do it but until this happens it's up to individual countries to rein in the dominance of facebook and they do the u.k. has taken the social network to court for losing control of the data of british hughes's italy following the company over the lack of transparency in their privacy policies facebook was misleading users to register on its platform by not informing them immediately inadequately of the collection activity with commercial intent of the data provided by them astray or forced facebook into a commercial deal making it pay news corpus trulia for journalism from its local mastheads but only after an ill tempered fight in which facebook inadvertently shut down some of vital information services in australia. on the side of over and for cement in doing so some content was blocked inadvertently even in the united states where facebook is widely viewed as a mass mind control tool in the hands of political establishment is taking steps to limit its reach for these books user profiles would allegedly reveal an individual's likes dislikes interests and habits over a significant amount of time without affording users a meaningful opportunity to control or. and the unauthorized exploration of their private life some say the big tech has replaced big oil as the global corporate power play up except it controls not only the money but also information streams and whether its concerns about snooping censorship or monopoly practices the raw signs that the global mood could be turning on the online giant but it won't go down without a fight fairly powerful groups like media organizations and governments coming out their facebook from very different angles now none of those entities are powerful facebook is right now that of course might be one reason that actually these governments are a little worried about facebook's power or at least trying to rein it in here already a very very scary territory all right and it's only going to keep going in the same direction that it has been governments or have been slow to rein this in governments and sort of try to do anything about it he said giants are stronger than governments they are the most powerful forces on the planet their own stock of course of the planet has ever seen they control the conversation they control who gets the herd who doesn't get bigger they control what you see they control what you buy they know everything about you they are showing us who's in charge. scatter in it now ahead of the program how do you stick around by the way for these next 15 minutes called exclusive iran's president talks to us direct says. the weather with the u.s. can ever be fixed all not going to him would have to say more well it's coming up so. join me every 1st week on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see you there. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being. what is true what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. orem even the shallows. again the issue of reparations in the us is split opinion after chicago became the 1st city to pay black residents who've suffered housing discrimination authorities have approved an a $10000000.00 package setting aside $25000.00 for each eligible family the money is to be spent on a home repairs or is down payments on property there reparations will be funded instantly by income from annual cannabis taxes over the next decade but polls find just one in 5 people agree that damages should be paid to the descendants of slaves and many also question just how the eligibility for these kind of programs is determined with race and sr and evidence of discrimination all in the pot to be considered we discussed it with our guests. it is quite in the current development it's quite new and heard of. it is a 1st step towards. repairing or implementing some sort of prison or to justice. for historical injustice that the black people have suffered from no it's not really anything because i mean the elephant in the room here is that this is not slavery reparations it's only kind of like a housing program disguised days reparations for slavery because there was never any slavery in evanston let alone chicago which is that dinner every where every say news let's face it whatever it's done whatever kind of financial reparations would never repair that historical injustice that those people have suffered from i mean this is just impossible money would not buy people's lives bad or repair that suffering it is mostly symbolic it was a point only did it was to be paid it should have been pay and slave holding places to former slaves from the former slave owner or from the state that's what it should have been about what i think when i say it's a big it is a 1st step it is a 1st step but only and only if people keep pushing and the systemic racism is really challenge not only in cities or states but over the in the country such as actually i would go if we even beyond that it's actually a global issue what it is issues talking about i don't really understand what we're saying i mean if there's ever sort of racism or some way of say some i mean if somebody a mean does that mean that the state has to come in and pay some money there's any out amount tax money after pay or some kind of corporation that wasn't even really involved with it i mean this is not really going to happen there will be issues of course this would be misused some would be somewhat to use this as a token and say ok you've been paid and that's basically you have to shut up and then you should not ask for more but i think. i have to be realistic it is not enough strew but it should be used as a basis for or larger social movement that ask for much more at the national level . pretty pictures coming in today let's look at some of the best from some of the biggest news stories around the more than a 1000 people rallying in the german capital against the extended lot of haitians really wearing thin protesters while waving flares and chanting slogans against the police officers and to make numerous arrests over it. protests for a different reason though again in the southwestern u.k. city of bristol. people on the streets again there opposing a parliamentary building expand the police powers weeks of so-called kill the bill rallies demanded the removal of plans to set a time and set of noise limits on any demonstrations the protests exactly a year since the u.k. 1st introduced an antique over. mother nature make it more trouble we're talking about a volcano in iceland yesterday now look at this imagine that. residence in the sicilian the city of catan the capturing the spectacular some may say frankly terrifying sight of mount etna kicking off again in the distance the volcano shooting red hot flames high into the tally in sky the experts describing gas bubbles and larger phone tends coming out of the 3000 meter peak cause for people who live there it's just well almost another day doesn't do that every day but the rare occurrence have to bear in mind. a live event we're covering now what's happening in israel voters been going to the polls there voted for the 4th time in 2 years with annoyance and stable coalition regularly bringing the government down and forcing fresh elections exit polls suggest the race is too close to call with growing fears they will once again then fail to be a decisive parliamentary majority but a grand old day that kid take a pm benyamin netanyahu has been weakened by months of protests over coronavirus restrictions and probes into alleged corruption including claims that he took bribes from wealthy business leaders i spoke to middle east analyst mordechai kedah earlier he says his personality here is what's dividing the country at the moment. we are actually be very good. people think that netanyahu is the best thing which could get because they took his way while the other half duly my. people who are indispensable to deadlock which we are in is the result of there's no conflict and you know. people want him and hope that we do not use you could see that it could be which you know leads got more than a quarter of the whole can is it means more than a quarter of the people think that these allegations are given to rio out of left wing. and this is unfortunately what we have you. iran's supreme leader's want he doesn't trust the u.s. to keep its word on lifting sanctions and with therefore to run won't return to a nuclear deal anytime soon and exclusive for you next we speak to the country's former president or whether it was ever see eye to eye with washington. a. how would you familiar with the foreign policy of rouhani as government in terms of the nuclear deal think sions and the new u.s. administration is it heading in the right direction that yes we are waiting for changes to u.s. foreign policy the problem between the u.s. and iran runs much deeper than just the nuclear deal if someone thinks that the deal is the only leverage for settling issues between the 2 countries this is very far from the reality the problem is much wider and it needs to be addressed on different levels both parties have to solve problems based on fairness and mutual respect discrepancies between iran and the us are based on history and the nuclear deal alone can't fix this we've seen how the nuclear deal was fine and writing but it resulted in nothing positive in reality the reason as i've already mentioned is that the problem is way more complicated moreover the deal wasn't concluded according to international standards besides if both parties intend to compromise on something they will find a solution for any problems that emerge in the future 6 countries have been negotiating over not letting iran turn into a nuclear state those countries sat at the negotiating table with iran the deal said it clearly if there is a new dispute each country has one voice during the vote over that issue thus those countries which disagreed with iran on something they had 6 votes and iran had only one and we hope that europe will use its abilities as a mediator between the u.s. and iran if it wants to mediate it needs to have a wide range of tools for that whatever that means. because we were counting on that but i don't think the 2 countries are really in need of a mediator if only we could settle all the current issues of course we should welcome all initiatives aimed at genuine mediation. that the room was hit by the killing of general constance the limb on the last year what do you make of his killing him do you think the country's response for the strike on the base was enough we have to delve into the roots of this murder of did it solve any problem and assassination is the most disgusting action taken by anyone even when to science or warring against each other well and war is a clear cut thing but when it happens between 2 parties that simply have disagreements and assassination doesn't solve any problem the assassination was carried out by those who have been calling for fighting against terrorism i hope that terrorism will be defeated one day and no one will use terrorist methods and commit murder to reach their goals and that no one will use a weapon if they can use reason and words to address the world considering the double standards it leads to disagreements it's not good when someone imposes their own idea on others via murder that's true regardless of the person who is killed i reiterate in principle assess the nation is a bad thing the martyr qassim soleimani was a prominent figure and his biography is well known so at the end of the day does anyone think that a mere response is important that would never solve anything the american government has to realize the necessity of changing its policy which their attitude during the last 70 to 80 years not only hasn't settled anything but has aggravated everything much more. with mood i'm a division talking to us than a staying in the region meantime with all this pandemic news of the last 12 months making so many headlines easy for us all to forget the this year marks are really poignant on a verse or. one big part of the world it said decade now since the arab spring spread through the middle east it left huge devastation behind it for some countries worse than others though case in point one particular country with close ties to washington and how that fit. the arab spring is a massive opportunity to spread peace prosperity democracy and fight to the security but only if we really seized the opportunity. this is saudi arabia's worst nightmare isn't it. the saudi arabia is drafting sauza security personnel in an attempt to crush a growing revolt in the kingdom in attempt to avoid and resting up the life unveiled a massive social welfare package but many critics see this as a way perhaps by people signing. the planned day of rage inside the arabia perhaps it would be protesters hopes were dashed by strict security measures stern warning i study officials against any protests so where does the u.s. fit but in perspective for us saudi arabia has always served as the safety net whether it comes to oil you know in the oil price gets too high in the united states asked the saudis problem or i'll bring the price of oil down and they've always done it there are reports that king abdullah told the bahraini authorities next door that if they don't crush their own sheer revolt his forces will. crack down came just a de after body is king declared martial law and told in troops from neighboring saudi arabia to help shut down the protests we are showing the people of this world is to help us to do something for these people we are peaceful to the fullest we're asking for our legitimated rights and nothing else innocent people are being killed chopping with the u.k. for example has not been more outspoken more assertive about the fact the people have been tortured people have lost their lives we have been shot at the only government over whom we have no influence. saudi arabia executed 47 people today it's largest mass executions since 19861 of the bodies and the severed head. put on public display as a warning it's a big folly to rely on so-called international organizations and governments because the saudi government the way it is it is because as american and british support. to suppress president the cia has concluded that the leader of saudi arabia directed the murder of a us based journalist. president travels not punished senior saudi these would you yes and i would make it very clear we were going to in fact make them pay the price and make them in fact a pariah that they are ready to do all show leadership or get from you yes. a u.s. president left it after the newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation president's intention as is the intention of this government is to. to recalibrate. with saudi arabia so what we've done by the actions that we've taken is really not to rupture the relationship or to recalibrate. the country used to be perfect girl was perfect for without any reservations whatsoever so you know welcome to the to the real world. see so many flashbacks of those pictures again 10 years on so much has changed and yet for some a party so little too if you want to watch the full report on this interesting one catch you know you tube or instrument accounts and check it out t. dot com as well one of our socials for any stories breaking throughout the afternoon i'm going to leave you now done all can see here an hour from now to take you through the afternoon colibri through the ceiling as well as you line up for the rest of the day or not international if you watch 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