Good afternoon and welcome to the program this is r. T. International coming to you live from the russian capital bring you your live news update russian scientists are poised to register the worlds 1st vaccine against kobe at 19 i could happen as early as this month trials have been ongoing since june here and must go out with 2 groups of volunteers taking part r. T. C. Karen has more on the development. What weve all been adjusting to living this new normal of corona virus the experts and scientists around the world have been frantically trying to come up with a vaccine in fact the pandemic is seen unprecedented mobilization of funding and Research Just in a race to come up with the vaccine that could save millions and billions of people around the world so this been called the race for a vaccine and now it looks like russia right of crossed the finish line in 1st place take a listen it will pass the registration process however there now needs to be a final stage of trials which is very important we need to be sure that the barracks in a safe house all goes to plan the Health Ministry added that the 1st to be vaccinated would be Health Care Workers and the elderly this would all be free of charge and could be as soon as this month but a lot of people have expressed trepidation some moneys about being amongst the 1st people to be vaccinated or even at all at least this year but we did get a chance to speak to some of the volunteers taking part of the trials so theyre saying lets show mobility 1st we were in isolation at our Health Resort for 2 weeks that was the preparation period then we were brought here for 20 days i work in Public Catering so im always around people when this started i realized how many people who feeling sick so i decided to help there was nothing special just a vaccination just it isnt scary its like a fever reducing injection so much as. I feel good there were no problems im a doctor and i work with people and now i dont have to worry about the necessity of protection i can work breathe freely not think about the risks and dedicate myself to the patients now all being well Industrial Production of the vaccine is set for september that will be followed by a mass production in october but this big announcement comes just days after the w. H. O. Urge russia to make sure it was following International Guidelines to produce a safe and effective vaccine this also comes as some scientists around the world have criticised the speed with. Which russia has come up with this potential vaccine saying it sounds a lot like a propaganda victory now the race for vaccine has unsurprisingly brought up this Competitive Edge in countries around the World Everybody wants to be the 1st to come up with a workable vaccine and this with clearly illustrated when last month there were reports that russia had used taxes to. To attack Oxford University scientists who were working on a potential vaccine that this completely was unfounded because it turns out that it was a Russian Company actually working with Oxford University scientists to mass produce this potential vaccine so i think its fair to say we can expect a lot more criticism and scaremongering the coming days and weeks. Well we are now joined live by simon clarke a microbiologist Reading University for more on this the w. H. O. Recently said there might never be what they called a magic bullet for coded 19 and yet we have this vaccine coming closer and closer to becoming a reality coming from russia how much hope should this give people. A vaccine being developed is a good sort of the spirit and we should congratulate the research and wish them well but it was nice to remember that there are lots of that. Law a lot of them showing promise but im afraid most of them will say oh i mean. Vaccines vaccines and development have over a 90 percent failure rate and thats the very last stages so even if the initial stages are very promising they can through the final. Well now theyre saying russia still does have that final stage to get through of the trial but if there vaccine is approved well other countries then focus on whats already become viable. They might do i think given the global the moment for the vaccines its probably a good idea if we have more than one we also have to remember that some people might not be able to take a certain type of vaccine so its useful to have more than one in that respect there are other examples where the most commonly used vaccine for example if you take a tight space well its generate necessarily a vaccine in everybody so you have these other ones as well so. Its not the case that one vaccine will receive to go for everybody or indeed it will be able to produce enough for the whole there are also fears of people being priced out of the vaccine not being able to afford it in this situation that were facing right now should those be free. I think personally i think that people should not be expected to pay in developing nations anyway more than the. Production costs of the vaccine and perhaps governments might want to look at making them or large numbers of those is all of them free to developing countries but i think that even if these vaccines are developed by the worlds Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies the Global Demand for the movie such that they price market on the only needs to be very small for that company to make a comfortable profit if thats what its used to do it just months ago at the beginning of the year the majority of people hadnt even heard of the word coronavirus and yet russia has managed to develop a vaccine very quickly how is that possible. Well of course scientists know all about coronaviruses and people have been trying to develop vaccines for them for many years because coronaviruses can cause the common cold we also know about sars as well or vaccines in development for that about 20 years ago but it became unnecessary because they are all thora teasin in the past who were solves a problem manage to break the infection chains that is east and it died out i think it would be virtually impossible to do with this virus but we have happened at the experience so practice if you like in developing vaccines towards coronaviruses they just have got to the end of that Development Simon clark microbiologist at Redding University thank you for your time and your comments. Search and rescue operations are in full swing in beirut where the death toll is expected to rise following tuesdays blasts in the capital port Officials Say the explosion killed at least 154 people and injured 5000 more meanwhile french president emanuel micron is in lebanon where hes held talks with top officials and called for an International Investigation into the causes of the explosion some though are questioning the french leaders real motives the reports. To wall coverage in 10 nationally of mcewans visit to beirut he swooped into the lebanese capital in the aftermath of tuesdays devastating explosion its rival came hostile the tales of french rescue workers who assess that help with those with the best fits and the beat to find any survivors told those lost on tuesday now some say you feel sick a bit being too sort of existing report that sort of influence it runs back on a country that is so full of protect the rights of all of this it said he sees the world stage as was the 1st foreign leader to make a visit and the Global People are now hearing evidence against evolution its not so at the same time we built the emergency. We need a new Political Initiative and im here to bring her good to coordinate we look to your plan an International Mission to bring money and directly to people but to of those aside we have known when you politically knew she. Didnt. Want you to do that well as he waded through those massive crowds there was a particularly poignant moment when he hugged a woman and he said to her i can feel you will pay but the moment also led some to question what his real motives were for being. In beirut some opposition politicians here folks have been scathing about that visit describing it as a one man arab show and others suggesting hes treating lebanon as if its still a french colony france support for the lebanese people in this struggle is indisputable or the other hand the arrogant and moralizing one man show in which a man has performed today in beirut is in dissent barely arrived in lebanon macron takes himself or the president of the lebanese republic he preaches and claims all by himself to organize european and International Corporation the immense misfortune of some reveals the great vanity of others now president ma calling for his point of view said he would never deigned to interfere in lebanese politics but almost in the same breath he said that he would be talking to political leaders in lebanon and he would be holding she cant he also said that this visit to have a geo political angle because it wasnt front step was that it would be turkey iran or saudi arabia and according to him very interests would be to the detriment of the lebanese people but now that visit by president marconi is being welcomed the aid that hes promised is being welcomed but the reality is when he turned back here to france hes fighting many battles here with his un popular mandate in france the reality is it will mean is to be seen whether those promises will be to the. Given the sheer scale of the destruction groups of volunteers are assisting with the cleanup in beirut people are clearing away debris from apartments and houses for some locals the day of the blast was meant to be a big event for a very different reason heres the moment a wedding ceremony on tuesday suddenly descended into chaos. Thank you thank you thank you. Thank you thank you. Thank you. Thank you the. Artes correspondent hugos all of has been following the rescue operations from the epicenter. As russian rescuers are getting down to well what they have been flown in here for i want you to just look around and let something sink in about the sheer and ultimate demolition power behind this explosion we are in the very epicenter as close as villian can get look closely under my feet i do apologize for my dirty sneak his but look closely because im not stepping on dirt or sand or anything this is actually cool and seeds of cooling from this massive towering reserve which is no more because of the bluster and this is the very 1st site where russian rescuers are searching for survivors. They are telling me that they are ready to work overnight if theres any possibility of finding somebody alive. But this is a Field Hospital in its early stages it is just being built in fact theres another group of emergency workers on the way with more infrastructure but this is where russian rescuers will be taking those injured those still in need of medical attention from after the blast. Very extremely lucky to be alive actually because i cant i cant i cant forget the explosions the sound the visuals in front of my eyes well and i literally just saw body parts of people fall. To me and all people screaming kids screaming body parts. I saw it and i saw it today. Heard about a man i went to his people and told them we should not be here at that moment i turned around and i was he by something in my right hand thats when the big explosions started it threw me to the ground well everything that you can see around me was erected overnight it was literally an empty lot well fast forward 6 hours and well theres already a small tent city here. Well these are search dogs have been traveling with me or rather i was with them and they will be sniffing out those who may be still trapped and the like under the rubble the city of be roots is devastated morally physically financially in fact of all places that i have a being too apart from acts of war zones of course this one with all the rubble destruction and vehicles just abandoned at the side of the road resembles a scene from a postapocalyptic movie the most and the russian aid effort aims here at relieving at least some of the pain im done of reporting from beirut in lebanon. Meanwhile the lebanese capital has also seen more public on rest people are unhappy about the economic crisis gripping the country those feelings have been aggravated by perceived government incompetence which some claim led to tuesdays tragedy the latest protests a place resort to tear gas. The chinese the video sharing outtake talk says it could go to court over u. S. Sanctions donald trump issued 2 executive orders on thursday banning all transactions with the owners of tech talk and we chat thats restrictions coming into force 25 days later. The spread in the United States of mobile up locations developed and owned by companies in the peoples republic of china continues to threaten the National SecurityForeign Policy and economy of the United States youre going to hear the Relevant Enterprises carry out Business Activities in the u. S. In accordance with market principles and International Rules and abide by u. S. Laws and regulations under the pretext of National Security the us frequently abuses its state power and unjustifiably cracks down on nonu. S. Companies this is a blatant act of bullying and china is firmly opposed to it take talk has been interim site for a while earlier he warned people whod use the app that their data could end up in the hands of the chinese authorities u. S. President has also threaten the ban ticktock to u. S. Operations unless they are sold to an American Firm microsoft is currently mulling the proposition heres how to talk users have been reacting to the stand off the internet. And in the us so you guys we have a dilemma and hearing that take up might be behind in america and this is the problem i just started becoming famous and i only have 100. 00 followers to judge your late shift 100000000 followers or ticks are. More the basics are 2 youre going to get a regular job benjamin child a professor at the paris school of business and the Southwestern University of finance and economics and china says a dangerous precedent may be being set. The trial and initiation has provided no specific evidence that that tech talk has made use of statehood available to the Chinese Government on the other hand snowden the view that the us has a Mass Surveillance Program the most notorious of all is the Prison Program each has that right as us to surface of several Technology Giants in the states sean wants to talk to be out as soon as possible because it is so close to the u. S. President ial election and to take to use a mania under 30 who do not support trying much short sighted behavior may harm American Companies eventually because it sets a dangerous precedent of seizing Foreign Investment through Law Enforcement departments opening the door for other countries to treat American Companies in the same way it also gets courages future Foreign Investment in the states. Their global news update can 10 years after this short break. The more of us mortals are the one in which we the business those who do all but guess what. We prepared for call of guns. A lot cheaper reduced mobility you know the tour and its a lot cheaper than having. This is r t welcome back the u. S. State department has issued a new report and which accuses russia of waging a distant from ation and Propaganda Campaign employing a variety of methods among these is the use of kremlin controlled news outlets to push moscows message or to tailor takes a closer look. 3 months until the election a virus who will sing up through the country an aging economy on a future without tech talk americas got its hands full but it will still always find the time on the cash to do a deep dive into russian descent information. The kremlin has direct responsibility for cultivating these tactics and platforms as part of its approach to using information as a weapon it invests massively in its propaganda channels its Intelligence Services and its proxies to conduct malicious cyber activity to support the dissent from ation efforts and it leverages outlets that masquerade as new sites Research Institutions to spread these false and misleading narratives a new report by the state department has 0 day in on russias complex network of fake news and propaganda and basically it tuns out like some kind of new octopus there are 5 to russias this information ecosystem from the government itself to social media but the one that gets the most attention are news sites which apparently are really busy peddling conspiracy theories but we would never suspect them of being nefarious 20300000 monthly views a wide range of political topics on a fairly quiet twitter account but no it turns out its all. The kremlin in disguise. We found that they promote this information in support of the kremlins goals theyre often promoted directly by the russian government and the push specific disinformation narratives that are picked up by other parts of the ecosystem how intriguing some might say tell me more others would cry well the state Department Might say theres no hesitance all direct ties with moscow but heres an unrelated example of an alternative news story to stop you from asking questions the heart of Global Research has written many articles on coded 19 containing dissin for me shewn one of them that was published back in march the headline of this is covered 19 coronavirus if a pandemic whos behind it Global Economic social and political destabilisation so from that have line calling it a fig pandemic i think we all recognize its not a free pandemic its real you know now that i think about it under the public pulse and contribute to the site it will go away if you stay current view this is the same as the flu a lot of people think that goes away in april with the heat rather. Theyre politicizing it the report also says that the same site suggests that corona virus was manmade and a boy who fell apart tree you know now that i think about it i know and not the possum who would just be an invaluable member of this Websites Team i can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory. With the u. S. Backing so many problems you could ask why release the report now while it could be a coincidence or not but last week factual state might compare what with the begging bowl before Congress Asking for a significant increase in funding for the g e c which happens to be the author of this reports. The state departments efforts toward 21. 00 requests for the Global Engagement center is 138000000. 00 more than double its current level we wont tolerate this information and other propaganda directed by the kremlin or any of our other adversaries double the budget for the sake of a handful of relatively unknown news sites operating 200000 months of us while solid reasoning all i can say is the pump a was going to have to get a much bigger ball when he sets his sights on naughty wood thats its not a competition of course but 130000000. 00 monthly view is but my total take oh no hes willing to give to the state departments rewards for Justice Program is offering a reward of up to 10000000. 00 for information leading to the identification or location of any person who acting at the direction for under the control of a Foreign Government interferes with us elections so mike tell me whats a gal go to do to get their hands on the 10000000. As bolivia celebrated its Independence Day on thursday the country was gripped by protests over delayed elections the vote has been put off twice already due to the pen demick the interim president jeanine onions has previously stressed the health risks of holding a vote but now she accuses the bolivian election body of playing with she took to twitter to point out that she has nothing to do with the latest decision adding though that she will respect it at the same time the government has announced the ongoing protests it says they pose a danger to Public Health and safety and accuses former leader of a morality of infighting 7 7 teleporter picks up the story. When it comes to combating potential Election Fraud donald trump seems to have a solution suspend the elections altogether and while thats caused quite a fuss in the United States the prou. S. Interim government in bolivia has successfully used that strategy twice just see for yourself how the opposition feels about it. And there was no. The people are demonstrating taking to the streets and calling for elections now because we are seeing the inability of the self appointed president who has been groped in the country was going to every young people have called in this to go in a Hunger Strike until the government calls elections we no longer want to wait we want to actions now the court cited the covert 900. 00 pandemic as the reason for the delay now while there are rising infections in the country its nowhere near to the same level as bolivias hard hit neighbors like brazil chile and peru and the postponement has really struck a nerve with the public who have been in political limbo since the last election. If. These numbers are if we dont you see. It was the 1st step towards free and Fair Elections as prescribed by washington. All countries deserve free fair transparent and Credible Elections the oas official reports on bolivia makes it clear that bolivians were not given this chance stop the violence hold elections and work with janine annas and the Transitional Government to bring democracy back so the new president janine 9 years had one job to hold a new vote. Its merely a transitional period we will call for elections with honorable people they will carry out an electoral process that reflects the will and sentiment of all bolivians the interim government was supposed to hold new elections 90 days after taking power instead on us has been president now for almost a year with no signs of returning to the ballot box she also said she wouldnt run for president in the next election but since her an egg on that and her reputation as bolivias caretaker has been far from spotless. Various Foreign Ministers described how least containing their home interests is telephone Numbers Family addresses and other personal information are being circulated viable atop facebook and other social media. It has also been publicly reported that the lifeless bodies of several people who were killed in the massacre disappeared allegedly after being collected by Law Enforcement officers and no further information has scenes been provided to them. All the while it doesnt even seem like the libyans really support the interim government polls are showing that another election would mean victory for morale a says movement for Socialism Party perhaps is just another read. And why for the interim government if there is no election there is no problem. With the neo liberal puppet the unelected kater imperialist. In libya theyre afraid of a return of able more out of this Movement Toward socialism the m. E. s kennedy are staying with defeat and the answer mccool mongering so thats why we continue to use coldly and i seen as an excuse they know i mean this will not were just not popular with the oas in the United States government talk about free elections of course theyre talking about their candidates leading in the polls today in waiting in with their rubber stamps yes men and women alike. Income i still are not in and can not see elections and they come up with every excuse to look. At the breakdown of todays headlines for now if youre looking for more you can always follow us on twitter or facebook for up to the minute reports. Of more robust worlds would be one in which we do business as usual but guess what. We prepared for prime time. As a lot cheaper reduced mobility you know the jury is a lot cheaper than having locked down the. Grid