national fear they cannot survive the pandemic shut down of cultural sites we got a report from one of those very news. and our sister channel r.t. deutsche sues a top german newspaper of espionage claims regarding russian opposition figures alexina valmy. 81 of the morning here now you're watching r.t. international at the weekend with me kevin though in this hour and a recap of our biggest stories of the last 7 days from. the e.u. commission vice president has admitted the block's covert vaccinations strategy is struggling amid a worsening crisis as a number of european countries have suspended the use of the astra zeneca this week over reports of blood clots and even death daniel hawkins has the story. what could be more boring than covert surely not the very thing meant to protect you from a virus yet some are worried countries more than just one or 2 a choosing to put vaccinations with astra zeneca is job on hold concerned about potential serious side effects there are officially no link has been found denmark was the 1st with norway and iceland following suit the effects snowballed with another half a dozen nations suspending at least one particular batch of $1000000.00 doses the european medicines agency is urging calm giving it a jab at the benefit of the doubt until further notice the position of european medicines agency safety committee p.r.a. see is that the benefits continue to add to a it's risks and the vaccine can continue to be administered while investigation of cases of flu and bone bullock events is ongoing the world health organization is also remaining optimistic after all there's not enough doses to go around with the oxford job if the break support on this vaccine that you used target of 70 percent of vaccinated by summer would look even more distant than today so blood clots or not for now it must remain a part of the plan even if some experts are questioning the risks people suffering diseases all the time and you need to be sure that when you that you see any effects that you see the vaccine or not simply because your marks 1000 a large group of individuals who have other health conditions and so you have to look at it very very carefully and that's why you need to take a bit of a breather and investigate the possibility that the vaccine music associated with these effects is as if this new curveball with concerns over side effects wasn't enough the e.u. remains divided over its vaccine supply system with at least 5 member states submitting a complaint to top e.u. officials and all countries seem to be equal but some more equal than others you have to hear i'm from the book i have together with other. ads of government showed the information and compared our own statistics on that distribution among human by states and when you do that you notice that their mounts delivered do not correspond to the respective population numbers. but the bizarre words are still can't drugs but when a member states and pharmaceutical companies are certain have existed according to austria malta for instance would receive 3 times as many doses per capita as ball garia allegedly because of backroom deals struck between some governments and big pharma the e.u. says it's up to member states that aside on their own vaccine deals unless of course they get the russian vaccine but more on that later starting point of the commission is to distribute doses based on population that member states can ask for less all more of a particular vaccine in this context and following talks between member states is possible that a new distribution plan is agreed with the company the vaccine shortage is increasingly looking like a drought out of around $100000000.00 astra zeneca doses supposed to be delivered just $10000000.00 have been received and the e.u. is really losing patience with being labeled the bad guy we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being in this cave goat it's not surprising some states are looking elsewhere to solve vaccine supply problems slovakia for one recently recording the highest death rate per 1000000 in the world as requested suppliers of russia's sport mcvie what is surprising is the reaction this decision caused with the country's health minister forming on his own sword to stop a complete collapse of the government we are an integral part of the year to contribute the chance to save our people only because the vaccine is made in russia and i'm not a killer across the border in the czech republic with the world's 2nd highest number of cobra deaths per 1000000 we could see another minister leave his post this time for opposing the use of the sputnik job. with the country's president insisting he won't wait for the e.u.'s approval while lives are lost i would like to say that the 2 biggest obstacles to delivering sputnik the to the czech republic are the minister of health and also the director of the state institute for drug control the 2 i spoke of are to blame for the fact that our people will continue to die unnecessarily the only solution i see is the retirement of both hungary slovakia the czech republic were all convinced by the publication and peer review of data on sport mcvie in the world's top medical journals many weeks ago the e.u. has discouraged any countries from making their own decisions on the vaccines use calling it a russian roulette yet only began their own medical agency's review days ago a process which could take months they say their proteus safety critics say its politics whatever the truth and effective mass vaccination program still seems a distant prospect we're talking about the human lives which should be a letter. and it should be. politicized unfortunately just said true and the set reality of the european politics is indeed everything has been politicized we should use all the available equipment all the available vaccines which can speed up vaccination programs and you know get us out from this global misery called a covered 19 under me i mean time money down the drain is how the u.k.'s huge temporary covert hospitals have been described for it was revealed in the week most are now being closed down having only treated a handful of patients it's led to questions over the government's approach to the pandemic kate partridge had this report. 4 of england's nightingale hospitals are being closed down they've been built at a cost of 500000000 pounds to preempt a surge in the pandemic but the east london venue treated only 54 patients in the 1st wave while others so not all n.h.s. officials say they served as the nation's safety net since the very early days of the been there make the nightingale hospitals have been on hand as the ultimate insurance policy in case existing hospital capacity was overwhelmed but many permanent hospitals were already short staffed and unable to release frontline workers to the nightingales the government felt the need to show some. centerpiece that they could share what they look how rapidly we have created one thing it was rules and another which i know managed to create a hospital and once we even even more so i mean there's an element of basically showing of those who are trying to reassure them that they were doing things and when and when the government starts to do things like that is injury you are going to get the vast waste of money because no one asked the question well do we need them really do we need to as it turned out. it also turned out we start them because the main issue was basically stopping not the actual number of plates that were available so the whole thing was just don't. go far as i can see why that new year medics in covert hotspots were days away from having to choose who to be treated and who wouldn't as record coronavirus admissions forced ambulances to wait outside a n.d. and amid the surge n.h.s. workers had to resort to wearing bin bags due to a lack of personal protective equipment some doctors even received p.p.a. which had gone beyond its expiry date over 2 years the u.k. government has also set a. cash for its much criticised covert 19 track and trace system 37000000000 pounds of taxpayers' money prompting a scathing report from a westminster spending watchdog despite the unimaginable resources throwing at this project testing trace cannot point to a measurable difference to the progress of the pandemic british experience cannot be treated by the government like an a.t.m. machine we need to see a clear plan and costs better controlled in his budget chancellery soon i said the government had spent over 280000000000 pounds during the pandemic over 700000 jobs have been lost and the economy has suffered its biggest drop in 300 years but tough questions are now being asked about how chunks of that 280000000000 pounds have been spent and the impact that they've had. the hospital closures comes the government says it can't afford more than a one percent pay rise for n.h.s. workers nurses have launched a petition then calling for a 15 percent salary hike which is so far receive the support of more than half a 1000000 people one explain to us what a one percent pay rise looks like. the honest one percent is quite frankly an insult to the profession it's the n.h.s. it's a home for most nurses that equates to around 3 ounces here week and in many hostels sites across the it costs more than that to park a car to go to work or market car and we're acutely aware of its financial strain that's the present u.k.b.a. the pandemic. we're not saying that we can save any more than anyone else we're just saying that we are also deserving of say what we do and i think when we talk about money and what. we've just seen the $7000000000.00 used on it in its system that we pay for an n.h.s. to house a 50 percent pay rise and it would still be money left in the doctor we see nearly qualified misses and student nurses already thinking gosh you know if i come into the right career here we have over 400000 nurses vacancies in the day and that really causes patient safety issues across all the. more follow who covered more than 50 performers and employees have become squatters occupying for 3 of france's 4 national theatres in a cry for help they warn the industry can no longer survive a pandemic shut down of cultural sites for the country's culture minister to try to negotiate with them are too shy to do bensky visited one of those occupied venues the. i know my god. was. the chorus of calls demanding the reopening of cultural venue's is growing allow day in france but with no clear end date in sight to the closure of theaters concert hall cinema museums so mother taking more drastic measures over the last week 3 of france's 4 national theatres including this one behind me have been occupied by protesters it is true that every day several times a day we take another place a new theatre a new national stage is occupied in this way with multiply in the case of resistance to make a claim so good so we've all keep by the o.t. now for a week and for that it serves as a place of residence the odeon is a symbolic place it was occupied in the $968.00 process there are already struggles that have been expressed in this place in fact it was the base to signal the alarm of the cultural catastrophe which is taking place. protesters who set up shop here at the boat in fear to say they won't leave until their demands are met them not knowing the details now we're determined to hold on until we're satisfied we do not claim the reopening at all costs it is not part of our main slogan contrary to what some media mean we want things to be reopened with social rights for all and massive plan for culture and above all the total reform of the unemployment insurance and the right to unemployment benefits guaranteed for all. the issue has even reached the government with the cultural minister paying a visit to the squatters. i went to the occupied theater audio on i understand the concerns in particular ball the aftermath of the whites here they know it why objective is to continue to protect artistic employment as much as necessary we will continue our discussions days later though and nothing has changed if the sector already hit badly by the 1st wave of the covert pandemic with performers taking to the streets to make their plight no thank you thank you. thank you who the earth 6 6. there is going to go to the well small private galleries have been allowed to stay open larger places such as this of how to remain shut protests to say that it is possible to open up cultural venues and ensure the people remain socially distanced the news of the louvre museum the also a museum the big museums in paris these a vos places where social distancing would be respected but they are closed. these are the decisions which are purely political through this there is a very clear choice of society that emerges what is the central to the market and what is not essential concerns culture it concerns all the things that nourish hope nourish reflection this is what power has in its sights through its political choices fronts it is considered to have one of the most generous support systems of artists in the world but that system has been strained as a result of covert 19 and many claim that they have fall in through the cracks those here say that this protest is just the start as more and more regions in france will see similar action jollity even ski r.t. paris this made the headlines big time to pressure mounting on the governor of new york andrew cuomo to step. over cover ups of care home deaths in the pandemic if we've seen so many. so many troubling things that have come out just in a matter of weeks starting with the fact that thousands of people died in the nursing homes and we still don't have the truth about that and their families need and deserve the truth and we know one thing there was a purposeful cover up and that alone is unacceptable and disqualifying. the state health department initially reported around 8000 fatalities in care homes but those who were transferred to hospital and were excluded it seems from the figures something deliberately to make the number of casualties seem lower now if those victims were added the real death toll was almost double that reported victims relatives questioned the counting quote was apparent dismissal of its importance. 3328 died in hospital died in a nursing home. my father is in a nursing home station he was in a nursing home for 23. when he was here there were at least in theory ended my family he 'd could no longer stand. the nursing home. system ways not prepared for any kind of health care or emergency and i know my father still encountered it but the governor's attitude of who cares where they die it does matter because it points to one where where they're you know errors in their policies and to why they are afraid of having those numbers reveals one of the we spoke to 2 women who lost parents to coronavirus in the nursing facilities most sets up an advocacy group called voices for seen as they say. not to priority for politicians. my father is still among the uncounted because he was released from a nursing home rehabilitation center after next surgery knowingly with the virus he was labeled a covert suspect in his nursing home paperwork i made in test him they didn't treat him they didn't tell us and unfortunately we were the ones when we got him home that had to put him in a hospital when he came home he was in terrible condition and he collapsed on the driveway exposing my whole family to cope and we all got sick shortly there after. my father unfortunately lost his life on april 14th after being on a ventilator for almost 2 weeks and it was purely preventable he was only 76 years old he was a healthy man and it was a pure cold the death the moderate democrats are really focused on the sexy story the sexual harassment allegations that are against the governor and they seem to have forgotten forgotten the 15000 elderly people who died profess that preventable deaths so we really haven't gotten much success with them we keep meeting with them and we keep trying to get an investigation but we have not been successful but we're not going to stop because we're not going away the facility failed her. and the state failed her. i think that right now at least many of the deaths that happen in nursing homes were because of a mandate that almost but in that force these facilities to take in patients when they were not equipped to take care of them so it's a combination of both my mother's for so that he was reporting 40 deaths back in april when my mother died and she was not part of that number because she died at the hospital so when months and months continue to pass and they stayed at 40 we knew that that number could not be correct i mean you're not going to tell me that 40 people die on a one shot and then no one dies for months so when the number actually came out we were we were based. really you know when you were found to be true or that it was not correct they're still families and seniors dying today because they're being isolated and you know i know families that i talk to on a daily basis where they see their loved one declining every day and they're not allowed to you know. our company was abused to our. sister channel in germany followed a lawsuit against build over claims by the tabloid that made its report a you guessed it spoil you for the kremlin sus could tell you this story. on the face of it a sin sation old story it's got all the words to draw or read to read spawn i public enemy number one russia but a closer look at not sensation falls apart basically daniel lined up an r.t. to each employee claims he was essentially used as a spy for the channel and then all the information he was gathering on kremlin critic alex anan found me when he was recuperating in a bill and clinic for legit poisoning was being put straight into the hands of russian president vladimir putin since ational rights were not quite because the evidence seems more taken from a manual john of his and what one inspiring want to one as proof screenshots of a chat with editors i'll tell you these chats a common practice that the easiest way for reporters producers cameraman tech guys to coordinate and also tell you that pretty boring filled with the logistical stuff and despite claims his truck was pretty boring to yes he was also to go inside the shower take clinic one found he was cooled investigative journalism it's called trying to get ahead of other outlets so that you get the scoop in fact build was one of the most active moles inside the hospital as the head of our to do each reminds us to accuse us of spying and at the same time to post images of the every little step develop he makes including pictures of his garden to host a word if russian intelligence wanted to get any additional information they would buy a subscription to build plants and of course we want to remind our colleagues of german that you slay ssion that for now at least protect the media and lowering it to collect information and metis that are considered to be of public interest so bill does that it's rule john as it's trying to get the latest on a top developing story our team does that it's more than a tinge of hypocrisy that claim that this work. group was filled with nefarious spying requests it's also undermined by the fact that when he questions whether getting a hidden camera recording of what's inside toward one value was rumored to be which is on german military and is appropriate his boss writes clearly no i don't think so not exactly the most ruthless of spying attempts than evidence number 2 is the video agency ruptly park 247 outside the shower take clinic yes that's true in fact for a long time it was a live streamed on you tube talk about money to cover in the same way our tireless ruptly cameramen camped night and day outside the ecuadorian embassy in london to counter the truly sensational moment the jury and a son was dragged out we were the only ones to get these pictures and every outlet in the world was behind they appreciate to drop his journalism back then but not now and the final damning allegation the anti employee in charge of lying does assignment was photographed with the russian foreign minister froth at a public christmas party the hora never mind that this was one of hundreds of photos taken all that that were hundreds including foreign journalists apparently this one photo is incontrovertibly proof that r t 2 each on the russian government are in cahoots you also have to ask yourself do you believe in coincidence not long ago auntie deutsch announced it's opening a channel in germany shortly after problems started headlined some dubbed a smear campaign appeared then. we're told that the bank accounts in germany would be shot within months fast forward and now are being labeled a kremlin spies like i said coincidence you decide for that part of colleagues in germany convinced. their attempts to see. this is an attempt as is being distributed to meet as it was staring operational and in the media at every turn against me and pulls allegations aimed at suppressing our journalistic freedoms and making personal attacks this is what it means to be an alternative voice and jam and it's also worth mentioning that doesn't exactly have the best track record what between 20152028 was hit with 72 reprimands from the german media regulator that's almost a 3rd of the toll in that time frame something to bear in mind when you jump head 1st into this latest offering from the tabloids and offering that promise is spiced sensation a bombshell and a juicy spy story but actually delivers well a day in the life of any journalist anywhere in the world. extreme. cold reading appears to be a dangerous thing could leave their career case in point the next story a member of a world no british has been called fascist for moshing that he'd read a book criticizing the left wing activist group. in the week artie's concept of the growing chorus of criticism for those who question progressive narratives. just think about it you read a book you like it you say publicly no harm done you would hope well that's what winston marshall did he was the banjo player in a british band called mumford and sons and he dared to enjoy the wrong literature over the last few days i've come to better understand the pain caused by the book i endorsed as a result of my acts and some taken time away from the bands to examine my blends posts so like in the band's hit single they'll just have to wait for him but what was the evil book he read you might ask something so bad it wasn't enough to say sorry he had to quit the band he'd been playing and for many years was a mind com or an isis manual on how to make bombs no much worse winston marshall was cold out by social justice worriers for publicly recommending in newly published book criticize an n.t. for well you remember and see for right. here in the since deleted twit the poor guy barely mentioned that he read the book about it but that one twit started this tsunami of rage and calls to boycott marshall's bam downflow and an endorsement to flush shay i really like that one song a while ago winston mossel and his prove to us just be me and dress and i hope the rest of the band kicks in to the curb otherwise i'm out. your banjo player is a fascist what do you think this is going to do to your public image you guys screwed up fire the fascist the book was written by the wrong guy and know a journalist who's been beating the drum about violent left wing groups in the us for years for his bad it was often attacked beaten and even milkshakes of even harassed a random asian man in portland because he looked like him a group for those who because they read my were. in the us is not only the. meaning there is but those of curious minds froome and new thoughts anyway and now writes a book that big surprise lashes out at and t. for and that grasps the attention of poor winston marshall who's already on the world greater in 2018 he posed with jordan peterson i say colleges who doesn't share transgender youth oreo or families that will strike number one and now endorsing the wrong book that strike number 2 game over your ban. but it's not just who you endorse it's also who you failed to endorse like these 2 public school administrators in the state of pennsylvania they lost their jobs because they dared to criticize black lives matter in facebook posts or this guy senator josh holy spook contract was polled after he question joe biden's election victory. a conservative publisher picked it up though saying they refused to how were before the woke ma. but across most of the media and cultural landscape towering is the new name of the game. leave without this weekend more of a news review of the we can just about half an hour from now though for me kevin though in the rest the on judy team here as well that moscow and i will be. thanks for watching have a great rest of this weekend. if .