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Protesters rally in the heart of the french capital as anger builds over the recent Police Clearance of a temporary migrant camp in paris. And the developers of russias new vaccine say its not only highly effective, but also highly affordable, costing as little as 20. 00 wherever you are, whatever you are, whoever you are, its time for the news that arch international. My name is donald quarter and im joining you here in the studio. Welcome to the program. Now in the u. S. President ial. d president elect joe biden announced his top cabinet picks for the white house. He said the world has its hopes resting on his team to restore americas historic role as a Global Leader in calls from World Leaders that ive had about 18 to 20 so far. Im not sure the exact number in the weeks since we won the election. Ive been struck by how much theyre looking forward to the united states. Reassert its historic role as a Global Leader both in the pacific as well as in the atlantic all across the world. Together, these Public Servants will restore america globally scoble leadership and its moral leadership. Without engaging in needless military conflicts and our adversaries in check and terrorists at bay. Meanwhile, donald trump has told his team to cooperate with the transition to a biden presidency. However, mr. Trump maintains his fight to overturn the election result is not yet over. It has been looking at how Bidens White House team is shaping up. Americas Foreign Policy needs to be properly fixed after 4 years of diplomatic rock says one who says the man whose own white house mistakes as donald trump saw them were thorley taken care of by the outgoing administration. The time has come for the u. Turn to go full circle. Theres been some damage done. That is going to take some time to dig ourselves out of. But theres no doubt that joes got the right people to do it. The man taking over the oval office in 2021 was president obamas number 2. So who are the best people to set these apparent wrongs . Right. Well, the former deputies of obamas team, of course, how easy, im really starting to get that joke that barack scott himself a 3rd term. Lets take a look at the collective portrait of a deputy dream team. One squad member clearly thinks it was the meddling russians who god, donald trump, elected in the 1st place. Jake Sullivan Biden speak for National Security advisor. This was a moment where we realized that the russians had decided that they were going to actively interfere in the u. S. Election. That they were going to intensively work to undermine the pillars of u. S. Democracy. And that they were going to try to defeat Hillary Clinton. If it wasnt for the russians, if you know what i mean, this career boost would have come much earlier. After all, mr. Sullivan served as an advisor for the Hillary Clinton campaign. And yes, he worked as a National Security adviser to the Vice President biden. And here were looking at someone who was all for upping u. S. Involvement in syria. Tony blinken, the new man taking care of americas Foreign Relations in syria. Its tougher, its longer. Its going to take time to build up the syrian opposition, but we believe it can be done. Our commitment is to help them to support them, to give them the training, to give them the equipment to give them the air, the power, to give them the advisor. And it all comes back to hillary, who, infamously said this about libya. We came, we saw he died, right. As you may have guessed, mr. Blinken was among the star democrat diplomats who love the idea of getting libya sorted through intervention. His c. V. Highlights include deputy secretary of state deputy National Security advisor and National Security advisor to the Vice President. So moving on with deputy dream team, you simply dont deserve the position of intelligence director under joe biden. If you havent been to a big name blood, say in the cia under obama, without further ado. Heres avril haynes, the former deputy cia director also happened to serve as the deputy National Security advisor right after tony blinken. Some give ms. Hanes credit for making americas drone wars more transparent. Her critics though, paint her with a different brush focusing on her role as the architect of the drone program. One which is associated with scores of civilian deaths. A slight stain on the record, isnt it . Any great Team Deserves at least a few qualified veterans. This one is no exception. Take john kerry, hes getting his comeback. Chance to the job of special president ial envoy for climate goes to the former secretary of state. Bear with me for a bit of feedback on the team from someone familiar, the Incoming Administration could not have chosen that to pursue now for the Foreign Policy and National Security team. Ok, at least there are no surprises. And the world knows what to expect. The Libertarian Party has 2025 president ial candidates by cullen believes the new Biden Administration will be more aggressive in its Foreign Policy, but not to the benefit of ordinary americans. I think if you like the continued expansion of u. S. Imperialist Foreign Policy, then this is a dream team for us. We got tony blinken, we got michelle flournoy, avril haynes and others who served under the obama administration. And while they were there, they were the main cheerleaders for the expansion of the war in iraq, the involvement and expansion of the war in syria. The continuation of the u. S. Sponsored genocide in yemen and the involvement and invasion of libya by the u. S. Military. If you want more dead u. S. Troops and dead people overseas, if you want more trillions of dollars being run up in debt to continue this empire imperial system going, then this would be the ideal pick for us in general. If you just talk about the subject of us Foreign Policy, the average american wants the wars to end, the average american wants the troops to come home. The average american doesnt think that the u. S. Military should be used as the worlds police or that its done a good job at it, or that it done anything other than lead to an increasing number of veterans coming home with, you know, p. T. S. D. And other Chronic Health problems and not to mention the measurable suffering and harm thats being done overseas. So the average american wants this to end whether that will play out or not in public outcry. But that remains to be seen. And peacekeepers have started the d. Mining operation in the disputed nagornokarabakh region, following the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan. But has more audacity of reports. Its a Risky Business the sheer intensity of this war, the sheer quantity of me sells ammunition bombs used, are astounding. The sad truth is that it will take years to find that make safe every unexploded munition footage visited by john, raining cluster bombs and cities and towns and never got in a car. Buck sparked outrage, but adds, rage dissipates, and evaporates, cluster bombs, dont get busses. We are ready for anything, especially air drop bombs and cluster munitions. Often rounds are dropped too low or dont have enough rotation speed. And they wind up unexploded in peoples gardens or kids playgrounds, or they could be at previous military outposts. The soldiers may have left, but the munitions remained with russian engineers and sappers. Part of the peacekeeper contingent have been tossed with the Mining Operations other than daily patrols and roads in iraq outposts. They also assist local sappers. Theres plenty of work for both. What complicates matters even further is that we arent out in the middle of nowhere. You cant very well blew every unexploded shell up. We have right next to the city of state by the get full of returning refugees. People who have been scarred by the war. People still in shock and fearful for the future. The last thing they need is more explosions. Any minute, no munition found is categorized. Category 3 is the least dangerous. These shells, or rockets generally and fired and can be transported for disposal. Category one of the worst booby traps cluster, bomblets, all volatile munitions that must be destroyed on the spot. In this area, we identified 2 r. P. G. Rockets into 125 millimeter tank rounds. Its true and dangerous work, but helping out a mans and sappers best friend. The mining dogs, her name is jacqueline. Shes a belgian shepherd. She took part in the fee for World Championship in 2018. She has been through a lot of training and weve been together for 3 years. You use whatever you caton the war may be over, but every other day we hear of another incident. Another casualty, a mine going off or an old grenade, exploding the peacekeepers. Mission is to establish peace and bring back calm, which you cant do if people are terrified of the very ground they walk on more, i guess the of from the garden the french president has announced the country will start easing its lockdown this weekend. Although the situation remains tense, with hundreds of virus related deaths per day, emanuel macron said everything would be done to prevent a socalled 3rd wave and promised a transparent vaccination policy. The sunni, you know, the peak of the 2nd wave has passed. We feared much worse figures, but we avoided the vaccination must be transparent with all the Information Available about each stage. What we know as well as what we dont know. I also want to be clear, i will not make vaccination mandatory from saturday. Businesses will start to reopen, although the lockdown will remain in place. It will only be lifted in mid december if daily infections drop to 5000. However, bars, restaurants and cafes will have to remain closed throughout the christmas period. Only reopening in late january, thats when schools and universities will also are resume in person teaching. A local mayor we spoke to is feeling positive about the proposed plan. These announcements are good because at least they give us a schedule. Some french citizens can no longer cope with a complete absence who has a long term plan. Since the beginning of the 1st stage of self isolation, people made plans only for one day. Nobody could adapt. People shouldnt be told, they need to get through difficult times. They need to know we, for getting out of this situation. The merit of our president s speech is that he defined 3 goals in the schedule, even with all possible reservations. We hope that we will be able to avoid a new 3rd wave, a new self isolation. Also in france, activists have rallied for a 2nd day in paris following last weeks clearance of the st. Denny migrant camp. Monday saw a riot Police Moving in with tear gas to break up the demonstrations and has been building since the authorities tried to remove some 2000 migrants from the temporary camp. Although human Rights Groups say around 800 still remain. Meanwhile, the french government has passed the 1st stage of a controversial new law, which critics say undermines media freedoms with all the details of just what that entails here. Charlotte pinsky. Well, there is a protest taking place behind me outside the National Assembly here in paris, where those deputies are vote on this Global Securities law. A law thats been very controversial. Weve seen protests across the country over the last week or so against that, and not speak, cause journalists unions, and n. G. O. S say that this law, which contains a specific article, octal 24, will criminalize publication of images of Police Offices where you can see their faces. If there is an intent to harm and that would be punishable by one year in jail or the 45000. 00 euro fine. Now those groups say that this essentially gives the green light to stop journalists from doing their jobs because they wont be able to potentially film police because they could find themselves in the criminal courts. For doing that shocking images emerged from monday evening where it was showing the police using brute force force to clear a migrant camp in the center of the city. Does have a look at some of those in images of what unfolded. Well parts of the job of journalists to document what the Security Forces are doing and whether there are any abuses of power, bali them. It was one journalist who was forced to the ground by Police Offices of the images and videos circulating on social media and showed the police not just using that tear gas, but actually when they would trying to move those tents in one scene, they pick up a tent and they essentially eject a migrant out of it. And in another video that we show, you know, social media as in my, constrained to leave the scene where he is forcibly tricked by a Police Officer at those images shocked. Many people here fronts, including the interior minister, has until now cited time and time with the police. Such an image is showing the dispersal of the illegal migrant camp on republic square. A shocking, i have requested a detail report of the facts from the police by midday tomorrow, i will make a decision after that. There is an investigation thats been opened into what happened on monday evening with doesnt say even the interior minister saying he was shocked by those images. But many people might say, if it wasnt for the journalists there covering that if it wasnt for the citizens taking those images on their phones, if they were not allowed to do that, then how would proper investigations be able to be carried that . How could you hold the Police Accountable when they use force that is beyond that of the remit of their jobs . Even the u. N. Have also criticized this law, essentially saying the news media must be free to do their jobs. The government says this move is necessary because its important to protect the police, protect the police at a time when they face unprecedented violence in doing their job. And police union say that this law doesnt go far enough. They say that by the time this image is approved cost and somebody is a arrested taken to account for doing that. Then you know, those images could have been shared thousands and thousands of times more. So theyre actually cooling for the low to be strengthened even further. The question is, centering journalists, even selfcensorship is now genista, constantly being pressured already, and they have a difficult job. Were not saying that Police Officers have an easy profession. But if someone, 3, filming, or Something Else encroaches on the honor of an officer, the measures are already spelled out in the criminal codes. Why add Something Else to it . We see this is an attempt to put additional censorship on journalists. This profession has been under pressure for more than one year through various laws, to lower on commercial secrets to lower on fake news, and also summoning journalists to find out their sources. This is a well known and we try to convey to the minister that its time to Pay Attention to frances image abroad. Still on the way a shot in the arm for the fight against the coronavirus, the makers of russias new covert vaccine say its not just highly effective, but also wont break the bank all the details after this short break. Now for the postmortem. How did you Major Political parties change through this election cycle . Joe biden maintained an already bleak and inviting democratic coalition. Is there, such a thing as trump . Is that, did he change the g. O. P. Or did the g. O. P. Change . Welcome back to the program. The developers of russias new covert vaccine, say the latest test data shows its 95 percent effective. And often talked through the findings with my colleague andrew farmer. Small degree is currently in phase 3 of his Clinical Trials and is going to last for at least 4 more months. But we already receive early interim results and they are quite impressive. The 2nd interim analysis of Clinical Trial data showed a 91. 4 percent efficacy for the sputnik vaccine on day 28. 00 after the 1st dose vaccine efficacy is over 95 percent. 42 days after the 1st dose, the us based foreign giants, pfizer and there are also recently announced that their drug is almost 95 percent efficient, but the gemmell, their Research Center, the Company Behind sputnik, we say they are, a vaccine is unique in there and they do we are using 2 forms of the virus administered via 2 different injections. The data from us to resent it to has confirmed that this is more effective than using just one form of the virus or method is more than 90 percent effective. As demonstrated by sputnik, we were open to sharing our human done a virus with other companies. The developers of sputnik me say that the recent results are based on the analysis of the data on 19000. 00 volunteers who took part in the trials and who received already both 1st and 2nd doses of the drug. Well, it seems that so far sputnik to me is the cheapest Coronavirus Vaccine on the potential market with the price of less than 20. 00. Of course were talking about both needed doses that is versus 39. 00 price tag for pfizer and 74. 00 for my that and the vaccine experts say that u. K. Sweden astra zeneca, could be cheaper than any of these 3 vaccines. But they didnt officially announce their price yet. Well, the competition is obvious, but russia says the more vaccines, the better it is important for the world to have their respects. And sputnik, we can be part of the countries faction package. At the moment, we can only produce enough vaccines for 500000000 people, which means a 1000000000 injections next year. We also see a very good day to crossfires and my journey vaccines have been found over 90 percent effective. And we have no reasons to doubt those figures. Several countries already announced that they want to buy Russia Sputnik weaker and a virus vaccine. And we fear that sales may start already in january. But you have to understand that the price i mentioned only works for foreign customers for foreign buyers, for russians, and for russia. Sputnik, we will be free. It was good news so far, but it hasnt stopped people. Certainly early on criticizing the claims were cut corners, developers werent transparent sufficiently about their research has the been sort of any response to that criticism, but you have to understand that phase 3 of the Clinical Trials of sputnik we is still on to go. And according to the rules, it is forbidden to make any data public at this point, but the gamma layer Research Center says that they are ready to provide trial reports and all information, all data and publish it in one of the leading medical journals. As soon as face 3 is over, just lastly maria, i know you were part of the trials, werent you . How are they going to just run through the job she received and what sort of reaction you had . The most important thing of course, is that i have antibodies, djimi, my immune system responded, and i also know that they are growing because i got to blood tests already in the last 40 days. And that point size was what the Research Center says. So im very happy with that. To be honest. One of the major questions about all the new cold vaccines is how to get them to those who need them most. We spoke to virology, professor ian jones. This is the fullest set of data and it confirms a very high level of protection trial data. And the excellent levels of protection that are being observed is the most important. However, the practicalities of then how you distribute it is and who is going to pay for it, then kick in. And so both the price and the storage conditions are a factor in how easily will be able to roll out decent seems the most important thing is to identify the vulnerable groups, the aged, and those with Underlying Health conditions and ensure that they get the vaccine in the 1st wave as, as the vaccines are released after that, there should be a discussion of the general rollout, but it will take time. Thats the critical factor, the logistics of getting the facts seen out to people, which will take up to about 2 months. So its going to be staggered, and so going forward, i think the social distancing in the mask wearing a probably going to be a factor for the next 6 months. But they should then be simply not needed as the immunity levels increase. The United Nations agency is warning the young are being forgotten when it comes to the global battle against the pandemic. Children face a trifecta of threats, direct consequences of the disease itself, interruption in essential services and increasing poverty and inequality. Unless the Global Community urgently changes priorities, the potential of this generation of young people may well be lost. Unicef outlined some of the worst aspects and its report. It found a 15 percent rise in young People Living in poverty worldwide and predicted the lives of around 2000000. 00. Children under 5 could be lost in the next 12 months, and also estimated the education of more than 1500000000. 00. Schoolchildren would be hit. A senior, unicef official told r. T. That the youngest members of society cannot be forgotten during this Global Health crisis. I think the immediate response, of course, is global, and i make our hitting, i dont populations. And the elderly with the direct effects was an appropriate response message from unicef. Is that as countries are preparing their response plans to the pandemic and making sure that they Pay Attention to those hardest hit by the infection itself, that they dont lose sight of making sure that essential services that children and mothers depend upon that theyre not severely disrupted because thats whats really leading to these high numbers of deaths and also to bear in mind that a lot of the economic consequences that will cause a crease in poverty, which disproportionately affects children. For more details on those stories, remember to give our social network some of your scrolling time today, and if you like, why not leave a comment or 2 . Ill be back with more of the top of the hour and hope to see of them. When else . So seems wrong. Why dont we all just dont hold any world yet to see how hes going to come out to and in against me because of the trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. 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Because all the 900. 00 points per day that are generated through mining will be sucked up by the institutions and will never hit the market. This is to bust the one business show you cant afford to miss on friendship or in washington coming up. Russias both in the efficacy of its vivax seen as one nation has begun to import trial samples. Plus airlines have been battered as a result of cope with 1000 despite a recent bump in holiday air travel. While the dow is setting record highs straight ahead, were going to break down all of those numbers. And later brecks it is back in the spotlight as the dangers of a no deal loom large for one of the worlds top economy with a packed show today. So lets dive right in. And we leave the program with another update in the race for a cold 1000 vaccine. Now, following the last week of promising news regarding candidates from pfizer astra zeneca and madeira, russia said tuesday, it plans to produce 1000000000. 00 doses of its sputnik would be vaccine and provide it at a less expensive cost. And then its rivals. Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund said of the situation the call