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Tracking to make sure infected people stay home we put that idea up for debate. I give g. P. S. Tracking is for the stand up for implementation in time anyway weve got to get back to work weve got to get back to what not to do so we dont get to come back jim if we let this continue but im worried that we still are not lots of monkeys was he going to get out of this quickly and the way to do it is to keep these restrictions going get people vaccinated. Youre watching our 2 International Coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 5 pm welcome to the program. The simmering spat over covered Vaccine Supplies has seen the European Commission a publish its contested contract with endless swedish drugs maker zeneca their disagreeing over definitions the firm. Says its hearing to the specified best reasonable efforts the insists the supply of volume is a binding number however you members are about to decide whether nations should be able to ring fence their own local production and curtail exports charlatan ski has more. This ra is really heating up in brussels made the threat that it will look to ban exports of the 19 vaccine from the blog thats going to have massive implications not just for the but also other countries in the world and this comes amidst a huge shortage of the curve in 1000. 00 vaccine here in the e. U. Now leaders are meeting on friday to discuss whether National Regulators are going to get these powers to say no you cannot export any of the vaccine that is produced within the European Union and 1st that could be hit hard is the u. K. Which currently is waiting on a shipment of some food 3000000. 00 doses of the 5 is a bio tech vaccine thats produced in belgium of course if the export ban comes in a wont be getting those doses while continuing dialogue i believe the e. U. Needs to take robust action to secure a supply of vaccines and demonstrate concretely that the protection of its citizens remains our absolute priority well this of course comes amidst a huge spat over the last days between the e. U. And also the anglo swedish pharmaceutical group this is astra zeneca now astra zeneca which has plants in the u. K. And in belgium had made this commitment with the e. U. Last year when it was researching the vaccine its now turned around the e. U. And said were only going to be able to supply 25 percent of the doses that we said we would by the end of march and this is a massive problem for the e. U. Because its not just been dealt this blue now by astra zeneca which says its got production problems but its also been told similar things by pfizer by own tech that they simply cannot produce the number of vaccines that it said it would be able to do now the shortages are already impacting many areas of europe for example here in france paris and other regions in the country said that they. I have to delay the rollout of their Vaccine Program while in spain in the capital in madrid its already said its having to halt its programme has warned that that could also be the case in catalonia really not good news as this comes amidst huge criticism all of how the e. U. Has rolled out this program of vaccination trying to get all countries at the same time and oversee finding itself relatively in short supply but the e. U. Is pointing the blame firmly that anglo swedish astra zeneca astra zeneca will suffer if they treat people in the worlds biggest market 2nd class citizens to add to all of this investigators have now been sent to the astra zeneca plant in belgium to check that they were in fact telling the truth that they was a problem with production and thats because theres a suggestion that millions of doses had already been sent to the u. K. And that has left the e. U. Serious because it says its invested a huge amount of money and astra zeneca money astra zeneca says it hasnt received much of for the moment but it does seem that the e. U. Is now moving towards a europe strategy a strategy that its often criticised when its been deployed by other countries. And charlotte mentioned in her report shortages are being particularly felt in spain where the 2 most populous regions have halted their vaccination campaigns are blaming the e. U. We must stand up to brussels and says we need more vaccines and more tests and everything the destruction this task will prolong the fight against the virus. Catalonia and the madrid region have used up almost all their available doses with remaining vials needed to give 2nd shots to those who already had their 1st one that ruins governments plans to inoculate most of the population by june and the head of the countrys vaccination Association Says the shortage is nationwide so. The number of doses were receiving has been significantly reduced the vaccine is not being delivered at the rate that we anticipated so its a real problem for the National Vaccination plan and it means a ton of us regions will have to review their strategies the supplies we do have will be needed to give 2nd doses to those who have already started the vaccination process so we will not be able to knock other vulnerable and increase groups that were identified in the original plan its a difficult and uncomfortable situation. And a similar picture is playing out across the e. U. Were just 2 percent of people have been vaccinated so far the Czech Republic stopped administering jobs altogether for 2 weeks because of the lack of doses of spain an occupation chief again says brussels should have moved quicker to secure supplies. I do not like the lack of transparency with regards to the contracts to the European Union has concluded with pharmaceutical companies we dont know about of them we dont know the Purchase Price we dont know anything at all and i think thats wrong of course were concerned that apparently those countries did purchase vaccines in a higher price than the European Union have not experienced such delay in delivery we are not at all satisfied with the current situation. Is moscow has sent hundreds of thousands of doses of its sputnik the vaccine to latin america as the region increasingly bats on the russian chap argentina its a 3rd delivery of the russian shot with 5000000 doses in total expected by the end of the month olivia has received 20000. 00 doses u. N. Secretary general has said i think he can play a key role in fighting the virus as the e. U. Suffers huge delays and shortages from other vaccine manufacturers are trying go. News on Vaccine Distribution challenges delays in deliveries you may be sick and tired of it but this is the reality around the world even the trust between e. U. Countries is being put to the test as the scramble for vaccine doses intensifies concerns over how cash strapped governments and regions like latin america will be able to secure enough jobs for their nations in time are even more serious the ultimate remedy for it is more vaccines cheaper vaccines this explains why the head of the un is counting on the russian vaccine and wants to get the green light for it asap we hope the w. H. O. Will approve russias covert 1000 vaccine as soon as possible it can play a very Important Role in the fight against a pandemic it seems though for some latin american countries waiting for the final w. H. O. Approval may prove to be way too costly while coronaviruses. Factions in russia are pivoting bag down skepticism for sputnik v. Has all but vanished demand is on the up and moscows keen to help. The 1st shipment of the russian jab is only intended for 20000 bolivian medics but its still crucial for those on the covert front line the 1st 20000 doses of the vaccines have arrived in bolivia to stop the 2nd wave of the covert 900 pandemic the bolivian president luis r. Say has personally welcome to shipment at the International Airport eventually bolivia will get enough sputnik the doses to immunize 2600000 people the president wants to cement confidence in the vaccine by getting the job to. The russian creation is set to become v most used vaccine in mexico in the 1st 3 months of this year and the country that is just about to certify the use of sputnik the january house proved to be disastrous with the worst spike ever in new covert cases the president tested positive last week but the leaders happy has been able to seal the deal with moscow to 12000000 people we spoke with the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and he was genuine and cool deal i invited him to visit mexico and thank him for the decision to send us 24000000 doses of the sputnik the vax and over the next 2 months. Argentina was the pioneer in trying out sputnik among latin american countries the 1st jabs arrived and when osiris at the end of december and after getting the data on side effects only one percent of those who receive the shot have some sort of issues bought us a lot of us went on to order 22000000 doses with the latest batch having just arrived the president and the Vice President have both taken the russian valley. Seems argentina has been dubbed the global testing ground for moscows vaccine drive well so far so good and the infamous curve in the country has gone past its peak and you know that granted we need more people but seen a lot in america voted in that is how we could box in the only 50 percent of the workers because we had only to find the sun but since in the 3 years in the use much now we are receiving 5000000. 00 more dossiers and with space to complete the bucks initial program with 25000000. 00 used for. The trend is more and more evident you probably shouldnt shy away from what they call walk or not also in spanish if you want a quicker escape from the red zone for your country the u. K. Is cracking down on trips abroad travelers will not be turned back at the border if they cant provide a valid reason for travel home secretaries nouns meant comes after britain 2nd highest daily death toll from covet the rules are clear people should be staying at home unless they have a reason to leave going on holiday is not a valid reason. Britains also announced new rules for travel from what it called high risk countries people flying from 30 lesson nations must quarantine and a government approved hotel at their own expense yet there are calls to go even further with a top official denouncing a mass failure to follow the rules not just borders and monitoring new strains but time to fix the biggest flaw in our current strategy namely that 3 quarters of those with symptoms do not self eiseley jeremy hunt wants to use g. P. S. Tracking through peoples phones to make sure they self isolate is out of poland and taiwan successfully using the policy my colleague mccarran put that idea up for debate that like to know your thoughts on the their proposal for g. P. S. Tracking what you think of that. Or just the i guess im not sure i mean i think its a bit over the top really i think what we havent done through all this process is get out test race and isolate work if you want to get domestic market economy back on the up and running you do australia and new zealand have done 0 cove in the got 0 go bit by chance in their borders good tech to test trace and isolate by quarantine and by providing support for people into isolation but weve got what weve got to do is weve got to accept that this disease will exist that this disease is probably not going to be seasonal forever we have got to protect the elderly and the vulnerable and britain has done incredibly well with the Vaccination Program but in terms of people who are not clinically vulnerable those people need to be sent back to work and we certainly need to open up the schools the idea of g. P. S. Tracking people is for the personnel never implemented in time anyway we know that most of the introductions of the virus into the u. K. During the 1st wave of the pandemic and indeed you in the 2nd were travelers returning from mainland europe and i think it might be too late now but nevertheless we are faced with a new virus variants and i guess this strategy is to try and stop the introduction of these more worrying variants of the virus that has been in all of piety within the British Government when the matter how crazy the idea is somebody comes along and says they want an even more crazy and draconian rule broadhead we have that these people run absolutely right and what has happened we are the Public Sector debt is now 2. 13 trillion in december we borrowed 38000000000 pounds hes absolutely bananas weve got to get back to work weve got to get back to work now because theyll be nothing to come back to if we let this continue much longer while thats most of thats ridiculous isnt it so were going to let all these early people die out we were going to let this virus spread and there it is that was donated by the 58 vaccinated by the 15th century as you well know as making. Assumption the vaccines are going to work and theyre going to sort of transmit youll make you make an assumption that the economy can exist if you lock it down for a year just to find out you know were going to have to learn some very serious lessons this will not be the last pandemic and i think we are many other countries were not alone in this were not prepared for this we learnt some hard lessons over march and april but we have did far too much we didnt delay got the balance wrong we need to stop debating only about the medical issue and we need to start seeing it in the wider context and accept the brics and those need to continue as a country and the has to be a balance between keeping people safe and also maintaining the wealth and livelihoods and educate should all this culture i. Still had on our Team Numerous u. S. States in 1000 restrictions despite surging u. S. Death toll well get reaction on that among our stories in the break. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Place a nation full community. Are you going the right way or are you being so. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us on the death. Forum akin to shallowness. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back to lockdown riots in lebanon have entered a 5th day at least one person has been killed and hundreds injured with Security Forces using live ammunition in the protests. The violent scene in the city comes amid a buckling Health Care System in sharp rise in poverty riders vandalize and set fire to a number of buildings and lebanon 2nd largest city tripoli as you can see here among the property destroyed was the town hall both the president and the Prime Minister have condemned the violence demonstrators pelted police and soldiers with rocks and multiple cocktails and Security Forces responded with tear gas rubber bullets and that live ammunition that we mentioned earlier demonstrations began after authorities extended the lockdown by a further 2 weeks and the city already struggling with high unemployment and poverty journalist omar abraham reports from the scene. There you know what about if there would be a that theres any does the 4th day of the protests in tripoli a lot of protesters have gathered to trying to march to the local Administration Building and storming as happened on previous days the Security Forces are using tear gas grenades to stop the protesters but its not stopping some of the protesters from throwing the grenades into the windows of the provincial headquarters some officers have been hurt as a result of the protesters have been dispersed from the square with tear gas and some of them are trying to hide in the surrounding areas the Lebanese Army has surrounded the area but for now the army is not taking any action right now the situation is stable is of them are there are some small clashes from time to time it seems like the army is waiting for serious clashes to get involved just because some time ago it used armed forces to block the roads to trickle in if. The head of the Lebanese Red Cross told us the country is cop between fighting coated and plunging incomes. Well there are many areas knew of the situation and due to that they have to get protocols and regulations and people are fighting crime youve got going to need to be equipped to have them to see how they can manage them and then they live and. Today no hospital. And then. You have made to push them back to what might be and they have we had a facing a lot of problems and the cases today measure if you dont know that of course 2 out of every 2 to be is to be in the. Community between both 5 because youre to get a bill to put their weapon both 5 prominent going to court and majority of from the community. The u. S. Is registering some of its highest daily death tolls from the virus thats more than 79000. 00 victims this month alone at that isnt stopping some states from lifting covert restrictions as artist on a quarter reports joe biden entered the white house masks a blazing with an executive order that promised to shut down the coronavirus but barely a week in and hes already backpedaling nothing we can do to change the trajectory the president make in the next several months not exactly reassuring especially since that trajectory is giving the us the worlds highest covert death toll with january seeing record mortality over 79000. 00 cases and the white house is projecting as many as 90000 more deaths in the next 3 weeks its one thing to hear the statistics heres the medical reality honestly the hospitals here will be on the edge of collapse but kind of in disaster mode right now were going to go through a really dark things are really really bad. The worst fear is that weve not a pretty picture but thats not stopping states from dropping their lockdown measures california just ended its statewide stay at home order citing a decline in new cases and hospitalizations on the east coast massachusetts lifted its curfew and businesses can stay open late again. Even in the hardest hit state new York Governor Andrew Cuomo is lifting restrictions hes declared in ends to the post holiday surge and is assigning guilt to some incompetent government kills people but while most critics are calling that an overdue admission his incompetence killed soonest citizens kudos to him for publicly acknowledging that he is running an incompetent State Government kind of shocked he would throw himself under the bus like that wow he has some nerve to say this one just needs to look at the new york death rate compared to other states it is a disgrace largely due to his decision so Nursing Homes as cuomo and other governors give the green light to end cold restrictions biden is embarking on his war with the coronavirus for pandemic fatigued americans really needing some direction right now it hardly seems like their leaders are marching to the same drum the hospitals are at their at their limits there are people who are hospitals that have people in the hallways or hospitals that are turning people away there are ambulance to get an ambulance in certain parts of Los Angeles County is taking hours for emergency situations it is an emergency scenario in lots of places including Southern California and for the governor to turn a blind eye to that. I think is actually very problematic so this needs to be treated as an emergency situation because the point at which the big data show otherwise and were not quite there yet so while the numbers are slightly better than they were say a week ago it seems very clear that there is still a lot of reason for concern and reason for caution. The u. S. Has issued its 1st ever International Terrorism bolton on domestic extremists calling them a threat to the government. Information suggests some ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of Governmental Authority and the president ial transition as well as of the perceived grievances fueled by full civs could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence the document doesnt mention any specific antigovernment plot but claims radicals may be emboldened by this months capitol riot to attack government officials and facilities editorial director of the reactionary times online news site feels this warning will be used for sweeping curbs on conservatives the government trying to justify you know future or i guess all restrictions on you know lets say conservatives or republicans gathering to protest or to you know just come together against the agenda of the Current Administration is this is like a sign of things to come but were going to move towards a more statist kind of society in america under President Biden were seeing it in a lot of different ways because in addition to governmental actions were seeing big tax obviously with the way that theyve all locked down and they censored conservatives you know you have a president from cant even use twitter anymore and he cant use other social Media Outlets and youre seeing conservatives get banned left and right i mean reactionary times weve lost our you tube channel and i have no idea why that would have happened because it wasnt like we were out there motivating people to take any sort of violent actions but i think right now because there is just old colony of power consolidated amongst the left were going to see a lot of strange things happen. Weve been paying tribute throughout the week to legendary broadcaster and r. T. Host larry king who died on saturday at the age of 87 we can now show you an excerpt from his last ever interview given to our rick sanchez you can watch the full conversation later on today on r. T. And online. Always described yourself to me and to just about everybody as a kid from brooklyn thats where i was i mean i think what it means is rick i never forgot where i came from and thats true to this minute i never forgot where i came from so im 85 years old but im the kid from brooklyn and thats what i brought to the business being curious born to do interviews where i was born to be what i do i didnt go to college. My brother did im walkin on the street in new york and a friend introduces me to james sermons who was chief of staff announcers at c. B. S. Wonderful man and i said to him i want to get in a radio what should i do. And he said get down to miami and i knocked on doors in small station. In miami beach gave me a job i was a disc jockey and on may 1st 19. I saw that on the air and from that moment when that light went on and i told the audience it was my 1st day never never to have a Live Audience i. I found my magic. I did in the media a long time. T. Is one of the few channels. Like he does know that this is my country the greatest show on earth tell the truth. I thought for this hour news wise but if all those stories havent crunch your thirst for news head on over to our website r. T. Dot com for countless articles and that interview with larry king thanks for tuning in. Such konami for months my fight normally consider me to mark the moment when the Supreme Court appointments nov 1st the sun was photosensitive a. Lot of sleep all day just that they had nothing to. Eat she was human for. More serious ram. John barr from the sun no my book you go to the british course theres enough of them stuff. I mean the guy. Went in the. Kitchen. To take. The. 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Or stellar laser theoretical physicist cosmologist philosopher author of the alan of knowledge great to have you with us marcello welcome my pleasure my pleasure to be here so eager for an argument that reality as what youre seeing is always limited by our knowledge of it which is also always known that it so once had to his knowledge and accumulate personal experience about something or in there had more to it yes so i think thats a group good and difficult question i think you can think of knowledge in different ways right and they depend on the context so for example you can have experience or knowledge of the World Without any sort of scientific background so you know days day you know there is not you know you know theres winter you know there is summer and so there is knowledge you know and its based on the x