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this is the deadly news live from berlin europe fights a 3rd wave of the corona virus pandemic but minus one a vaccine a growing list of countries are suspending the use of the astra zeneca shell of the blood clot consents to help expand its insist it is safe also coming up to find marcello districts meet with more live fire from security forces in the united nations calls on the international community to help but says the military is violating fundamental human rights and responsible for the deaths of $138.00 people
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. a map and how welcome the world health organization is urging countries to keep issuing the astra zeneca vaccine a growing number of countries including germany have suspended its use after reports that some recipients developed blood clots medical experts say it's lucky the reports are coincidental and that there's just no evidence to suggest the vaccine is on site. another setback in an already troubled vaccination campaign germany france italy and spain became the latest european countries to stop administering the astra zeneca vaccine over fears it causes blood clots. and then. to keep up confidence in this vaccine we now have to give our experts in germany and the european union time to review these recent cases they must also clarify the
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question of whether the benefits of vaccination continue to outweigh possible risks sized smokie should reason. and i know because one thing is clear not vaccinating also has serious health implications and that review process is what we're waiting on now. french president manuel my car said his government would await a statement by the european medicines agency due on tuesday before deciding if the vaccine is put back into use. that it is you want the a.t.p. is on the decision that was taken in accordance with our european policy is to suspend the astra zeneca vaccination as a precautionary measure in the hope that it will be resumed quickly if the european medicines agency allows it see livy look at me. the e m a only last week declared that there are no indications that people who have received the astra zeneca vaccine are more likely to develop blood clots british
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prime minister boris johnson who is quick to dismiss concerns over a vaccine that has already been administered to over 11000000 people in the u.k. . we have one of the toughest and most experienced regulators in the world they see no reason to discontinue the back to nation program forever and they are plenty of the vaccines that we're currently using either of the fact that we're currently using the u.k. vaccination drive is racing ahead of the e.u. efforts to inoculate its population against covert 19 with an increasing number of european countries putting their astra zeneca vaccinations on hold that lead is likely to grow well joining us now is politico correspondent tom aspera thomas welcome what does the suspension of the vaccine name to an already slow moving german vaccination program. it essentially creates many more questions about this
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vaccination program here in germany about a very slow vaccination program one of the questions is what to do with all those astra zeneca vaccine doses that are already here in germany but haven't been used we are talking about 1400000 doses that are here in germany but not use a 2nd one what to do with the people who have already received one astra zeneca job but we're waiting for the 2nd one can they receive a different vaccine meanwhile that's another question that experts are waiting on the 3rd one this is probably the most important one is what this will mean for germany's overall vaccination goal to not forget that german chancellor angela merkel but other german officials as well promised that every german adult would receive an offer to get a vaccination by the end of the summer and they're already reports that this suspension of astra zeneca depending on how long it takes could affect that overall goal and could make things much much slower so there are big questions here about
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what this all means for germany's vaccination plan which as you mentioned very clearly has been very slow it's important to stress that around 80 percent of the german population has been vaccinated at least once since the program began at the end of last year it's almost when we talk about vaccines we invariably talking about trust it's hard to win and easy to lose do you think the people's trust in the german government is still intact on this topic. it is not intact but it's also not completely damaged it's important that the german government has stressed that this is a precautionary measure the german health minister for example stress that 7 cases related to possible from both this had been found us part of the $1600000.00 astra zeneca vaccine doses that have been administered so it's low but they wanted to make this decision as a precautionary one waiting for further evidence and they believe that based creates transparency on base in turn creates trust but other politicians here in
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germany view this very differently they say that this affects trust that this is a mistake that it shouldn't have been stopped and that it should have been continued the whole astra zeneca vaccination while those tests are carried out specifically because we're only talking about very few cases compared to the overall number of vaccine doses that on the one have been delivered and on the other hand being still here but not used to a low number of people but it's still a tough spot for those who have been vaccinated and the tough spot for what does the health minister say to those people already vaccinated without astra zeneca that if they have specific fears that if they have any indications of possible blood blood clots that they should go to the doctor but again that this is only a precautionary measure that they're waiting for more evidence for more information from the e m a from the european agency and that one study is there that they can then decide
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what this will mean for germany's vaccination program what this will mean for those who have already been vaccinated as well so it's essentially also a wait and see approach to see what exactly will be decided at the european level before deciding what impact it will have overall on germany's vaccination program the political correspondent in berlin tom aspera thanks so much ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. british police have arrested several people during a 3rd night of demonstrations in london over the mood of syria. and has been growing over heavy handed policing of a vigil and violence against women protesters want the u.k. government to scrap a bill which would give police more powers to control protests. if issue instagram account of kremlin critic alex on the valley has posted the 1st photo of him since he began his 2 and a half year prison sentence shown with a shaved head of on the rights that he's serving his jail sentence in
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a painful connolly colony number 2 of 100 kilometers north of moscow he's described as a real concentration camp. the u.s. senate has confirmed dead holland as president joe biden's pick for interior secretary this makes her the 1st native american to lead a cabinet department was the top vote as a majority of republicans voted against her because of his support for the green new deal and her position against fossil fuels. must land as a hoping for a volcanic eruption that will end weeks of sleepless nights due to tremors tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled homes in the country south in what experts are calling an unprecedented seismic event the earthquakes are caused by molten rock trying to force its way to the surface. or more deaths have been reported in. local monitoring group claims that least 20 people were killed during
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protests on monday and funerals are being held for victims of sunday's violence the deadliest day since the unrest began the country has been in turmoil since the army removed elected leader aung san suu kyi from power hundreds of thousands of people out there manning a return to democracy the un has condemned the crackdown according to the human rights you a human rights office to date at least $238.00 peaceful protesters including women and children have been killed in the violence since february. first the secretary general strongly condemns this ongoing violence against peaceful protesters and the continuing violation of the most basic human rights of the people of myanmar the secretary general and uses kohl in the international community including regional actors to come together in solidarity with the people of myanmar let's bring in journalist andrew not them sin young gone and the un as we heard calling for solidarity with the people of myanmar is that good enough for the people on the
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streets no it's to put it simply it's not good enough but people have been expecting a lot more support from the international community i think they've been pretty disappointed by the response and there's been some really clear things that countries can do as outlined by the u.n. special rabbits are human rights for me and maher which includes imposing targeted sanctions on military law brits and helping to build a more coordinated global arms embargo to regret military getting weapons andrew families burying their loved ones to die who were killed in sunday's clashes in lot of the rising death toll to the bin these people still think it's with the risk taking to the streets it's a tough question to answer i mean we're definitely still seeing some people turning out there's a protest going on in mandalay right now which has been one of the most part for
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protest sites but we also have seen over over recent weeks the protests starting to get a bit smaller. which is understandable same time i think a lot of people are more focused on the civil disobedience movement the mass strikes and the civil servants refusing to work for the moment i think a lot of people feel like that's really the most important battleground in the protests or kind of supplemental. the middle of this deposed late one son switching was due to appear in court on monday that hearing has been cancelled there are any updates on her trial and indeed her condition. we haven't heard anything directly about her. dirty actually said that he still hasn't been granted power of attorney by by the courts which is obviously problematic in that. he hasn't been allowed to meet with her purse that it allowed her over to go like
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and those video links weren't working yesterday and that also did additional problems that basically any of this meeting. are going to be you know supervised by military representatives who are going to be you know watching and listening to that video call and in yangon thanks so much thank you well by jing has been hit by the blissed sandstorm in a decade and massive storm blew in from the guy be does it with new record pollution levels hundreds of flights canceled and commuters must travel to work and what some a calling an apocalyptic landscape. thick clouds of sand and yellows small get enveloping downtown beijing. the land of the state broadcast to c.c.t.v. trowed in the gloom. residents of the chinese capital was hoping that sandstorms
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were a thing of the prost thanks to extensive planting of protective trees and bushes but atmospheric pollution from the biggest sand clouds in 10 years has not reached has a dismissals. right now it looks like the end of the world in this weather i don't really want to be outside. it feels like a science fiction movie. but this is nature in the face of nature human beings are truly tiny and powerless that we must do what we can to protect the environment. the sand has blown in from or merge areas of china's neighbor mongolia where several people have been killed by the storm china has managed to cut some pollution levels and the government says it aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 but greenpeace says an upsurge in industrial production
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as the pandemic subsides is adding to the fallout from the sandstorm. now to some big news for boxing fans anthony joshua and tyson fury out a battle for the title of under speed heavyweight world champion based on that to fight deal joshua's 3 titles the w.b. a b.f. and w.b. of and fury's w.b.c. crown will be on the line in the fights would just sit tonight the 2 british boxes nearly $140000000.00 each just was camps at a venue is likely to be confirmed within the next month. to alaska now and the idea to rod one of the world's oldest and longer sled dog prices has been won by a local mandela c.v. it took more than 7 days of rising but c.v. and his dogs cross the finishing line to claim his 5th victory that matches the all time record rest took place in a shortened form due to the pandemic round also avoided densely populated areas.
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