this is going to be a news live from berlin is this a u. turn on the astra zeneca coronavirus banksy the european union's top medical regulator says the vaccine is safe the head of the european medicines agency says there is no indication that the shot is the cause of reported a rare blood clots also coming up tonight sounding the alarm over child murders in mozambique and a group warns that vicious militants are beheading children some as young as 11 and

british prime minister boris johnson announces plans to boost britain's nuclear arsenal is this necessary deterrence or a breach of international law. i'm brinkerhoff to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome tonight the european union's medicines regulator says it is firmly convinced the benefits of astra zeneca as coronavirus vaccine outweigh the risk of any possible side effects it comes after a number of european countries abruptly halted vaccinations with the shot amid reports of blood clots the european medicines agency says there is no indication that astra zeneca has shot calls the clots but it's added that it will continue to study the vaccine for potential rare side effects. the

hastily arranged online news conference at the european medicines agency in amsterdam. regulators are scrambling to respond to the latest crisis in go thing the e use troubled vaccination campaign more than a dozen member states have suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine over concerns it could cause blood clots while the investigation is ongoing we are currently we are still firmly convinced that the benefits of the ouster of the seneca vaccine in preventing poke at 19 with this it sociate it risk of hospitalized patients that outweigh the risk of the side effects there is no indication that boxer nation has caused these conditions they have not come up in the clinical trials and they're not listed as known arse or expected side offense with this vaccine. germany france italy and spain have all stopped and ministering the vaccine that move has been widely criticized having failed to pick

your enough doses the e.u. is already well behind others like the u.k. the us and israel in inoculating its population this is a race against time and so the rollout of the vaccination is more than ever in order to decrease the number of infected people we recognize significant and regrettable challenges around production and delivery but we do however urge member states to use all the available goes but some welcome the suspension this or the europe wide stroke was a wise decision we need transparency we need knowledge and we need to assure people that the vaccines are safe it is not going to take forever then we can decide whether to release the vaccine again if you don't like it. regulators will unveil

the findings of their review of the astra zeneca vaccine on thursday policymakers are hoping the investigation will increase confidence in the vaccine but with antibiotics sentiment already running high in many member states raising the alarm might already have had the opposite effect our lives take this now to our brussels correspondent gear markets good evening to you georg so we've got the european union medicines regulators saying that there's no indication that the astra zeneca vaccine has caused these reported blood clots so does this put in to the matter. i would say brand yes and no no because the investigation is as we speak going on case by case evaluation of the scientific data that is coming in from member states yes maybe because the european medicines agency was quite clear in its explanation

that the benefits outweigh the risks and my feeling is that even if they do establish a link in those few particular cases they are the recommendation to member states would still be continue the use of that particular vaccine because it saves many lives in this pandemic is it still doesn't help explain what we're seeing here with some countries saying that there's a danger others saying there is a danger is it possible that health officials in the countries we're astra zeneca has been suspended is a possible that they know more than they are letting on well that's an interesting question brand and if you look at the member states that have suspended the use of that vaccine of astra zeneca they have apparently coordinated that step and if you believe german health authorities they have made it clear that the cases they are looking at apparently a total of 7 cases in germany it's a particular font form of blood clots in the brain that trumbo says that is very

rare symptom and that this occurrence of these particular blood clots is above average and it is occurring apparently particularly regarding young women now we have to be careful with that information because that is exactly what the european medicines agency will now look at in order to decide whether this is a real link or just a coincidence so what are we looking at here dennis is just a case where we have differences of opinions here between the national health authorities in the european medicines agency and mean it is it's as simple as that . it is of course a bit of bitter irony if you want that the european institutions are fighting with the company astra zeneca to receive the vaccines that they were promised hardly we're just looking at 40 percent of those vaccines while at the same time you have national member states that are substandard the use of that particular vaccine but

this is how the e.u. works the u.s. not a nation state it is a couple of states and it is the european medicines agency that makes recommendations and it is member states that are in charge of the health of their citizens and they've made clear that they suspended the use of that particular vaccine also to protect citizens but also to bolster public confidence that they will make sure that their citizens are safe now and in the future all right t w z who matters on the story for us in brussels thank you let's take this now in from policy politics to the science and medicine i'm joined tonight by lawrence young he is a professor of molecular and college at work university in the u.k. professor it's good to have you on the program what do you make of these countries in the european union suspending the use of the astra zeneca vaccine these are all the bizarre decision actually when europe's own regulator the e.m.a.'s systems that

the vaccine is safe and where all the data that we have so far across the u.k. and europe suggests that the right old blood clot development index in 1000 individuals is no different from the vaccinated general population so i think it's a worry to pulls vaccination particularly at a time when infections rampaging through europe what what what what what could justify a decision like this then i mean obviously it sounds like that these health ministers in these countries that they know something that the rest of the of us do not. do you agree i mean can is that plausible. well that is a possibility and of course where you do see any adverse side effects it's important they're investigated of course everything to do with that sainz a medicine is about balancing risks and kovi itself as a disease is much worse than any of the side effects reported to any of these

vaccines some people had said that maybe there is actually no science behind this decision and maybe it was just a herd mentality here or one country begins suspending the use of the astra zeneca vaccine and then others following suit what do you say to that well there's a distinct possibility and we know the in different countries the culture is quite different about vaccine hesitancy anxiety and it doesn't take much full one country to make a decision one member state and for others to think that they should follow suit but what they're doing in the process is putting the population at risk as i said before the risks of not having to cope with vaccinations valar outweigh the risks the side effects of the vaccination and it's worrying that something like 8000000 doses of these baxi sitting around in refrigerators across europe not going into

people's aren't as well protect them because they're just lees you know that's a very good point as of sunday i think it was 8000000 doses waiting to be injected into people's arms you are correct or chum professor of molecular oncology at work university in the u.k. professor we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you. let's get a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic the u.k. has found that 2 new cases of brazil's p one coronavirus variant bringing the total of reported cases in britain to 12 the u.s. manufacturer modernity have started back seed trials on children between the ages of 6 months and 12 years and the drug maker pfizer says it will deliver an additional $10000000.00 doses of its corona virus vaccine to the european union over the next 3 months or germany's leading infectious disease institute says virus cases are rising exponentially as

a 3rd wave of the pandemic grips the nation rising infection rates are endangering plans to lift the country's current lock down and open the economy the southwestern german city of tubing it has been experimenting with a model that could help many businesses reopen while also keeping people safe. in tipping and in western germany and on the spot corona test could be the ticket to go shopping today through the start of a pilot project which also would allow fears his cultural institutions and restaurants with outside areas to open the doors. the telling us is i think this model is even more important now because a vaccination take much longer and infections rise it's pretty clear that there will be no option but to shut everything down and i want to avoid that if it'll cost of all. there are several testing stations throughout the city it's a 1st attempt to bring back a sense of normalcy but is it possible to get tested go shopping and really keep

the numbers from rising. it could not cut it with a thought at the moment we can't legally astra zeneca vaccine we don't have high levels of protection and so we really have to be careful about the numbers here and to begin incident because we can't just open the city for business and that new cases skyrocket to talk in with incidents the university hospital have to begin is supervising the project which should see 10000 tests carried out each day for the stuff on the us we'll see if we have to see very early on to what extent the numbers are affected by the reopening of shops in their vehicle incidentally called the noise that they still hope life will return to the city and businesses will survive whether the project can be a game changer will depend on the number of new infections. or let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world and interim government has assumed power in libya replacing 2 warring administrations that had split the country the new prime minister who was seen here

in the middle of the honeyed the baby was approved last week by the long divided parliament the new government will oversee national elections scheduled for december hundreds of demonstrators have closed the streets in protest against lebanon's economic crisis the lebanese pound is trading at around $15000.00 to the u.s. dollar as a record low and they had 90 percent drop since the crisis began 2 years ago lebanon relies on foreign loans for its basic goods. the u.s. vice president coming to harris has valen to fight to improve democracy and women's rights she delivered her 1st speech to the united nations today in new york america's 1st female vice president says democracy can be strengthened by involving more women in decision making went out to mozambique where children have become the targets of vicious militants as the country battles and is

limited insurgency a new report from the aid agency save the children says children as young as 11 have been beheaded in the conflict torn province of kabul delgado as the violence there continues to displace thousands of families are reporting horrifying scenes of murder and loved ones disappearing w.'s adrian creech reports tonight from the island of. we're traveling to keep him by island where the united nations world food program is planning a food distribution program. our boats journey ends at the halfway point the tide is going out so we have to continue on foot the area is dangerous on the close by mainland there still are regular attacks by islamist insurgents. and.

we've been on the road for 3 hours through the sea and the mangroves then we meet the 1st locals and finally we reach the remote island which was attacked by terrorists last year. they looted the village and murdered 2 people when we reached the food distribution venue the local hadifa ministration tells us the terrorists also kidnapped 30 children. a 16 year old's daughter who was one of the missing children she disappeared without a trace. these people are just evil they come from far away take away our children and don't even tell us why what they want i am sad i'm angry i just don't understand. he was there when he was kidnapped he almost ended up in the same situation themself.

they said we are taking you with us to our camp we will train you in to teach you to shoot and make you a soldier but 5 boys 2 girls and myself managed to escape on the way there. after they said they wanted to make the boys into soldiers what did they say to the girls. make them our wives. so far there has been no international outcry because the news dual hasn't got out of the island without electricity or a telephone network almost one year on many residents live in fear of another attack not a single soldier has been stationed here to protect them up to now. or earlier we spoke to chance briggs the director of save the children in mozambique and we asked about the children who are being targeted in this conflict we're finding that

children in their families are being chased from their compounds chased from their villages and in many cases it's quite violent and in some cases even children are being killed and there are even reports of beheadings of children as young as 1112 years old is really disturbing it sickens us to our core because of course children have no role in a conflict their innocence these stories just bring us to tears but why target children we're just not sure but certainly in other conflicts we've seen that children are trained of all children can be obedient children are easier to control and so in some cases maybe children are being targeted to join the forces and we know the stories of when they refuse they are killed we know stories of 10 children being killed altogether because they refuse to join the insurgents what's happening here is a tragedy and it's just inconceivable so we are calling on all parties just stop the war on children whether it's mozambique or yemen or nigeria we must stop the war on children across the world having said that we do believe that peace is

possible and peace is what will protect the children the most beacon government as demonstrated in the past a willingness and ability to negotiate with enemies and with opponents they have signed peace deals and treaties and we believe that that should be possible in this conflict as well. that was chance briggs there with save the children in mozambique and they plan to ensure its national security the united kingdom is planning to lift a cap on its nuclear warhead stockpile prime minister boris johnson unveiled the ukase post breaks it defense and foreign affairs strategy today johnson also when else in parliament that britain will pivot its foreign policy focus towards asia. the prime minister meanwhile reaffirmed britain's loyalty to nato the defense alliance says it's committed to nuclear disarmament. britain will remain unswervingly committed to nato and preserving peace and security in your own from

the secure basis we will seek out friends and partners wherever they could be found building a coalition of openness and innovation i do gauging more deeply in the indo-pacific. are in for more now i'm joined by oliver meyer from the institute for peace research and security policy here in berlin it's good to have you on the program so what is going on here does the british prime minister does he feel that the u.k. needs to increase its nuclear deterrent. obviously the united kingdom is said reassessing its nuclear policy and has decided to change course just 6 years ago the strategic defense you know at decided to cut nuclear warhead numbers the united kingdom wanted to go down to 180 nuclear weapons now it's becoming the 1st western state to have in our own said it's increasingly and wants

and wants to catch up to 260 and nuclear weapons does this change this increase does it violate any nuclear nonproliferation treaties or regulations. whether united kingdom has committed it under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty to reuse the number and role of nuclear weapons like other nuclear weapons states to and its community at least in that era violating that political commitment there's also there enough negation to work towards the goal of a nuclear weapons free world that is hard to reconcile with this decision it's putting it at all it's also with a commitment by nato to work towards. would free off nuclear weapon it's coming at a time when the new u.s. administration under president joe biden is taking new steps to reduce nuclear weapons just extended to new stock treaty with russia russia wants the united

kingdom and france to become off next treaty the united states wants to try not to become a party and now comes this announcement to increase reliance on the care of afghans to increase the number of nuclear weapons so acutely sits at odds with international community and how do you think that the nato members the allies of the u.k. how are they going to react to this new. difficult to say it would be a difficult discussion i would imagine in nato. comes at a time when nato is embarking on discussions on a new through 2 g. concept uncontrolled will be part of that discussion and nato has also committed to not mirror russian nuclear policy. and that is difficult to say it always pointed fingers at china and said look china is increasing its nuclear arsenal and similarly no numberous as the ok. but we are not we are moving in

a different direction at least keeping statement that argument is going to be harder to make so. it's making it more difficult for western states to argue that they are the good ones in this game and it's really not quite clear what the military and strategic rationale for increasing warhead in a must both because frankly it doesn't make such a big difference whether you have 200 or 260 look at a weapons and that's true when it comes to nuclear weapons is a very good point all of them are from the institute for peace research and security policy is to my we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you for new york where here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour russia's media regulator plans to block twitter within the next month if twitter fails to delete banned content the action is thought to be related to demonstrations supporting the jailed opposition leader alexina valma the kremlin says twitter posts are inciting violence the influential sister of north korean

leader kim jong un has warned the united states and south korea over their joint military exercises kim jong warned of consequences that could make washington quote lose sleep it comes as top of biden officials begin a visit to seoul and tokyo. german president from vulture steinmeyer has been holding talks here in berlin with his israeli opposite number reuven rivlin worldwide vaccine distribution tensions in the middle east and relations between germany and israel were all on the agenda. the duke of edinburgh britain's prince philip has been released from the hospital in london after a month long stay the husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd was treated for in faction and then had to have heart surgery prince philip is 99 years old. here in europe the czech republic is among the countries hardest hit by the

pandemic the per capita infection rate is the highest in the world and the pace of vaccinations has been extremely slow d.w. reports from a telling where the virus has inflicted an especially heavy top. the streets of tons of are silent there are no children at the elementary school local shops are closed with new coronavirus variance raging across the chap public this is one of the country to worst affected regions. deputy mayor use the paracho tries to keep track of the numbers he says everyone here knows someone who died of cove it 19 or something. and i realized many of those who died were people my age or even younger. i realized i would never see them again to go fishing watch soccer or have a beer. that really gets to you. if you. go.

in the local health center the 1st responders tell us they feel totally overwhelmed and frustrated there is no hospital in town that means patients with severe cases of covered 1000 have to be transferred to a clinic 50 kilometers away magdalena inch of us says sometimes she doesn't have the energy to wake up and go to work the emergency doctor recently lost her father to depend demick and what's need to keep her system that i would have because i'm a doctor i was allowed to say goodbye to my did and to stay with him until the very last moment. nicole i didn't want anyone to have to see what's going on in covert wards where patients suffocate even if they're given oxygen then pain you cannot imagine that you know what it is the tsunami you doped it's. exhausted from the workers president is in resignation and

all this while the pandemic rages on across the region top of his less than 20 minutes drive from neighboring germany but the border has been closed this has disrupted the lives of many cross border commuters some have even lost their jobs to go through burgeoning. i need a job through but. i am trying to find one there but no one wants me. it's tough the british you know but the couple we have alone it is taking too long people want jobs they have to pay their bills unfortunately this is the reality of it was the top of stupidity mayor is pinning his hopes on vaccines even though so far big the nations are only taking place here once a week meanwhile dr. pulled herself together every single day so she can keep doing her job hoping that one day soon the pandemic will be over.

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