this is news coming to you live from the e.u. in the u.k. say. a potential rare side effect of the astra zeneca vaccine but european and british regulators say the benefits of the job outweigh the risks we'll take a closer look at their findings also coming up would you volunteer to live in a cave for months in france more than a dozen people have signed up to do just that want.

to do. good to have you with us we begin with yet another setback for the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine the european medicines agency and his british counterpart have announced there does appear to be a link between the vaccine and a rare but potentially fatal type of blood clot that stopped short of changing its recommendation to give the vaccine to all ages while the u.k. is advising those under 30 to get a different shot trying to put to rest any concerns. first of all i want to start by stating that our safety committee the pharmacovigilance and risk assessment committee of the european medicines agency has confirmed that the

benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine in preventing cope with 19 overall outweigh the risks of side effects. the european union's drug regulator the european medicines agency says after a safety assessment of the astra zeneca vaccine they are still encouraging people to get it that's despite finding a $169.00 cases of a rare brain blood clot after 34000000 doses the agency says while no clear link has been found they believe the clots are caused by any means response as a result the regulator will be listing the clots as a rare side effect of the astra zeneca vaccine. this vaccine has proven to be highly effective if it prevents if severe defeats in hospitalized patients and it is saving lives vaccination is extremely important in helping us in the fight against cope at 19 and we need to use the back scenes we have to protect us from

the devastating effects to my media it comes as u.k. authorities recommend that the astra zeneca vaccine should not be given to adults under 30 were possible but again they stressed the continued use of the vaccine our review has reinforced that the risk of this ressa spectate side effect remains extremely small. the drug maker itself says the bottom line of the regulators findings is that the astra zeneca vaccine offers a high level of protection against coded 19. or corresponded burnt we get is following developments for us and joins us now from brussels both the d.m.a. again decided not to limit access to the astra zeneca back seeing to a certain age groups unlike many national regulators how did it justify this decision. the scientists at the found that neither gend

nor age is a risk factor in the vaccination campaign they looked at 18 death cases out of $25000000.00 vaccinated people over your visitors and they said it's so extremely rare that it is a side effect they suppose ability that it is connected to the vaccine but they still have no proof of it and thus they said the benefits outweigh the risks and this is also the same stance the w.h.o. takes the boat has organization it's all it's a recall mending to vaccinate all age groups is just as and it. different you states are dealing differently with this information regarding astra zeneca how reliant are you member states on the astra zeneca back scene. but at times it can be a little bit confusing in the european union because the aid is only

a body that gives recommendations to the member states themselves decide how and who it will be vaccinated busses and how they don't have to follow this recommendations and housman this is the of the you yesterday night decided that some the country is full of the recommendation for example austria but others like germany france spain italy restricted to the vaccination program to old age groups britain to people over 30 so everybody has a different approach. but the ministers say we look at these reconditioned but you also have to listen to our own scientists and they have the same data but they come to other conclusions now that vaccination rollout bad as everyone knows is been slow compared to the u.s. and the u.k. other any signs of it speeding up now in the 2nd quarter. but you have to keep in mind that the says zeneca exene is only amounts to 20 percent of the overall supply

that is planned for europe so europe is more reliant relying on other vaccine makers and the production is speeding up and in the 2nd quarter that you commission is promising that millions and millions of those as vote will roll in and that by some by july august all adults have the chance to get a shot so that and the production is speeding up. says any guys producing more but the shots of a so they got more foreseen for the rest of the world as a nick of a produce 3000000000 dollars this year and the bulk of it goes through this codex program to $140.00 countries in the world which are already using parts of the shots and the majority of these countries are still using us as any kind of continue to do so and there are good reasons too because not least because it's cheap and easy to store bently get and brussels thank you so much.

let's look at some other developments worldwide in the cove it 19 pandemic argentina has announced a 3 week curfew after daily infections reached a new record high there it will enter into force on friday in the country's most badly affected areas. and daily corona virus infections have hit a new peak in india with nearly 127000 cases reported on thursday prime minister narendra modi plans to meet virtually with regional leaders about the surge but he pushed for more vaccinations while receiving his 2nd jab today india's vaccination program. modi's government has refused to impose a 2nd nationwide lockdown instead it's up to state authorities to decide on restrictions several cities have night time curfews but how is that likely to go over with the pandemic weary public moneer it chaudhary took to the streets of delhi to find out. india is now well into the 2nd day of the pandemic the huge

spike in the number of cases every day in the past couple of days india has a 100000. spike now this has created an alarming situation most of the states are issuing fresh guidelines and restrictions including the national capital. has now in both a night that means there will be a restriction of movement in the night to 5 in the morning and essential services and those people who are going to get themselves back will be allowed back to us now what are people thinking about distressed by what do they think about the night and that the country can go back. let's find out. looking at the. order to 100. i'm concerned oh how much your. night go for you is

a pretty good idea because generally of people who work in the days and then they come back and this is. the people. they want. and the john. more there is definitely a sense of urgency. to spread much faster than the one and that's have people there's also a growing demand for. groups people are anxious and while many of them believe that restrictions like a few are important they're not entirely sure how effective. is making headlines around the world today. to the u.k. . the london embassy told british media that military figures have occupied the building. had broken ranks with the ruling in recent weeks. alexei

never has been diagnosed with 2 spinal disc hernias according to his lawyer the imprisoned russian opposition leader has lost sensation in his legs and hands it's reported a body is on hunger strike in a penal colony criticised for its harsh treatment. rescue crews have managed to board a cargo ship abandoned in rough seas off norway since monday the ship began listing dangerously when its cargo shifted in stormy weather its crew were evacuated by helicopter the ship is now being towed to a port avoiding a potential fuel spill. and jordan's king abdullah has broken his silence over a public rift in the royal family and told the nation that the worst political crisis in decades is over it was sparked by an alleged plot involving his half brother king's statement said that recent events had caused him quote shock pain and anger. a turkish court has handed down life sentences

to dozens of former soldiers for their alleged involvement in the 2016 failed coup attempt against russia out of one's government a total of $497.00 defendants were on trial since 2017 for attempting to seize the military headquarters in ankara it's expected to be one of the last mass trials linked to the failed coup. the 1st judgments were handed down just an hour into proceedings while many high ranking officers received life sentences some soldiers were cleared of all charges only the prosecutions lawyers commented publicly. even now we're still getting wind as people who want to stage crews be prosecutions should be a lesson to them that the offenders have been given the harshest possible sentences under our legal framework if we still had the death penalty they would have been given that. there was

a heavy police presence at the court building in ankara with drones hovering above none of the relatives or lawyers of the accused wanted to be interviewed. in the night of the 15th to the 16th of july and 2016 part of the military tried to overthrow the government of president wretched tycho to one ankara says u.s. based cleric. was behind the move since the attempted coup tens of thousands of people have been arrested and more than 100000 civil servants dismissed. dozens of cases are still ongoing. the detailed written verdicts of wednesday's court proceedings are still being completed. on more march 14th 15 people entered the cave there and none came out nothing to worry about though they're willing participants in an experiment researching how the

brain deals with time when the usual reference points are gone and you're left in the dark. spending 40 days in a cave may seem extreme but so is the goal of this experiment to find out what happens when people live in an environment without any indication passage of time. to get i have breakfast and then someone goes to have their meal or even their dinner and you ask yourself am i right but this notion of time doesn't exist anymore. so i just approved. without sunlight clocks and calendars to keep track of time project participants have observed that days or cycles as they call them do not go by at the same rate for everyone the secret cycles are expanding for some and shortening for others some people are in their sixty's others are in their a movie. the cycles are filled with activities like cooking. pedaling to keep the

electricity running or climbing deeper into the cave to fetch water for the group life underground isn't easy aside from the lack of sunlight the cave dwellers lived with the cold temperatures and high humidity before going to sleep they attach sensors that allow researchers above ground to monitor their vital signs but it's not very comfortable but we'll get used to it. even experts don't know what to expect from the experiments is yet more search of us who will each of them look after themselves and live independently encountering others by chance and exchanging a few words are will they set up a community that we don't know and this one global going off it was a parcel the experiment is set to last until april 24th fall and he is afraid silly thing at any time. up next chris tobar is here with business and the latest on the steps of the international monetary fund that they're taking to help poor countries

in the pandemic i'm terry martin you can get all the latest news information any time you want to our website at www dot com thanks for watching. more than a 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. christianity from established itself. both religious and secular leaders or to display their power.

to trace began. and create the tallest biggest and the most beautiful structures. is how massive churches are created. consciousness because the drills starts april 12th on d.w. . $650000000000.00 to help poor countries the world's major economies agreed on increasing the international monetary resources as economic fortunes around the world are diverging dangers also coming up u.s. president biden wants companies to foot most of the bill for his massive infrastructure plan but says he's open to negotiate on how much exactly they'd have to pay and sweatpants are.

impacting the fashion business and how to look sharp even in your home office. the world's major economies have agreed to boost the resources of the international monetary fund by $650000000000.00 that in a bid to increase support to vulnerable countries battling the effect of the pandemic i'm managing director. said that the covert 19 crisis showed the profound need for international solidarity to stop poor nations from falling dangerously behind. the international monetary fund's managing director chris. is concerned about poor tourism dependent nations and middle income economies that had weaker fundamentals and high debt levels even before the pandemic the i.m.f. expected to finish work on a formal proposal to expand emergency reserves or special drawing rights to support member countries official reserves the fund also plans to come up with ways for its

members to lend their reserves to help poorer nations. we will propose a new location of $650000000000.00. this will help address the long term global need for reserve facit and provide substantially quiddity boost to all our members especially the most vulnerable. adoption of a broader definition of what makes a country vulnerable she wants to discuss a proposal to offer low and interest free financing to middle income economies hit hard by the pandemic the i.m.f. property reduction and call trust can currently only lend to the poorest countries . but this create crises has shown just how and this capable our shared history. now we must build on this

brother says of common responsibility to foster a fair recovery and the resilient postponed they make the world to that end the i.m.f. once companies that have done well during the pandemic to pay more in taxes to finance recovery efforts. yes president joe biden has made a fiery appeal for u.s. companies to for most of the bill for his $2.00 trillion dollars infrastructure plan in a speech on wednesday biden signaled willingness to negotiate on how much businesses would have to take us president wants to increase the for protection rate for up to 28 percent from now 21 percent for a new roads and bridges and to invest in high speed rail and also promised not to raise taxes on americans making less than $400000.00 a year or criticizing companies that do not pay their quote fair share here's more

on what the us president had to say $55.00 of our largest corporations lose the very use the various loopholes to pay 0 federal tax income tax in 2020 it's just not fair. it's not fair to the 1st american taxpayers we're going to we're going to try to put an end to this president joe biden speaking there at the markets here on this with chalcedony in frankfurt chelsea you'd think companies would be more worried but the s. and p. $500.00 hit a record high yesterday. normally when you hear talk of corporate tax increases even just the whisper of back can really set off a sell off in stocks we haven't seen that this time markets have been pretty much on bothered by this and even amazon which is really the poster child for being one of the world's biggest corporations and paying almost no income taxes says that they're actually in support of this idea so

a lot of companies seem to be thinking about the benefits of this that these trillions of dollars worth of infrastructure spending would offset the higher taxes that they would have to pay until so what does all of this mean for european companies. well for europe and a lot of european companies the most relevant aspect of biden's toxic plans is that he does want to really reshape the international tax code he wants to institute a global minimum tax that would offset and close some of these loopholes that big tech giants are using a lot of european companies would benefit from this because they tend to pay much higher taxes is some of these companies in the u.s. european coffers that it would benefit from this as well from from new tax taxes brought in so europe would definitely be in support of these ideas to yourselves he delayed in frankfurt thank you. and also some of the other global business stories making news european medicines watchdog says there is

a record possible link between us to resign because of covert 19 vaccine and blood clots but that the shop is safe and can continue to be used the most and of the blocks all should be listed as a rare side effect but the body said the benefits far outweigh the risks hungry has begun a gradual printing of shelves and services the country has provided one for one of ours back soon dozed to over quarter of its population but the stated death toll climbed to a record on wednesday on the opening shops most limited the numbers of customers and restaurants are only open for takeout or delivery. it was the late german designer call lagerfeld who once said sweat pants are a sign of defeat you buy them when you lose control of your life well loungewear has become popular during the penn demick with hardly anyone heading to the office or meetings and many designers and fashion retailers have adapted to the casual

wear trend. so this is the kind of clothes i will never work or. it has to be comfortable when monica klein is at home in birmingham preparing her design management classes for the university she likes to wear sweatpants and a hoodie or actually she might put on a casual dress for a video conference. to sit on the desk in the dress or in the suit you know it's not so comfortable so. it's more comfortable and maybe a better look i look at a bit lazy to pull to know the proper the proper clothes the proper office clothes . and also you know like i'm trying to go out and do some exercise on site she's not the only one who prefers to dress comfortably these days the trend is also caught on with brylin designer leila pierre de guiche she sells her collection from her shop in the heart of birmingham. but the thing i bet sweat is

a popular the stunning while of course if you're at home all the time you want to slip on something comfortable. i've been noticing a lot of people dressing much more casually because they're working from home or just at home in general they hardly ever go out hardly ever meet up with people they have less of a desire or need to make themselves look beautiful but i still think you should also make yourself look nice at home and not waste away. and. germans have apparently not lost their appetite for shopping there are currently allowed to make shopping appointments in stores but it pekin kloppenburg a major fashion chain sales of business clothing are currently sluggish sales of men's suits in germany tumbled 54 percent last year while sales of sweatpants jumped 43 percent and the global market for sports where can. use or grow pekin

club and board has already shifted its strategy. line for time for one thing we're downsizing our retail space for business fashion for men's suits for example also for women stresses it's being reduced so that we can expand other areas like casual wear jeans and lounge where it's certainly the result of the lock down customers spend most of the time at home where they want to wear comfortable things. monica klein only bought a few casual outfits and 2020 she wants to wait until she can see her colleagues again in person not just virtually before buying anything else. get evans joins me longtime host of dress code or format on all things style we're both opted for what is deemed usual business attire nevertheless is the business of dead well no it is not enough but this very often in the last couple years. corona

it is not dead for 2 reasons a it's the easiest way to look shop and put together for a man you just pick a suit and a shirt in a tie and you're done and it's not you don't get it wrong and secondly a suit and tie still is the dress code that conveys trust that conveys seriousness so if you're serious about your work that's what basically what what you show when you put on a suit and a tie and people still want to be look good and want to show that they're serious about their work so how should we address these pandemic times even when we're almost zoom calls yeah i mean many many people working from home now and of course at the home where casual way i do you do it is perfectly normal but if you working from home and if you're in a zoom call for example with custom as and with. your colleagues you're not just told you also in the virtual space you're representing your company and if you want

to show that you are taking things seriously you might well as well put on a shirt in a tie maybe as a slightly reduced way maybe not a jacket but there is still a good reason to dress up properly even from the waist down. not necessarily you know you can you can west but pounds from the waist down if you feel like it so where do we go next when this demick is finally over are we going to see a renaissance of smart fashion that's what i think actually because many people colleagues here d.w. many people work from home and when you talk to them you hear from them quite a lot of looking forward to coming back to the office to see all the clothes so i think that many people will actually want to celebrate that and dress up. the occasion. thank you it's. now the u.s. discount store chain target is to spend more than $2000000000.00 at black owned business in the next 4 years it's taking

a number of steps such as boosting the number of products offered by the companies that slice of store is based in minneapolis where george florida was killed last year by a former us police officer after the public outcry that followed target and other retailers are rethinking their marketing and business strategy it says it wants to spark change. and linked in workers are currently enjoying an additional paid week off it's part of a an effort by a large companies trying to find ways to help zoom fatigued employees to avoid burnout is survey among lincolns workers revealed that the stress of the pandemic and working from home took a toll on them some 60000 employees are benefiting from the decision and that wraps up our program for more go ahead and check out our website d.w. dot com and obviously you can also follow us on social media. for me and the entire

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