>> johnson & johnson is delaying the rollout of its single-dose vaccine. six people out of a total of 7 million people in the u.s. developedthe prime minister of l said that their stopping flights

landing in brazil to stop the spread of covid-19. iran will begin enriching uranium. people are saying that this will push programs to higher levels than ever before. still remaining short on weapons grade. mark: thank you very much for being with us. u.s. health authorities recoended pausing the johnson & johnson covid shot over blood clot fears. the company quickly announcing it would delay its european rollout in a setback to global immunization campaigns. out of nearly 7 million americans who received the vaccine, six women developed a rare type of clot in the brain along with low platelets. >> nearly seven but nearly two

months after u.s. health authorities authorized it, they have recommended a halt in the rollout. this as the fda investigate a rare and severe type of log clot that occurred in six women after they received a single dose. >> one case was fatal and one patient is in critical condition. while we reviewed the available data, out of an abundance of caution, the fda and cdc are recommending a pause. >> johnson & johnson can ensure that no link has been established. washington says the pause will not have a significant effect. the book of the supply comes from pfizer biontech and moderna. the block is delaying the rollout of johnson & johnson's vaccine.

>> [ speaking french] >> the delay is a first setback for europe. johnson & johnson had just began delivering its doses this week following authorization in early march. this after fears that astrazeneca's jab may cause blood clots. the european medicines agency has found a possible link between the vaccine and the clots. it stresses that the benefits of receiving a jab outweigh the risks. >> let's go straight to the united states. good evening to you. why is the food and drug administration pausing this vaccination campaign? >> they explained this was out

of an abundance of core. they insisted these blood class were extremely rare. as they were explained the reasoning -- explaining the reasoning behind that, one of the reasons they were pausing was because they wanted health care providers to be able to get all the information as to how to treat thosvery specific like lots. -- blood clots. they explained that the general care for blood clots could make things worse. they wanted to get all of the doctors and hospitals in the united states on par with how to treat those very specific like lots. -- blood clots. they a being very cautious and investigating what is going on. they will give some more final guidelines as to the use of this in the u.s..

>> how is this anticipated to impact the vaccination campaign in the u.s.? >> no significant impact on our rollout. that is the words of the white house talking about this pause. the numbers support that claim from the white house. the johnson & johnson vaccine for the u.s., about 6.8 million doses out of nearly 190 million doses throughout the united states. it is the sliver of what we have as far as a vaccine. here in the u.s., there are two other vaccines that are widely available. pfizer and moderna. johnson & johnson just represented about five cent.

that said, it still might slow down the rollout for the white house because you need to rebook all the appointments that people have made for the johnson & johnson vaccine for other vaccines. the johnson & johnson vaccines have a couple of advantages. it was easily transportable because it did not have to be kept in those very cold temperatures. it was being used in the u.s. to reac more rura areas, communities that are hard to get to because they are so easily transportable and they can be kept more easily. that was the idea behind the j&j. overall, it is not expected to make any real impact on how fast the u.s. is vaccinating its population. >> thank you for the

clarifications on the situation. mark: we are waiting for further notice on the decision from johnson & johnson. france is suspending all flights from brazil over mounting fears of the particularly contagious coronavirus variant that has been sweeping across the south american country. announcing the suspension to the national assembly. france has seen comparatively few cases of that strain. it is increasing alarm here in france. >> anyone who wants to come from brazil to france must present a negative test before boarding and on arrival. they must isolate for 10 days. it is perfectly incorrect that -- to say that we would not have acted on this.

we see the situation is worsening and we decided to suspend all flights between brazil, france until further notice. >> that was the prime minister of france. joe biden has decided to pull troops out of afghanistan. he has set the 20th and of the bursary -- anniversary of the september 11 attacks as the goal. this possibly escalated the 20 year war. many still call this the endless war. nato and the u.s. are calling on russia to stop the military buildup on its border with ukraine.

this led to the landgrab that annexedrimea. joe biden told his russian counterpart that the u.s. standby ukraine but vladimir putin warned -- >> we went to a frontline village. it was totally calm there. that is not the case at other places ang the frontine further to the north of here. the ukrainian army's report said that one soldier had been killed yesterday, two were injured, there were attacks in various places. mostly to the north of the regional capital currently on the hands of the russian-ntrolled forces. i think it is worth noting that we are talking about rising tension, -- tensions,

scrimmages, cease fire. the second half of 2020 was the bestespected cease fire since this conflict started seven years ago. these russian troop movements on the russian side of the border are about 60 kilometers. >> we are watching all of the development on that story. iran will begin enriching uranium at about 60%. he -- purely -- puritiy. the announcement marks a significant escalation after the sabotage that damaged centrifuges that were suspected to be carried out by israel. it could inspire further response from israel amid the long-running shadow war.

let's bring in our guest, rouzbeh. given that you have studied the whole issue in depth, i am issued what your view is of the gnificant developments on iranian enrichment. rouzbeh: it is a somewhat dangerous escalation but it is at this point, symbolic and part of ts game where whenever one side makes a move, the other side needs to show they are not intimidated by that. it is a way of showing the americans that iran has a strong card to bring to the table

during the negotiations. >> way does this leave the likelihood of the -- where does this leave the likelihood of the 2015 deal to be put back in place? rouzbeh: this is good for those that say you can't trust the west. it makes it difficult for them to make any compromises. at the moment it has not derailed any negotiations. it helps the israeli aument that they can delay the program but also because domestically, in israel, anything he ds

him domestically.s to benefit >> it doesn't matter that there has been a change of administration in the united states. you are saying thathat will not ensure that that kind of change will happen. rouzbeh: a lot of us wish it were that simple. the trump administration put a lot of obstacles for whoever would succeed trump as president. the biden administration has fumbled and stumbled in the first couple of months, trying to be too clever by saying they want tgo back into the deal and on the other hand saying they do't mind what they perceived to be atronger negotiation hand left to them as a legacy from the trump era in

the form of sanctions. does not have that strong u.s. negotiating hand to be able to renegotiate. the biden administration is realizing they have to try to save this fore getlost in all of this policy. divided adminiration doe have -- the biden administration does have a chance to save it. mark:mark: with elections coming up in iran, is this likely to affect things in another way? rouzbeh: absolutely. the iranian election season is very short but very intense. we don't know who the candidates e going to be. if these negotiations don't lead to anything, the main negotiation team can bring this back home and say we are getting

some headway on sanctions really then election season will be looking very dark for those who want to continue pursuing some kind of opening towd the west as some kind of agreement with uned states. if they can get anything off the ground before the elections, that will make things easier. if nothing gets off the ground before the elections, the next president iraq -- president of iran will be a very difficult person to negotiate with. >> the head of the middle eastern north african program. a specialist with great knowledge of the iranian issue. we are watching all of the stories for you and more. stay with us, you are watching france 24.

>> welcome to your essential business briefing. stephen: preparing for work life after the pandemic. the lessons we can learn from the self-employed as some. . companies make plans for return to the office -- some companies make plans for a return to the office. click and clink has -- as soaring online sales have helped french winemakers to sell directly to the consumer. twitter has told employees they can work from home indefinitely. google says it wants workers in the united states to be back on site, at least partially by september. after that, anyone wanting to

work remotely for more than 14 days a year will have to apply for special permission. as employer's thing about life after the pandemic, what lessons should they and we as workers take? to discuss that, we have our guest. are y surprised t see companies like google saying they expect people to go back to the office? milena: that is not surprising at all, with vcinations underway in many countries, it is for that companiesre eager have their employees back at the office. you can also see companies who have already announced that they will want to do teleworng indefinitely. for most companies, i expect the

reality will be somewhere in the middle. a hybrid working mode where some days, workers will wear from the office and some days, there was a stand home. >> self-employed people could give us word about this. milena: there are several parallels. both the self-employed and those working from home can take advantage of the organization. they are free to choose how they can organize their daily lives. they have more flexibility in terms of organizing the work.

on the negativ side, the self-employed and teleworrs actually work very long hours. some of these activities that people do at home are so sated with loneliness, increed burnout and with stress. mark: how should employers tackle those problems? are there more self-employed lessons people can employ to make sure they don't end up in that situation? milena: compaes definitely have a role to play here. managers need to adopt different strategies and how they check on their employees so they can schedule calls with them.

in additional policy, the hybrid working environment could be that employers allow enough time for workers to socialize. we know from a large body of research that the relationship that people have with their colleagues and even superiors a work is very important for their well-being and the meaning they derive from thei work. socializing online is a way that they can do this. mark: how do you tackle the job satisfaction balance of this? how do people have that sense of freedom while meeting the demands of their letters and being productive?

milena: in my view, the hybrid working mode is such a strategy that would allow the best of both worlds if implemented correctly and if employers ensure that teleworkers or hybrid workers are treed fairly, the conditions for teleworking are spelled out. mark: that is at a company level. is the every -- is there something at the government and policy level that would allow this to make it so people can maintain productivity? milena: for one, if there continued outbreaks -- if there

are continued outbreaks of the virus, one tnk the gernment can do to mold teleworking or hybrid working modes, would be care, child care for taking that is one important policy. that would especially benefit women who during the pandemic -- they could have a largerole in terms of care and giving activiti childcare. another policy government can take is to ense that the labor laws and regulations actually specify the conditions on which workers can reqst teleworking

or hybrid working molds to ensure that workers who are working from home either the whole time or just part of the time are treated fairly and are paid the same way and have access to the same care and benefits as though who work -- those who work in the office. >> thank you very much for speaking to us. now a huge grease -- mark: a huge increase in government debt will be another effect of the pandemic. the pandemic debt relief measures for developing economies don't go far enough. many countries risk massive debt crises in the future. kate moody is here with more of this. can you remind us what deadly measures have been put in place?

kate: theylire trying to cover existing debt repayments. the existing government would use that funding to fight the pandemic. they have temporarily frozen debt repayments from the poorest countries that offer them the chance to restructure their debt loads. many of them have refused to ease their terms, even during the pandemic. creditors are being asked to until the end of this year and expanded to low and middle income economies. there are ongoing calls for debt forgiveness or cancellation. without that, countries could find themselves buried by debt even though their own rules don't allow them to cancel debt.

private creditors have been reluctant to show >> ability as well as some of beijing's official lending bodies. mark: thank you very much. with buyers and restaurants closed for so much of the last year in france, winemakers have gone looking for new ways to sell their products. many found themselves cutting out the middleman of the local wine shop and selling directly online instead. >> in an otherwise dismal year, really for french wine producers. producing between eight and 10,000 bottles per year. his inventory is nearly sold out but not due to purchases in his store.

a year ago, he only sold to shops. now everything has changed. [speaking french] >> online wine sales have skyrocketed since the first national lockdown. the seller revenues nearly doubled since march of 2020, encouraging management to hire a second employee to help prepare the 30,000 bottles sold last year.

but after a record year, some industry experts wonder whether these new habits will last after the health crisis. [speaking french] >> nationwide, one study found online wine sales were worth nearly 600 million euros in 2020. >> that is all for us for now. if you want more global stories, you can find all of them on the france 24 website. until next time, thank you for watching.

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