when away and forced adoption, that only leaves the feast to this day, mothers still search for grown children, while adults look in hope for their birth parents. the headlines this hour for the questions raised over the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine with the u.s. code task force saying it's not very effective when taken by older people also to come i hang a grows in france as the country's all makers pass a controversial bill that bans the filming of police officers for quote, malicious reasons, and the white house transition gathers pace president elect joe biden starts to fill his cabinet with all sparking concern about washington's intentions of broad

and partners to rush into the pipeline called u.s. attempts the rail project, an infringement on european independence, we hear from germany's energy chief on washington's action. can the u.s. pressure over north stream to has reached an unprecedented high it's not tempted by the americans to lobby economic interests. actually this behavior reminds me of the matthew hello there. good evening. you're watching r.t. international. now us experts claim the astra zeneca cave in fact seen is not very effective for all people. the british swedish jab has undergone phase 3 trials. and earlier its development, its developers did say it was up to 90 percent effective. but the us government organization believes that the figure is more like 60 percent for those aged over

$55.00. earlier, i discussed more of the details with artie's you cause you don. so essentially, this whole thing is about the discrepancy between what the manufacturer of this vaccine is saying, and the claims made by us researchers and us specialists who also had a look at the ceremony. so when on monday astra zeneca published a press release saying that the average year that on average this vaccine is 70 percent efficient. and it gave an explanation to this figure as to why. essentially they said that there were 2 groups of people, 2 groups of people who participated in the clinical trials. one group of people was given to full doses of the vaccine, while another group of people got a smaller dosage. and they are saying that in this 2nd group, the vaccine was actually 90 percent efficient. while in another group, it was only in the 1st group,

it was only 62 percent efficient. and that already that alone raised some eyebrows because some people asked questions as to how exactly a lower dosage of a vaccine can be more efficient, more effective than a larger dose of a vaccine. how to fall doses are less if fissioned than a hard dose and a full dose. and so basically, basically, but that was the explanation that astra zeneca gave as to why this, the average of the, of this vaccine, the stands at 70 percent. but now that the americans have had a chance to examine this serum is, well, they're saying that it has nothing to do with how much of the vaccine a person gets. and that in fact, it was more efficient. the 2nd group that got a smaller dosage, they were aging, they were aged, excuse me, from 18 years old to 55 years old. while the 2nd group were the vaccine turned out

to be less efficient. had some participants who were over 55 years old. and so they're saying that this, the main reason and not the amount of the sound that each person gets is how they put it. there are also differences in the age brackets present in the quartz in that the 1st chord that received those and full those followed by a full, those had a cap on the age at the age of $55.00. when there are all the people included in the city that received full, those and full of those astra zeneca explained the difference in efficiency of its vaccine with the just you know, with the, with the dosage with the amount of, with the amount of seram that each group of people was given, but now the u.s. led investigation or rather the us, you know, the us. and upon closer examination, the american specialists are saying that this is not the case. and that in reality, this difference is only because of how old people were. and this is, i have to say,

this is how vaccines often work. because a younger person tends to have a stronger immune system and therefore stronger immune response develops more antibodies then, and older person on average. so it could be, but the question is rather why would astra zeneca leave out this information about people being differently aged from its initial report and why we are learning this from a 3rd party astra. zeneca is looking for approval for the approval of the u.s. federal drug administration. because the u.s. is a huge market for the vaccine with a huge demand for the vaccine. so the american side kind of the breach, they are reaching out to astra zeneca because they need the full spectrum of information on this particular sara, on this particular vaccine. and this is, this is, this is how they got this information and they decided to make it public more. so they've actually said that this difference in dosage. yeah. you know how much each

group of people was getting. this vaccine apparently was an intentional. according to the u.s. specialists, it's not like astra zeneca decided ok, we'll give this group of people 2 full doses. and with this group of people will just see just how little of the cerro can we give to give, can we give to a person and still trigger the response of the immune system? apparently, according the allegation that the american team is making, that wasn't the case, and it was just a mistake. so it was, they, it happen by mistake. this was a change in the way the quantity of vaccine the amount of actually in put in of was tested. and when they, when they realized that there was an error or a change in their approach in technique used, they corrected it. astra zeneca has been losing value on the markets. its shares

have been kind of falling and not doing well following this controversy. also, but it has to be said that the world really there's a huge demand in the world for a vaccine. people want to finally get dropped the masks they want to stop wearing gloves. they kind of want to go back to their normal life. and most of them see a vaccine. any vaccine, any successful vaccine is the key to returning to the way of life. as we know it, and so the more of these vaccines, their back scenes come out, the better. but really, a lot of people are also skeptical because we've had, our scientists have had really little time to study the virus. and so people will be asking questions. what exactly they are suggested to be injected to be injected into, into their bodies. so the more transparency there is, and it doesn't matter who is making a vaccine like astra zeneca. sputnik really is just, it's sort of a message and a lesson to every producer over vaccine that the more transparent they are,

the more details they give out right away. so that people know as to this, this is, these are the aspect, this is what they have to know about this vaccine. this is what they have to know about this different brand of a vaccine. the better it will be, because people don't want any more surprises and they want to feel safe when they are injecting it and they want to see a vaccine as a way again to finally put this whole covert 19 thing to the past and make it part of history, air france to see why spread public unrest after lawmakers passed the 1st stage of a controversial global securities bill. the act banning the filming of police officers for quote, malicious reasons was described by critics as undermining media freedoms.

these protests have been building now for the last few weeks and on tuesday night, as the assembly members, the parliamentarians here in france decided to pass that law, which means it's passed its 1st hurdle in becoming an official law. here in france, more protests were held across the country. cities such as paris, leone and bordeaux, where thousands of people turned out to show their ease with this law. this is the global security law, a part of it. article $24.00 is particularly controversial, and that's because it will criminalize the publication, the broadcast of images of the police where they can be identified in certain

circumstances where there is an intent to harm them. now that would be punishable if this becomes an official law in france by a year in prison or $45000.00 euro fine journalists, groups, and n.g.o.s have been hugely critical of this draft law saying this essentially gives the green light for police to stop the journalists from doing their jobs, there's also been criticism from the u.n., which has said this could damage democracy and the e.u., which has said it is imperative that news media are able to do their job freely. but the country's prime minister said, while he thought the tax, the law was excellent, he himself would be referring this to france's highest court when comes to constitutional matters. but i would like to see here as clearly as possible that there has never been there isn't and will never be the intention of the government

to infringe in any shape or form of press freedom. freedom of expression. many suggesting that despite the assurances from the prime minister from the government, that this law will have an impingement when it comes to freedom of the press. obviously we're very, very angry with the system which favors the police which protects them. this is going to worsen the problem, going to be even less free and they will have even more, right, do whatever they want. the match is not over. the bill man has to go through these summits. and we've seen that despite everything, several employees from the majority, are hesitating to support the bill. in paris, the protests here were had a particular focus, and that was on the vents that unfolded on monday evening when police used what was described as brute force and violence to dismantle a migrant camp in the city. now during that dismantlement, there are images,

have been put cost, showing journalists and migrants were attacked by police officers. and that is what many people say brings this entire law into question. so lots of questions still remaining about this more as we mentioned, it's been passed by the national assembly, meaning the 1st hurdle is over, but it will now go to the senate 2021 with course it could be rejected or it could be passed on to become an official law here in france. charlotte n.c. there now in the united states president elect, joe biden has dismissed criticism that is, administration will be an extension of the obama years is just thrown at him after he unveiled his national security team, which does feature a number of hawks in key roles. this is not a 3rd obama term because we face a totally different world when we finished the obama biden. well,

biden white has picked have also been criticized by peace groups and human rights activists. many have pointed to intervention is policies in the military ties of those in the new cabinet, in a prank or looks at how it could shape american foreign policy. america's foreign policy needs to be properly fixed after 4 years of diplomatic rock says a who says the man whose own white house mistakes as donald trump saw them were thorley taken care of by the outgoing administration. the time has come for the u. turn to go full circle. there's been some damage done. that is going to take some time to dig ourselves out of. but there's no doubt that joe's got the right people to do it. the man taking over the oval office in 2021 was president obama's number 2. so who are the best people to set these apparent wrongs? right. won't the former deputies of obama's team,

of course how easy. i'm really starting to get that joke that barack scott himself a 3rd term. let's take a look at the collective portrait of a deputy dream team. one squad member clearly thinks it was the meddling russians who god, donald trump, elected in the 1st place, jake sullivan, biden. speak for national security advisor. this was a moment where we realized that the russians had decided that they were going to actively interfere in the u.s. election. that they were going to intensively work to undermine the pillars of u.s. democracy. and that they were going to try to defeat hillary clinton, if it wasn't for the russians. if you know what i mean, this career boost would have come much earlier. after all, mr. sullivan served as an advisor for the hillary clinton campaign. and yes, he worked as a national security advisor to the vice president biden. and here we're looking at someone who was all for upping u.s.

involvement in syria. tony blinken, the new man taking care of america's foreign relations in syria. it's tougher, it's longer. it's going to take time to build up the syrian opposition, but we believe it can be done. our commitment is to help them to support them, to give them the training, to give them the equipment to give them the air, the power, to give them the advisor. and it all comes back to hillary, who, infamously said this about libya. we came, we saw he died, right. as you may have guessed, mr. blinken was among the star democrat diplomats who love the idea of getting libya sorted through intervention. his c.v. highlights include deputy secretary of state deputy national security advisor and national security advisor to the vice president. so moving on with deputy dream team, you simply don't deserve the position of intelligence director under joe biden. if you haven't been deputy to a big name blood say in the cia under obama,

without further ado. here's avril haynes, the former deputy cia director also happened to serve as the deputy national security advisor right after tony blinken. some give ms. hanes credit for making america's drone wars more transparent. her critics though, paint her with a different brush focusing on her role as the architect of the drone program. one which is associated with scores of civilian deaths. a slight stain on the record, isn't it? any great team deserves at least a few qualified veterans. this one is no exception. take john kerry, he's getting his comeback. chance to the job of special presidential envoy for climate goes to the former secretary of state. bear with me for a bit of feedback on the team from someone familiar. the incoming administration could not have chosen that to pursue now for the foreign policy and national

security teams. ok, at least there are no surprises, and the world knows what to expect. well, meanwhile, a growing number of republicans are voicing their discontent. some senators, they even threatened to derail the confirmation hearings of biden's picks, while the outgoing secretary of state gave a candid assessment. i know some of these folks that they took a very different view. they, they were been a bit of a fantasy world. they were from behind their piece. they hope the choose a different course. these are the same people who knocked over libya in 2011, leading to a decade of nightmarish civil war. and she had the terror, a case study and competence. arden's cabinet picks went to ivy league. schools have strong resumes, attend all the right conferences and will be polite and old. leak at stake is the america's decline. i support american greatness and i have no interest in returning to the normal that left us dependent on china. libertarian parties,

2025 presidential candidates by cohen believes the need by the administration will be more aggressive in its foreign policy, but not to the benefit of ordinary americans. i think if you like the continued expansion of u.s. imperialist foreign policy, then this is a dream team for us. and we got tony blinken, we got michelle flournoy, avril haynes and others who served under the obama administration. and while they were there, they were the main cheerleaders for the expansion of the war in iraq, the involvement and expansion of the war in syria. the continuation of the u.s. sponsored genocide in yemen and the involvement and invasion of libya by the us military. if you want more dead u.s. troops and dead people overseas, if you want more trillions of dollars being run up in debt to continue this empire imperial system going than this would be they ideal pick for us in general. if you just talk about the subject of us foreign policy, the average american wants the wars to end,

the average american wants the troops to come home. the average american doesn't think that the u.s. military should be used as the world's police or that it's done a good job at it, or that it done anything other than lead to an increasing number of veterans coming home with, you know, p.t.s.d. and other chronic health problems and not to mention the measurable suffering and harm that's being done overseas. so the average american wants this to end whether that will play out or not. and in public outcry, that remains to be seen. germany's energy changes and can use the united states of the pressure campaign on european companies involved in the new one string to gas pipeline. last month, the u.s. state department ramped up sanctions on firms to try and hold the project. we spoke to the head of the german energy committee, he described washington's behavior as mobile, like they had to get somebody for secret, affording only the currently u.s. pressure over north stream to has reached an unprecedented high. and it's not tempted by the americans to lobby their economic interests to go behind the backs

of their supposed partners. actually this behavior reminds me of the mafia, matthew c. come to the restaurant and say, we must protect you. but if you don't pay for this, we will smash all your places. and it's the same thing here. the americans say they protect us from the russians. but in fact, we don't want this protection. we want to trade with the russians, we want russian gas. and then they say, if you don't let us protect you, we will kill you. in other words, they impose sanctions on companies, threaten them with economic collapse. and this is what's actually happening. but we must reject such methods, simply objecting to them is pointless. only real action will help you neither and f. and finance. but do you agree with, you know, paris statement that this is all about undermining europe's energy security in an intrusion, in an 8th independence. we cannot allow a country to dictate to us what to do with our own energy supply. this is not about

our security. this is about the americans who want to sell us their liquefied gas shale gas that harms the environment. moreover, that type of gas is more expensive, they have problems with sales. they have too much gas and prices a so low that it's not profitable. and here they want to impose their gas on us. of course it's way easier if we don't have an alternative. that's why we avoid this, because otherwise we will be stripped of alternative, sellars, in my opinion, the pipeline will be finished at the same time, i think for now the e.u.'s key goal is its own sanctions against the u.s. . my suggestion is simple. we introduce sanctions, tariffs on american liquefied gas. they think they have a right to dictate to us where to buy gas. we'll show them with a tit for tat move. we can do that then declare, how would that affect transatlantic ties, boss? what do you mean if we're talking about sanctions? they might make the americans realize that it's unacceptable to treat us as

a colony and that they'd better treaters as an independent partner. maybe they'll be a bit confused, but if they want to carry on trading with us and maintain economic ties and cooperation in different spheres, they will have to accept the fact that we have our own interests and that we follow them. only this approach will lead us forwards any other to deadlock or russia has also been critical of the us stance on north stream to slamming it for unfair practices. moscow has ruled out giving up on the project despite america imposing fiscal penalties on the gas pipeline project is meant to deliver russian gas directly to germany through the baltic sea. from the outset of the project though, washington has been trying to put europe off the deal with the threat of sanctions and accuse moscow of attempts to gain leverage over the last year. the u.s. introduced sanctions when the project was just miles short of being completed. we spoke to austria as former foreign minister, karen,

i still who believes this is simply a business battle, despite the project being heavily politicized. last dream too, is a business project. i have always said you don't build a pipeline. and in order to annoy somebody or to please somebody, it's all about supply and demand. unfortunately, this business project has become a political topic. in general, it's difficult to to separate your politics from very important oil and gas infrastructure is this is a given. we have seen those all over the world and it's regardless whether it was the gulf gas pipeline between between germany and the russian federation, or whether we speak about large infrastructure projects, which ever company does it in the middle east, it always has a political dimension. no doubt about that, but nevertheless,

it's not up to 3rd parties to get involved to the degree that we have been going with small stream to over the last 2 or 3 years. we have seen ever since 24, seeing a decided by u.s. industry to, to have a foot in the door and this has definitely increased with the drug administration. and i'm pretty sure you and next us administration will stick to this goal for another district of the disputed nagorno-karabakh region that's been handed over to as a big. the last armenian soldiers left the area has part of a russia broken page still. but before troops abandoned their position, civilians had fled. the war zones of his more aghasi of tells the story of some of those made homeless by the conflict. everywhere you go, there is only desolation,

despair, empty, burnt, and abandoned villages. rusty trucks palled with furniture, clothes, and who police souls. there's no one left but the awed desperate stragglers. it's so painful, unbearably painful, your entire life you have been billed in step by step, trying to make it a little more comfortable so you get something good. sound only a tool has just disappeared. gun lit, and her husband igor, for 17 years have made a hard living in the mountains raising cattle. when the barrow visited by john, the artillery became too much, they left everything but they shipped a dog and fled. as did everyone they returned to find the village empty bund and looted littered with dead pets and animals who starved to death. when the humans left, those that survived came begging for food and will be

filmed, limited to eagle for 3, desperate days as they try to salvage what they could of their old lives belongings . hey, even empty barrels, things that many of us would see as trash. anything that would help them start over . there's no choice for armenians to stay after the region has had to do that too. is it about john? they claim it could be that death sentence. if a dog is killed on mistreated in europe, the whole world condemns it. what was our crime, and what did we do with it? no one even objected to all the civilians being killed here. where all the humanitarian groups that to cry and fall over animal cruelty, but have done nothing about the massacre here. little it was forced out of her home twice during the war in the ninety's, when both meenie and as it about john accused each other of massacres and ethnic

cleansing, the both denied it. this is the 3rd time she's lost, the house. she isn't a hateful person. she's a teacher, a mother, and most people would burn their houses so no. is it about johnny gets it? she couldn't stomach the thought. yes, i don't want to burn down my house. if someone wants it, let them have it. even burn it for fun. my children were born in this house. they grew up on that this roof. i can't burn the memories. i can burn that part of my life. all the good and all the bad. it was all here. we are leaving tomorrow. but we don't know who will get the house to hell with them. i'm going to bunny down, white town. little

it couldn't bear to watch. we found a weeping behind the house is the 5 is spread. what do you call this? is it sad? is it devastated? having to burn down a house you built? you loved you tended and raised 3 children in 17 years because of the shape of your face, the color of your skin, your creed, your culture, your faith. everyone here understands what's happening. this is the price i mean, eons of paying for backing down accepting peace terms. despite their resistance, the thousands dead may have prevented a massacre and preserve some territories, but for a little it in the eagle. it was the end of life as they knew it, everything they had nude burned and gone as nothing comforting. you can say nothing to ease or dulled the pain. it's terrible to think anyone driving but to them. this

is just another house. they won't even bat an eye off the rule. dozens and dozens of villages have burned over the past week. of course, the season, just another house. it had a life. it was happen, it's and there was joy. there were tears and there was sadness. now, it's all over more, i guess the of from katie by jar region. i was headed by john. meanwhile, the armenian prime minister says the russian peacekeeping mission could last longer than the 5 years proposed under the cease fire with as a bizarre. because passion yan also stressed the importance of guaranteeing security and stability in the region. moscow, meanwhile, has sent a dish will support specialist equipment seams and patrol vehicles will assist earlier russia sent 45 tons of building materials to the capital to panick it.

along with 300 tons of humanitarian aid, that's water, russian de mining operation is also underway to allow people to return to their homes. you're watching our international just coming up to 70 evening here in moscow. we're back again with the headlines are more stories at the top of their almost.