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the russian capital is our company. spain germany. in the past 24 hours suspended the use of the corona virus vaccine. over a blood clot concerns shortly took me through the story earlier. well spain has now become the latest country in the e.u. to say it is suspending the use of the astra zeneca vaccine decision came hot on the heels of decisions made by france germany and italy on monday all saying they were holding the rollout of this particular vaccine now we know that the world

health organization is to hold a meeting to discuss the issues on tuesday and we've also heard that the european medicals agency this is the body which approves vaccines here in europe and had approved the astra zeneca vaccine is to hold an extraordinary meeting on thursday to discuss the issues now when france announced that it was suspending that vaccine that announcement was made by president marconi whose previously raised questions about the efficacy of the vaccine for older persons this is what he had to say. the decision which was also taken in accordance with our european policy is to suspend vaccinations with astra zeneca as a precaution hoping to resume it quickly if the opinion of the a.m.a. allows it so we are suspending its use from tomorrow afternoon. well they came fast in the footsteps of decisions that had already been taken by island the netherlands denmark so what's the problem well originally this issue of

a safety was raised off a day in denmark but since then there have also been questions raised over whether or not astra zeneca makes the people who have the job have blood clotting issues in germany they say that this is a professional a political decision and not comes after 7 individuals are said to have that issue in the country now the world health organization has said astra zeneca is safe the european medicals agency has also said it stands by it and says that the effects outweigh the benefits of this particular vaccine and of course those who created astra zeneca are also standing by it a careful review for all available safe to data of more than 17000000 people vaccinated in the u.k. with covered 19 vaccine astra zeneca has shown no evidence of an increased risk of

palmer and believes deep vein thrombosis or thrombocytopenia in any defined age group gender batch or in any particular country well this is of course a huge blow to astra zeneca but it's also a huge blow to the european union's vaccine rollout of vaccine go lot that has already been my problems and described as being painfully slow there's also been new tit for tat between astra zeneca and the e.u. over the fact that the company couldn't supply the contract in demands from the e.u. as promised the he may which is only approved for vaccines be used which include just presented in the e.u. is also coming under fire for not approving vaccines quicker and the rollout as it is painfully slow we're talking around 10 percent of adults across the european union that have received one job. meanwhile the e.u. has admitted to feel yours in its vaccine program with the vice president for its

commission saying the block is struggling but for 5 member states it's worse than the they have written a letter venting their anger at what they call huge disparities in the way facts scenes are being shared reason doubts about whether the union is serving in their best interests or t. susskind taylor is more. trapped in a never ending vaccine nightmare the bureaucrats in brussels must be thinking mon dieu promises unreality have so epically failed to much up for the european block that they've been left with no option but to apologize it is true that mistakes were made when ordering the vaccines in brussels as well as in the member states the main issue has been delivery to laze of the astra zeneca job the initial deal of 18000000 doses was slashed to just 31000000 with the recent warning promising another months long hold up all this leaves the e.u. as target of 70 percent of adults vaccinated by late summer looking like

a pipe dream but it's not just getting vaccines off the production line that's the problem no it seems the problem is far closer to home because despite all its pledges to defeat covert 1000 with coordinated responses and united fronts some feel the e.u. is not living up to its core values as a tight knit family the recluse they point to so-called bazaars where additional agreements between member states and pharmaceutical companies remain what kind of bazaars well the allston chancellor is convinced that not everyone is being transparent and that sutton member states are doing separate deals with pharmaceutical companies on the sly he's also annoyed that some countries like germany are picking up fact seen so far unclaimed by others and he's not the only $15.00 e.u. countries that's almost a 5th of the entire block have the same complaint accusing brussels of not fairly

dividing up the facts in pie if the system were to carry on it would continue creating and exacerbating huge disparities among member states by the summer whereby some will be able to reach herd immunity in a few weeks while others would like far behind nothing says e.u. solidarity. like feed single cells whilst your brothers and sisters go hungry according to this uneven system multo would get more fight scenes than bald area which has a population almost 14 times launched an equation even cuts in code scratching their heads and feeling like they've been cheated cheated out of the shot they say is our only shot at a return to normal life so we can leave behind soaring unemployment and so that people don't feel pushed to the brink and onto the streets.

but it's not just knocked down fatigue it's easy you fatigue apparently now sizable chunks of the blocks population feel that families image has taken a big hit over the past year proving the best failed vaccine rolled out greed to stop piling on public infighting during one of the vote it might be time for brussels to rethink its strategy and revive the good old idea of a one on one for role. tailor techniques through the more european countries have expressed an interest in using russia's sputnik according to the russian front in the job companies from italy spain france and germany have agreed to launch production if the vaccine is authorized by the blocs medicines agency my colleagues under former nichiren spoke about the developments earlier. since the

start of the pandemic the company that producing this but the vaccine the russian direct investment fund has been very open about its plans to cooperate with partners all across the world including those in europe but what we saw was a lot of pushback and hesitation from europe towards the idea of using a russian produced vaccine it was criticized over having a lack of data it was even called a russian propaganda tool and that was even after the scientific journal the lancet published a study showing it was over 90 percent of the active so what we're seeing now is quite a remarkable change of tack with the company revealing its broken deals with companies in germany italy france and spain let's take a listen to what the c.e.o. of the company have to say currently there are additional talks underway on boosting production in the e.u. this will allow sputnik v to be supplied to the european single markets once approval is granted but the european medicines agency we are actively working with

the e m a is part of the rolling review procedure in addition we and our partners are ready to start supplying those e.u. countries that independently authorized sputnik v. so we should emphasize again then here is the approval by the blocs medicines agency although not everybody seems to be ready to wait for that well that's right you're hungry and slovakia have already bought the russian shot with slovakia receiving its 1st shipments of the vaccine on monday it will no doubt come as a massive relief for the country hungary meanwhile has already started vaccinations over in france we have the mayor of nice who is a pill to the author a tease to greenlight the procurement of the for his citizens and the bavarian prime minister has also made similar appeals to the e.u. to starts considering opening itself to the possibility of using alternative vaccines be it the russian or the chinese now the e.u. has really struggled throughout this entire time there's been production glitches

and. that's delayed the inoculation program has been highly criticized for that so as the e.u. is faced with this colossal job of inoculating 450000000 people this really comes as a positive sign i mean it's quite a turnaround if they give the go ahead to the russian vaccine that could speed up the fight against the pandemic it's also a diplomatic win between russia and europe as well a 3rd wave of covert cases has forced italy into a new lock down with some of the country's hospitals overrun with patients schools restaurant shops museums will know all be closed in the risk areas the measures are being rushed through the will remain in place at least until easter week and that's the beginning of april pretty much every region of the country to some degree with the island of sardinia the least affected many in italy are preparing for a rough ride. i hope the looked on his own learn to easter who hold it is

not for the next 2 months because really here to do all we're asked most how can we do it ross must if we continue to put up with all the money unfortunately we will start to suffer a lot again and this is really the last straw if we don't return to normalcy after easter we will not make it. was that if we are forced to limit our freedom i think it is necessary at the moment and of course we will continue on this path as long as it is necessary at least until we are all vaccinated of course there are many difficulties especially for those who are unemployed. but we heard from a sociologist in italy who believes the government has repeated the same mistakes thrown at the pandemic. indonesia is dealing with the quiet in the amassing way and the local the nation on how we are beyond them in. the weeks back and then you . will learn wingard the entire economy which is already so much suffering

on the brink of disaster the current government is doing the same mistakes and the previous goal and all the war than one year or we don't both even change and the lock down will probably really cool entirely in a dire situation that the nation is really going very slow way in the belief that we've done that but with the organization that and people are confident they people are confident that the angel wings are clear now and. it's been 10 years since the arc break of war in syria hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict millions of civilians displaced as well the country's economy has been ruined and according to the un half of syria's children don't know life without war.

and really here is that the picture now of devastation in syria the western city of homs it some of the fiercest battles and injured a 3 year seach government forces recaptured it in 2014 with the city currently undergoing reconstruction well younger syrians have paid a heavy price for the long lasting chaos almost half of those aged between $18.24 surveyed by very red cross have lost someone in the conflict with many suffering injuries themselves to have 3 fled their homes and almost lost their income and most of the young syrian surveyed are still struggling to help their basic needs met such as having food to eat your some 1st hand accounts from people who

were forced to leave their homes i was a 9th grade when the problem started everything was relatively normal until the 26th of november 20th 11 the next day things escalated in our village and the schools were closed start was the last day open the book in these 10 years have been psychologically draining everything was destroyed and we had to rebuild on top of rubble i've experienced many bad things you can't raise your emotions the physical damage was nothing compared to the emotional wounds last 10 years have passed since the crisis 4 in syria and 6 here we're now entering the 11th year it is heartbreaking but we managed to adapt earlier we discussed the humanitarian crisis in syria with robert moore dini he is the director general of the international committee of the red cross. when did you many 22 asian remain extremely dire for the vast majority of syrians today almost 75 percent

of the population saw 13400000 people depend on humanitarian assistance and with carville and sanction. additional layers adding up millions of people over the past 12 months have been further pushed into poverty and hunger saw the situation is absolutely dire and we are going to view and dark picture off a generation of the. devastation loss and destruction with many missed minds on opportunities as well as frustrated ambitions and dreams and those young people are the ones who have won video shoulder the challenge and the burden off for rebuilding the country we have always had a very open and regular dialogue with the syrian authorities so that the dialogue is ongoing and everything we carry out in syria is done in full transparency with

all sides. of this crisis and and today we are able to make a difference on the ground because of this thanks to this dialogue and also thanks to our very strong cooperation and partnership with the syrian arab red crescent on the ground throughout the decade long conflict our senior correspondent for afghanistan has been covering the key events including from the front line undocumented people's lives in the war torn country in this special extended elevation report he looks back at the defining moments forwards to where the country may be headed. what i saw in syria will always stay with me it's shocking when you see a father cradling a baby killed by a bullet well when you hear the cry of a mother who's just found out that her boys been torn apart by rebel shell this

is what war looks like this is what happens when you put a gun and someone's hands and call them righteous. are you doing he asked. a lot of my dear. dad not let alone are related. we call it the syrian civil war but it never was for years syria has been bled dry by a war that was largely fed and fattened from abroad we know that now courtesy of hillary clinton's leaked diplomatic cables making the point repeatedly that the regime wants this to look like turn into sectarian violence and the very least that

can be broadcast back into syria in various ways that will encourage protest as the united states we knew funded and drawn propaganda campaigns against assad millions and millions of dollars since bush was in office they got what they wanted the you very action tens of thousands of jihad this from all over the world flock to syria they said this far and then they had the gall to call it somewhat out of the civil war which they didn't want to get involved in. i have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force particularly after a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan the situation profoundly changed though on august 21st when assad's government gassed to death over a 1000 people including hundreds of children the images from this massacre are

sickening men women children lying in rows killed by poison gas ah yes the gas one of the absolute lose of the war hundreds died in the biggest such attack in damascus suburbs in 2013 both sides the government and the rebels blamed each other and then again and again and they get naked days it was almost always the white helmets 1st on the scene a rebel propaganda and rescue group funded by the same people who put guns and missiles in militants have just so we're clear whose side the white helmets well on they operate only in territory controlled by geodes so the kurds for example wouldn't let them anywhere near their towns with the syrian government rule of the

syrian democratic forces for good reason this group is by all reports poison we heard at the un panel what do these that they got up to in their free time organ trafficking staged rescues that and when the cameras are off a little fighting on the side. they told me that while they were not affiliated to mr front despite the fact that their center was actually in a no sort of front complex the news for front headquarters were directly next door to the white house center that i visited they told while they had an era for the ation to us for a front it was very likely that every other white holik group in syria did have affiliations in us for front were led by no sort of front militants and then the other situation this would be a scam a racket if you are a bunch of thugs to manufacture chaos and then you say hey look chaos let's

do something about it like the infamous duma chemical attack of 2018 when they accused asaad of dropping gas on a random house after he'd won the battle for no reason that makes sense shock horror at the great reason to let loose dozens of cruise missiles at syria except you know bad production. we were in the basement my mother told me that we had run out of food and wouldn't have anything to eat until tomorrow i heard noise outside somebody was shouting that we had to go to the hospital so we were there when i came in some people grabbed me and started pouring water on my hand. after almost 6 months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurs in the hospital older white helmets activists and people i spoke to are either in need live or euphrates shield areas only one person was in damascus year after year i

reported from syria and many of you may have followed the war but take my word for it until you see vece with your own eyes you have no idea how bad things really are entire district cities demolished you'll find views like this in aleppo in their eyes here in homs in damascus and the question isn't where did you start it's what do you start with they said it would be the good guys who'd fight as had the freedom fighters but it wasn't it wasn't the democrats it wasn't the liberals it wasn't the freedom fighters it was the radicals the extremists the jihad ists who rose to power and more moderate opposition that was was crushed and catabolic. riginal of the argument was we don't know them very well when we got

to know them but it was they don't have very good backgrounds i was there it wasn't the moderates who took it it wasn't the moderates who besieged aleppo and the rebels are pushing into aleppo again. they've regrouped according to community. intercept. people to get back get back girls. the moderates moderates less ideologically and religiously inclined. more commercially minded and tripper nerds who saw the shiny guns that were being handed out by the pentagon lot as a tool to fight oppression but as a commodity to be sold for profit when we learned that our units leader was selling

arms to ice with terrorists we reported it to the u.s. head of the base but after a report no measures were taken americans only ramped up the support for him it was never a secret that jarvis hijacked the revolution in syria what it was was an open secret everyone knew about it but you just didn't say it out loud otherwise you would legitimize acids claim that he was fighting monsters terrorists quickly became upset a spectacle in a blood soaked circus they kept saying the same thing that it was all for the good of the syrian people the united states opposes the use of violence against peaceful protesters in syria and we support the universal rights of the syrian people for the sake of the syrian people the time has come for president assad to step aside for 10 years syria has and literally been in the headlines the president would

condemn what's happening the pundits would call for more borns the common sanctions would be filled with more moments calling for blood is a test a basic test they do know that selling american or european medicine to syria to this day could land you in jail ass these are called sanctions and they were strict almost all trade with syria i once reported from a cancer center for kids in aleppo and who are out me one little kids dying from perfectly treatable forms of cads or just because it's illegal see to sell them medicine when's the last time. you heard anything about these sun c.n.n. or b.b.c. this is 3 year old martha she had i counsel they could have treated it but western sanctions made getting the medicine impossible and the only hospital that

specialized in cancer and a level in the hospital was taken by rebels and destroyed in fighting they had to amputate her but she's fine now she lives many other kids will. almost over children who died of cancer have done so because of european sanctions we asked the european union and humanitarian agencies to lift the sanctions and let cancer manson in because children are suffering for all his many many sins former president told trump had one thing going for him he would sometimes tell the truth uncharacteristic of presidents yes but with trump it was it was shameless the hell with international rules customs or even simple decency or oil. and that is what america is in syria for we're keeping the will we have the oil the oil is secure we left troops behind only for the oil i like the oil we get video

it's a remarkable situation one of the world's richest countries all coupon in the oil fields of one of the poorest countries in the world syria the truth these few even know what's going on anymore one of the 1st things that biden did when he came to power was launch more strikes in syria so what people have stopped being told about syria and suffering a recent poll in britain found that only a little over a hot of respondents even know that the syrian war is still a thing this tragic commemoration of 10 years of this brutal conflict is being compounded by the fact that in the u.k. . and throughout the west the suffering of the syrian people is being forgotten and ignored seems to be the little hope for syria there is a new belief that tomorrow is going to be a better day. debate

is is it fair for transforming our plates to compete in women's categories and sports. as a society we have decided to categorize sports based on sex i definitely need to do not think that it's fair for athletes that when porn is pile article males to compete in the women's category on the run. why do we have gender or do you have gender categories in sport because we do treat men and women differently. every single beat athletes will we all have biological advantages over each other.

are the thing means a lot to me and i think friends are the subjects of the day there is a goal to do it. and develop confidence and belief in myself and i've learned the value of hard work and dedication i'm gonna put on doubt. that these men say that they feel like a lot of it and they will not ever know what it's like to feel the loss of the baby her maybe biologically every home of these that they will never do they really think this is fair. i just don't believe it.