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major you states including germany france spain and italy suspends use of the astra zeneca jab over fears it causes blood clots writing another headache for the globe's already faltering vaccine program. thank you need to use the blog struggles to contain a 3rd coronavirus wave many countries are in force to tight restrictions once again to battle rising infections also to come. as a public outcry in the u.k. after police break up a vigil for a murder victim for plan a covert rules of the bill clamping down on protests adding to anger.
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good morning and thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. serious concerns over the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine have prompted a major review players to temporarily stop using the job they include spain portugal germany france and italy comes after reports last week of blood clots and even one death among those who received the an occupation in denmark correspondent in berlin peta all over. health officials and senior politicians from across europe said the astra zeneca vaccine is going to be suspended in the country this is while an investigation is carried out to determine whether there's any link between those who've had the vaccine and the development of blood clots inside. the decision is a purely precautionary measure astra zeneca is used as
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a vaccine by millions of people in many countries around the world we're very aware of the significance of this decision and have not taken it lightly. on 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 e.u. allows it the question and not the fico he says that you have been through that that outside the normal average frequent but if importance that this is why spain has joined other countries that have decided to make this temporary and precautionary suspension for the next 2 weeks we will wait for the european medicines agency. these suspensions haven't just been happening in europe we've also seen them in central america in asia and in africa as well we're hoping to find out more information on where this investigation into any potential link is going on thursday there's going to be a meeting then between the world health organization and the european medicines
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agency it was the a.m.a. that 1st gave astra zeneca its vaccine the green light for use in europe and they've been carrying out an investigation since last week when suggestions of a potential link between the the vaccine and blood clots 1st emerged astra zeneca themselves say that there's no evidence of an increased risk while the world health organization says that vaccination outweighs any potential risk that could be there the public perception of the vaccine is crucial to convincing people to well to take the vaccine in the 1st place we took the temperature of people here in germany and how they feel about the recent issues this is and toys and this seems to be the right decision to pause it spurts maybe it's the 1st step to getting rid of masters and it could completely it is disappointing i don't know what the reasons are. i justified or unjustified they make this whole vaccination campaign so bureaucratic
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and in israel without 1st it's not that easy you know but when there is so much criticism then it should be considered too when it's about new vaccines you always have to be very careful of and that's why surely when it comes to vaccines you should be very cautious and if there is a slightest suspicion then it has to be stopped by the e.u. the vaccination program has moved to the glade seal pace and being beset by problems and the e.u. commission vice president even admitted that there had been failures when it came to europe's vaccine rollout which has seen it lag behind many other countries including the united kingdom and the united states you know we're starting to see now patients have these tremendous reactions i mean sometimes people just get a little bit sick flu like symptoms now we're starting to see an aflac reaction like allergic reactions we see platelet problems and now we see even debts so maybe we need to take a step back and realize is this the right medication or back station for these 'd
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patients and we also need to ask the questions as physicians does every person need to be vaccinated and vaccines just create herd immunity there are a lot of people who maybe already had the virus like i'm pat and i have antibodies so why would i need a vaccine to last if you want to do is put this under the rug so everything is fine because clearly it's not fine and we need to look at the numbers and each one anyone gets a vaccination there's always risk to that always a we need to look at are these numbers acceptable risk or at least number of exceptionally high risk that we should look at this vaccine in medicine we always see with what the new factors are and then we can let's take a step back is are we on the right track then really go shoot. as a 3rd coronavirus wave sweeps through europe some governments have been left with no other option than to tighten mr actions once again. looks at how europe is preparing. for the worst european countries were hoping that by this spring it
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would be the beginning of the year and for the coronavirus crisis there was a promise that a year of lockdowns and curfews would be sufficient in that we would point we starting to return to normal instead of 3rd wave is rising as variants of the virus are once more forcing difficult decisions italy is taking a step back with most of the country returning to look down. from the data we currently have with the spread of the british mutation we would argue strongly for returning immediately to a lock down to avoid a strong 3rd wave in germany that's a question that's also on people's lips too from the data we currently have and with the spread of the british mutation we would argue strongly for returning immediately to a lock down to avoid a strong 3rd wave here in front the english variant has become mainstream
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accounting for more than 60 percent of all cases as infection rates the prime minister has described the situation as being on a razor edge in paris intensive care unit so overwhelmed with patients having to be transferred elsewhere in the country ill of france is clearly on borrowed time as you know the english variant is now in the majority this variant is not only more contagious it is also more deadly our resuscitation capacities are such rated the head of the french national health agency who has repeatedly said that the curfew was working is now backtracking admitting it hasn't been enough to let interest. the situation is complex standstill and is worsening and the paris region vaccines are seen as being the only hope. but instead the rollout program has been more of these issues the e.u.
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still severely lacking behind the u.k. for example so much so you get the germans and even with me to day you know a movie is the e.u. firm doing of the vaccine program is also the only in the farming line cools a growing from block state to the podium which are proves that seems the year may just be too nice up there krista we would all be very happy if you would change your working i was in the european medical agency and the coming months to 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and not approve new vaccines in 3 months but in 3 weeks and there's no surprise europeans feel lost and eager to vent their anger despite all of the restrictions.
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oh the 3rd wave of the covert crisis and more lock down isn't what everyone was expecting after a year that's already seen so many restrictions and losses and so much grief the idea that european countries could continuously now find themselves in the art 1 of lockdowns for some time to come is something that will certainly hit a nerve and test everyone's patience so let's even ski paris. we heard from our guests in italy who told us what they thought of the new lockdown . well interesting it seems that the introduction of a lockdown is part of a wider strategy this is upsetting because we need to decide who is going into
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lockdown how and for how long a month ago we were told the infection rates were dropping and in early march there were talks about the possibility of theaters and gyms reopening weeks later everything changed it was again decided at the situation was bad so we are wandering in a fog that causes confusion drives total despair especially restaurant owners and gym workers people who have invested a lot in their businesses but have suffered heavy losses and not yet opened so all this is wasting time. dealing with the bible in matthew way and local. in and out of the. real moral and bring it around the world is going to come only going to. college. who will be seen with a preview what woman would want in one year. we we. wish. lenny glimpse
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of optimism offered by the east mass vaccination program could be fading quickly as new restrictive measures come into force leaving the block's already battered labor market in dire straits according to a new report almost 6000000 europeans lost their jobs in the 1st 6 months of 2020 because of the pandemic according to a study carried out by europe found those in low paid jobs have been hit significantly more than even in the 2008 financial crisis we spoke to political commentator john brick wall about the problem. liking at this point the only solutions we're actually nation the problem is. so the loss of judgment on this so that we're not going to give in the grave used only sees we'll go back to nation is very slow not only you know and then the whole lot going to buy cheney's abortion scene even though some countries do like hungary is personal so we should as much like see as many vaccines as we in the bureaucracy slow in doing it it's not
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efficient and for political reasons it's for looking to use their version of the chinese vaccine which is in. anger is mounting in the u.k. over recent police conduct and plans to toughen the rules that govern protests which have themselves led to protests. i was with $106.00 to the streets of london on monday to mourn for the 33 year old disappeared early this month and was later found that a police officer has been charged with her murder saturday a vigil for ever was dispersed by police flouting covert restrictions to arrests and clashes sparking a public outcry over the way officers handled the situation and recently proposed protests legislation only added to the anger. the bill which is being
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debated this week would give the police new powers to restrict protests it allows officers to impose time and noise limits on all rallies not just marches this is the case now and includes the offense of intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance in case some secretary has defended the police clampdown on protester in the pandemic. more than 125500 lots of been lost to this horrible virus it is for that reason that i'm continue to urge everyone for as long as these regulations are in place not to participate in law scotland so attend protests the right to protest is the cruelest so important kristie but the government's duty the main scriven more lives being lost in this pandemic former u.k. police officer peter kirk and extinction rebellion member donna card mccarthy gave us their thoughts on the proposed legislation there are restrictions on the right
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to hold procession on the rights holder symbolism are estatic events already under the $9096.00 public order act sections 12 and 14 and what this new bill suggests doing is arguing a couple of additional factors that will do more to wire senior police officers. and conditions so processions in assembly as well that this bill is really an attack on the right to protest in britain the penalties that they're proposing for after 10 years for peaceful disruptive protests is really shocking so if you are a student protest against you tuitions paid on earth a cut in your wages and what protest you department of health or will they walk a block the way we live because you were fired and rehired this bill were punishing with up to 10 years in jail it's unprecedented. so the canadian
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activist is attached to the streets of montreal demonstrating against giving puberty bloodlust children will hear from the victim after the birth. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development that only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. one else seemed wrong we all just don't.
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get to shape out the answer. and engagement equals betrayal. when something you find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground . welcome back in the united states hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children continue to arrive each day at the country's southern border this is forced fever which normally deals with natural disasters and major emergencies to expand its remit 8500 youngsters are now living in shelters for migrants thousands more are stuck in overcrowded border patrol stations many of them have been placed
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in prison cells designed for adults and have been held longer than the maximum 3 day limit about $500.00 children reportedly arriving every single day. this is becoming president joe biden's been reversing some of donald trump's immigration policies he ended construction of the border wall ordered reunification of migrant children with their families voiced support for easing citizenship requirements for migrants several republicans that have blamed the new administration for the current crisis saying that it undid previous policies without considering the ramifications however our species speaker nancy pelosi sees the problem is purely being the legacy of team trump what the administration has inherited it's a broken system at the border and they are working to correct that in the children's interests charles is a political commentator from texas one of the front line states he believes that the buy administrator is fully responsible for the situation. the fact that they're
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bringing in fema just underscores the fact that the biden administration has been lying about this situation from the get go they keep trying to do it in pretending like it's not a migrant crisis but it's not an upcoming humanitarian crisis it's already a crisis and despite what house speaker nancy pelosi says this is not trump's making this is this is squarely at the feet of president joe biden if you look at the t. shirts they're wearing they say biden let us in you've got the press interviewing these folks and they're telling the press biden promised us that he would lead us and that he would give us a place in the in the united states of america all throughout the campaign biden was talking about how he was going to ease immigration restrictions how he was going to reverse the policies of the trumpet ministration and make it easier for people to come here legally and illegally so it can be no wonder that that they are coming here and that biden did cause this with his rhetoric and with his campaign team putting that out there this issue is going to keep getting worse and worse
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over the next 4 years because of biden and ministration does the know what to do about it they made a promise that resulted in the situation and now they have to figure out a way to fulfill it in a way that's not going to offend the the far left and the more moderate moderate wing. i can aid in activist turns been attacked on the streets of montreal this while demonstrating against giving puberty blockers to children with supposed gender identity issues. film the attack on his phone for teachers several people approaching him demanded that he leave the area even if they called him a transfer strelsa him that left with a broken arm after one of the attackers repeatedly hit him as you'll see in this video with the traffic he sells and told us about the incident. but i do go out on the street i have conversations with people about b.p. regarding drugs because the media if you report on what's going on out of nowhere from the road and i think from my left on the sidewalk about i don't know how many
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people 567. 1 woman the referee men were just i mean i only had about one second note it finds are me that way every time one time children. it seems to me like 0100 percent of the premeditated they knew i was there and they came to get me. people to block is the use for children with gender identity issues the drugs stop the onset of puberty by blocking certain hormones or the effect on the last while the child is taking them however there are still concerns about the lasting impacts puberty blockers have on minors chris else then again. the pits are good on puberty blocking drugs from the age of $12.00 to $17.00 and then they come off them. there's no magic time machine to get those 5 years that those years of development are gone and studies also show that the end of criticism doesn't even kick right into gear as soon as you come up and it takes time for the
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body to adjust and get going again so what's happening is we have all sorts of young adults now in their twenty's who are d. transitioning and canada is going a 100 miles an hour in the wrong direction because we have political people using this as a wedge issue to achieve their political and so they try to say that if we don't want to give kids puberty blocking drugs that somehow we're against the algae be unity but this has nothing to do with that there's no thinking involved in it they just oh you want to be the other gender ok here you go we're going to stop puberty and you know. china is the only major economy to grow him 2020 and in light of its ambitions thanks a nation program the country is now looking to get into national travel going again we take a look at how the country 1st hit by the pandemic is getting on a year after closing its borders to farm visits. it's an ambitious rollout of covert 9000 vaccines yet it hasn't march 14th with 64980000 doses of cold in 1000
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vaccines have been administered even though china says that it has the corona virus under control the country has accelerated its vaccination program with plans to immunize 40 percent of its population by the end of june and up to 80 percent of its 1400000000 people by the summer of 2022 feeling a lack of urgency domestically china has committed to sending approximately 10 times more doses abroad than it's distributed at home according to the national health commission there are a couple of reasons for this. people think that china has a stable epidemic situation in the risk of infection are relatively low so there is no need to be vaccinated for the time being for extra protection secondly because the cove in $1000.00 vaccines are rather new products. to see more information about the effect that said teams have been dispatched around the country to oversee the box nation program there are 4 vaccines currently approved in china which has
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a production capacity that will top 1000000000 doses this year meanwhile vaccines roll out the chinese economy rolls on a couple months industry and exports confess investment and consumption recovered steadily long employment and prices are generally stable people's basic livelihoods receive guarded and. sustained steady recovery trying to strong recovery from colvin 1000 is often credited to its aggressive lockdowns at the beginning of the pandemic now unlike many other nations which are still completely locked up china is planning to go as far as to remove capacity limits for performances and entertainment venues in low risk areas of the country. as things stand the predictions are that the current situation which is relatively good by some standards will only get better judging from the momentum i.d. card. recovery. policies there is a foundation as well as conditions for china's economy 29 years momentum of
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recovery in 22 point one and are also positive about it adding to its effort to grow the economy and open up even further after nearly a year of closing its borders to foreign visitors china has launched a system of so-called virus passports to kickstart international travel. deals with the world's 1st 5 years passports the program is in its infancy and while it is not completely clear how it will work internationally many believe it is another step in encouraging people to get vaccinated at home and abroad while strengthening trying his economy for t.v. i'm alex my heart love it. brings you up today don't forget though you can always find more stories that we covered for you on a website check the miles. interest
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this is a boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss branch of boring washington coming up following a record spike over the weekend price has fallen back below 60000 dollars straight ahead we analyze the price movements with some boom bust favorites plus the fight for global vaccination has had a small speed bump as some nations have halted the use of astra zeneca oxford university's vaccine will take you inside the ongoing saga and the trade has begun to set in as the u.k.'s exports to the e.u. have cratered to start the year packed show today let's dive right in. and another week another all time high for big as the world's largest crypto currency topped out at just over $61000.00 there's been an incredible run for the digital currency even though as of monday it's fallen back to around $56000.00 so what continues to drive this incredible surge for big oil and will it come to an end anytime soon
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joining us now to discuss boom bust co-host and crypto analyst ben swan an editorial director with the american institute for economic research jeffrey tucker thank you both for being here it seems like about every other monday we're in the same position talking about the latest meteoric rise of bitcoin so ben what happened. and what happened over the weekend to drive the price so i. see it's kind of interesting so you're absolutely right we're talking about this all the time now it seems like every single week there's a new high and it's not just a new high right it's 5 to 10000 dollars higher than we were before which is a pretty significant jump and watching kind of move through this meteoric pace there's a couple things happening what is institutional investment we've talked about this a lot over the last few weeks which is that we see institutional investors coming in you know companies like tesla buying up $1500000000.00 micro strategies buying $1500000000.00 they keep placing orders it's remarkable master cards and it's getting into the space so all that seems to kind of drive this up what happened
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this weekend though might be a little bit different than that because typically as we're watching those numbers climb over and over and over again it has to do with kind of institutional investors buying in there are crypto analysts who are watching this especially security securities and exchange analysts who are watching this who are saying that this week and what we saw was somewhat different and what they're saying is that possibly this is just the movement of coins by whales moving them into different exchanges and wallets so that might have driven some of the prices well not new investors necessarily buy and then but the whales moving their their coins around and if that is the case then it could indicate that maybe some of that growth maybe has stalled. jeffery you know has been just mentioned we're seeing a lot of big institutional investors making large purchases including micro strategy is making a 3rd round of purchases of bitcoin the question here is why is this so important and if institutional and.

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