several major e.u. states including germany france spain and italy suspend use of the astra zeneca physicals blood clots and other headache for the books already faltering vaccine rollout program. saying in the e.u. the bloc struggles to contain a 3rd coronavirus where many countries are being forced to tighten restrictions once again to battle rising infections. broken on the streets of montreal while demonstrating against giving puberty blockers to children we speak to him about the incident.

i the public outcry in the u.k. after police break up a vigil for a murder victim planting code rules with the bill clamping down on protests to the anger. thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. serious concerns over the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine have prompted major players to temporarily stop using the job they include spain portugal germany france and italy it comes after reports last week of blood clots and one death among those receiving the inoculation in denmark correspondent in berlin peter all of as the latest. health officials and senior politicians from across europe said that 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 have the vaccine and the development of blood clots inside and what the decision is a purely precautionary measure astra zeneca is used as 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 allows it the question on. the cases that have been flagged that alcide the normal are very infrequent but if importance 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'll be 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 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 but 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. toys and he seems to be the right decision to pause it spurts maybe it's the 1st step to getting rid of astra zeneca completely it is disappointing i don't know what the reasons are if they are justified or unjustified but they make this whole vaccination campaign so bureaucratic. now without it is not that easy 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. surely when it comes to vaccines you should be very cautious and if there is a slightest suspicion then it has to be stopped the use vaccination program is moved at a glacial pace and being beset by problems 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 patients and we also need to ask the questions as physicians does every person need to be vaccinated and that seems 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 alas 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 an acceptable risk or at least number of exceptionally high risk that we should look at this vaccine in medicine we always see work with the new factors are and then we get let's take a step back is are we on the right track and then we negotiate. as

a 3rd coronavirus wave sweeps his way through europe some governments have been left with no other option but to tighten restrictions once again on the devinsky looks at how europe is preparing for the worst european countries were hoping that by this spring it would be the beginning of the end for the coronavirus crisis there was a promise that he knew of lockdowns and fuse would be sufficient in that we would by now be starting to return to normal instead a 3rd wave is arising as variants of the virus so once more forcing difficult decisions italy has taken 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 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 11 found says 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 ahead of the french national health agency who had repeatedly said that the curfew was working is now backtracking admitting it hasn't been enough

so let me just point complexity the situation is complex stance and is worsening in the paris region vaccines are seen as being the only hope but instead the rollout program has been more issues the e.u. is still so really liking behind the u.k. for example so much so that the germans of even admitted that they are envious the e.u. is handling of the vaccine program is also. in the firing line cause a growing from block states for the body which approves vaccines that are made to speed things up christer we would all be very happy if you would change your working hours in the european medical agency in 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 is no surprise europeans feel lost and eager to vent their anger despite all of the

restrictions. and. it. was the 3rd wave of the covert crisis and more locked down isn't what everyone was expecting after 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

spoke to intelli a doctor who told us what he thinks about the lock down. luke recently 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 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 and 2 weeks later everything changed it was again decided that the situation was bad so we're wondering in a fog that causes confusion drives people to despair especially restaurant owners and jim workers people who have invested a lot in their businesses but have suffered heavy losses and have not yet opened so all this is wasting time. any glimpse of optimism offered by the 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 $6000000.00 europeans lost their jobs in the 1st 6 months or 2020 due to the pandemic according to

a study by euro found those in low paid jobs are borne the brunt of the economic downturn and a significantly worse off even when compared to the 2008 financial crisis we spoke with political commentator sean bricmont about the problem that i ding at this point the only solution is actually nation where the problem is. so the loss of job and so on is so that been unbelievable given the give us policies well the vaccination is very slow now in the european union and then there are a lot done today janey's a harsh index even though some counties do like hungary as well as in the solution as much as many of us really in that the bureaucracy slow in doing it is not efficient and job political reason these for looking to use their version of the chinese vaccine which is in. a canadian activist has been attacked on the streets of montreal while demonstrating against giving puberty

blockers to children with gender identity issues chris sells them filmed the attack on his phone and the footage shows several people approaching him demanding he leave the area and calling him a transfer throws them was left with a broken arm after one of the attackers repeatedly hit him with a traffic count and told us about the incident. what i do i just 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 that i've walked about i don't know how many people 567 people one woman the referee men were just i mean i only had about one second notice that binds me that way every time one time children not think that the puberty blockers me like a 100 percent it's a premeditated attack they knew i was there and they came to get me or those drugs stopped the onset of puberty by blocking certain hormones the effect on the last

while the child continues to take them there are still concerns about the lasting impact puberty block is have on minus is chris else done again if a child goes 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 that gets those 5 years that those years of development are gone and studied also that the end of criticism doesn't even kick right into gear if you need to come up and it takes time for the 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 each transitioning and canada is going on 100 miles an hour in the wrong direction because we have political people using that as a wedge issue to achieve their political and so they try to say that if we don't want to if you would be blocking drug that somehow we're against the algae be unity but it has nothing to do with that there's no thinking involved in it they just. you want to be either gender ok here you go we're going to stop puberty and you

know. there's a. protest legislation that's fuel to. anti police demonstrations in the u.k. we'll take a look at that story under this after this break. join

me every thursday on the alex salmond short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you there. welcome back 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.

see here hundreds sake into the streets of london on monday to mourn. the 33 year old disappeared earlier in the month and was later found a police officer is being charged with murder on saturday a vigil for ever it was dispersed by police in covert restrictions at the 2 arrests and clashes sparking a public outcry over the way officers handled the situation recently proposed proposed protests legislation as only added to that. now the bill which is being 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 as is currently the case and it includes the offense of intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance the u.k.'s home secretary defended the police clampdown on protesting the pandemic more than 125500 flights have 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 saw attend protests. the right to protest is the cruelest and bottom kristie that the governments do to the mainspring more lives being lost genius pandemic former u.k. police officer peter kirk and extinction rebellion member donna mccarthy gave us their thoughts on the proposed legislation this bill is really an attack on the right to protest and the penalty that they're proposing for after 10 years for peaceful disruptive protests is really shocking so if you want if you don't protest yet you tuition thieves i know that a cut in your wages and will protest your department of health bill will work a blocking railway line because you were fired and we heard. bill were punishing with up to 10 years in jail it's unprecedented there are restrictions on the right

to hold processions on the right to hold assemblies are a static events already under the $9096.00 public order exceptions $12.14 and what this new bill suggests doing is adding a couple of additional factors that will that would allow senior police officers. and conditions to professions that assemble is the. united states has kept its place as the world's top weapons exporter with a market share roughly equal to that of the next 4 largest arms selling nations that's according to a report by the stockholm international peace research institute over the past 5 years the us is accounted for more than a 3rd of the world's arms exports almost twice that of russia which comes in 2nd or most half of all arms exported went to the middle east with saudi arabia accounting for around a quarter of the volume of arms exports hasn't increased overall the us share of

the market has grown. and do a lot on the line now by a man who's the senior research of behind that report thanks for joining us live here on r.t. simone 1st of all just tell us about the results what caught your eye in terms of anything maybe surprised you. just 2 things that stick out one is that the level remains at a level that no increase doesn't mean that everything is better it's a remains at the same level as the previous 5 years which was actually the highest level since the end of the cold war so it is a really high level at the other one is how quick regions can actually grow as imports the middle east has grown very rapidly and it's no standing for a quarter of all total of all global. imports of major weapons that's quite a significant change at last decade and just because of the back of that you talked

about the middle east asia the middle east growing demand for arms are you concerned that's going to consequence of that is going to be greater instability in what's already a very volatile region yes exactly that it's a volatile region there are lots of tensions there actually conflict going on and pouring weapons into it to make it safer if you don't have to mechanisms to otherwise deal with the tensions and the conflicts did negotiate solutions. the u.s. sells as many arms and stand as russia germany france and china combined that may surprise some people do you see any concerns to such a scenario almost a monopoly on arms. the concern is largely with the buy assault weapons many countries that buy weapons. would like to have a choice where the supply rich just in case they want supply of that take use is doing difficult they want to go somewhere else to another supplier that is not

doing so difficult and if you get a new monopoly then it becomes very difficult for supplies to make their own choices what do policies that got dictated by the supplier design give the us greater leverage cannot influence countries foreign policy depending on how willing the us is to sell them weapons it definitely does mean it's a so what the us aims at and many other countries also use weapon export supply as a tool of foreign policy so it's not just i want to make money but i want something from foreign policy goal that is in my interest maybe not necessarily in the interest of the buyer and if you are to major supplier you have your hands on a lot of the technology to countries want you can check your demands for policy watch russia and china's arms exports decreased u.s. germany france saw an increase is there any obvious reason behind that.

part of it is just sort of cyclical thing these things happen some countries go up and down supply us partly it's a political relight a reality to china and russia are limited in some markets especially big markets where they are not really terribly much present in europe russia and china are out in large parts of asia. china out in the middle east russia and china have not yet managed to make a big dent in that market even if they're trying to it's still fairly much politically aligned with the western countries. and other issue is that that is certainly true for some of the russian exports that some of the buy especially the beijing bias are slightly worried about the future of russian arms developments you buy a weapon today you want to last 30 years that means you want to have 30 years of support and upgrades and if you look at russia don't you think it isn't

a mega economy it's defense spending is high but it's not you know obviously big so where did will all the money come from to for to develop weapons that i buy today but still have to be a creative 50 years from now to display to some extent the role. for a country like india which is a major buyer of russian weapons i mean it's the pawn in the must be lots of different factors that go into arms exports the financial strength of a country its foreign policy do you see any major shifts over the next few years as the who the you know the top export. i doubt. stop exports are very much installed if you look back in in history in our data which go back to 1950 basically you see those same countries being the top export just maybe china is a beaten and an exception that it wasn't there was an exporter in the fifty's should

the sixty's but even that one has been around for quite a lot. us russia the western european countries have been the top exporter will be the top exporters looking at what your dollar bought current order plants from importing countries but also about the development of technology i don't think that it's got to change dramatically. simone thanks so much for coming on our t.v. i think the analysis really helps to understand what's going on with this story simone baseman's my guest senior researcher at the stockholm international peace research institute. was to enter the united states now where hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children continue to arrive each day at the country's southern border and it's in fact force fever which normally deals with natural disasters major emergencies to expand its remit to give them shelter about $500.00 youngsters are now living in temporary accommodation for migrants thousands more are stuck in overcrowded border patrol

stations many of them placed in prison cells that were designed for adults and they've been held for longer than the maximum 3 day limit about 500 children reportedly arrive every day and while politicians are busy things are pointing at each other house speaker nancy pelosi sees the problem purely as being the legacy of team trump. what the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border and they are working to correct that in the children's interest and since becoming the president joe biden's been reversing some of the terms immigration policies e ordered the reunification of migrant children with their families and voiced his support for easing citizenship requirements for migrants but it's a republican or a blame the new administration for the situation at the border political commentator jeff childs believes that it's a problem that will only get worse the fact that they're bringing in female just underscores the fact that the biden administration has been lying about the situation from the get go they keep trying to prove who in pretending like it's not

a migrant crisis but it's not an upcoming humanitarian crisis it's already a crisis is because nobody ever cared about the issue in the 1st place right i mean be they slam the trump administration for kids in cages even though it was started under the obama administration and trump continued it and he did expand it but now that it's happening under the biden and ministration you no longer hear about kids in cages so you can see that the activist media never really took that issue seriously to begin with there was nothing more than a political weapon now password to now you have the same exact situation in administration that seems to not know how to handle it. together but you rather today appreciate you company on this morning here on r.t. international we'll have more on our top stories for you in just over 30 minutes either.

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