money machine is a huge cash register that is ran by people who don't care about people's lives stream watched. the headlines this hour the u.s. health department commits to pressuring brazil to use russian sputnik the vaccine over fears of increasing russian influence in the region. may give the new states including germany france spain and italy suspend the astra zeneca japanese the face he calls a blood clot creating another headache the blocks vaccination program and believes while the block struggles to contain the growing the bar sway from many countries being forced into lockdown once again to battle rising infection also become the canadian activist gets example on the streets of montreal while demonstrating against giving rockets to children to talk to him about what.

are they good afternoon you watching r.t. international is just gone 2 o'clock in moscow now the u.s. health department has said diplomatic ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia's vaccine over fears that increasing russian influence in the region could threaten u.s. security revelation is made in an annual report by the health department so let's get more on this night talk with murkowski if he's in the studio with good afternoon what i had quite an admission this just run through what was in this report all of this this is an ugly story i mean any way you look at it in what puts this this rotten cherry on top is that this is the u.s. department of health health and human services that is coming out and saying it is boosting it is boosting that it is the nod

a lifesaving vaccine to millions hundreds of millions of brazilians. the office of global affairs do use diplomatic relations in the americas region to mitigate efforts by states including cuba venezuela and russia who are working to increase their influence in the region to the detriment of u.s. safety and security examples include using the office of global affairs health a office to persuade brazil to reject the russian copied 19 vaccine. what is tremendous about this is that they argue that a russian vaccine saving lives in brazil is somehow detrimental a threat to u.s. security and safety how precisely is unclear perhaps they believe that you know russia sending a vaccine a job to brazil will somehow. better relations between russia and brazil and you know these coups in contrast to their efforts to isolate russia to contain russia

so obviously they don't want brazil and russia to to become friends but this is the see this isn't is is toxic the level of cynicism because you must look at the daily deaths did the statistics we hear every day from all over the world how many people have died today. and one in 5 deaths that is being reported today today from all over the world worldwide platitude deaths a coming from brazil 20 percent of daily deaths being reported from go of it happening in brazil so obviously you know this is this is the country struck worst of all 2nd worst of all in the world after the united states and here you have and i get tired of saying this the u.s. department of health and human services boosting that it is managed to deny brazilians hundreds of millions of brazilians this this lifesaving medication and the organization behind the sputnik vaccine came out and said look this is the this

this should or shouldn't fly this is unethical this is wrong and this is something that one of us understand and one with a moral compass you know there are there are times when you must set aside your differences there are things that one must unite 2 people must unite of but obviously you know there's there's nothing who left and this is especially cynical double standards a glaring given that it was the united states trumpeting loudest with all these pretty words in soundbites and phrases that lives beyond politics that nobody must criticize a new body must denigrate vaccines because it is so important to save people's lives. it is very clear. russia is up to its all tricks. and in doing so is potentially putting people at risk by spreading disinformation about vaccines

the difference is of course that there are accusations that russia was spreading vaccine disinformation while there mounted to nothing they they couldn't show up any proof or any information the sputnik the vaccine organization the showed the report where the united states boasted that it and managed to convince an entire country of hundreds of millions of people to reject one of the best objective lee speaking vaccines in the world sputnik we with some of the fewest side effects in the world i mean this is story is particularly relating to the united states but even before this we saw a lot of western countries quite happy to dismiss the sputnik vaccine particularly in the early days was it was i would said unprecedented schoolman media political you all these celebrities pundits commentators coming out and saying this booting the vaccine is trash they cut too many corners the russians couldn't possibly have

come up with a vaccine 1st it's continued on for months and months and months until objective data proved them wrong statements developments is being questions proving its effectiveness has not been presented with out of these 3 mass trial completed it sounds like the process hasn't run its course here they're still trying to figure out safety and there they've approved it. as you see wasn't a surprise given the we had seen similar propagate smear smear campaigns run against russia run against russian interests for many years now it wasn't a surprise and the as i said as i mentioned this is the they stayed up with this up until the release of in the lancet medical journal a study that basically said exactly what russian side this had been say that we had one of the highest efficacy rates in the world some of the most mild side effects

in the world and then that point that they just you know they just couldn't argue that it was bad useless any longer but there is mentioning the double standards again the united states when it comes to saving american lives right well they'll take at it any aid any help possible lead to the ventilators the russian aid that flew to the united states last year another big splash in the media because of that there back then they said how how far have we fallen to accept russian aid you know when it comes to saving american lives they'll tell take i'll take it but when it comes to saving brazilian lives again 20 percent of daily deaths happening in brazil then that's against that runs runs counter to american national interest security interest safety interest they say it's absolutely remarkable and city level of russia's foreign minister he was asked last year whether he thought the vaccine war was possible some western states are trying

not only to politicize the humanitarian aspect of the fight against corona virus but also to take advantage of the pandemic to punish governments they don't like. it is unfortunately very disheartening on this day and age with the with the pandemic threatening everyone equally equally. some countries coming out and using it using it trading people's lives for geo political points for points you know to score in other areas to wind up russia and these disheartening it is and they quite happy to admit it sounded good to talk he thanks for giving us an update i was artie's more against the. i mean more serious concerns over the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine have prompted major players to temporarily stop using the n t k b jab they include spain portugal germany france and italy and it does come after reports last week of blood clots from one death among those who receive the not

kill ation in denmark our europe correspondent peter oliver has the latest health officials and senior politicians from across europe said that the astra zeneca vaccine is going to be suspended in their 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. 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. limit on a 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 are not if the cases that have been flagged that are outside the normal

are very infrequent but if important 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 will 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 these 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. i 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. that's not 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 e.u. vaccination program has moved to the glade seal 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 is seen at 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 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 less 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 the 21 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 with what the new factors are and then we could let's take a step back is are we on the right track and then really go shoot. what is a 3rd coronavirus way sweep through europe some governments have been left with no other option but to tighten restrictions once again shouted minsky looks now at how europe is preparing for the worst. european countries were hoping that by this spring it would be the beginning of the year and for the coronavirus crisis there was a promise that a year of lock downs 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. on the basis of

scientific evidence the government has today adopted restrictive measures that we have judged to be appropriate and proportionate 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 illa 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 had repeatedly said that the curfew was working is now backtracking admitting it hasn't been enough to let us to make 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. whose the e.u. is still so really like being behind the u.k. for example so much so that the germans have even admitted that they are a movie is the e.u. $300.00 of the vaccine program is also the only in the farming line calls are growing from block states for the body which approved stock seems the a.m.a. to speed things up 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. the 3rd wave of the covert crisis and more locked 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 and out 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 out see paris earlier we spoke to an italian doctor who told us what he thinks about the new lockdown that. 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 are wandering in a fog that causes confusion drives people to despair especially restaurant owners and gym 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 well any glimmer of hope for europe's workers could be extinguished as the new restrictive measures come into force has been heard there

a new report has shed light on how last year's coronavirus lockdowns left europe's labor market reeling almost 6000000 europeans lost their jobs in the 1st 6 months or 2022 to the pandemic and that's according to a study by you're a fanged those in low paid jobs have borne the brunt of the economic downturn and are significantly worse off even when compared to the 2008 financial crisis we spoke to political commentator john bricmont about the problem. i think at this point the only solution is actually nation where the problem is. so the loss of judgments on this so that another legal given the previous policies but the vaccination is very strong out of the european union and then they are looked down to by a genuine is a harsh and vaccine even though some countries do like hungary as far as i know. as much next in as many vaccines as we can that the real cassie's slow in doing it is

not efficient and for political reasons it's looking to use the person of the chinese vaccine which is a mistake. without international peace and even propose protest legislation adds fuel to ongoing anti police demonstrations in the united kingdom will be back in a couple of minutes but this story plus others take so i can thank you it. seems wrong wrong wrong just don't call. me. yet to say proud disdain advocate and engage me because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

interest rates have created the divide. and really the grounds for a new civil war i think because those who are allowed to get those 0 percent interest rates are i guess down through political favoritism not true of marriage those who are being subjected to high interest rates and being cut out of the asset market. is also a political ploy by those in power to get more for themselves and to destroy the fabric of the economy and that's heading into serious trouble. welcome back our canadian activist is being attacked on the streets of montreuil demonstrating against giving people cause to children with gender identity issues

chris else didn't film the attack on his phony show you several people approaching him demanding that he leave the area and calling him a transfer because he was left with a broken arm off to one of the attackers repeatedly hit him with a traffic chris told us more about what happened. what i do i just go out on the street i have conversations with people about the purity blocking drug because the media refute 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 people 567. 1 woman the referee men were just on me i only had about one second notice. me that i would be dying one time children not think that the puberty blockers if you can be like a 100 percent it's a premeditated they knew i was there and they came to get me where the drugs stop the onset of p.p.c. by blocking certain hormones but the effects wear off when the child stops taking

them however there are still concerns about the lasting impact p.b.c. blockers could actually have on mine. 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 to get those 5 years that those years of development are gone and studies also that the end of current system doesn't even kick right into gear is going 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 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 puberty blocking drugs that somehow we're against the l.g.b. . 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 start puberty and you know. that the united states has kept its place as the world's top weapons

exporter it has a market share roughly equal to that of the next 4 largest selling nations that's according to a report by the stockholm international peace research institute well over the past 5 years the u.s. has accounted for over a 3rd of the world's arms exports almost twice that of russia which comes in 2nd almost half of all arms exports went to the middle east with saudi arabia accounting for around a quarter while the volume of exports hasn't increased overall the u.s. share of the market has grown earlier my colleague neil harvey discussed the findings with him on these women a senior researcher from the stockholm international peace research institute. it's a so what the u.s. aims at and many other countries also use weapon exports splice as a tool for foreign policy so it's not just i want to make money but i want something from you foreign policy goal that is in my interest maybe not necessarily

and interested buyer and if your are to major supplier you have your hands on a lot of the technology to countries want to you can check your demands also policy watch. now anger his mounting in the u.k. over recent police conduct and plans to toughen the rules governing protests which have themselves led to protests. i was $806.00 the streets in london on monday to mourn sarah ever are the 33 year old disappeared early this month and was later found dead a police officer has been charged with a murder on saturday a vigil of around was dispersed by police for flags and coded restrictions this led to arrests in clashes sparking a public outcry over the way officers handled the situation and recently proposed protest legislation is only added to the anger bill being debated this week would

give the police new palace restrict protests and it does allow officers to impose time and noise limits on all rallies not just marches as is the case at the moment they include the offensive international story intentionally all recklessly causing a public nuisance the u.k.'s home secretary has defended the police clamp down home private test during the pandemic. more than 125500 lives have been lost to this horrible virus it is for that reason that i am continue to urge everyone for as long as these regulations are in place not to participate in large gatherings all attend protests. the right to protest is the cornerstone bottom ocracy but the governments do to the mainstream of them more lives being lost during this pandemic of the former u.k. police officer peter kirkman extinction rebellion member donnegan mcafee 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 are a student protest you tuition fees i know there's a cut in your wages i would protest your department of health will work a broccoli railway line because you were fired and we heard this bill were punishing with up to 10 years in jail it's unprecedented there are restrictions on the right to hold for sessions on the right to hold assemblies are a static events already under the $9096.00 public order are 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. now over in the united

states hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children continue to arrive each day at the country southern border this is force the federal emergency management agency which normally deals with natural disasters and major emergencies to expand its remit to give them shelter about 8500 youngsters are now living in temporary accommodation for migrants thousands more are stuck in overcrowded border patrol stations and many of them have been placed in prison cells designed for adults and have been held for longer than the maximum 3 day limit about 500 children reportedly arrive every day and while politicians are busy pointing fingers at each other i speak it nancy pelosi sees the problem purely this team trumps legacy what the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border and they are working to correct that in the children's interests. well since becoming president joe biden has been reversing some adama chum's immigration policies he's ordered the reunification of migrant

children with their families and for his support for easing citizenship requirements for my current spot several republicans however have blamed the new administration for the situation at the border and political commentator jeff chelles believes the problem but 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 they they they slammed the truck 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 activists media never really took that issue seriously to begin with there was nothing more than

a political weapon and now fast forward to now where you have the same exact situation with an administration that seems to not know how to handle it. that is how the news is looking safest today here not international good to have a company but back again that's help me. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. this week one year ago our lives changed as companies sent workers home schools to

not welcome students back in 12 a paper and clorox became a commodity and for the 1st time in this generation the crisis was told to physically stay apart from each other rather than embrace each other for comfort our lives have changed and the new normal is still being defined so on today's show we're going to do and continue our in-depth coverage on the chrono virus now here's the catch part one of our special aired on march 5th 2020 more than a year ago i am scotty now hughes and you are watching news views he's in-depth report tracking coronavirus on are to america. now last year following our 1st report of a virus out of the blue.