huge cash register that is ran by people who don't care about people's lives being lost. the u.s. department of health admits to pressuring brazil not to use russia's sputnik the vaccine no but fears of increasing russian influence in the region. the u.k. brands russia as its number one danger and values to deter and defend against the full spectrum of threats and merging from moscow our major piece states include him from spain and italy suspending the astra zeneca jab over the course is blood clots creating another headache for the blocks vaccination program and all this while the book struggles for the 3rd coronavirus way many countries are now being forced into lockdown once again to battle rising infection.

5 in the afternoon here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. department of health claims it used diplomatic ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia's sputniks the coronavirus vaccine is that increasing russian influence in the region could threaten u.s. security revelation came in an annual report when i discussed this with our senior correspondent would have guessed this is the united states department of health health and human services that is boasting that it is managed to deny potentially hundreds of millions of brazilians a vaccine. the office of global affairs used 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 atari office to persuade brazil to reject the russian copied 19 vaccine see brazilians vaccinating themselves with a russian vaccine apparently keeps u.s. officials awake at night this is they argue are threats to their safety and security are unclear how there's no reasoning no logic to it that is explained by them but let me put this in perspective for you brazil is a country that has been ravaged by covert so we all know the death certificate we hear every day from all over the world one in 5 deaths taking place right now all over the world is in brazil from covert suso the situation is catastrophic it is desperate and there are these people who profess to care about people's health and well being arguing that denying brazilians or russian vaccine is

beneficial is beneficial for both brazil and for the united states of america the degree of double standards here is also a start issue because the united states is wrong championed itself. as a crusader for vaccines and for vaccine vaccination efforts all around the world and they had previously accused russia of undermining global vaccination it is very clear that 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 the. back then they couldn't show you what it is that russia disinform anyone with in this case he he you go we have clear evidence their own admission that they had denied people the chance to get

vaccinated with an available already in production vaccine especially in these times of global shortages 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 we will remember the unprecedented smear campaign that they launched again against bootlick last year it was too quick russia couldn't possibly develop a vaccine before anyone else it was unsafe ever since then we've seen this effort to undermine sputnik to undermine any russian assistance to the anyone which is especially astounding given that when it was the united states when it was american lives that needed to be saved back when the pandemic 1st began when they accepted the help from russia aid from russia jets carrying ventilators to new york that was fun that wasn't seen as a threat to national security but when it's brazilians choosing to get

a job of sputnik that apparently keeps u.s. officials away could not that's dangerous for america and you know lavrov predicted this last he predicted that there would be vaccine was taking place in 2021 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 and we've all heard about backdoor deals to secure vaccines in europe and the americas this is the 1st time i think that we've heard about backdoor deals to deny people millions of people a vaccine. meanwhile serious concerns over the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine have prompted major players to temporarily stop using the n t v jab they do include spain portugal germany france and italy when it comes after

reports last week of blood clots and one death among those who receive the scene and that an investigation is ongoing the 1st findings are expected on thursday our europe correspondent peter oliver has more details 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 have the vaccine and the development of blood clots inside and. 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. 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 on. the cases that have been flagged that are outside 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 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. and 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're 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 your. always have to be very careful and that's the 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 the lesson you want to do is put the some of the rugs 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 go what's your step back is are we on the right track and then we negotiate. what is the 3rd coronavirus wife sweeps through europe some governments that be left with no option but to tighten restrictions once again shown in the pinsky took his how europe his 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 be 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 in the wish there in terms 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. 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 interest 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 severely lacking behind the u.k. for example so much so that the germans of evil admitted that they a movie is the e.u. $300.00 of the vaccine program is also the only in the farming line cause a growing from block state for the body which approves stock seems the a.m.a. to speed things up crystal 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 earned there is 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 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 azzi paris well earlier we spoke to an italian doctor who told us what he thinks about the new lockdown in his country. only 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 in 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. that twitter may be blocked in russia within a month russia's communications watchdog has announced that the social network will no longer be available in the country if it refuses to delete thousands of posts with illegal content here and as more details. this doesn't come completely out of the blue because russia's communication regulator has sent over 28000 requests for the removal of harmful content to twitter since 2017 and unfortunately many of these requests have gone a nords now we're talking about the sort of content that relates to suicide to self harm including hundreds of posts relating to child pornography and hundreds more relating to drugs so it's the sort of content which would raise alarm bells within many countries and in some cases already has in the u.k. for example the recent investigation by the internet watch foundation found that twitter was it was responsible for

a startling amount of child pornography content we're talking about $1400.00 instance out of $2800.00 also in the us in the state of california a federal lawsuit was filed against twitter in january this year that was also relating to the spread of child pornography upon the twitter platform now those fall out twitter has failed to comment the s but a spin given a month by the russian regulator to comply and remove all of this content in the past the regulator has also warns that twitter could face a hefty fine if it doesn't comply with talking about one 5th of its annual revenue so as it stands the ball is very much in twitter's court. now and that you're watching r.t. thank you this era canadian activist is attacked on the streets of montreal vald writing against giving puberty blockers to children will hear from the victim stuff right.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development that only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. shows seem wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out this day become educated and in gains from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

welcome back now the u.k. has branded russia as its number one danger firing to deter and defend against a full spectrum of threats emerging from moscow so let's get more details now and go to our chief. following the story 1st good evening saskia just run through then exactly what the u.k. has been saying here. well you'd think that britain would have its hands full dealing with covert 19 the country's still in lockdown the economy has taken a huge hit as doctors are furious off to a tiny one percent pay rise and its astra zeneca job is in the midst of a p.r. storm on top of all of that the e.u. has just taken legal action against the u.k.

over alleged breck's it reaches in short the u.k. has got a lot on its plate but it's made room apparently for one more thing and what appears to be a post show of strength london has come out with a foreign policy report that sets out what role it will pay over the next decade which countries it wants to be friendly with which one it needs to be where we all of and it's a throwback to the cold war because russia has resumed its pace as public enemy number one. russia is the most acute threats in the region and we will work with nato allies to ensure a united western response combining military intelligence and diplomatic efforts we will continue to support closer practical cooperation between nato and the e.u. in pursuit of this goal in the around 110 page report russia is painted as a hostile confrontational state on many an occasion london has alleged that russia

frequently in ca's into ukase as space and waters that it's responsible for chemical weapons attacks on u.k. soil and that the kremlin generally pursues a very aggressive foreign policy something that moscow denies in short in london's eyes russia needs to be managed and contained now while the report claims to be something brand new the biggest overhaul of u.k. policy in decades the 1st one since it left the european bloc this russia has a bad narrative fails to deliver any novelty because after all we've seen how presenting russia as the bad guy has been rampant in the u.k. over the past few years the stretch from russia is one that respects no borders it is seeking to sow discord in the west and undermine our institutions there is scarcely a country that has not been affected in recent years by some kind of malign or disruptive russian behavior irresponsible activity kremlin backed dissin from ation

russia must desist from its attacks on the u.k. russia poses an immediate and urgent threat to our national security. for its part moscow always said that was willing to engage in dialogue when hard evidence was provided but for as long as phrases such as highly likely almost certainly we use these were nothing but unfounded accusations well apart from the perhaps expected russian element to this report there were a few out that note worthy sections fast up the u.k. clearly showing an ambition to promote its idea of democracy abroad this will take the form of sanctions international activism and other tools to shape quote a more open international order how that will be received by those sovereign countries that london is presumably going to promote democracy and i think we can probably guess secondly perhaps more disconcertingly the limit of stockpiled

nuclear warheads will be increased by more than 40 percent from 180 to 260 so quite a demonstrative show force here new threat new weapons this comes just in the back of the biggest defense increase in defense spending since the cold war 16 and a half 1000000000 pounds over the next 4 years so london really coming out guns blazing here and there are certain voices within the u.k. who are asking is this really the time to send this kind of message it speaks volumes of the tory government spending priorities that is intent on increasing its collection of weapons of mass destruction which will sit in governor dust unless the u.k. has plans to indiscriminately wipe out entire populations rather than address the serious challenges and inequalities in our society that have been further exposed by the pun demick so those are just a few of the key takeaways from this fresh report which might leave some asking the question with it being the u.k.

you talking about being more active abroad about a greater global presence and increased nuclear capability is it really russia that one needs to keep an eye on ok thanks for that. saskia taylor reporting. canadian activist has been attacked in montreal while demonstrating against giving p.v.t. blockers to children with gender identity issues chris helston filmed the assault on his phone hand it does show several people approaching him demanding that he leave the area and calling him a transfer paving slab for the brighton on the say well one of the attack is for peace and him with the traffic on his high he describes what happened. what i do i just go out on the street i have conversations with people about the future to blocking drugs because the media refuse to 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 people one woman the referee men were just on me i only had about one

second notice the signed off me that i wear the dime one sign that children cannot consent to puberty blockers it seems to me like a 100 percent it's a premeditated attack they knew i was there and they came to get me when the issue does surround the administration of drugs that stop the onset of p.b.c. by blocking certain whole minds the effects to wear off when the child stops taking them however there are still concerns about the lasting impact p.b.t. blockers could have on children 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 print them 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 ends 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. 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 start puberty and you know. the united states has kept its place as the world's top weapons export and has a market share roughly equal to that of the next 4 largest on setting nations that's according to reports by the stock i'm international pace rhesus institute 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 of 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 semen these women he's a senior researcher from the stock on international peace research institute. it's also what the us. and many other countries also use whip and export splice as a tool of foreign policy reach in sky knoxy growers importers the middle east has grown very rapidly and isto standing for a quarter of all total of all global. imports of. the terror region there are lots of tensions there actually conflicts going on and poor equipment into it to make it safer if you don't have to mechanisms to otherwise deal with the tensions. didn't go shake solutions and if you are major supplier you can shut your demand policy watch. and that brings you up to date and i don't forget they will go to web site for the story you can find that as usual at r.t.

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