into serious trouble. the u.s. department of health admits to pressuring brazil not to use russia's vaccine but it is of increasing russian influence in the region meanwhile making the state leading germany france spain and italy suspending to use zeneca jabbered that is of course blood clots creating another headache blocked by the nation program also the saudi u.k. france russia as its number one danger banks to deter and defend against a full spectrum of threats emerging from moscow and the e.u. struggles to 3rd coronavirus why many countries being forced into lockdown once again to battle rising inflection.

hello there 7 pm here in moscow you with r.t. international now the u.s. department of health claims it used to promote its ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia's coronavirus vaccine over fears that increasing russian influence in the region could threaten u.s. security revelation came in an annual report earlier i discussed this with our senior correspondent. 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 or 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 a 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 different is of course the. back then they couldn't show you what it is that russia disinform anyone with in this case he here 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 to 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 awake and not that's dangerous for america and you know lavrov predicted

this last year 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. daniel schorr professor of latin american studies says that this is another front line where the u.s. can confront its perceived enemies this is deeply unsettling to use vaccines is a little further. along russia this is part of a new cold war against russia now it's articulating it so

a vaccine war is already a diplomatic war you know you logical war in an economic war on china aren't russia just on any country that opposes u.s. unipolarity so i think we have to analyze it within that this context that they want to keep resilient in their part in their sphere of influence in other even using vaccines to do that to the great detriment of the brazilian people. and i 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 in claim to spain portugal germany france and italy and it comes after reports last week of blood clots and one death among those who received the no kill ation in denmark european medicines agency says it is investigating and the 1st findings are expected on thursday our europe correspondent peter all of us has more 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've had the vaccine and the development of blood clots inside. 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 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 a.m.a. allows it question on not if the cases that have been flagged that are outside the normal are very infrequent but of 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 deaths 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 this under the rug saying everything is fine because clearly it's not fine and we need to look at the numbers any 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 with what 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. the u.k. has branded russia as its number one danger zone to deter and defend against a full spectrum of threats and merging from moscow reporting nexts saskia type. why 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 that breach has 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 breck's it 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 wary 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 on 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 all through we've seen how presenting russia as the bad guy has been rampant in the u.k. of 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 through 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 of 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 nucular out warheads will be increased by more than 40 percent from 180 to 260 so quite a demonstrative show force here new threats 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 all guns blazing here and there also some forces within the u.k. who are all saying 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 and gather 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. are 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. the united states has kept its place as the world's top weapons exporter and has a market share roughly equal to that of the next 4 largest arms selling nations and that's according to a report by the stockholm international peace research institute now 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 exported went to the middle east with saudi arabia accounting for a quarter of the volume of exports hasn't increased overall the u.s. share of the market has grown early my colleague neil harvey discussed the findings with reason he's a senior researcher at the institute. so what the u.s. aims at and many other countries also use weapon exports as a tool of foreign policy reach in sky knoxy growers imported the middle east has grown very rapidly and is now standing for a quarter of all total of all global. imports of major weapons that is a volatile region there are lots of tensions there actually conflicts going on and poor in 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 and if

your are to major supplier you can set your demands. that twitter may be blocked in russia within a month russia's communications watched announced that the social network will no longer be available in the country if it refuses to delete thousands of posts with illegal content on story. this doesn't come completely out of the blue because russia's communication regulators sent over 28000 requests for the removal of harmful content to twitter since 2017 and unfortunately many of these requests have gone a naught 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 one $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 does far 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 a 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 as the coronavirus waves reach through europe some governments have been left with little choice but to tighten restrictions once again 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 be starting to return to normal instead a 3rd wave is rising as variants of the virus are once more forcing difficult decisions italy has taken a step back with most of the country returning to look down. on the beaches 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. 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 less interesting week 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 have even admitted that they are a movie is the e.u. is handling of the vaccine program is also the only in the farming line calls a growing from block states for the body which approves stock seems the a.m.a. to speed things up christer 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. i.

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 out see paris where we spoke to on her blog about this is a contributor to the late forgot i guess the name francis says that the public would be the toughest judge of the response to the pandemic. the current crisis has

exposed for big problems with the european union 1st the cuts on the public health budget those cuts implications they are the reasons why we need to have all these restrictions so that our health system do not crack during the crisis 2nd problem exposed by this crisis 80 percent of active ingredients for drugs is now produced in asia 3rd problem the vaccine strategy it's a total failure and at last i would say that the plan to relaunch the economy is. also a total failure because it's very small in the very short term. it would probably be difficult to do to find a majority of citizens to leave the room but maybe in one year when the

crisis will be over and when the normal life we will have come back then people will look. to the events they would do a proper assessment of what the e.u. brought us and the problem is that there's nothing good the e.u. brought us during that crisis. canadian activist has been attacked to montreal while demonstrating against giving purity blockers to children with gender identity issues chris ellison here filmed the assault on his phone to show several people approaching him the man when he leaves the area and calling him a transfer in his left with a broken arm tehran one of the attackers recruits hit him in the traffic here's how he described what happened. what i do i just go out on the street i have

conversations with people about the future to blocking drug 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 man they were just i mean i only had about one second notice the signs off me that where the dime one sign says 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 he she surrounds me 3 strikes should have drugs to stop the onset of p.v.t. by blocking certain whole minds effects do wear off when the child stops taking them however there are still concerns about the lasting impact people can block is 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 that gets 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 as soon as you 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 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 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 stop puberty and you know. not international just coming up to her pa 7 here in moscow and thanks for watching we're back again at the top of the hour. same wrong. just don't hold. me. to shape

out just come out ok and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. debate is is it fair for transforming our plates to compete in women's categories and sports. as a society we've decided to categorize sports based on sex i definitely do not think that it's fair for athletes that one porn is pile article males to compete in the women's category. come. on why do we have gendered sports do you have gender categories in sport because we do treat men and women differently.

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to. buy a max kaiser this is the kaiser reports. let's check in with stacy. well max the fare succeeding at what it wanted to do according to this headline from wall street dot com dollars purchasing power dwindles to another record low the fed is getting its wishes so the latest data shows that durable goods inflation is that 3.3 percent food inflation as a 3.4 percent and the consumer price index rues 1.7 percent in february from a year earlier the fastest year over year increase in 12 months re and the government

is claiming that in 2020 inflation rate was approximately 1.6 percent and they are estimating that for 2021 the official rate of inflation will be about 2 and a quarter percent now if we were to look at the way inflation was calculated just 20 years ago without a lot of the what are called donek adjustments what we find is that the actual rate of inflation is over 9 percent so that chart from wall street dot com is showing clearly that your purchasing power for the money in your pocket is losing at least 10 percent per year in purchasing power that means you if your wages are not increasing by 10 percent a year that means your standard of living is dropping and what we have the united states certainly is.