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live from moscow to the world this is artsy pleasure of your company my name's you know. the u.s. department of health admitted it used diplomatic ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia's. virus vaccine washington fears that increasing russian influence in the region could threaten u.s. security the revelation came in a report by colleagues under. talk through developments earlier this is the united states department of health health and human services that is. 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 a touchy 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 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 astonishing 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 russian disinform anyone with in this case 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 vaccine particularly in the early days we all 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 awake and not that's dangerous for america and you know lavrov predicted this last year he predicted that there would be that scene 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. well daniel schorr a lot in america studies scholars say is boxing diplomacy is another front line

where the u.s. can confront its perceived enemies this is deeply unsettling to use vaccines as a little further. to look for russia this is part of this new cold war against russia now it's articulating it so a vaccine war is already a diplomatic war on any country that opposes u.s. unipolarity i think we have to analyze it within that this context that they want to keep resilience in their part in their sphere of influence and now they're even using vaccines to do that to the great detriment of the brazilian people or serious concerns over the safety of the last resort like a vaccine a prompted major in your players to temporarily stop using the mt toba job including spain germany italy france that comes after reports last week of blood clots developing and one death among those who received an occupation in denmark

the european medicines agency say as an investigation is ongoing the 1st findings are expected on thursday here's our europe correspondent peter oliver 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. 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. 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 it 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. about new vaccines you always have to be very careful and that's why surely when it comes to vaccines you should be very cautious and if there is a slightest suspicion then it has to be stopped 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 as us 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 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 the 21 gets a vaccination there's always risk to that always and 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 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. the u.k. has branded russia as its number one danger london has vowed to the terror and defend against the full spectrum of suppose at threats emerging from the country russia's ambassador to the u.k. shot by axing london is trying to justify plans to shower money on the british military. usually is that if you're going to boom abuse if you look at the you case 2015 strategy you can find the same aggressive rhetoric towards russia alongside calls for cop aeration on global issues but this year the version reads only about russia's threat status and doesn't say a word about dialogue between the 2 countries if you ask why well in my view the

u.k. government is going to spend immense sums of money to modernize its military despite also trying to overcome the financial hardships triggered by the covert crisis and to justify these british authorities are seeking for a solid excuse so the menace of russia is speak as an excuse for why you think that britain would have its hands full of dealing with covert 19 the countries 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 says 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 play 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 close a practical cooperation between nato and the e.u. in pursuit of this goal in the around $110.00 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. 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 after all we've seen how presenting russia as the bad guy has been rampant in the u.k. of the past few years this range from russia is one that respects no borders it is seeking to sow discord in the west and undermine institutions there is scarcely a country that has not been affected in recent years by some kind of. or disruptive russian behavior irresponsible activity disinflation russia must desist through this entire show in the u.k. russia poses but immediate an 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 were used these were nothing but unfounded accusations well apart from the perhaps

expected russian element to this report there were a few out that no 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 warheads will be increased by more than 40 percent from 180 to 2. 160 so quite a demonstrative show force here new threats new weapons this comes just at 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 are certain forces within the u.k. who are also getting 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 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 pandemic 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 brought about a great to global presence and increased ability 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 in terms of market share roughly equal to about of the next 4 largest arms selling nations that is according to a report by the stockholm international peace research institute. over the past 5

years the u.s. as accounted for over a 3rd of the world's arms exports almost twice that of russia which comes in 2nd around half of all arms exported went to the middle east with saudi arabia cutting for a by a quarter while the volume of exports hers not increased overall the u.s. share of the market has grown no we discuss the findings with a senior researcher at the institute. so what the u.s. aims at and many other countries also use whip and exports as a tool for policy reach and scan actually grow as important as the middle east has grown very rocket and isto 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 equipment into it to make it safer if you don't have to mechanisms to otherwise deal with the tensions had to call did negotiate solutions and if you are

the major supplier you can shut your demands also policy watch. you see minutes into the program still ahead a canadian activists is attacked on the streets of montreal while demonstrating against giving puberty blockers to children we hear from the victim after the break . seemed wrong. just don't call. me. yet to see how does the attic. and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

the world is driven by the dream of. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. again local officials are warning about a new surge of migrants on america's southern border who are testing positive for

corona virus and are being released into the united states we are completely in the dark they can tell us what their health issues are i've got a lot of seniors and elders here they're very susceptible to covert the biden administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have cove it into texas communities the biden administration must immediately end this cow was acts that exposes texans and americans to code it. you know a recent poll suggests there is widespread concern that the government can tunnel the build up of migrants in the us mexico border while meeting coronavirus health protocols fema by the way which normally deals with enough troll disasters major emergencies it's not being forced to expand its remit to give shelter to migrant children on the border and fucked around $8500.00 youngsters are living right now in temporary accommodation for migrants thousands more are stuck in overcrowded

border patrol stations many of them placed in prison cells for adults have been held for longer than the maximum 3 d. a limit about 500 children reportedly arrive every day as politicians busily point the finger of blame at each other high speaker democrat nancy pelosi sees the problem purely as a team trying to 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 of since becoming president joe biden has been reversing some of donald trump's immigration policies he's ordered the reunification of migrant children with their families and forced his support for easing citizenship requirements a growing amount of republicans though i blame the new administration for the situation on the border stating that democrats have all but invited the migrants to the front tier i spoke to a conservative commentator who you refer to who believes president biden will do virtually anything to gain more votes. it's almost like the democrats are sol hell

bent on adding 11000000 new voters to their rolls i mean let's be honest joe biden has put it out there his intention to try to give 11000000 illegal residents in the united states a passed way to citizenship even if it's to the detriment of the safety of the american people listen the reason we're having this problem right now has nothing to do with the previous administration they were building the border wall they were trying to are you know shift funding to issues like you know aisa and border patrol more border patrol agents these are policies the president trump had long been pushing for and we've eased up at the wall basically and that's what the closing deserved and more people coming into the country now so they can be part of that $11000000.00 you when we bring in people we don't really check these people for corona virus or if we determine that they're sick we still release them out into the general public i mean again this is

a public health crisis we need to make sure that all of these people that we are you know held in american custody are detained and tested and if they're sick they need to be placed into a forced quarantine and then moved out of the country and go through the process of trying to legalize legally and correctly. a canadian activist has been attacked in montreal while demonstrating against giving puberty blockers to children with gender identity issues chris else to film the assault on his telephone and show several people approaching him to mounting he leave the area they also call him a transfer he was left with a broken arm after one of the attackers repeatedly hit him with a traffic cone here's how he described the incident. what i do i would go out on the street i have conversations with people about the purity blocking. the media or pew report on what's going on out of nowhere from them. 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 on me i only had about one second notice they ripped the signs off me 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. of the issues surrounds the administration all of drugs that stop the onset of puberty by blocking certain hormones the physical affects 17 wear off when the child stopped taking them however there are still concerns about the lasting impact puberty blockers are having on the young if a child goes on puberty blocking drugs from the age of 12 to 17 and then they come off them there's no magic time machine to get those 5 years back 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 d. transitioning and canada is going a 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 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 stop puberty and. a 3rd crolla virus wave sweeps through europe some governments are again using the option of further tightening restrictions charlotte dubinsky looks at how the continent is shaping up for yet another resurgence and co but one thing cases. 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 a 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 units so overwhelmed with patients having to be transferred elsewhere in the country either founds 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 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 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 have even admitted that they

a movie is the e.u. $600.00 of the vaccine program is also the only in the farming line cools a growing from block states for the body which a previous doc 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 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 lock down isn't what everyone was expecting after a year that's already seen so many restrictions and losses and so much grief the idea that european countries could continuously now find themselves in the art 1 of lockdowns for some time to come is something that will certainly hit a nerve and test everyone's patience so let's even ski paris well as are a lot for not from the new studio but before we go to some more great programs let's take a look at what else is an offer for you over the next week or so to stay close. is your media a reflection of reality. in

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