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news center in moscow this is r.t. good to have you with us i mean you know. the u.s. department of health admitted it used diplomatic ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia's. virus vaccine washington ses it's over fears having creasing russian influence in the region could threaten u.s. security the revelation came in a report by colleagues. earlier talk development this is the united states department of health health and human services that is boosting 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 that but let me put this in perspective for you brazil is a country that has been ravaged by covert so we all know the deaths of 6 that 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 here 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 chad beat itself. as a crusader for vaccines and for vaccine back to the nation 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 that. back then

they couldn't show you what it is that russia disinform anyone with in this case he you go we have clear evidence their own admission that they had denied people a chance to get vaccinated with the vailable 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 against 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 but than when they

accepted the help from russia aid from russian jets carrying ventilators to new york it 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 at night 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 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 serious concerns over the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine have

prompted major players to temporarily stop using the antico big jump including spain germany france and italy and it comes after reports last week of blood clots developing in one death among those who received the inoculation in denmark the european medicines agency ses an investigation is ongoing on the 1st findings are expected on thursday with more here's our europe correspondent peter all over. 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 had the vaccine and the development of blood clots inside and what the decision is a purely precautionary measure astra zeneca is used as a vaccine by millions of people in many countries around the world we're very aware of the significance of this decision and have not taken it lightly. limit on the

decision which was also taken in accordance with our european policy is to suspend vaccinations with astra zeneca as a precaution hoping to resume it quickly if the opinion of the allows it the question on. the cases that have been flagged that 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 in 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 too 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 this is and toss in the seems to be the right decision to pause its purpose 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. it's crowded out and 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 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 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. let us we always see what the new factors are and then we step back is are we on the right track it didn't really go shoot. the u.k. has branded russia its number one danger london has volunteered to turn the fend against the full spectrum of supposing threats emerging from the country russia's ambassador to the u.k. shot back saying london is trying to justify plans to shower money on the british military. usually it is sort of new to you to whom 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 cold the crisis and to justify this 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 it's 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 india round 110 page report russia is painted as a hostile confrontational state on many an occasion london has alleged that russia frequently and cause into ukase asp a. 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 destructive russian behavior irresponsible activity dissin from ation russia must desist through this entire show in the u.k. russia poses but immediate and urgent security for its part moscow 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 these 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 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 voices within the u.k. who were 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 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 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. talking about being more active brought about a greater global presence and increased nuclear capability is it really russia that one needs to keep an eye on or as well as declaring russia the u.k.'s main threat

in london also plans to increase its nuclear weapons arsenal we discussed the issue with political analyst chris bambery the campaign for nuclear disarmament kate hudson both are concerned what impact the move could while efforts to deescalate the global arms race. it's interesting that he's chosen to make this increasing nuclear arsenal at the same time as president biden and putin have recently signed up pick a favorite new the new start treaty which is a by the actual nuclear weapons reduction treaty so it's not johnson is going against the flow we've had 30 is that gradual to solve month that's because down across the world russia or the us still continuing with that constructive development and boris johnson set me saying right out of 40 percent increase in britain's nuclear weapons i mean people have a right to say why he can a thought off what the leader of the opposition says but he's asking the right question also is the point that they say to announce that you're going to spend

billions so you chris you know nuclear weapons nuclear warheads at its height when we have you talk of a stereotype mischa's here of your pal nazis who are dealing with the cooler though i beg of you not the one percent pay rise this is just madness major question should be asked about domestically about what this is actually you know given that we're always told there's no money because of the academic impact of the pandemic and secondly why do you want to go back into that alliance the united states was led as it's our rock which medicines afghanistan and thirdly why the uk and we position ourselves as if we'd say to launch a you you quote war. still to come return of the lock downs of a sweeping extractions are back in play across parts of europe as countries ramp up their defenses against a 3rd wave of this or that all the details after this short break.

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 get them through political favoritism not true of marriage those who are being subjected to high interest rates and and being cut out of the asset market it 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. the world is driven by shaped by.

the day. thinks. we dare to ask. a look in american t.v. host tucker carlson come under fire over comments about u.s. army efforts to accommodate servicewoman the fox news on his plans to create maternity flight suits carlson suggested such initiatives weaken the military. pregnant women are going to fight our wars it's a mockery of the u.s. military while china's military becomes more masculine as it's assembled the world's largest navy our military needs to become as joe biden says more feminine

whatever feminine means anymore since men and women no longer exist he's parked a lot in there from trance phobia to weave li extolling the masculinity of china's navy to his completely misplaced outrage at joe biden over those flight suits maybe he doesn't realize his comments are weakening the military after all he wouldn't know a deployment from a trip to nantucket or a rocket launcher from all across dick but that's what he is doing maligning pregnant service members tucker carlson is the new donald trump tucker has taken trump's place as a right wing leader as an outrage generator as a fire starter some of the reaction from the mainstream media there well officials from various branches of the armed forces also the unger's remarks a pentagon spokesperson said he didn't mean the entire u.s. military took or carlson tonight is one of the highest rated programs in the u.s. the most popular 'd conservative show in the country this discussed this morning

with journalist commentator chadwick were joining us from new york good to see a child like turkey or carlson he's hardly a shrinking violet when it comes to his conservative views so why are these remarks causing such a stir when others house and. i think it's probably because donald trump is out of the picture i mean it's interesting that they that you saw brian stelter from c.n.n. saying the calls in is the new donald trump well no not really unless you're talking about the new target of the media crosshairs tucker carlson is an extremely influential and beloved voice in american news media particularly for the sort of champion bait and you know interesting that you was never kind of super fan of donald trump in fact you didn't really talk about donald trump or really necessarily dorking that much but rather the issues that kind of led to the rise of trump the sort of conditions that that working class americans are concerned about mainly china trade immigration you talked a lot about cultural issues

a lot about the lesser domination of cultural institution and he has the most powerful voice america on those topic now that donald trump is out of the picture so of course the crosshairs of the media he could have said anything on tuesday broadcast there wasn't just not pregnant women in the military the crosshairs of the left wing media have shifted from donald trump they need a new golden boy to go after at that point to them sort of evil 'd force on their right and look like they've chosen tucker now to be that the sacrificial lamb it also had nerve though among members of some members of the military slamming carlson for his remarks it's quite rare for the op to happen generally that's a political should that be charming it isn't something that they should have their views on. it's extremely not only an appropriate but right name to have the military and spokespeople from the u.s. military going out there and commenting on

a civilian talk show host it's very unprecedented this far as i know i don't think it ever happened or as very rarely happened that that representatives from the military from the pentagon would go on to attack an american citizen like that for opinions and doctor's opinion was that china is as escalating of the chinese military looking much better than ours and our military is concerned with pregnant women like suits which i think a lot of people would agree that pregnant women maybe shouldn't be fighting in a war is i don't think that is really ought to be a controversial opinion to have gotten the alternatives to to involve the women in the army chuck not a good thing per se like in the best interest of the military. i think what we're seeing is that while it's the 2 shows such as academia and the media and entertainment have been subsumed by the left and by liberal while the right people trying to fight those battles this battle really last

a long time ago and what they were watching is that these forces have made their way into things like the military and the police force and some would even say the intelligence service we're seeing maybe this has nothing to do with specifically women or diversity per se in the military but it has to do with that that liberalism has inspected those institutions and we see it in making ways and one you know in ways you can point out maybe like the president did was accommodating pregnant women on the battlefield you know of course there's a transgender service issue that obama ended you know very late in his term of government by bill having got rid of the transgender thing by the way people pretend that he has but he basically changed nothing from tom's directive but i think that they're using is a cultural shift in attitude from from institutions that people sort of assume are very staunchly conservative such as the military and police forces to take times as old as a coming on the show and sharing your views chadwick more

a journalist and commentator much like that. now is a 3rd coronavirus wave sweeps through europe governments again see the solution is further tightening restrictions charlotte to biscayne looks on how the cult and to shipping up for yet another rise in covert linking 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 lockdowns 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 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 ill of 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. the situation is complex stands and is worsening and the paris region vaccines are seen as being the only hope but instead the rollout program has been more issues. the e.u. is still so really liking behind the u.k. for example so much so that the germans have even admitted that they are a movie is the e.u. $600.00 of the vaccine program is also the only in the farming line cool's a growing from block state for the body which approves stock seems the may 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

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i am max foster this is the kaiser reports. let's check in with stacey. well max the fad is succeeding at what it wanted to do according to this headline from wall street dot com dollars purchasing power dwindles to another record low fed is getting its wish it has so the latest data shows that durable goods inflation is at 3.3 percent food inflation has a 3.4 percent and the consumer price index rose 1.7 percent in february from a year earlier the fastest year over year increase in 12 months right and the government is claiming that in 2020 inflation rate was approximately 1.6 percent and they are.