the bigger question if you are. in the headlines this week doubts linger over whether the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots as you say so the patients are canceling their appointments for the job despite the european medicines agency giving the all clear. of health minister pressuring brazil not to use russia's sputniks the vaccine days before the 1st infectious brazilian strain of corona virus is detected in new york . and u.s. russia relations hit a new low for president biden brands his russian counterpart a killer. thanks for joining us good morning you're watching the weekly here.

scandinavian countries are extending a freeze on the use of the. vaccine that's despite the european medicines agency concluding on thursday that the drug was quote safe and effective taking us through developments is r.t. shala do risk. several scandinavian countries still unsure about losing this vaccine but start with finland which has now suspended the use of the astra zeneca jab why they think best against shoe cases of potential blood clots on top of that we know the norway denmark and sweden they're all holding back from restarting their programs all of them still have concerns about issues surrounding astra zeneca and say that they going to carry out 6 their own investigations now due to several serious cases and no way would want to thoroughly review the situation before make a conclusion well blood clots eye is the issue that's been discussed over and over

nots initially will be e.m.a.n. was investigating over the last week oh say but there have been of the 'd much more serious effects that some say to astra zeneca let's have a look now at some of those cases. now the a.m.a. of course did carry out extensive investigations into these possible side effects

and what they said at their press conference on thursday is that the vaccines benefit in protecting people from coronavirus related deaths or hospitalisations continued to outweigh the possible links as a result of taking the astra zeneca vaccine and that's why. they reapproved to rubber stamp it once again for use but it's not just countries nordic countries who are still querying the use of astra zeneca here in france the country's health authority has now given new advice about the job saying that can only be used for those over the age of 55 now you might wonder why that seems so odd but if i go back just a couple weeks ago you being told by authorities here in france that astra zeneca shouldn't be used with those in older age groups so it does feel for many is if the new advice is a complete u. turn and it is leaving many people questioning why well the reason is because the

may also on thursday suggested that they were a possible increased risk of blood clots for those under the age of 55 if they had the astra zeneca job. i don't trust the spanx an adult i don't know that it's really true what they say with the media would no longer know what to think the. vaccine is brand new i mean we don't know the side effects. of those who died but i don't want to take the risk so i'm wait and a little longer. you never know how they made it there is a diet and on top of that there are people who died because of it so i don't really know if it really works or not. there's also now the question as to what this means for the ear may itself we now have countries across the european union who are deciding that it's rubber stamping of us just isn't quite good enough let's not

forget that the e.u. may is the scientific body for the whole of the european union this is the party that looks at medicines and decides if it's to improve them so the idea that countries are now questioning want to double check the figures the investigations over this is. the vaccines really does raise that question of trust and at a time when we're now being told that there are not enough vaccines to prevent a 3rd could be 1000 wave here in europe and many people may now be saying you know actually i don't want that boxing i would prefer to have that one there really are big issues that need to be resolved. over in the u.k. the arsenic a vaccine rollouts happened much faster than in the u. but a british nurse told us many people though are still reluctant to type it out. people who are concerned about the speed at which the vaccinations we develop so that's now compounded with tools and concerns around blood clots in the connection with

the these brain blood course that can develop or they you know this is fission that they may defend after this particular vaccination i had a conversation yesterday as a patient who actually said that he would not be getting that one and he has now gone on to a different brand of vaccination because he's lost confidence in that. the prime minister boris johnson said he plans to take the astra zeneca job and other people to do the same but the bonus again thinks members of the public all right to be cautious well i think did the concerns are warranted as we are because we don't really want to be gambling with people's lives you know it's not and there was a lot of talk around this speed at which the facts in the nation's developed so there is a lot of concerns about how you know how safe are the facts and now be it's you

know i just i just hope that every some think you may see some of the other countries that have caused the poorest have been using that particular vaccine i feel that that is probably why it's a feeling to do considering we've got so many people that are worried about the vaccination. several e.u. leaders are urging the block's medical agency to fast track banks in approval as europe faces a 3rd wave of corona virus concerning sputnik v. and other vaccines i strongly insist that the relevant issue not authorize agent safe vaccines as soon as. vaccines that we have the office of distrust in also slim stuff and along this fire the russian vaccine is concerned i have held the view for some time that we should use each vaccine that is approved by the european magistrate's agence singh but if no such european order were made and i have seen no indication that it will be germany would have to go it alone that is

a possibility and this what it would do. to companies across europe they look like they might break ranks with the european regulator earlier this month firms in a number of e.u. countries steel through producer russia. but they're all still waiting on the box regulator to approve the drug would be has already been authorized by 46 nations europe's hungry slovakia's already rolling out the job he spoke to the head of the burden branch of the german red cross and his politics should stay out of the decision whether to a prevent sids. as the head of the berlin branch of the german red cross i had that many scientists from the berlin charité clinic say the research documents the studies available about the give a positive impression vaccination is the only serious answer and the only serious way to fight covert 19 and my demands on demand is the following way as the german bread crossed are impartial and do not interfere in political issues but we would

like a non ideological decision on vaccines to be made and that everything that is scientifically based is allowed in germany and on the european market this applies to us and to me and to the sputnik v. and this says there should be no ideological or geo political reasons that would dictate selective behavior and my impression is that at least here in germany there's not enough information for scientists to study it properly in recent weeks and days this is change in the most fundamental way and i hear that opinions of many doctors and pharmacists who've been working on this topic including from the eminent sheraton that's putting vague can be trusted and that if the a and relevant departments fail to approve it they will lose people's trust i demanded negotiations with vaccine manufacturers around the world and non ideological decisions we need science based solutions for me this means that if scientific results confirm that negotiations with sputnik the can be conducted then they need to be conducted immediately unfortunately there are currently not enough

vaccines in germany vaccination centers doctors pharmacists have capacities that would make it possible to vaccinate more people biggest problem at the present time is the shortage of vaccines trout germany and throughout europe many germans look at for example great britain america and israel with strange failings they see that many more people have already been vaccinated there than here in germany although the biotech vaccine which is in high demand around the world was developed in germany. unfortunately there are currently not enough vaccines in germany therefore we do not vaccinate the population as quickly and has been happening in other countries. new yorkers reported its 1st case of the highly contagious brazil strain of covert that's after the us health department publicly boasted that it tried to dissuade brazil from using for suspending v. vaccine the move branded by the kremlin precedented and harsh because the it has been. we've all heard of that backdoor deals to secure that scene shipment

countries trampling each other to get those precious jabs these says the 1st star we've heard of backdoor deals to deny people a vaccine the u.s. department of health health and human services boosting that it had denied hundreds of millions of brazilians a jab. 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 and that is what is essentially a grand perversion of simple human decency and moral values they argue that brazilians vaccinating themselves with a russian vaccine is apparently

a threat to u.s. security they are explaining how they just say that it is let me put that in perspective for you we will see and hear of the daily death tallies right so one in 5 of those deaths are happening right now in brazil 20 percent of all qubit deaths worldwide are in brazil and these people a boosting that they help prevent inoculations in brazil with one of the objectives the and scientifically proven most efficient vaccines in the world these are the same people who claim that lives in vaccines are above politics and accused russia of undermining innoculation efforts 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 well darden u.s. department of health and human services who feel safe and your organization behind sputnik the has come out and said what any reasonable person already knows this is a pandemic that is threatening and killing people equally these. is a threat to mankind it is above politics saving and we're talking here about millions of lives is paramount but the degree of cynicism and double standards here is astonishing see when it's about saving american lives they'll take all the help that they can get remember the russian planes carrying aid to new york last year oh they accepted that no threat to national security there apparently but

brazilians vaccinating themselves with sputnik god forbid no no no america current allow brazilians to do that 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 i'm not sure gree with the russian foreign minister yes they are politicizing vaccination politicizing lives that's obvious but i'm not entirely sure that the countries that the u.s. doesn't like that it's them that have been punished it's the people that they're friends with brazilians who will potentially not receive a life saving job so we're fishelson washington can go to sleep at night feeling good and safe. when as parents of mission in the report the us health department says it cannot comment on vaccines not approved by the f.d.a.

and cannot pressure countries from using the drugs they've authorized themselves. joe biden gave an interview in which she was us where the russia's president was a killer he answered yes and found that latina putin would pay the price for alleged interference in u.s. elections responded by calling its u.s. envoy back to moscow for crisis talks on the state of relations with washington and he's done hawkins has a story. the lowest point since the cold war that sol russia u.s. relations have been described across the board over the last few years but every new u.s. administration has a chance to take a fresh look at things build some bridges at least try not to add to the tension and joe biden you know vladimir putin you think is a killer. and do so what price must he pay but pray she's going to pay well you'll see shortly if there was a book on the presidential diplomacy one o one the very 1st page may well say don't call your counterpart

a soulless murderer in your 1st couple of months in office it could make talks over the next 4 years slightly awkward but the kremlin saying they're now hoping for the best but preparing for the worst in terms of relations but international diplomacy can be like a game of poker biden went all chips in no regrets for the present by regret growing over who. knows the president gave a direct answer to a direct question about aside from threats through paying a price and announcing new sanctions hailed as a new approach to dealing with moscow the president's relationship and this administration's relationship with the russians will be very different from what we've seen over the last 4 years and we've already seen evidence of that the boy administration took around 2 months to announce new sanctions targeting russia ordered from took around the same time when he came to office back in 2017 to

announce his sanctions against russian companies in connection with iran north korea syria nonproliferation act the 1st of many so hardly a new approach there anyway the target of biden's killer comments took them surprisingly well sidestepping the attacks with a restrained response. because only. i would wish him good health i'm not joking i mean it. is there secondly i want to say that in the history of various countries there are many to. tragic and dramatic event it is the will to judge people who eat other nations we look into mira yourselves we impose on others what we see in ourselves was that when i was a child and we had arguments in the courtyard you would say balances of me and sticks to your mind and it's not just the children saying the meaning is very clear them and tit for tat accusations the 3 moscow and washington go back decades but with biden making it personal putin made it clear he wouldn't stand for his

counterpart being a moral judge. regarding the american establishment in class its identity difficult circumstances that were well known in the colonization of the american continent by u.s. planes involved the extermination of the local population it was a genocide anymore he turns a genocide of the indian tribes this was followed by a long brutal period of slavery slave holding it was extremely cruel and all of this is endured through history in effect the development of my life stage to this day otherwise well with the black life mass movement have come from. birth and could have cited any number of events u.s. global military interventions political meddling support for dubious armed groups and regimes through illustrate his wider point look at yourselves and your actions before criticizing others the white house acknowledged nobody's perfect. the

president believes that one of the greatest attributes of the united states is our honest self reflection and our constant striving for progress and there's always more work to do in this round putting the shows to up the ante making a brave offer to biden to continue the discussion in person in an uncensored live online broadcast something that may be unprecedented in such high level talks. luxury to present i want to invite president biden to continue our discussion on the condition that it's in the form we live it would cost on like you but even with so far the white house has avoided rising to the challenge of making history refusing to commit or comment on the offer i don't have anything to report to you in terms of a future meeting the president of course be in georgia tomorrow and quite busy the problem is said will take further silence as i know and while they can't know what goes on behind the scenes of international diplomacy if biden's early days in office were a game of poker it seems this hand would go to his perceived adverse story probably

not the effect he wanted to make with his initial comments. he's a long american southern border raising the alarm over a record number of migrants we hear a local there's concerns after the break. he

. joined me every 1st day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you back. welcome back local authorities along america's saw them border calling on the government to step in as the region faces a record called in blocks of migrants u.s. border patrol struggling to provide secure shelter for thousands of people from out

of a town in arizona says the crisis is unprecedented. this is really opening up a pandora's box in our community we did not see the covert crisis nowhere near what some of the other cities have seen. we were hoping to keep it that way unfortunately it doesn't look with them dropping these migrants in our community and. southern states including arizona and alabama borne the brunt of the migrant influx a recent poll suggests is growing down to about the ability of the authorities to cope with the situation on the us mexico border amid a pandemic that administration has deployed the disaster agency fema to deal with the situation despite being beyond their remit now chris riggs again believes the federal government wasn't prepared for such a surge of migrant numbers. there is definitely the concern of coded. how that is going to impact my community i have

a large number of seniors and elders that. this could really affect so we're hoping that border patrol 'd will start testing before they release people were wanting to see what their health records are so that we can ensure our our citizens are protected if this is a crisis simple as that and i'm none of this on border patrol i put this strictly on the federal government as far as the current administration needs to step up and so we're going to for this they need to do their job they need to have a plan in place obviously there was no plan. the canadian activist is being attacked him until demonstrating against giving puberty because to children with gender identity issues. in film the assault on these 5 and it shows several people approaching him demanding he leave the area and killing him

and. he was left with a broken homage to one of the attackers repeatedly hit him with the traffic is how he described the incident. but i do have to go out on the street i have conversations with people about the purity blocking drug because the media if you report on what's going on out of nowhere from the road and i think to my left on the sidewalk about i don't know how many people 567. 1 woman director men were just on me i only had about one second notice a refined off me that i would be dying $1000.00 children cannot consent to cuban doctors it seems to me like a 100 percent it's a premeditated act they knew i was there and they came to get me. the issue surrounds the administration of drugs that stop the onset of puberty by blocking certain hormones the physical effects eventually wear off when the child stops taking them for there are still concerns about the lasting impact p.p.t. block is having on the young 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 current system doesn't even kick great 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 each transitioning and canada is going on 100 miles an hour in the wrong direction because we have political people using this as a wedge issue to achieve their political and that they try to say that if we don't want to give it puberty blocking drugs that somehow we're against the algae the 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. monday marked 10 years since the outbreak of war in syria hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in that conflict millions of

civilians have been displaced by $3050.00 half the country was occupied by the islamic state terrorist group which is when the russian military decided to put its weight behind the syrian government. since then russia has become an integral part of the peace process helping to broker and monitor last year's ceasefire agreement as well as supplying humanitarian aid to the syrian people on his behalf a national reports from syria about russia's role in the country. let me mean russian air base here and fear is northern province of what track it takes up a relatively small piece of land but it helped win the whole country back how i'll show you follow me.

taking my camera to go find our forces went further in the fades predicted it was a very important moment then russian abby ation played a very important role see what over the name changed was among the 1st pilots to come here back in 2015 with wildstorm global 2015 things were close to the point of no return the country could have ceased to exist our forces played a crucial role in the conflict. to give you an understanding of how intensive to mission has been since the start in the 1st 24 hours with the help of russian navy ation the syrian army managed to take back 8 villages and push the enemy back 70 kilometers.

per hour. from a main air base thought it was several tense in the middle of nowhere headed grew to a real town with streets and boulevards a church and a dream cafes and restaurants bakeries and beauty saloon it is a symbol health peace for syria and the reason a sense of real kong here. the base is unique in its location climatic conditions speed of deployments and the missions it carries out. but ending the war is just the 1st step in bringing live in syria back to normal had a decade of crisis has left too many scars and russian support goes far beyond military victories in the last 5 years russia has helped 2000000 syrian refugees return home

main roads were finally cleared and reopened russian medics have also treated around 130000 syrian citizens the defense ministry says nearly 3000 humanitarian operations delivered tons of food water medicine and basic supplies for series civilian population. it's going slowly but life is beginning to fill the streets of syria's cities once again. the suburbs are no i have spent half of my life i war we've been through a lot we have become patient i feel old even though i look young people have to work harder to cover their expenses and support their families life has become more difficult when we are stronger and ready for any outcome we have to keep on living

despite all the difficulties. they cannot exceed to ation is there are difficult we cannot provide our children with the most basic necessities clubs not books for study i want things to see read the way they used to be. the war has affected everything life has gotten worse the russians played the biggest role in the crisis they helped us greatly made our lives easier during the economic blockade helped lead. territories and supplied us with wheat and rice i remember this street in the old city of the capital damascus empty we show ups and galleries shut down and fear in the air that it could be shelled at any moment and it was the same gloomy mood basically all over the country 10 years on locals still spend hours queuing for fuel or bread so many of them my job is but they say please the skies above are now clear reef an ocean.