i'm sure i'll see you there. over whether the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots to say some patients are canceling their appointments for the despite the european medicines agency giving it the all clear. pressuring brazil not to use. just days after the 1st infectious brazilian strain of virus is detected in york. when i was a child and we had arguments in the playground we used to say bounces off me and sticks to you. in response to joe biden branding him a killer something the u.s. president said despite his valve that diplomacy is back.

to watching our team to national this is the weekly thanks so much for joining us. scandinavian countries are extending a freeze on use of the astra zeneca vaccine that despite the european medicines agency concluding on thursday the drug was quote safe and effective development. several stones in neighboring countries still unsure about losing this vaccine let's 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 while blood clots eye is the issue that's been discussed over and over nots initially will think e.m. a was investigating over the last week are saying 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 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 we no longer know what to think. vaccine is brand new mommy we don't know the side effects. but i don't want to dig that sawing waits in the longer he thought. there was a guy on the top of the 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

year 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. that seems 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 proxy i would prefer to have read your big issues that need to be resolved. over in the u.k. the astra zeneca vaccine rollouts happen much faster than in the year but

a british nurse told us many people they're still reluctant to take the job people were concerned about this fee which the vaccination as we develop so that's now compounded with tools and concerns around blood clots in the connection with these these brain blood clots that can develop all day you know this is fission they may defend after this particular vaccination i had a conversation yesterday a patient who actually said that he would not be getting that one and he has now gone on to different brand of vaccination because he's lost confidence in that. prime minister boris johnson said he plans to take the astra zeneca job to the people to do this but they only benefit again thinks members of the public are right to be cautious. well i think the big 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 engines were 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 poor. poorest have using that particular vaccine i feel that that is probably a wise of thing to do considering we've got so many people that worried about the vaccination. several e.u. leaders are urging the block's medical agency to fast track vaccine approval has europe faces a 3rd wave of current virus put me concerning v. and other vaccines i strongly insist that the relevant issue not authorize asian safe vaccines as soon as possible the more vaccines we have the better off it's of interest us and also sometimes stuff i'm along just fired 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 medicine. but if no such european order were available and i have seen no indication that it will be germany would have to go it alone that is admissibility and this what it would do. companies across europe though look like they might break ranks with the european regulators earlier this month firms in a number of e.u. countries still see producer. but they're all still waiting on the block regulator to approve the drug spending visa ready been authorized by 46 nations hungary and slovakia they already are rolling out the job we spoke to the head of the birth branch of the german red cross who says politics should stay out of a decision to approve. as the head of the berlin branch of the german red cross i had that many scientists from the berlin charity clinic say that the research documents the studies available about sputnik the give

a positive impression vaccination is the only serious onset 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 in this sense they should be no ideological or geopolitical 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 sherry take that splitting 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 from a 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 try out 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 county not enough happening in other countries. you york has reported its 1st case of the highly contagious brazil strain of covert and sent to the us health department

publicly boasted that it tried to dissuade brazil from using mrs v. a move branded by the kremlin unprecedented and harsh against the it has more we've all heard the bat back to 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 us 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 clearance plane 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 couvade 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. the 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 new 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 coronavirus 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 us 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. despite its admission in the report the us health department says it cannot comment on vaccines not approved by the f.d.a. and can't pressure countries from using drugs that they've authorized themselves. to say joe biden gave an interview in which he was asked whether russia's president was a killer and said yes vowing that imputing would pay the price for alleged interference in u.s. elections responded by calling his u.s. envoy back to moscow for crisis talks on the state of relations with washington aunties daniel hawkins has the 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 certain 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 that could make talks over the next 4 years slightly awkward for 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 the present by regret calling. you know the president gave a direct answer to a direct question but aside from threats to pay a price i don't outsing new sanctions hailed as a new approach to dealing with moscow the president's relationship and this administration is relationship with the russians will be very different from what we've seen over the last 3 years and we've already seen evidence of that the boy administration took around 2 months to announce new sanctions targeting russia what

old front took around the same time when he came to office back in 2017 to announce his 1st 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 restrained response. because only i would wish him good health i'm not joking i mean it secondly i want to say that in the history of every country there are many tragic and dramatic events but. when we judge people or other nations we look into a mirror and we see ourselves why should we impose on others what we see in ourselves when i was a child and we had arguments in the courtyard we would say bounces off me and sticks to us and it's not just the children saying the meeting is very deal of tit for tat accusations that 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 which took a certain. regarding the american establishment the ruling class its identity was formed in difficult circumstances that all well known the colonization of the american continent by europeans involved the extermination of the local population it was a genocide in modern terms 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 and affects the development of the united states to this day otherwise well with the black life mass movement have come from. could have cited any number of events u.s. global military interventions political meddling support for dubious armed groups and regimes through illustrators 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 south 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 parson in an uncensored live online broadcast something that may be unprecedented in such high level talks. luxury to put it i want to invite president biden a bill to continue our discussion on the condition that it's in the form of live broadcast on line 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 program has said they'll 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. or it is a long america's southern border raids in the alarm over a record number of migrants we'll hear a local mayor is concerned after this break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race based on often very dramatic development only i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by person. who dares thinks. we fear to ask. welcome back local authorities along america's saw them border calling on the

government to step in as the region faces a record in place of migrants u.s. border patrol struggling to provide coded secure shelter for thousands of people the matter 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 yet we were hoping to keep it that way unfortunately it doesn't look with them dropping these migrants in our community untested. southern states including arizona and alabama borne the brunt of the migrant influx a recent poll suggests there's growing doubts about the ability of the authorities to cope with the situation on the us mexico border amid the pandemic divide the ministrations deployed the disaster agency famous to deal with the situation despite not being beyond their remit now chris riggs again believes the federal government wasn't prepared for such a surge in my good numbers. there is definitely the concern.

how that is going to impact my community i have a large number of seniors and elders so 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 our project this is a crisis simple as that and i'm none of this on border patrol i put it strictly on the federal government as far as the current administration needs to step up and so we're going to offer this they need to do their job they need to have a plan in place obviously there was no play. monday not 10 years since the outbreak of war in syria hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in that conflict millions of civilians displaced 2015 well

most of the country was occupied by these let me state terror group because when the british military decided to put its weight behind the syrian government since then russia's become an integral part of the peace process helping broker monitor last year's ceasefire agreement as well as supplying humanitarian aid to the syrian people and he's made for national reports from syria about russia's role in the country. let me mean russian air base here and fear is northern province or 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. i.

was. taken by surprise that the government our forces went further defeated 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. and push the enemy back 70 kilometers.

per hour. from a mean 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 sense of real kong here. the base is unique in its location climatic conditions speed of deployments and the missions it will result. 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. the fact that it's going slowly but life is beginning to fill the streets of syria's cities once again. the so what 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. a young man to take in the next iteration is there are difficult i cannot provide our children of the most basic necessities clause not those for study i want thing to see read the way they used to. give us 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 has helped lead. territory and supplied us with wheat and rice i remember the streets 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 old locals still spend hours queuing for fuel or bread so many of them my job is but they say please this guys evolve and now clear brief an ocean. from damascus in syria.

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