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when i was a child. we would say. in 16. us president this. is. the week welcome to the. several. blocks medical. faces a possible 3rd wave of the virus. consenting v. and other vaccines i strongly insist that the relevant issue now with arise asian for safe vaccines as soon as possible the more vaccines we have the better for. us

and also send him stuff and along as far as the russian vaccine is concerned have held the view for some time that we should use each vaccine that is approved by the european madison's agence seen that if a new sets european or do an 8 and i have seen no indication that it will be germany would have to go it alone that is a possibility and this would do companies across europe those look like they might be breaking ranks with the european regulator earlier this month of firms in a number of in your countries signed deals to produce russia as a sport nick v. job but they're all still waiting on the blocks regulator to approve the medicine sputnik 3 has already been authorized by 46 nations and europe's slovakia and the hungry are already rolling out the job in the meantime hungary's foreign minister has become the 1st top official from an e.u. member state to receive the russian sputnik v. vaccine peta is he out of those says his country is expecting to receive an additional 6 180000 doses over the russian short over the next 2 weeks on gori was

in fact the 1st e.u. nation to approve sputnik 3 and more than 1400000 hunger areas have since received a 1st dose of the vaccine earlier we spoke to peter c.-r. though he told us that politics should never play a role when it comes to saving lives. vaccine is not a question of ideology for us is a matter of saving lives and if we had not contracted the chinese and russian vaccine we could have saved the health care and the health and the lives of many hungry and the hungry our national regulator has approved the emergency use authorization for nukes so i have no concern i was the one. that asked by our government to negotiate with the russians on the ration of our

purchasing. i have started to negotiations with minister montoro and mused back at the end of october before i got to don't actually and after a long series of negotiations and we were able to sign our contract we share a lot in accelerating the vaccination in hungary you said it's rightly more than 1400000 now today just mourning even more and more than 1500000 on the area have already been vaccinated but our scandinavian countries are extending a freeze on the use of the astra zeneca covert vaccine that's despite the european medicines agency concluding on thursday that the drug was safe and effective for taking us through developments now he's trying to ski. several scandinavian countries still unsure about losing this vaccine that 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 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 being 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 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 the 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 year 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 move 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. those who died but i don't want

to take the risk so i'm waiting a little longer this is a mystery you never know how they made it there is a nurse she died and on top of that the people who died because of it so i don't really know if it really works or not but 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 issue the vaccines. really does raise that question of trust and at a time when we're now being told that there were not enough vaccines to prevent a 3rd movie in 1000 wave here in europe and many people may now be saying you know

actually i don't want that rock scene i want to have one they really are big issues that need to be resolved well in the meantime new york has reporter its 1st case of the highly contagious brazilian strain of covert that's after the u.s. health department publicly boasted that it tried to dissuade brazil from using russia's sputnik vaccine it's a move branded by the kremlin unprecedented and harsh details not with artie's but i guess. we've all heard the bat back to deals to secure the shipment countries trampling each other to get those precious jabs these seize the 1st star we've heard of back door 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 this 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 objective of 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 don 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. the threat to

mankind it is above politics saving and we're talking here about medians 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 coronavirus but also to take advantage of the pandemic to punish governments they don't like i'm not sure i entirely agree with the russian foreign minister yes they are politicizing vaccination

politicising lives that's obvious but i'm not entirely sure that the countries that the us doesn't like that it's them that are being 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 now despite its admission in the report the us health department says it cannot comment on the vaccine is not approved by the american f.d.a. also they cannot prevent countries from using the drugs that they have authorized themselves. president. he. would pay the price. responded by calling its u.s. envoy. for crisis talks. with washington has more details on the whole

story with daniel hawkins. 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. or 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 the present by regret

calling who. know the president gave a direct answer to a direct question about suicide from threats through pay a price and announcing new sanctions hailed as a new approach to dealing with moscow the president's relationship and this it ministrations 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 what old front 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 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 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 you and it's not just the children saying the meaning is very deep tit for tat accusations or 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 the ruling class its identity was formed in difficult circumstances that are 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 where with the black life mass movement have come from putin 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 now on the south reflection and the 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 which would logically i want to invite president biden to continue our discussion on the

condition that it's in the form of live broadcast online 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 a no 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. are still to come here on the program on r.t. authorities along america's southern border are raising the alarm it's over a record number of amassing migrants we hear a local mayors concerns that story in the mix of your weekly top headlines in just a moment.

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me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. thanks for joining us here for the weekly monday marks 10 years since the outbreak of war in syria hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict and millions displaced now by 2015 almost half of the country was occupied by the islamic state terror group that's when the russian military decided to put its weight behind that of the syrian government well since then russia has become an integral part of the entire peace process helping broker and monitor last year's ceasefire agreement as well as of course supplying shooter amounts of humanitarian aid for the syrian people. if an option and now reports from syria about russia's role in that 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. was. taken by surprise that a government 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 group in 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 russia inebriation the syrian army managed to take back. and push the enemy back 70 kilometers. are. come 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 hall for peace for syria and the reason sense of real kong here. was

a weaker and weaker the base is unique in. 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 series cities once again.

the suburbs are no i have spent half of my life and 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

liberate 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 shelved 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 of bread so many of them i jobless but they say please the skies above are now clear reef an ocean otty from damascus in syria. this is r.t. international local authorities along america's southern border are calling on their government to step in as the region faces a record influx of migrants u.s. border patrol is struggling to provide covert secure shelter for thousands of

people the mayor of one ton 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 earth sort of cities have seen. 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 texas have ultimately borne the brunt of the migrant influx on recent poll suggests there's growing doubt about the ability of the authorities to cope with the situation on the us mexico border particularly amid the pandemic of the biden administration has deployed the disaster agency fema to deal with the situation m a o chris riggs again believes the federal government simply wasn't prepared for such a surge in migrant numbers. yeah there is definitely the concern of coven

and how that it's 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 and before they release people were wanting to see what their health records are so that we can ensure our our citizens are protected that this is a crisis simple as that and i'm putting 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 3rd going to offer this they need to do their job they need to have a plan in place obviously there was no plan. that's the weekly for this hour here on the international thank you for sharing some of your sunday with us here in moscow by calling union anneal is here in about half an hour's time with more of your top stories hope you can join us then.

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