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when i was a child and we had. we would say. something the u.s. president. thing the big stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment developments well this is the weekly r.t. the welcome. several leaders are urging the blocks medical agency to approve. europe readies itself for a 3rd wave of coronavirus. and other vaccines i strongly the

relevant issue. for safe vaccines as soon as possible the more vaccines we have the better. also some stuff as 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 madison'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 we would do if you from politicians will companies across europe look like they might break ranks with the european regulators to do their earlier this month firms in a number of the you countries dingell's to produce sputnik but they're all still waiting on the blocks regulator to approve the drug it's now been authorized by 46 nations europe slovakia and hungry are already rolling the job in fact hungary's foreign minister has become the 1st top official from an e.u. member state to receive the sputnik the vaccine peter c

r to see his country is expecting to receive dish will 680000 doses of the shot over the next 2 weeks hungry was also the 1st you nation to approve sputnik since then some other half 1000000 hungary and some received the 1st dose of the vaccine earlier in the day we spoke to mr c.r.t. he told us that politics shouldn't be a priority when lives are at stake. thanks to news not a question of ideology for us is a matter of saving lives and if we had mark on track to china and russia vaccine we 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 use 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 going to go she shows women. when we used to hold 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 don't want 14000000 now they just mourning even more now 1500000 i'm gary and i have only been vaccinated staying with the pandemic nordic countries are extending a freeze on the use of the astri's elica covert vaccine that's the spike the european medicines agency concluding on thursday that the drug was safe and effective taking us through developments here are to charlatans. 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 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 o. 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 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 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's really true what they say with the media would no longer know what to think that. the vaccine is brand new i mean we don't know the side effects. those who died but i

don't want to dig the risk so i'm waiting a little longer. you never know how they made it there is a nurse she died 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 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 approve them so the idea that countries and 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 are not enough vaccines to prevent

a 3rd 1000 wave here in europe and many people may now be saying you know actually i don't want i want to have one. big issues that need to be resolved. new york has reported its 1st case the highly contagious brazilian strain of covert it comes just after the us health department publicly posted that they tried to dissuade brazil from using the sputnik vaccine a move branded by the kremlin as unprecedented severe our senior correspondent going to you can take us through that we've all heard about deals to secure that shipment countries trampling each other to get those precious jobs these says the 1st stop we've heard of back door deals to did not people of 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 there 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 this. 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 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 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 and just and notes on rats peace despite its admission in the report the us health department says it doesn't comment on vaccines not approved by the f.d.a. and won't prevent countries from using drugs they have authorized themselves. tuesday joe biden gave an interview in which he was asked whether russia's president was a killer he answered yes that putin would pay the price for alleged interference in u.s. elections moscow responded by calling its u.s.

envoy back to the russian capital for talks on the state of relations with washington. 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 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 about aside from threats through pay a price i don't outsing 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 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 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 yours 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 who 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 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 well 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 past them in an uncensored lawyer online broadcast something that may be unprecedented in such high level talks which would put a luxury to but 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 travel in the 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. still ahead in the program authorities along america's southern border are raising the alarm over a record number of mussing migrants who they also fear are being tested properly for we hear a local concert with. the

sputnik b. day and been published samy africa sing we've seen you know good data from the. song from the chinese might seem like any other vaccine of the day the hope is all you can call a malign the basis for that statement given the scientific i would say the people in the scientific basis for choosing if the vaccines are given the thumbs up from a scientific or medical point of view we shouldn't be interfering with the process if it's all about. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. theory dramatic. only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down

and talk. 20 minutes into the program welcome back monday 10 years since the outbreak of war in syria hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict and millions more displaced by 2015 almost half the country was occupied by the islamic state terror group which is when the russian military decided to put its weight behind the syrian government since then russia has become part of the peace process helping broker monitor last year's ceasefire agreement moscow's also been supplying humanitarian aid to the syrian people ortiz maria financial reports

now from syria about russia's role in the country. let me i 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 ship like that to go find our forces went further and the fates predicted it was a very important moment then russian abby ation played

a very important role might see one of the name changed was among the 1st pilots to come here back in 2015 with wildstorm global of 2015 and things were close to the point when i returned it was the country could have ceased to exist as our forces played a crucial role in the conflict. to give you an understanding of how intensive the 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 religious 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 hall for peaceful syria and the reason sense of real kong here. was a week on 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 go in 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 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 liberate territories and supplied us with wheat. rice i remember the streets in the old city of the capital damascus empty we shops 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 of bread so many of them might jobless but they say please the skies above i now clear brief an ocean ati from damascus in syria. local authorities along america's southern border are calling on the government to step in the region faces a record influx of migrants u.s.

border patrol is struggling to provide covert secure shelter for thousands of people the murder of a ton and are his own and told me 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 good i'm dropping these migrants in our community and stood southern states including arizonan texas have borne the brunt of the migrant influx in recent polls suggest there's growing dollars about the ability of the authorities to cope with the situation in the us mexico border amid the pun to make the biden ministration has the ploy be a disaster agency fema to deal with the situation where a christian rigs again believes the federal government though didn't think through the situation or don't care. 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 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 if 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 looking into the future next to want to postpone demick normal it's going to look like irish biochemist luke o'neill is think yesterday on worlds apart it starts in moments.

as you read the stand in here for last. hour or. so from what i saw. that i'm on our show at the fair are rather tough what are the 4 of them together. i'm going to let combat of i don't cut and then you cut and kick and. i don't lose a channel for truffle that it doesn't that make the. blood work then

i'm all in on the show the downside of it does the family owned model the. numbers set up around the hey why don't i do it. and get this whole full place choice the i knew where you're from and pay off the time in syria said. british. civil. model for the name after the couple for the mr hates it for jim and then oil for hope that our friend in the course. of the.

welcome to worlds apart given the roughly year since comet 1000 emerged the riding roughshod over all aspects of our lives with its lights creaking and acting everything we used to take for granted but it's not since milly but shirley and naval are released along down to the question these are what is the new post condemning normal going to be what are the boundaries of personal social and international responsibility on the matters of how to discuss that i'm now joined by luke professor of biochemistry at trinity college dublin professor neal it's great to talk to you thank you very much for your time now be happy to be here now i know that your head back seem enthusiastic you've been arguing that governments should be banging down doris to get access to proven back scenes regardless of their source regardless of political considerations.