the. foreign minister becomes the 1st senior official from. russia. along with one of. our. senior. is a member of saving lives among the stories that shape this week. given the ok from the european medicines agency. blood clots doctors say some patients are counseling appointments but the. u.s. department of health admits to pressuring brazil. before the highly infectious brazilian. is detected for the 1st time in new york.

when i was a child and we had all. we would say. and sticks to you. in response to. something the u.s. president said the spike. is. big stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment of elements well this is the week the n.r.t. little welcome. several e.u. leaders are urging the block's medical agency to approve russia's sputnik vaccine as europe readies itself for a 3rd wave of coronavirus. consenting v. and other vaccines i strongly insist that the relevant e.u. bodies issue not authorize asian for safe vaccines as soon as possible the more

vaccines we have the better for. us and also slim stuff and belong 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 a new such european order were mate and i have seen no indication that it will be germany would have to go it alone that is a possibility and this would who would do well companies across europe look like they might break ranks with the european regulators earlier this month firms in a number of you countries deals to produce sputnik vary but they are all still waiting on the blocks regulator to approve the drug it's not been authorized by 46 nations europe slovakia and hungry already rolling out 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 seize his country is expected to receive additional 680000

doses of the shot over the next fortnight was also the 1st nation to approve sputnik since then some one and a half 1000000 have received a 1st dose of the vaccine earlier we spoke to mr who himself battle coburn some months ago he told us that politics should not be a priority when lives are at stake. well exene 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 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 with minister month 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 of 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 ariens have already been vaccinated you know all nordic countries are extending a freeze on the use of the astra zeneca covert vaccine that's the spiked european medicines agency concluding on thursday that their drug was quote safe effective taking us through developments here's our to charlotte. but 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 their own investigations now due to several serious cases and no way we want to thoroughly review the situation before we make a conclusion well blood clots eye is the issue that's being discussed over and over nots initially will be the main 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 school 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 for those in older age groups so it tells 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. of those who died but they don't want to take 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 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 approve 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 there were not enough vaccines to prevent 831000 wave here in europe and many people may now be saying you know actually i don't

want. to have one there really are big issues that need to be resolved. charlot devinsky well new york has reported its 1st case of a highly contagious brazilian strain of cold it comes just after the u.s. health department publicly posted that it tried to dissuade brazil from using the sputnik the vaccine a move by the kremlin as quote on precedented severe our senior correspondent steve can take us through that we've all heard the bad back 2 deals to secure the shipment of countries trampling each other to get those precious japs these seas 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 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 are 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 v. has come out and said what any reasonable person already knows this is a pandemic that is threatening and killing people equally these. as

a 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 of 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 u.s. 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. of all 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. and choose that joe biden gave an interview in which he was asked whether russia's president was a killer he answered yes. and would pay the price for alleged interference in u.s. elections moscow responded by calling its u.s. envoy bucks 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 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 going over who. know the president gave a direct answer to

a direct question but aside from threats through paying a price i don't doubt seeing 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 3 years and we've already seen evidence of that the boy administration took around 2 months to allow this 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 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 person 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 well with the black life mass movement have come from britain 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 boyd and to continue the discussion in parson in an uncensored law of online broadcast something that may be unprecedented in such high level talks yeah. but i want to invite president biden to continue our discussion on the condition that it's in the form of lifeboat cost 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 we 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. dorothy's along america's southern border are raising the alarm over a record number of mussing migrants they also fear on being tested properly for covert we hear a local verse concerns for the break. the

world is driven by shaped by thinkers. thinks. we. ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. theory dramatic. very critical time 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 millions more displaced by 2015 and almost half the country was occupied by the islamic state or a group which is when the russian military decided to put its weight behind the syrian government since then russia has become an integrity part of the peace process helping broker last year's ceasefire agreement moscow's also been supplying humanitarian aid to the syrian people are. the reports now 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. was. taken by ship like that to go beyond our forces waiting for their defeats predicted it was a very important moment then russian abby ation played a very important role might seem you would know the name changed was among the 1st pilots to come here back in 2015 stone building will 2015 things were close to the

point of no return as 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 8 villages and push the enemy back 70 kilometers. from a main airbase 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 had the reason sense of real kong here. was

a weaker and weaker love the base is unique. it's 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 the 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 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. given that 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 the streets in the old city of the capital damascus empty we show up some 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 and locals still spend hours queuing for fuel bread so many of them i jobless but they say please this guy's evolve now clear brief an ocean ati from damascus in syria. protests were held across the u.k. on sunday against the new poll leasing bill violent scenes were seen in the english city of bristol with activists torching the police for.

the rally took place under the slogan kill the bill the new draft law is passed will give the authorities greater powers to restrict public gatherings in england to the fields dollars were on display with the message say no to u.k. police state there are also major rallies are police stations in cardiff and other welsh says. let's bring you across the atlantic now local authorities along america's southern border they're calling on the government to step in the region faces a record influx of migrants u.s. border patrol is struggling to provide secure a shelter for thousands of people the murder of a time in our a zone are 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 yeah 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 our a zone and texas have borne the brunt of the migrant influx a recent poll suggests there is growing dollars about the ability of the authorities to cope with the situation in the us mexico border and the pandemic the biden ministration has the ploy the disaster he conceived fema to deal with the situation chris riggs again believes the federal government either didn't think through the situation or don't care. there is definitely the concern. 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 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 offer this they need to do their job they need to have a plan in place obviously there was no plan. this week we also covered the story of a canadian activist who was attacked in montreal while demonstrating against the state giving puberty blockers to children with gender identity issues chris ellison film the assault on his phone it shows several people the mountie leave the area while calling him a transphobia he was left with a broken arm after one of the attackers repeatedly it's 10 with a traffic cone he described the incident to me. what i do i just go out on the

street i have conversations with people about the purity blocking drug because the media are cute report on what's going on out of nowhere from the road and i think from my left on the sidewalk about i don't know how many people 567. 1 woman director men were just on me i had about one second notice a risk to find out me that i would be dying $1000.00 children cannot consent to puberty blockers it seems to me like a 100 percent it's a premeditated act they knew i was there and they came to get me. well the issues are on strokes that's still the on set of puberty by blocking certain hormones now the physical effects eventually wear off when the child stops taking them however there are many concerns about the lasting impact puberty blockers are 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 end of criticism doesn't even kick right into gear it's going to 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 d. transitioning and canada is going a 100 miles an hour in the wrong direction because we have political people using that as a wedge issue to achieve their political and so they try to say that if we don't want to give puberty blocking drugs that somehow we're against the elegy be 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 stop puberty and you know a reminder for up to the moment global news developments as we enter a new way to do give our twitter page a follow the updates keep coming there live from moscow this is our to international.