hungary's foreign minister becomes the 1st senior official from an e.u. country to receive the vaccine along with one and a half 1000000 of his compatriots we hear from the minister thanks emus not a question of ideology. is the mother of saving lives. in the stories that shaped the week international the vaccine is given the ok from the european of medicines agency after a blood clot fears but u.k. doctors say some patients are canceling appointments for the shot. u.s. department of health admits to pressuring brazil not to use it this vaccine days before the highly infectious brazilian strain of corona virus is detected for the 1st time in new york also ahead. if you do it when i was

a child and we had all of the we would see me and sticks to you. lot of reports in response to joe biden branding him a killer the u.s. president view despite recently claiming diplomacy is back. our broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us and several e.u. leaders are urging the block's medicines agency to approve russia's sputnik vaccine as europe readies itself for a 3rd cold wave. 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 some stuff in the long as 5 of the russian vaccine is considering have

held the view for some time that we should use each vaccine that is approved by the european imagist says agence singh but 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 look like they might break ranks with the european regulator as well earlier this month firms and a number of e.u. countries agreed to deals to produce sputnik v but they are still waiting on the blocks regulator to approve the drug it has now been authorized by 46 nations and europe's slovakia and hungary are already rolling out the shot. in fact hungary's a foreign minister has become the 1st top official from an e.u. member state to receive the russian vaccine peter says his country is expecting to receive an additional $680000.00 doses of the shot over the next 2 weeks hungary was also the 1st e.u. nation to approve. since then some one and a half 1000000 who have received

a 1st dose earlier we spoke to mr. who himself babbled coded some months ago he believes politics shouldn't be a priority when lives are at stake. vaccine is not a question of ideology for us is a matter of saving lives and if we had not contracted the chinese and the vaccine we could have saved the health care and the health and the lives of many hungry and the hungry a 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 russian federation of our purchasing. i have started going to going to be the minister month when we used to hold back at the end of october before i got to 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 areas have already been vaccinated nordic countries are extending a freeze on the use of the astra zeneca covered vaccine that is despite the european medicines agency concluding on thursday the drug was safe and effective reports. 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 would want to thoroughly review the situation before make a conclusion while blood clots eye is the issue that speaking just cussed over and over nots initially will be the main was investigating over the last week o. cing 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 tells feel for many years 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 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 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 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 are no in effect scenes to prevent a 3rd movie in 1000 wave here in europe and many people may now be saying you know actually i don't know i would have bought one they really are big issues that need to be resolved. new york has reported its 1st case of the highly contagious brazilian strain of covert it comes just after the us health department admitted it

tried to dissuade brazil from using the sputnik vaccine a move branded by the kremlin as unprecedented and severe comments we've all heard about back to 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 deny people a vaccine the u.s. department of health health and human services boosting that it had denied hundreds of millions of brazilians their job. 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 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 inoculation 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. 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 lifesaving 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 doesn't comment on vaccines not approved by the f.d.a. da and won't prevent countries from using drugs they have authorized themselves. on tuesday joe biden gave an interview in which he was asked whether russia's president was a killer he answered yes and vowed that vladimir putin would pay the price for alleged interference in u.s. elections moscow responded by recalling its ambassador to the u.s. to discuss 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. 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 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 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

wattled 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 in 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 lives 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 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 lose weight 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 traveling the 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. authorities along america's southern border are raising the alarm over a record number of amassing of migrants who they also fear aren't being tested properly for covert we hear local mayors concerns after a short break this is art international and we. it was supposed to be a date has been published same the africa scene we've seen you know good data from the. chinese might seem like any other vaccine if the data holds all you can call them a line you know what's the basis for that statement you give me the scientific i would say you ought to be able to give me the scientific basis or chosen vaccines

or 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. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. our welcome back to the weekly right here on r t international now monday marked 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 answered the call of the syrian government now since then russia has become an integral part of the peace process helping broker and monitor last year's ceasefire agreement moscow has also been supplying humanitarian aid to the shattered country. reports from syria. this may mean russian air base here and fear is northern province or what track it takes up a relatively small piece of lens but it helps when the whole country back how i'll show you follow me.

take a bite to play that music out loud forces for their defeats predicted it was a very important moment then russian navigation played a very important role might see one know 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 russian navy ation the syrian army managed to take back 8 villages and push the enemy back 70 kilometers.

from a mame 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 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 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 series cities once again. 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 for study i want things and 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 helpful. territories 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 bread so many of them my job is but they say please this guys evolve i now clear brief an

ocean on ati from damascus in syria. protests were held across the u.k. on sunday against a new policing bill violent scenes were seen in the english city of bristol with activists torching a police van. the rally took place under the slogan that killed the bill the new draft law if passed will give the authorities greater powers to restrict public gatherings in england and wales banners were on display with the message so you know to u.k. police state there have also been rallies outside police stations in cardiff and other welsh cities. local authorities along america's southern

border are calling on the government to step in as the region faces a record influx of migrants u.s. border patrol is struggling to provide covert to secure shelter for thousands of people the mayor of a town in arizona told us 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 arizona cities have seen and 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 borne the brunt of the migrant influx a recent poll suggests there is growing doubt about the ability of the authorities to cope with the situation amid the pandemic the biden ministration has deployed to the disaster agency fema mayor chris riggs again believes the federal government either didn't think through the situation or don't see it as a priority there is definitely the concern of cove and how

that it's going to impact my community i have a large number of seniors and elders. 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 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 for this they need to do their job they need to have a plan in place obviously there was no plan. that does it for me this i'll be back with more than likely in 32 minutes stay with us international.

join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics spore business i'm show business i'll see you then. the welcome to worlds apart is very roughly here a sense call it 19 irish the running roughshod over all aspects of our lives with its spikes breaking and in fact everything we used to take for granted but is that

since will lead but surely and nabl are released along downstage the question is what is the needle post pinned down make normal going to be one of the boundaries of personal social any international responsibility on the matters of how well to discuss that i'm now joined by luke and professor of biochemistry at trinity college dublin professor neal it's great to talk to you thank you very much for your time now are you happy to be here now i know that you are i'd be back soon if he asked you've been arguing that government should be banging down doris to get access to proven back scenes or regard most of their source regardless of political considerations do you think though that the vaccination campaign the global vaccination campaign the way it has been playing out so far is really free from politics no certainly not i mean it's a bit of a shame and somewhat is because science has delivered these vaccines are not real scientists we did our job you know well i wasn't directly involved in it but i know lots of the scientists who were and they did

a tremendous job out there we've got we've got probably 11 highly efficacious and safe back so use available you know in the mission now is vaccinate the whole world as quickly as we can and you say 'd i wasn't wrong with most things in life humans get involved you see and then we see the various issues there are well let's take a recess and the. assist surrounding the astra zeneca back. much of europe including your own nature of our land the use of which was disbanded in much of your duty to be clogging issue which share according attitude of well how her going to zation is not substantiated by date and out i don't think there is any reason to suspect that the german know if they enjoy the irish help authorities would be. more negligent or more ignorant about science than w h l colleagues how then do you explain the decision to hold the japs when the game is complicated like your.