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

a child and we had all. we would see me and sticks to. a lot of my putin responds to joe biden branding him a killer the u.s. president's view came with despite recently claiming diplomacy is back. our broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories several e.u. leaders are urging the blocs medicines agency to approve russia's seen as europe ready for a 3rd wave. consenting v. and other vaccines i strongly insist that the relevant issue now with arise asian safe vaccines as soon as possible the more vaccines we have the better fits of us and also sent him stuff as far as the russian vaccine is considering i 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 german you would have to go and download that is a possibility and this one to move would do companies across europe look like they might break ranks with the european regulator as well earlier this month firms in a number of e.u. countries agreed to deals to produce v. but they are all still waiting on the blocks regulator to approve the drug it has now been authorized by 46 nations and europe's slovakia and hungry are already rolling out the shot in fact hungary's 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 sputnik v.

since then some one and a half 1000000 hunger ins have received a 1st dose earlier we spoke to mr joe who himself battled some months ago he believes politics shouldn't 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 the 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 real actually and after

a long series of negotiations and we were able to assign our contract we share a lot in accelerating the vaccination in hungary you said it's rightly more than 1400000 today just morning 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 coated vaccine that is despite the european medicines agency concluding on thursday the drug was safe and effective party charlotte as more. several scandinavian countries still unsure about losing this vaccine that start with finland which has now suspended the use of the astra zeneca jab while 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 not so initially will the main was investigating over the last week o. say but there have been of the much more serious effects that some say linked 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 people 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 i 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 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 there are no enough vaccines to prevent a 3rd 1000 ways here in europe and many people may now be saying you know actually i don't want the boxing i was to have 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 this 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 to severe but i've got to have comments we've all heard the bat 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 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 demick that it's threatening and killing people equally this is a 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 to 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 gree 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 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. 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 and 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 growing over who should. know that the president gave a direct answer to a direct question about aside from the threats through pay a price and i'll sing 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 4 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 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 court yard 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 just because the americans were guarding 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 poor tim 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 person in an uncensored law of 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 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. monday marks 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 to the russian government now since then the russian group there 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. let me mean russian air base here and fear is no more than probing so what track it takes up a relatively small piece of lens but it helped win the whole country back how

i'll show you follow me. i. was. taken by to play that music out loud forces waiting for their defeats predicted it was a very important moment then russian navigation 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 russian navy ation the syrian army managed to take back 8 villages 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 calm 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 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. the economic situation is there are difficult we cannot provide our children with the most basic necessities clubs not books 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 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 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 of 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 policeman. rally took place under the slogan kill the bill the new draft law if asked will give the authorities greater powers to restrict public gatherings in england and wales

banners were on this plane with the message say no to u.k. police state there have also been rallies outside police stations in cardiff and other welsh city. 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 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 yeah we were hoping to keep it that way unfortunately it doesn't look good i'm dropping these migrants in our community. southern states including arizona and texas have borne the brunt of the migrant influx a recent poll suggests there's growing doubt about the ability of the authorities to cope with the situation amid the pandemic by the administration has deployed the

disaster agency fema and chris mayor chris riggs again went on to tell us that he 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. 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 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 3rd going to for 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 allowing puberty blockers to be given to children with gender identity issues chris ellison filmed the assault on his phone it shows several people demand he leave the area while calling him a transfer he was left with a broken arm after one of the attackers repeatedly hit him with a traffic cone describe the incident to r.t. . what i do i just go out on the street and i have conversations with people about these people to go walking drug because the media refused to 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 people one woman and the rest from men were just i mean i only had about one second notice the signs off me that i wear these signs

one sign says children cannot consent to puberty blockers it seems to me like a 100 percent it's a premeditated attack they knew i was there and they came to get me the issue surrounds drugs that stop the onset of puberty by blocking certain hormones 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 that gets those 5 years that those years of development are gone and studies also show that the end of criticism doesn't even kick right into gear is 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 this as a wedge issue to achieve their political and so they try to say that if we don't

want to give kids puberty blocking drugs that somehow we're against the l.g.b. 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 just under 32 minutes that's when i will be back with another look at your weekly this is our 2 international. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. with spoken to the danes been published in the african scene we've seen you know

good data from the. chinese but i've seen like any other vaccine if the data holds all you can call them a line you know what's the basis of that statement. i would say to all the people you meet the scientific basis for choice and therefore vaccines are given the thumbs up from a scientific or medical point of view we shouldn't be interfering with the process and if it's all. the world is driven by shaped by one person. in a day or thinks. we dare to ask. my

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