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

a child and we had all humans in the pool you know we would say bounces off me and sticks to you. lovingly approach in response to joe biden branding him a killer the u.s. president's view came despite recently claiming diplomacy is back. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is our 2 international. now several e.u. leaders are urging the blocs medicines agency to approve russia's sputnik vaccine as europe readies itself for a 3rd covert wave. consenting split v. and other vaccines i strongly insist that the relevant issue now with rice asian safe vaccines as soon as possible the more vaccines we have the better fits this

stuff and along the russian vaccine is concerned have held the view for some time that we should use each vaccine that is approved by the european imagist. agent saying that 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 that facility 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 countries agreed to 2 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 hungry are already rolling out the shot in fact hungary's foreign minister has become the 1st top official from an e.u. member states to receive the russian vaccine peter. says that his country is expecting to receive an additional $680000.00 doses of the shot over the next 2

weeks hungary was also the 1st to approve mcvie since then some one and a half 1000000 have received a 1st dose earlier we spoke to mr holmes who himself battled coded some months ago he believes politics shouldn't be a priority when lives are at stake. why sr is not a question of ideology for us is a matter of saving lives and if we had not contracted 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 i was 30 seemed. to have started going to go she shows me the minister mom to roland

mused back at the end of october before i got real actually and after a long series of negotiations and we were able to sign our contract which helps a lot. today this morning even more than 1500000 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 that the drug was safe and effective charlotte dubinsky reports that several stands and even countries still sure about this vaccine that start with food which has now suspended the use of the asp is any good job why they think best cases of potential blood clots on top of that we know that norway. sweden they're all holding back for we starting those programs all of them still have concerns about rounding astra zeneca and saying that they going to

carry out this movie best occasions now due to several serious cases and no way we want to thoroughly review the situation before we make a conclusion well blood clots is the issue that's been just cussed over not so initially will they. e m a was investigating over the last week or so 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 hospitalized patients continued to outweigh the possible links as a result of taking the astra zeneca vaccine and that's why they really approved it rubber stamped 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 old but if i go back to just

a couple weeks ago being told by authorities here in france that astra zeneca shouldn't be used with those in older age groups so it does feel for many is if the new advice is a complete u. turn and it is leaving many people questioning why well the reason is because the old. they 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 is 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 enough facts seems to befriend a 3rd couvade 19 wave here in europe and many people may now be saying you know actually i don't want a proxy i would prefer to have read your 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 vaccine a move branded by the kremlin as unprecedented and severe. commentary. we've all heard the bad back to deals to secure that scene shipment countries trampling each other to get those precious jabs these says the 1st star we've heard of back door deals to deny people a vaccine the us 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 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 a boosting that they help prevent inoculations in brazil with one of the objectives the and scientifically proven most efficient vaccines in the world ease of 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 the 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 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 with spruit nick god forbid no no no america car and 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 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 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 101 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. to 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 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 you 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 years and it's not just the children saying the meaning is very deep tit for tat

accusations or 3 moscow and washington go back decades but with biden making it personal putin made it clear he wouldn't stand for his counterpart being a moral judge. regarding the american establishment the ruling class its identity was formed in difficult circumstances that are well known the colonization of the american continent by europeans involved the extermination of the local population it was a genocide in modern terms a genocide of the indian tribes this was followed by a long brutal period of slavery slave holding it was extremely cruel and all of this is endured through history and affects the development of the united states to this day otherwise well with the black life 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 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 an honest 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 law eve 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 program is said will take further silence as a no and while they call it 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 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 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 into the shattered country artie's. reports now from syria. let me mean russian air base here and fear is northern colvin so what parker takes up

a relatively small piece of land but it helped win the whole country back how i'll show you follow me. take a drive to play that music out loud force is waiting for the fates predicted it was a very important moment then russian abbey ation played a very important role see what over the name changed was among the 1st pilots to come here back in 2015 with wildstorm group 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 inebriation the syrian army managed to take back 8 and push the enemy back 70 kilometers. per hour. from a main air base thought it was several tense in the middle of nowhere headed grew to a real town with streets and boulevards a church and a dream cafes and restaurants bakeries and beauty so alone it is a symbol hall for peaceful syria and the reason sense of real calm 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 syria's 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 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 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 the skies above 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 there. the rally took place under the slogan kill 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 say no to u.k. police state there have also been rallies outside police stations in cardiff and other 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 cove and 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. 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 and recent poll suggests there is growing doubt about the ability of the authorities to cope with the situation amid the pandemic the by the administration has deployed the disaster agency fema mayor chris riggs again believes the federal government either didn't think through the situation or doesn't see it as a priority. there is definitely the concern of code yet how that is 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 the simple as you know i'm none of this on border patrol i put it 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 that he leave the area while calling him a trans folks he was left with a broken arm after one of the attackers repeatedly hit him with a traffic cone he described the incident to r.t. . 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 to 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 refined on 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 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 is no magic time machine to get those 5 years out those years of development are gone and studied also that the end of criticism doesn't even kick right into gear and if you 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 each transitioning and canada's 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 your body blocking drug that somehow we're again be united but it has nothing to do with that there's no thinking involved in it they just go you want to be the other gender ok here you go we're going to stop puberty and you know that does it for me and for that matter the weekly this week but don't worry my colleague kevin on he'll be here in about 32 minutes with a full and fresh look at. our team international. humanity has never seen such strange natural phenomena before. coming to this appearing in the. one after another. look.

for us to get you there but you know. this one of 2020. and where. they are human this. is the. russian scientists came quite close to working out what's going on. of the black. i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground for another lock down edition we'll be

hearing from the ground in yemen after the u.n. warns of dramatic deterioration of the world's worst humanitarian crisis as britain continues to send arms to saudi arabia but 1st let's go straight to the site of the lying 3 pipeline in minnesota a project that's been described as cultural genocide on native american land as iconic actor jane fonda joins protesters calling on u.s. president joe biden to cancel the project tribal attorney from the country ching 1st nation tara who scott joins me now from the pipeline in park rapids thank you so much char i know you're holding the phone there in minnesota it looks amazing out there but actually it's not been amazing has it just explain why native americans 1st learned jane fonda is protesting the line 3 pipeline say jane fonda is out here in solidarity and support with indigenous people who have been leading in all out struggle against.