new news in a few u.s. regulators force astra zeneca now to admit its covert job is significantly less affective than previously claimed and pointed in consistencies in trials the latest on it live coming up. long term damage meantime britain's pm warns brussels against voting today thursday to block vaccine exports about astra zeneca delivery delays boiling point. drag queens and a book called racist baby the washington post ridiculed that for offering parents so-called woke up materials for toddlers and we put it up for debate. we have to do something neat instead of clean law even. produce simple through your

talking about. baby each just absolute nonsense. we've got a special report few coming up too we travel to one of the world's 1st places to scrap tough covert curbs and to announce it's officially free of restrictions it's russia's republic of chechnya. hello good afternoon one of the afternoon moscow time this 25th of march thanks for checking in with us at r.t. international it's kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes or so in the big news just coming in the u.s. medical regulators forced astra zeneca to admit its covert shot is less effective than it. and it comes of truth or it is revealed the pharmaceutical giant may have

included outdated information in the vaccine trials it's going to be concerned a lot of people it's going to cross it a correspondent charlayne to ben's piece in paris charlotte was do we know this lunchtime. well astra zeneca is hardly out of the headlines these days and now it's in them because its drug is said to be less effective than originally thought you mentioned the u.s. regulators questioned the efficacy of the astra zeneca job forcing the company to publish additional data to show what happened in trials as a result of that we now know that the astra zeneca jab is 3 percent less effective in dealing with symptomatic cases of covert 19 however it is still 100 percent effective at dealing with severe cases including those that require hospitalization this is what astra zeneca has had to say. the primary endpoint vaccine efficacy

at preventing symptomatic of it 19 or 76 percent occurring 15 days or more after receiving 2 doses given 4 weeks apart. well astra zeneca has had a pretty bumpy ride in the e.u. after they were all humans about whether it was a feeling it's called tracked into living the required number 2 says he was also accused of we writing doses from the e.u. to go to the u.k. which has caused a huge storm between the u.k. and the e.u. then of course we had jobs of astra zeneca being suspended last week after swathes of european countries are concerned that they were possible links to blood clots that led to the european medicines agency this is the may having to really reveal all of the data and they came to completion again last week that it believes that astra zeneca is a safe vaccine she is. the benefits of the vaccine in combating the still widespread threat of kovi 19 continue to outweigh the risk of side effects the

vaccine is not associated with an increase in the overall risk of blood clots and those who receive it. however the e m a said it would now be adding warnings to the medicine to let people know that one of the possible side effects could be blood clotting a warning that's already in place in countries such as canada but despite those reassurances from the e m a there hasn't been fully convincing all the european countries some european countries like france finland iceland have decided that they will start giving astra zeneca again in fact some of them already have however they will only give it to populations of old age groups and that's because when the evidence will move things they said in their press conference last week was that the cases that they had seen of blood clotting that could possibly be linked to astra zeneca. in the younger age groups now trust. has completely gone off the edge of

a cliff across the european union a recent survey by new girl found the majority of people just didn't think that this vaccine was safe so this new information about the fact that it's quite as effective as we previously would lead to believe may seem like a very small thing but it really could erode trust even for. charlie rose comparisons to bring us up to speed. as when you get more in through the afternoon . parallel to all this of course the big dispute between the e.u. and britain over the astra zeneca delays is also heating up brussels is going to vote on tough new vaccine exports. mainly between the e.u. and the u.k. . boris johnson already firing warning shots about it. i don't think that blockades of. either vaccines or of. medicines

of the ingredients for benzenes are a sensible big meeting in brussels on thursday the leaders of the 27 member states will have to decide whether or not they're going to give their blessing to a plan put forward from the european commission that would see or could see limits placed on the export of vaccines manufactured in the e.u. to nations that have their own vaccine production now in a lesser extent this is aimed at the united states but the main focus of this would fall on the united kingdom the reason it's been put into play is because well the glacially slow vaccination program desperately needs to get on track it's clear. we also need to ensure it works a nation of pollution and. indeed we are in a sense a behind as a skit and if you look at the same time spans of folks that. want to global

hotspots fundament. these are same time all saw the largest exporter of the european commission said just under 11000000 vaccine doses had been exported from the e.u. to the united kingdom with 0 heading in the other direction what this mechanism would mean is that vaccines that have been set to go to the united kingdom while their exports could be blocked as long as companies will fail to live up to contracts that they signed with brussels there were many warnings that this was coming down the track we have the possibility to ban planned exports this is a message to astra zeneca you fulfill your part of the deal towards europe before you start to deliver to other countries the focus of a lot of the seems to be astra zeneca the vaccine man you. commission president ursula fund alliance said that astra zeneca only delivered on 30 percent of the

19000000 or so doses they promised in the 1st quarter of 2021 plenty to keep an eye on on thursday coming out of brussels we also looking at the reaction to what's said in the european union from across the english channel in the united kingdom and brussels has got his hands full right now another very public dispute to talk about as well as with china over human rights could leave a huge investment deal dead on arrival we've got more on that coming up soon. not before we talked about this apparently a never too young to be progressive in a widely ridiculed article in the washington post than experts guided parents to books websites and companies offering wolk material for children the feature title social justice for toddlers talks about the importance of equality racial and gender education for kids the article highlights materials like a drag queen website books like the races baby and woke baby even

a firm selling toys and learning materials to dismantle bias however many of that advice divisive even harmful to you we just teach children to walk talk play before we set hoisting our guilt in your office on them indoctrination is wrong washington post this conversation is one the divides us universal identity is what should be centered not race not gender this generation of kids is going to do decades of therapy after going through this critical race theory one half of them will just crumble under the white guilt pushed into them and turned into fragile ghosts barely resembling human beings the other half will just get radicalized we got reaction to the washington post piece as well that from talk radio host john bolton also wayman bennett joined us of unite against fascism. can i just check the calendar he's a pro the 1st this is a complete and utter joke listen when kids are 3 or 4 they want to

play with each other and they should be encouraged and we as modern parents or grandparents should not be reinforcing prejudice prejudices if we have them on to the children of course it's important to show kids by example that you're not racist or homophobic or sexist i would agree with all of that but produce him pox for 3 year olds talking about arm awoke baby age just absolute nonsense the whole of america has laughed at the washington post 3 year olds don't buy books join parents buy books because what we're trying to do is to try and develop human beings to respect each other it's not automatic i will with the work the washington post are trying to do is have a discussion about how we develop people and that included parents so parents can be parenting they don't care alone they label it start to try and bring up

a better generation in the previous generation that we have to do something. instead of being like evil out that happens as moses tried to instill and key races where equality treatment or nonsexist behavior whatever it's not society is going to be very very difficult job we have to start somewhere you don't started 3 years old with a drag queen or whatever they used new termes read in them bedtime stories at 3 years old the washington post have been ridiculed this is the wont sector the one sector trying to push their agenda on to 3 year olds well i'm sorry it's not needed it's not necessary if you come from racism if if you come across and sexism and if there's a problem in schools let's address that but please for goodness sake let. toddlers be told let's actually trying to teach our children to illegally quality of only age it's never too early at normalized are human beings. and

actually we can probably have a better generation doesn't carry the previous sins of the previous other generation since 16 so this whole idea that i should feel guilty for the sins of previous generations well no i'm not going to pass that guilt on to the next generation i'm sorry i disagree completely. bad heiner the shocking insults in now deleted tweets by china's embassy to paris against a french scholar of escalated now from a war of words to action beijing is hitting back then at the e use 1st sanctions in 3 decades by blacklisting european officials and in turn that has sparked outrage in brussels with calls to drop a vast investment deal amongst other things would go of us if they will follow through on that threat for decades now out childish trade markets signature diplomacy was restraint patience never rash never hasty never impulsive always

slow methodical but europe must have crossed the line because immediately after it announced its 1st new sanctions against china in 30 years china struck back. it must be pointed out that these countries who proclaim themselves to be human rights judges are keen to lecture others have an ignoble record on human rights they have absolutely no right to criticize china much less to shift blames to china for what they have committed the dragon has finally shown its teeth it blacklisted a slew of members of the european parliament a subcommittee on human rights denied them entry to china and permission to do business in china to any entity as soon as he did with these people tough stuff but has big jean gone too far china's sanctions against european m.p.'s scientists and political institutions as well as non-governmental organizations

represent an inappropriate escalation that unnecessarily strains ties between the e.u. and china chinese ambassadors were also summit in italy in france embassies were flooded with concerns and protests europe appeared to be united in outrage for union soon liberal sanctioning others europe really doesn't like to be on the receiving end china has retaliated to those sanctions and rather than changes policies and address our legitimate concern and china is against a blind eye and these measures are there to will the next unacceptable. it since i think about the towel parliament would even entertain their idea fred to find the e.u. china investment agreement while its members and one of his kmita on dissensions efficient statement of the chinese side explained what are these that push china to

do this that todd they say of the hypocrisy the double standards that europe applies to itself and its friends and different standards to everyone else has an example within days of europe exploding in outrage over china daring to sanction m e p's you crave did the same thing sanction members of parliament for visiting crimea silence nothing neither germany nor france so easily summoned the ukrainian ambassador no condemnation which is kind of china's point the chinese side urges the use site to reflect on itself free squarely the severity of its mistake and redress it it must stop lecturing others and human rights and interfering in their internal affairs see there's a reason why europe has pushed for a trade deal with china for the better half of a decade at because chinese companies are making

a whole lot more money in europe than vice versa. the market is substantially more open to chinese companies and investment then china's market is for a you companies in this agreement helps actually to address this imbalance soon what better way to get back at china than to suspend a trade deal that would benefit primarily european companies and businesses these ladies and gentlemen is a textbook need jerk reaction and it speaks volumes about the class and competence of europe's current foreign policy team. finally then as promised i'm going to leave you with this covert inflicted real difficult times all of us ever around the world it's also been uncharted territory every country's quickly had to learn to try to get a handle on this massive new health threat on the horizon some of apparently fared better than others so as mankind starts to work out what lessons can be learned of how to move forward this special report i've been telling you about from chechnya

a place often criticized for abroad for its humanitarian record and strict regime but has it found a way through the pandemic that could be a template well our correspondent went there to see firsthand we invite you to decide. yeah to try to cheer me up a bit personally i condemn these methods but it seems they've proven to be quite effective and i think. they took me to the police station a couple of times what for for being outside but seriously let's start over europe has a tough lie down to why hasn't it worked out for them one has a source in chechnya to do to do this who was so that the banks who says hello 95 percent of. the time where masses were not alone on this trip were ever we go they are constantly with us.

when you think of chechnya your mind will kind of some negative associations chechnya was one of the most frightening place in islamic extremism in chechnya and the horror of it i've never witnessed the authoritarian leader of the russian republic of chechnya. has a bad reputation in the west and rights violations and a crackdown on the eligibility community the lack of democracy the list goes on yet at the same time during the pandemic people hear it suprising as it might sound are in many ways freer than people in moscow and new york london paris you name it. i am in church now and that means i can legally without breaking any rules or regulations get rid of this you see chechnya has become one of the 1st regions in russia to lift a mandatory mask wearing make and effectively one of the few places in the world without coronavirus restrictions because as the local authority claimed they

conquered the virus how common is formidable chechnya i know it's a democratic iraq that's enjoying the freedom of worship freedom of movement and that pretty basic right to live your life as you used to was it a chechen medical miracle or extremely impressive measures. taken by the local government. i want to show you something we're not alone on this trip you know we have people from the local t.v. station you are sort of trying to i were ever we go they are i'm constantly with us you see those are my to my camera man and he was then the other guy is the one i'm talking about if you want to get access to certain places i'm certain areas you have to ride by the local maze free of information 1st and then they give you a chaperone so to speak so those are really nice guys and they're really hospitable

. so it's not like they interfere in what we do but at the same time i thought i should mention this by the sake of this reporting was the 1st time i realized we're really need a chaperone was when we 1st walked out of the hotel and started filming a huge mosque in the city center were stabbed by some security guy here and i want to check you are and what are we doing here security still tight around here in the 1990 s. the region was controlled by slimy radicals who waged bloody wars against russian troops the surge is to was crushed but you can still hear about isis linked militants attacking police officers in chechnya but if the war in terror is still ongoing here it looks as if the wording coronavirus at least has already been won and draws in this largest place of gathering in the central moscow a new social distancing is required and masks are nowhere to be seen.

more. of the. 10. 17. 95 percent older wear masks. first but a local a mom a recently recovered from coven there were is no thanking chala and the region's leadership for allowing the people of chechnya to finally bridge this social distance and come together for a prayer. * * * that is in its ugly i suppose which i know the number of new infections is going down with a lot of people good sense and it's all recovered from koza so what you are seeing

now is to come possible because we fold old this so thanks to all the smoke we can stand together and pray with us. in bras need the region's cabbage you can walk into any cafe you traveled back in time to the pre-code era it is still weird that i have to wear a mask staff they don't wear masks at all so i think it looks strange after a year of that and that makes people around us seem to enjoy this newfound sense of freedom there is this one question we ask them that many appear reluctant to answer but i heard that they had a very tough like down here in chechnya. well yes it's better that he didn't leave your house that it was a very strict time. yes but our child they were sick and so i didn't get i don't know any way the money is here all right now yes he's fine the girl was clearly i'm

comfortable talking about the lockdown later the same day i had another intriguing conversation with locals that followed showed us how do you feel about the quarantine and the lock down and said truck it is i know what they took me to the police station a couple of times what for the for being outside. without wearing a mask is that we weren't allowed to go outside at all. but seriously let's start over. there are such l.-a all right let's start over. that was the lockdown difficult for you there's a lot that it wasn't that difficult everything is good here and. it is possible what exactly did they help people yes they help people in need there is something about the chechen lockdown that makes people here very cautious about talking there were reports of force used against those who didn't comply with anti coronavirus rules allegedly several people were even beaten for sure wind up in public without a mask. i mean yet in chechnya they used the special methods to combat the spread

of coronavirus right in kind of my view of the subject yeah you know the part of the north caucasus in general has seen anything like it seems to me out of what i personally i condemn these methods of almost florida but it seems they've proven to be quite effective in modern more now when they feel like the war in challis which is a smaller town in chechnya and it came into the spotlight after this video came out . around a dozen of people in police uniform patrolling the area holding white plastic pipes the tool for those who do not comply with quarantine we cannot verify the video although it raise concerns that an orthodox measures were taken in chechnya to impose an extremely tough lockdown at the local administration which is located inside this stunning skyscraper built in the town of $10000.00 people we were told that the video is just another fake so when they get over into the water going to

a law enforcement offices all was would was in the limits of the law. in a civil and most the court in front we have a community 1st everyone knows each other commuters so measures like food would be quite a number. so you heard the official viewpoint. here out what people. on the streets have to say you know he's ok i've seen a video showing police officers in challis patrolling the city with plastic knives allegedly they have. just now that's not true it's not true not true at all. the minute they hear about this story with. about the wide pipes they. shy away. have you seen police men carrying white pipes no nothing of the sort the it was a video i've been living in shaadi for 53 years and i haven't seen anything like it . we couldn't find anyone who would confirm that people were beaten in chechnya for

not complying with the quarantine although many locals who heard the rumor and literally everyone we met said they strictly followed all the rules reduced by the local government. to the shows i misspoke that i've just noticed rooms on could there was quote up there and it won't come but coronavirus you're a ford come but. yeah it's like a cool tums as deputy minister of health medicine at a children's hospital that was turned into a center for example which patients because i was vaccinated they even allowed me into the red zone to. go up so these are the patients right. yes these are the patients usually if a child gets sick he stays here with his mother. the hallways were quiet and spotless most of the units were empty and medical staff looked fresh and full of energy and the facility didn't look like it had a particularly hard time during depend demick the region bragg's one of the lowest

numbers of registered cases of daily new infections of covert related deaths i mean it really looks impressive which may yani arafat saddam got us nearly no i don't trust the official numbers are hard to not only those provided by chechen officials . data for the north pole. this region in your mouth we've seen a lot of evidence showing that the numbers under it all to so imagine my surprise when not just an opposition journalist but also one of change now stop health officials told me to do not take the fischel datta at face value. it's estimated 50 percent of all the population have probably already had to wait so you're saying that over 50 percent have to already had it but according to the officials and i specifically checked that number of registered cases in 13000 and to make it clear. is the number of patients confirmed to many people did not show any symptoms this one person in the family gets sick and the others are infected

but you know you symptoms and he we have families of at least 7 people. but in other words not all who had it in church now were tested and therefore not all who got sick are counted. as a result of 2 devastating wars the region has the youngest population in russia according to the local health officials that explains the low death toll and the fact that chad has bounced back from the virus faster than many other nations and this cross new restaurant we interviewed this senior manager 21 year old model. it how did you get through the pandemic was it hard you know it wasn't hard to have any of the local businesses shut down for good and you know nobody has shut down is fine so everyone has just reopened yes what helped you stay afloat. is that a pet i don't know i don't know how don so this. people here they have

a safe in that which is their family's large family so when the pandemic came along when the lockdown came along here in chechnya a lot of people who weren't paid they could go back to their families who live. you know in a remote mountain regions you know any remote villages and they can get food supported cloves this is something that a lot of people who live in big cities these days can rely on piers there's a month ban i'm on has support to. these actually employed by the restaurant. not just iraq this is just the government to be your of my people have gone crazy they're fed up with all the lockdowns and quarantines do you have a feeling that people in chechnya have got tired too and are ready to revolt. i don't think so sisi help was provided for those nice i saw with my own trucks

loaded with the tedious bread will help just provide it both body mind them on say they have. neither went to hospital and both seem in full house now. that was quite a journey of people in church now their clients and their hospitable and they're always willing to help on the one hand but on the other they are cautious and they seem to always keep something for themselves especially when they talk with an outsider they always mindful of what they're saying to you i guess this is part of the cultural code chechen society which went through 2 bloody wars is a tough it is closed and close knit at the same time. and their experience of getting through this pandemic might be different from what people have.