u.s. regulators force. is less effective than previously claimed consistencies in trials. drag queen cites book called. the washington post is ridiculed for offering parents so-called book learning material for toddlers and put it up for debate we have to do something. instead of being naive. could you shouldn't books the 3. talking about. me just absolute. special reports we traveled to one of the world's 1st. announce it's officially. russia's republic of

chechnya. from moscow thanks for joining us and i here on r.t. international and daniel hawkins welcome to the program and us medical regulators have forced astra zeneca to admit its code short is less effective than claimed thought he's revealed of may have included outdated information in vaccine trials audi's shot at the reports. well astra zeneca is hardly out of the headlines these days and now with its in them because its drug is said to be less effective than originally thought the data and safety monitoring board expressed concern that astra zeneca may have included outdated information from the trial which may have provided an incomplete of the efficacy date u.s. regulators questioned the it because see. 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 job is 3 percent less effective at dealing with symptomatic cases of 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 maxon efficacy at preventing symptomatic of it 19 well 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 filling it's contract and delivering the required number 2 says he was also accused of the right thing to seize 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 lead to the repeating medicines agency this is the d.m.a. having to review 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 throughout 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 they. may said it would now be adding rulings 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 the european countries some european countries like france finland iceland have decided that they will stop 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 case is that they had seen a blood clotting that could possibly be linked to astra zeneca. in the younger age groups now trusting us has completely gone off the edge of a cliff across the european union a recent survey by hugo found the majority of people just didn't think that this vaccine was safe so this new information about the fact that it's more quite as effective as we previously would lead to believe may seem like a very small thing but it really could erode trust even further. visions could hit confidence in the pharmaceutical giant vaccine. on the mental tenet in science that you don't pick and choose which states are you crazy but it

appears that for some reason that's what's happened and we don't know why they found that but it is always raises suspicions when people try to ignore the date of the perhaps not so good in favor of good day to day so we should remember that it's only a 3 percent difference for mild moderate these and no difference at all for the most serious life threatening conditions not everybody and i would say relatively few people pick up on the fact that the difference is small they pick up on the fact that there is a difference and that astra zeneca have essentially been no excuse to cherry picking data so that's what people hear and it affects confidence it may put confidence in the company and i think it's highly likely that it will. cause people to question the efficacy of the vaccine. i mean while the dispute between the e.u. and britain over astra zeneca job delays is also heating up brussels will vote on

toughening vaccine exports on thursday widely seen as a move against the u.k. prime minister barak's johnson's already fired a warning shot. by do you think that blockades of. either vaccines or. medicines of the ingredients for about seems 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 big lady scilly slow vaccination program desperately needs to get on track it's clear.

we also need to ensure it works a nation of our own population and. indeed we are in a sense behind as a skit if you look at the sametime despiser folks at. once a global hawk sports fandom it. is a 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 that direction what this mechanism would mean is that vaccines that had been set to go to the united kingdom for 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 manuf. commission president ursula for on the line said that astra zeneca had 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. well it's not the only very public dispute facing brussels face spat with china over human rights could see a huge investment deal go down the drain we'll tell you more very soon. apparently you're never too young to be progressive in an article in the washington post experts guided parents to books websites and companies offering a book for children the future titled social justice for toddlers talks about the

importance of equality racial and gender education for kids and the article highlights materials like a drag queen website books like anti racist baby and woke baby as well as a farm selling toys and learning materials to dismantle bias however many have found the advice divisive and even harmful can we just teach children to walk talk or play before we set hoisting our deal to neurosis on them indoctrination is wrong washington post this conversation on the divides us universal identity is what should be centered not race not gender this generation of kids is going to need 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've got reaction to the washington post piece from talk radio strong

gaunt and way when bennett of unite against fascism. can i just check the calendar is a prove 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 simple 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 john 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 what with the what

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 parrot alone they label it start to try and bring up a better generation 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 work 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 confront 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. godless

be toddlers actually trying to teach our children to illegally quality of only age it's never too early yet. our human beings behave. but a generation doesn't carry the previous sins of the previous other generations and . 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. mad hyena and a fog the shocking insults are now deleted tweets by china's embassy in paris for made against the french scholar they've now escalated from a war of words to action beijing is hitting back at the e.u.'s 1st sanctions in 3 decades by blacklisting european officials but sparked outrage in brussels will cause now to drop a vast investment deal more against the if asks if they'll follow through on the

threat for decades now out childish trade mark its signature diplomacy was restraint patience never rash never hasty never impulsive always slow methodical but europe must have crossed a large 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 akin to lecture others have an ignoble record on human rights they have absolutely no right to criticize china my choice to shift blame 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 gene 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 with 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 turned a blind eye and these measures are there to will the next unacceptable. it since i think about that our parliament would even entertain their idea fred to

fund the e.u. china investment agreement while its members and one of his committee is on the sanctions if fishel 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 every what out's as an example within days of europe excluding an 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 who easily subban the ukrainian ambassador no condemnation which is kind of china's point. the chinese side urges the use site to reflect on itself 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 e.u. has market is substantially more open to chinese companies and investment than china's market is for a u. companies and this agreement helps actually to address this imbalance sue 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 and i further international relations we spoke to says the spot the ongoing diplomatic spat e.u. china economic interests will prevail. if we start to look into what happened in the alaska army to move the universe this meeting the 5 through strong signal to

the entire world that china does snot want out of country to lecture to do what they norbit and this was should be done to retore just with your piece respect to soften t. well china and india want to intervene or to lecture the others what to do. but because the beekeeping on them saw with china was forced to lecture on them not even to the european union is a little organization and bruising the liberal agenda and the police ideology in china is not but i cannot believe trying in the european union big issue others i don't think this is very easy thing to reconcile i was saying a lot of people would choir the chinese and also the european politicians and all i want to restart to how to strike the fine line to trying to balance the crash between. the demand for economic growth for mutual benefits.

now if you haven't received a parcel from abroad yet don't rush to blame the delivery guy your goods might be among those stuck in a jam in the world's busiest shipping route the suez canal in egypt and container ship called the ever giver has run aground of course the major back up on the route the vessel which is 400 meters long that's around 4 football fields is waged across the waterway trapping 150 other ships 12 percent of global trade passes through the suez canal on the block assaulted almost $10000000000.00 worth of daily moring traffic egypt had to reopen the canals old apparel channel to let some vessels through until the ground of the ship is refloated shipping experts think dislodging it could take from days even weeks. around the world the grown of virus pandemic has inflicted difficult times it's

also been uncharted territory every countries quickly learns how best to deal with the new health threats with some fairing better than others in their efforts so now as we start to look at what lessons can be learned and how to move forward we've got a special report from you for you from the russian republic of chechnya often criticized for its humanitarian record and strict regime has it found a way through the pandemic that could be a template our correspondent went there to see firsthand is cause this is the last report. yeah he tried to me out of it 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 the let's start over. when you think of chechnya your mind will kind of some negative associations chechnya was one of the most frightening place and islamic extremism in chechnya to

the horror of it i've never witnessed the authoritarian leader of the russian republic of chechnya. has a bad reputation in the west violations and a crackdown on the eligibility community the like of democracy the list goes on yet at the same time during the pandemic people here it's surprising as it might sound are in many ways freer than people in moscow and new york london paris you name it . highland church now and that means i can legally without breaking any who rules or regulations get rid of this you see chechnya has become one of the 1st regions in russia to lift 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 church now 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 oppressive measures taken by the local government. and draws in this largest place of gathering the central mosque a new social distancing is required and masks are nowhere to be seen. more. of the. 10. 17. the division that's a supposed which is still the number of new infections is going down with a lot of people good sense and it's all recovered from cozy so what you're seeing now is to come possible because we sold old ships 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 and 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 an year of that and that makes the people around us seem to enjoy this newfound sense of freedom all those 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 he said in that he couldn't leave your house that it was very strict. yes but how shallow they were sick so i didn't get to know anyway 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 for being outside. without wearing a mask and that we weren't allowed to go outside at all but seriously let's start over 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 the anti coronavirus rules legibly several people were even beaten for sure when. up in public without a mask. i mean yeah in chechnya they used to show methods to combat the spread of coronavirus i didn't include in my view to something like yeah i know the parts of the north caucasus in general has seen anything like it seems to me now that the war in shali 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 uniforms patrolling the area holding white plastic

pipes allegedly there was war local law enforcement and the pipes were meant as an intimidating tool for those who do not comply with quarantine at the local administration which is located inside this stunning skyscraper built in the town of 10000 people we were told that the video is just another fake so when they get over into the border going to our law enforcement offices always work within the limits of the law of the moniker in a civil and. we couldn't find anyone who would confirm that people were beaten in chechnya for not complying with the quarantine many locals who heard the rumor and literally everyone we met said they strictly followed all the rules introduced by the local government as deputy minister of health and medicine at a children's hospital that was turned into a center for example which they should stay because i was vaccinated they even allowed me into the red zone in. 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 janya to arkansas who got us in italy and i don't trust the official numbers are hard to not only those provided by chechen officials but these fish will data from the north caucasus region in your mouth we've seen a lot of the. it is showing that the numbers are under it all to time you know so imagine my surprise when not just an opposition journalist but also one of change now its top health officials told me to do not take this social data at face value . he says to me it is only the 50 percent of our 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 the number of registered cases is 813002 make it clear. is the number of patients confirmed

and many people did not show any symptoms. and that was quite a journey of people in change 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 in europe the united states the rest of russia by it's hard to tell that it didn't work out at the end of the day so this is they were flying out of chechnya i'm back to moscow and what that means well for one thing that means that i have to put my

mask back on. doesn't seem a little scuffle that report from search them picking up again and one russian republic of course so on the front line of all this around the world all the medical workers and doctors working to keep us all safe and all attributes of the. along with the head doctor at moscow's main co but all spilled tells us the stories of the nurses who work shoulder to shoulder with doctors the save lives we were in the full version tonight's locally where you are the world. if i really can't recognize them by their face it was not i recognize them by their eyes. it was personal protection equipment it has drastically changed perceptions if you recognise a person either by a large badge on their chest or which happens more often than you by their eyes but that's how you recognize them later in the green zone.

the red zone the corner teens are and you have to wear p.p. there which is uncomfortable because it never fits properly. when they 1st brought the patients in they were scared of us it took us some time to realise that there was this young girl they brought her here from the airport and she was crying all the time so i said on the bed beside her and asked are you scared of us she said yes so i said to her we're just like you were human and we're scared to. last summer was a real just unreal when you lowered your arm streams of sweat poured down the sleeves it was really hot in there. live. my life has been split into before and after

a strange as it sounds. sometimes you see a person and realise that they're an ideal nurse something i could never be. it's practically my 2nd family frankly speaking. i'm really proud of our nurses. doctors and i'm proud of our sisters. and their. end of each clinical conference by thanking them for working their shifts. on today i want to thank you for your who clearly and efforts you are the best. and the cause report next we take a look at the relevance of price signals on the zoom up vs boomer mindset and even

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