u.s. regulators force astra zeneca to admit its covert jab is less effective than previously claimed and pointed inconsistences in trials. drag queen size sent a book called racist baby the washington post ridiculed for offering parents so-called learning material for toddlers we put it up for debate. we have. instead of being naive. talking about. babies it's just still. a special report we travel to one of the world's 1st places to scrap tough. and announce it's officially free of restrictions russia's republic of chechnya.

on the global news and international inside this is our team from moscow i call him brian here's what's happening 1st off us medical regulators have forced astra zeneca to admit that it's covert shot is less effective than it claimed that's after the authorities revealed the 1st may have included outdated information in vaccine trials charlotte reports.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than originally thought the data and safety monitoring board expressed concern that astra zeneca may have included outdated information from the trial which may have provided an incomplete of the efficacy date us regulators questioned the efficacy of the astra zeneca job forcing the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 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 its 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 feeling it's contracting delivering the required number of doses he was also accused of the writing too says 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 european medicines agency this is the d.m.a. 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 sheaves 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 the. may said it would now be adding 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. 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 cases that they had seen of blood clotting that could possibly be linked to astra zeneca. in the younger age groups now trusting seneca has completely gone off the edge of a cliff across the european union a recent survey by hugo found that 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. a microbiologist simon clark told us the data revisions like this could have confidence in the pharmaceutical giant and its job. fundamental 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 we don't know why they found that but it. always raises suspicions when people try to ignore the fates of goods perhaps not so good in favor of the greater deeds and we should remember that it's only a 3 percent difference for mild moderate and no difference at all for the most serious life threatening conditions not everybody 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 here in effect contradicts 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. a schoolteacher in yorkshire in northern england has been suspended after showing pupils a cartoon of the prophet muhammad during the lesson protesters have gathered

outside the school calling for the teacher had to be sacked across his forces correspondent sally either he said out of school to move quickly to try and swiftly contain any fallout from all this was being said. absolutely this follows an incident at the school in buckley in west yorkshire which is a more thorough england where religious studies teacher showed his class pictures of the prophet mohammed now in the religion of islam it's considered to be to show pictures such as that and there was a backlash from some parents of children who went to that school muslim parents and children that is and so after the headmaster of the school to take it's a caption he suspended the teacher because of course it would appear it's not in the school's policy or curriculum to show. those pictures and releasing a statement the headmaster apologize for any offense caused to the local community

. the school unequivocally apologizes for using a totally inappropriate resource in a recent lesson the member of staff has also given their most sincere apologies we have immediately withdrawn teaching on this part of the course and we are reviewing how we go forward with the support of all the communities represented in our school . letter didn't deter least 100 protesters from turning up at the school when it was due to open in the morning now those protesters outside the school they called for an investigation in to the teachers some of them calling for him to be sacked but they were also addressed by a local man who said that he was in contact with the school and dialogue with them and calling for an investigation to be carried out. what happened here we are disgusted what has happened is totally unacceptable and we have made sure they are aware the teacher has been suspended they can't just sec him they need to do their

due process we've asked for an investigation and investigation to be independent we are going to work with the school to make sure things like these don't happen. now of course this will spark a huge the plate around the questions of freedom of speech and at the same time over what are the lines of acceptable speech if you will if what offends one person is another person's right to free speech and this incident will merely highlight that debate going forward and we expect those battle lines to continue to be drawn and certainly some difficult conversations over the next 24 hours ok for now essentially thanks very much for that let's go live to the u.k. chief executive of the ramadan foundation mohammed shafique joins us now on r.t. welcome to the program the teachers been cycling the wording of the apology shows that the school is very much in tune with the offense that's been caused is that suspension going to be enough for the angry parents do you think. well i think if

the jew process the has to happen i don't see when children have been deprived of their education this past month soon this pandemic that it's appropriate for a school teacher to assure a cartoon of the prophet mohammed with a bomb in a turban i just don't think you could just do 5 but. you know our i've always said this and i've said it on our t.v. many times we. our faith is not immune from any criticism or challenge but that's going to be done in a in a tolerant and respectful way and in this circumstances i just don't think you can start to you know when he sees time before be a when you see muslims being held responsible for the actions of a small minority you then use that as an opportunity to stereotype muslims and i think that's the issue here and i think it was wrong for paul for the teacher to do this and i hope that people are able to protest but protest accordance with the

pandemic rules and i loud the police so we allow the school to make their inquiry and for that for the for the jew process to be concluded people should go home because they know that this much has been dealt with by the authorities and a trial has the school might to be able to draw a line under this as far as this particular incident is concerned as you and i both know these kind of route was take on a life of their own don't they that roué over freedom of speech versus the freedom to offend is is just has a tendency to run away with itself doesn't. yes because we have people on the right who will hijack this issue i make it into a right and wrong issue for me it's it you know it's absolutely about decency it's about respect and it's about tolerance as i said if you want to challenge and question my faith you can do that in a tolerant respectful way i have many friends who are not muslim and we have heated

discussions and debates over the dinner table when we used to meet before the kind amicable is will continue but the idea that you publish a cartoon in an area that it's doubly the pupil are 2 thirds muslim i'm not expect a reaction of people being upset and angry by their depictions of the cartoon this very clear we we wouldn't i like to you know to cloud our judgment in how we react to these issues and i think it's very important you know we can maintain a peaceful response and we can use the jew process but we mustn't allow anybody on the right or anybody from within the muslim community to try to take advantage of this. forgive me is that not a little naive because as you and i both also know for every angry parent in batley or member of the muslim community that's going to try and explain why this is a problem you're going to get at least one other person saying this is britain free speech we can say what we like is the freedom to offend we're living in

a climate where you can weaponize anger. you know i will live in a society where if those people want to express their freedom of speech then we as british muslims as democrats citizens of this country have the right to challenge and question and counter that you know this idea that depicting the holy prophet mohammed and dishonor him you know is something which is applied to other faiths that's not the truth the fact that we in this country in and around the world list leaves a hold are held to a different standard i would faith isn't to hijack our women and how the people addressed our. every aspect of our life as a microscope i mean if we continue this rhetoric if we continue this dialogue that we fall into the top of the far right and we see what happens in new zealand what happens in america and what happens in canada when the far right attack and use

violence against our community and at the risk of maybe oversimplifying what the problem is here why is it not ok in context like a classroom for this kind of issue to be raised to be discussed and for images to be presented in an appropriate way so that impressionable young minds are non muslims can discuss tolerance acceptance and why these things are or aren't a problem why would you feel the need if you just want to discussion to shore leave each of the prophet mohammed peace be upon him with a bomb in his turban. without you know to i'm a muslim pupils i don't think that's appropriate it's wrong i would never disrespect the jewish faith the christian faith in do seek faith because you know it's based about tolerance and so yes let's have a discussion let's talk about freedom of speech let's talk about you know the prophet mohammed peace be upon him life and times and contributions to world communities but let's do that with

a bit of respect and tolerance that's what we're asking for when offer i ask you for preferential treatment we ask you to be treated equally and the reality is we haven't been treated equally our faith has been demonized and attacked these past decades and the prophet mohammed status is something which we're not prepared to compromise on is there a danger that this could just a ignite the worst sense of this discussion in terms of if the school just suspends this teacher there are going to be significant portions of the muslim community who are unhappy that if the teacher gets sacked that's going to ignite the other side yeah it's a very delicate situation and once why we shouldn't have been in this situation you know it's absolutely right that the school have apologized and taken responsibility there's a jew process that has to be followed but anybody who's advocating any sort of violence towards a teacher or anybody else and i would condemn that and i would do absolutely everything in my power as a last him organization based in the united kingdom to wherever we can to protect

that teacher because violence is an acceptable the moment you start using violence you know you fall into the trap of what people want us to fall into and we're not going to prepared to do that. so some very difficult conversations are partly grammar school right now mohammad saffi could have you back on r.t. international study center for the ramadan foundation to talk to. next 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 work material for very young children the feature titled 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 anti-racist baby and woke baby and a firm selling toys and learning materials to dismantle bias however many of found the advice to be divisive and even harmful can we just teach children to walk

talk play before we set hoisting our deal to neurosis on them indoctrination is wrong washington post this conversation is one that 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 turn into fragile ghosts barely resembling human beings the other half will just get radicalized away the reaction to the washington post piece from talk radio host john gongs and wayman bennett of from 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 through for they want to play with each other and they should be encouraged how we as modern parents or grandparents should not be reinforcing prejudice our 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 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 fear it 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 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. toddlers be told let's see trying to teach our children to be legally quality age it's never too early yet. are human beings behavior. to generation doesn't carry the previous sins of the previous other generation since the 16th century 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 so the next generation i'm sorry i disagree completely. if you haven't received your parcel from abroad yet they rushed to blame the delivery guy your goods might just be among those stuck in a jam in the world's busiest shipping route the suez canal in egypt a giant container ship called the ever given has run aground and it's caused a major back up on the roof of the vessel which is 400 meters long that's around 4 football fields is wedged across the waterway and it's trapping $150.00 other ships 12 percent of global trade passes through the suez canal on the blockages halted almost a $10000000000.00 worth of daily marine traffic egypt how to open the canals all the parallel trials to let some of the vessels through until the ground is shipped gets refloated shipping experts think the dislodging it could take days or even

weeks. around the world the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted severely difficult times it's been unchartered territory every country how to quickly learned how best to deal with this massive new health threat now some have apparently fared much better than others in their efforts so now as we said we start to work out what lessons can be learned and how to move forward we've got a special report for you next from russia's republic of chechnya often criticized from abroad for its humanitarian record and its strict regime it hasn't found a way through the pandemic that could be a template our correspondent went there to see firsthand is constantly more of. yeah to try to cheer me up a bit personally i condemn these methods but it seems they've proven to be quite effective. they took me to the police station a couple of times what for for being outside but seriously let's start over.

when you think of chechnya your mind will come up some negative associations chechnya was one of the most frightening places and islamic extremism in chechnya to the horror of it i 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 new york london paris you name it why so violent so it's not 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 the mandatory mask wearing make and effectively one of the few

places in the world without coronavirus restrictions because as local authority claim they've conquered the virus how common is formidable change now i know it's a democratic year 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 brought in these large as a place of gathering the central mosque a new social distancing is required and masks are nowhere to be seen. more. of the. 10 the. 17. the division the supposed witches know the number of new infections is going down

with a lot of people good sense and it's all recovered from cozy this is what you're seeing is to come possible because we fold old ships so thanks to all the smoke we can stand together and pray this was. brought to me the region's capital you can walk into any cafe and travel 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 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

our child they were sick and so i didn't get to know anyway the money is here all right now yes he's fine the girl was clearly uncomfortable 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 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 would. up in public without a mask. and i mean yeah in chechnya they used a special methods to combat the spread of coronavirus i didn't include in my view of the subject yeah i know the parts of the north caucasus in general has seen anything like it seems to me now that 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 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 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 before they get over into the border going to our law enforcement offices always would was in the lives of the locals in monaco in a civil and. we couldn't find anyone who would confirm that people were beaten in chechnya or 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 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 it or if it's arm got this in italy now i don't trust the official numbers are hard to not only those provided by chechen officials but these fishel data from the north caucasus region in your mouth we've seen a lot of the. it is assuring that the numbers under a poll to time you 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 datta at face value. he says to me to design 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 in 13000 to make it clear times is the number of patients confirmed in many people's you know showing any symptoms. and that was quite a journey of people in chance 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 it's hard to tell that it didn't work out at the end of the day so this is it were a flight 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. complete a broad scope without report from chechnya live picking up again in one russian republic of course on the very front line of all this all around the world of the medical workers and doctors working so to help us all now tributes to them. along with the head doctor at moscow's main covert hospital tells us the stories of the nurses who work shoulder to shoulder with doctors to save lives reading the full version tonight and locally will ya. if i really can't recognize them by their face it was not i recognize them by their eyes. it was personal protection

equipment has drastically changed perceptions if you recognise a person either by a large badge on their chest or which happens more often than 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 lower 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 at the end of each clinical conference i thank them for working their shifts. come to day i want to thank you for your her clearly in the.