u.s. regulators for astra zeneca to admit its covert job is less effective than previously . inconsistences in trials. joe biden says he expects to run for the white house in 2024 when pressed by reporters at his 1st formal press conference of his presidency. republican policy to run against. special report we travel to one of the world's 1st places to scrap. officially free of restrictions russian republic of chechnya. midnight here in moscow now friday the 26th of march is calling bright with the

headline stories we're across here but here's what's happening the u.s. medical regulators have forced the astra zeneca to admit that its covert shot is less effective than it claimed that software authorities revealed the may have included outdated information in vaccine trials. reports. 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than originally thought the data and safety monitoring board expressed concern that astra zeneca may have included outdated information from the trial which may have provided an incomplete of the efficacy date us regulators questioned the efficacy of the astra zeneca job forcing the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 its 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 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 maxon efficacy at preventing symptomatic of its 19 where 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 quite interesting to live ring required number 2 says he was also accused of we writing to him 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 led to the european medicines agency this is the may have been to really reveal all of the data and it came to completion again last week that it believes

that astra zeneca is a safe vaccine she says 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 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. 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 it's just 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 further. microbiologist simon clarke told us such data revisions could had confidence in the pharmaceutical giant and its job. fundamental tenet in science that you don't pick and choose which states are you presenting but it appears that for some reason that's what's happened and we don't know why they'd done that but it is always raises suspicions when people try to ignore the data that's perhaps not so good in favor

of the day to day so we should remember that it's only a 3 percent difference for mild moderate disease 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 accused of cherry picking data so that's what people will hear and it affects confidence it may affect 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 northern england has been suspended after showing pupils a cartoon of the prophet mohammed during a lesson protest as adelia gathered outside the school calling for the teacher to be sacked reporting that his her early. a religious studies teacher at a school in west yorkshire in the north of england has been suspended after showing his pupils

a picture of the prophet mohammed during class now of course when it comes to the islamic religion any depictions of the prophet mohammed is considered to be. due to a backlash by a number of muslim parents of some children in that class the school took action and the head teacher gary kimball releasing a statement apologizing to the local community for any offense caused 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're reviewing how we go forward with the support of all the communities represented in our school . didn't deter least 100 protesters from turning up at the school when it was due to open in the morning now those protesters stood 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 a 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 sack 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 of course those protests by those parents peaceful but of course disruptive but in the past we have seen the issue of the cartoons of the prophet mohammed sparking wide debate particularly in the wake of the charlie hebdo attack and so incidents like a. these will only serve to continue to spark that debates whether one does have free speech to draw pictures of anyone offensive as they may be or whether there is

a line that can't be crossed when it comes to not offending people not just in terms of religion but also the wider sense of safe spaces and other issues to do with free speech that we've seen rising up not just in the u.k. but also across europe and the west. u.s. president joe biden's health his 1st a formal press conference since taking over the white house he touched on the vaccination rollout foreign policy and the migrant crisis on the u.s. southern border among other things are these kind of morbid walks across. we're a little while into the biden presidency he did not address a joint session of congress as incoming presidents generally do now he spoke to the press conference and there was a lot of topics that were discussed for the migrant crisis issues with china etc one particularly interesting moment came when he was pressed about why he had not formed dake reelection committee and was he actually planning to run for reelection

this is how that exchange went down between joe biden and the press the also just made some news by saying that you are going to run for re-election and i said that is my expectation so is that a yes that you are running for re-election. i don't know where you guys come from and i've never been able to travel i'm a great perspective fate had there very much planned for and i have 3 and a half years ahead for certain and d. believe you'll be running against former president trump. i don't even think about i don't have i have no idea. i have no idea move the republican party to you i know you have tension my question but i mean you know do you throughout the press conference there seem to be a very consistent theme of blaming the problems in the country and the dismal state of affairs on the previous president on donald trump whether it was the migrant issue whether it was the situation with china where there was the situation with vaccines etc there was

a rather consistent blaming of the predecessor now when it came to the situation on the border biden was quite defensive insisting that the upsurge in migrants and migrant children crossing the border is not related to him personally or him taking off that people are coming because i'm a nice guy that's reason why it's happening truth of the matter is nothing has changed. as many people came 28 percent increase in children of the border in my administration 31 percent in the last year of 2019 before the pandemic in the trumpet ministration and i started to deal with it back when i was united states senator for i mean a vice president putting together a bipartisan plan rover $700000000.00 to do the root causes of why people are leaving and what a trip to human it is that funded he didn't use it he didn't do it and in addition to that when he did he dismantle all the elements that exist to deal with what had

been a problem and quick and has been continued to be a problem for a long time at this point we also heard the press press biden on whether or not he would grant media access to the facilities where migrant children are being detained now there's been concerns raised about the fact that under the trumpet ministration now there was access that we saw the pictures it seems like the by the administration is much less willing to allow the media access to what is actually taking place in the facilities where migrant children are being blamed now biden said he would eventually be open to allowing some kind of transparency around that issue. that he had received possible from abroad yet the rush to blame that every guy you know god might be among those stuck in a jam right now in one of the world's busiest shipping routes the suez canal in egypt a giant container ships run aground and caused a major back up on that route the vessel which is 400 meters long that's around 4

football fields is right now wedged across the waterway trapping more than 200 of the ships 12 percent of global trade passes through the suez canal the lock into salted almost a $1000000000.00 worth of data in the rain traffic egypt had to reopen the canals hold a parallel travel to let some vessels through until the ground ship gets reflected that. no easy task either shipping experts think the dislodging it could take days or even weeks. apparently you're never too young to be progressive in an article for the washington post experts guided parents to books websites and companies offering work material for 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 or 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 divisive and some even harmful can we just teach children to walk to play before we start hoisting our deal to neurosis on them indoctrination is wrong washington post these conversations 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 3rd opinion 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 we got more reaction to the washington post piece from talk radio host john gaunt and women bennett from 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 pocs 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 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 but don't fear it 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 have a huge 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 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. cutler's b. total is actually trying to teach our children to illegally quality of i mean it's never too early that's why i think we normalize this is our human beings behavior and actually we can probably have a better generation that doesn't carry the previous sins of the previous other

generation since the 16th so treat this whole idea that i should feel guilty for the sins of the previous generations well no i'm not going to pass that guilt on so the next generation i'm sorry i disagree completely. you're without a head of a program at tallaght entrepreneurs put on carnival masks to protest the government's failure to help them in the pandemic how can the show go on before the us after the break. the most pathetic and dangerous consequence of the russia gate hoax is how it is bled into policy at the center of this hoax was the discredited and then finally destroyed donald trump now it informs us russian relations the result is dire this

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a god flash mob of italian entrepreneurs has done combo box to warn that they are going out of business without government backing in the pandemic the demonstrations were raged by a group representing 50 trade associations and some 10000 firms its president warns the governments now practically working against them. i think it's right we are protesting with a mask because it's what we've been wearing for more than a year the mask also symbolizes our fear of no longer living under rule of law we're no longer feel secure in the country in which the constitution safeguards the right of the unemployed to work and this government is doing everything to take jobs away from those who already have them. the government has set aside 32000000000 euros in a new corporate stimulus package that includes funds for subsidies and grants to businesses hit by the lock down but employers say it's nowhere near enough.

for a year and a month we have been living in this situation which has become unbearable our companies cannot make it anymore our savings have run out we feel desperate because of a failure to get things restarted all the attempts to go back to normal suffered setbacks and we were just wasting our money the pandemic has been mishandled we are here to raise the awareness of our politicians. this crisis has been going on for far too long we need a concrete plan of action and clear information we can't open and close on short notice we cannot keep our businesses shut down any more. we are worried there are companies that are overly reached the breaking point one of our colleagues even committed suicide it's very unsettling to be. around the world the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted severely difficult times it's also been un chartered territory every country has had to quickly learn how best to deal with this massive new health threat some have apparently fared much better than others

in their efforts so now as we start to work out what lessons can be learned and how to move forward we've got a special report for you from the russian republic of chechnya often criticized from abroad for its humanitarian record and strict regime has it found a way through the pandemic that could be a template for others our correspondent went there to see 1st had his constant thing more. yeah he tried to 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 and your mind will kind of some negative associations chechnya was one of the most frightening place in islamic extremism in chechnya to the horror that 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 man demming 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 why so violent so it's not 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 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 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 it's a supposed which i know the number of new infections is going down with a lot of people good sense and it's all recovered from koz it is so good you is seeing this 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 a year of that and that makes people around us seem to enjoy this newfound sense of freedom although there is this one question we asked them that many appear reluctant to answer but i heard that they had a very tough slog down here in chechnya. well yes it's true that you couldn't leave your house that it was very strict. yes but our child there were sick so we didn't get 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 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 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 the special methods to combat the spread of coronavirus pride in him 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 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 did 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 before the debate over the internet what are going to our law enforcement offices always would within the limits of the law the miner could 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 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 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 the night and demick the region brags 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 saddam got this nearly no 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 chechnya us top house officials told me to do not take this social data 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 to 13000 and to make it clear. is the number of patients confirmed to many people did no show any symptoms. and that was quite

a journey of people in 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.

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