so you should be seen here and a whole lot more than you're saying if you don't take that advice easy going to dig yourself. u.s. regulators force astra zeneca to admit its covert jab is less effective than previously claimed and points to inconsistency. u.k. teacher is suspended after showing pupils a cartoon of the muslim prophet muhammad during a lesson with growing calls for him to be fired. joe biden says he expects to run for the white house in 2024 when pressed by reporters at the 1st formal news conference of his presidency. if there will be a republican party to run against.

moscow this is r t international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us u.s. medical regulators have forced astra zeneca to admit its covert shot is less effective than it claimed that is after authorities revealed of the firm may have included outdated information in vaccine trials archies dubinsky reports.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than originally thought the data and safety monitoring board expressed concern that astra zeneca may have included outdated information from the trial which may have provided an incomplete of the efficacy date us regulators questioned the efficacy of the astra zeneca job forcing the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 then of course we had jobs of astra zeneca being suspended last week after a swathe of european countries to 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 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 they 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. 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 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 confidence in the pharmacy pharma giant and its shot. 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 and we don't know why they'd done that but it is always raises suspicions when people try to ignore the date of 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 to 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 peoples a cartoon of the muslim prophet muhammad during a lesson protesters had gathered outside the school calling for the teacher to be fired artie's has more. 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. 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 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 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. lawyer and a columnist told us that he thinks the same free speech standards should be applied to discussion of all religions. they what we're saying it's an extremely wiring capitulation on behalf of establishment in the west both schools governments and the international courts as well capitulating to the need not to offend islam in a 6 trini worrying you know islam should be no different from the other religions. christianity judaism and cetera where in the west we have

a very robust spirit mocking criticism and especially open discussion the idea that we would live it discussion or criticism of islam in a way which we don't limit our criticism or mocking about the religions i think i think is extremely worrying i would say all sorry that i don't think this is a problem. if affects most muslims in the united kingdom i think most muslims living in this country recognise that we are a democratic society that embraces freedom of expression embraces free speech and these schools really need to start standing up for those values and we should not capitulate to them hoskins and they're going to transmit values of color and it's of free expression out of freedom and if they're not doing that right then i think that's a real problem for all of. us president joe biden has held his 1st formal press conference since taking over the white house he touched on vaccination rollout

foreign policy and the migrant crisis on the u.s. southern border among other things artie's kellam up in comment. 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 a 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 oh 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 whether it was the migrant issue whether it was the situation with china where there is 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 and 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 see. harder to deal with back when i was united states senator for i mean vice president putting together a bipartisan plan over $700000000.00 to do the root causes of why people are leaving what a trump do here limited is that funding he didn't use it he didn't do it and in addition to that what 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 biden administration is much less willing to allow the media access to what is actually

taking place in the facilities where migrant children are being detained now biden said he would eventually be open to allowing some kind of transparency around that issue or i had to georgia similarly from the global policy institute thinks that blame for the migrant crisis cannot be solely laid on the previous administration. even trump's critics the knowledge he did manage to bring the border situation under control he signed those country agreements with some central american countries that ensured that asylum seekers would seek asylum in those countries and they wouldn't come to the united states and then of course he signed the agreement with mexico that anyone seeking asylum. 1 at the u.s. border would have to stay in mexico while they're waiting the adjudication of their

asylum claim by unceremoniously ended all of this in the 1st few days of his administration and surprise surprise he's got a crisis on this that he brought all of this crisis on 1 so we're here now to blame this on trump when trump of actually brought this to the board a great draw is the height of absurdity. if last mob of italian entrepreneurs has gone to carnival masks to warn they're going out of business without government backing in the pandemic the demonstrations were arranged by a group representing 50 trade associations and some 10000 firms its president warns the government is now practically working against them. we're 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 the 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 is 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 arms. 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 anymore. we're worried there are companies that are overly reached the breaking point one of our colleagues even

committed suicide it's very unsettling. around the world the current virus pandemic has up ended the way we live every country has had to adapt on the fly to the new health threat some have it seems fared much better than others so as we start working out lessons learned and how to move forward i will leave you now with this special report from the russian republic of chechnya do they have the right formula for beating the virus to answer that here's our tease constantine of. yeah to try and 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 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 places 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 a crackdown on the eligibility community the lack of democracy the list goes on yet at the same time during the pandemic people here it's surprising is it might sound are in many ways freer than people in moscow 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 local authority claim they 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 brought 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 the so we suppose which is no the number of new infections is going down as 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 older ships so thanks to all the smoke

we can stand together and pray with us. in ross neither regions cabbage 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 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 and that he couldn't leave your house that it was very strict so. yes but our child they were sick and so i 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 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 special methods to combat the spread of coronavirus but 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 and 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 manned 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 $10000.00 people we were told that the video is just another fake so we're going to put over the internet what are going to our law enforcement offices always work within the limits of the law the miner could not use 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 should be used 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 the facility didn't look like it had a particularly hard time during the night and 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 top health officials told me to do not take this social datta at face value a true a police estimate is only 50 percent of all 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. the number of patients confirmed and many people did not show any symptoms. and that was quite a journey of people in charge now their clients and their hospital 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 or the united states the rest of russia but 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 change now back to moscow and what that means well for one thing

that means that i have to put my mask back on. america depends on the kindness of strangers to fund their speculation and to fund their extraordinarily cheap lifestyle mates from labor overseas and. so i find it interesting the saber rattling going on in washington d.c. right now because the kindness of strangers can evaporate in a heartbeat if they no longer want to play the us dollar reserve currency again and then inflation right now is signaling a 10 from 10 to 12 percent turn inflation rate adjusted for reality to 24 to 30 percent inflation.

humanity has never seen such strange natural phenomena a big giant cletus appearing in the mountain in. one after another. look never forget and you could just get your foot you know limb does look weird doesn't think that he would be at. this one appeared in 2020. how often and where will new creases appear as a description of how dangerous the human slum only you is to the one they don't want you one russian scientists came quite close to working out what's going on. they build a full scale of the black hole. greetings

and salutation. with the cable news and social media constantly throwing exaggerated fears that us like one liners and eighty's action flick it's easy to forget dad and neglect the real big bads that we as a society face here in the 21st century and the biggest of those bad the fan knows or darkseed the level of villain humanity faces today is not. nerve latham you're putin or donald trump it's not cancel culture or bill gates or george soros it's not even legitimate threats like kobe had 19 of the massive wealth gap between the rich and the poor or it is without a shadow of a doubt climate change climate change is real it's happening and it is the biggest threat to human life on this planet regardless of your belief system or political ideology. we've already seen the rising temperatures the melting of ice caps and

the acidification of our oceans and apparently next on the horizon well is endless summer. and tragically i'm not talking about the fun 1960 s. surfing documentary no n.b.c. news is now reporting that summer's in the northern hemisphere could last nearly 6 months by the year 2100 if global warming continues unchecked now before you start jumping up and down would be thought the 6 month long summer's hell yeah man and 2 month long winters this is amazing let's remember her that the changing seasonal clocks signifies disturbed agricultural seasons and rhythm of species activities more frequent heat waves storms and wildfires amounting to increased risks to humanity that's right my friends no food dead animals and even worse droughts and wildfires than we've already witnessed but hey what does that matter

here in the land of fake milk and chemical honey and unchecked capitalism especially when there is real money to be made from killing us all a new report by a coalition of environmental groups including the sierra club and the indigenous environmental network has found that in the 5 years since the paris agreement the world's 60 biggest banks have financed fossil fuels to the tune of $3.00 trillion dollars. so it appears my friends that despite all of the cute green and blue colored commercials and dramatic heartfelt statements and speeches the rule of greed still trumps the needs of the environment and that is why we always need to be watching the hawks. if you want to know what's going on on a cd you st you want to be there so you like to see the prices you always stay i'll see you always. great seeing this least systemic deception is to

late show which i will so when you feel. welcome aboard watching the hawks i am heartbroken for and i'm a nice across and joining us today to discuss the threat of endless summers the financing of fossil fuels and the threat of climate changes can gail a host of eco logic on pacifica radio thank you so much for joining us today. thanks for having me so can i got to say we are we are facing the link the naming and shortening of seasons like summer and winter they say that summer could be 6 months by 12 by 2100 what are the real world dangers if we allow this to happen if we allow our seasons to be so so struck out of whack by climate change. your air conditioning pail is going to be and state. once again to make it personal

but yet a crapshoot going to be. killed by the heat i mean think think about putting more in water on your house plant instead of ordinary water you'll kill the plant well that's the equivalent of what's going on the the original article you sent me to from n.b.c. was simplifying the science and that's what main mainstream has to do there's too many people don't know anything about science don't want to know anything about science you know when you when you're super cool and you're using science but the. definition they're using about the links to summer and the links of winter has to do with the temperature and for years now for decades winter temperatures have been going up the summer temperatures have been going up spring.