by. the british. community cannot be held responsible for the. individuals muslims are treated with more respect. of the prophet muhammad. through. to the teacher. with

police protection. from where a politician is on. about. all of us here if. we start right straight. suspended with the. people under the age of 60 but. took that step after $31.00 new reports of unusual blood. on this. joining us here live good to see you peter so at a time when the professionals are saying the. people should rush out and get it now

we're getting yet more news about this injection in germany what can you tell us. yes a number of places in germany are suspending the use of the astra zeneca covert 1000 vaccine particularly in those under the age of 60 some are stopping using the vaccine out right we heard from the senate floor of the state senate of birth and delayed catchy who's the minister for health for the city of berlin saying that this was a precautionary measure and that new data in relation to side effects had sprouted the move to be taking place now $31.00 cases of blood clots have been reported in germany $29.00 of those have been reported in younger women 9 of those blood clots have proved to be fatal so far. we have seen this repeated at hospitals not just here in berlin as we heard but across germany in the west of the country as well in

the region of ois care when there was also a suspension put in place there we understand that this is spent in isn't a political move that it's being carried out by the the hospital administrators in the regions that in the cities that have decided to do this at the moment this is particularly something that will affect health workers those in the working in the health service as the rollout for the general population when it comes to vaccines here in germany is still working on the over 70 so any of those under that age who are getting a vaccine are pretty much those working in important roles in the in the health service we have seen some people already saying we don't want to get and astra zeneca vaccine will wait for another brand now this news is highly likely to erode any confidence in the astra zeneca vaccine further it isn't just germany that this has been happening in we've seen a recent move to do similar things in canada where they've suspended the use of

astra zeneca jobs for the under 50 five's and a statement the national advisory committee on vaccines in canada said. the rate of quoting complications could not be identified. correctly at the moment but said that in those where it had been present the death rate had been 40 percent so they were desperate to to look into that further the went on to say that there was uncertainty over the benefit of giving the astra zeneca vaccine to younger people that's the news coming out of canada which just a couple of weeks on from another situation that involved the astra zeneca vaccine and blood clotting then that was all resources spent sions in 20 nations in europe as well as countries in africa or in central america and in asia all put in place suspensions in gear up a lot of those suspensions were turned over following statements from the european medicines agency. director and the cook saying that the astra zeneca vaccine was

safe to be used we also heard from the world health organization saying the astra zeneca vaccines benefits far outweighed any potential risks brought here we are a few weeks on from lots and burley and as well as other areas in germany is saying they're going to suspend the use of the astra zeneca vaccine for now while more investigations are carried out there will be a meeting a little later between the health ministers of the 16 states of germany and the federal health ministry here in berlin they try and work out what to do about the astra zeneca vaccine in the short term at least our god has put all of a for us live in thank you peter. meanwhile austria has started talks with russia to buy $1000000.00 doses of support make very covert vaccine the chancellor sebastian coats announced the plans which would make austria the 3rd e.u. country to purchase this job while telling our joining us in the studio with more

details on this saskia we understand that the european medicines agency still has not approved the russian sputnik very short although we also know that many countries are on a long list who wants us. up to get it. apparently though the latest from vienna they're giving it their endorsement they want the sputnik very well exactly as the vaccine roll out continues to descend into chaos appetite for the sputnik the job continues to grow we've just heard straight from the austrian chancellor that a purchase of $1000000.00 doses of the russian is on the cards something that sébastien cuts could finally set people free if austria receives an additional $1000000.00 doses of the vaccine a return to normal life is possible earlier and we could save many lives and jobs there should be no joke political barriers with vaccines what matters is whether the vaccine is effective and safe not where it came from now if the deal goes through they would be delivered in 3 stages starting with the fast part in april

the final to free in june and it would make auster the thought e.u. country to approve sputnik see the use following in the footsteps of hungry. clearly 3 countries was so frustrated with the blocks slow roll out what they accuse on equal distribution that they were willing to go against brussels against brussels in the sense that technically but it has not been approved by the made up process is underway and whilst 7 officially individual member states can independently register vaccines for the own use brussels has made it clear that if you do that you're on your own you can choose have the right to allow the use of a vaccine that has not received the approval of the european medicines agency on the territory on the mission sea basis however in this case the government of this country will be a full responsibility for the possible consequences of its use. or message the somewhat jaws with the european idea of one and one for rule but the brussels we

have to remember this is probably very humiliating you know it's seen shortages on infighting already in every single headline now we've just heard news that astra zeneca said it would probably again not manage to make the shipment that promise so the road ahead looks just as chaotic and this latest from wall street that another member state has lost faith in the block is probably a bit. ok so we know about austria you also mentioned hungary and slovakia what other countries are lining up and showing interest and support and agree while in the south of france the mayor of nice has said that he reached out to produces all sputnik the essentially to put in a north to go he did say that he would not be administering the vaccine until it gets given the green light by the way which he anticipates in the summer and he really did wave away any misgivings about the job he said look guys it's registered in dozens of countries globally it's going very successfully case in point as i mentioned. though it is worth noting that that politically that was

a pretty bumpy decision the health minister was actually pushed to resign after a wave of criticism when the prime minister had to really come out very strongly and very bluntly to defend his decision to see how the sputnik vaccine will not go back to russia it will save lives in slovakia i would never give it up our countries a fundamental part of the european union but i cannot turn down a quality vaccine that will save our people because it's made in russia i'm not a murderer. well we'll see whether the austrian chancellor faces similar backlash but looking at this it really is quite clear the famous easy unity is failing the blocks failing to meet vaccine to mom but at the same time it's refusing to accept help from abroad and it's almost issuing these 70 threats to those who take matters into their own hands apparently all in the name of politics so one really has to ask with a union that puts politics over public health really

a union that's fit for purpose or to saskia taylor thank you. emma in the u.k. is warning the prime minister that trouble is brewing if more respect isn't shown to muslims ultimately insinuating that the country could go the way of france as after a teacher in northern england left parts of the community outraged by showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his class. all we ask for is a bit of respect if one teacher can do it another teach can do it 5 years down the line and we do not want this to be the case otherwise we are not responsible for the actions of some individuals however the mom says that he condemns any assertions that promote violence the teacher who sparked the outrage showed the prophet mohammad caricature during a class debate on blasphemy he and his family are now since well they were in a hiding with police protection after receiving death threats the teachers apologized there has been suspended there are some local muslims the bonding that

the school fired him however a petition calling on the school to reinstate him has already garnered over $65000.00 signatures or the u.k. department of education is standing up and defending the teacher. it is never acceptable to threaten the intimidates teaches we encourage dialogue between parents and schools when he she has emerged schools are free to include a full range of issues ideas and materials in their curriculum including where they are challenging a controversial subject or they obligations to ensure political balance. alfredo a very similar case in france last october you may remember it led to the brutal murder of a history teacher in a paris he was beheaded by a terrorist after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to history.

one of our compassion is was murdered because he taught our compassion and was the victim of an islamist terror attack. we spoke with him from christian concern and. political and social commentator and they got into it. this could be very easily turning into some kind of a powder keg and you do not throw that matches into such things we've seen in france and in many european countries the rise of the far right we've seen some to tears civil rights system pushing against islam pushing against muslims marginalizing them and it's open season on muslims courage attack them on free speech basis and people make themselves up to be free speech martyrs or somehow

muslims become inflamed or they won't fit in western values so what's most alarming here is that a teacher asked her to go into hiding with police protection because what he's done he's he's discussed a point of discussion about a cartoon and the why the subject of blasphemy he hasn't actually hurt anyone he hasn't actually even threatened any violence and yet there are obviously very real threats of violence against him so much so that the police to protect him and take his family his wife and his children into hiding i think that is very very concerning and i think we need to recover a sense of normality and a sense of people being able to openly discuss and educate people about these things and i've been around the block a few times and had this discussion a few times every time we've had this discussion on free speech and debate we have put down do worst of the ideas racism hatred we know it's not ok to be racist against muslims to make the argument is your right to be racist or is this racist we need to learn about religion that we need to learn about what people

believe and we need to openly discuss them and so people and super about it let's be very clear about this that discussing a cartoon is got about how it has nothing to do with basis and it's not racism at all what's happening here is people trying to shut down discussion and using threats of violence when people judge. people who work with the english defense league you keep anti muslim interest across europe and the rest of the what i'll do you try and demonize muslims marginalize them would have enough you will not win the cultural debate. or is he ok to be poked fun at and be racist against muslims out of their loved ones reza what else is in you don't get to be offensive towards us this is not the way a free society should work he should definitely be defended it's all he's done is raise a discussion people should be free to discuss things in class if we're not free to discuss things we have a de facto blasphemy law in the country which is being enforced by more brule that threatens violence against people is another cultural debate raging across the

english channel where a french left wing politician is under fire for saying white people should stay out of discussions on racism critics say the remarks are yet another sign of how us style what culture is undermining french values is artie's charlatans. the empty white debate has been stirred up once again here in france this time after a black politician waded into a row that's been raging over the student union which admitted it held meetings about discrimination that excluded white people this is what exists it exists is this real unions exist now reprove a member of the paris local authority and this standing in the coming elections has added her $0.02 she suggested white people could be allowed into those meetings but only if they keep quiet. i'm not saying anyone should be banned from entering but

they should stay silent and let others speak in issues that concern them her comments. opinion sprung scrambles to deal with a rise in identity politics for those on the right this is seen as an unwelcome american import that undermining universalis french valleys a form of personal culture in my region no resident should be discriminated against for the call of the skin there is no such thing as acceptable racism i will always be a bulwark against those who try to fracture our country others went even further saying that. the unit students' union with the stuff of martin luther king's knowing. and almost all just martin luther king would be turning in his grave he who dreamed of living in a country where people would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the qualities of their personality but audrey prove us wrong more gain support from

some on the left including from the leader of france and by out who said that she had merely understood what it discussion group is politicians have been more than vocal but what do ordinary people think is it. ok to exclude white people from a debate they say is racist you know well it's an absolute whore i don't know how people can lead you to my such nonsense we should just mental this racist remarks from scratch. what about if that is really a millionaire in your for me it's not acceptable to screwed white people for meetings i view that as racist on of consultation with i think it's perfectly legitimate to exclude white people from the meetings because it has a village to them france has always been a country which respects human rights and does not look primarily at the color of people skin. just back on 70 of the earth and the numbers are oh not personally

concerned about traces but i think it exists see you know i mean a future issue if it's worthy all the way around if the national party or right wing m.p. said that black or arabic people should be quiet during an event dedicated to the victims of terrorism that's also cause public outrage the entire political class all the media would just be fired leave rail against this person and condemn him because it's racist france only sees 3 colors blue white and red it distinguishes between citizens only on their merits and not on their roots race or religion i think this is very serious obviously the statement by audrey paul why is racist and should be universally condemned there can be no double standards here racism is universal unfortunately there are various forms of racism hatred and we are faced with this everywhere. fraud and involuntary manslaughter that's what french pharmaceutical giant servia has been found guilty of and one of

the country's worst ever health scandals the case revolves around the diabetes and weight loss drug mediator which is believed to have caused at least 500 deaths due to heart problems other pills been on the market for 33 years have been used by 5000000 people we heard from someone who took a drug and now has a prosthetic heart valve. you know when a person is ruined for 10 years when you win a mechanical pretty serious and take medication for 10 years to live you can't think this is normal has been going on every day since i retired this is crazy fortunately i called my lawyer who i need right now he's always ready to help us as you can see i came here with my daughter because someone must be with me all i can do is drive 20 to 30 kilometers a day we didn't get what we wanted but my lawyer will continue to pursue this case the manufacturer has been slapped with a fine of almost 3000000 euros even the french medicines watchdog has been fined

for delaying the hold of drug sales they are going to see acknowledged it was partially responsible for the scandal comes amid concerns of pharmaceutical companies lobbying government bodies. also says it was unaware of the adverse told us the company deliberately withheld vital information. it doesn't cost me about the federal granted i have been fighting for 14 years for the fact to be recognized that's an incredible fraud was committed by a large french manufacturer a pharmaceutical company with a good reputation which secretly released a strong poison on the market and was selling it for more than a decade and totally knew what it was doing it is difficult to find words to describe such actions this is called a crime namely aggravated fraud the fine they have to pay as a punishment is not very high but the amount that will have to be paid as compensation from all the damage to millions of civilians affected by the fraud is still impressive about $200000000.00 euros so the total payments are negligible but

the court's decision in general is frustrating it is not enough. the world anti doping agency is looking into whether the u.k. wing its u.k. wing is guilty of a cover up water wants to establish why british cycling was allowed to run its own inquiry into a rider who tested positive for a banned substance this was back in the run up to the london olympics our correspondent edwards daschle picks up the story. the united kingdom anti doping agency has now found itself right in the middle of what's being described and dumped as the latest scandal in british sport so it comes as these allegations have now surfaced surrounding the investigation of an abnormal drug test all over cyclists during the london 2012 olympic games so much so the world anti-doping agency is now weighing in and launching an investigation some of the information provided to one of significant concern we have asked our independent intelligence

and investigations department to look into this matter and to conduct you keen to do going to see further information well it's claimed that u.k. 80 which is of course the body responsible for policing clean sport domestically allegedly allowed british cycling to conduct its own probe after this individual provided a sample with an absolutely unusual amount of nandrolone which is a banned steroid in an out of competition test plausible explanations range from health issues one end but other ends and explanations include contaminated supplements and that's exactly what waters investigation is all about looking at how likely any of these options really are of course as a reminder under the water code it would be up to u.k. ady to conduct such a probe at the time however it's now understood that u.k. dia's for the issue can be resolved and is cooperating with water. we are working with the border to investigate claims relating to private testing carried out by british cycling in 2011 u.k. anti doping agency is examining archives to confirm decisions that were taken in

2011 followed due process set by wada now it's claimed that british cycling conducted its own testing absolutely privately and did not then pass on those results to the u.k. a deal so now is saying it's reviewing all of its processes but of course given the length of time between 2012 and now or nearly a whole decade ago it's really making it difficult to connect the dots at this stage we are unable to give full comment on the story of this stage is the events took place over 10 years ago and none of the senior management team involved have worked for british cycling for some time we're reviewing such archived records that exist from this period and lou that is not a straight forward or quick process we will share the findings with the relevant parties well this is the 2nd scandal to sweep the nation for british cyclists this month earlier a former british cycling team doctor richard freeman was found guilty of not only ordering a banned substance but knowing and believing it was to be used to dope

a ride at the time back in 2011 now freeman has since been charged by u.k. deal with 2 anti doping or violations and completely struck off the british medical register as a result as well so not looking too good then this month but of course the timing of all this is particularly bad with lesson 128 days to go before the tokyo games again is really bad timing considering great britain has always been one of the more dominant nations nations in the discipline stacking up new murderous medals out various competitions now there is of course serious doubt now cast even in retrospect cast on the performances at the london 2012 olympics and other victories including other competitions like the tour de france. the migrant build up along america's southwestern border shows no sign of easing but the media is being denied access to detention facilities so this prompted texas senator ted cruz to

visit a local center for new comers to see for himself how bad the conditions really are but when the republican tried to document what he saw he was stopped by a woman who cruz alleges is a political operative working for the biden white house. but you were hired 2 weeks ago and you're instructed to ask us to not have any pictures taken these respected because the political leadership of the dia just does not want the american people to know even that they were here standing in the in front of the pictures so you know that they were thinking the rules are arbitrary and there is i believe that if people i really respect them and i want to fix this situation we are going to get an iteration you're one of the $400.00 responsible for these conditions now at this point the biden ministration continues to say what it is said all along which is that it is committed to transparency however when the time comes to actually let that transparency happen we have some pretty strong excuses coming from jen psaki of the white house spokesperson here's what we've heard we are mindful of the fact that we are in the middle of

a pandemic we want to keep these kids safe keep the staff safe but we are absolutely committed to transparency and providing access to media to the border patrol facilities and we're working to get that done as soon as we can so this is being set up and you have access to everything once we get to see ok just to be clear how soon will that be mr president i don't know. to be clear now at this point we've got some voices that seem to be determined not to portray what's happening on the border as a crisis this is a memo from the associated press about how to describe the situation we should avoid or at the least be highly cautious about referring to the present situation as a crisis on our own although we may quote others using that language while the associated press says it may not actually fit the dictionary definition of a crisis a recent poll taken among the u.s. public shows that 76 percent of americans believe the situation on the u.s. border is indeed

a crisis the worst charge against them right now is mistreatment of these people these young people and children at the border someone claiming as jen psaki claims transparency is what you'll get and dignity and. specht is what these people get and it's just completely opposite of that they're not in a dignified situation they've got thousands of people sleeping elbow to needy and big toe to nose you know stacked on the floor so tight they have to sleep on their side and they can't roll over and that's a complete embarrassment for the by the ministration they're not even testing those people and i'm sure thousands of them do have various viral loads and are bringing them across to infect ordinary americans who are not as yet completely vaccinated so that's another great danger that is being forced on the american people in the name of this fraud because they want this story off the headlines when you ask biden when the transparency is going to be delivered by his administration he says

i don't know they're up to something else this is not a matter of trying to help impoverished people from from 3rd world countries become americans and reap the benefits of residents here this is not about that. how are those issues the headlines for this hour here on r.t. international thank you for sharing some one time with us here in moscow we are back soon with. 6 guys are financial survival. when customers go by you reduce the price. to now well reduce some lower. that's undercutting not what's good for food markets it's not good for the global economy. an entire village in alaska has had to move if another country threaten to wipe out an american. we do everything in our part to protect. wanton escaping climate change poses the same

threat right now alaska has seen some of the fuss just coastal erosion in the woods he was 30 feet. 30 grand in just about 3 months while we were measuring. the river is the earth. those. years or i think we're part of the crew that thirst for. your. time as adjusting to a $400000000000.00 deal with iran this in hopes of gaining influence and oil but is this a good partnership for the region as well as the rest of the world we will discuss

what tobin's meant and if you haven't noticed yet the lack of toilet paper and coffee on your grocery shelf well you might in the next few weeks and you can thank the now free cargo ship which spent more than a week blocking the suez canal but what are the other alternatives the next time this happens we're going to show you plus a proverb says i don't hands are the devil's playground but a well known rapper once a you to start wearing the devil's shoes we're going to give you the details as well as discuss whether this is the beginning of mainstreaming satanism in today's society and our $360.00 panel is going to look at the reality of the gun control legislation after the past week of mash unit ings and of president biden is going to use executive action to make legal guns today be a crime to own in the future i am scotty now hughes and we are kicking off this week with of these a top stories.