in a development just moments ago germany implemented a nation wide suspension of the astra zeneca vaccine for people under the age of 60 after reports of unusual blood clots including several fatal cases. also ahead in the program this austrian chancellor kurtz starts talks with russia to buy a 1000000 doses of the sputnik seen by the european union. to prove the. other cultural debate is raging in front sort of left wing politician is under fire for insisting whites should have no say in discussions about racism.

across the world around the clock this is our team from the team and myself you know nothing of hello and welcome to the program. some news just coming into us on the program the german chancellor angela merkel has announced a nationwide suspension of the astra zeneca vaccine for people under the age of 60 several regions how to already taken out step after reports of unusual blood clots among people who had taken the shot including 9 fatal cases that is the latest line coming out of germany and nationwide. on the astra zeneca faxon for people under the age of 60 alive reports we'll bring you a little later in the program from our correspondent in berlin about. austria has started talks with russia to buy a 1000000 doses of the sputnik v.

covert vaccine chancellor curt's the plans which would make austria the 3rd e.u. country to purchase the job the move has received a guarded response from brussels my colleagues. earlier discussed the story. the axion 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 puck just over 1000000 doses of the russian facts is on the cards something that sébastien cuts could finally set people free if austria receives an additional 1000000 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 the 1st part in april the

final to the free in june and it would make austria the e.u. country to approve sputnik for 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 if he has not been approved by the made up process is underway and whilst officially individual member states can independently register vaccines for their own use brussels has made it clear that if you do that you're on your own e.u. countries 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 in a full responsibility for the possible consequences of its use or message that somewhat jars with the european idea of one and one for rule but for brussels we have to remember this is probably very humiliating you know it's vaccine shortages

in fighting already in every single headline and this latest from auster that another member state has lost faith in the blog is probably a bit you'd 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 producers of sputnik v. essentially to put an unordered though he did say that he will 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 though it is worth noting that the politically that was a pretty bumpy decision the health minister was actually pushed to resign. a wave of criticism when the prime minister had to really come out very strongly and very bluntly to defend his decision to seek russia's help the sputnik vaccine will not

go back to russia it will save lives in slovakia i would never give it up our country is 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 a unity is failing the blocs failing to meet in fact seem 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 is a union that puts politics over public house really a union that's fit for pup us ok let's return to the story i began with the german chancellor angela merkel has no interest a nationwide suspension just minutes ago all of the nicotine for people under the

age of 60 after reports of unusual blood clots which led to a number of fatalities let's cross live to the role of her in the heart of berlin peter 1st we heard didn't we just a few regions suspending the senecas shot no it's the entire country tickers throughout led to the. yes we weren't expecting this on tuesday it was a session in the the state parliament of the city of bolin when the the senator for health said that it was going to be suspended the astra zeneca vaccine was going to be suspended for use in hospitals here in the german capital it was also then extended to the state of brandenburg which surrounds berlin also with munich china being in well we've just heard from angela merkel she's just finished in the last few minutes alongside health minister yen spyin addressing the nation's press here in berlin she's confident that's

a nationwide suspension now on anybody under the age of 60 receiving the astra zeneca vaccine angela merkel said that the concerns about the links between the vaccine and blood clots potentially fatal blood clots could not be ignored she said we all know that vaccination is the most important tool against coronavirus before saying that faith that trust in vaccines was equally as important as a vaccine working itself. what we know from yen spawn the health minister a lot was passed on to him about where the vaccination program would go next and he started by talking about the situation at hand he called it a. big setback that this had come out regarding the astra zeneca vaccine he said that $31.00 cases of blood clots would be confirmed in germany those had all been people who had received the astra zeneca vaccine of the no confirmation or

a direct link between them all that they have in common is they had blood clots and they had the vaccine out of those 31 it's understood 29 a women 9 of those blood clots proved to be fatal was going to push the fact that the astra zeneca vaccine is a good vaccine in terms of fighting over 19 that it does work he said this. if those under the age of 60 wanted the astra zeneca vaccine specifically they should speak to their physicians and try and work out what was going on there he did try and put a positive spin on all of this vaccination program across europe as we just heard from our colleagues there not going particularly quickly here in germany there's been a lot of criticism over how it's been handled again spawn trying to spin this one in a positive way saying that that would mean there was more vaccines for the over sixty's to be vaccinated with the astra zeneca job in fact he went on to quote statistics

that have come out of both scotland and england where of course many many more people have been vaccinated with the astra zeneca job saying that it showed the to be much more effective than the phase of beyond takes a vaccine in those over the age of 60 chancellor merkel was also asked where all and what she would be having when it came to vaccines the chancellor said that she would get her vaccine when it was her turn to have a vaccine didn't hint what particular job she would be going for the chancellor is over 60 though under her own suspension would be eligible for taking the astra zeneca job. when it comes to the vaccination program as a whole yen spahn said that in the next quarter when they're expecting perhaps johnson and johnson vaccine to go online and for deliveries to arrive he expects. a clear difference to be seen in the vaccination program but they've confirmed this suspension of the use of astra zeneca on those under the age of 60 what happens to

those who've already had their 1st job who are 60 and under well they they have 2 more days on the 1st of april they'll be told whether or not they're going to get that 2nd. vaccine germany isn't the only country though that's had issues with the astra zeneca job canada has also announced a suspension on giving the vaccine to its citizens under the age of $55.00 in canada the national advisory committee for vaccines in that country saying they couldn't take the risk. there is substantial uncertainty about the benefit of providing astra zeneca 1000 faxing to adults under 55 years of age given that the potential risks associated with v.o.i.p. . particularly at the low estimated rates well this is just the latest thing involving the astra zeneca vaccine it was just

a few weeks ago that around 20 european nations as well as countries in central america africa and asia suspended the use of the job over concerns about blood clots that prompted a big investigation by the european medicines agency it was a big press conference that took place and a cook the director of the a.m.a. came out and said astra zeneca was fine to be used that allowed a lot of countries including germany to start using the job again while we also heard from the world health organizations then who said that the benefits of having the astra zeneca vaccine far outweighed any risks a different message coming out of germany on tuesday evening no chancellor merkel saying that the vaccine will now no longer be used on anybody under the age of 60 following well concerns over links to blood clots and you'd imagine it's not going to do a whole lot for. you relations either peter all of our our europe correspondent

live in berlin bring us right up to date on that thanks peter. and while the astra zeneca shot has undergone a partial rebranding last week the manufacturer registered a new trademark for the european market bucks every hour up to now the job was distributed in the e.u.'s court code 19 vaccine. journalist thomas fassbender thinks the timing of the name change is no coincidence. in so many instances possibly patients sitting at the at the vaccination point see on a day with a package and they read astra zeneca vaccine on the package and maybe in the last moment they panicked and refused to accept that that scene so by renaming it there 'd were may may be appear a different name and not the astra zeneca on the package a rebranding even a name in the midst of a crisis and we could say that the vaccine. is in the astra zeneca big scene is

going through a crisis i would regard as a rather unusual move it is even more confusing when you take into account that there was a recommendation not to give vast as a nigger for people older than 65 not because of blood clots at those time at that time but because of in effectiveness then we had the blood clot subject now it is affecting the the lower 65 age bracket the confusion is absolutely understandable there is not one single person responsible for it but it really comes at a bad time. a left wing politician in france is under fire for saying why people should stay out of racism discussions critics say the remarks are yet another sign of how us style walk culture is undermining french values r t surely picks up the story. white debate is being stirred up once again here in france this time after a black politician waded into

a rout that's been raging over the student union which admitted it tells me things about discrimination that excluded white people say this is it exists it exists this reunion success now audrey provirus a member of the paris local authority angus 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 and in fact 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 her severed opinions sprott's grapples to deal with a rise in identity politics for those on the right this is seen as an unwelcome american import that's undermining universalist french values 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 ordering pull over on the united states with the stuff of martin luther king. and almost all just can you fix you notice 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 barrett who said that she had merely understood what it discussion group it is politicians have been more than vocal but what do ordinary people think that's racist you know it's an absolute core i don't know whole people can lead you to my such nonsense we should

dismantle this racist remarks from scratch. for me it's not acceptable to screwed white people for meetings i view that as racist. i think it's perfectly legitimate to exclude white people from the meetings because it felicity fronts has always been a country which respects human rights and does not look primarily at the color of people skin. just on the of the earth and the nonprofit oh no it's personally concerned about traces but i think it exists see you know i mean a future issue if it's with the other way around if the national party or right wing m.p. said the black hole out of the people should be quiet during an event dedicated to the victims of terrorism that's what also calls public outrage the entire political class all the media would just be fired leave mail against this person and condemn him because it's racist their friends only sees 3 colors blue white and red it

distinguishes between citizens only on their merits and not on their roots or religion i think this is very serious obviously the statement by all dr paul what is racist and should be universally condemned can be no double standards here racism is universal unfortunately there are various forms of racism hatred and we are faced with this everywhere be billed as. a resident of the moscow region turned his neighborhood into a war zone over the past few hours what started off as an attempted arrest by police of his host spiraled into an all out gun battle ending with a devastating fire the operations over but the fate of the lone shooter is not yet in the northeast tranquil reports from the scene. the entire house apart from the break walls everything else pretty much has been burned to ashes but the fate of the 61 year old shooter remains unknown and we have been getting reports

from sources in the police that he's burned alive but for that we don't have the official confirmation yet dramatic scenes here in a town where how book was caused by the shooter it lasted for about 10 hours really something absolutely incredible the man. previously not really known to the public at all we know his age we know that he was a suspect in an arms trafficking case but pretty much nothing else and. the police showed up at his house for a check up and then instead of letting the them in the man responded by shooting he used a machine gun and reportedly he started throwing grenades at police so you can imagine that he had an entire arsenal of weaponry inside the house there are also

reports that there could have been some kind of makeshift facility for making these weapons possibly some kind of storage unit and this pretty much makes me ask the question who the hell is he how was he able to withstand a couple of swat teams that were here they couldn't do anything about it surely partially that was because of security reasons because the streets are narrow there were houses round his very home and it was incredibly dangerous it was 3 a massive scare for the locals so they couldn't start a full on operation but apparently this is what they had to do they had to start using rocket and grenade launchers because of the grenades that were being thrown back at the swat team one police officer had a serious injury he was taken to hospital and this cell lasted. till the point when

the house was pretty much entirely in flames. initially though the fire brigades were told to stay away from it because it was still too dangerous what if the man was still active what he was still alive now i'm being told that the fire brigades were allowed to put out the flames there and perhaps at this point the only thing there is left to do is to find his body because apparently if the man. had an escape he should have been there somehow he must of been burned alive. any and all developments all must tory we'll bring it to more news after the break. banging a.

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let's start back in new york where police have launched 2 hate crime probes into attacks in asian residents which happened on monday both cases were caught on camera the n.y.p.d. says it brings the total number of asian hate crimes to run 30 this year in the city or u.s. correspondent kill up and picks up the story a warning younger viewers may find some of the footage of said. we have an ongoing wave of anti asian hate crimes here in new york city now the latest incident involved a 65 year old asian woman who was brutally attacked by a heavily built african-american man he proceeded to both punch and kick her to stomp on her quite disturbing footage.

now what seems to bother people the most is that there are several eyewitnesses in the video who didn't intervene did not step up to stop the attacker and that is very similar to something that took place on the new york city subway another anti asian hate crime which video has also been made available of take a look. seriously

. you're. going to do that now the new york city police department says there is a sharp increase in anti asian hate crimes they say there have been 27 similar incidents that took place over the course of the last year 12 of which were violent assaults now there has been a conversation among the u.s. public about an asian racism we've heard statements from the biden ministration and now we have a children's book publisher that is stepping up and removing one of the books written by children's offered author dave pilkey one of his children's books which was published purported to basically repeat and play up anti asian stereotypes the publisher has removed it it was brutes my attention that this book also contains

harmful racial sirrah types and passively racist imagery it wants and ease wrong and harmful to my asian readers friends and family and to all asian people i hope you my readers will forgive me and learn from my mistakes that even unintentional and passive syria types and racism is harmful to everyone. now at this point the publisher has promised that they will be giving the royalties from this book that was deemed to be offensive to entities and non-profits that are dedicated to opposing anti asian racism now in asian american communities throughout the united states there have been community patrols that have been formed and they've been giving elderly asian americans a whistles so that if they are targeted by a racist attacker they can blow the whistle and and maybe you know get the attention of people that are around them and that's one measure that has been taken there's been a number of statements by celebrities that have been made about the need to stand

against anti asian racism we've heard from the white house but at this point people are wondering will this be able to have an impact will this wave of anti asian violence be able to be stopped because right now on the streets so we continue to see footage of what is taking place it's very brutal very disturbing and it doesn't appear to be stopping. pervaded frauds and involuntary manslaughter belts what french form and john serbia has been feeling guilty of in one of the country's worst health scandals the case revolves around the diabetes and weight loss drug mediator which is believed to have caused the least 500 deaths due to heart problems the pill being on the market for 3 decades son was used by 5000000 people we heard from someone who took the drug another has a prosthetic heart. you know when a person is ruined for 10 years when you with a mechanical and take medication for 10 years to live you can't think this is

normal it's 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 euro even the french medicines watchdog has been fined for delaying the halt of drug seales the agency acknowledged it was partly responsible for the scandal which comes amid rising concerns over the lobbying power of pharma companies well servia says it was aware of the adverse side effects until the trial started but the french doctor who 1st discovered the fatal risks told us the company politically withheld vital information from patients. it doesn't cause my back. 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 going to crimes mainly 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. now as calls grew in germany to impose no other strict coronavirus locked on the country's already struggling catering industry is on tenterhooks over what the future may hold moment for admits a german burger chain owner is just one of many business owners just struggling to

stay afloat. jim somebody looked saw in june 1st look down there was still motivations of fights but now it's fading fast and faster than light at the end of the tunnel is what the restaurateurs leg we all like it's. easy to stifle assistance programs that need to be greatly simplified and disbursements must be significantly accelerated people don't need to wait months for payments and the even greater risks they've had over a year to work out this plan in detail but it still doesn't work.

through a move apply for financial assistance from november and december for 2 businesses i own which took about 130000 euro for november under 60000 full december i received 60000 euros and i need to cover the costs of $2.00 companies and stone full time benefits can also be applied for but you will not receive it until 3 months later it's me as a 1st you have to pay everything out of your pockets. this policy has not changed for a year of course they need to learn a new thanks otherways out 'd our emerging and clothing through new technological advances you cannot stay put and hope that everything will be fine the bundestag elections in september are also likely to play a role nobody wants to make a mistake because in.