germany suspends use of the vaccine for people under the age of 60 blood clots, including several fatal talks with a rush of white, a 1000000 doses of its job. not yet getting approval. e.u. and another cultural debate rages in france. why people should have no say in discussions about racism from moscow. thanks for joining us tonight here on our welcome to the program.

now the german chancellor angela merkel has announced the nationwide suspension of the astra zeneca vaccine for people under the age of 60. this follows reports of red blood clots, which in some cases have proven fatal. for german chancellor angela merkel addressed the press after what had been a long day for a surprising story. weren't expecting this to come out regarding the astra zeneca vaccine. she confirmed that that job will now no longer be used in those under the age of 60. here in germany, we are not facing the question now of whether to use us just any cut or nothing at all. and we know that the whole vaccination process is based on one principle, which is trust. one must be able to trust our scenes. and that's why i believe that the way chosen by us is the most confident way for using his jab at the moment. health minister yen span was stood alongside angular merkel at the press conference

. he did try and put a positive spin if you can, on the suspension saying that those vaccines could now be used to vaccinate the over sixty's. but he acknowledged that this was a major setback. is this all of it is undoubtedly a setback, that one of the vaccines available to us for this pandemic appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group. as of yesterday 31 cases of cerebral venous thrombosis had been reported after vaccination with the astra zeneca jab, none of which were unfortunately fatal. spahn also quoted data from scotland and england, which suggested that using the astra zeneca vaccine in those over the age of 60 was more effective than using the pfizer buy on tech job. there isn't just issues with astra zeneca here in germany though. in canada, they've also suspended the use of the job there. they've put the marker at those

under the age of $55.00. that won't be getting the astra zeneca vaccine. that's after the national advisory committee for vaccines in canada said they couldn't justify the risk. there is substantial uncertainty about the benefit of providing astra zeneca coded $900.00 faxing to adults under 55 years of age. given that the, potential risks associated with v.o.i.p. i-t. crossing, particularly at the low estimated rates, were just a few weeks on from the last scandal involving astra zeneca and potential links to blood clots. then we saw around 20 nations across europe, suspend the use of the job temporarily. most of those went back to using the vaccine, including germany. we also saw the vaccine used suspended in countries in central america or in africa and in asia as well. that prompted the european medicines agency to launch an investigation. there was a big press conference in which m.r. cook their director,

came out and said that astra zeneca was safe for use. the world health organization also said that the benefits of taking the astra zeneca vaccine far outstripped any potential risks. well, following all of that, we're right back to square one with regards to a suspension here in germany. angle of merkel has now announced that the astra zeneca vaccine will not be used in anybody under the age of 60, across the country. that's following potential links between the covert 1000 vaccine and blood clots. german political analyst gave us a sense of the feeling within the country about the latest developments. as i look at a very computer set of tires, and this is not going to the leaders of the people who are already relaxed it to change the dangerous astra zeneca it sees around and it actually will increase the reluctance to get these things. because what we're seeing now is the

regulatory body that may, is not to be trusted, that they're anxious is not going to consume us. the ashes is only the profits of your far now the federal government has stopped basename people because of concerns, right? i had doctors and want to hospitals in germany. this was forced on the government by doctors and hospitals and charity that refused to that name. their staff with astra zeneca. we also asked people for their opinion on the astra zeneca suspension. it helped us. gov. i feel that they're now really rushing ahead to fost. if you look at the side effects, they're very rare. if you read the information leaflet of aspirin or ibuprofen or any other, those have much more serious side effects, and we swallow those daily,

more or less. i think it is very, very good that the vaccines were as a valid so fast and they would talk about the side effects because silence of that information would be so much worse. but i also think that due to everyone having an opinion, i'd now it's kind of make the whole x. nation process fall into pieces. i completely understand being cautious, but the problem of stopping the vaccination all the time is that we are already so far behind compared to the rest of the world. and that is very disappointing because there are many restrictions and that's the only think we're trusting. so we need to receive clear messages for citizens not to get confused. austria has opened talks with russia about buying a 1000000 doses of its sputnik covert vaccine trials of us, of us in and out of the plan, which would make austria the 3rd e.u. country to purchase the jab. the moves received a guarded response from brussels. my colleagues, very sushi and saskia taylor earlier discussed the story. the news 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 apart just over 1000000 doses of the russians vaccine is on the cards. something that sébastien cuts could finally set people free. if austria receives an additional 1000000 doses of the vaccine returned to normal life as possible earlier, and we could save many lives in jobs. there should be no job 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 auster the e.u. country to approve sputnik for use following in the footsteps of hungry. clearly, 3 countries will 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 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 bring 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 so brussels, we have to remember, this is probably very humiliating. you know, it's seen shortages, infighting already in every single headline. and this latest from wall street 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 the essentially to put in an order though 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 us, though it is worth noting that that 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 blunt and 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 interview unity is failing the bloc. failing to meet vaccine tomorrow. but at the same time, it's refusing to accept help from the board 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 health, really a union that's fit for purpose? a left wing politician in france is under fire for saying white people should stay out of racism discussions. critics say the remarks are yet another sign of how u.s. stalled on the morning french values is also you showed a dubious key with the latest. the empty wine 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 union says this is now owed 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 is the 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 this scale, 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 nearly undisturbed 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 the debate and they say, it's not racist. you know, well, it's an absolute horror. i don't know how people can lead you to my such nonsense. we should dismantle this racist remarks from scratch. only about it in your for me

it's not acceptable to screwed white people for meetings, i view that as racist on of consulates. i think it's perfectly legitimate to exclude white people from the meetings because it, i feel it's him. france has always been a country which respects human rights and does not look primarily at the color of people, skin on the of the earth. and the numbers are, oh no, it's personally concerned about racism. but i think it exists. see, you know, me let us know if it were the other way around. if the national party or right wing m.p. said the 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 it's racist and should be universally condemned. there can be no double standards here, racism is universal. unfortunately, there are various forms of racism and hatred, and we are faced with this everywhere. we build it or still printed in your news to come after the short break. new york police voiced alarm or a wave of hate crimes against asian americans in the city of the latest of which have been caught on camera, will bring you some of the shocking footage after the break. i guess the block clock is really the emerging truth. you know, time magazine, call it the truth machine and it's showing the truth about american politicians that they're full of hot air. they have nothing to say. they still everyone's money, they collect taxes, they spend on themselves, they try to dress out of fashion and they kill people overseas in the name before

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welcome back to the program. the world health organization has released the long awaited report on the origins of covert where the virus came from and how it 1st in fact that humans headline so far is they still don't really know this 300 page documents, as is extremely unlikely to come from a lab, the most likely scenario is that it passed from bats to another species and then on to humans. one way that it could have made that final leap is via frozen or chilled meat. the report does though say a further investigation is needed. well, u.k. based senior medical expert believes the version, the most probable might be the most accurate. we will either find out or we will never find out. but the other empirical evidence clearly point to something on toward happened in china in will han province in the vicinity of the

large wet market that much we know and that much we mustn't allow, could be washed away by history. i don't believe that this is a transfer from frozen foods brought in from somewhere else. the science is very easy and straightforward, that this is of about origin and most likely thing is the farming practices around . in other words, the, the sars virus arose as a result of going from bad to an intermediate creature. in that creature. it reasserted and created a new pandemic strain, which is now communicable to humans that bit, i think, is what has happened in one way or the russian capital. residents of the moscow region turned his neighborhood into a war zone on to say what started off as an attempt at the rest, by police at his house spiraled into an all out gun battle ending with a devastating fire up a trunk. oh reports from the scene. the house pretty much everything apart from the

break walls has been burned to ashes, but the fate of the man who caused so much chaos and havoc in a small town just to the north of moscow remains unknown. we have heard reports from sources within the police that he burned alive inside that building. but for that, for now we don't have official confirmation. this was a real scare for the locals. first of all, the sound, the sound of gunfire, the sound of grenade launchers, the amount of security equipment here. the number of officers fully armed, something completely extraordinary, for a towel like that. and the siege that lasted for about 10 hours. this makes me ask the question, what kind of man was he that shooter. what we know is that he's 61 year old, but previous see, he was unknown to the public. and also this makes me wonder what kind of arsenal

was there inside that house that he was able to withstand the siege for so long. according to the officials, police were in the middle of a probe into an arms trafficking case and they showed up for a check up at the man's case. and instead of letting the officers in the 61 year old shooter began to shoot at them from a machine gun and reportedly through 2 grenades at them. that was the point when it became clear that a group of police officers simply wouldn't be able to deal with the situation. so swat teams were called in, but the man didn't give up. he continued to respond with fire and he continued to throw grenades. luckily none of the local residents were hurt in this, but i can tell you that one security officer was seriously wounded in the leg. he's been taken to hospital, but i'll tell you what the siege only ended after the swat teams used when they'd

longer serves as a result of that. the house was completely on fire and it was incredibly dangerous for the fire brigade, because again, it was unclear what kind of arsenal of weaponry was inside that house. again, god knows how this man was able to do what he was up to notice which led to this massive unexpected scare. thank god. without many consequences, new york police have launched 2 hate crime probes into attacks on 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 in the city to around 30 so far this year. but more details here came of more pain and a warning to our young viewers may find some of the footage upsetting. we have an ongoing wave of anti asian hate crimes here in new york city. now, the latest incident involving

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 in the economy. now, the new york city police department says there is a sharp increase in anti asian hate crimes. they say there have been $27.00 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 us public about asian racism. we've heard statements from

the by administration, as president biden said during his 1st primetime address. and asian violence is in a phobia, is run, it's un-american and it must stop today. president biden is announcing new actions to respond to the increase in acts of and to asian violence and to advance safety, inclusion and beeline for all asian american native hawaiian and pacific islander communities. and now we have a children's book publisher that is stepping up and removing one of the books, written by children's offer author dave pilkey, one of his children's books, which was published, reported to basically repeat and play up anti asian stereotypes. the publisher has removed it, it was brought to my attention that this book also contains harmful, racial, sirrah, types and passively, racist imagery in wars and e.'s 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, sirrah 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 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 are we continue to see footage of what is taking place. it's very brutal,

very disturbing. and it doesn't appear to be stopping back to france though in one of the country's worst ever health scandals. the former joint sylvia has been found guilty about related fraud and also the case walls around the dog bts and weight loss drug media tour, which is believed to have caused at least $500.00 problems. the pill had been used by 5000000 people over a 3 decade period. but from someone who took the drug and now has a heart valve fitted, you know, when a person is ruined for 10 years, when you with a mechanical pretty soon 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. and 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. or the manufacturer had been slapped for the fall of almost 3000000 euros. even the french medicine is washed or has been fined for delaying the whole of the drug sales. the agency acknowledged it was partly responsible for the scandal which comes amid rising concerns over the law being power of farmer john the giants of service. as it was unaware of the adverse effects until the trials began. the french doctor who 1st discovered the fatal risks told us the company deliberately withheld vital information from its patients. it also gave me about i have been fighting for 14 years for the fact to be recognised that an incredible fraud was committed by a large french manufacturer and 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 is

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 euros. so the total payments are negligible, but the court's decision in general is frustrating. it is not enough. well that's the headlines for this hour that see when i will resign the 30 minutes. all the latest that for a more secure time to join us again. in the 1920 s. and thirty's, several 100 african-americans moved to the soviet union. and many of their descendants still live in russia looking at the risk of long no rush. but us though up at a stop. yes, it got chose for ways to cool things on their way to set their chairs on the dock of national scott back home, black american suffered from racism and

a complete lack of prospects. is that columbus month, the real lybia loses shows one by else a store on the buy door to. so they decided to leave everything behind and start a new life in a country about which they knew almost nothing at all. and some of the american reared groups who were to prove you're in the united states period, found a great crowd to moulay and golf. you will go on to your clue, you know, almost a 100 years later the history is repeating itself. my great grandfather, george time, went through russia on probable worst crime to go anywhere. why not me? why don't i come here?

and i'll show it's seemed wrong. but old quotes, just don't call me new world yet to shape out of disdain, to become educated. and in gains from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, when she says to look for common ground problem, drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers, but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states, we've seen very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids invited to america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain, but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes after dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer. so who's to blame? patients don't use manufacturers. all the governments of

low end welcome to crossfire. we're all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle. the biden ministration has made it clear its foreign policy will be informed by the protections and spread of western liberal values. it would seem, values are far more important than national and economic security. not surprisingly, not all countries in the world are in agreement with biden's vision for the global order.