germany suspends use of the astra zeneca vaccine for people under the age of 60 off the reports of rare blood clots including several fatal cases. in. talks with russia to buy a 1000000 doses of its sport make vaccine. the job not yet getting approval from the e.u. . another cultural debate rages in france so after a left wing politician insists white people should have no say in discussions about racism.

from moscow thanks for joining us here on all of the international this morning now and 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 fall as 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 we're expecting this to come out regarding the astra zeneca vaccine she confirmed that that job will now we're no longer be used in those under the age of 60 here in germany has seen or heard that we are not facing the question now of whether to use astra zeneca 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 ask is the most confident way for using his jab at the moment health minister yen span was stood

alongside angle of 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 ova 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 yet spawn 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 $1000.00 faxing to adults under 55 years of age given that the potential risks associated with v.o.i.p. id coursing 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 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 i'm glad 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 $1000.00 vaccine and blood clots of german a political analyst to be young to vacillate gave us a sense of the feeling within the country about the latest developments. as i look to barry computers that tired us and this is not going to. the leaders of the people who are already realized it to change a dangerous astra zeneca it sees our own and it actually will increase the

reluctance to get these things because what we're seeing now is the regulatory body that. is not to trust it 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 one hospitals in germany this was forced on the government. by doctors and hospitals 'd and showing that proof used to that name their staff with astra zeneca well we also asked people in but then that for their opinion on the astra zeneca suspension it up that's good for us i feel that they're now really rushing ahead too fast 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 burra 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 talented that information would be so much worse but i also think that due to everyone having an opinion i have now it kind of make the whole the 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 vaccines are the only thing we trust so we need to receive clear messages for citizens not to get confused. austria is open talks with russia buying a 1000000 doses of its code vaccine trials on us about the plan which would make austria the 3rd e.u. country to purchase the job the moves receive the got a response from brussels my colleague laurie sushi. earlier discussed the story the

e.u. vaccine rollout 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 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 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 auster the e.u. country to approve sputnik for use following in the footsteps of hungry and clearly 3 countries well so you frustrated with the blocks 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 when the management see basis however in this case the government of this country will be a full responsibility for the possible consequences of its use or message that somewhat jars with the european idea of for one and one for rule but so 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 face 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 would not be administering the vaccine until it gets given the green light by the e m a 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 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 need 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 even humidity is failing the blocks failing to meet vaccine demand 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. police are launched to hate crime probes into attacks on asian residents which happened on monday both cases were caught on camera with the n.y.p.d. saying it brings the total number of crimes in the city to around 30 so far this year with more details here is the warning to all young of you see some of that every day is 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 and seen 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 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 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 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. to discuss the she's joining me live with a new story. thanks for joining us on the program good to have you on today race issues are not new to the united states what do you think is the director behind this noticeable increase in attacks mainly on asian americans in the country. well 1st of all you have to start with the external factor tensions between the united states and china are on the rise and oftentimes when united states is in conflict with the major asian nations you see attacks of one asian americans recall that during the tension and conflict which upin before 945 you had 120000 japanese americans on the west coast the united states in terms of concentration camps and then you had unleashed the only atomic bombing in world history i'm speaking of the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki in august 1905 similarly with regard to

chinese americans you may know that it was an 800 $82.00 that the united states passed the so-called chinese exclusion act perhaps the only act in u.s. immigration history that singled out one particular ethnic group seeking to bar the interests onto the shores of people of chinese ancestry so this kind of attack that you see on asian americans and pacific islanders i'm afraid to say has a history do you think that in corona virus can be a major factor here i mean it's been more than a year since that the pandemic a parrot its boss was asked why do you think it's happening right now. well it may have something to do with the rhetoric of the 45th u.s. president mr trump who tried to suggest that the coronavirus should be called the chinese virus some of his comrades said to be called the chinese communist party barbarous mr trump suggested that it should be called flu and the coronavirus as

you know it said a devastating impact on united states of america 550000 people have died thus far it's led to a slowdown in the u.s. economy and i think that this rhetoric coming from the top particularly from the white house was not very helpful in terms of helping to tamp down this escalation asian pacific islander violence do you think the public response to that and the asian a crime is comparable with how the public responded to a black lot it's for example. probably not but i think that there probably has something to do with the fact the anti black violence. history to say you probably know who did united states was built on the backs of instantly africans and that led to a us civil war 861 to 865 that led to the death on us battlefields of tens of

thousands hundreds of thousands individuals so i think that that particular factor helps the ship why don't why anti black while once probably strikes more of a chord in this country and of course the asian pacific islander population is only about 6 percent of the us population heavily concentrated on the coast particularly of the area stretching from seattle to san diego and the west coast and new york city as your setup piece tended to suggest and that is unlike the black community which tends to be distributed national. we know about some the measures being taken by citizens and communities to protect their asian friends that neighbors their relatives what is it the government should be the federal government out of water scale had to hold this quite worrying trend. well certainly i'm happy to see in here that president. has tried to direct funds

towards combating and fighting anti asian pacific islanders. but he needs to realize that by this new cold war against china he simultaneously helping to create conditions for the rise of violence in the financial times of london just this morning a column suggests that the united states is quote hooked on. and as long as that allegation can be credibly made it seems to me that for the foreseeable future we're going to have difficulties because china's ascendancy is not going away any time soon and i'm afraid to say the political education in united states is not very sophisticated not very high and inevitably bleeds into asian american anti pacific islander america violence. all thought historian gerald told me at that ought international good to have you on the program thank you. the

left wing politician in france is on the fire for saying what people should stay out of racism discussions critics say it all mocks and yet another side of how us thought culture is undermining french values is all shot to bits. the empty one 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 exist it exists it exists this reunions exists no food reprove reason 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 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 severed 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 universalists 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. 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 this 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 on buyout 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 is it. ok to exclude white people from the debate and they say it's not racist you know well it's an absolute core i don't know how people can lead you to my such nonsense we should dismantle this racist remarks from scratch. or you know you know in your for me it's not acceptable to screwed white people for meetings i view that as racist. and offensive the way i think it's perfectly legitimate to exclude white people from the meetings because it's i feel it's i'm france has always been a country which respects human rights and does not look primarily at the color of people skin. just because on the birth and the numbers are oh no it's personally concerned about uncivilized racism but i think it exists see you know i mean if you

dress if it's with 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 if i believed rail against this person and condemn him because it's racist france only sees 3 colors blue whites 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. one of france's worst ever health scandals the farmer's giant servia has been found guilty of aggravated fraud and involuntary manslaughter the case of rolls around the diabetes and weight loss drug mediate or

which is believed to have caused at least 500 deaths due to heart problems of the pill had been used by 5000000 people over a 3 decade period we heard from someone who took a drug and now has had to have a heart valve fitted. you know when a person is ruined for 10 years when you with 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 . all the manufacturer has been slapped with a fine of almost 3000000 euros even the french medicines watchdog has been fine for delaying the halt of drug sales the agency acknowledged it was partly responsible

for the scandal which comes amid rising concerns over the law being power off pharma companies who serve years as it was unaware of the out of side effects until trials began the french doctor who for the scope of the fatal risk told us the company deliberately withheld vital information from patients. about the federal debt i have been fighting for 14 years for the fact to be recognized that 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 euros so the total payments are negligible but the court's decision in general is frustrating it is not enough. the

president of the moscow region turned his neighborhood into a war zone on tuesday or started off as an attempt at a rest while police at his house spiraled into an all out governed bottle ending with a devastating fire or do you feel a bit drunk or 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 1st 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 men 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 grenade launchers. as a result of that the house was completely on fire and it was incredibly a 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 unnoticed which led to this massive unexpected scare thank god without many consequences stay tuned for news views and q.'s coming away in just a few moments time with the team and i'll be back in half an hour with the latest to join us again that.

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who dares thinks. we fear to ask. the outpouring of grief and anger is a once again happening here in america following 2 mass shootings and multiple acts of random crime resulting in the loss of innocent lives however what makes the last 2 weeks crime sprees different.