16 is undoubtedly a sad fact that one of the vaccines available to us from this pandemic appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group. germany suspends the astra zeneca vaccine for people under 60 over fears of a rare but potentially fatal disease like lots leaving people in that age group in limbo of those who have already received the 1st dose of the chapel. off air and now off line of mafia blocks archies russian website following last year's decision by the country's broadcast watchdog to ban 7 channels under the r t v media group. and an asian man is brutally assaulted in the new york subway and an elderly filipino woman beat me in the city street elitists and

a string of vicious attacks in the us again for community look at what's being done to the rising tide of hate. good afternoon and welcome to the program this is art international coming to strength from the russian capital bring you your life news update and we're starting with some news just in the you tube channel of our 2 sister channel r.t. arabic has just been taken off line a channel had over 5000000 subscribers you tube has not yet given any explanation for the move but it does come after a u.s. channel accused r.t. arabic of copyright violations will be keeping you updated on that story as more details come in. but our team has also been targeted in europe our russian language website has been taken offline by a number of internet service providers and a lot fia if i was last year's decision by the law and broadcast regulator to ban 7

channels and the r t media group earlier i got details from r.t. senior correspondent. as you said the communications agency decided to buy. a using dubious justification but there it was so it was taken off air by the various broadcasters what has happened now is that the russian so far has been very good all through lives has been blocked by the internet service providers and the interesting thing is what view is see when they try to axis. your internet browser is trying to connect to websites which in the territory of the latvian republic is unlawfully distributing television programs without some retransmission issued by the national electronic mass media council i mean the excuse itself speaks of desperation because there is every single channel

in the world on the internet and none of them have a retransmission permit from from the latvian government moreover there are many channels that broadcast in latvia that don't have a permit latvian government permit to do so but the official justification that we heard last year was sanctions was that the head of the head of his subordinate which if you translated into english translates as russia today but has no relation no affiliation with r t nevertheless they say that since he is on the european sanctions sushi should r t be banned in europe they've they you know it was explained to them at length in short form and long long form multiple times that r.t. and receive a subordinate have no relationship they have different heads they are completely different entities nevertheless the latvians have stuck to their guns they have

now begun blocking r.t. online as well as the family of charles r.t. channels being blocked from board caustically latvia and the head of r t margarita simonyan herself explained that there's new relationship between resists the warden and r.t. dmitri kisi off is not the head of r.t. he has nothing to do with r.t. to be the head of the verse he is subordinate should say they probably just googled . and got russia today the translation i cannot explain this phantasmagoria stupidity by anything else i have been the head of russia today for 15 years since it was founded. well of course this isn't the 1st instance russian media being banned by about a country is the fact the russian foreign ministry says coordination between various baltic countries that we lithuania estonia in cracking down and denying russian russian speaking wouldn't says the access to russian media outlets and this

is was we sure this in in the studio for example where a slew of journalists were threatened with legal action with criminal investigations unless they quit scrutiny splitting another channel that is being cracked down on in the baltics in the latvia itself there was a big scandal when a slew of workers again journalists were threatened with legal action unless they cut their ties with receipts awarded me tricky sort of receipts award which sue for our baltic countries of the side to censor the bad pronouncer and fix you know it we continue to see repeated violations of international the geishas to ensure press freedom in baltic countries where they hide and there is a phobia and intention to get rid of the russian information presence in their media space by any means possible and talking about the attacks by latin lithuanian and estonian officials on the t.v. channels included in the r.t.

media group the cold unaided nature of this attack is clear you know it will be interesting to see how how far they do with this because obviously the receipts he would have brand has a slew of media outlets under it where logan was asian and whether the latvians a stone ians and lithuanians will will go through with this and start bagging all of them well that would be a truly desperate step. joined live by journalist and broadcaster neil clark for more on this now what do you think is behind this latest step from the are we seeing a pattern developing here. hi jacqueline yes it's a definite pattern that we've seen repeated across the baltic states this is all part of afraid of this cold war the cold war where the baltic states have been in the forefront of this new cold war against russia and russian media we had explained on your program very clearly there that the stated reasons by the

latvians for make doing this action taking this action is clearly wrong they have the best case and i was a totally confused 2 different entities 2 different russian media entities. yeah we have to see this we have to sort of look at the broader picture here throughout europe r.t. in russian channels have come under attack in britain we've had this propaganda campaign against russian media we had a campaign to deal with it to my eyes russian media are the most extreme example to be taking channels off air but it will also see for example if you look at we could pedia we could p.d.f. for example if you put links to r.t. or sputnik articles they are removed as unreliable sources so it's an information war that is taking place over a number of fronts in its war information war against russia as you mentioned there the lobby and authorities were mentioning artie's alleged relationship with the head of the rest see a subordinate media group saying that he is under essentially ends up on fact he

has no link to this channel whatsoever and that's been explained to them why has nothing changed it's quite believe listen it's just like somebody saying well we're going to to ban the b.b.c. a foreign country are going to ban the b.b.c. because of a certain individual who's head of the b.b.c. it's almost say well hang on though yes he's actually. connected to i.t.v. the main competitor in britain to to to the b.b.c. that would be quite ludicrous and that's exactly what's happened here it's i mean i saw your clip there when it showed mark mcghee to see mine yeah the head of r.t. saying that perhaps that the ins you know have just googled russia's then come up with it with a translation. so you know if it really is it would be laughable if the consequences went to sirius and if what's going on is so is so wrong he's absolutely wrong censorship it's suing a cold war and information warfare and so you know i hope very much that the more publicity we can give to this because it is happening in europe for goodness sake

we have all these bodies don't worry about press freedoms in europe and the censorship bodies we want them speaking out about this because it's totally wrong what's happening well so i have news just in this hour about r.t. arabic has been blocked by you tube you tube has come out saying that it's due to copyright infringement but can we take that at face value. well if you look at the context of what else is going on i don't think we can i think if it was simply taking place in isolation yes perhaps we could but again it seems to me that we having this relentless assault on russian media channels whether they're on a television channel removing them from air or pressurising regulators try removal of there where this about the you tube channels or social media we would you know for example jacqueline that r.t. i think for a number of years now has been prevented from advertising on certain social media networks we know for example too that when r.t. tweets or sputnik tweets articles they have this so-called warning that their free

agent there that they are state affiliated media we don't get that on our voice of europe or oh u.s. government linked channels do it so we get it on the russian one so it states it's all over and of course hearing this news about r.t. arabic and you tube well you know that the 1st reaction is this is again war this censorship that's been taking place which is totally wrong and i would like to see as a journalist based in britain not to see international organizations journalist organizations media organizations speaking out more loudly against these targeting this russia for the targeting of russian media. these accusations of infringement of copyright infringement they're coming from a certain us channel and actually the head of our terra back has come out saying that it's a cord needed attack is anyone going to be listening to what artie's position on this is where they should be if they're proper journalism and concerned with getting to the truth but i think that someone who's been if you are on the front

line of this or you know we be contributing to oxy really for for 10 years now i've seen how the war against russian media has been stepped up every year it gets worse and as i said you know you've got these warnings on social media if you have a source or a russian media it's a relenting it's about deal if you're to my eyes in russian media and people who work for russian media. you know it's all over and it's been going on for a long time now and it has it should should shouldn't have been i think really and if people speak up about it speak out against the bullying and to actually stop it to actually i think to to analyze more closely who is behind this because it is a geo political campaign it's a campaign from the nato from certain nato powers it with that with that within those powers it's about it's all part of the broader anti russian pretty trajectory of western foreign policy that we've seen accentuated in the last decade or so

we've been speaking with journalist and broadcaster neil clark thank you for your time and your comments thank you jacqueline. in other news germany's vaccination program has suffered another blow with berlin again suspending the use of the astra zeneca job as time for those under 60 that's left many in that age group who've already had their 1st dose and limbo. incision hits right for the 2nd dose of astra zeneca for those under 60 who have already had the 1st dose the standing committee for vaccination will take a formal position by the end of a trail. acknowledging the news that had come through from the robert cock institute the public health body here in germany regarding potential links between the vaccine and blood clots and those that had taken it i'm going to merkel said these concerns could not be ignored alongside uncle merkel was health minister yen spawn at the press conference he described the news coming out about astra zeneca

job as a major blow is this all of it is undoubtedly a sad back that one of the vaccines available to us for this pandemic appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group 31 pieces of cerebral vento strombo this had been reported after vaccination with the astra zeneca jab 9 of which were unfortunately fetal. there was an attempt to put a positive spin on the news by health minister yen spawn though he said that the fact that this vaccine wouldn't be used on the under sixty's meant there was more of it to vaccinate the over sixty's it's not just germany that had concerns over astra zeneca though also in canada they've suspended its use there it's for those under the age of $55.00 that will be no longer getting it that's after the national advisory committee on vaccines decided it wasn't worth the risk there was substantial uncertainty about the benefit of providing astra zeneca coded $1000.00

vaccine to adults under 55 years of age given that the potential risks associated with v.i.p. coursing particularly at the low estimated rates it's only a couple of weeks since the last scandal involving astra zeneca and links to blood clots that saw suspensions of the vaccine across europe as well as in central america or in africa and did. asia as well it prompted an investigation by the european medicines agency and ultimately a big press conference by the director m.r. cook in which he said that the astra zeneca of oxy was fine for use a lot of countries where that prompted a lot of countries to repeal that suspension including germany longer merkel has said that the country is going back on the reversal of the suspension and the astra zeneca vaccine will now no longer be used for anyone under the age of 60 across germany. 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're trusting so we need to receive clear messages for citizens not to get confused. 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 so i think it is there is very good that the vaccines were valid so fast and then we 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 on it now it kind of make the whole vaccination process fall into pieces. meanwhile astra zeneca intends to rebury and its vaccine which will not go under the name of vax as every hour and the company has struggled to reassure the public about its safety but a number of experts believe that the damage to the jobs for petition has already been done. a rebranding right in the midst of such and such

a can paint is something of a rarity and you have rebranding complains but usually not in the midst of a crisis possibly patience 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 panic and refuse to accept that vaccine but it may as well backfire infect it may seem like an evasion move like something in hiding so it may really carry a rather negative effect in this case and a 1000000 people you know you would expect very few cases of these terrible blood clots you know the ones in the in the sinuses in the brain the venous system the brain and the dissemination coagulation route the body just terrified and they're seen it you know in younger women so with this. it's very hard to commit to the

public now because now you know they see faulty vaccine data you know used the wrong dose they corrected the dose that they had the wrong. efficacy rade had to change that so a lot of suspicion about this it's terrible because you know rick the thing is is that there are 2000000000 doses or 92 geishas that are need a lot of poor countries are going to get you know the high tech expense of vaccine . anti asian attacks and america show no sign of letting up police in new york city are investigating 2 assaults on asian residents on monday one of the victims was an elderly filipino woman who was brutally beaten while her male assailant yelled racial slurs and warning you may find the following video disturbing.

and 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. 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 u.s. public about an asian racism we've heard statements from the biden ministration as president biden said during his 1st primetime address and to violence and said a full day is wrong it's un-american and must stop today president biden is announcing new actions to respond to the increase in acts of and. environments and to develop safety inclusion and belonging for all asian american native hawaiian and pacific island to communities 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 we continue to see footage of what is taking place very brutal very disturbing and it doesn't appear to be stopping as kill mentioned in his report volunteers are giving out whistles to elderly asian people throughout the u.s. and san francisco though they project has been dealt a blow after some $700.00 whistles meant for distribution were stolen and the increased violence targeting asians in america streets some are looking to less

direct ways to counter racism for example a publisher has pulled a children's book over its depictions of a martial arts instructor called master wank some have deemed offensive and a form of passive racial stereotyping we spoke to historian gerald horne about president biden's role in the issue. he needs to realize that by launching this new cold war against china he simultaneously helping to create conditions for the rise of asian violent it seems to me that for the foreseeable future we're going to have difficulties because china has 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. in small suburb just to the north of moscow turn into something more closely resembling a war zone on tuesday that started off as

a visit by police officers and best to getting arms trafficking spiral into a prolonged should out with russian special forces. imagine a quiet sleepy town just to the north of moscow wealthy residents walking their pets it could be that this area hadn't seen any crimes in ages but one morning tuesday morning to be precise police arrived to inspect the house they showed up to check on a man who was a suspect in an arms trafficking case i'm sure they weren't expecting a warm welcome but what they got instead was absolutely incredible machine gun fire and grenades being thrown at them for about 7 or 8 hours the swat teams couldn't

successfully storm that residential building and that is not a surprise because the shooter was using a grenade launcher against the security forces it's a miracle that only one of them was injured luckily none of the local residents were hurt the heavy shooting was only over when the house was completely in flames eventually a burned body was found inside the shooter's name was donald he was a 61 year old pensioner who wasn't known to the public before tuesday judging by some of the pictures that emerged eventually he was a bit of a character to say the least to like to pose for the camera dressed up like a czar toting his gun and hugging a young woman who is apparently his daughter it's also been revealed that more than 20 years ago mr burke don of was already suspected of robbery and fraud it's been

reported that some of the things that he was up to included threatening people to eventually steal their expensive watches and jewelry. so this makes you wonder how the man never ended up in jail well maybe that's because he was well protected by wild adam alls that is a joke but i only have joking here because actually it turned out that he had turned his property into was zuzu with a couple of tigers and the bear the good news is that after the grenade explosions the wild animals are now safe. 1900. and molly back in january of this year those are the findings of a new u.n. report into the incident. menas mays able to confirm a bed in celebration at the site of the strike had brought together $100.00 surveillance at least $22.00 people including 3 of the suspected cuttable sermon

members present at the gathering were killed by the french strike on the 3rd of january 2021 in bhante this un report centers on a french air strike that took place at the beginning of january it says 900 civilians were killed as well as 3 armed men when the french warplanes struck me a village co-parenting waterless sorrow region now that confirms the claims from villages at the time he said that these planes struck at a wedding party and those claims back then and also now are still being disputed by the french army which is said it is being pursued i say it's right and it is targeted just harvests now a spokesperson for the military is also described the when reporters being based on fragile testimony and it says it has reservations about methodology that was used by the un it maintains that it was targeting a terrorist group so the fact that france won't accept this report to be the truth

has been get some in the country there are lot of demosthenes it is time for france to stop telling lies because they accuse the few lannie community of being spokespersons for jihadist or of being organizations that spread lies or rumors i would simply say it is high time the 1000000 armed forces especially the mali military authorities begin to tell the truth to move towards reality well not only has been struggling to contain is the most insurgency since 2012 the french army being on the ground for a number of years now and has more than 5000 soldiers that the former ringback colonial power in the region hasn't always had an easy life we know that people been increasingly taking to the streets to say how unhappy they are about the french economy be. being that and that's because they've failed so far to be able to control this insurgency with hundreds of thousands of people having had to flee

their homes and thousands of soldiers and civilians already killed in this conflict to date now this damning report by the un in france is out right which actually a bit or unlikely to improve its reputation. that's been our breakdown of today's top headlines for now but if all those stories have unquenched your thirst for news head on over to our website r.t. dot com for countless articles and interviews extending it. 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 because they know no rush but us throw up at us to get sick truths for ways to cool things on their way to set their chairs on the dock this little scott back home black american suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. is acting up

a smug that he'll be a losing show one by else a store on the by do it to suit the new so they decided to leave everything behind and start a new life in a country about which they knew almost nothing at all some of the your rear groups who's there to prove you're in the united found great crowd. to move a few you're going to go through and now almost 100 years later the history is repeating itself my great grandfather george time went to russia. probable worst time to go anywhere why not me. why don't i come here. one else seemed wrong why don't we all just don't call. any new world

yet to shape out just they become educated and indeed human equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. i mention are times they were going underground for another lockdown edition 24 hours after the report of the highly anticipated world health organization led international investigation into the origins of corona virus was released in part 2 as the george floyd trial continues in the usa the daughter of norm chomsky professor of eva chomsky on her investigation into what links structural racism to joe biden's detention a fan of thousands of children on the us mexico border 1st joining me now from

beijing his counselor for the china state council and founder of the center for china and globalization professor wang we why welcome back to you who are going underground let's just start with the w.h.o. you know all about the fact that china has been blamed for coronavirus would you think a report that doesn't seem to go one way or the other unlikely it said that it was a lab in china but no definitive proof either way it's we're alike we lost one publisher to. china as well imagine an extremely unlikely to wire schools. from allow me not sound you know science fiction smarts and a many forms and many variations in there you can remember actually as you know it was used by the trumpet ministration to justify all manner of rhetoric from washington what do you think saying what happened in the suez canal in the past few days tells us about the danger.