but literally because. of the singularity. you 2 blocks the are 2 arabic channel for several hours citing copyright infringement before storing the page that says it's part of a court needed attack. it's just going to try going to that is undoubtedly it's not one of the vaccines available to watch this pandemic refuse to pose an increased risk for certain age. generally suspends the astra zeneca vaccine for people under 60 over fears of where a potentially fatal blood clots leaving in limbo those who party received the 1st dose of the job. and an asian man is brutally assaulted in the new york subway 'd on an elderly filipino woman beaten in the city's streets in the latest string of vicious attacks in the us against the community we look at what's been

done to quell the rising tide of hate. that evening and welcome to the program this is our 2 international coming to you straight from the russian capital bring your live news up to. our sister channel our to arabic was blocked for 6 hours today by you tube over an alleged copyright infringement that sound back online but questions linger over a barrage of copyright claims coming from the from the u.s. which the channels other sees as a coordinated attack earlier are to join me in the studio with the details. one of the biggest new shuttles in the world more than 5000000 subscribers 3bb views and all of this happened because apparently a channel called business casual filed for strikes

a copyright infringement against r.t. arabic in the span of barely a few months which by itself is almost unprecedented and now r.t. arabic has become the biggest huge channel in the world with being blocked bad because of. such infringement you know this is this is unprecedented territory for from start to finish more all that these charge of business casual it focuses on business things but recently it has begun posting what can only be described as anti crebbin propaganda a slew of videos in recent days more than that they have also followed a lawsuit against r.t. international at the now seeking damages and also refusing any communication with the travel this is you especially worrying because as arabic says editor in chief said there is this feeling that this is

a coordinated attack. which you tube channel is facing a coordinated attack from an organization funded by deep pocketed financial backers this voice is now being silenced by the unfortunate kneejerk response to questionable accusations of a copyright for a handful of historic images by business casual holdings it highlights just how you might become subject to manipulation and abuse of its own policies by militias activists. because the details are still lacking in truth has said google rather the owners of egypt have said that they're aware of what has happened of the situation in the working to resolve it perhaps some cause who flew optimism nevertheless the russian foreign ministry is already reacting this isn't the 1st time the russian outlets are being targeted and it is said that these dead giants losing touch with reality considering that artsy has been constantly

pressured in western countries where dirty methods are used to compete against the popular t.v. channel i assume that we're seeing here and other active censorship by the american platforms has become boring to repeat politically correct clichés so i'll say clearly american tech giants have raped freedom of speech there is no way around that. r.t. of course all of our news channels all of our shows they have been active on you tube for years now and this isn't the 1st time we've had an issue as you know new for all those years he has been been targeted for what it says look. secret arts he will cover things and touch topics that other outlets are the won't or cart and this has been that many that school of opponents look does happen for years since 2012 sees you to pick out its twitter feed its facebook pages they have all things these blogs these bands these suspensions for for that matter reasons

for copyright infringement for alleged copyright infringements for violations of terms of service technical issues r g documentary published recently a documentary about the protests in the united states the violence there the far right groups at and this video was struck with not one but 22 warning pages so you know the ones that say this potentially shocking called the d b ward there's 2 of them as the author went and looked up similar videos covering the same topic with the same images and found to his amazement that most of them had no warning at all never kicks where facebook bowed in the now hugely popular show which making waves on facebook they banned that immediately after c.n.n. released a report saying that what was already known saying that this in the now show is related to 2 r.t.

and facebook banded saying that this was in its effort to improve transparency hours unclear there was no concise new clear answer from that but this is this is something that we're used to this is something that has happened for years it will keep happening and you know the editor in chief says it shut us up. artie's also under pressure in europe has blocked the r t russian website following last year's decision to ban 7 channels under the party's media will be discussing not and a few minutes. germany's a vaccination program has suffered another a blow with berlin again suspending the use of the astra zeneca shot this time for those under 60 that's left many and that age group have already had their 1st dose in limbo. it's right for the 2nd dose of astra zeneca for those under 16 who have already had their 1st dose the standing committee for vaccination will take

a few minutes position by the end of a trail up nieman 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 angola 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 been damaged appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group $31.00 keyes's of cerebral event of stromboli 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 $900.00 faxing to adults under 55 years of age given that the potential risks associated with v.o.i.p. i-t. 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 in. 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 it's hopeless because i feel that they're now really rushing it too fast if you look at the side effects they're very rare if you read the information leaflets of aspirin or ibuprofen or any other those have much more serious side effects and we swallow those daily more or less space for yourself i think it is very very good that the vaccines were is valid so fast and that 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 falling to pieces. meanwhile astra zeneca intends to rebranded its vaccine which will now go under the name of vax every year the company expects the switch to be complete in 6 months that's made the company's struggle to reassure the public about its safety but a number of experts believe that the damage to the jobs or potations has already been done. a rebranding right in the midst of such an such a can pain is something of a rarity and you have rebranding complains but usually not in the midst of a crisis 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 panic and refuse to accept that that scene 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 scientists is in the brain in the venous system the brain and the dissemination coagulation out the body just terrifying and the scene that you know in younger women so with this. it's very hard to convince 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 raid had to change that so a lot of suspicion about this it's terrible because you're right the thing is is that there are 2000000000 doses or 92 geishas that are needed a lot of poor countries are going to get you know the high tech expense of x.e. . anti asian as hacks in america show no sign of letting up police in new

york city are investigating 2 assaults on agent residents on monday alone one of the victims was an elderly filipino woman who was brutally beaten not while her male assailant yelled racial slurs and warning you may find the following video upsetting. you are. 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 us 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 this must stop today president biden is announcing new actions to respond to the increase in acts of and. violence and to develop safety inclusion and belonging for all asian american native hawaiian and pacific islander 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 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. as killed mentioned in his report volunteers are giving out whistles to elderly asian people throughout the u.s. and san francisco the project has been dealt a blow after some 700 whistles meant for distribution were stolen. amid the increased violence targeting asians and america's 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 mr wang that 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 violence it seems to me that for the foreseeable future we're bored to have difficulties because china's ascendancy is not going away any time soon and i'm afraid to see the political education in united states is not very sophisticated not very high and inevitably bleeds into asian american anti pacific islander american violence. art is a russian language web site has been taken offline by a number of internet providers and a lot via follows last year's decision by the country's broadcast regulator to ban 7 channels in the r.t.e. media group and this is the message you get if you try to open the page in lafayette your internet browser is trying to connect to websites which in the territory of the lot of the republic is unlawfully distributing television programs without survie transmission issued by the national electronic mass media council last june officials in riga claimed r.t. was effectively controlled by dmitri kistler of is a moscow born t.v.

anchor who is on the list of individuals officially sanctioned by the you but in fact he has never worked at r.t. he had a media group called i see a subordinate which is a separate organization if so far heard no indication from the lobby in the thirty's as to how they've linked him to this channel go back when the allegation was made artie's editor in chief gave her views on the issue dimitri kissin office not the head of r.t. he has nothing to do with r.t. to me is the head of the of r.c. a subordinate they probably just google to see a subordinate and got russia today the translation i cannot explain the phantasmagoric stupidity by anything else i have been the head of russia today for 15 years since it was founded. there are some foreign ministry last summer condemned the apparent campaign against russian media in libya spokeswoman maria's a hot about describe it as risk of phobia we spoke with maximillian cross an m.e.p. from the alternative for germany party he thinks any media restrictions create

problems for free speech it is easy in such an atmosphere to attack russia russian media but this does new cold war at feel we have and the west against russia and in generally the west is limiting freedom of expression. and and those who claim will always be also much in favor of human rights and liberty they do expect the over who said it's not just latvia we just come into an era where freedom of expression and and the choice of 2 news outlets you're watch is not guaranteed anymore and i think that all people in europe should stop to to buy. p.n. programs and the pm block. to inform them so independently. 150 millions were killed in a french airstrike on a wedding in mali 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 khateeb a 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 called parenting water in sorrow region now that confirms the claims from villages at the time he said that these planes struck absolute wedding party now those claims back then and also now are still being disputed by the french army which has said it is being cited that strike and it 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. of them ourselves it is time for france to stop telling lies and because they accuse their lannie community being spokespersons for jihad and or of being organizations that is a red light or rumors of email i would simply say god is high time the malian army to force it as a special man to mali military authorities begin to tell the truth a little man of the words reality of the will not only has been struggling to contain is the missed 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 colonial power in the region hasn't always had an easy life we know that people are being increasingly taking to the streets to say how unhappy they are about the french

economy be. in that and that's because they 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 introduces outright rejection of it or unlikely to improve its reputation. the notion of council culture is apparently having an impact on people psychological well being a majority of people polled in the us say they fear being fired or reprimanded for what they say online is a chilling finding that most people in the country now are afraid they would be fired if they express their real views on social media of the nearly 2000 people surveyed over 60 percent of you growing council culture as a threat to their freedom offered to 4 percent see it as endangering their job security we canvassed opinion on the issue on the streets of new york. people are

creative and have different mindset that artists decide to do different things people you next door neighbors affected the different you that you might not agree on i don't feel they used to ruin their entire lives over what they think in their mind even though it is harsh and it could really go like that pocket sometimes i think it does care people and it makes people think and maybe for. sure you know. inappropriate. the idea of canceling counseling is bad and is not a good way of. creating difficult conversations because difficult conversations are very important to making difficult topics less difficult. that can really change the way that a person interacts with the world or using. to also understand like being fed up with having to respond to people who are sorry if your thought was always more

complicated than it's presented journalist and commentator chadwick moore gave us his thoughts on the issue. in the past we've always sort of focused on the government and focused on protecting the constitution but of course in this in this day and age the threats are coming not really from the government they're coming from businesses from private corporations and most importantly from each other so that makes it interesting and different i think from anything else. that we've really experienced in culture before it's you know and it's actually a lot of this has become a social media mob being and threats to doctors to get people wired and it's not it's a great book written on many levels and most importantly it has a chilling effect on public discourse and on people being able to speak their minds to openly. discuss and advocate for things that they can for the that they truly

believe in and their criticisms of maybe what's going on in culture and in government and you don't get to go through itself as we've seen just criticize example coulter 'd can get you can't vote. for the past year we've all been told to glove and mask up to keep each other safe but all that disposable gear or mostly made from rubber and plastics has come at a devastating cost for the environment according to a new report a study published in the journal animal biology found that discarded people very quickly ends up in the wild and researchers gather data from veterinarians wildlife groups and trash collectors worldwide the examples they found were fish trap and latex gloves birds untangled and masks and animals ranging from monkeys and malaysia to penguins and south america with rubber gloves and their stomachs. we're now joined live by a co-author of that report out of florida and him start an ecologist at the

naturalist biodiversity center in the netherlands are very welcome to the program could you talk us through how this study came about. well i think it all started with the find of a fish of birds and trapped in a lot explodes here in the lane canals and every sunday we go out with a team of volunteers to collect a litter to do a clean up and suddenly a volunteer turns to us and said well i found a glow of that there is a fish inside and it will search a strange moment to see this sad little fish and crept in the glove and then you realize like this is very set. very septra deep but hope often does this actually happen and we have no clue so then we started to search for other examples of the impact of our leader on the animal life and actually the reason why the look find. i what point did you become aware of the scale of the problem well at 1st i think when the 1st victim of covert was there in the netherlands where i live i think within 2 weeks we started to find these face masks

laying around everywhere and actually now when we do a small cleanup and then can else we find already more than 100 miles so it's or 6 a small city as i live in that's already quite a big number and we use billions and billions of these face masks every day if only a small percentage of those by accident are dropped we already have an enormously environmentalists who you report mentions people ending up in birds were just mentioning the fish that was trapped in a glove there were a lot of other examples what dangerous does this create. well of course after the end year olds and thing on and. dangers of entrenchments but also ingestion that animals are actually eating our preview leader and die because of that so there is quite a lot of risk and i think we've every less to mean just this is a very typical example of plastic products and plastic and cause so much trouble

for animals. should more be done to encourage people to switch to reusable masks are there any other solutions that people can take out well i think switching to reusable would be a great example of how you can help prevent litter laying around everywhere on the streets and in nature because these single use items i mean it's all in the name that single use so it's so easy to draw it away and when it's not really valuable development when the material is not anymore. it doesn't really matter if you lose one so i think most of these. so these marks are not thrown away intentionally in nature but they're just lost and it doesn't matter because of holders of box of a 100 other aunts. so switching to reusable want a more valuable one i think we automatically be more careful with it and hopefully that will result in less facemasks in nature do you think people might worry that

a reusable one that you're really washing might be less effective while i'm not an expert i'm not a medical specialist so that i don't know about. but that's really for a doctor to answer along those lines we've seen plenty of evidence that masks prevent the spread of kobe but the information on gloves is much less conclusive yet a lot of governments are still requiring people to wear gloves or just businesses are even for example the w.h.o. advice is to wash hands regularly should people just go ahead and give up on rubber gloves then. well once again i'm not a doctor so i have no clue about the medical information i think washing hands is always a good thing to do however i'm studying the impact of plastic on nature i do sort of trend people try to prevent getting covert 19 and try to prevent it in all sorts of way and also the globes are used very often then we see them as litter quite

a lot actually. so in which way did it's effective i don't know i'm just studying the litter reproduce as humans trying to combat this epidemic but i think it's very ironic that the materials we use to do to stay healthy are actually so unhealthy for nature we've been taking with a conscious putting him thank you for your time and your comments. and. a russian military representative has been arrested in rome alongside an italian naval officer and police have accused them of spying and cannot get the whole story from artist potato can you talk us through what's happened here. jacqueline good evening well rome has already taken action to wash and diplomats will be expelled from italy which in almost all cases means the same kind of punishment in the

opposite direction this spy scandal really put special moscow or old 'd ties to the test in recent years they've appeared to be much better compared to how russia is getting along with some of the other major european union states rome doesn't exactly see eye to eye with brussels on issues like anti russian sanctions and also the russian covert vaccine and besides we can remember how russian military flying planes sorry were flown to northern italy to help the country deal with the pandemic there's now a big question mark next to that warmth according to italian police one of its special operations units swooped on a russian military representative and and italian navy officer during what they're calling a clone destine meeting the italian national is accused of handing secret documents to the man he.