this hour's headlines, stories are infringement is just one of the vaccines available for this pandemic to pose an increased risk people over 60 potentially fatal blood clots leaving in limbo. those who have already received the 1st dose of brutally assaulted in the new york subway. filipino woman, beaten in the city's streets,

the latest in a string of vicious attacks in the u.s. against the community. well, the rising tide of catching us from today have a very warm welcome to our to international my names. you know, our sister channel was blocked today for 6 hours over an alleged copyright infringement. it's not back online, but questions linger over a barrage of copyright claims coming from the us, which the channel's editor sees as a coordinated attack. earlier my colleagues talk through the 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 know, 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. the details still lacking, said google rather the owners of egypt have said that they're aware of what has happened of the situation and the working to resolve it. perhaps some cause who food for optimism. nevertheless, the russian foreign ministry has already reacted. this isn't the 1st time that

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 soon that we're seeing here and other active censorship by the american platforms has become boring to repeat politically correct cliches. 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 a no, no for all the years. he has been been targeted for what it says. look, it's no secret secret. r.t. will cover things and touch topics that other outlets are the wont or cart. and

this is that many that school of opponents look does happen for you 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 old man are 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 d. be warned. there's 2 of 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 that will never kicks with facebook in the now hugely popular show which is making waves on facebook. they

found 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 the facebook band that this was in its effort to improve transparency hours unclear. there was no concise and clear answer from that. but this is, this is something that we're used to, this is something that has happened is it will keep to happening. and, you know, the editor in chief says it shut us up. taking this through the well parties also under pressure in europe, a lot russian website following last year's decision to ban 7 channels under the r.t. media group we will be discussing about a little later. germany's vaccination program suffered another blow with berlin. again suspending use of the

astra zeneca job this time for the under sixty's. that's left many in the age group of already have their 1st in a state of limbo since it 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 and get 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. $31.00 pieces of cerebral vento 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 is 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.o.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 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 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, 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. more or less. i think it is, there is very good that the vaccines were, is a valid fast and then we 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 on it now it kind of make the whole vaccination process fall into pieces. is planning to or brand it's vaccine in the european market. it will be sold in the e.u. under the name. every of the company expects a switch to be completed in 6 months. there has been speculation that it's a response to public concerns over the job safety, but infectious disease expert bob arnot believes there's no easy fix to the reputational damage. 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, the venous system, the brain, and the disseminated quagga alicia out the body, just terrifying. and they're seen it, you know, in, 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 and they had the wrong efficacy or a, they had to change that. so a lot of suspicion about this experiment because you know what the thing is is that there are 2000000000 doses from 92 geishas that are need a lot of poor countries aren't going to get, you know, the high tech expense of vaccines. are they moving the program on until the asian attacks in america show? no sign of letting up police in new york are now investigating 2 assaults this week on asian residents. one of the victims was an elderly filipino woman who was brutally beaten, while her black male assailant yelled,

racial slurs and warning me if i may 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 in

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 anti asian racism. we've heard statements from the biden ministration as president biden said during his 1st primetime address and to violence 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 violence and to advance safety, inclusion, and belonging for all asian american native hawaiian and pacific island to come in, h.s. 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 street. 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 us killing just mentioned,

there are volunteers who are giving whistles to elderly people throughout the u.s. in san francisco. though the project has been dealt a blow for some 700 whistles meant for distribution were stolen. but amid the increased violence targeting asians in america streets, some are looking beyond violence to country. misses of a publisher has pulled the children's book over its the picture of a martial arts instructor called muster wall that some have deemed offensive on the form of pus of racial stereotyping. others have called it a pointless exercise. and virtue said, really bypassing the real problems, facing people daily. now we spoke to historian gerald, torn about joe biden's role in the issue at large. he needs to realize that by launching this new cold war against china, he simultaneously helping to create conditions for the rise of violent. 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 see the political education in a state is not very sophisticated, not very high. in an oblique lead to an asian american anti pacific islander america, violence to another of our headline stories artie's russian language website, has been taken offline by a number of internet service providers and left fear. it follows last year as the session by the country's broadcast regulator to 7 channels in the r.t.e. media group. this is the message you receive if you try to open the page and your internet browser is trying to connect to a website which in the territory of the latvian republic is unlawfully distributing television programs without so retransmission issued by the national electronic mass media council. last june, officials in riga claimed r.t. was, quote, effectively controlled by dmitri. he's a moscow born t.v.

anchor, who's on the list of individuals officially sanctioned by the you, but in fact, mr. kissel. the of has never worked at r.t. . he heads a media group called the value, which is a separate organization. we've so far heard no indication from the left field authorities as to how they have linked him to this channel. but when the allegation was made, ortiz, editor in chief, gave her views on the issue. the miter kissing off is not the head of r.t. . he has nothing to do with r.t. . dmitri kosloff is the head of the they probably just google to receive support now and got russia today, the translation. i cannot explain this phantasmagoric stupidity by anything else. i have been the head of russia today for 15 years since it was founded. well, the russian foreign ministry last summer condemned the apparent campaign against russian media in lafayette, spokeswoman marie as a whore of

a scribe. a phobia we spoke with a 1000000 bucks moons, an m.e.p. from the alternative for germany party. he is of the view that any midi restrictions create problems for free speech. it is easy and such an atmosphere to attack russia, russian media, but this is new cold war atmosphere we have and the west against russia. and in generally, the west is limiting. freedom of expression. and those who claim always they are so much in favor of human rights and liberty. they do expect the opposite. it's not just latvia, we just come into an era where freedom of expression and, and the choice of to news outlets you're watch is not guaranteed anymore. 19 civilians were killed in a french earth strike on a wedding in mali in january this year. those are the findings of a new u.n.

report into the deadly 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. my members present at the gathering were killed by the french strike on the 3rd of january 2021 in bounty. 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 at phillips school parenting, war torn 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. ringback being speeded by the french army, which is said, it'd be for size and it targeted just harvests. now, a spokesperson for the military is also described. the u.n. report is being based on fragile testimony. and it says it has reservations about

mythology 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 ended some in the country. there are going to be a demosthenes. it is time for france to stop telling lies because they accuse the few lanny community of being spokespersons for jihadists 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 and to move towards reality or not 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 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 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 insurance's outright rejection of it are unlikely to improve its reputation. the matter of council culture is having an impact on people's psychological wellbeing. a majority of people polled in the us say the fear of 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. yeah, of the nearly 2000 people surveyed over 60 percent view growing council culture as a threat to their freedom, while more than half see it as in danger in their job security. we canvassed

opinion on the issue among new yorkers. people are creative and have different mindset that artists decide to do different things. people you next door neighbor. the fact of the difference is that you might not agree on. i don't for, 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 a pocket, sometimes i think it does care people and it makes people think and maybe for sure, you know, inappropriate. the idea of canceling cancelling 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 it to also understand like being fed up with having to respond to people thoughts. or if you're solo,

it's always more complicated and it's presented some views on the streets of new york city. while journalist and commentator chadwick were shared, his thoughts on council culture and from where it's emerged 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 such a lot of this has become a social media mob being and threats to docs and get people fired and not right to upgrade them on many levels and most importantly, it has a chilling effect on public discourse and of people being able to speak their minds to openly discuss and advocate for things that they can for the things that they

truly believe in. and their criticisms. and maybe what's going on in culture and in government and even mechanical culture itself, as we've seen just criticizing cancel culture. busy can get you cancelled a russian military representative has been arrested in rome alongside in the tell me a naval officer as part of an espionage probe. are teens in the effort trying to go to tell the story. 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 puts special moscow or old. busy 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 this, we can remember how last year russian planes 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 cloned, destine, main thing. the italian national is accused of handing secret documents to the man he met in a car, park, and exchange for money. reportedly, the sum was 5000 year olds, and also reports say that the documents contained secret information related to nato. perhaps that explains why the top diplomat called this a very serious affair. in the meantime, russian officials have said that they're hoping that this incident won't enormously

harm the ties between the 2 countries. and also they promise to look into the circumstances of this incident very carefully. so these were documents, supposedly anish, the worth, 5000 euros. and now there are consequences that could cost much more at the end of the day. where we leave the midweek news update for now i'll be back in just over 30 with all the latest developments and plenty of analysis to keep it here though for more great program starting your moment

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