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international straight into a top story. the french president has announced a nationwide. cases schools will be closed. in order to protect lives in the present meaning the people who are sick and to protect lives in the future meaning our children we all need to make an additional effort over the coming months this is what i ask of us collectively tonight president mark on addressing the french nation or no wednesday night following a meeting of the council of defense where of course they discussed all the options available to them to keep calm backing the 19 pandemic

a pandemic that is seen now rates of around 40000 new cases being counted every day here in france that's double the number it was just a month ago so serious that we've had doctors talking about the fact that they may have to turn away patients from hospitals now present my corner now that we may know and france would be now under a new lockdown as you mentioned from saturday there it's a similar lockdown lockdown light as many people describe it as to the 900 departments that have already been under these restrictions for the last few weeks including here in paris those restrictions mean that there's a curfew in place at 7 o'clock in the evening that's in place throughout the evening normal essential shops will be closed although this time we've seen here in paris that places such as florist chocolate shops and hairdressers have been allowed to remain open and many of the shops are still doing click and collect

services so it's not really sure quite how effective that has been we're also going to see no into regional travel so it means you can't go from paris to perhaps leave your stroudsburg unless you have a particular reason to do that conforms to the french permission forms those permission forms are in place if you want to take a journey more than 10 kilometers away from your home and we know that the additional checks are going to be put in place for patrols particularly for those. people who are in groups and the thought to be drinking alcohol is quite a lot of controversy surrounding this over the last few weeks people enjoying the spring weather and going out meeting their friends and having a drink saying next to the river this is something president machen says there will be much more control over he also said that schools will be closed for the next 3 weeks he talked about accelerating the vaccine campaigns know there are already

$1700.00 vaccinations centers open across france and she said that by the end of the summer all adults over the age of 18 would have at least been offered the vaccine and there was some relief for people today who just feel as if you know after a year after this all started where is the end in sight and insight he said was in mid may when he felt that he would be time to start slowly opening up the country again all of this is because of how much pressure there is the moment on medical staff medical staff the president markham praised for their work over the last year and he said that. places would be opening up there would be more assistance for medical staff but just to give you some of those figures at the moment to move in 5000 people are in intensive care across france that is now higher than the peak during the 2nd wave 9 out of 10 beds are occupied in those intensive care units and

we also know he said this in light the food the 4 percent of those who are in intensive care are the age of 65 now i'm sure there will be lots of critics about what president michael said particular because doctors have been calling for weeks and weeks and weeks for there to be another lockdown for there to be harsher measures taken to try and save the services save the push that there is save the hospitals from being overwhelmed meantime germany's vaccination program has suffered another blow against a spending use of the astra zeneca job this time for the under sixty's that's left those who have already had their 1st shot in a state of limbo. it's a hit 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 angle of 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 keyes's 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 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. 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 they asked if any given was fine for use

a lot of countries where that prompted a lot of countries to repeal that suspension including germany a 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 except as i feel that they're now really rushing ahead to 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 so i think it is very very good that the vaccines were as a valid so fast and they would talk about the side effects because silence of that

information would be so much worse but i also think that due to everyone having an opinion on it now it kind of make the whole vaccination process fall into pieces. our sister channel r.t. arabic was blocked on you tube for around 6 hours on wednesday over alleged copyright infringement the platform later explained it as an unintentional bit on the channels now back online but questions linger over a barrel of copyright claims coming from america which r.t. arabic editor sees as a coordinated attack earlier my colleagues jacqueline berger discussed this with what i've just yet. one of the biggest new shadows in the world more than 5000000 subscribers 3bb views and all of this happened because apparently a channel called business casual filed for strikes copyright infringements 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 news channel in the world to have been blocked banned because of. such infringement you know this is this is unprecedented territory for him from start to finish mall than that these channels business casual it focuses on business things but recently it has begun posting what can only be described as anti kremlin propaganda. a slew of videos in recent days more than that they have also followed a lawsuit against r.t. international and the now seeking damages and also refusing any communication with the channel this is you know especially worrying because as the 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 actors. the details still lacking you tube has said google rather the owners of you tube have said that they are aware of what has happened of the situation in the working to resolve it perhaps some cause 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 tech giants losing touch with reality considering that r.t. has been constantly pressured in western countries where dirty methods are used to

compete against a popular t.v. channel i soon that we're seeing here another act of 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 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 r.t. 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 wound or cart and this his own that many let's call them opponents look this happened for years years since 2012 these you tube accounts it's twitter feeds it's facebook pages of all things these blogs these bands these suspensions for fold matter of reasons for copyright infringement for alleged copyright infringements for violations of terms

of service technical issues argy documentary published recently a documentary about the protests in the united states the violence there the far right groups and this video was struck with a lot one but 2 to warning pages so you know the ones that say this potentially shocking called. d. be warned 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 the top another case where facebook banned in the now hugely popular show which is making waves on facebook and they bad 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 to r.t. and facebook banned it saying that this was in its effort to improve transparency

hours unclear there was no concise nuclear. 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 it's the editor in chief says it moonshot asop list and author daniel as our believes there's every reason to be suspicious given the current hysteria regarding say well it's possible it was a mistake that's certainly a possibility but there's every reason to be suspicious because there's a hysterical climate the united states against r.t. . and it's extremely intolerant it's. just out of control and i think that freedom of speech freedom of the press is more important now than ever. you know and by the way not 3 weeks ago 4 u.s. senators released a statement condemning russia for allegedly harassing radio free europe yet they're

blind to america's much greater transgressions in this regard when it comes to arts so i sold us a pop prosy is amazing and i think it's part of a perry dangerous very threatening authoritarian movement aimed at reigning and free speach. well lotty is a russian language website has been taken offline by a number of internet service providers in latvia and follows last year's decision by the country's broadcast regulator to ban 7 channels in the media group this is the message you'll get if you try to open the page unlike. your internet browser is trying to connect so websites which in the territory of the lots the 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 a mr dmitri caselli off is a moscow born t.v. anchor who is on the list of individuals officially sanctioned by the e.u.

but the fact that mr caselli off has never worked at all and see he had media group called total c.e.o.'s avoidant which is a separate organization we've heard no indication from the left for you know authorities as to how they've linked him to this channel back when the allegation was made ati's editor in chief gave the views on the issue dimitri kissin office not the head of r.t. he has nothing to do with out say to me as the head of the. they probably just google to receive a subordinate 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. last summer the russian foreign ministry condemned the apparent campaign against russian media and latvia describing it as we're so focused and we spoke to various guests on the program who believe any media restrictions create problems for free speach. it is easy and such an

atmosphere to attack russia russian media has new cold war atmosphere we have and the west against russia and and generally in the west is limiting freedom of expression. and and those who claim always say also much in favor of human rights and liberty they do expect the opposite it's not just we just come into an era where freedom of expression and and to choice of to news outlets you're watch is not guaranteed anymore of the stated reasons by the latvians food 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 it's quite believe just like somebody saying well we're going to to ban the b.b.c. for one country to get it on the b.b.c. because of a certain individual who's head of the b.b.c. it's almost a well i'll know yes he's actually. connected to i.t.v.

. to the b.b.c. it would be quite ludicrous and that's exactly what's happened here it's an information war that's taking place over a number of fronts and it's war information war against russia. the trial of george lloyd's death is certainly on the way but the us media seems already well convicted axe called derek chauvin what are the consequences of the media as a difference in the legal cases will have an opinion on that after a short break. all of the information in the world when you put it together and the final to play it it adds up to 0 it adds up to nothing all deal luzhin of differentiation will be obliterated the illusion of making a profit will be obliterated because we're entering into. the period of the

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minutes past the hour here in the russian capital at the trial of the police officer accused of murdering george floyd is getting round the clock news coverage in america ultimately becoming one of the most watched trials in the country's history and for many media outlets there's no doubt as to what the outcome should be this is excessive force it was not proportional and it was completely on reasonable resulting in death there is more than enough evidence to convict but there is no excuse for what dear children do we all watched a lynching shaving is in the court but america is on trial and i would do it with police. if you can do this in broad daylight and not go to jail it's it will be perceived as open season telling police officers and coast to coast you can literally get away with murder him. this hadn't occurred last may in

minneapolis where the then police officer derek chauvin knelt on the neck of mr floyd a black american for more than 9 minutes during a number asked jovan is facing murder and manslaughter charges which could result in a jail sentence of up to 40 years he denies all charges george floyd's death sparked nationwide protests and throughout the summer there were frequent violent clashes between black lives matter protesters and police. a legal analyst on international loratadine jennifer demasi believes the media should stay well clear of the legal process. when the media gets on utilizing their freedom of the press freedom and you have a media pundit a no on legal expert telling you what this should be that there is there is another buttons to connect this has to be a conviction you want house setting up an expectation within the public that might very well not be met because the us media outlets are not the american judiciary

and it's not our trial by jury system it's not the courts and it's not the laws and that's what's been shown in proving here so one has to wonder why us media outlets was so many of these media outlets are setting up this he is absolutely guilty narrative because if there is any judgment or adjudication by a jury by the judge by what's going to happen with this jury now in the george floyd case you're setting people up for more civil unrest or more violence for more riots all because they thought there was supposed to be an expectation. joe biden may have claimed diplomacy is back since he took office but it seems a number of us organizations don't agree 27 have signed a joint letter to the president urging him to step back from some tough talking with his russian counterpart here's what the statement says. we're deeply alone by the recent negative exchanges between leaders of the 2 countries with more than 90 percent of the world's nuclear warheads in that as americans we have the biden

administration to stop participating in such reckless rhetorical exchanges and to instead vigorously pursue nuclear arms negotiations with the russian government the call follows a number of recent heated exchanges between the russian and u.s. presidents including biden recently agreeing in an interview with the putin was quote a killer since entering office in january the new us president has repeatedly said that he will be taking a much more hand against moscow than his predecessor. by life now to a daniel o'brian activist and social media administrator at the backbone campaign one of the organizations that actually signed the statement now joining us live here on international mr bryant thank you for coming on the program today daniel do you really think there is a danger of a nuclear confrontation if biden doesn't dial down the rhetoric you seem to be alluding to that

'd 'd. we. all know. mr brown i do apologize for having a small technical difficulty here on our and we're going to trying to clear up the or your signal please stand by mr o'brien we're going to come back to you in just a moment thank you for your patience to apologize for that and thank you for your patience as well. we are now continuing the story here on international this is this the latest of well mr novell the this is the story as i was saying earlier you

can find it a calm as well russian opposition figure alexy he has announced he's going on hunger strike now he claims to have been denied medical treatment in prison. he's been by behind bars now since february after breaking his parole he has to report now with roman closer breath. they arose a letter to prison authorities dated the 31st of march of this year in other words now and in that letter he said that he's on a hunger strike because he's been refused medical help but he said that say he will not say can either bite he will not eat until he is visited by a physician or a doctor off his own choice now in a letter that somehow ended up on instagram the same day that alex had the violin they wrote it from his cell to the prison authorities that appear in instagram right away he added that his health his health is also the syria rating because

prison guards prison authorities are using torture methods against him by waking him up at least 8 times a night now the prison authorities have issued a statement to that regard and they said that alex in the valley is being treated exactly the same as all of the other inmates and they refuted all claims of sleep deprivation election of only is receiving all necessary medical treatment due to his health condition the monitoring of any inmate including mr novelli is carried out in accordance with the law and applies to all of them without exception prison officers strictly observed the right of all inmates to an uninterrupted 8 hour sleep now that statement also said that aleksei in the valley had already been served several reprimands for refusing to follow the priest the prisons daily routine and rules as well meanwhile the blogger's followers have appealed to the german doctor so come and treat me here in russia for his ailments and that those

same issues were raised during the briefing with the letter of putin's spokespersons meets with this gulf who said that it's not the matter of the kremlin but that of the prison authorities he also said that it's unheard of in the history of. the of the russian corps that are for insults or will come and treat the russian inmates say here in prison also there's been an outcry from european officials to release alex a violently unconditionally and so that the presidential spokesperson said that the case of the violin a is russia's internal affair and has to do with the russian prison system and has nothing to do with any foreign country now to give you a little bit of a bad grounds about alexander valley and why he's in prison right right now while he was found guilty earlier this year of breaking the conditions of his suspended

sentence where he was found guilty of embezzling at least 400000 us dollars and that someone has to do with companies and one of them included a french cosmetics manufacturer eve. i'm sure some of our top stories for you this hour here on r.t. international we were told in 31 minutes with more of your worldwide headlines you can join us then.

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