the french president announces a new month long nationwide look. also ahead for you. just as. it is undoubtedly a setback in one of the vaccines available to us from this pandemic appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group germany suspends the scene for people on 60. potentially fatal blood clot leaving those who have already had the 1st dose in limbo or. unintentionally blocked. for several hours infringement reports the channels at those claims are all part of

a coordinated attack. every hour live here on our to international welcome to it on. the french president has announced a month long nationwide lockdown starting saturday after a case is schools will be closed on a 7 pm curfew that will be put in place. 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 wait patients from hospitals now present my corner now that we may know and france would be now and a new lockdown as you mentioned from saturday there it's a similar lockdown lockdown light as many people have described it as to the 900 apartments 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 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 groups and are 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 vaccination 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 off 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 malcolm praised for their work over the last year and he said that. places would be opening up that would be more assistance for medical staff but just to give you some of those figures at the moment more than 5000 people are in intensive care of cross 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 tonight 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 macworld 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 with again suspending use of the astra zeneca job this time for the under sixty's of us left those who already have had their 1st shot now in a state of limbo. here's the 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 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 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 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. 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 in africa and. 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 asters only give oxy was fine for use

a lot of countries where that prompted a lot of countries to repeal that suspension including germany language merkel has said that the country is going back on that 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 cause 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 leaflets of aspirin or ibuprofen or any other those have much more serious side effects and we swallow those daily more or less for myself i think it is very very good that the vaccines were as a 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 fall into pieces. sister channel r.t. arabic was blocked on you tube around 6 hours on wednesday over alleged copyright infringement the platform later explained it as an unintentional move the channel is now back online but questions linger over a barrel of copyright claims coming from the us which r t r a big city editor sees as a coordinated attack on my colleague jacqueline verger and what i've looked into the details. 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 the 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 more all than that these channel 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 but in fortune egypt responds 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 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.d. has been constantly pressured in western countries with dirty methods are used to

compete against the 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 save 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 they've all face these blogs these bans these suspensions for fold matter of reasons for

copyright infringement for alleged copyright infringements for violations of terms of service technical issues oggi 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 22 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 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 new clear answer from them 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 journalist and author daniel example use that has every reason to be suspicious given the current hysteria regarding r.t. 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 in our 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 reining in free speach. well oxys 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 7 channels in the r.c. media group and this is the message i'll get if you try to open the page in latvia your incidents browser is trying to connect to 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 the same moscow born t.v.

anchor who is on the list of individuals officially sanctioned by the e.u. but in fact mr caselli of has never worked for ati he had media group called total c.e.o. savoy which is a separate organization we have so far no indication from the last few no authority as to how they actually linked him to this channel but when the allegation was originally made. chief gave her views on the issue dimitri kissin office not the head of r.t. he has nothing to do with the me is the head of the. they probably just google to see 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 well last some other russian foreign ministry a condemned the apparent campaign against russian media a lot of you are describing it as a research phobia 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 bestows 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 they are so much in favor of human rights and liberty they do expected the opposite it's not just lottery 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 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 listen it's just like somebody saying well we're going to to ban the b.b.c. 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 a will say well i will know yes he's actually. connected to i.t.v. . britain 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 the police officer accused of murdering george floyd is getting round the clock news coverage in america 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 unreasonable resulting in death there is more than enough evidence to convict but there is no excuse for what dear children we are why it's a lynching when is in the coup when america is on trial and how it would 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 the incident occurred last may in minneapolis when then police officer derrick chauvin knelt on the neck of mr floyd a black american for more than 9 minutes during an arrest a chauvinist facing murder and manslaughter charges which could get him up to 40 years in prison he denies all the charges of course george floyd's death sparked nationwide protests throughout the summer there were frequent violent clashes between black lives matter protesters and police. well our legal analyst and international loratadine jennifer at the boston believes the media should stay well clear of the legal process. when the media gets on and utilizing their freedom of the press freedom penny and you have a media pundit a no on legal expert telling you what this should be that there is there is enough

evidence to convict this has to be a conviction you want house setting up an expectation within the public it 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 and proven here so one has to wonder why us media outlets what 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. russian opposition figure out alexina valley has announced he's going on hunger strike he claims to have been denied medical treatment in prison most of only has

been behind boson's february off to breaking his parole times as a correspondent roman customer. mayor rhodes 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 obliged 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 prison the prisons daily routine and rules as well meanwhile the blogger's followers have appealed to german doctor so come and treat me here in russia for his ailments and 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 valley is russia's internal affair and has to do with the russian prison system and it has nothing to do with any foreign country now to give you a little bit of a bad grounds about alex in the valley and why he's in prison in iraq 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 $400000.00 u.s. dollars and that some it has to do with 2 companies and one of them included a french cosmetics manufacturer eve.

the matter of console culture is having an impact on people's psychological well being a majority of people polled in america they say they fear being fired or reprimanded for what they might say online it is a chilling finding that most people in the country now were afraid they would be fined if they expressed 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 well more than half see it as endangering their job security so we can most opinion on the issue among those in new york. people are creative and have a different mindset some 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 feel that you should ruin their entire lives over what they think in their mind even though it is harsh and if you like the market sometimes i think it does scare

people and it makes people think and make. sure you know how. 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 a fed up with having to respond to people so sorry if you're so low it's always more complicated when it's presented. political commentator child with more shared his thoughts on council culture and from where it's. 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 business it is from private corporations and most importantly from each other so that makes it interesting and different i think from anything else that that we really experience in culture before it's you know and it's such a lot of this has become a social media mob threats to docs to get people fired and it's not i think that corporate i'm 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 an advocate for things that they've been through or the things that they truly believe in and their criticism that maybe what's going on in culture and governments and even can't the culture itself has lucy just criticizing cantle coulter 'd can get you cancel. or something a top stories with a solid life or an ati international thanks for sharing your time with us here in

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the biden ministration has made it clear its foreign policy will be informed by the protection and spread of western liberal values it would seem the values are far more important than national economic security not surprisingly not all countries in the world are in agreement with biden's vision for the global order. i mention are times they were going on the ground of a 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 new professor of eva chomsky on her investigation into what links structural racism

to joe biden's detention a fan of thousands of children in the us mexico border 1st joining me now from beijing is counselor for the china state council and founder of the center for china and globalization professor wang we wang 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 unlike you last time one publisher. in china has one imagine an extremely unlikely. film allow me not sounds very you know science fiction and a menu foods 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 say what happened in the suez canal in the bus. days

tells us about the danger of trade wars and the interconnectedness of different countries it is this is how one or more of our transportation are and also the village spin on top the international routes of those strategic channels and. you know the transition is so so important so that as a cause the war on so so i think that the west western peace time doesn't matter if it's in. conflict time or what time that it would be disastrous so i think that means you know we should really cherish the peace and we should really say on peace and we should really more in any jew political conflict and we should really i meant tend to trade prosperity and trade the flow as it should be so that we can maintain that into the measures of countries all together and account read it from all international trade and the.