well we do some. that's good market is not good for the global economy. the. president announces a new. look . back at one of the vaccines available to us from this pandemic. an increased risk. for people under 60. leaving those who have already had.

around the world around the clock. the french president has announced a month long nationwide lockdown. cases schools will be closed to a. few 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 mainland 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 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 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 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 it 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 they 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 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 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 with lynn again suspending the use of the astra zeneca jab this time for the sixty's that's left those overly had their 1st shot now in a state of limbo instead it's 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 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 pandemic appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group 31 pieces of cerebral vento strombo this had been reported after vaccination with the astra zeneca jab 9 of which were unfortunately fetal. there was an attempt to put a positive spin on the news by health minister yen spahn 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. 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 their director m.r.

cook in which he said that the astra zeneca of axion was fine for use a lot of countries where that prompted a lot of countries to repeal that suspension including germany langley 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 those of us 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. they know any other those have much more serious side effects and we swallowed those daily more or less. i think it is very very good that the vaccines were developed 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 for us is falling to pieces. our sister channel was blocked on you tube for around 6 hours on wednesday over alleged copyright infringement the platform later explained it as an unintentional move the channel is now back online the questions linger over a barrel of copyright claims coming from america with shakti arabic editor sees a coordinated attack earlier in the day my colleague struck me in virgo and what i have discussed the issues. 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 arabic says editor in chief said there's 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 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 it's 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 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 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 now the 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 as the editor in chief says it moonshot asop journalist and author daniel lazhar believes there's every reason to be suspicious given the current hysteria regarding 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 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 us apart prosy is amazing and i think it's part of a very dangerous very threatening authoritarian movement aimed at reigning and free speach. it is quarter past the hour here in the russian capital auntie's a russian language web site has been taken offline by a number of internet service providers in latvia it follows last year's decision by the country's broadcaster regulator it's a ban 7 channels in the odyssey media group well it's a share the message you get if you try and open the page in latvia your incidents 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 a rico claimed he was quote effectively controlled by

a mr dimitri caselli off he's a moscow born t.v. anchor who is on the list of individuals officially sanctioned by the e.u. but in fact mr has never even worked at all it's he he heads a media group called rossiya subordinate which is a separate organization and so far no indication from the last few know authorities as to how they've linked him to this channel back when the 1st allegation was made ati's editor in chief gave her views on the issue of the miter kissin office not the head of r.t. he has nothing to do with r.t. to me is 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 come pain against russian media in latvia calling it well rooster phobia we spoke to various guests on the program who believe any media restrictions

alternately create problems for free speach. it is easy in such an atmosphere to attack russia russian media bestows new quarter war atmosphere we have and the west against russia and in generally and 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 a bit about 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 to the b.b.c. it would be quite ludicrous and that's exactly what's happened here is an information war that's taking place over a number of fronts in its war information war against russia. the trial of a 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 what a lynching she'd been is in the coup that america is on trial and i would do. that

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 at last may in minneapolis when police officer derrick shogun knelt on the neck of mr floyd a black american for more than 9 minutes during an arrest a show of in his 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 all throughout the summer there were frequent violent clashes between black lives matter protesters and police. a legal analyst on international or attorney jennifer demosthenes believes the media should stay out and far away from the legal process. when the media get saudi utilizing their freedom of the press freedom penny and you have a media pundit

a no on legal expert tell you what this should be that there is there's another buttons to connect 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 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. 19 civilians were killed during a wedding party in mali after a french as strike that was in january as a finding of a brand new u.n.

report which has been firmly rejected by the french defense ministry mean those may's able to confirm evidence celebration at the site of the strike had brought together 100 surveillance at least 22 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 bone team of the french defense ministry claims the evidence provided was not enough to prove civilians had been killed instead it maintains its airstrikes have wiped out a group of she harvests operation baccarat and is are led by the french military with the goal of fighting is the most groups on creating stability in africa so hell region the mission began in 2013 it continues to this day with any remains high while many locals question the overall legitimacy of the french presence. i think this is the 1st time the u.n.

has inquired about human rights issues amid the military action during operation but come for the observers and those who know mali very well this is not the 1st time the french army is mentioned in connection with such issues let me remind you that starting from the 11th of january 2030 when the 1st operation the french army in mali in qana was held many families have been saying that their homes were damaged and children were killed during the raids i believe 1st of all the un whose primary objective is to protect civilians should at least continue to draw annual reports shouldn't wait 8 years because the un has been present in mali since 2030 and despite this is only now making a serious report on the french military operations here i believe that it's necessary to increase the number of such reports in order to clarify the situation with the observance of human rights by the forces that are present here. russian opposition. has announced he's going on hunger strike you claim to have been denied

medical treatment in prison and almost in a valley has been behind bars since february after breaking his parole terms more details now with r.t. is closer. mayor rolls 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 i thinks 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 selig saying the vile they 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 treats 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 here in prison also there's been an outcry from european officials to release aleksey violently unconditionally and so that the presidential spokesperson said that the case of the volley 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 alex in the 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 u.s. dollars and that some it has to do with 2 companies and one of them included

a french cosmetics manufacturer eve. are just a program for this off hour here on our international most nearly 5 30 in the morning on thursday april 1st thanks for sharing your time with us here we're back with more of your world news in about an hour. 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 values are far more important than national economic security not surprisingly got all countries in the world are in agreement with biden's vision for the global order. problem drugs has come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states we seem very sharp increase in the number of people

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