the european medicines agency urges countries to keep using the. launching of. every stage of. that we could have we made mistakes true. by the french president. and 3rd. coming up on the program. in the u.k.

as a. quick 2020. to one. side much. to help. the origin of still a mystery a long awaited w.h.o. report leaves many questions. around the clock across the world. from the team and myself you know me hello and welcome to the program. the european medicines agency is throwing its support

behind the. vaccine the spike fears over fear of blood clots the regulator is launching yet another investigation but insists countries should keep using the. according to the current scientific knowledge there is no evidence that would support restricting the use of the vaccine in any population 2 weeks ago on the 18th of march we gave an interim update of the assessment we concluded after the time that the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine in preventing codeine change with its. hospitalized patients and their outweigh the risk of side effects and our position has not changed another i mentioned previously a causal link with the vaccine has not yet been progress but it is possible there are now this is still ongoing well this astra zeneca saga continues doesn't it the latest being the head of the european medicines agency insisting there is no

evidence to suggest the best mode of action here would be to restrict the use of the astra zeneca vaccine and this is of course coming just days after germany decided to limit distribution of the job citing concerns over blood clots now worldwide there have been 62 cases of this rare blood clotting condition which has prompted a number of european countries to temporarily holt's use of the vaccine germany's medical regulator has recorded 31 cases of this rare blood clots condition although in people younger than the age of 63 all but 2 were women and 9 people have died and angela merkel has said this is data that the government has cancer can or. soon the standing committee for vaccination published nearly commendations in the future use of the senate vaccination i quote on the basis of the currently available will be limited evidence and with a view to the pandemic situation the standing committee for vaccination recommends the use of the yester seneca curve in $1000.00 vaccine and those over 60 it's

application for under sixty's is still possible a doctor's discretion and individual acceptance of the risks one is just another setback in the e.u.'s. progress really the block's vaccine rollout has been heavily criticized for being sluggish and this is mainly due to their facts that they just don't have sufficient supply of vaccines only 4 percent of the books population has been vaccinated so far and the world health organization has really criticized this and said you know the block really needs to get a move on vaccine present our best way out of this pandemic however the rollout of these vaccines is an acceptably slow we must speed up the process by ramping up manufacturing reducing barriers to administering vaccines and using every single vial we have in stock now this is brussels also receives criticism from pfizer which is blames the e.u. stringent export controls for delaying covert vaccine efforts now 5 is that the

drug maker which has a base in belgium supplies britain and 70 other countries around the world so we're seeing delays upon delays here so perhaps the perfect timing to introduce a helping hand in the form of an alternative vaccine but what if that vaccine is russian now the european medicines agency has been evaluating the for several weeks now but there are some countries that just aren't willing to wait any longer and have started ordering and some even started using the sputnik the vaccine hungary and slovakia are on board all story of being the latest european countries to order the vaccine and a recent poll in germany as shows that over half the country want its government to also follow suit now so we all remember the negative press surrounding sputnik the when the vaccine was 1st unveiled but now it seems that using sputnik the might be that the logical answer to all of these problems we heard from martin doul toure

who is a politician from germany's left party he thinks the vaccine rollout in europe has been polled little. the expense of people's health ultimately their lives. we look at what is going on with mall and i think we need every work seeing which is. also a little too low to use and which is. secure so when we see that as true as in there as a lot of doubts. so we should take the alternatives and i think. 'd shook so fast enough to. evaluate and then to will accept. all of a vigil that seeds which i'm sure were unsafe to be used i think the population is very insecure at the moment i think danny there should be a lot more bolts of nationalism and confidence between different quantum leap in a shop beat the politics internationally in favor of the people and of the health

of the people and of the governments our response it will be no use that also goodness and switch there should be madras and here measures to 'd secure or else of people instead of to is to secure the profits of the industry. the french president has admitted he made mistakes at every stage of the pandemic in a televised address to the nation the money will mccrone also announced the 3rd nationwide lockdown as cases where intensive care beds fill up on the country's death toll nears 100000 he said the situation left him no other choice. just. the thought that i know that at every stage of this epidemic we might say to ourselves that we could have done better that we made mistakes all this is true we all need to make an additional efforts over the coming months this is what i ask of

us collectively tonight just to go through the details the new locked on measures will be extended for 19 areas to all of me alone fronts from saturday that means a nationwide curfew beginning at 7 pm travel between regions beyond the french president schools will be closed for at least 3 weeks additional policing to ensure and no more than 6 people gather at lord's. well the measures introduced by the french leader come really as a u.-turn to his previous decision not to lock down in january he was criticised at the time by scientists and hospital bosses. i say to the government do it now do it now or do it for a shorter time but do it to concede their right not to implement a lockdown in france at the end of january because we didn't have the explosion of cases that every model predicted france's president is without doubt an educated

man emmanuel macro and through through the country's top institutions before making a mark in both the private or public sector he then repaying france's youngest ever president i mean it's a pretty impressive resume and people traded in selfless and learned knew when to take advice it is important at this time by following the advice of scientists as we've just done to ensure the continuity of democratic life and our institutions but now it seems being top dog isn't quite enough not corn his thrown himself into an entirely new discipline the president has acquired real expertise in health issues it is not an inaccessible subject for an intelligent person like him considering the important time he has dedicated to it for several months not quite as if he wouldn't be declared that he has become an epidemiologist despite

not having a scientific background in these claims over. seas on health issues have also rubbed experts are the wrong way. because you don't let mr president of the republic and in the framework of the pandemic just like all heads of states he has become interested in epidemiological data yes to put his nose to the grindstone he's obliged to take notice of trends but that doesn't make him an epidemiologist of course for all those that talk about epidemiology and among them we can find heads of states like president micron who talks about epidemiology just like we talk about politics when we talk about sculpture or about music but they're not necessarily sculpture artists. well musicians. fears of a nursing exodus in britain after a survey revealed that any justice for not more likely to quit their jobs than in previous years exhaustion from the pandemic cited as the overriding reason according to the poll one in 4 n.h.s. workers are more inclined to leave during the previous 12 months almost 30 percent

of them are nurses and midwives 2 occupations facing major shortages and 70 percent said the pay rises at the science of factor u.k. government recently said a one percent salary increase will be given to n.h.s. staff while those working for free student nurses say they're struggling to make ends meet one of them gave us her reaction to the surveys findings it doesn't surprise me it's what we've had that need is increased. the cost of living has gone up the wages have increased price so much stress on the nurses that made wives everyone involved in that mission and i think to be honest a pandemic i think everyone is now has enough and they need help and i feel the government may to help and increase the way. to get a good environment for everyone just equating that one percent pay rise it is an extra $29000000000.00 the pines the british health authorities are going to give to

the n.h.s. but the nurse we spoke to says that money isn't making any real difference when it comes to student medics. we get the 5000 pounds and some people get 1000 pounds dependent children or what feels like i mean tape but in reality is it so can the i should and that the increase in childcare costs you know the increasing council tax increase in fuel into placement in my 1st year i think it's a defeat by twice. and actually the nest states that were actually were tightness stays at the trade bank they couldn't believe that they should i go into this position because i have a family they are 2 children and at the time they were 5 required little when i was quite a full time child care and the other one it just started sco the funds come for you all to we've already signed up for the course of that for you potentially if she leaves the coals and it does add to the mental some of the. so i. just thing in the country the u.k.

sports minister is being lumped turned on line after he suggested people should avoid hugging to save lives people took issue with the way he described hugs those old behavior. despite the temptation pleas. by actually hunting. for. the disease he sees somebody. may be called and. where can i report you because if you think you're promoting normal behavior you need to check out from the neck up what script are you reading from no same individuals would put this out there as normal. behaving in a slightly strange choice of words to describe family members hugging one another.

in other words if you see someone behaving like a human being then call them out. can he call his many call eeks who have been found guilty of various actions. 'd 'd get to know the story interesting a lot of people this week a long awaited report on the origins of covert 1000 it's faced sharp criticism worldwide some country say the investigation was not extensive enough many questions still remain although the w.h.o. director general call for further studies the report was published we got

a 1st hand account of all of the w.h.o. mission to war from a russian member of the team. which will cause our mission started off under phase one why was it called that it was clear from the beginning nobody expected us to find answers to all the questions right away in fact it was prepared to rework aimed at analyzing the data we had accumulated and establishing hypotheses in general it's hard to predict how long this investigation will take and how it will end but it should be done that's for sure it. will go well we've managed to find out that the virus supposedly emerged in the period between the middle of november and the beginning of december however we don't know the exact location of the outbreak in my view it was in china but it's not clear yet it's unlikely though that the alberich occurred in a wet market most probably it was some market visitor who had already been infected and spread the virus this suggestion derives from the fact that there were quite

a large number of patients who had nothing to do with the markets we don't know who the 1st patient was neither do we know the natural origin of covert 19 based on our common knowledge of various coronaviruses we suggest it's a but might have been a source. the issue is very much politicized everyone is trying to find someone to blame i've never considered the oblique hypothesis a theory there's so much talk about this in the media though what people don't really have an idea there is no scientific evidence or facts proving a leak as of today based on what we saw i can say that the suspect a laboratory is run properly by well trained staff there is total compliance with all the rules regarding work with viruses of this has a class or even the class above the laboratory is regularly audited and is in the constant scrutiny of competent international organizations building from that we therefore can't say that a lab leak might have been the cause. we

didn't feel any pressure coming from our chinese colleagues actually it wouldn't even be the case i can't think of how they could have put pressure on us we are in no way affiliated with china people from various countries were part of our team who went to carry out this investigation on behalf of the w.h.o. and what would have been the point of pressurising us we hardly liaise with officials we were largely in touch with scientists russia is pushing ahead with a global rollout of this sputnik the vaccine the russian direct investment fund which is overseeing production struck a deal to make 100000000 doses of the job in china cooperation will help increase production capacities of sputnik v. in china to provide the necessary amounts and help partners in the country and globally to fight the pandemic china is one of the major production hopes for sputnik v and we are ready for increasing the scope of partnership with local producers to meet the rising demand for the russian vaccine and those upcoming

stocks will be enough to vaccinate 50000000 people each person needs 2 doses the russian job has not yet been approved for use in china but soon enough happens the chinese manufacturer will distribute it domestically as well as abroad so far sputnik v. has been licensed in almost 60 countries china analysts victor garber thinks moscow and beijing of plenty to gain from working together a vaccine. for china to help russia to produce the a vaccine and to introduce that to the chinese consumers as well as markets outside of china would be a very bold china has one of the largest the manufacturing capacity is ng vaccines so if we use the formula produced by the russian side or the production of a vaccine physically in china it will be a win win situation i do not see any reason why this vaccine should not be approved

of by the charlie israel and syria oranges and i hope the chinese people will have a choice if they want to use one of 2 or 3 chinese vaccines they will be able to do that if they prefer those who take back saying they were have a choice to be made by themselves. russian and european firms or inventing with the final stages of the new one string to get us a pipeline despite us sanctions but now the company behind the project say's it's come up against a more covert form of pressure picking up the story saskatoon. well never a quiet day for the north stream to pipeline with just a few dozen kilometers to go until the project is fully completed in recent days we've seen heightened activity around the primary building site that's just off the coast of denmark military and civilian vessels have been caught on camera as of helicopters and planes now a representative of north stream too says that these belong to foreign governments

who are no way involved in the project and therefore have absolutely no business being there for him that means that there's only one way that such maneuvers can be interpreted. these are clearly planned and prepared provocations with the use of fission vessels and worships as well as submarines and aircraft in order to obstruct the implementation of an economic project it is perhaps the 1st case of these kind in history. so clearly these vessels inching closer to those works are seen as hostile but we have to remember also what our health and safety hazard they pose there is in fact a one and a half mile no fly and no swims around the project but it appears that at least one submarine is within a mile so that has a real potential for quite literally explosive disaster not just to recap we know of course the north stream to pipeline is the $11000000000.00 mega project that's going to see 1200 kilometers of pipeline directly quickly cheaply deliver gas

from russia to germany around 94 percent of the project is now completed but it's really been stop and start why well from the very moment that if the project was announced that was one global player who came out all guns blazing against it the u.s. washington sees this as a geopolitical danger it says that more russian gas can only mean more russian influence and no one wants that of course it would also prefer to buy its liquefied natural gas and of course at a much higher price that rhetoric we had time and time again from trump and straight out of the gates the same thing we heard from the biden administration alternately it's in contradiction to the use on energy security goals. has the potential to undermine the interests of ukraine poland a number of other close partners or allies well in order to protect u.s.

interests we've seen washington resort to pressure to threats to sanctions against any companies and governments who dare to get involved in the project now understandably that's led to a lot of anger frustration some even not taking heat case in point the plane ship for 2 no that is a party now in sa called in those hostile danish waters for them as from moscow this is purely an economic project politics has got nothing to do with. but still apparently not everyone is convinced we still see in complete sight figures including nato wade into the issue on the issue of north stream 2 there are differences there are different to use among nato allies and then i think that nato is a platform we also can address and discuss this issues nato doesn't have a common view on north stream too but why does the military organization have to take a common standpoint toller it's a business project between 2 independent states maybe their alliance has plans to invest so clearly

a very controversial project but whilst until now we've only seen angry was exchanged or punitive foreign policy tools like sanctions lead but this latest hive of activity in the waters seems to so that the hostility and the pressure has been taken up and not but potentially very dangerous consequences. the infamous hitler balcony in vienna may soon be open to the public allowing visitors to tread in the few hours footsteps needless to say the move by the hosts of austrian history and the vital opinion of the balcony was host to hitler's notorious speech on march 15th 1938 in which he announced the next ation of austria into the turd rick he was met with cheers jubilation 200000 austrians there on held in plot the balcony has since become one of austria's most prominent symbols of its enough to see past the director of the museum said giving

the public access would quote strengthen the country's collective historic memory but american is really historian efraim zuroff thinks that stories should remain firmly should this fact that the austrian population came out in huge numbers to greet this year. is part of the problem it's an attempt to leave things behind and these are the kind of things that must be remembered and i have to say that in austria the situation has improved in recent years and there's more sensitivity to the issues of the holocaust so i think it's a very good reminder for the people in austria who quite frankly have had far more difficulty in facing their peers than the people in germany for example the nazi send up over 40000 ghettos and concentration camps for the jewish population sharing a 2nd warning for around 2 thirds of all jewish people in europe were killed in the

holocaust a seraph again taste the significance of hitler speech in vienna should not be underestimated but the best of my knowledge i don't think the administrative work is in the palace in vienna experts in history and perhaps they don't realize what an incredible impact hitler's appearance in vienna have and have that was another step on the way to a war. that. ultimately led to the deaths of millions millions of innocent people sides the 6000000 jews murdered during the holocaust millions of other people who lost their lives maybe the eastern europe and this is all because the. drive for leopard's route it was decision that really europe and to the peoples of eastern europe in slaves it's.

the united states is still hoping to secure the extradition of julian assange who's in prison in the u.k. that's the spite or london court ruling in january that the wiki leaks founder should not be sent stateside as he'd be put in total isolation and would be at risk of suicide but america state department insists that both countries are observing human rights law in their handling of the case. where you are and you. will international human rights standards mr sands was arrested in london in 2019 after spending 7 years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy he's wanted in the u.s. on 17 charges of espionage over the release of thousands of classified files a decade ago now those latest remarks on the a songe case came right after the release of the u.s.

state department's 45th annual report on human rights practices worldwide the document singles i china iran venezuela turkey and russia accusing them of violating civil liberties russia's foreign ministry has hit back accusing washington of hypocrisy. on to welcome to the program. david a criminal defense lawyer good to see you do you think of those of public interest absolutely david do you think that the u.s. is committed to polling julian assange just rights as the state department tells them to heatedly clag. he writes doesn't international human rights instruments op its death. contravention all your. rights. in the treatment of people or chris is crucial to the judgment of mistrusts.

it is a cause for mr assange just long extreme he will be treated to good human degrading tree i mean. they refused. because the us prison conditions are races this chrysler and breach. the americans have no real concept of the right save to lunatics and the youngest. is interesting. state department report praised. they understand domestics. no concept. nor know. just to put the point to that i've heard quite a few times they've it in in support of him living across the atlantic the judge at the old bailey ruled in general that i can't be sent to the us because i'd be put in total isolation and would be at risk of suicide they say though is there really

such a difference between a prison cell in london and a prison cell in the us. does not mean having this jethro. and big and death from other countries. and seen some of the corruption america needs of dehumanization. more to the point. is mr. i mean the double standards exists. in. the us and it's very interesting terms of. speech nation. unfairly. challenge us because it is a. speech that the us to tax corporate profits goes off her in this advantage or almost under this christian anybody who preaches state secrets and of course we're living in america. perhaps the judge.

nor dr the great british. of the very dangerous nature of deportee extradite all prosecution based. and the americans continue their own criminality. at targeting criminals and judges them by certain. it's also the case that obama gives the sarbanes oxley act to. say and then went off. on bench mr assad has done a great deal he shouldn't as the germans are. actually called. we just saw. something rather. mr assad as the crimes against humanity the u.s. state of our the term gauge there is no circumstance the circulation. and the very

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