and really became his drug dealer so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers other governments. twitter briefly suspends the account of an r.t. america correspondent only agreeing to reinstate it once a decade old video of alleged u.s. war crimes is removed. former u.s. intelligence analyst faces he gives in jail for exposing america's drone assassination program we speak to a whistleblower who's in close contact with him. he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal. astra zeneca is covert vaccines in the spotlight as the european medicines agency's top official links it to blood clots while the medical body itself goes on pointing to the jobs benefits. and petrol bombs and bricks the price

of post bricks at border checks we discussed the background to the weekend's violent attacks on police in order nodded. worldwide to this is the international from moscow money welcome to the program 1st a correspondent with the america had her twitter account temporarily suspended with the social network only agreeing to lift the block off the she removed a video of alleged us war crimes which she daily every tweeted blevins explained what happens. so i was simply given a notice in which is that i was locked out of my account and the only way to get back into my account was to take down that tweet without video and they said that they were doing this because i violated their graphic content policy sensually because in that video you were watching civilians and journalists lose their lives and the context that they give behind that is to say that for the families of those

victims that would be hard to watch that would be hard for the footage to be out there and to that extent they're correct about i mean this is disturbing footage this is graphic i mean at the same time it's also even more disturbing for those families to know that even though that footage has been out there the attackers the murderers who are responsible still have not been brought to justice and so i wanted to put that video out there with your service there are a minder even though it has been alive and years since this footage was released those pilots those u.s. soldiers you see in that video who are literally murdering citizens civilians and journalists in broad daylight has no consequences for those actions live audio the center of the story was 1st released by wiki leaks on april the face 2010 and again we're about to show you parts of that video again people you might find it disturbing to watch the classified u.s. military video appears to show the indiscriminate shooting of over a dozen civilians in

a baghdad suburb from an american helicopter among those killed the 2 employees of the reuters news agency we can make said of managed to obtain a video from a number of whistle blows which will have it's believed the message is being blamed while the actual perpetrators get away scot free. something that is a reminder of just what us orange has accomplished because here in the united states are major media organizations like say c.n.n. or fox news they don't show you footage like that they don't show you how horrific it is a when the u.s. military commits these terrible war crimes in other countries they don't tell you what is actually going on with this so-called war on terrorism and yet it's people like us on to have taken the steps to put that information out there to bring the actual footage to light to show the public is public and now at the same time you see the u.s. government going through promote. by even talking a saw and going after him trying to get his head on a platter moralize as a notice to anyone else who may try to do the same who may try to bring other

footage to life i think that what we're seeing is. increasing moves on the part of these digital corporations and we know nothing about them they're completely opaque they know everything about us as forms of censorship for the ruling elite in particular the establishment elites in the republican in the democratic party who are blocking their critics on the left or the right you have to remember that during the obama administration and barack obama's vice president was of course joe biden expanded the targeted assassinations through militarized drone drones and there's complete continuity between republican and democratic administrations on this issue which is why the biden ministration has supported the appeal in london to get julian a songe extradited to the united states. former u.s.

intelligence analyst faces up to 10 years jail for blowing the whistle on washington's targeted drone assassination program daniel hale pleaded guilty to transmitting and retaining national defense information this case comes amid mass disclosure of some of the crimes allegedly perpetrated by the united states. i have to tell you when he called me a few hours ago he was surprisingly upbeat and optimistic and he he

remarked about how much press this issue has been getting since he decided to plead guilty so in the end i think that he thinks that this is been worth it that americans know more about the drone program now than 8 they did 6 months ago or a year ago and even though he's likely going to go to prison it was worth it the u.s. is flying these drones or at least it was until recently that were used ostensibly to kill terrorists or would be terrorists but in reality to kill anybody who might resemble a terrorist and that included women children the elderly and anybody else who happened to be on the ground i believe that we're we're a nation of laws and we have to abide by those laws whether we like them or not if we don't like them we should change them go through the process and change them if congress has not declared war on a country we don't have a right to attack it we just can't decide that we don't like the politics of

whoever happens to be in charge in a place like yemen or pakistan or afghanistan and then launch drone strikes against them it's a violation of international law. well data which gave to the online news site the intercept back in 2014 was made available to the public but he is now accused of disclosing classified intelligence information is supporters say these kind of exposures are necessary for a strong society. using the espionage act in this way to prosecute journalists sources and spies chills newsgathering and discourages sources from coming forward with information in the public interest particularly when it relates to national security where government secrecy is at its height these documents detail the secret unaccountable process for targeting and killing people around the world including u.s. citizens through drone strikes there are vital public importance and they are related to their disclosure is protected by the 1st amendment it was 2 years ago

that he was arrested and charged with violating the espionage act and also weather related offenses when biden came to power the public anticipated changes in the drone assassination program but now the reports that he aims to boost exports to countries including those with poor human rights records of former cia analyst john kiriakou who you heard from earlier told us of the terms of the espionage act leave hale with little hope. this is the really the worst part of the of the espionage act this is the reason why ed snowden can't come home this is the reason why i couldn't go to trial this is the reason why jeffrey sterling the other cia whistleblower was convicted because there is no affirmative defense we are prohibited by law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance

of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence the decision that was made early on even before joe biden was inaugurated to pursue the appeal against julian his son it was that decision that made it clear that joe biden was going to pursue national security leaks just like barack obama did and just like donald trump did after him but you can see all full interview with john kerry the latest edition of ati's watching the hawks it's after this bulletin and around 20 minutes time. thanks to connection between the astra zeneca covert vaccine and blood clots doesn't exist so says a senior official from the european medicines agency but his cause is yet to be defined meanwhile the agency itself isn't rushing to link the 2 to do been explained. well they still have the confusion. over the safety over

astra zeneca 1st of all we had this indictment from an e m a european medicines agencies top official one of the top officials saying that in his opinion there was a link in association between the astra zeneca job and the rare form of blood clotting this is blood clotting in the brain areas cover larry made accusations in an interview with an italian newspaper and those accusations have now gone the viral around the world this is what he had to say we're trying to give the precise picture of what is happening to define in detail the syndrome due to the vaccine in my opinion we can now say it is the reason association with the vaccine what causes this reaction however we still do not now despite that being his opinion he said that the risk benefit ratio was still on the side of astra zeneca and he suggested that any change in advice on how that job is used would be in regards to age groups

rather than anything else that's already something that's taken place here with france germany and norway where astra zeneca now isn't being given to young age groups however a within hours of this interview came out and said itself in a very brief statement that despite that claim it is not yet itself reached a conclusion as to whether there is an association between astra zeneca and these incredibly rare blood clots and it is continuing of course to monitor the situation in regards to that so it doesn't appear as if the advice is going to change from the major a plea today but these need to top official from the board the are likely to just heighten the concerns that there are about the job already there are complaints is . manslaughter case. in france after

a 38 year old her social worker health worker received one dose of astra zeneca and then died less than 2 weeks later a rare type of blood clotting so there are concerns about this job and if you're somebody who's just tired astra zeneca new or in one of these younger age group categories do you to have your vaccine in the next few days and this really now must be a worry because once again the safety of this vaccine in question now if i say if the official here may advice change in the next few days or the next few weeks that might also pose questions with people wondering whether they can trust the safety of what's being approved by the way and it will raise and questions about the process it is undertaken when it came to approving vaccines like astra zeneca. meanwhile the world health organization says there's no link so far between astra

zeneca highlighting the positive benefit risk assessment of the vaccine what happens is that there are a number of committees right now and regulatory agencies and regulatory authorities looking at data and new data is coming every day and assessing that data so there is no link for the moment between the vaccine and the throne political. light of recent developments the trial of the astra zeneca job on children in britain has been put on hold we asked people in london if they're concerned about the vaccine to potential link to blood clots. i had my 1st box in on the good go problem mom's not getting it because she saw this from some health condition she's not getting it simply because of the little clots and we do actually know someone who's had a stroke since get in the vaccine i'm not sure about that you know because the lower fee for has been vaccinated they are ok this will be even more side effects that we don't even know about this is just one thing they're picking out they have no idea what this control is i guess the fear is a bit bigger don't do you actual problem we've got a good public health system that keep an eye on these things and obviously they'll

be looking at the latest research but while the advice the still to take the vaccine i would still take the vaccine. be better believes the e.u. regulator had to act immediately to not put lives at risk. i think it would have been very useful to treat this is very seriously because we're dealing with the lives of people so i think from the moment there was any doubt they should have acted very quickly on that and of people are very worried and they obviously. prefer him to go for a different type of that situation but yet the general feedback that i'm receiving is that people are unsure what to do because there's so many different conflicts in guidance is given out so it's very difficult for people members of the public to make their mind up definitely need some confirmation of the recently need to know how serious and how dangerous is the fact is dangerous or if it's not what we need

. rather than just allowing people to be getting pigs and just allowed to be given these facts in 1000 without that assurance and reassurance i definitely hope that they learn from this and they start listening to people's back and concerns you know what if they can reassure us entirely then i guess it will be a different thing so i think for me wanted to get the assurance from them because recent not long ago they said that there was no connection with blood cause and then today surprisingly we've been that we've learned that they could be or maybe a connection with this riyadh type of break. and that's the issue and that's the concern because all we see we just need to get beyond says and be able to make informed decisions about which friend of vaccination to use. over in germany the leader of the c.d.u. which is angle of merkel's policy in the linchpin of the ruling coalition has called for a strict a lockdown as the country grapples with a 3rd wave of the kind of

a pandemic the proposal boat has taken some flack from lawmakers. disrupted albeit i think we need another transitional look we need to build the bridge again to the dates when everyone is vaccinated i know that many a time of the pandemic but many already to take another step now and then move to another foodies from may june and lash it isn't just the chairman of the christian democratic union party he's also the head of the state of north rhine-westphalia and some of his fellow local leaders aren't particularly happy with what he's had to say the leader of the state of terror in jail the mayor of both question the well the sense of having a short term lockdown michael miller who's the mayor of berlin saying he doesn't think mr lasher has thought about the long term implications of putting everybody into a north lock down this is ultimately the one of the big problems with coming up with a unified position here in germany it's not like i'm going to medical can say from the chancellor's office this is what we're doing everybody get on with it what ends

up happening is the leaders of the 16 states listen to what mrs merkel has to say and then go we're not sure if we really want to do that and that has resulted in a lot of problems lot of lack of clarity when it comes to an overarching plan here in germany. now saying we need a 2 to 3 week lockdown this is a change in tune from the leader of the the state of north rhine-westphalia previously he was one of the loudest voices saying we need to open up everything the c.d.u. chairman is still the bookies favorite when it comes to being his party's candidate to run for chancellor in september however going into a short term lockdown may well win him some support based on those that i spoke to on the streets of berlin i am happy they're putting more regulations on place i think things are looking a bit grim and it seems like it's going back to you know christmas despite we had

back in christmas so i'm happy if things go back to. the way they work christmas is full lockdown i think that something mark stream has to happen i don't know if it's going to be a lockdown then they have to be more aggressive and say you can't leave your house you can't see people i think trusting people to do the right thing isn't working in the moment specifically the restrictions must be made stricter because the numbers are going out and the restrictions that we have now are not enough to deal with it i think in 2 or 3 weeks or maybe a month we will have a problem there for us to we need more to expand the restrictions and move explanations. germany was supposed to go into a locked out over the easter weekend in fact it was announced from the chancellor's office by angela merkel herself only for her to turn around just a short while later and say actually they weren't going to do that this would be ultimately a good turn on that u. turn if they were if germany is to follow through on arm and lush its plan not exactly what you want to see doesn't give confidence in leadership when you having

this type of planning or lack of planning concerning figure is that 2 thirds of germans don't have any faith in the plan that's been put out in or that says that they should or everybody should be at least offered one vaccination by the end of september that sounded ambitious when it was 1st put forward at the end of last year well if it sounded ambitious then it sounds incredibly ambitious right now we've also heard from yen's span the health minister here in germany he's not painted a pretty picture of the state of affairs at all he said that there's been an increase in the number of people going into intensive care with covert 4000 over the weekend he's also said the vaccination itself won't be able to stop the 3rd wave of covert 19 that's currently gripping germany he says on side with arm in lash its plan and says lockdown is what's needed. to march in support of business owners has turned

violence in rome protesters have clashed with riot police in front of the italian parliament. was i the 1st was sparked by an extension to easter coronavirus restrictions until the end of april include the closure of all non-essential shops and to take away only service restaurants and cafes many venues of already gone bust unable to withstand the financial pressure of a 3rd knockdown in a year or francesco due belly who's an italian conservative think tank founder believes government inconsistency is a driving people to despair but. it seems that people are frustrated because it we don't have a date for the hand of the lockdown or we don't have a plan for the next. day to solve the next we simply don't know if they're locked down the roof i don't know in the head of we don't know if that lockdown

would finish in the hand of me every week and had every day to go now to change it in the lows and i have every week of the government to see that the long now and eat. next weeks and this is mission is fight difficult for me and in the world is the 1st article of our position saying that italy is a democratic county based on the level so if the number of people keep the secret since can open in their shops it can to bring the restaurant how they can sleep so i hunger sense that people really understand the people that grew up in the street that it was free and great to see the royals and the problem in our country in this nation is that the government don't have the money to have this all so that's why the people who are angry today it was found was that a resurgent well are. important each time and he says you see that from the last year. we lost in 1000000 jobs in our country so you can imagine how it is difficult

how the. a non-solution is the equal eatery in this one so the core of the old people. northern ireland has seen several nights of unrest with protesters hurling petrol bombs police in anger over post trade rules shoddy edwards daschle has the details. we've seen numerous police officers injured and as these violent clashes as well as dozens of people being arrested some as young as 13 and 14 years of age and so now police are really appealing to community leaders to try and stop this disorder and stop this on the breast as well but it all follows on friday decision not to prosecute leaders of the irish nationalists the shin fein party for allegedly breaking coronavirus restrictions for attending a funeral of a former. leader last year that funeral was in june and allegedly around 2000 people attended so that is one part of the narrative but also receiving rising

tensions due to post issues as well as a specific part of the brics it withdrawal agreement that's a northern ireland protocol is coming under fire today what we're seeing is it all boils down to the fact that these new trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. essentially creates a defacto border on the irish sea quizes that goods entering the night and from britain will have to go through specific checks a century treaty a completely different to the rest of the united kingdom it's always been a huge sticking point in both theories of may's attempted bret's that deal but also boris johnson signed sealed and delivered bricks it deal that is a huge sticking point officials in brussels dublin and london just on technical terms but actually what we're seeing is a real a motive behind it it's an erosion of sovereignity for some it's a betrayal by the british government and all acutely rips up the good friday agreement all together and all the promises of peace within it as well it does seem

like neither the shin fein for that matter nor the d.p. are in the mood for to taunt any time soon when it comes to these violent clashes all to do with that northern ireland protocol and it seems all of this stoked up tensions is accelerating by breck's at seeing the appetite to unify northern ireland an island really increase in the last few weeks if not more. month to its highest level of around 42 percent not just confined to the west for nationalists either but that appetite is also growing amongst the devolved nations too we know that over in scotland that appetite has been growing for years but nicholas sturgeons reenergize efforts are seeing that trajectory continue as well even though looking at wales which is the 2nd smallest nation of the 4 nations they're jumping on the independence bandwagon too with around 25 percent in the polls saying that they would vote for independence which is double what it was around 6 years ago so it seems like these recent clashes over the last few days in northern

ireland really are just real reflect real concerns when it comes to the disunited kingdom post back said professor alan scott who founded the political group which became big you can depend on the party believes the brics a deal leaves northern ireland unequal to other parts of the u.k. . the union this loyalists produce a. majority you know and. being treated like 2nd class citizens and are beginning to realize it and feeling it. known protocol. takes away from the law it's a kingdom and makes it a kind of provence of the european union so they're in a situation. unlike the rest of britain all the european union law. applies to. they're under the jurisdiction of the european. court of justice so that means that you know the good to seduce and so not citizens of the

european union and the laws of the european union for. being. in the course of doing this. oh yes rockets being put in place on the launch pad at the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan is due to blast off for the international space station this coming friday it also comes as russia marks the 60th anniversary of yuri gagarin becoming the 1st human in space artie's constantine is following this latest mission for us. well for those who are not involved in the space program itself this is arguably the best moment to see the rocket up close when they transfer it from an assembly hangar to the launch pad and you know i mean wow just look how look how big it is and you know i'm going to tell you something that i watched this on t.v. many times but this is absolutely different when you see something like this in

person by the way the sawyers rocket is 50 meters long and it weighs over 300 tons and of course it takes a base to retrain even to haul it they move it slowly and carefully because as you can see we can move along in more alaska pop with it there's no need for haste at this moment because it's important not to disrupt the assembled rocket just days before liftoff the reason why the soyuz rocket is so big because it needs a lot of fuel to overcome gravity and that's what a space rocket basically is is just a massive fuel tank up to 90 percent of it burns out during the flight sequence in the past and then used parts simply fall back to earth and that's why by the way that was one of the reason why baikonur was built. in sparsely populated steps of kazakhstan because you don't want used parts of rocket to fall on someone's house

the spacecraft itself is much smaller if you compare with what the rest of the rocket sits right on the tip of the rocket inside a capsule let's go in to protect the space crew while they're going to make blast their way to orbit. and this time we have 2 russian cosmonauts and want to merican astro. despite a vastly have in space 6 is dragon program they still dependent on russia and pay the country to stand is astronauts into space anyway the preparation is in full swing now has massive for russia's peter dubrovsky this is going to be his 1st ever space flight leg novitsky now the russian crew member and space ships captain on the other hand has more experience he's already has 2 space missions under his belt

the same goes for mark bonner hey who's not only been to the i sat in the past but also perform several spacewalks now if everything goes as planned they will be in space in a few days the launch comes at this 60th anniversary of your garden's flight which made him the 1st average human in space and sap the space age which we live in today just over 550 people have been able to visit earth's orbit ever since but thanks to your good garden and other pioneers of space travel we know that this is possible and that gravity is not in our limits. and no doubt will be here to watch them live as they blast off on friday for that's it from watching the stars to watching the whole next on.

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