astra zeneca has coated job hits the spotlight again as the european medicines agency's vaccine chief links it to blood clots with the families of those who died after getting the shots demanding answers. twitter demands the removal of a decade old video of alleged u.s. war crimes claiming gives violates the platform's policy on graphic content. and it italy a march in support of struggling businesses turns violent with officers injured by protesters warning they won't survive a 3rd stock down in the year. very

warm welcome good morning to you it's 11 am here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me. now fresh questions happy raised about the astra zeneca vaccine with the latest findings leading to further calls for restrictions seanie official from the european medicines agency says there may be a link between the job and blood clots although still unclear exactly how it may lead to medical problems r.t. shola depends he has the story. those doubts have been raised once again this time by the top official of the european medicines agency at the may there are no calls for clarity to find out exactly what these links are potentially between us stress and red types of blood clots now see we've been talking to the lawyer representing 2 families here in france families whose loved ones died in the days after

receiving astra zeneca job and they say that they want illnesses and. they want to understand the investigation has been launched the autopsy has been requested and done the question for the moment is to find out if it was caused by the vaccine itself or by the way it was injected but today it seems highly likely that a link exists between the astra zeneca japp and occurrence of the thrombosis we want to understand what happened and afterwards to find those responsible while the investigations are continuing into the death of a 24 year old medical student who's thought to have died from internal bleeding. investigation has already been launched fronts into the death of a 38 year old woman this is a woman from the south of france who is a social worker who received the astra zeneca job. as a result of the fact that she was a front line worker now in the days after receiving that job she was complaining of

having a comb stint headache she was given medication from the doctors with that didn't help and in the end she was hospitalized and lated suggested that she died from a rare type of brain blood clot and it's this type of rare blood clot in the brain that has been linked to astra zeneca by the top officials. may this is what the e.m.a.'s head the vaccine strategy had to say about the link we're trying to get the precise picture of. this happening to define in detail the syndrome due to the vaccine in my opinion we can now say it is the reason so c. with the vaccine what causes this reaction however we still do not know now both the 38 year old woman and also the 24 year old medical student was said to be in very good health and the lawyer representing their families say their families are not taking vaccination but what they want to ensure is that if these deaths are

preventable that they can be prevented from other people losing their loved ones to . my concern and the concern of families is what we are calling preventable deaths in other words for certain people vaccine benefit risk assessment is obvious i'm speaking particularly about people over 55 years old in france the vaccine is restricted to people over 55 years of age so the benefit risk assessment should be made more details. now that concern is being felt more and more was this additional evidence seems to be emerging about the links between the astra zeneca vaccine and these rare types of blood clots the e.m.a.'s said it stands by the fact they gave the green light to astra zeneca saying that the risk benefit ratio we still positively on the side of astra zeneca and the world health organization has also come out over the last few hours saying it also still

believes enough strong seneca saying it is still largely positive but as i said there is more and more evidence coming out that there are potentially these blood clots as a result and often last week it emerged that there were 30 cases in the u.k. that is said to have had an immediate impact here in france where the reputation of astra zeneca was already on the rocks over the weekend the american kalai said that they had seen a sense of. in the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of doses of us to seneca ready for appointments for people to come in and have the job we're left because people are afraid of these possible side effects she's not called for a national campaign here in france to explain what the potential side effects are not just of astra zeneca but over all of the other vaccines that have already been

approved in the e.u. such as the 5 is a biotech vaccine. vaccine but the reality is when you've got to talk to him a official now making this significant link between these rare types of blood clots and deaths as a result of astra zeneca perhaps it's just a blow too much for the fact seen britain's health regulator is mulling restricting the use of astra zeneca as covert vaccine for younger people trials on children have also been put on hold as investigations continue into a link between the job and blood clause we got reaction on the streets of london. i had my 1st box in the good book problem my mom's not get in it because she saw this from some health condition she's not getting it simply because of the blog plots and we do actually know someone who's had a stroke since get in the vaccines i'm not sure about that you know because they love you for has been vaccinated there r.k. that's probably 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 could cause 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 go be looking at the latest research but while the advice to still take the vaccine i would still take the vaccine that. i've just done is looking to join the ranks of countries making russia's coronavirus jumbos demand grows in the country our correspondent will report from the country later in the program. and we've spoken to a top for all of the professor who traveled to china with the world health organization to probe the origins of the pandemic dominic dwyer told r.t. is going underground it's been hard to get the truth for many reasons if you watch the full interview here throughout the day. what did you find because as far as though we've seen in the media it's kind of inconclusive you can't even conclude it came from china clearly it's inconclusive i mean it was easy we wouldn't have had to go there in the 1st place of course so this is terribly complex of the science

is complex the politics is complex but look we went through a large amount of data provided by the chinese you know a number of different areas and made a number of conclusions really about what further work needed to be done clearly we can't figure out a patient 0 if you like or 'd virus ciro but we've got to go a long way to planning what needs to be done did any of the authorities in china say you shouldn't me and you should be in italy given the code without the bodies were circulating in italy in september of 2019 way before. i mean there's no doubt the virus exploded in with them there's no question about that now the issue is was the virus circulating in other parts of the world around that time or even a bit before and yes there is evidence mutually it's a bit from spain or some from france or something the united kingdom and what did you feel when reportedly you weren't given some of the data you wanted i mean have

you got this rule patient into 174 covert patients from december 21000 the who are requesting. that's trying to sort of do a number of things. to do before we got there including going back looking through the last couple of months before december trying to identify potential traces mart of mist and we insisted on that and then they did and they presented no were of course only there for a short period of time so no although we would normally i asked for in this sort of their approach investigation was given to us but the doctors continued to come forward. or twitter is moving to correct reality once again this time the platform has targeted a once classified video showing alleged us war crimes the account of an r.t. 1 america correspondent has been suspended after posting the footage was twisted

agreeing to lift the ban only after rachel blevins deleted the post but blevins told us the real issues that those responsible have still not been held to account 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 does say that for the families of those victims that would be hard to watch that would be hard for that footage to be out there and to that extent they're correct about that i mean this is disturbing footage and yet 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 . first released by wiki leaks in 2010 the once classified u.s. military video appears to show the indiscriminate shooting of more than a dozen civilians in a baghdad suburb from an american helicopter among those killed were 2 employees of

the reuters news agency wiki leaks said it obtains the video from a number of whistleblowers over the years the video that twitter claims that breaks its rules has been posted by many other uses but it's her post as an r.t. journalist that triggered it system but blevins insists that although graphic the footage still needs to be brought to the public's attention. even though it has been a lot of anger 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 have no consequences for those actions even though we see this video circulating even though we see how horrific and how disturbing it is they still were allowed to walk free and it was the people who released that video such as chelsea manning and julian assad who brought it to light who brought it to the public's interest they are the people who have been attacked and who have been blamed for this footage 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 her if 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 the so-called war on terrorism they don't take the time to ask those questions about why the u.s. is still station why they still have their military across the middle east where it is not wanted where it's a legal what we're seeing the increased aggressiveness of digital platforms where the people who gunned down those on armed civilians and journalists in iraq will never be held accountable for the crime that they committed although of course it's been documented through the courage of chelsea manning and julian assange and wiki leaks and this will not change under the biden ministration you have to remember that during the obama administration and obama's vice president was of course joe biden expanded the targeted assassinations through militarized

drones including against u.s. citizens. monch in support of struggling italian businesses has turned violent with protesters clashing with riot police in front of parliament. was the un rest was sparked by the extension of restrictions to the end of april they include the closure of all non-essential shops and take away only service for restaurants and cafes many venues have already gone bankrupt unable to withstand the financial pressure of a 3rd lockdown in a here the thing many italians furious at the prospect of more restrictions. she's yelling cut and argue big changes in our souls because we can't go ahead and accept the situation we want to reclaim our jobs and now all 3 of them we ask for an immediate end to the national lockdown and for the immediate opening of all

commercial activity without any restrictions regardless of the statistics related to the disease the fact we can't go out after tenet nights that we can't go where we want not respecting our rights which are constitutionally mandated as a form of tyranny and the founder of an italian conservative think tank told us he believes government inconsistency is on trying people to despair. i think that people are frustrated because if we don't have a date they had lost a lot down there we don't have a plan in the for the next release and we don't have a date to hold the next we simply don't know if they're locked down to move i don't know the head of state when we don't know if the lockdown would finish in the end of may have read it and every day the government changes day in the loans and every week of the government to say that the long now may be. next in weeks and

this ignition is quite difficult for example in the world the 1st article of our question you should say that italy is a democratic county based on the lead so if the number of people in the city since 10 opening their shops can't talk to the restaurant how they can be sure i have understand that people mean understand the people that work in the street that there's free and trying to see their goals and the big problem in our country in this equation is that the government don't have the money to have these people so that's why these people have i'm good to date with from which to a research and what are the important e-zine and he says you see that from the last year through this year we lost in 1000000 jobs in our country soon you can measure how these difficult economic situation is this is called the economy in this one so the government has to have old people. also had to in the playground the u.s.

says a record number of migrants trying to enter the country while those denied entry over run makeshift cabins that story and moth to a short break. when else still seemed wrong. why don't we just don't all. let me. get to shape our just being active. and in the game equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those.

who dares thinks. we fear to ask. welcome back jobs lost savings run out on depression just some of the effects on the 10s of thousands of australians stranded abroad for months by one of the wild streak to slow downs now one group has filed a human rights complaint with the united nations over cumbrous continued refusal to

let their own citizens come home australian say the country's travel cap means many still can't return up to 40000 remain a broad according to the government although they're all faced the real figures are far higher $5000.00 today as vulnerable we spoke to one australian stranded in russia. originally up until. about october last year i was still actively trying to get on them since i've largely given up my attempt to get to get back to my country because the restrictions is taking place make it impossible for me to buy a ticket even if i even if i am i'm looking at paying maybe $10000.00 u.s. dollars upwards and then there's the flight assistance package which the government . offices but all those flights only leave from places like germany and paris

and someone like me if i was to leave there russia and then go to paris if i was to contract cover of it i wouldn't be eligible for that flight home because they only take. test negative 2 to carve it on the fly so if i did that i could be stranded somewhere else completely and i would be unable to even get back to russia if that was the case. prime minister scott morrison have pledged to bring many if not all those stranded home by last christmas james case or i can say is the ongoing situation simply unacceptable says in my possible that i should not be offered terribly deprived the right to return to my home country. the syrian government has used the biosecurity act which is something to explain away that kind of it is an international disaster and that's why we on allowed to return home but now that is a year all these excuses of war and there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to get back this is a gross violation of all surrenders romance human rights. pakistan's

pushing to money such as sputnik fee as hospitals report massive demand for russians coated fatty aussies a coast on the reports from the capital islamabad. pakistan has entered a new era in vaccinating its population against covert 19 while free government subsidized vaccines are still only available to the senior population and while doctors the groups of risks private companies have now also been allowed to sell the vaccine to everybody willing the price is steep it stands at about $80.00 per 1000 jobs or brushes would need to be but well despite that despite the average salary here in pakistan being below 5 $100.00 a month and we've seen q. was especially among younger pakistanis and lines to get russia's sputniks be we were vaccinated to in seoul city cost so everyone seems very happy very satisfied

the overall experience of good in the sputnik vaccine is very good. it's a very easy process without any pain we were boxing needed in after 21 days to get the sick and bills to finish the process. my motive is to protect myself and my family when we feel safe and secure it will start a trickle down effect there is talk about herd immunity my message is that those who can afford it should be vaccinated as soon as possible. because being offered this hospital also and a few other hospitals. in the reception has been so positive because people would like to work simply because people will realize that is the only way we are for them and they have a good will do now this process of kind of private vaccination isn't going without a hitch some venues have already reported that they have sold out and in some places like in the southern province of people had to queue for hours to get the

job but in general well it is a promising trend given that pakistan has been avoided the fate of so many countries in the world where a certain percentage of the population went this event and the criticize. and in general not trust in the process of vaccination altogether pakistan has long shown interest in the russian vaccines russia has done an excellent job of helping the world fight the brain damage the vaccine is a step forward in this direction we are committed to attract investments to pakistan and if possible producing this vaccine in our country but now that so many people in pakistan have shown that they want to get the vaccine that they are sensible that they want to get themselves protected against covert 19 this paves the way for further russia pakistan corporation. a record number of migrants tried to cross the americas southern border in march according to homeland security

with reports suggesting the massive inflows will continue through the autumn and on the other side of the frontier the situation is even worse with refugees gathering in makeshift camps after being rejected by the u.s. . and the fact is i've made it very clear within 100 days i'm going to send to the united states congress a pathway to citizenship for over 11000000 undocumented people and all of those so-called dreamers those docket kids they're going to be immediately certified again to be able to stay in this country and put on a path to citizenship. but

that if we decided to come because the president said that he wanted to was you know tramways that was separate as. you know it it's something we didn't expect even though the president said that of course he would hope as he still hasn't done anything. illegal. but please really the story is very complicated because there's a lot and everything we've been through just to end up here like cats and dogs. it didn't. end up what it was that we can collect the necessities bid by this to provide for our central american brothers who are in need but.

i think that. these are people that are once again paying the price of politicians in that you know i. i think you matter who would have won whether it was biden or trump or. anyone else either of their respective parties really the same consequence would be seen we'd see a continuation of the policies that pushed people up north that pushed people from their homes as well as crack down here in the united states is kind of part of the bigger problem in the democratic party i think the democratic party likes to position itself as this kind of alternative to the quote unquote white nationalist republican party etc and so they say things particularly those at the top the leadership like joe biden like us and they are trying to score political points and we see this kind of rhetoric this welcoming open woke nance.

pushed by the democratic party but then when push comes to shove we see them backtrack on their words. as soyuz rocket is in position on the launch pad at the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan ready to blast off full the international space station friday's liftoff will be just days before russia marks the 60th anniversary of eureka garland becoming the 1st person in space spaceships being named in on all the cosmonaut and decorated with his portraits 2 russians and americans will be taking to the stop. thank you for joining us here on r.t. international we'll be back at the top of the hour with all the latest. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in

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a virus death tolls reached 3000000 in part 2 we'll investigate whether covert has revealed an imminent implosion of a new liberal make a machine 1st let's go straight to sydney australia to speak with one of the 13 who have returned from mohan after a dummy into investigation into how coronavirus began joining me now is professor dominic to thank you so much professor for coming on the show what what did you find because as far as there we've seen in the media it's kind of inconclusive you can't even conclude it came from china clearly it's inconclusive i mean it was put together in the 1st place of course so this is terribly complex of the science is complex the politics is complex but look we went through a large amount of data provided by the chinese you know a number of different areas and made a number of conclusions really about what further work needed to be done clearly we can't figure out 0 if you like or 'd virus ciro but we've got to go

a long way to planning what needs to be done maybe are your views are shared by the other 12 members of your team in war and i don't know because the headlines it made your visit in the mainstream media in nato countries was the us c.d.c. former boss saying that covert 19 escaped from china's institute of. allergy redfield saying that made headlines everywhere yes it did that stardom and he did say though that he was making those comments. private citizen not as head of the former head of city state but i think this is one of the difficult things i mean there is a report with a lot of evidence of a lot of recommendations about future work now how people interpret someone's for their own political. reasons or other isn't is really up to them what we've tried to do is show what we've done and let people work out what they know what they need to do further and how they want to interpret it we can control the politics of

fortune on the science and you and the team but leave the go ahead was circulating around. in china in december 2930 right so the chinese were picking up cases of very severe pneumonia pretty presenting to hospital and that's based on their experience with sars and flu and those sorts of things i think probably what was on week nights at the time was that there 'd was obviously a lot of transmission of virus and people infected who weren't seriously or we know that now of course to be quite common at the time they didn't so in general much of the evidence point.