european medicines agency confirms astra zeneca vaccine is possibly linked to unusual blood clot cases saying it should be listed as a side effect of the jab. the rest of 2 suspected terrorists on the us mexico border beach to further criticism of the ministrations handling of the migrant crisis. stranded abroad for months and left with little option but to file a human rights complaint of their own country's refusal to let them come home we speak to an australian stranded in russia. it is a gross violation of our human rights to return it says. i should not be arbitrarily deprived the right to return to my home country.

alone live from moscow this is. the program 1st the european medicines agencies confirms that astra zeneca is job is possibly linked to cases of unusual blood clots and that it should be listed as a very rare side effect of the faxing. takes up the story. well the economy has confirmed that there is a very possible link to red types of blood clots with low platelets what they say is that they think this could possibly be a response to the astra zeneca job but they haven't been able to specifically pinpoint but they think that i mean response could be something similar to a new moon response that's known for a drug called heparin which is a blood thinning drug that essentially interacts with aborting the body produces antibodies producing extra platelets and not causes blood clots now what they said

is they investigated $62.00 cases over brain blood clotting and also a food $24.00 cases of this over the abdominal area or blood bleeding in the stomach area and he said of those cases 18 had to be fatal well the majority of cases were said to be in women under the age of 16 with symptoms presenting within 2 weeks of receiving the asters and they could job despite. the e.m.a.'s downs by the fact that astra zeneca is a safe vaccine with the benefits of that job out weighing the risks the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine in preventing qubit 19. outweigh the risks of trying to fix the proof after an very in-depth analysis has concluded that future cases of unusual blood following vaccination with the astra zeneca vaccine

should be listed as. to facts of the vaccine when you advice will be given out to those to inoculate patients as well as those who are seeking the astra zeneca job but if they show specific symptoms within a 2 week period that they should seek medical advice those symptoms include if they have persistent ted takes if there's a shortness of breath or even if they. perhaps swelling in their legs now it's not clear whether the cases that were reviewed by the safety committee include 2 deaths that are being investigated here in france the lawyer representing 2 families says that what they want is own says. 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 jab and occurrence of the thrombosis we want

to understand what happened and afterwards to find those responsible who were already there have been a number of questions over the safety and the efficacy of astra zeneca we know we're already here frons as well as in germany and in norway the job is not only being recommended to individuals in all age groups and it's also been announced on wednesday in the u.k. that under thirty's will be offered an alternative job to astra zeneca as those concerns over safety and this possible link to red blood clots continues what will be interesting now is what decisions if any national health regulators take as a result of this new information by the e m a we know already that the concern over astra zeneca has meant that people are not turning up for their appointments here in france for the job the mare of color over the weekend hundreds of appointments were missed with hundreds and hundreds of doses unused because of

a sense of panic over this particular vaccine. astra zeneca says it is working to establish the exact causes of the blood clot professor lawrence young from britain's warrick medical school says the misfortunes of the astra zeneca vaccine could lead to people doubting inoculations in general. i think this is the real worry is that people are going to start to get worried about the safety of this vaccine and all that actually and are not going to turn up with a jab so the calls what you've got to do is try and weigh up the risks risk is a difficult concept to in some respects but one thing for sure is that whatever the risks are associated with side effect this is an famishing really rare side effect compared to the severity of getting it getting covert. and we have to think about this in you know we think about mr every day you know crossing that crossing the street is a risk every drug comes with a sheet a data sheet that tells you about the relative risks and you know many of us were

better knowledge about taking the paracetamol the unit at the risks on that sheet of information associated with a paracetamol or indeed an aspirin and i think it's all about balancing response i know that for some people it is it's a difficult concept and it just makes you a little bit more worried and we've also spoken to a top or ology professor who traveled to china with the world health organization to probe the origins of the pandemic going to go are told r.t. is going underground it's been hard to get to the truth for many reasons. what did you find because as far as where 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 mean wuhan you should be in italy given their code without 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 a virus circulating out of the 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 some from 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 true i sort of do a number of things we chinese to do before we go through including going back

looking through the last couple of months before december trying to identify potential cases that are not of missed and we insisted on that being done and they did a search and they presented no we're of course only there for a short period of time so no although we would normally ask for in the sort of their approach investigation was given to us then but the doctor is continuing to come forward. president biden's migration policies once again under fire this time over the revelation that 2 men on the terror watch list were detained on the southern border u.s. border protection agency gave details in a news release but it was swiftly withdrawn u.s. border patrol agents assigned to the al central sector and arrested to yemen a man within the last 2 months that's where identified on the terrorism watch list among the surge of migrants illegally crossing the u.s. border and being detained we now find out that among those who were detained were 2

yemeni men who were on the terrorism watch list now white house spokesperson jen psaki says this is not a common occurrence however there is widespread concern about the security of the united states amid the border surge. cartel suman traffickers and the terrorists are all trying to take advantage of biden so open borders president biden strecche list build a security police continue to put americans across the country in danger enough is enough it's time for the biden administration to get serious about stopping the senate now what's even more interesting is the report from the border patrol about the detaining of these 2 individuals has been removed from the internet according to the website and those who manage the border patrol that report somehow violated national security but at this point there are many other concerns that we've seen a 15 year high in migrants crossing the u.s.

border and as this is going on as 171000 people cross the u.s. border in march we now have the biden ministration considering options among the options they are reportedly considering is perhaps continuing the building of trump's border wall take a listen the president has communicated quite clearly his decision for the emergency that triggered the devotion of department of defense funds to the construction of the bootable is ended but that leaves room to make decisions as the administration has parts of the administration in particular areas of the will need renovation particular projects that need to be finished viewers will recall that when donald trump began building the wall the democrats fought against him pretty hard they declared the wall was immoral that it was racist and they shut down the government for 35 days to prevent funding from being allocated for this wall let's review what happened isn't in morality it's not who we are as

a nation 20 time show called for i will shut down the government if i don't get my will none of us if you want to know something you've said ok you want to put that in my head i'll take i was a prosecutor for many years and including the attorney general california i specialize in. and national criminal ring is a yeah that's and then wind all stopped them now at this point amid in upsurge of migrants crossing the u.s. border including potential terrorists 2 individuals on the f.b.i. terrorism watch list at death point and we now have a situation where democrats are possibly considering measures they once declared when donald trump proposed them and put them forward to be immoral quite an interesting turn of events. a record number of migrants tied to cross america's southern border in march according to homeland security with reports suggesting the massive inflows will continue through to the or so out on the other side of the front here in mexico where the situation's even worse refugees are gathering in

makeshift camps after being rejected by the united states. 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. let them know that we decided to come because the president said that he wanted to he not families that were separated as. you know it it's something we didn't expect

even though the president said to us of course he would hope as he still hasn't done anything. 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. eat meat. more than with the necessities big bits to provide for central american brothers who are in need.

these are people that are once again paying the price of politicians in that you know i think you know who would have won whether it was biden or trump or you know anyone else who either of their respective parties really the same consequence would be seen and we'd see a continuation of the policies that push people out north that push 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 but we see this kind of rhetoric this welcoming open woke nets. pushed by the democratic party but then when push comes to shove we see them backtrack on their words. jobs lost savings run out and depression

just some of the effects on the 10s of thousands of australians stranded abroad for months by one of the world's strictest lockdowns well now one group's follow the human rights complaint to the united nations over their country's continued refusal to let their own citizens come. australians say the country's travel cap means that many still can't return up 240000 remain abroad according to the government although there are fears the real figures a far higher 5000 listed as vulnerable we've been speaking to one australian stranded in russia. originally up until. about october last year i was still actively trying to get on them since october 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 of 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 people who test negative 2 to carve it on the fly so if i did that i could just be stranded somewhere else completely and i would be unable to even get back to russia if that was the case australian prime minister scott morrison had pledged to bring many if not all of those stranded home by last christmas james says the ongoing situation is simply unacceptable. says in my policy board that i should not be all the terribly deprived the right to return to my home country. government has used the biosecurity act which is something to explain away that it is an international dissolve and that's why we on allowed to retire but now that is the

year all these excuses of war and there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to get up get back this is a gross violation of all stratas trades human rights. looking to join the ranks of countries making one of russia's coronavirus jobs in the country. and would explain old after the break.

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got back a stone's pushing to manufacture russia's sputnik vico vaccine as hospitals report massive demand for the job they ghost on our 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 prices keep it stands at about $80.00 per 2 jobs of russia's need to be but well despite that despite the average salary here in pakistan being below 500 dollars a month we've seen cubes especially among younger pakistanis and lines to get russia's sputniks be we were vaccinated to in seoul city hospice so everyone seems very very says is it the overall experience of good in the sputnik vaccine is very

good. it's a very easy process without any pain we were works unaided and up to $21.00 days to get the sick and dose 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. that's what week is being offered at this hospital also in 3 other hospitals. in the deception has been so positive because people would like to work simply because people who realize that this is the only real forward you know what you have to do this 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 kharaj 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 criticized and in general not trusted the process of vaccination and altogether pakistan has long shown interest in the russian vaccines russia has done an excellent job 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. america's c.b.s. news is under fire for what's been described as a deceptive edit a press conference with florida governor on the santas as the clip apparently misses most of his answer the segment in the current affairs program 60 minutes

features an exchange of which a reporter effectively accused the governor of pay for play in florida's vaccine distribution efforts the part when the governor explains the state policy was admitted in the final cut and critics say it looks like he dodged the questions mr de santis has now accusing the media of lying. these are. that's why nobody trusts corporate media their disaster and what they're doing they knew what they were doing was a lie the republican governor was quickly defended online including from at least one democrat including the florida state emergency situations manager who explained in a fiery tweets that no connection should be made between a campaign contribution from a company in the state choosing the chain to assist in vaccine distribution of the supermarket chain in question public so it was also dismissed the claims as irresponsible as well as absolutely false and offensive c.b.s. news though stands by the story and said in a statement that they interviewed dozens of people about the story and requested

a separate interview with dissatisfied declined a guest we've been hearing from tonight say today's media is letting people down. i'm a video editor so i know how much you could change the meaning by editing i don't think that c.b.s. is going to admit any wrongdoing as far as i know that they're saying that they did nothing wrong which to me is very disgusting it's very disturbing because the american people depend on the news to give them accurate storytelling and when they're making up stories and editing stories and doing something that's deceiving they should apologize immediately i don't think that they will apologize just because i just think they're not the type of company that's going to be able to actually apologize to the public everything they say is aimed towards democrats towards liberals toward socialists everything a conservative republican says is twisted out of god's x. legal word or print media says the united states anymore and that's sad because i do remember the media by its very light and i split might try are younger years and

the day i was probably 5 or 6 years old my dad nice sat and watched the evening news together and i did that were about 40 years i don't believe i've watched one evening news in the united states in the last 5 years because it's all propaganda lies and make news twisted out of context. briefly around the world and 1st to the spanish capital where a rally by the far right vox party has turned violent several people have reportedly been injured in scuffles with riot police the movement's known for its criticism of unauthorized immigration and feminism it's against giving more power to spain's regional government. in iceland a new fish it has opened up near a volcano just 32 kilometers from the country's capital hundreds of hikers visiting the site had to be evacuated from the area a steam and lava erupted from the site. of a puddle borders in the russian city of samarra of the celebrated the opening of esports season on an ice floe the participants were experienced and fully equipped

athletes however they didn't avoid incident because some bystanders mistakenly thought they were stranded and called the police. the u.s. state department's tonight is talking with allies about a joint boycott of next year's winter olympics in beijing our position on the 2020 lympics has not changed we have not discussed and we are not discussing any joint boycotts with our allies and partners was because earlier state department spokesman ed price suggested a boycott of the games over human rights claims was a possibility the by the ministrations been working to rally allies to confront china the foreign ministry there says a boycott would go against the spirit of the games and athlete interest we've got reaction from shanghai based finance expert benjamin cho who says that washington the global leadership position is slipping. the olympic games is a 24 hours a day around events so testing to cities in china as

a whole real time to the world the image of beijing has improved a lot in the 2008 games but in the u.s. could have. as to the waters and try to gauge what is the right pitch from the responses of the allies. the u.s. has failed miserably before the u.s. failed to ask countries to stop trading with china the us how to ask country to use the chinese business chinese for scenes the us fail to grasp on trees to invest. each year you in a structure investment bank the us has also felt alone that the world is no longer with them on every matter the us one other to say yes. that's the way it looks and from moscow for this hour i'll have your next update off the crossed over.

to remember monopoly it's great to have hotels on boardwalk and park place. while ranch ranch the big monopoly. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states we see me very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids oids invented america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes after dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers all the governments of.

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hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle russian officials have borne care of a renewed military assault on the country's east could lead to the end of ukraine itself this is how serious the situation is washington and its nato allies blame moscow for the escalation of tensions will the west back ukraine if kim starts a war. cross-talk in ukraine i'm joined by my guest married to shift in london she's a columnist for the independent on foreign affairs in washington we are all rescues and he is the executive vice president of the eurasia center and here in moscow we have gabriel gavin he is a moscow based journalist covering central and eastern europe for

a number of outlets including our team our across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate mary let me go to you 1st here this is a very ominous situation that we're facing right now we have 10 tensions are escalating . the rhetoric from kiev is quite harsh moscow is reacting and nato allies are reacting as well here what's going on here i mean who's driving this is this is it washington is an accommodation of bowl and what about the timing the early days of the biden ministration because the b. team that's running american foreign policy was the b. team over the obama administration same figures same people same names same agenda go ahead mary. well it was very very complicated for me to figure out what on earth is going 'd on because frankly as seen from london the whole. hue and cry about what was.