so is to blame patients manufacturers. in this country is an epidemic president biden announces a barrage of executive orders to quell gun crime but faces big criticism from gun rights advocates who think the moves are unconstitutional meanwhile the state of arizona has already taken steps to block the reforms. the european court of human rights rules that it is illegal for countries to force vaccines on children in a case that has a raised fears of compulsory covert shots. european medicines agency sticks to its line that the benefits of the astra zeneca covert job outweigh the risks but the regulators says blood clots should now be listed as a very rare side effect of the drug.

are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our chief international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us 1st we start with the small u.s. city of bryan in the state of texas about 160 kilometers north of houston where a shooting has taken place that has claimed the life of one and left 5 others wounded suspect has been apprehended but shot state trooper during the manhunt he is described as serious but stable police say some of the other victims are in critical condition there is no word yet on a motive the area has been cordoned off by police with 6 ambulances spotted at the scene. the incident comes after joe biden unveiled 6 executive orders aimed at tightening firearms controls it is amid a surge in gun violence that the u.s.

president called an international embarrassment gun violence in this country is an epidemic whether congress acts or not i'm going to use all the resources in my disposal treasure to keep the american people safe from gun violence but there's much more of the congress can do to help that effort. and they can do it right now so we have joe biden president of the united states talking about how there is an epidemic of gun violence in the united states and putting forward executive actions intended to address that epidemic now the 1st proposal we heard from the white house was an effort to crack down on how guns are sold he referenced ghost guns which are guns that people manufacture by they they purchase kits to make them in their homes he talked about gun show loopholes and background checks furthermore joe biden discussed what he calls the red flag legislation that exists in a number of states where if a person is deemed to be

a threat to themselves or to others they are temporarily deprived of their guns at this point biden has been facing a huge amount of pressure from gun control supporters due to the fact that there has been a surge in gun violence you saw last year there were 20000 gun related deaths that took place and that is a 25 percent increase since 2019 that we've seen this surge of gun deaths other was recently an event where 5 people were killed in south carolina including 2 children and that was certainly not the 1st mass shooting that happened in 2021 let's review some of the events that have been happening in the united states of america.

now it's important to note that there is certainly not unity around these moves that joe biden has proposed we've see. the governor of the state of arizona put together a piece of legislation prohibiting sheriffs and police officers from carrying out any order that was deemed to be in violation of the 2nd amendment of the us constitution which guarantees the right to own a firearm the state of arizona and its political subdivision supreme habited from utilizing any financial resources were state personnel to administer cool parade with or enforce a new law act order rule treaty or regulation of the federal government that is inconsistent with any law of the state regarding the regulation of firearms much

like the vaccine passports there's a big divide between red states and blue states and we've seen vaccine passports already outlawed in texas and florida preemptively as republicans just don't see eye to eye with democrats on this gun control is yet another example of how polarized the united states is becoming in 2021. of those cross live now to our going vote former vice chair of the libertarian party and former libertarian presidential candidate thanks for being with us here on r t international thanks rob so in just the few hours since the president's announcement we have another shooting with multiple victims does that prove the urgent need to take action in the u.s. . absolutely not i mean if you look at the actual numbers of gun deaths and you compare them from the number to the number of deaths from other things they are tiny i mean the number of coded it is in the hundreds of thousands automobile deaths well over $100000.00 gun deaths is comparatively very small and if you look

at the majority of the cause of gun that's most of it is actually suicide so we're not really seeing it's going to it's are dramatic but they're not so numerous that it requires any of this now specially if you take out the gun deaths that are sort of directly or indirectly caused by the war on drugs which forces drug businesses to only settle disputes with violence rather than courts the actual number of gun that's a small and the amount of people protecting themselves with guns is can comparatively huge now even i'm going to have to play devil's advocate a little bit because sure america is divided that is a fact if we continue to see these kinds of large scale shootings will that be enough to bridge the divide in the american establishment over gun control i mean we have 2 sides. no because you the 2 sides are are the side that's responding you know emotionally to things that are legitimately emotionally triggering and the other side that's trying to respond to something with reason and here's the thing

most gun crime prevention is not dramatic it doesn't even usually involve firing a gun it usually just involves either having or brandishing a gun at a potential intruder or a tree or attacker so the number of the amount of gun protection is just not so dramatic the gun shooting it's dramatic it's dramatic and it's frightening and it's upsetting and because of that people that look at this from a more of an emotional standpoint of course are going to want to respond emotionally which is to respond with emotion driven legislation to the problem is that you have the other side where they are i would say the good thing is you know the other side that says let's look at this rationally our guns doing more good are they doing more bad and they're doing many many times more good by keeping people safe then the amount of crime that they contribute to the thing is is there's many ways to kill people in a human body is fragile and guns while great for protection aren't even the best way to kill somebody so it's not really the it's not really a in a to

a logic driven legislation some mess like an emotionally driven legislation now abides orders only impact a select few types of firearms doesn't the us need full scale legislation from congress in order to and act anything at all. in order to actually legally and completely and constitutionally and act a lot of these laws they would need a constitutional amendment i mean a lot of these laws are a dramatic and direct violation of the 2nd amendment so i don't even think an act of congress would get it done in executive order which is what by and sort of threatening over here is is even less likely to be found in my view to be found as as illegal legal or illegal as just kill a bad idea i mean this is a terrible way because what banning guns does is it basically means that if you're a big strong guy or you're a game of people you now have a huge advantage over somebody who's physically are smaller or weaker the great thing about guns is they let people who are smaller and weaker and more in danger

be safe you know there's a saying that says when the police are minutes so a jar when seconds matter the police are just minutes away and that's true and really nice parts of the country but in a more higher crime areas and higher poverty areas sometimes the police are hours away and this is a death that people who don't have financial resources or don't live in a very wealthy area don't have the right to protect themselves is disgusting to me so so i think this is just a bad idea as well as an unconstitutional one you brought up the 2nd amendment a while ago arizona is already pushing back with state legislation rendering federal gun control laws unenforceable in their state or could other states pursue what amounts to be nullification of federal law i imagine that they almost certainly will be shocked and amazed if that didn't happen quite a bit so so the answer is yes definitely and i do see that as something that will increase and spread across all right our been very interesting to hear your thoughts always a pleasure to have you here on our 2 international thanks and i hope you come again

and speak with us more on this subject when we have the chance thanks for having me on. the european court of human rights has ruled that compulsory vaccinations for children are consistent with international law and could be regarded as necessary the ruling is unrelated to the covert pandemic but there are fears that it could lead to tougher policies from some governments here's our europe correspondent peter all of. this case in fact started long before anybody had ever heard of covert 19 1st time it appeared in the european court of human rights was in 2013 and it already been going through the court systems in the czech republic for a long time before that the complaint was brought by families in the czech republic who'd either being fined or their children had been refused entry to early years education kindergartens and nursery schools because they hadn't been vaccinated by

their parents and their parents refused to have them vaccinated what the court ruled on thursday was that finding all of those parents on the floor at the compulsory vaccination program in the czech republic was not a breach of the european convention on human rights particularly when it came to article 8 which deals with respect for private life what the court ruled was that vaccinations are necessary in society the court clarified that ultimately the issue to be determined was not whether the different less prescriptive policy might have been adopted rather it was whether the check authorised to use had exceeded their wide margin of appreciation in this area it concluded that the impugn measures could be regarded as being necessary in a democratic society and the rules in the czech republic that dissimilar from other nations in the e.u. as well as many other nations around the world if you're sending children to kindergartens or nursery schools they have to be vaccinated against 9 different

illnesses and diseases now these include incredibly serious things like measles hooping cough hepatitis b. tetanus as well as now what the court ruled on thursday in this was the 1st time that the european court of human rights has ever got involved in compulsory vaccination programs and made a ruling on them but what they said that it was in the best interest of children that they receive these vaccinations before they go into these nursery school in kindergarten classes and start mixing with all the children. the judgment emphasizes that in all decisions concerning children the best interests must be of paramount importance of regards we mean a zation the objective has to be that every child is protected against serious diseases through vaccination or by virtue of herd immunity the check health policy could therefore be said to be consistent with the best interests of the children who were its focus or while the ruling on thursday makes no reference whatsoever to

covert 19 or the current situation we all find ourselves in the covert 19 pandemic has been 34 anti vax conspiracy theorists with numerous conspiracy theories abound both online and elsewhere many of them relating to potential forced vaccination now what this ruling on thursday does from the european court of human rights is it sets precedent that obligatory vaccinations don't contravene the european court on human rights what it does not do in any way is give any european nation the right to start forcing vaccinations on any of its citizens of course it coming out during this huge vaccination program we're all going through with vaccines throughout the news all over the world right now this is why this particular ruling from one of europe's top courts has made top billing in the news we have been getting reaction to the ruling and hearing whether it

could have any impact on covert shots. situation that moment is we were under enormous pressure i think of that from the government advertising campaigns from the media etc to have a jab now there are people in the media in politics who have actually called for compulsory mandatory 2 code that they should on the grounds it's for the good society so it is warre this judgement is is worrying and i think the point is is that vaccines whether or not we take the vaccine should be up to the individual if we go down the line of saying look mind of true vaccinations not just for kids for measles or for tat the sort ever but it should be for adults to book over it then i think that's a slippery slope it is something very unusual for the court because the court has to arm i decide whether it is good for the society because vaccine is important for not only the person who will take the vaccine but also for other persons who called dig the vaccine into

a tin the hoda unity but the case may be different or another virus vaccine because it's not for children it's what i don't it's a new vaccine contrary to the vaccine. devoted to the children in the czech republic but at the un convention of the child the paramount seed principle is something under which any drafting of legislation must abide by and any rules made that do affect children must consider their welfare 1st when you're looking at compulsory kovi vaccines you're not looking at those sorts of protections a big problem with coronavirus vaccination is that conspiracy theorists they are getting it wrong there is a lot of misinformation around i don't think it's going to be a compulsory vaccine in force by the government but i do think that people like airlines in the tourist industry are going to force it in through the back door.

the european medicines agency is standing by britain's astra zeneca jab saying the benefits outweigh the risks while noting that blood clots should be listed as rare side effects the agency has received more than 200 reports of unusual blood clots in those getting the shot that is among the more than 30000000 who have been inoculated across europe over in the u.k. the authorities say that people under the age of 30 will be offered alternatives to the astra zeneca jab due to the possible blood clot link 80 people in the country have suffered clotting after a dose and in 1000 have died but britain's regulator is taking the same line as the european medicines agency artie's but i have comments. the takeaway the message that europe's health authorities want to leave you with is that it's still worth it the benefits outweigh the risks the benefits outweigh the risks i does become almost a slogan for the astra zeneca prove it vaccine earth porch it cases of unusual

blood clotting following vaccination with the asters and it can't vaccine should be listed as possible side effects of the vaccine it's unfortunate start both vaccinated people and health care professionals are aware of the signs and symptoms of these unusual blood clotting to cylinders so that they could be spotted quickly to minimize any possible risks so why did it take so long i mean the rumors began months and months ago that it was on the news on t.v. in the papers and the company kept telling everyone the same thing there's a new link between the jab and the well dive and now it says of our safety data of more than 10000000 records has shown no evidence of an increased risk of palm billie's or deep vein thrombosis and a defined age group gender batch or in any particular country unfortunately there

was a link and now the astra zeneca job will have i've additional warning on it can cause blood clots and potentially death in people as young as 8 seed the age the youngest deceased and still they say it's worth it unless of course you can go and get another job in which case probably best to go for that their words adults who are age 18 to 29 years old who do not have an underlying health condition that puts them at higher risk from serious coben 1000 disease should be offered an alternative covert night in fact seen in preference to the astra zeneca vaccine where such an alternative face seen it is. is available over a dozen countries only counting the european union have suspended vaccination with the astra zeneca vaccine or vax servia to please their marketing department though i doubt that a simple rebranding is going to cleanse their reputation i would definitely say

it's a stupid move because changing the name which means changing your shop window right in the midst of a crisis rather than increasing trust will increase suspicion because it always indicates that there is something you want to hide so i absolutely do not understand how a company comes to such a decision at the end of the day i can't help but partially agree with them the alternative waiting for another vaccine could have cost thousands of lives but only partially they let these rumors steward fester for months before coming out and admitting that essentially people were rights to be afraid and that unfortunately has done irreparable damage to the vaccination drive worldwide. vaccine shortages across the e.u. have prompted several member states to question the block's joint procurement scheme austria is one of them and chancellor sebastian kurtz has said that he would

be in favor of buying russia's shot it would help us a lot because the vaccination process would be significantly accelerated i advocate that we do this we are now coordinating this with the federal government i really hope that we will be able to acquire this vaccine as well as use it this is not only my decision but i strongly support it. the european medicines agency has yet to approve the russian vaccine but former european commission president john claude younger says that if the regulator gives it the green light the e.u. should include it in that procurement program meanwhile the russian direct investment fund which is behind this putting the roll out says it is now in talks with germany on supplying the job berlin made it clear that it will go ahead with using the shot if it passes the e.u. approval process which has been dragging on for several months now cancer surgeon bob thinks that europe has allowed politics to get in the way of saving lives.

we need the vaccines and the problem is it was a political initially we many people in europe didn't accept the russian vaccine and spotlight is a good vaccine and yet they were coming out and saying well this is not what we want let's look at the european and i'll turn of this and you see here the problem is the politicians have fields to cover the nations with adequate back seeing dozes and this is a problem we have we don't have enough back scenes and if you see what she right now is that we're going back and asking russia for school next we should have done that much much earlier we need all the players all the players on the table and that includes the scrutiny expects scene which has excellent data out there as has pfizer and as has modern so we should have known it much earlier in order to be able to provide our nationals with adequate vaccine do as it is and now we are paying for those political shortcomings with human lives. still to come at

the brazilian president doubles down on his resistance to lock downs despite soaring cova deaths we hear a bleak assessment from a doctor in brazil coming up in just a bit on our 2 international. talks are underway in vienna to save the j.c. peel away the agreement the trump administration unilaterally walked away from making the deal whole again is relatively easy for iran but that cannot be said for the united states does the buy didn't ministration have the political will to say yes to iran.

welcome back this is our team international now northern ireland has been gripped by almost a week of rioting pro u.k. loyalists and irish nationalists faced off amid a wave of anger over post bragg's at trade barriers between the north and the republic this was the scene in belfast on wednesday a bus was torched and more than $41.00 officers were injured during the clashes

rocks and petrol bombs were hurled at police northern ireland's 1st minister arlene foster has urged both sides to show restraint and the british prime minister has expressed his alarm and to called for dialogue. i am deeply concerned by the scenes of violence in northern ireland especially attacks on the p.s. and i who are protecting the public and business attacks on a bus driver and the assault of a journalist this way to resolve differences is through dialogue not violence or criminality. meanwhile northern ireland's justice minister has blamed the u.k. government for the flare up long accuse the conservatives of dishonesty over the way brags it would affect the irish border saying they promised unfettered access while failing to work through the legal consequences she also slammed the british government's decision to suspend the northern ireland protocol which was part of the u.k.'s withdraw agreement with the e.u.

aimed at ensuring an open border we spoke with jonathan tong earlier professor of british and irish politics he thinks the government made a series of false promises to the people of northern ireland or the british government bonds johnson in particular have to bear a considerable amount of responsibility it was part of johnson to do went over to belfast and totally democratic party the largest party in northern ireland told the public party conference 3 years ago that it would be intolerable for any british government to preside over a border in the irish sea or his johnson with the talking is precisely treason may the signing of the deal with it a year boris johnson it does not and since then he spends a lot of time pretending that there is this board between great britain and northern ireland so you just said more of the single i'm feeling terrible sense of betrayal over what the prime minister has done think that boris johnson needs to go to northern ireland explain what he's done in terms of the protocol and try and also meet with the you leaders to instigate some of the the worst effects the

protocol and diminish the number of checks your own goods go between great britain and northern ireland otherwise we're looking at a grim summer potentially of violence in northern ireland. a biological for that is how a scientist describes the covert situation in brazil after more than $4000.00 deaths in a single day he told us about the scale of the problem. the current situation is this 3 minutes of year in brazil is very critical right now we have a national hospital collapse and exponential growth of new cases in the country for the 1st time in brazilian history and april we may have more deaths in the country diverse this has never happened in the brazilian entire brazilian history what we needed now is a national park but we 4000 that's a i think the brazilian people will support that call because they know we have

nothing else to do with this place that's from covidien brazil have passed 340000 a 2nd only to the us but despite the horrific surge and a collapsing health system president bush in our insists the nation will not be put under lockdown we have been getting reaction in sao paolo. back to just that i think part of the blame is always from people getting relaxed after so long in this situation but i believe the bigger plane he's our president has always makes and it passed more difficult making it harder to interact with the rest of the world. that i believe is the result of people having to relax too much after all the improvements people have to know that if it was getting better we should keep doing what was being done to improve because in the data systems we brazilians are in a unique situation due to the government we have that doesn't care about the millions of people that are dying every day or even worse i even think the president celebrates. brazilian authorities maintain the country will get quote

back to business in a couple of months but the physician we spoke to warns that that is unlikely. the country is not going to be back to normal in 2 or 3 months you may take half a year or more just a good debate and then make under control let alone to get back to normal life and a government didn't work hard and off to procure to buy tens of millions of those that brazil needs to vaccinated its people so we have unlimited supply and current levels 'd we have vaccinating barely a 1000000 people a day when we should be vaccinating at least 2 to 3000000 people a day so we need to double or triple the number 6 of people vaccinated 'd but the problem is the supply of vaccines the brazil has been able to acquire if we don't do anything we could be in to me 2 of a story tragedy here i mean probably the largest humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. the u.s.

state of indiana is launching a probe against 5 tech giants in a move that could lead to legal action the state's attorney general has accused them of censoring conservative voices big tech censorship should concern every liberty loving american as endianness attorney general i work to protect hoosier from harm caused by deceptive unfair or abusive business practices including censorship of digital content todd rokita who is a republican went on to say that 5 firms facebook twitter google amazon and apple may have violated indiana's consumer laws they accuse them of limiting people's access to content by deleting or obscuring material reflecting a politically conservative point of view this follows a coordinated response from the tech firms in the wake of the january riots on capitol hill blocking the accounts of republicans including donald trump accused of undermining the 2020 presidential election results or inciting that unrest.

florida governor republican ronda sanchez is among the latest to be hit by alleged censorship without any warning or explanation you tube deleted his recent video of a roundtable discussion with scientists looking at public health issues during the pandemic legal analyst jennifer to master thinks the legal showdown between government and big tech is only just the beginning these big tech companies were had to had to adhere to their responsibilities the protocols equal application of the laws publicly provided provisions for how their platforms would operate things that people would know and so he's very carefully wording his investigation and right now again there's no lawsuit yet but i think the announcement of this investigation is a very big deal act like private companies private companies and they always claim goes this excuse is private companies but here they are if i count there are 5 government state accounts you know the press.