going wireless 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 legal for countries to force vaccines on children in a case that has raised fears of compulsory coated shots. and the european medicines agency sticks to its line that the benefits of the astra zeneca jab outweighed the risks but the regulator says blood clots should now be listed as the very rare side effect of the drug.

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international and sean thomas really glad to have you with us 1st we start with the small city of bryan in the u.s. state of texas in fact about 160 kilometers north of houston where a shooting has taken place that has claimed the life of one and left 5 others wounded the suspect has been apprehended but shot a 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 firearm controls it is amid a surge in gun violence that the u.s.

president called an international embarrassment for gun violence in this country is an epidemic whether congress acts or not i'm going to use all the resources in my disposal as president 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. when 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 emitted from utilizing any financial resources were steeper snell to administer cool parade with or enforce a new law act order rule treaty or regulation of the federal government that is inconsistent with a new 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 the executive director at the wrong paul peace institute says that gun controls that bound to remain unsolved as long as the u.s. establishment remains split. this is typical double speak by joe biden this is a joe biden who's putting it if he's really interested in gun control he should be interested in government gun control i don't like the the idea of red and blue states there are plenty of democrats who are very very strongly in favor of the ownership of firearms very very strongly in favor of the 2nd amendment and in fact that's why he can't get gun control passed through the senate because it's evenly divided and many democratic senators are in favor of this just like many republicans. centrist republicans may be in favor of gun control at the end of the

day this is starting a slippery slope i think it's waking people up to the religion of the by the administration he's going to get a lot of pushback not only from red america but from red and blue america where there's strong support even in the senate among many democrats to preserve our 2nd amendment freedoms. european court of human rights has ruled that compulsory vaccinations for children are consistent with international law and it could be regarded as necessary the ruling is unrelated to the covered pandemic but there are fears that it could lead to tougher policies from some governments here's our europe correspondent peter oliver. 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 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 the finding 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 a different less prescriptive policy might have been adopted rather it was whether the check authors who 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 album not dissimilar from all the nations in the e.u. as well as many other nations around the world if you're sending children to kindergartens old 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 is 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 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 the 2 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 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 precedents 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 code back to the on the ground it's for the good society so it is worried this judgement is is worrying and i think what point is is that vaccines whether or not we take the vaccine would 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 code 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 of vaccine is important for not only the person who will take the vaccine but also for other persons who are called dig the vaccine into a tin the hodes unity but the case may be different for 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 that scene's you 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 into the back door. the european medicines agency is standing by britain's astra zeneca job 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 and 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 in 1000 have died but britain's regulator is taking the same line as the european medicines agency artie's but i've got to 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 and there's become almost a slogan for the astra zeneca proven vaccine earth portrait cases of unusual blood clotting following vaccination with the astra zeneca vaccine should be listed as possible side effects of the vaccine it's important starts 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 all in 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 balloon records has shown no evidence of an

increased risk of palm leaves him 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 either diesel warning or 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 aged 18 to 29 years old who do not have an underlying health condition that puts them at higher risk from serious kovan 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 is available over a dozen countries only counting the european union. have suspended vaccination with

the astra zeneca vaccine or that servia 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 'd 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 right to be afraid and that unfortunately has done irreparable damage to the vaccination drive worldwide vaccine

shortages across so the e.u. have prompted several member states to question the blog joint procurement scheme austria is one of them and chancellor sebastian kurtz has said that he would be in favor of buying russia's covert 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 called younkers says that if the regulator gives it the green light the e.u. should include it in the procurement program meanwhile the russian direct investment fund which is behind the sputnik the rollout says it is now in talks with germany on supplying the job berlin has made it clear that it will go ahead with using the shot if it passes e.u.

approval process and which has been dragging on for several months now cancer surgeon bob job and 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 except the russian vaccine and sputnik 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 it is and you see here the problem is the politicians have fields to cover the nations with adequate back seeing dozes and this is the 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 sport 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 expect scene which has excellent data out there as has pfizer and as has moderna so we should have known that much earlier in

order to be able to provide our nationals with adequate vaccine goes it is it and now we are paying for those political shortcomings with human lives. northern ireland has now been gripped by almost a week of rioting pro u.k. loyalists and irish nationalists faced off amid a wave of anger over post bags of 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 injured during the clashes rocks and petrol bombs were hurled at police northern islands 1st minister arlene foster has urged both sides to show restraint and the british prime minister has expressed his alarm and 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 businesses 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 naomi long accused of 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 withdrawal agreement with the e.u. and at ensuring an open border earlier we spoke with jonathan tung professor of british and irish politics he thinks the government made a series of false promises to the people of northern ireland where the british government bodies johnson in particular have to bear a considerable amount of responsibility it was far as johnson who 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 johnson was attacking his previous us to treason make

the signing of the deal within a year for his johnson does not and since then he spends a lot of time pretending that the reason the border between great britain and northern ireland so used to submerge the singalong through the 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 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. biological fukushima 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 are in the middle of

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 at this point deaths from cold in brazil have passed a 340002nd only to the us but despite the horrific surge and a collapsing health system president insists the nation will not be put under lockdown we've been getting reaction in sao paolo. ask if i just said that i think part of the blame is ours from people getting relaxed after so long in the situation but i believe the bigger plane is on our president always makes and a path more difficult making it harder to interact with the rest of the world.

through the i believe it's 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 what is in the data system and 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 that 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 and went on to say that the fire firms facebook twitter google amazon and apple may have violated indiana's consumer laws he accused them of the 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 doubt unrest. florida governor republican ron sanchez is among the latest to be hit by allege 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 the master thinks the legal showdown between governments 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 claimed as this excuse is private companies but here they verify accounts they verify government state accounts you know the president accounts and so they do serve it in terms of that is a state platform is a government platform and when they are censoring political speech and it's only one political side they are making themselves less of a private company and more of a necessity of a every public good is investigation works and yields a way to allow states to do that you're going to see a lot more states suing these big tech companies for causing harm because a greater fundamental right in america is also economic protections for their businesses and their consumers to have access to information. the russian foreign

minister has dismissed washington's attempts to derail the nord stream to gas pipeline project between russia and europe calling them a dead end strategy or he's correspondent it was john of his traveling with sergei lavrov on a trip to kazakhstan there have been reports that the united states pointing a special envoy to europe to ask with one thing stopping the north stream to project down just to remind a north stream to is a gas pipeline going from russia by seabed into germany now if this envoy is appointed their goal will be traveling across europe talking to european leaders like in germany for example or denmark and convincing them to stop the construction russia's top diplomat sergey lavrov has commented on this strategy on this potential step that the united states might take he did not mince his words have a. even a structure like the atlantic council already publishes material criticizing the

united states' absolute deadlock strategy over russia which does not produce any results in terms of the goals that were declared when sanctions were imposed now from the very outset the united states have been against this project against nordstrom to saying that russia will be using this pipeline as a geopolitical weapon geopolitical tool moscow in turn has been saying that this spy plane simply makes a lot of economic sense and it makes russia's tosca of delivering natural gas from russia into europe just simply move flawless and easier but will that this didn't stop the united states from repeatedly slapping sanctions onto this project and onto companies involved in the construction circular labral has also commented on the state of russia u.s. relations in general saying that well in fact russia can only rely on itself one it comes to some key state interest saying quote unquote that the u.s. and european partners are unreliable as an example he talked about the situation

around the so-called open skies agreement with the united states saying that lately russia has been receiving something very mixed messages from the from the united states from washington as to whether or not it is staying or leaving abandoning this agreement and if it is abandoning the greenman to then on war terms if it doesn't for me this hour and $31.00 and a half minutes i'll be back with more news stay with us and start international. laws. if you're born into a poor family if you're born into your own minority family. if you're born into a family that only has a single parent that really constrains your life chances people die. years old is

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his drug dealer who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers. greetings and cell you tell you should. the centers for disease control reports that here in the united states of america more than 106000000 people received at least one dose of it cope with 19 vaccination and more than 61400000 or 18.5 percent of the country are actually now fully vaccinated and while we should be celebrating these numbers and building upon them americans like the good parent .