in years younger if you're born into generational poverty. it's a. fight every day she you meet your needs and the needs of your family. member states remain split on restricting the astra zeneca job of brussels fears public confidence in the shots could be faltering. one year for me there is a risk since it has been shown that there are people who have unfortunately died after getting vaccinated it would seem the risk is low in their best interest i think we don't know where to trust our fuel beat in the dark. an emotional day in space history a soyuz rockets carrying 2 russian cosmonauts and an american astronaut blasted off

to the space station just a few days before the 60th anniversary of human space travel. germany reveals plans for talks with most go to by sputnik v. as long as the jobs are approved by brussels. a very warm welcome from our team here in moscow you're watching the international with me nicky aaron. and we start in europe where governments are split on restricting the astra zeneca job on thursday brussels warns that without a unified response public confidence in inoculation it could falter we got reaction on the streets of paris. it's confusing yes because to say that the laws change from one country to another while the product is the same we wonder on which study

they are based those who had complications were rather young so they said let's stop it for the young but not for the old well i mean it's weird their management of the thing is not clear. for me there is a risk since it has been shown that there are people who have unfortunately died after getting vaccinated it is important to get out of this health crisis and therefore we have to weigh the benefits and the risks of saying the risk is low in their best interest i think so they are never going to say that the risk is high and so that's right that doesn't surprise me confusing there is a bit of confusion we don't know what to trust so i feel a bit of the dark concerns over a potential link between astra zeneca and rare blood clots is exposing the latest divisions within the e.u. after the book's agency that evaluates in supervises medicinal products that may once again said the benefits of the vaccine weigh the risks but saying that blood clots should be listed as

a rare so i diffract not although we're convinced it measures have been taken it's really in spain of joint drunks with germany deciding to limit the job to those who are over the age of 60 belgium has followed suit with problems now only recommending astra zeneca for those over 55 but those differences are causing a headache for brussels it's worried that without a common policy towards astra zeneca trust in vaccinations could be improved it can be sure just as a member states to ask experts to work with him up to the hokie coherent approach across the region through their guidance and analysis these are just the 6 truly important we want to avoid. course the 6 nations however it may be that this ship has already sailed here in france there have been reports of people not turning up

with a coup the vaccination if it's astra zeneca and confusion over who should and who shouldn't have it is right there is also a question to be a lost about why certain countries are making unilateral decisions against the voice of the may yet certain that may be simple the head of germany's vaccine commission said the a.m.a. evaluates vaccines based on what's of benefit to all in the e.u. individual countries though can be more picky in germany we have a slightly different situation because we're not so dependent on the astra zeneca vaccine and we can postpone vaccines and thereby achieve the same effect but in the end we still have the risk of these serious side effects in a certain age group over in the u.k. new restrictions on astra zeneca are even tighter than those that have been taken by the european neighbors the previously the u.k. dismissed questions raised about the jab now the government committee is

recommending that healthy people under 30 are provided with a different fact seen adults who are age 18 to 29 years old should be offered an alternative covert night in fact seen in preference to the astra zeneca vaccine regulators are now would voicing that astra zeneca provide another update on possible side effects and while for some the idea that they have a toy any chance of developing a fatal blood clot may be too much others say that they will gladly take the risk in a bid to put an end to the country's nightmare jollity will be out see paris germany's health minister has announced the countries in negotiations to buy the sputnik the shock from russia one of the vaccine has a u. approval here and spam expects deliveries to as soon as possible with more on the story his arse his piece all over. well what we are seeing is the early stages of

talks between germany and the russian direct investment fund for the for berlin buying doses of the sputnik the vaccine these talks were called firmed by health minister yen spahn on thursday. the e.u. has said that the sputnik vaccine will not be part of the joint procurement programme for vaccines that system this all for $11.00 for all system of the e.u. commission buy is in vaccines and then it distributes them so well this is seen is germany take an independent roots in which they're looking to you to buy the sputnik vaccine we've heard time and time again from angola merkel that she was keen to use the sputnik the vaccine once it gets a.m.a. approval and certainly that is what we heard from again spawn again on thursday saying that once the european medicines agency give sputnik be the green light germany is more than happy to use it the announcement from the end spun that germany as a country would be in negotiations to buy sputnik became shortly after market zada

who's the leader of the state of bavaria said that the variac had agreed what he called a preliminary deal with russia to buy 2 and a half 1000000 doses of the sputnik vaccine you know we're doing to give sputnik it's approved in europe then bavaria will receive additional vaccine doses i think it's 2500000 doses probably in july through this company that is operating in bavaria to then once again increase the additional capacity for vaccinations. while looking at the reception to the sputnik vaccine here in germany it's pretty positive you go of polling shows 55 percent of germans say they'd be more than happy to take a sputnik jab politicians and local leaders as well also on the side with getting the sputnik the vaccine into the arsenal that germany can use against the corona virus we vaccinate vaccinate vaccinate but when we need is the quantity and that's

why the german government should finally sign contracts for sputnik be they should do their homework. every available vaccine has to be used russia is a great land of science and i don't have the slightest doubt that scientists there are capable of producing an effect of facts ian not everybody is as positive as stefan viol who's the leader of the state of lower saxony said that his state wouldn't be entering into any side deals like that very or done saying they would stick to the agreement that had been agreed with the european union also there was an air of caution from yen spahn the health minister announced that these talks were going on to buy sputnik he said never mind any debate about whether germany should buy the code could all well prove to be a mirage because what was important was whether germany could receive doses of the job in the next 2 to 5 months because if they can't they already have deals in

place that would provide germany with what they see is a knock back scenes to vaccinate their population what they need is these jobs in the immediate time for in an immediate timeframe in order to get them into people's arms straight away 59 countries have already given approval to the sputnik the vaccine once the a.m.a. gives the green light for use of it in the european union we're expecting a lot more you nations to follow the line that it's being led by hungary have already started vaccinating using it without that a.m.a. approval expecting many more nations to jump as well the sputnik the vaccine from its face trials of space 3 trials received just over 91 percent effective rate against the covert 19 vaccine that was according to statistics that were published in the lancet medical journal. summary notice that to become the 1st nation in western europe to inoculate primarily with sputnik the state surrounded by italy

has just received another 37000 doses of the russian vaccine a senior official told is why they turned to moscow. ok we thought our daughter's fed up we face a delayed to supply of the 1st doses of the pfizer vaccine which were covered by protocol agreements between italy and 10 merino the pen demick forced us to session or other solutions on the market through cooperation with the russian direct investment fund we managed to pare chase new doses of this politically vaccines and start our vaccination campaign with vaccinations are now primarily being carried out with sputnik. we had an opportunity to receive scientific proof that this is a good and reliable vaccine and this is also confirmed by our own internal research of antibodies which measures the safety and efficiency of this jab to date we have had absolutely no problems some minor reactions we have detected comply with

standard reactions to unionization which include low grade fever chills and so on right now we have no problems with the one in the country hopes to initially boost its banks and nation campaign and bring it to a close before the end of may in total $33000.00 people are lined up for the job the state is norton a.v. remember which means it's not obliged to wait for e.u. watchdog approval to use. ministers told us they've been working well with moscow. we are definitely happy with the vaccine and are surprised at how good our cooperation with the russian fund has been we saw the professionalism of the fun's workers and their willingness to help as well as quick supplies of the jobs it has been a very good experience of cooperation and i hope we will do it again in the course of future vaccination campaigns. cause our fight against corona virus has some particularities because we're

a small states with limited resources our health system has limited capabilities to confront the situation caused by covert this is where it's crucial for us to immunize our population as soon as possible when we saw there are existing vaccines on the european market is limited which complicated the start of our vaccination campaign we decided to contact the russian direct investment fund regarding spinning the. well a former italian m.p. told us the european regulator must speed up sputnik the approval i think that europe is the laying tool matcher to. give it the out through asia. and europe and their political point of view it is if you'll be late if you and the commercial point of view i refer to being that it is not so important because or even. if you were a commercial reason it would be in order it is a very bad i hold that a we are screwed up but in case they do not i think that any way our government

other governments should go along and choose what they want. it's an emotional moment for people worldwide and particularly for the families of those taking off a soyuz rocket has launched from kazakstan is baikonur cosmodrome taking 2 russians and an american to the international space station so 3 to one has the moment of lift off. the flights will take more than 3 hours meaning it will dock with the international space station a little after 2 pm moscow time the crew will be busy carrying out around 50 times

of scientific research at the station and will also ever see the arrival of a new lamp module name science the international space station carries out wide ranging research on everything from biology to astronomy and physics and space ships be named in honor of the 1st human in space a year and a garden and decorated with his portrait. well the rockets all come from the same site where the soviet cosmonaut made history on the morning of the 12th of april 961 his vostok one craft took off circling the earth for 108 minutes the flight put gaar an instant global fame and fixed decades later his name lives song. your mission used to be the last person cosmonauts saw minutes before they blasted off from us to the stars and he says he remains anxious to bestow a. i'm head of department of the lift of transport launch equipment to buy can

offer 12 years now the 1st 4 years i was an engineer on the launch team i took part in many crew launches when i started working with the cosmonauts they seem to be more nervous than everyone else worrying that everything went world even after 12 years the nervousness is still there it never goes away the duty of care is always there but it's not so apparent with time because you become more experienced and you know what to do and how to approach situations that's for the cosmonauts they're always in good mood they're always smiling especially if there are foreigners among the crew you always passes with jokes and laughter no panic of the operations crew the last people to walk the cosmonauts from ground 0 to the spacecraft and wave them goodbye because minority in a good way because they've been honored to travel to space and carry out experiments serving our country. the canteen chief at the cosmonaut training center has lifted the lid on the operations of the kitchen crew she told us one of her jobs is to make everyone no matter the country they're from feel at home.

thank you. they always friendly always smiling no one has ever been unsatisfied or complained about anything sometimes they put on some weight when they arrive and start eating here sometimes the doctor will tell us to serve something with fewer calories that's because they space us i think it's an advance they've already been made so that kind of gaining any weight well it's impossible to lose weight here but sometimes we're asked to stop serving passphrase for example. thanks and you can look at it when they come over to the kitchen it's always such a big moment when the crew comes over and it suddenly dawned on everyone that they're leaving tomorrow and there are so many worse of gratitude so much positive energy coming from them and gratitude because they're happy without a korean woman it was such a fly one day i don't remember her name we just had lunch and it was served quick so she came over to the kitchen and bowl to the cooks she had tears in her eyes and

she said that the cooks it was just like her mother's and that she felt at home that it was such a heartwarming moment there's a holiday sent patrick's day traditionally the festive you know should be greeting we're told beforehand but didn't know what to do but eventually with figures doubt we had clare's for southbridge and they usually covered with chocolate but when the green icing with food dye and put it on the eclairs they were delighted it was such a surprise for that they even took photos. 6 hours before the launch they leave the hotel 7 hours before it's breakfast time when they have breakfast and then leave and have a go to see them off was sent outside the hotel then they walk out and we've told them we'll wave them off when they're on the bus yes that happens is a touching moment and you get used to seeing them around one way or another and then to sit in 6 hours they're off. and as we gear up for the historic anniversary

of the 1st ever space flight went off special coverage for you over the coming days . i've.

welcome back russia's foreign ministry has warned ukraine against the use of force

in its southeast this comes as fear is a race that a military buildup on ukraine's borders may lead to an escalation in hostilities for more on this let's cross live to us he is still in cosa donna good to see you bring us the latest please good to see you too nicky well we just heard from russia's foreign ministry that kiev is creating hysteria around an imaginary russian threat at the border of the don bosco conflict zone comes at the same time that ukraine has been building up its own forces on its contact line near the people claim people's republics of done yet and lugansk now let's take a listen to what the spokeswoman of the russian foreign ministry marie as a horrible had to say about that. even if you live in the illusion of the possibility of a military solution to the conflict in the southeast of the country on the troops and equipment keep being drawn in there and she steered by the mythical russian threat isn't actively whipped out in the media for a month in the heart of also mentioned that the russian military drills that are

taking place on its own border of the conflict are not taking place are not being conducted on a scale any larger than what we've been seeing in the past several years this was perhaps a response to accusations made by nato of russian quote large scale military activities there now yesterday the kremlin's press service did give us some information about a meeting between vladimir putin and the german chancellor angela merkel apparently both leaders are quite concerned about the situation there with putin laying the blame for the recent escalation on the recent provocative actions of kiev he called 'd for a direct need for direct communication with the nets can the guns and the legalisation of their special status and were able to agree though that negotiations need to be intensified and that is a welcome change this talk of resolution to what we've been seeing over the past several weeks what with joe biden promising unwavering support for ukraine and russia saying that it will defend its people in the event of an all out

a large scale assault by kiev against the people's republic solve this what we're seeing right now could very much be an intensification of the armed conflict in don bus death anyone to watch that don thank you for those details. first they came for the gas guzzlers then plastic straws and cutlery now they're literally coming for children's dreams the man of the french city of partiers literally warns quote kids shouldn't even dream of flying and she scrapped funding for the aviation club artie's polly boyko through on her blog jacket hit the runway and government action to the grounding from a flight instructor and the examiner. how

large a show you willing to sacrifice to save the world's air travel is a major contributor to climate change somebody told us to give it up i'm now a green mer in france let's talk kids to forget about flying. their young environmentalist matter of the french city all of what ca one. has said that kids should give up their dream of flying in france of all places the oh you are mad boss the birthplace of the creator of the little prince i'm trying to son to visit that leave leo and all alone cournoyer who is 31 years old has said and i quote we must protect the children from some dreams sadly aviation must no longer be parts of the dreams of the children of today and then she went and

slashed government funding through the local flight clubs in her area because in her opinion government money shouldn't be spent on a sport that has a carbon footprint so i'm off to meet a flight instructor and examiner. to find out what he thinks about the idea of stopping flying this french madness french politician has said children shouldn't even dream of fly. what do you think about that as an idea. but some point in the future i hope it might be relevant but for the pacific future it's just people. without because everybody knows you still come to it so you think that dream of. flying is still alive and kicking dreaming of flying should be allowed more of you for good poet said once more his experience flaw it would be with the earth with his eyes car sky would cause once he was there and they're able to perform for pollution point of view the m $25.00 in one hour in russia

has more pollution than the whole of the g.i. for a small aircraft say the m $25.00 being the big ring where it is a mistake if we have international viewers to be green right over there are still in london so that's more pollution in one hour or more without the g r i carry it for you and carry the a.b.a. general idea generally easier off the printer mess isn't as large as it would be going to be listed no lines over wow that's a big claim a day yes a big claim this is the 21st century engineers could write checks piles a lot of things in electronic ignition it doesn't need the additive called so you. thought which is the normal fuel for aircraft because that is very toxic and that is a pollutant. if we are moving closer to the using for the future by the ocean we are looking at batteries though there is a search for

a very heavy batteries there right but it's a saw it before they can be flown if you look at the onset of electric cars we've got mail is completely different to what we had one of the people that say you shouldn't fly any more aggressive than back said you shouldn't fly any more people have said it was shooting braced you know travel you know trains like the orient express and agatha christie novels what would you do if you couldn't find anyone who isn't going to half of what you say is now young people who just say you're just an old man that loves flying and is obsessed with you know his own past time and isn't thinking about requirement imagine say without the roy. but thoughts if you're thinking about cloning if you can't even. if there are figures of more people in the news i'm not on looks but not debug something nice to be done for my grandchildren or 3 are great but generally ocean. is just a pimple on the pigs but saw.

that the way they can without on the end impressed back i've not heard that right through let's go for your help over the fur fuzzing what really struck a nerve with the liberty loving friends was this idea that kids can even 3 month flying anymore luckily from now all kids dreams are being policed just the yes and for those of us still wishing to take to the skies well play manufacturers both big and small of what's going on creating a new us nonpolluting models thank you for joining us here on r.t. international this friday that's all from me for today but we're research say we'll be with you in 30 minutes with all the latest.

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