as you member states remain split. brussels feels public confidence in the show could be faltering. since it has been shown that there are people who have unfortunately died after getting vaccinated the risk is low in their best interest and we don't know what to trust i feel a bit to the dark. germany reveals plans for talks with moscow. as long as the job is approved by brussels. space history as a soyuz rocket carrying 2 russian cosmonauts and an american. but the space station

just a few days before the 60th anniversary of human space travel. headlines live from moscow welcome to the program on r.t. international rule research. and we start in europe where governments are split on restricting the astra zeneca injection on thursday brussels warn that without a unified response public confidence could falter so we hit the streets of paris for reaction. 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 red blood clots is exposing the latest divisions within the e.u. after the book's agency that evaluates and 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 only in spain of joined ranks with germany deciding to limit the job to those who are over the age of 60 belgium has followed suit with france now only recommending astra zeneca for those over 55 but those differences of 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 hema to develop be coherent approach across the reasons through their guidance and analysis the trust respects trini 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 last about why certain countries are making unilateral decisions against deep voice of the e m a you know what 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. a new restrictions on astra zeneca or even tighter than those that have been taken by the european neighbors that 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 that night in fact seen in preference to the astra zeneca vaccine regulators are now would voicing that astra zeneca provides 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 current nightmare so all of the will be out see paris. well germany's health minister has announced the country is in talks to buy the sputnik 3 shot from russia once the facts in. as e.u. approval yes spawn expect deliveries as soon as possible more details now on the story here's artie's peter on the other 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 buys in vaccines and then distributes them so well this is seen is germany take an independent routes 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 yen spahn again on thursday saying that once the european medicines agency gives me the green light germany is more than happy to use it the announcement from yen spun that germany as they couldn't treat 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. well looking at the reception to the sputnik vaccine here in germany it's pretty positive hugo of polling shows 55 percent of germans say they'd be more than happy to take a sputnik job 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 coronavirus 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 effective fax 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 as he announced that these talks were going on to buy sputnik he said never mind any debates 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 enough maxine's 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 the sputnik the vaccine from its phase trials its face 3 trials receive just over 91 percent effective rate seeing against the covert 19 vaccine that was according to statistics that were published in the lancet medical journal the mean time salaried oversight to become the 1st nation in western europe to inoculate primarily with sporting a state surrounded by italy has just received another 37000 doses of the russian vaccine a senior official told us why they turned to the russian capital. ok we thought out of the respect we face a delayed to supply of the 1st doses of the pfizer vaccine which were covered by protocol agreements between. the pen demick forced us to session or other solutions

on the market through cooperation with the russian direct investment fund we managed to patch a new doses of this politically vaccines and start our vaccination campaign vaccinations are now primarily being carried out with sputnik lee. 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 safety and efficiency of the job to date we have had absolutely no problems some minor reactions we have detected to comply with standard reactions to mean a station which include low grade fever chills and so on right now we have no problems with the country hopes to initially boost its vaccination campaign and bring it to a close before the end of may and total $33000.00 people are lined up for the job the state is not an e.u. member which means it does not have to be obliged to wait for you watchdog approval to free the 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 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 flight to gives coronavirus has some particularities because we're a small states with limited resources our health system has limited capabilities to confront the situation caused by cove it this is where it's crucial for us to immunize our population as soon as possible when we thought there are access to 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 sputnik the. only one not former italian m.p. told us the european regulator must speed up the approval of sputnik. i think that

europe is the laying tool matcher to give india out bruey schuman about you to seizure or worse would mean can you a political point of view of jesus to be there and then that commercial point of view i'd 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 the i hope that a wheel a speed up but in case they do not i think that any way our government as other governments should go along and choose what they want. well is an emotional moment for some people around the world but particularly for those families of those on board a soyuz rocket has docked with the international space station after launching from kazakhstan by could all cosmodrome to russians ski and part of deeper of

course and that then the american market vande hei of nasa they're all part of the 3 man crew i thought we carrying out around 50 types of scientific research at the station a lot so oversee the arrival of a new lab more do you all names science spaceships being named in the in honor of the 1st human in space eureka guarin and decorated with his portrait so 3 to one here is the liftoff moment. thank you. wow i mean we had amazing sight to see and everyone here at this viewing area are thrilled to see the rocket heading into space but i'm going to tell you something there are a new 3 people on earth there are more focused on the crew on board that saw use

rocket because the 1st 10 minutes after takeoff are considered to be the most dangerous of their entire 6 or even 10 month stay in space now let me tell you few words about the crew so this time we have 2 russian cosmonauts 11 of the skin peter do broth and then one american astronaut mark bundy hey despite investing heavily in space x.'s dragon program the united states and nasa are still dependent on russia and pays the country to sand their astronauts into space earlier today they follow the same traditional route that each cosmina takes while at baikonur 1st they left the hotel to the famous soviet song usually this is a very emotional moment because this is when family members get to say their final goodbyes to of the cosmos before they leave our planet but this time they were not even allowed to come to the cause of a drone because of the pandemic and for the 1st time in history the traditional press conference with the crewmembers was held without us without media presence

online only also because of the safety reasons but we were managed to pass our questions to the crew members anyway in. the one hand i very much like all families from relatives and friends to be here to at least communicate with them through the glass so they could see i lived with the other one the 2 makes me a little relieved because the situation is still the. and i would not want to risk that because we can see for you florida do a job without worrying that something happened to them here. we are all having to deal with the challenges associated with. i just feel very fortunate that i have loved ones like my family and friends even though they can't be here they're still able to communicate with me and share their support both main and backup crews were vaccinated in advance of the american stigma dearness shots while the russians. bottom line is that at this point no one wants to lead covert which has cost

a lot of trouble on earth and to space now of course this launch comes at the 60th anniversary of yuri gagarin's flight which made him 1st ever human in space and this date april 12th is going to be widely celebrated across russia anyway you know this place baikonur where your journey started is by far the most the bast place to feel this connection with the history of space exploration which as you just saw is still unfolding. so i do the rocket did take off from the very same site from where the soviet cosmonaut made history on the morning of the 12th of april 961 has evolved. so called circling the earth for 108 minutes in the 5 an instant global fame and 6 decades later his name lives on. now of course when you go on a risky mission you need someone to talk to that you can really trust we spoke to the postman cosmonauts can't do without both on earth and in space.

one of the toughest one of those which india it's not easy to be a doctor for cosmonauts to be honest you're not just a doctor for the crew you're one of their most trusted people because cars not spend all their waking hours with doctors we are always by their side except when they sleep i try to ensure they are safe and healthy because there are situations that could cause a lot of serious complications cosmonauts are working in very extreme conditions for the whole 6 month period we teach them how to diagnose themselves in space when communications with earth are lost for example they have to provide medical care on their own or help or the crew members once comms are restored they report to the situation there might also be an emergency on board such as a laceration and even if the connection is fine cosmonauts won't have time to consult with a doctor they need to act swiftly apart from such cases they usually consult doctors and medical specialists on what medicines to take what dosage except.

as one of the doubles or cosmonauts have been going through their preflight preparations at the baikonur cosmodrome for many years now there are certain rules and traditions in place the cosmonauts should not interact with locals or journalists or with anyone whose health has not been checked by medical stuff we don't recommend shaken hands with people because a lot of infections are passed on that way the schedule for each cause most days planned out to the minutes it specifies how much time should be spent exercising when physical training should be done and what it involves whether it's a special workout or a simple outdoor walk everything is taken into account in the schedule. that he's given what do you feel when you see the cost now it's half that. of that which for me is a very emotional and strong feeling it's like seeing off my own children i worry

a lot i want everything to be just fine and. stunned how difficult it is to work in space i know how much pressure they face both psychologically and physically what do you tell them. oh you're going to make me a little emotional here with all your questions i try to reassure them that i'll be there for them no matter what's we'll stay in touch over the phone for both formal conversations and informal shots they can count on me to try and solve any issues they may have as they come back from that i assess they feel that i'm right there next to them and they trust me they're not worried about a thing you know. and as we gear up for the historic anniversary of the 1st of a manned space flight we'll have special coverage for you over the coming decades.

so it's seemed wrong why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to stamp out this thing becomes active. and engaged because the trail. runs on many find themselves worlds apart wait just a look for common ground.

friday headlines here on r.t. international and sad news coming in today from the u.k. the husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd prince philip has passed away at the age of 99 just 2 months short of his centenary he had been the queen's partner since 1947 and is the longest serving kong sought in the country's history of the prince retired from role duties 4 years ago and has been suffering failing health the royal family has released a statement saying that philip died peacefully this morning at windsor castle in southern england.

so russia's foreign ministry has warned kiev against the use of force in ukraine se this comes as fears are raised that a military buildup on the border may lead to an escalation in hostilities more details here with artie's donald korda. we just heard from russia's foreign ministry that kiev is creating hysteria around an imaginary russian threat near the conflict zone of don boss it comes after ukraine has built up its own military forces on its line of contact with the self-proclaimed people's republics of the nyet scandal guns take a listen to the spokeswoman from the russian foreign ministry of and see what she has to say about it and enough to even if you live in de lucia of the possibility of the military solution to the conflict in the southeast of the country on the troops and equipment being drawn in there and she steered by the mythical russian threat that is actively whipped out in the media is the heart of also mentioned that the military drills that are taking place in russia on its border of near the

conflict zone are not being conducted on the scale any larger than what we've seen over the past several years now this is likely a response to accusations by nato of quote large scale russian military operations there now we also heard from a kremlin press release that there was a meeting between them or putin and the german chancellor angela merkel apparently both leaders are quite concerned about this situation with putin laying the blame for the recent escalations on kiev's recent provocative actions at the line of contact putin also said that direct communication is necessary with done yet skin lugansk and that there are special status should be legalized moscow and berlin all did agree though that negotiations need to be intensified and this kind of talk of resolution is something that is really a welcome change to the tension we've been seeing over the past several weeks what with joe biden promising unwavering support to kiev and russia saying it will protect its people in the event of an all out military assault by kiev against the

people's republic so this may or may very well be and an escalation of tension that we're seeing in this armed conflict in done by us. well 1st they came for the gas guzzlers then plastic strolls and cutlery now they're literally coming for children's tree. the mayor of the french city has literally warned quote kids shouldn't even dream of flying as she scrapped funding for the aviation club so once he's pretty boy tossed on a bomber jacket hit the runway and got reaction to the grounding from a flight instructor and examiner. how mark show you are willing to sacrifice to save the world air travel is

a major contributor to climate change question somebody told us to give it up i meant our green mare in france let's talk kids to forget about flying. their young environmentalist mare of the french city of what ca one. has said that kids should kirov their dream of flying in france of all places the oh you were mad bus the birthplace of the creator of the little prince i'm trying to sign things you better leave. 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 edge 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 a as an idea but some point in the future it might be one of but for the pacific future it's just people. without oil because everybody knows you still can come short form for. pollution point of view the m 25 in one hour in russia has more pollution than the whole of the g.i. flick small aircraft so the m 25 being the big ring road as i was thinking for you have international viewers seems to be green right over there as to the london so that's more pollution in one hour than what we have in g.r. ok for you ok ga be

a general idea is generally easier with off footprint and this isn't as large as it would be going to be listed no one is over wow that's a big claim a day yes a big claim for what you say isn't have young people who just say you're just an old boomer that loves flying and is obsessed with his own pastime and isn't thinking about requirement emergence a more that the roi. but starts if you're thinking about climbing because of the emergence of if there were things of more important news of law or not but not debug some at least be done for my grandchildren or truly a great journey or you ocean. is just a pimple on the pigs but so i. think what really struck a nerve with the liberty loving french was this idea that kids can even dream of flying anymore luckily from now on kids dreams are being policed just yet and

for those of us still wishing to take to the skies well plane manufacturers both big and small are working on creating new nonpolluting models are the only half past the hour here in the russian capital thanks for sharing your time with us here at r.t. international on this friday we were 2 of them half an hour with more of your world headlines. 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

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breedings in salutation. 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 covert 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 panicky social learning creatures that we are have instead become obsessed with vaccination passports voices on both the right and the left of the us political spectrum have raised concerns about the implementation of vaccine passports in day to day life and travels and while many of those concerns have been reasonable and have led to important discussions about the safety of personal medical information being shared and passed around other.