the headlines this hour here on r t e.u. officials to reassure people that the astra zeneca covert shot is safe saying the vaccine hesitancy is costing lives but there are signs that the damage to the public trust is already done. why yes the immediate reason since it has been shown that there are people who have unfortunately died after getting vaccinated it seems the risk is low in their best interest i think we don't know what to trust you will be to the dark. germany reveals plans for talks with moscow to buy russia's sputnik job as long as it gets approval from the e.u. regulator.

and emotional day in space history as a soyuz rocket carrying 2 russians on that american has now docked with the international space station this all happening just days before the 60th anniversary of human space travel. it is good to have you with us today welcome to your news on our q to national i rule research. and we saw the program in europe where governments are split on restricting the astra zeneca injection on thursday the european commission and warn that without a unified response public confidence in an occupation could falter so we hit the streets of paris for reaction. to deal with 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 therefore we have to weigh the benefits of the risks and use of same 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 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 in supervises medicinal products may once again said the benefits of the vaccine weigh the risks but saying that blood clots should be listed as a rare side effect not although we're convinced that measures have been taken it's

really in spain of joined ranks with germany deciding to limit the job to those who are over the age over 60 belgium has followed suit with province 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 that situations could be eroded. just as a member states to ask experts to work with came up to the hokie coherent approach across the region through their guidance and analysis of the issue of the 63 important we want to avoid. course a vaccination as however it may be that this ship has already sailed here in front there have been reports of people not turning up for they could be 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 lost about why certain countries are making unilateral decisions against evolution of the may we all want 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 covert 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 the beads to put an end to the current nightmare so all of the will be out see paris so germany's health minister has announced or the country is in talks to buy the sputnik v. shot from russia that is i wants the us given his approval mr spann expects delivers a soon as possible more details for you peter all of our reports. 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 by his invite scenes and then distributes them so well this is seen is germany take an independent route 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 the emmy approval and certainly that is what we heard from again spawn again on thursday saying that once the european medicines agency give sputnik the the green light germany is more than happy to use it the announcement from the end spun that germany as they could 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 and then bavaria will receive additional vaccine doses so 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 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 is 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 spawn the health minister as he announced that these talks were going on to buy sputnik he said that never mind any debate about whether germany should buy the not 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 an immediate timeframe in order to get them into people's arms straight away the sputnik 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. and san marino is now set to become the 1st nation in western europe to use sputnik v. as its primary covert vaccine the micro state which is within italy has just received another 37000 doses of the russian vaccine and one senior official told us why they had no choice but to turn to moscow. ok we thought our daughter's fed up we face a delayed the supply of the 1st doses of the pfizer vaccine which were covered by

protocol agreements but when. 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 new doses of this politically vaccine and start our vaccination campaign with vaccinations are now primarily being carried out with sputnik the. 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 comply with standard reactions to mean a station which include low grade fever chills and so on right now we have no problems. expects an asian campaign and bring it to a close before the end of may the enclave around $34000.00 people most adults are

lined up for the job the ministers told us they've been cooperating well with. 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 get is 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 this is where it's crucial for us to immunize our population as soon as possible when we thought 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 sputnik the. european medicines agency is still considering whether or not to approve the

russian vaccine a process has been going on for several months now one former italian m.p. told us the regulator needs to act fast. i think that europe is the laying tool matcher to give india out through asia. do you to zeeshan or worse called me can you a political point of view of jesus to be there and then the commercial point of view i'd prefer 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 wheel or speed up but in case they do not. do that anyway our government as other governments should go along and choose what they want. to listen a bit of an emotional moment for many worldwide but particularly for those of the families aboard the rocket

a soyuz rocket has now docked with the international space station after launching from kazakhstan's baikonur cosmodrome to russians only a can of its ski and peter to get off of ross cosmos and american among vande hei of nasa they're all the 3 man crew the team will be busy carrying out around 50 types of scientific research at the station and will also oversee the arrival of a new lab module named to science the space ships to be named in honor of the 1st human in space yuri gagarin and decorated with his portrait so 3 to one here is the moment of lift off. you can take your head off the water if that means tad sobber injuries or the firing and the rocket is going to do you. think you're going to go.

wow i mean we had amazing sight to see and everyone here at this viewing area are thrilled to see the rugged heading into space but i'm going to tell you something there are a new 3 people on earth there are more focused and the crew on board they saw us 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 to be scanned critic 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 ed 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 the cosmos before they leave our planet but this time they were not even allowed to come to the cause of a job 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 on line only also because of the safety reasons but we were managed to pass our questions to the crew members anyway and. the one hand i very much like oh families from relatives and friends to be here to at least. with them through the glass so they could see our lives on the other hand the notes here makes me a little relieved because the situation is still difficult everywhere and i would not want to risk that because we can safely flown to 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 caused 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 yuri gagarin 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 the rocket to take off from the very same side from where the soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin made history it was the morning of the 12th of april 1961 his voice one kroft took off so far 108 minutes of course to

fly an instant of fame and 6 decades later his name lives on now the whole a treat for the cosmonaut training center is lifting the lid on the operations of the kitchen crew here told us one of our jobs is to make everyone know about what country they're from feel at home. 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 off it in advance they've already been made so that kind of gaining any weight well it's impossible to lose weight here but sometimes we are asked to stop serving passphrase for example.

and you can look 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 with us a korean woman it was such a fly one day i don't remember her name we just had lunch and it was served cook 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 was such a heartwarming moment there's a whole day sent patrick's day traditionally the festival should be green we were told beforehand but didn't know what to do but eventually with figures doubt we had a clear separate and they usually covered with chocolate but when the green icing with food dye and put it on the eck layers they were delighted it was such a surprise for them they even took photos of.

6 hours before the launch they leave the hotel 7 hours before it's breakfast time 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 follow them 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. i don't really care all for the historic of us or of the 1st about manned spaceflight will have special coverage for you over the coming days. kooks.

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20 past 4 in the afternoon on friday here in moscow this is artsy of course you've probably heard already sad news coming from the u.k. today the husband of a queen elizabeth the 2nd prince philip has passed away at the age of 99 just 2 months short of use and 10 a very we can bring you a live pictures now i understand windsor castle is where he passed away they have lowered the flag to at least half mast now and remembrance of prince philip who passed away this morning passing away 3 weeks after he was discharged from hospital of the duke of edinburgh had undergone treatment for an infection and a heart procedure although the exact cause of death has not yet been disclosed now people are coming out to the outside of windsor castle there as you can see right here you can see the press also of people are laying flowers there we understand

a young girl has left a flower bouquet there many more are being brought one of the cards attached to the flowers simply reads are i p rest in peace prince philip another set of flowers addressed to have majesty the queen is standing there deep condolences and meanwhile tributes are flowing in from all around the world to the russian president vladimir putin quick to send a telegram to queen elizabeth expressing his deep condolences over the passing of her husband also in the past couple of hours now the prime minister of canada justin trudeau tweeted that the duke of edinburgh was a man of great purpose and conviction who contributed greatly to the social fabric of canada now philip had been the queen's partner since 947 and is the longest serving consort in the country's history the prince retired from rural duties only 4 years ago though he has been suffering failing health since then the royal family released a statement saying that phillip died peacefully this morning at windsor castle in

southern england. russia's foreign ministry has warned kiev against the use of force in ukraine's south east this comes as fears are raised that a military buildup on the border may lead to an escalation in hostilities multi tails here with artie's donald quarter. 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 republic's done yet take a listen to the spokeswoman from the russian foreign ministry of and see what she has to say about it. even if you believe in de lucia of the possibility of the military solution to the conflict in the southeast of the country on the troops and equipment gets being drawn in there and she steered by the mythical russian threat but isn't 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 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 recent provocative actions at the line of contact and also said that direct communication is necessary with don yet skin lugansk and that there are special status should be legalized moscow and berlin all 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 be 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 that it was plastic strolls and cutlery now they're literally coming for children's. dreams the mayor of the french city of plenty has literally warned of quote kids shouldn't even dream of flying she said this as she scrapped funding for the aviation clubs he's part of work with and tossed on her bomber jacket hit the runway and got reaction to the grounding from a flight instructor exam. how

macho you are willing to sacrifice to save the world and travel is a major contributor to climate change it's a fun book and told us to give it up and now a green mer in france has told kids to forget about flying. their young environmentalist matter of the french city of what ca one. has said that kids should give up their dream of flying in france of all places the. us the birthplace of the creator of the little prince i'm trying to sign to do that leave leone 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 part 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 edgy la 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 it might be one of but for the pacific future it's just people can live. without is everybody knows you still can come to perform for. pollution point of view in the in $25.00 in one hour in russia has more pollution than the whole of the g.i. flick small aircraft so the m $25.00 being the big ring roads there is the key for you have international viewers to be green right out of the route to the london so that's more pollution in one hour that what we have in g.r.

i carry it for you ok ga be a general idea i generally stay with it off the printer on 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 young people who just say you're just an old man that loves flying and is obsessed with you know his own pastime and isn't thinking about requirement emergent say. but thoughts if you're thinking about planning the plot the emergence of if there were figures of more people with the news of a lot of looks but not debug something nice to be done for my grandchildren or 3 great but generally ocean. is just a pimple on the pigs but saw it. by saying what really struck a nerve with the liberty loving friends was this idea that kids can even dream of

flying anymore luckily for now all kids dreams are being policed just yet and for the others i must still wishing to take the saw is well played manufacturers both big and small are working on creating new nonpolluting models this is r.t. international thanks for joining us on this friday we are back with. the. talks are underway in vienna to save the way the agreement the trump

administration unilaterally walked away from making the deal whole again because 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 you could. not say. make feature whatever that may be. future generations what will they be like i ask my. social researcher demographer future it's really great to have you with us interesting how do they know so much to talk about mark. so you.