and in. the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. see e.u. officials seek to reassure people that the. saying vaccine hesitancy is costing lives there are signs that the damage to public trust as a red. light yagami there is a risk since it has been shown that there are people who have unfortunately died after getting vaccinated saying the risk is low in their best interest we don't know what to trust i feel a bit in the dark. germany revealed plans for talks with moscow to buy sputnik. as long as it gets approval from the e.u. regulator.

the soyuz rocket carrying 2 russians on an american has now docked with the international space station just days before the 60th anniversary of the 1st manned space flight. just joining us 7 o'clock now friday night here in moscow welcome to the program this is. so we start in europe where governments are split on whether to restrict their use of the astra zeneca covert injection on thursday the european commission warned that without a unified response public confidence in. so we went to the street so if the french capital to gauge 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 and therefore we have to weigh the benefits of the risks 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 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 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 of 60 belgium has followed suit with province now only recommending astra zeneca for those over 55 but those differences a causing a headache for brussels it's worried that without a common policy towards astra zeneca trust in vaccinations could be eroded commissioner as member states to ask experts to work with him up to the hokie coherent approach across the region through their guidance and analysis they should just use the extreme important we want to avoid. course the vaccination has however it may be that this ship has already sailed here in front there have been reports of people not turning up but 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 a lost about why certain countries are making unilateral decisions against deep voice of the may you know inserted 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 aged 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 a big to put an end to the current nightmare so all of the risky out see paris. submariner is set to become the 1st nation in western europe to use sputnik v. as its primary covert vaccine the micro state which is within if only has just received another 37000 doses of the russian job one senior official told us why

they turn to moscow. ok we thought out of doors fred but we face a delayed to supply of the 1st doses of the pfizer vaccine which were covered by protocol agreements but when. the pen demick forced us to settle for other solutions on the market through cooperation with the russian direct investment fund we managed to patch a new dose of this politically vaccines and start our vaccination campaign was vexed nations 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 both safety and efficiency of this year to date we have had absolutely no problems so minor reactions we have detected to comply with standard reactions to which include low create fever chills and so on right now we have no problems with the san marino hopes to initially boost its vaccine campaign

and then bring it to a close by the end of may the klavier is home to about $34000.00 people most adults we understand are lining up for the job ministers told us cooperation with moscow has been good. 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 and the jobs it has been a very good experience of cooperation and i hope we will do it again in the course of a future vaccination campaign. of course our fight 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 saw there are existing vaccines on the european market is limited which complicated the start of the vaccination campaign

we decided to contact the russian direct investment fund regarding sputnik the. european medicines agency is still considering whether to approve the russian vaccine a process that's now been going on for several months on former italian m.p. told us the regulator really needs to act faster. i think that europe is delaying to match 2 given the aberration about the utilization of sputnik in europe and their political point of view it is a stupid attitude and then their commercial point of view i prefer to think that it is not so important because or even. if you are commercial reason it will be in order it is a very bad the i hope that a will or speed up but in case they do not i think that anyway our government has other governments should go alone and purchase what they want. germany's health

minister has announced the country is in talks to buy the sputnik v. shot from russia once the vaccine has e.u. approval and mr younes respond expects deliveries as soon as possible with more on the story here's our correspondent peter on a. 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 are confirmed by health minister yen spawn on thursday. the e.u. has said that the sputnik vaccine will not be part of the joint procurement program 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 taken 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 again spawn again on thursday saying that once the european medicines agency give sporting feed the green light germany is more than happy to use it the announcement from yen spun that germany as they could treat would be in negotiations to buy sputnik became shortly after market zoraida 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 facts ian not everybody is as positive as stefan viol who's the leader of the state of lowest 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 cove 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 vaccines 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 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. some sad news coming out of the u.k. today the husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd prince philip has passed away at the

age of 99 just 2 months short of centenarians people are now gathering outside of windsor castle and buckingham palace as well windsor is where prince philip by this morning it was 3 weeks after being discharged from hospital the duke of edinburgh had undergone treatment for an infection and a heart procedure although the exact cause of death has not been disclosed a people are leaving flowers outside various castle entrances meanwhile the tributes are flowing in from around the world president lied. putin sent a telegram to queen elizabeth expressing his deep condolences over the passing of her husband philip had been the queen's patna since 947 and is the longest serving console in the country's history the prince retired from royal duties only 4 years ago but he had been suffering failing health the royal family has released a statement saying that phillip died peacefully this morning at windsor castle in southern england. a new 3 man crew has arrived at the international space station a soyuz rocket doctor

a few hours ago after a flight from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan 2 russians old. peter the. most un-american magandang a of not so the now and boldly open station during that time they'll be overseeing the arrival of the new dr torrey module called science the soyuz and as a teen spacecraft has sent the trio to space was named off of the 1st human in space yuri gagarin analyses constantino rushkoff was at the launch site as the crew just lost it all. you can see why don't your head off the water if that means a tad sobber injuries or a fiery end to the rocket is going to the store to. get .

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 got to tell you something there are a new 3 people on earth there are more focused and the crew on board this 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 ed baikonur 1st elected. 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 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 question to the crew members anyway and. very much like our families from relatives and friends to be here to at least communicate 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 see a few 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 to 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 coated which has caused a lot of trouble on earth into 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. and it was saying the rocket took off from the same side from where the soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin made history it was the morning of the 12th of april 961 as. took off of the earth for 108 minutes the

flight brought an instant global fame and 6 decades later his name lives on. there's always one face the last face the cosmonauts before they blast off whether during the garlands time or today we spoke to your emission they launch specialist about how it all works. on my head of department of the list of transport launch equipment i want 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 that are always in good mood they're always smiling especially if there are foreigners among the crew we always passes with jokes and laughter no panic some of the operations crew the last people to walk the

cosmonauts from ground 0 to the spacecraft and wave them goodbye because minerals in a good way because they've been honored to travel to space and carry out experiments serving our country. the latest flight of the i assess continues an enduring relationship between the world's leading space powers russia and the united states which has gone on regardless of various political differences we heard from our socks a former nasa astronaut he gave us his views on cooperation and that of the anniversary of eureka gar. we have a great working relationship with our russian counterparts we love working with them we've worked together for a long time now we know each other's weaknesses we know each other's strengths you know and just like in any any friendship sometimes you don't agree about things that happened and and then we have this great way of working through those types of disagreements we talk to each other we try to convince each other one way or the other and we find a good resolution to the problem. i'm so proud to have

been able to be here in kazakhstan and see the launch pad were eureka car unlaunched it was a wonderful experience you know that 1st stop most of the ferry ferry heart. imagine but it's also hard to take next steps right sometimes on a journey it's the most important step to starting but then it's hard to do each step after step after step after step and we're in that process now and it's great to have partners to work with us we support each other as we keep each other going down the road so that we can go further and further out into space together. and as we gear up for the historic out of a story of the space flight we'll have very special coverage for you over the coming days.

or 20 past the hour here in the russian capital now if you thought that modern day cabins were cramped spare a thought for bryan robson he flew from australia to the u.s. back in 1965 as a stowaway hiding inside a wooden crate and he's now releasing a book about his experience called the crate escape mr robson who's from wales was stuck in melbourne at the time he simply couldn't afford an airfare home which would have cost the equivalent of $12000.00 pounds and today's money so he came up with a plan to travel as freight inside a wooden box the size of a fridge unfortunately it didn't go quite as planned the plane was supposed to fly to london but instead wound up in los angeles where we can now speak to the man himself bryan robson is joining us here on the program great to see you today so thanks for coming on with us here at our teens and national i wanted to ask you just you know i understand you spent 4 days in that box 56 years ago i mean

it's sounds like absolute torture how did you survive. i'd like to know that. you know i didn't expect it to be. really. lack of oxygen no pressure. no eating it was absolutely freezing or it was absolutely boiling we. was in a very noisy. but as i understand it you you've actually issued now a public call to track down the 2 irishman who helped you get into that crate 56 years ago what will you do when you find. i'll let them buy me a beer. well perhaps i'll buy them one i just want to make sure they're all right i have tried for oh well i tried initially to contact them and i couldn't and i'd like to contact them and yes sam come and buy him a drink go have a nice time have

a reunion well that's it let's take it back a few decades now because australia is at the age newspaper has been digging into the archives and they say that you were actually about to be deported so that would have ended up being a free flight for you what were you aware of that at the time. yes and no it's not true actually unfortunately the age digging back in there whatever always gets the story wrong. and that was a story that was actually given out by the australian immigration minister after i had left there was no talk about it before but after i left he wanted to make things look quite nice for themselves as most governments do and so they made it up quite frankly and it suited their purpose so that a bit of a place continuously has no interest in say the age will publish most things as it has. over the years and it never checks its facts so please don't believe that

because if i do i have others to appen i would noukadubi crazy what about what about modern day that if you try to do this today with modern day airport security do you think it will be possible to do what you did all those years ago no absolutely not. in those days there was no security it was very lax. aviation was fairly in its infancy its founder's passengers were concerned it was very expensive. and airports were very much smaller there was no terrorism or oh no nothing so there was very little security. actually have to an id. they introduced what they considered to be a secure method most countries instantly brain creates. so if somebody was in the they would obviously you know well that's a novel way to check on the contents and what about you know we hear stories of

modern day stowaways usually it's people who hide in the wheel bay of an aircraft and many die from the lack of oxygen or or high altitude also the freezing temperatures what what is it you think that still drives people to do these kinds of things. well i can only relate to myself and the reason i did it was childish stupidity and i was didn't grow up too quickly in movies days and so it was an adventure i suppose a silly adventure and while it was delayed quite frankly through lack of oxygen and temperature. i wouldn't advise anybody to try it and you know the you have to be in your will absolute last resort to do anything so dangerous really is what i think you're at least as some sort of award for the name of your book the book is create escape brian robinson thank you so much for joining us here on r.t. international love your story i hope to see you again soon thank you very much thank you thank you very much. thank you for joining us here at r.t.

1st they came for the gas guzzlers then plastic straws and cutlery now they're literally coming for children's dreams the mayor of the french city of literally warned quote kids shouldn't even dream of flying scrapped funding for the aviation club. throw on how bomber jacket hit the runway and got a 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 that'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 mare 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 oh you were mad bus the birthplace of the creator of the little prince i'm trying to sign things you can't 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 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 come to perform for. pollution point of view in the in 25 in one hour in russia has more pollution than the whole of the g.i. from a small decline say the m 25 being the big ring road because it means to keep we have international viewers to be green right out of every ounce of the london so that's more pollution in one hour the more i can feel you ok see a big general idea is generally easier with it all footprint on this isn't as large as it would be going to be listed in the lines of the 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 man that loves flying and is obsessed with his own pastime and isn't thinking about the coin and i didn't say. the wrong. but i thought if you were thinking about climbing you call the emergency if there were things of more important than this i'm not a look. at something nice to be done for my grandchildren or great but generally the ocean. is just a pimple on the pigs but saw it. by saying what really struck a nerve with me which the loving french was this idea that kids can even dream of flying anymore luckily from now all kids dream is all being policed just yet and for the others i must still wishing to take it so this is well played manufacture

is both big and small all working on creating new known polluting models thanks for sharing some of your friday with us here at our international live from moscow i called cold embryos here in half an hour's time hope you can join us then for more of your friday worldwide news headline. i mean this is a bit like into. this you do. you do this for the 1st one to open your eyes to do a little bit of hundreds. that's awesome useful to do to catch. people think it was national guard coming off . culturally appropriate to the place you keep. a little. it's a look it was from the school some sleep.