these are so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers. e.u. officials to reassure people that the astra zeneca covert shot is safe saying vaccine hesitancy costs lives but there are signs that the damage to the public's trust is already done. for me there is a risk since it has been shown that there are people who have unfortunately died after getting vaccinated for the same the risk is low in their best interest i think we don't know what to trust you would be to talk. to me reveals plans for talks with moscow to by russia's. as old as it gets approval from the e.u. regulator and. it's carrying 2 russians and an american is docked with the international space station just days before the 60th anniversary of the 1st manned space flight.

worldwide bases ality international from moscow one is called and right welcome to the program going to start in europe where governments are split on whether to restrict the use of the astra zeneca covert job on thursday the european commission won't do that without a unified response public confidence in inoculation could falter we got reaction in 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 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 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 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 joined ranks with germany deciding to limit the job to those who are over the age over 60 belgium has followed suit with problems now only

recommending astra zeneca for those over $55.00 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 commissioner as member states to ask experts to work with a mind to be coherent approach across the region through their guidance and analysis the trust you see extremely important we want to avoid. course a vaccination 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 almost about why certain countries are making unilateral decisions against evolution of the e m

a you know i'm 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 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 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 the beads to put an end to the current nightmare so all of the will be out see paris. moving forward on that as some arena which is set to become the 1st western nation western european nation to use sputnik v. as its primary covert vaccine the microstate which is located entirely within italy has just received another 37000 doses of the russian jab a senior official there told us why they turn to moscow. ok we thought our daughter's friends were we face a delayed the 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 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 to comply with standard reactions to mean a station which includes low create fever chills and so on right now we have no problems with. the summary no hopes to initially boost its vaccination campaign and bring it to a close before the end of may the enclave home to around $34000.00 people are most adults there already lined up for the job ministers that have been telling us that 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 chaps it has been a very good experience of cooperation and i hope we will do it again in the course of future vaccination campaigns. of course 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 covert this is why 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. european medicines agency is still considering whether to approve the russian vaccine a process that's been ongoing now for several months a former italian m.p.

told us the regulator needs to act faster. i think that europe is the laying tool matcher to give the aberration about the utilization almost pulled me in europe and their political point of view it is asia. and then that commercial point of view i refer to being that it is not so important because or even gays or 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 i think that any way our government other governments should go along and here's what they want the german health ministers announced that the countries in negotiations to buy the sputnik the shock from russia once the vaccines got e.u. approval again spark expects deliveries as soon as possible reporting next from berlin here's peter oliver. well what we are seeing is the early stages of talks

between germany and the russian direct investment fund for the berlin buying doses of the sputnik the vaccine these talks are confirmed 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 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 sputnik the 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 if sputnik is 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 vaccination. 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 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 cove advice 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 vaccine from its phase trials its face 3 trials receive just over 91 percent effective rate seeing against the covert 1000 vaccine that was according to statistics that were published in the lancet medical journal. a new 3 man crew has arrived at the international space station this was rocket dock several hours ago after a flight from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan 2 russians all negative it's also the broth of roles cosmos and american vande hei of nasa then i will both be open with open station during that time up there they'll be overseeing the arrival of a new lap module named science the soyuz m s 800 spacecraft to send

a trio to space was named after the 1st human in space eureka go in auntie's constantine rushkoff without the known scientist the crew took off. you can see throughout iraq of the war if that means dad saw those injuries or was firing and the rocket is going to the store. 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 a focus than 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 ed baikonur 1st they left the hotel to the famous soviet song huge. 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 because of the safety reasons but we were managed to pass our question

to the crew members anyway and. from 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 our lives on the other hand the fact that i'm not 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 florida do a job without worrying that something happened to them here. we are all having to deal with the challenges. 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 covert 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 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. as constantine mentioned that 60 year milestone is approaching on the morning of the 12th of april 1901 of all stock spacecraft blasted off carrying the soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin it over the earth one sun a journey that took 108 minutes about flight brought god an instant global 5 and 6 decades later his name. but there's always one face the last face before they blast off with a drink of time or today we spoke to mark specialist about how it all works. i'm head of department of the list of transport launch equipment over to by 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 as for the cosmonauts they're always in a good mood they're always smiling especially if there are foreigners among the crew we 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 men also in a good way because they've been honored to travel to space and carry out experiments serving our country. the latest flight to the i.s.a.'s continues and enjoying a relationship between the world's leading space powers russia and the united states which is god on the goddess of political differences that's the deputy

associate administrator canberra sachs give us his perspective about cooperation and the gurren anniversary. we have a great working relationship with their 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 happens 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 a year you could garden launched it was a wonderful experience you know that 1st step must have been a fairy fairy heart and just said 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. as we gear up for the historic out of us 3 of the 1st ever manned space flight we'll have special coverage for you over the coming days here on r.t. . a university in the u.s. state of florida's up to scrutiny for allegedly failing to take action against a black student who expressed racist views online people always tell me like a to such a strong word and yes it is but these are some strong still ahead and until i can figure out how to be consoled that in my head and in my heart i hate white people.

well that was from a video that was posted on instagram by jordan gary of students at the university of miami north school it was taken down by the online platform within 24 hours but so far there's been no statement from the university despite several complaints filed by other students and that's in contrast to a way a mathematics professor was treated in february after arguing against slavery reparations gregory mankiw it was never accused of hate speech but he was suspended by some joseph university in philadelphia over a series of tweets in which he also argued against racial bias training and in september the university of southern california made global headlines with its treatment of a lecture professor gregg patton was suspended from a business course after explaining a chinese word in class several black students complained saying it sounded like the n. word. discussing it with us next is every service in the women's rights advocates and also founder of babes guide to winning in the workplace also political

commentator jeff charles who's a contributor to the web site red slate and legacy nation both welcome to r.t. reese if i could start with you is it fair to say that racist remarks are treated differently depending on the race saying them and who they're aimed at and is that out for. i don't believe it's about the race to the person that's saying it i do believe that the intention behind or or even the experience behind the person that's responding and their intention really matters for instance when you have a professor who's advocating against reparations in a classroom of students and saying that you know black people don't deserve reparations and that they may have enjoyed slavery and all kinds of crazy things you have a person who was european who was a part of the group that actually imposed the pain of racism slavery and all of that you have that professor then advocating for white supremacy on the flip side

when you have a student saying i as a student in america right now cannot seem to grapple with all of the things that i'm experiencing and seeing whether it's maybe looking on t.v. and seeing the direction trial where a black man was murdered or several injustices in saying i don't know how to come to terms with that and he's responding then that's a different intention and i think it should be handled differently jeff the video that we showed quoting black students and her private thoughts which were shed on the internet whatever her thoughts were should the university have intervened to at least try and smooth things out explain things educate. i mean there's nothing wrong with having a conversation but the bottom line is that the notion that somebody should be fired from their jobs or even taken out of school because they express views that make people feel uncomfortable is absurd regardless of whether i agree with represent reparations or regardless of whether i agree with what the student says i always

lean towards free speech people should be able to say what they need to say without having to worry about their livelihood or worry about their school career i'm not sure what was going on in the student's life who is definitely a lot more than just saying oh this is my experience she said i hate white people you know what she has the right to say that i don't have to agree with it you don't have to agree with it but the notion that she should be punished or she should be given a free pass when you're going to fire a professor for arguing a political position is absurd you should treat it the same way and again it doesn't mean that i think that people should be fired or should be punished for expressing uncomfortable uncomfortable views people should be allowed to say what they need to say raises it all better to have the conversation than to cancel. well we definitely need to use these instances as moments for education there's a quote from james baldwin that says so walk around black in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost always so to respond to that young person who is

experiencing it basically maybe for the 1st time i mean college is one of the 1st times for many people that they're confronted with the issue of racism in america and to say you know we need to address this and as a university let's provide a forum or maybe a way so that we can help this young person unpack the world in which they find themselves in i think it would be a wonderful tool however we cannot allow professors on the flip side to use the platform of teaching to dinner to talk down to dinner great and mate and basically invalidate people who are paying to you know which paying tuition to attend that university and that's the that's the discrepancy here but i absolutely support that we find tools for these young people so that they can't come to terms with the what we find ourselves in the deficit put the universities in an almost impossible position in trying to have these difficult conversations what we're in such an emotionally charged to time especially over the past 12 months and at the time when

on all sides students lectures whatever they were weaponized anger in some way haven't they the universities can win. that's true but the reason they can't win is because there are people out there who don't value free speech they only value free speech when it helps them again i have no problem with this student expressing her views but you know talking about education there is nothing educational about threatened somebody is threatening somebody whose job it they express a political opinion that you don't like as a matter of fact it reveals the fact that you may not be confident in your own arguments because you can't refute what he's saying there are there are valid arguments against what he said however the idea that he should be under threat of losing his likelihood for saying so. that you know like that's absurd let them both speak it's not hard to put another example to the retail chain target has been criticized for selling a book called rhythm of prayer it includes a prayer from a black female author just to tell of us asking god to help her hate white people

that's not helpful is it actually i think it is here's what's going on this one in dr should an equal walker barnes is praying writing a prayer to god based on all of the things that she's experienced as a black woman in this country and she's praying to god for her mission to hate white people based on their actions and the things that she's not all of them but she says there are certain white people god that i want your permission to allow me to hate them because at this point she doesn't even have hate in her heart for them but she's saying you know it's a god in the sky please allow me because what i've seen these people my people experience at the hands of certain white people whether it's the murder of the murderer derrick sjodin who killed a black man by stealing on his neck reminded of in 46 seconds some of the acts historically that we've been through as a people or that we'd still she's praying for her mission from god someone allow her to find some type of way to heal bendixen it and i think prayer is actually the

best way to address. the calling out some of the companies in the calling of the universities what about the social networks here should they be taking some responsibility for what's being posted that might be inflammatory in some way i know that they like to enjoy the pylon because it brings in eyeballs and ad revenue . yeah i mean when it comes to this particular story actually looked deeper into it and if there is outrage over this i'm not really understanding why i may not agree with where she's coming from but if she's taking her prayer about something that she is struggling with internally and she's taking that to god well open the bible look at the book of psalms you see that all through it king david was saying all kinds of stuff that he should have been saying but he was opening himself up to god he was baring his soul and i'm not sure if this if this plays a christian or not but when i read her thread on it i saw her doing the same thing i don't agree with hating all white people i don't agree with the premise of her prayer but guess what we're human we have certain beliefs you know it social media

it's people again i always lean towards free speech people should be able to express what they want if someone is like what she's saying again they can use their free speech to refute it or to or to have a conversation social media is a cesspool i mean we have to admit that but at the same time i've also seems that i've also seen some productive conversations on social media if we were all told to shut up are all being censored be if we express uncomfortable views we would be able to have those conversation and just as a couple of closing full from both of you that race if you've go to for going to talk about solving racism that it has to be treated equally all around otherwise there's no point in this argument will go on forever immemorial. you know what we can do is give black people form to deal with what's being done to them as a people because america honestly better pray that black people continue to use prayer as a way to address the grievances that we suffered in this country because if we ever got off our knees and stopped praying and stop begging for reparations and sought

pressure abuse in retaliation for what's happened to black people in america why does country can be burned to the ground so morrow and so instead of you know complaining about how black people choose to express what we ducked whether we kneel like holland capron it were criticized for that if we pray about it like dr barnes were criticized for that well what do you exactly what wacky people to do when black people are being harder in states a state sanctioned by the police what and hearken to do you and jeff racism isn't a quote because it's the blade and the victim well i mean there's truth to that i mean the thing is racism is and we're never going to destroy racism i mean as long as people live as long as the ignorance thrives or is even present we're going to have racism so do i agree with pushing back against racism yes definitely when it comes to state state sanctioned violence against any american but i but especially against the black community yes i'm for that however i don't think that we need to wait until racism is over to start building and sit in

a start investing in our communities investing in black economics and doing the things that we need to do to get ahead racism isn't going anywhere but we have fought back against racism before and we have prospered despite racism so we need to do it now now just like we did in the past but both i'm glad because i got the chance to talk about it with you tonight resurface and jeff charles had a great weekend thanks for joining us on our say thank you say from us for now so if you guys next i'll then have your next news update in just under half an hour say that. talks are underway in vienna to save the way the agreement the trumpet ministration unilaterally walked away from making the deal whole again is relatively easy but that cannot be said for the united states does the buy didn't ministration have the political will to say you.