new officials that seek to reassure people that the astra zeneca shop is safe saying the vaccine has a tendency is costing lives but there are signs that the damage to public trust is already done. by the media easy since it has been shown that there are people who have unfortunately died after getting vaccinated it would seem the risk is low in their best interest i don't know which trust i feel would be to the dark. germany reveals plans for talks with moscow to buy russian sputnik the job as long as it gets approval from the e.u. regulator and.

a soyuz rocket carrying 2 russians and an american has it docked with the international space station just days before the 60th anniversary of the 1st manned space flight. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. we start in europe where governments are split on whether to restrict the use of the astra zeneca coded jab on thursday the european commission warned that without a unified response public confidence in an occupation 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 rare 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 weight the risks but saying that blood clots should be listed as a rare so i defect 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 over 60 belgium has followed suit with france now only recommending astra zeneca for those over 55 but those differences are causing a headache for brussels it's worried that without a common policy towards astra zeneca trust in vaccinations could be improved it can be sure as a member states to ask experts to work with a mind to be coherent approach across the reasons through their guidance and analysis these are just the 6 truly important we want to avoid. course a vaccination however it may be that this ship has already sailed here in france there have been reports of people not turning up for they could 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 evolution of the may yet certain that may be simple the head of germany's vaccine commission said the a.m.a. evaluates vaccines based on what's of benefit to all in the e.u. individual countries though can be more picky in germany we have a slightly different situation because we're not so dependent on the astra zeneca vaccine and we can postpone vaccines and thereby achieve the same effect but in the end we still have the risk of these serious side effects in a certain age group over in the u.k. 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 extra 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 code nightmare so all of the will be out see paris. san marino 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 italy has just received another 37000 doses of the russian jab a senior official told us why they turn to moscow.

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 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 patch a new doses of this politically vaccine and start our vaccination campaign vex 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 safety and efficiency of the up to date we have had absolutely no problems some minor reactions we have detected comply with standard reactions to mena zation which include low grade fever chills and so on right now we have no problems with san marino hopes to initially boost its vaccination

campaign and bring it to a close before the end of may. it is home to around 34000 people and most adults are lined up for the job ministers told us that they have 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 cove it this is where it's crucial for us to immunize our population as soon as possible when we saw there are existing vaccines on the european market is limited which complicated the start of our vaccination

campaign we decided to contact the russian direct investment fund regarding sputnik the. european medicines agency is still considering whether to approve the russian vaccine a process that has been going on for several months and former italian m.p. told us the regulator needs it to act faster. i think that europe is the laying tool matcher to. give india out through asia. to seizure all those would mean can you a political point of view with these issues you'll be there and their commercial point of view i'd prefer 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. yet a we'll a 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 minister

has announced his country is in negotiations to buy this but nick the shot from russia once the vaccine has approval yan's spawn expects deliveries as soon as possible reporting from berlin here's our teaser peter oliver. 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 spon 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 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 a country would be in negotiations to buy sputnik became shortly after market zada who's the leader of the state of bavaria said that the variac had agreed what he called a preliminary deal with russia to buy 2 and a half 1000000 doses of the sputnik vaccine you know we're doing to give sputnik 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 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 effect of 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 debate about whether germany should buy the code 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 19 vaccine that was according to statistics that were published in the lancet medical journal. italian prime minister has called turkey's president heir to ones a dictator in a feud that has been branded so for gate it comes after the european commission

chief was left fuming on tuesday after she was refused a seat and top level talks in ankara and relegated to a nearby couch. i absolutely do not agree with no one's behavior and i was very sorry for the humiliation the european commission president under lane had to suffer let's call them what they are dictators with whom one nonetheless has to coordinate. the turkish government to hit back at mario druggies at remarks calling them impudent and ugly and on thursday the foreign ministry summoned the italian ambassador to express its condemnation meanwhile the european council chief charles michel has defended his own conduct explaining why he had not tried to defuse the situation by

vacating his seat. i was convinced that any reaction on my part could be perceived as a there was a risk of provoking an even more serious incident which would reduce the already fragile chance of having listening to relations with turkey. we asked political analysts in europe and turkey how sulphur gate could impact the already troubled relationship between the sides. of course i think both of these persons are history shows and restored again probably didn't show themselves as a gentleman however there is a protocol in these types of situations and it appears that within the european union they don't really agree who is supposed to be number one and number 2 in this protocol shall be shut that in the protocol both of them should be sitting around edited out what it is sure is that in this situation the images are terrible and there is a huge backlash and this spat between turkey and i would say your opinion is a very bad press for president everyone who is trying to renew his relationship

with your in your opinion you need which has already been pretty and cooling down our wants and old school politician in protocol is extremely important to him there is actually no reason to apologize because the turks have not committed any type of mistakes regarding the seating arrangement this is exactly the conditions that the council protocol team wanted the e.u. media was so quick to point the finger at our going without even sitting down and investigating what happened when we look at the meeting between both sides there was there was some progress being made we were talking about sanctions we're now talking about were positive things keeping the agenda positive we're talking about more carrots less sticks so it was a step in the right direction but unfortunately we got overshadowed by this whole sofa again affair. israel has ruled out any cooperation with a probe into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories israeli prime

minister's office accused of the international criminal court which is conducting the investigation of hypocrisy. the unacceptable interference of the court lacks any legal basis and contravenes to goals for which it was established at a time when idea of soldiers are fighting with supreme morality against terrorists it is israel that the court in the hague has decided to condemn there's no other word to describe this other than hypocrisy a body that was founded to defend human rights has become a hostile body the defense those who trample human rights the i.c.c. launched its official investigation in march after a 5 year program unary probe found evidence of war crimes committed by both the israeli military and palestinian armed groups the case focuses heavily on the 2014 gaza war back then israeli warplanes bombarded the territory over a 7 week period killing several 1000 people and dozens of israelis were killed in rocket strikes the i.c.c.

probe is also looking at violence along the israel gaza border in 2018 hamas and the palestinian and ministration have welcomed the investigation saying that their actions were justified acts of resistance political commentator marla os one thinks israel has a long track record of evading responsibility for its actions. israel has never abided by any international law to begin with not starting right now with the international criminal court but any international law at all we've never heard anything coming out of the international community or the i.c.c. concerning for example the. massacre in bed with 1982 we never heard about further behind historic massacres that happened when the british landed in palestine and brought about what is now called as the israeli forces who killed hundreds of thousands of palestinians and move forward to 2008 also massacres in gaza when they

bombed them with phosphorus and depleted uranium you ran you have a.p. reuters covering all of us incidents why would israel be open to this kind of and that's to gays should when no other investigation was open before any new international law was maybe put. illegality on the israelis to follow the issue is to tell the world that there were war crimes and these war crimes need to be dealt with. a new 3 man crew has arrived at the international space station there so use a rocket dock several hours ago after a flight from the baikonur cosmodrome and cosmic causes them. to russians novitsky and peer toward a broad front of cosmos and the american market van to hey mass are now on board the orbital station during their time there will be overseeing the arrival of a new lab a module named science the soyuz m.-s.

18 spacecraft that sent of the trio to space was named after the 1st human in space your garden parties constantine was at the launch site as the crew took off. you can't throw out your head on the water if that means go down it's not just injuries or the firing and the rocket is going to do the story. you're. going to do. 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 on the crew on board this sawyer's 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 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 on line only also because of the safety reasons but we were managed to pass our

questions to the crew members anyway and. someone handed very much like all families from relatives and friends to be here to at least coup. with them through the glass so they could see our lives on the other hand the fact they're 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 see a few florida do a job without worrying that something happened to them here when we were 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 russian state sputnik the 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 as constantine mentioned there that 60 year milestone is approaching on the morning of april 12th $1061.00 the vostok spacecraft blasted off carrying the soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin it orbited the earth once and took a journey around that took around 108 minutes the flight brought to good care and instant global fame and 6 decades later his name lives on one thing has not changed since good parents time there is always a single launch specialist who is the last person the cosmonauts see before they

blast off yuri mission fulfilled that role for several years at baikonur and told us about how it all works. i'm head of department of the lift of transport launch equipment 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 experience than you know what to do and how to approach situations that's for the cosmonauts they're always in good mood they're always smiling especially if there are foreigners among the crew 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 assess continues an enduring relationship between the world's leading space powers russia and the united states which has gone on regardless of political differences nasa executive ken gave us his perspective on that cooperation and the gagarin anniversary. 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 and

launched it was a wonderful experience you know that 1st step must have been a fairy fairy heart can just 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 anniversary of the 1st ever manned space flight we will have special coverage for you over the coming days stay with international.

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