every day she is to meet your needs and the needs of your family. the european medicines agency sticks to its line that the benefits of the astra zeneca covert job outweigh the risks but the regulators say the blood clot should now be listed as a very rare side effect of the drug. police lines torched the underwater cabin fired riots about to cross northern ireland over a post break that trade barriers. a former u.s. intelligence analyst faces years in jail for exposing america's drone assassination program we speak to a whistleblower who's in close contact with him. he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to see them and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal.

a very warm welcome to you you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international bringing you all the latest headlines along with a roundup of the stories that shapes the week. but 1st the medicines agency is standing by britain's astra zeneca job saying the benefits outweigh the risks while noting that blood clots should be listed as rare side effects the agency has received more than 200 reports of unusual blood clots in those getting the shots that's among the more than 30000000 who's been inoculated across europe in your the u.k. you authorities say that people under the age of 30 will be offered alternatives to the astra zeneca job due to the possible the blood clots link 80 people in the country have suffered clausing after a dose and 19 have died but britain's regulator is taking the same line as the

european medicines agency reports. the takeaway the message that europe's health authorities want to leave you with is that it's still worth it the benefits outweigh the risks the benefits outweigh the risks how does become almost a slogan for the after they make a covert vaccine earth portrait cases of unusual blood clotting following vaccination with the astra zeneca vaccine should be listed as possible side effects of the vaccine it's important starts both vaccinated people and health care professionals are aware of the signs and symptoms of these unusual blood clotting to cylinders so that they could be spotted quickly to minimize any possible risks so why did it take so long i mean the rumors began months and months ago and it was all in the news on t.v. in the papers and the company kept telling everyone the same thing there's

a new link between the jab and the well dive analysis of our safety data more than 10000000 records has shown no evidence of an increased risk of palm billie's or deep vein thrombosis and a defined age group gender batch or in any particular country unfortunately there was a link and now the astra zeneca job will have either diesel warning or it can cause blood clots and potentially death in people as young as 8 seed the age the youngest deceased and still they say it's worth it unless of course you can go and get another job in which case probably best to go for that their words adults who are aged 18 to 29 years old who do not have an underlying health condition that puts them at higher risk from serious coben 1000 disease should be offered an

alternative covert night in fact seen in preference to the astra zeneca vaccine where such an all turned to face. is available over a dozen countries only counting the european union have suspended vaccination with the astra zeneca vaccine or vax servia to please their marketing department though i doubt that a simple rebranding is going to cleanse their reputation i would definitely say is a stupid move because changing the name which means changing your shop window right in the midst of a crisis rather than increasing trust will increase suspicion because it always indicates that there is something you want to hide so i absolutely do not understand how 'd a company comes to such a decision at the end of the day i can't help but partially agree with them the alternative waiting for another vaccine could have cost thousands of lives but only partially they let these rumors steward fester for months before coming out and

admitting that essentially people were rights to be afraid and that unfortunately has done irreparable damage to the vaccination drive worldwide. vaccine shortages across the e.u. have prompted several member states to question the block's joint procurement scheme all story a is one of them and chanceless about. ready negotiated a possible purchase of the russians but make the jap. it would help us a lot because the vaccination process would be significantly accelerated i advocate that we do this we are now coordinating this with the federal government i really hope that we will be able to acquire this vaccine as well as use it this is not only my decision but i strongly support it germany's health minister says his country is also in negotiations to buy the sputnik the shot from russia however the european medicines agency have delivered over the decision and i get to grant

approval for the job for me european commission presidential code younkers says if sputnik the gets the green light the e.u. should include it in its procurement program a cancer surgeon thinks europe has allowed politics to get in the way of saving lives we need the vaccines and the problem is it was a political initially we many people in europe didn't except the russian vaccine and sputnik is a good mix you know yet they were coming out and saying well this is not what we want let's look at the european monitors and you see here the problem is the politicians have fields to cover the nations with adequate back seeing dozes and this is a problem we have we don't have in our back scenes and if you see what ritchie right now is that we're going back and asking russia for sport next we should have done that much much earlier we need all the players all the players on the table and that includes the school expects scene which has excellent data out there as has pfizer and as has modern so we should know that much earlier in order to be

able to provide our nationals with adequate vaccine dozers and now we are paying for those political shortcomings with human lives. well that island has been gripped by rioting throughout the week police fired water cannon for the 1st time in 6 years as pro u.k. loyalists stand irish nationalists faced off the disturbances come amid a wave of anger at the post. breaks it trade barriers this was the scene in belfast on friday night protesters torched a trash can on the car and hold rocks and petrol bombs out police northern ireland's 1st minister arlene foster has both sides to show restraint and the british prime minister has expressed his alarm and calls for dialogue. i am deeply concerned by the scenes of violence northern ireland especially attacks on the p.s. and i who are protecting the public and businesses attacks on

a bus driver the assault of a journalist this week to resolve differences is through dialogue not violence or criminality meanwhile northern ireland's justice minister has blamed the u.k. government for the flare up they only long accused the conservatives of dishonesty over the way bricks it would affect the irish border saying they had promised unfettered access while failing to work through the legal consequences she also slams the british government's decision to suspend the northern ireland protocol which was part of the u.k.'s withdrawal agreement with the e.u. aimed at ensuring that open border we're only i spoke with jonathan tall and professor of british and irish politics he thinks the government's made a series of false promises to the people of northern ireland. well the british government bonds johnson in particular have to bear a considerable amount of responsibility it was part of johnson who went over to belfast and told the democratic party the largest party in the world on tolo public party conference 3 years ago that it would be untold for any british government to

preside over the border in the r.t.c. or johnson with the talking is precisely treason make the signing of such a deal with it a year for it johnson you've done that and since then he spent about the time to tell me that there is one between great britain and ireland so your decision was simply to terrible sense no betrayal over what the prime minister has done think that boris johnson needs to go to northern i'll explain what he's done in terms of of the protocol and try and also meet with the you leaders to instigate some of the worst effects the protocol and diminish the number of checks to go between great britain and northern ireland a wise we were looking at a grim some of potentially of violence in northern ireland. a former u.s. intelligence analyst faces up to 10 years in prison for blowing the whistle on washington's targeted drone assassination program daniel hale pleaded guilty to transmitting and

retaining national defense information is case comes amid mass disclosure of similar crimes allegedly perpetrated by the us. i have to tell you when he called me a few hours ago he was surprisingly upbeat and optimistic and he he remarked about how much press this issue has been getting since he decided to plead guilty so in the end i think that he thinks that this is been worth it that

americans know more about the drone program now than 8 they did 6 months ago or a year ago and even though he's likely going to go to prison it was worth it the u.s. is flying these drones or at least it was until recently that were used ostensibly to kill terrorists or would be terrorists but in reality to kill anybody who might resemble a terrorist and that included women children the elderly and anybody else who happened to be on the ground i believe that we're we're a nation of laws and we have to abide by those laws whether we like them or not if we don't like them we should change them go through the process and change them if congress has not declared war on a country we don't have a right to attack it we just can't decide that we don't like the politics of whoever happens to be in charge in a place like yemen or pakistan or afghanistan and then launch drone strikes against them it's

a violation of international law. well data which hale gave to the online news site the intercepts back in 2014 was made available to the public and he is now accused of disclosing classified intelligence information as the porters they kind of exposes are essential using the espionage act in this way to prosecute journalists sources and spies chills newsgathering and discourages sources from coming forward with information in the public interest particularly when it relates to national security where government secrecy is at its height these documents detail the secret unaccountable process for targeting and killing people around the world including u.s. citizens through drone strikes there are vital public importance and the related to their disclosure is protected by the 1st amendment hail was arrested 2 years ago and charged with violating the espionage act and other related offenses president biden has imposed temporary restrictions on drone strikes outside most countries

but there are reports he aims to boost exports of unmanned weapons to countries including those with poor human rights records john kiriakou again ses however justified whistleblowers exposure of drone strikes they have next to no chance of proving that to u.s. authorities. this is the really the worst part of the of the espionage act this is the reason why ed snowden can't come home this is the reason why i couldn't go to trial this is the reason why jeffrey sterling the other cia whistleblower was convicted because there is no affirmative defense we are prohibited by law from going into court and saying i did it but i did it for this reason and in the case of daniel hale this was a war crime he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to say that and so he really doesn't have any chance of acquittal the best thing to do for daniel as it was for me as it was for so many

others here charged under the espionage act is to take a deal and to hope for the lightest possible sentence the decision that was made early on even before joe biden was inaugurated to pursue the appeal against julian his son it was that decision that made it clear that joe biden was going to pursue national security leaks just like barack obama did and just like donald trump did after him. as we care up to monday's historic anniversary of the 1st human all that of the planet continues on special coverage for you russian cosmonaut tells us the puzzle belongings she'll take to space and they pass a talent to 0 gravity. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy the infantry

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for it. welcome back this week the international space station has welcomed a new a 3 man crew of 2 russian sounds one from the u.s. the launch came ahead of tomorrow's anniversary of the 1st human space flight. the rockets a car from the same site from west soffit cosmonaut yuri gagarin made history on the morning of the 12th of april 1961 his vostok one craft blasted into orbit circling the earth one for 108 minutes the flights brought a gar an instant global fame we sent our global correspondents to find out if the

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whether getting along with other crew members is necessary and other secrets of space travel. but also of course this is an impressive date 60 years and that 1st flight of a man from our country will always be remembered all around the globe. the challenges you went through what you've learnt do you feel completely different now than before starting space training 9 years ago was everything the way you expected it to be here are the most watched i can say i expected something specific had an idea about the cosmonauts training regime but it turned out to be even more intense apart from the physical exercises and work with specialized equipment a lot of attention is paid to education fieri and a huge number of continuous tests and exams i didn't expect that if you compare me with me 9 years ago i can definitely say that i got pumped up the system pumped me

the conditions around me my education my training of course this is the goal to acquire skills to strengthen the person to get him ready for flight this is how the system works i love our special training like surviving in different nature conditions it impressed me it's exciting i happily do those every time we fall in different teams i really like that because i have an opportunity to work with various cosmonauts. teams are always different does that mean a cosmin out is ready to adapt to be not just a leader but a subordinate of course it is a requirement when you're assigned to a team you get your role you could be a flight engineer or maybe a commander of the letter has the most responsibility he makes the decisions and it is important to fulfill your role to know your place does await a successful safe and quality missions. does

a cosmonaut candidate think about empathy whether they like a person or not no matter if you are a woman or a man is it important to feel that the person you're working with is your friend. we are all human and we always have someone we feel more or less comfortable with everyone evaluates a command in their own way it is normal there is also professional ethics competency in work when there is problems crop up usually people can make suggestions but the final decision is up to the commander and it is not negotiable and no one tries to start a conflict over that you will only make the situation worse and eventually you will achieve their objectives late with the worst resolved or won't finish it at all and that is in no one's interests people are invested in the team's success you have to keep your own ambitions in check cosmonauts always take something personal with them on a flight i think you can take about a kilo can i ask you what would you take with you when your boss or what i haven't

thought about it but i think something maybe a picture that would remind me of those close to me. is a true that it is better for a cosmonaut to have a short haircut yes dear if we look at russian and foreign cosmonauts we can see that in fact there aren't a lot of them with short hair and i see a tendency of not causing the hair short i think it might be better to have a break for example then you have won't fly apart and will be tied neatly in only bothersome. first they came for the gas guzzlers then plastic straws and cutlery now they're literally coming for children's durians but they're all of a french city of quality as warned quote cricket shouldn't even dream of flying as she scrapped funding for the aviation club artie's polly boyko throughout her bomber jacket hit the runway and got reaction to the grounding from a flight instructor.

how large a show you 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 i mean our green mare in france let's talk kids to flog 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 only way rab bus the birthplace of the creator of the little prince i'm trying to scientific super 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 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. what do you think about that as a as an idea but some point in the future it might be relevant but for the pacific future it's just people. without because everybody knows you still can come to a form for. pollution point of view and the m $25.00 in one hour in russia has

more pollution than the whole of the g.i. from a small aircraft so the m $25.00 being the big ring where it is there is to keep we have international viewers to be green right out of air out to the london so that's more pollution in one hour that what we have in g.r. i guarantee you ok the a.b.a. general idea is generally easier with little footprint on this isn't as large as it would be going to be listed not ones of wow that's a big claim a day yes a big claim for what you say isn't have young people who just say you're just an old boomer that loves flying and is obsessed with his own pastime and isn't thinking about requirement emergence a more that the roi. but but if you're thinking about plan you call the emergency if there were figures of more people with the lives of law or 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 french was this idea that kids can even dream of flying anymore luckily for now all kids dreams are being policed just yet and for those of us still wishing to take it to the spa is well played manufacturers both big and small are working on creating new nonpolluting models many thanks for joining us here on r.t. international this sunday morning we hope you have a fantastic start your day we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest. zul media a reflection of reality. in

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