hi, a whistle blow report in the british medical journal came serious falsehoods and deviations from protocol in the testing of files is coded faxing and reluctance to us authorities to investigate it all service our an unprecedented new law relations between france and astray. you take a further plunge that after the leak of a text message from president micron about the submarine deal that was cancelled between the 2 countries. and despite hosting the u. n's climate summit, the u. k. 's own green pledges come on discreetly is 40 fossil fuel projects. look to get approval. we speak to local residents anxious for one of them to get the go ahead. to step forward, really for technology and everything else, the mind should go ahead. please note to monitor, you'll get to your, the prototypes that are coming in as well to assist and also educate to the kids

and for very deprived area of a u. k. ah, hello, know he's gone mid day here. moscow. you watching artie international i, the british medical journal has published a whistle blow report claiming there were serious flaws and fire is k with vaccine trials last year. the research behind the claim says that she was fired the same day. she raised her concerns and says thing that us authorities are refusing to investigate because you don of has more details. so all these revelations, they have been published at the british medical journal, a very respected science paper. not some tabloid that has a history or well is known for publishing some unverified information. and so that article it details the allegations of a whistle blow of a woman who used to be part used to be with a contractor with

a company called van tarver. so what does this vin tarver your firm has anything to do with the pfizer and it's vaccine you might ask? so it all goes back to the 3rd phase of clinical trials on the vaccine. some might argue that it's the most important phase. so pfizer to do the these trials, it hired a number of firms and a number of contractors. and so these contract companies, they were responsible for the, for the trials in total phases. vaccine was tested on more than 40000 subjects. in fact, the numbers closer to 44000 and this vin ta via firm was responsible to conducting trials on about a 1000 of people. and so this whistleblower, she claims that she has observed some negligence. some are well, some violations during those trials. for example, according to the allegations, participants were placed in

a hallway after that receiving the job. so instead of getting proper medical attention, they were somewhere in the hallway. on top of that, she's accused batavia of a lack of timely follow up on patients who showed some severe symptoms which could be interpreted as well. side effects of the vaccine that they're using. the word or the british medical journal is using the word adverse events in relation to the symptoms to these will potential side effects. also protocol deviations were not being reported according to the allegations. the vaccines were apparently not stored at proper temperatures, and this is crucial for 5 for the 5 the vaccine. because, well, it has to be stored a very particular temperature, a very low temperature. and this is something that makes the transportation of this vaccine, particularly challenging. also are the whistleblower reported mislabeled laboratory specimens and apparently vent avia targeted those members of staff who will try to blow the whistle and try to bring to light these are,

these discrepancies are these instances and the. 2 whistleblower saying that she was victim over such targeting that she was fired after she tried to bring to light these allegations. so when, according to her, the company or when these allegations 1st fell on deaf ears or within the company, she assembled them. she put them together and sent them all to the da, the u. s. agency, a governmental body responsible for giving the approval for the emergency use of vaccine. and this is the response she got. have a list. within hours, jackson received an e mail from the if da, thanking her for her concerns, and notifying her that the f. d. a could not comment on any investigation that might result. a few days later, jackson received a call from an f da inspector to discuss her report, but was told that no further information could be provided. she heard nothing further in relation to her report. well, given what we've just heard,

it could have been world seen as an optimistic sign for this whistle blower. you know, company the, or rather the of d a getting back to her the very same day. and obviously she comes across as a very concerned person, and on top of that, all of this happened in september last year, which is important because that's before 5, the phases vaccine got the approval of the, of the a so well. so the only logical assumption that would be is that the of the i will look into these claims address them and well make a decision whether or not they were important are but in december, same year, the price of vaccine god. oh god, the well it, it was recognized, it was recommended for emergency use by the, of the 8 and the of the a did not address any of the allegations have listened to or to, apart from the article in the british medical journal. in phases briefing documents submitted to an f. d. a advisory committee meeting held on the 10th of december 2020 to discuss fires as application for emergency youth authorization of its cove

at night in vaccine. the company made no mention of problems at the vent, obvious site. the next day, the sta issued the authorization of the vaccine. we have of course, reached out to pfizer entire via the f d. opposed to well to find out their opinion on this as to maybe why they believe that these claims should be, should they should be taken into account that they're an important but we're still to hear back from then or from them and are well, i guess the only are the only logical outtake from the story would be listened to your doctor before well, you know, putting anything in your body or we spoke to reading university. my tray biologist, doctor simon clark, about this. and he's are concerned that the allegations there could lower the public's trust in the vaccine. the biggest problem for potential problem with this article in the british medical journal is that it will affect or could affect public confidence. ready in the vaccines when really shouldn't mistakes do happen.

i. but it's important to, to, to acknowledge that when you know a mistake is happened, you report it new, acknowledge it, and deal with it. this could happen with any that said, not just alexi, people should remember that many, many millions of people around the world have this vaccine. and it's effective and it's safe. now, relations have taken a further downturn between australia and france. this comes off for a personal s. m. s message discussing the french australian submarine agreement and attributed to present mac chrome was leaked to the press france. now it says the whole thing is a stab in the back that the seat was intentional. and because there was far more at stake and providing submarines because it was a common agreement on sovereignty. sealed was a transmission of highly classified debtors. the way it was ended was plainly as

that in the back while as the situation that's really gone from bad to nuclear france in australia. i've been pretty much at each other's throats since september after australia announced that it was pulling the plug on that deal a deal at france described as being the deal, the sale of the century to build this fleet of submarines at now at the time france said that when a stranger announced that in fact when it was doing is up pursuing a new deal with the us with the u. k. and canada that it had been completely unaware of this in, at, essentially had the, the rug pulled from underneath it. even just a few days ago, president micron had suggested that the australian prime minister scott morrison had lied to him out. right. i do see when, when we have recent, you have to be, do you have to behave in mine and consistently with

i don't think i know statements that when my questioning, astride is integrity and the slurs that have been placed on australia, i'm not going to call that on behalf of the strident i can deal with whatever people throw at me, but astride it has a proud record or when it comes to our defense capability. now this is saying that people in glass houses shouldn't throw, shouldn't hurl rocks and australia is clearly fuming over those comments from president macro, which will made directly to the press in english. now it's decided to come play at that game and apparently has released a text message that mack on sent to morrison just a few days before at the ending of that deal was announced. now this text message suggests that president mack, on which means the eliza and the government did actually have an inkling that there was a problem with this deal and that it could be going under. if you thought things couldn't

have gotten worse. well, you would be wrong because they clearly are unraveling at a furious pace. at the moment that leak has seen paris pushed the red button with the french ambassador who had been briefly recalled from canberra as a result of this row. not mincing his words. seat is an unprecedented new law in terms of all to proceed and also in terms of truce and trust, you dont be able exists on personal exchanges of leaders. we're allies but babies gesture confirmation that we have never seen as an ally. france is clearly a ghast about this situation. the idea that there could be a leak of messages sent from one leader of a nation to another, has completely baffled, shocked and disgusted officials here. and it looks like this issue between france

and australia could about to be causing even bigger problems for australia. we know that the country is due to have trade talks with the european union. they've already been postponed as a result of this route. if those talks do go ahead, i guarantee you that there will be a new rift, and that time it will be between france and brussels. promises to protect the earth's forests. ambitious goals of met 0 by 2050 and giving cash to south africa to help it end its reliance on coal. the u. n's. climate summit in scotland this week did up, it's pledged to save the planet with britain's prime minister boris johnson taking the lead. although that said, the u. k. does not appear to be holding back on fossil fuel projects. because a recent report does reveal that around 40 plans, the seeking approval in the u. k. in the next 4 years, which if approved would nearly tripled the country's yearly greenhouse gas

emissions. meanwhile, there's an ongoing dispute to over a proposed new coal mine in the north west of england. and barbara johnson says he doesn't support it. he insists it is not his job to get involved. like was there however, to say they desperately needed? the mind should go ahead. it will be mined in the safest, cleanest grayness where it can possibly be done. plans are being explored for the 1st coal mine to be opened in the u. k. in 30 years here in the coastal town of white haven in northwest england. just a 140 miles north from here. the cop $26.00 summit in glasgow is in full swing. the u. k is of course, hosting that summit that critics say it sends out the completely wrong message for the hosts to be giving the green light to this coal mine. while at the same time preaching the green message to the rest of the world, the u. k. government has decided not to intervene with the plans of opening and

brand new english coal mine. this really shows the true meaning of so called net 02050. these vague and sufficient targets long into the future basically mean nothing to day, but contrary to what some make spect given phase as a potential air pollution, the locals are quite happy to have it. many of them think it could spark a much needed economic revival to step forward, really for technology and everything else is failing to produce your mining area. and i know for many, many years now as all gone, we journey jobs, indiana networks in line until it's here that prototypes that are coming in as well to assist and also educate to the kids in a very deprived area of the okay. and that's what's needed to drive the future to drive education and support the kids. a local campaign is in support of the mines, say that coaching coal, which is used to manufacture steel rather than generate energy, is being unfairly maligned by green activists. this is just an older piece to the puzzle is green, greenly we,

we are an environmental area. we understand what the problems are. well, there's no denial. if there's an issue that is a problem. we've got nuclear, we've got winds, we've got a high job that will be common to someplace in the future. and thankfully, if we get this my going as a will be say him a coca cola from over there to the transport it from america, which is couldn't we? what was it on to think that john cutty seldom is that we shouldn't open up my web web i in all the coal of it. it's a bit hypocritical west cumbria mining. the company in charge argues that the project will be the world's 1st net 0 mythological coal mine in the world. ministers of argued in favor of the project from an economic perspective, as well as an environmental $12.00 is a very small, as i understand quite specialist, a form of coal that's being that would be produced there on will have a negligible impact ons of the global coal usage, we need to transition our existing oil and gas sector to

a d carbon ice platform. what others want to see is a complete eclipse and shutting down of oil and gas with 250000 jobs vanishing overnight. the u. k. government on the pressure from climate groups intervened and ordered an inquiry by a planning inspector local may refutes any objections. however, saying coaching call from the mind would drive forward green energy projects. he also insists that the project will revive the local economy off the curve. it ma'am, i think you've got to look at the united kingdom as a whole and we're responsible for just all the one percent of the entire world, carbon emissions on this. mine will british functional from north point one percent of that one percent. the mine will have a huge positive economic impact on the, on the area, etc. i chuckled and investment, this is private money coming in. are you talking 160000000 pound into to what's a relatively small community that will create 500 direct jobs or with

a spin off of 1500 supply chain jobs that will transform people's lives in this area to inquire results the jew at the end of the year, well after the climate debate has moved elsewhere, 1st, johnson said at cop $26.00 that he didn't support the opening of the mind. that he would leave it to the planning come to the side. an indication perhaps of his own desire to not get dragged into a route with a local community desperate for the area once again to see if he can make regeneration these early all tea in white haven cumbria. we spoke to an environmental journalist on whether the british government is actually sticking to each pledge to drop fossil fuels. u. k. president of carbon, seriously, undermined by the government phone actions in the united kingdom. government have read a trill of fund, new fossil fuels by itself. however, as the united kingdom, financial industry and the financial district globally will be able to continue to

invest in fulfilled investment by the united kingdom in global fossil fuels amongst a 15 percent of global investments. and that's where the united kingdom record is really terrible. in that it's center for global finance for fossil fuels. so this is off there for credibility of presidency up the top. still had few this sad disappointment for democrats in virginia has this state. they've seen a republican governor in the move. why do you seem to as a political blade, joe biden, and also a judgment on his presidency? we'll have a look at the significance of this just after the bracket. ah, we're all driven by dreamers shaped by 10 percent of those. with

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hello again. now in a victory for drug companies, a california judge his rule that for manufacturers can't be held responsible for the states opioid crisis. he says is no evidence the rise and prescriptions was damned to misleading marketing and its thought so that the ruling could set a precedent for similar cases in other states. we got the thoughts of jake bradshaw . he became addicted to the pills he was prescribed. it sets a very dangerous precedent and, and more importantly it's, it's sad. this is, this is becoming a in america, very common knowledge. their companies like purdue pharma, sat around a board room table and made a decision to target a blue collar areas in america. areas like southern ohio, eastern kentucky, west virginia, because they knew that their new powerful prescription opioid yet would ah,

flourish there. while the case was the 1st, a drug company has one in over 3000 lawsuits. it was filed over a crisis, which has claimed the lives of half a 1000000 people in the united states over the last 20 years. the previous administration, in fact, did declare a nationwide emergency after the number of deaths from an opioid overdose rows 6 times in the country. now in 2020 alone more than 9000000 people were victims of a po to misuse, including teenagers and adults. and the majority of which were prescribed medicine, mostly pain relievers. j branch shaw again says that the court ruling leaves the vulnerable with no justice. i can remember being 1718 years old and having a very minor injury and you know, being prescribed 40 milligrams of oxy gotten for injuries like that. there isn't that i don't think there is a government or a doctor or any medical professional who would call that reasonable. we've got

millions of people whose lives have been affected by this. here we are years later knowing what we know. and we're still unable in courts to provide these families with, with some kind of justice for loved ones that they've lost or loved ones that are still struggling. it's, it's, it's, it's a travesty. but it's not just that hi me. the u. s. medicine is under the spotlight because americans, reputation on the world stage is also suffering with wide spread negative views. if it's health care system, at least that's according to a recent survey conducted in 17 countries. it does say that almost 50 percent do believe that the us health care system is below average. well, 18 percent. they consider it the worst among developed nations and almost 40 percent. do believe that the u. s. government didn't handle the caveat crisis? well enough, we talk to ex congressman ron poll, who believes that the problem with the u. s. health care system is that it's under

the influence of big corporations. been made much, much worse with a pandemic because i think all the policies essentially were sensually wrong on this walk down business and spending all this money and interfering with the practice of medicine. punishing people who wanted to have a debate on the care like we have for ever. so it's that it has made it much, much worse, and it's going to get much worse to if we don't release the freedom that the doctors need. but you can't let the corporations run most. now, most doctors work for corporation, they're not independent. i was totally independent. my patients and i made all the decision, but that's not the case. now what we have now is a corporate state. corporations are very, very powerful of they influence it. so it's not the people really voting. it's really the corporations that run things. so the corporations run medicine. they run the military industrial complex, they run all our schools now. so we're

a long way off from what people think is democracy. know we're a long way off from freedom. we have now a reflection of democracy because the people with a lot of money and control the monetary system. so no, we deserve a lot of that criticism, but it's, it's, it's unfortunately a whole philosophy of government that has come out of our universities teaching this corporatism. but you can see that he has given full online wrong poor also talks about the level of freedom and the state of democracy in the united states. that a much more at r, c dot com. ah, now the climate of fear, that's the chilling description of life inside the u. k. national broadcast of the b b. c. from the latest investigation by the daily mail. the newspaper i spoke to several employees including a former senior b, b c manager. they say that doing journalism is

a challenge when you have to look over your shoulder with fighting our own culture will within the corporation. you live with the realization that if i put a foot wrong, the mob will descend. that is a huge level of fear within the organization with people thinking that the going to be the next to get monster. when a saw off come the broadcasting regulatory body, they're afraid of 5 internal stars networks. he filled the holden to the climate of work and as i'm getting the p. c valid rights, not only a story is being changed or adapted, but sama partly even being dropped. but where does that leave the state broadcasters, journalism and free presses a whole. this is a night man will and very, very badly for the bbc. literally there are people who think we should stop bunning words. they don't like him biling viewpoints. they don't like. there are lots of things we hear in journalism that we don't agree with that. that's the whole bloody point, isn't it? while the baby see says it's editors have

a responsibility to think diversity of opinion. it's a slippery slope for some janice who say this so called mob rule if they got it wrong. take last month's example where it publish an article suggesting a handful of lesbians felt pressured into sex. my son, trans women. well, 20000 people signed an open letter calling on the pdc to apologize dubbing at transpose. egg and poorly evidenced was to be received most or was that b, b, c, misrepresenting the facts. well the b b. c journalist behind the very story apparently had to fight like hell against in 10 opposition to get it published. so surely they must have seen something coming, but have editorial lines become so blurred now that the beat may ends up like the new york times, with some even quitting the channel for goods. stories had chosen and tal in a way to satisfy the narrative audience's rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. my own forest into wrong thing have made me the subject of constant bowling by

colleagues who disagree with my views. they have called me and as a and arrest janice, of course, have a duty to be impartial, sensitive, and respectful. but when it comes to identity politics, the cultural war means whatever journalists say or do they all think, can't get it right. as they will always offend someone somewhere. while we discuss the situation with the u. k. journalist and broadcast and the o'clock, he says that the purpose of journalism has always been to show all sides of the story. not just the pleasing one. my job as a reporter is to basically cock away to one side, my political views, my views, social hughes, whatever and report what is happening and report the story. and in that case, you have to make sure that both sides are given that you, you see both sides of it. you get your wide range of opinions when you put your film together or your, or your documentary together. and i think that distinctions being lost and that's

the problem with this ultra woke goodness is that there are these issues where there is no consensus a lot of the time, it's almost like it's a case now. well, no, you can't have that opinion that's outside the parameters. things of train britain's changed, and you shouldn't have to reflect that, that we really need to have put, you know, the, the widest possible opinions out there. and not seek to, to, to restrict our coverage. basically only taking only taking the one line now, the democrats have suffered a shock to feet in the united or in the u. s. state of virginia, where the republican candidate has claimed victory is widely seen as a blow to j biden. and also a damning judgment on his presidency. looking at the significance, his caliber copy. glenn youngin has won the governorship of the state of virginia. not the results that would have been expected a year ago. however, a lot has changed in a year with the votes tallied,

it looks like the republican is winning the state of virginia. when his opponent, terry mcauliffe was expected to be a pretty solid winner about a year ago. what has changed in a year? well, joe biden has been in office, and the biden administration seems to not be having a very good night in the united states. at this point. we're seeing close races, not just in virginia, but also in new jersey and around the country. it's a good night for the g o, p. not a good night for the white house, and this reflects the trend of the biden ministration overall. currently, the binding administration only has a 42 percent approval rate. meanwhile, 71 percent of americans say the country is moving in the wrong direction. there is a new poll among democrats that actually shows that they feel their party would be most likely to retake the white house in 2024. to win the right house in 2024, if they actually nominated someone other than joe by and didn't have him run for

reelection. now all of this can be attributed to some recent moves by the, by the administration. the chaotic pull out of afghanistan, the situation regarding inflation is very unpopular coded mandate. all of this has contributed to a situation where the white house was very unpopular and the republican party seemed to have the upper hand. so it's only a year until there will be mid term election to determine the bait of the house of representatives on capitol hill and the u. s. congress could also be in question. now folks will be waiting to see joe biden's reactions and tonight the van, but it appears this is a reflection, a negative reflection on the biden administration. multi reporting brings you up to date going you so far today. hey, we're not international. we'll be back with the headlines, am or stories in testing. mm hm.

join me every thursday on the alex simon, sure. and i'll be speaking to guess from the world politics. sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm. ah, a with i'm after it had seen the head of mass protests we're doing on the ground is 30000 is under the drug gets capital of europe. scotland just sold the climate emergency . what is accused of being the most privileged climate summit.