production deals with companies in italy spain. is conditional on the. conflict has changed its people. the future may hold. 30 minutes of news and views start out in. spain germany france and italy in the past 24 hours suspended the use of the corona virus vaccine developed by. blood clot concerts charlotte took me through the story earlier. well spain has now become the latest country in the e.u. to say it is suspending the use of the astra zeneca vaccine decision came hot only heels of decisions made by france germany and italy on monday all saying they were holding the rollout of this particular vaccine now we know that the world health organization is to hold a meeting to discuss the issues on tuesday and we've also heard that the european medicals agency this is the body which approves vaccines here in europe and had approved the astra zeneca vaccine is to hold an extraordinary meeting on thursday to discuss the issues now when france announced that it was suspending that vaccine that announcement was made by president marconi whose previously raise

countries irish is the vaccine is the fun behind the jab reveals that sign production companies in italy spain france and germany conditional though on the e.u. approving the drug use the big girls in this vaccine program is brought members spend their fury over huge disparities in the ways jobs are being shed and in germany angela merkel is itself has its worst losses in 2 key states a starting pistol is fired on the country's election but also to come after 10 years of foreign syria we look at how the conflict has changed the lives of its people and what the future holds for the country. good afternoon you're watching r.t. international where it's just gone 3 o'clock here in moscow now more european countries have expressed an interest in working with russia sputnik the vaccine according to the russian fund behind the job companies from italy spain france and germany have agreed to launch production if the vaccine is authorized by the blocks medicines agency so let's get more on this now our correspondent joins us in the studio good afternoon mickie just talk through them the significance of

make the vaccine is the fund behind the jab reveals it signed for adoption deals with companies in italy spain france and germany although it is conditional on the e.u. approving the drug meanwhile the proper role of vaccine program is countries vent their fury over huge disparities in the way jobs are being shared thanks and after 10 years of the war in syria we look at how the conflict has changed the lives of its people and what the future holds for the country. oh good even just gone 6 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now more european countries have expressed an interest in working with russia with the vaccine according to the russian fund behind the jab companies from italy spain france and germany have agreed to launch production if the vaccine is authorized by the blocks medicines agency earlier high spoke with r.t. about this and how these cooperation agreements have developed. since the start of the pandemic the company that producing the spinning of the vaccine the russian direct investment fund has been very open about its plans to cooperate with partners a

is the vaccine is the fund behind the jab reveals it signed production deals with companies in italy spain france and germany conditional on the e.u. approving the drug meanwhile the block admits rules in its vaccine program has come from spend their fury over huge disparities in the way jobs are being shared out and also to come this hour in germany and the merkel's party suffers its worst losses in 2 key states is the starting pistol is fired on the country's general elections and half to 10 years of war in syria we look at how the conflict has changed the lives of its people and what the future holds for the country. i. know they're just gone 4 pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now more european countries have expressed an interest in working with russia as a vaccine according to the russian fund behind the jab companies from italy spain france and germany have agreed to launch production if the vaccine is authorized by the block's medicines agency so let's get more now on this from our correspondent joins us again the soft name hello again mickey just go through them

another setback in an already troubled vaccination campaign germany france italy and spain became the latest european countries to stop administering the astra zeneca vaccine over fears it causes blood clots. and then. to keep up confidence in this vaccine we now have to give our experts in germany and the european union time to review these recent cases they must also clarify the question of whether the benefits of vaccination continue to outweigh possible risks says it's mukesh of the sick and i know it's clickers one thing is clear not vaccinating also has serious health implications and that review process is what we're waiting on now. french president. said his government would await a statement by the european medicines agency due on tuesday before deciding if the vaccine is put back into use. that is you want a piece of the decision that was taken in accordance with our european policy is to suspend the astra zeneca vaccination as a precautionary measure in the hope that it will be resumed quickly if the european medicines agency allows it see livy. the e m a only last week dec

europe finding a 3rd wave of the corona virus pandemic but minus one major vaccine germany italy france and spain have joined a growing list of countries suspending use of the astra zeneca back scene over blood workers but medical regulators in the w.h.o. insist the vaccine is safe also coming up a punishing defeat and a warning for germany's ruling conservatives say stronger medical c.d.u. suffers big losses into keep regional elections party leaders call it a wake up call ahead of federal elections this coming september and international condemnation of mean mars military following sunday's violence and young dawn tonight the army has imposed martial law in parts of the city. plus the missing things of syria's revolution. i mean. you heard this from hospice she was kidnapped by armed men 7 years ago and is still visiting u.w. news retraces the steps that she made before she disappeared. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you around the world welcome to in the race to vaccinate to this is not what europe needs now. now nearly a dozen countries including germany fra

. ♪ paul: germany has joined france, italy, spain and portugal in suspending the use of astrazeneca'sovid vaccine. this is despite assurances from the e.u. drugs administrator the shots are safe. let's get more from michelle cortez. how do we weigh the safety versus the danger of this vaccine? >> there are a lot of questions circling about this astrazeneca vaccine. the clinical trials have shown us it is unlikely to cause more blood clots than people normally develop every year. it is a relatively common occurrence. you can get it when you are in a long-haul flight and do not get up enough. it can be deadly. th have been some people who have developed these clouds shortly after getting the astrazeneca vaccine. and because those two things happened in close proximity, they are concerned the vaccine might have somehow triggered it. there is not a biological explanation. in the clinical trials, -- just to that proximity is enough to make people and countries, the governments that run them, concerned about continuing the astrazeneca vaccine. shery: the e.u. and oculus and campaign has see

spain germany and italy. blood concerns. took me through the story. spain has now become the latest country in the e.u. to say this is suspending the use of the astra zeneca vaccine decision came hot on the heels of decisions made by france germany and italy on monday all saying they were holding the rollout of this particular vaccine now we know that the world health organization is to hold a meeting to discuss the issues on tuesday and we've also heard that the european medicals agency this is the body which approves vaccines here in europe and had approved the astra zeneca vaccine is to hold an extraordinary meeting on thursday to discuss the issues now when france announced that it was suspending that vaccine that announcement was made by president marconi whose previously raised questions about the efficacy of the vaccine for older persons this is what he had to say. on. the decision which was also taken in accordance with our european policy is to suspend vaccinations with astra zeneca as a precaution hoping to resume it quickly if the opinion of

another setback in an already troubled vaccination campaign germany france italy and spain became the latest european countries to stop administering the astra zeneca vaccine over fears it causes blood clots fatone and stuff to keep up confidence in this vaccine we now have to give our experts in germany and the european union time to review these recent cases they must also clarify the question of whether the benefits of vaccination continue to outweigh possible risks and say just that's mukesh reason and i know because one thing is clear not vaccinating also has serious health implications and that review process is what we're waiting on now. french president manuel mccall said his government would await a statement by the european medicines agency due on tuesday before deciding if the vaccine is put back into use. that it is you know he ate a piece on the decision that was taken in accordance with our european policy is to suspend the astra zeneca vaccination as a precautionary measure in the hope that it will be resumed quickly if the european medicines agency allows it see livy.

germany, italy, france and spain have suspended use of the astrazeneca vaccine over blood clot worries. regulators in the who it insist the vaccine is safe. a punishing defeat and a warning for germany's ruling conservatives. angela merkel's cdu suffers big losses in regional elections. already leaders call it a wake-up call ahead of federal elections in september. international condemnation of myanmar's military following violence in yangon. the army imposed martial law in part of the city. the missing face of syria's revolution. >> i am a human rights activist. >> she was kidnapped by armed men seven years ago and is still missing. dw news retraces the steps she made before she disappeared. i'm brent goff. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, welcome. in the race to vaccinate, this is not what europe needs. nearly a dozen countries, including germany, france, italy and spain, suspended use of the astrazeneca vaccine over fears the shots could cause blood clots. both the european medicine agency and the world health organization say there is no evidence linking th

italy, spain, and france already announced this step in the next days. brent: astrazeneca gets the green light again from the european union, but has the damage already been done? >> some experts say the damage is there because now the trust in the astrazeneca vaccine might be undermined. germany says the vaccination efforts will not suffer because still 72 percent of the population want to get the shot, and in emailed today tried to curtail the damage -- the ema today tried to curtail the damage. the ma chief said, "i will get the shot tomorrow." brent: vaccination programs have been set part -- beset by leaders take awaybeen very in terms of lessons from this incident with astrazeneca? >> eu leaders will gather here next week for a summit in person and will surely talk about the vaccination program. commission to buy more vaccines, and the commission is per promising to do that. they want to speed up this very slow process, but it is already getting more pace. 10% of the european population is vaccinated. of c t front like israel, the u.k., and the uni

to disclose conflicts of interest to find a place to 5 meetings entities based in france germany italy spain and the u.k. . traffic through the suez canal is resumed in both directions following the refloating of a massive container ship that have blocked the waterway the ever given run aground last wednesday some 300 ships are still lined up to transit it's one of the world trades of main arteries it could easily take another 2 days at least to clear the backlog. now much of south africa's railway infrastructure is in a bad way outdated crumbling and just recently disappearing during a pandemic lock down railway stations carriages and even the lines themselves have been mercilessly looted the vandalism has occurred just as the government embarks on a number mostly 1000000000 dollar plan to modernize its commuter route network. in south africa's cities most people rely on mini buses to get around but they're expensive and often overcrowded and dangerous. south africa's railway infrastructure was already outdated and neglected but during the coronavirus lock down it's been laid waste in the s

news and these are our top stories germany france italy and spain have become the latest countries to suspend the rollout of the astra zeneca coated 1000 vaccine over safety fears the move follows reports of an increased risk of blood clots but astra zeneca and the w.h.o. insist there is no risk. mean maher security forces have again fired on pro-democracy protesters killing several people the fatalities come a day off the dozens of activists were killed in the largest city yank on the state for costa says the military has imposed martial law and 6 townships in the city. and british police have arrested several protesters during a 3rd night of demonstrations in london people gathered to demonstrate against the breaking up of a vigil over the weekend for much to work for much of victims are ever awed the gathering led to confrontations between police and mainly female mourners the metropolitan police says it acted to protect the public as a vigil breached coronavirus restrictions well this is d w news from berlin you can find much more news on our website as well as analysis on dot com

this is d w news and these are our top stories germany france italy and spain have become the latest countries to suspend the rollout of the astra zeneca coated 1000 vaccine over safety fear is the move follows reports of an increased risk of blood clots but astra zeneca and the w.h.o. insist there is no risk. mean maher security forces have again fired on pro-democracy protesters killing several people that they tell us he's come a day off the dozens of activists were killed in the largest city yank on the state for costa says the military has imposed martial law in 6 townships in the city. and british police have arrested several protesters during a 3rd night of demonstrations in london people gathered to demonstrate against the breaking up of a vigil over the weekend for murder which for much of victims are ever odd the gathering led to confrontations between police and mainly female mourners the metropolitan police says it acted to protect the public as a vigil breached coronavirus restrictions well this is d w news from berlin you can find much more news on our website as well a

this hour's headlines stories from italy germany. spain suspend britain's astra zeneca coronavirus seen in the past 24 hours over blood clots and fears. the european union may it's further flaws in its vaccine program with member countries venting their fury over approach huge disparities in the way shops are being shared. while more european countries brushes public the vaccine does the funding behind the jumper feel good sign production deals with companies in italy spain france and germany the rule is conditional on the e.u. approving the. 10 years of war in the.

think the vaccine is the fund behind the job reveals that sign production deals with companies in italy spain france and germany conditional on the e.u. approving the drug meanwhile the block admits schools in his fast seem programs come from spend their fury over huge disparities in the way jobs are being shared and also to come this hour in germany and the americans party. losses and states is the starting pistol is fired on the country's general elections and 10 years of war in syria we look at how the conflict has changed the lives of its people and what the future holds for the country.

this is d w news and these are our top stories gemini france italy and spain have become the latest countries to suspend the rollout of the astra zeneca coated 1000 vaccine over safety fear is the move follows reports of an increased risk of blood clots but astra zeneca and the w.h.o. insist there is no risk. mean maher security forces have again fired on pro-democracy protesters killing several people the fatalities come a day off the dozens of activists were killed in the largest city yank on the state for costa says the military has imposed martial law and 6 townships in the city. and british police have arrested several protesters during a 3rd night of demonstrations in london people gathered to demonstrate against the breaking up of a vigil over the weekend for mudda work for murder victims are ever odd the gathering led to confrontations between police and mainly female born as the metropolitan police says it acted to protect the public as a vigil breached coronavirus restrictions well this is d w news from berlin you can find much more news on our website as well as analysis on. board.

an interest in using russia's sputnik according to the russian front in the job companies from italy spain france and germany have agreed to launch production if the vaccine is authorized by the blocs medicines agency my colleagues under former nichiren spoke about the developments earlier. since the start of the pandemic the company that producing this but the vaccine the russian direct investment fund has been very open about its plans to cooperate with partners all across the world including those in europe but what we saw was a lot of pushback and hesitation from europe towards the idea of using a russian produced vaccine it was criticized over having a lack of data it was even called a russian propaganda tool and that was even after the scientific journal the lancet published a study showing it was over 90 percent of the active so what we're seeing now is quite a remarkable change of tack with the company revealing its broken deals with companies in germany italy france and spain let's take a listen to what the c.e.o. of the company have to say currently there are additional talks und

fighting a 3rd wave of the coronavirus pandemic but minus one that major vaccine germany italy france and spain had joined a growing list of countries the stanleys of astra zeneca of the blood work but health experts insist it is safe also coming out. and international condemnation of new mars military officer churchy forces killed protesters the army has imposed martial law and also stopped going on to the largest city. germany's museum opens they don't offer more than 3 months of lockdown to the baba reviews in is near the end it will be opening with a back. truck to its blockbuster rembrandt's. i'm a hell of a 100 thanks for joining us a growing number of countries including germany france italy and spain have suspended the use of the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine over fears the shots could cause blood clots however both the european medicines agency and the world health organization say there is no evidence that the vaccine is unsafe. and other such back in an already troubled vaccination campaign germany france italy and spain because. the latest european countries to stop administerin

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will slowly warm out for the southeast and this of course this is still fairly warm western med italy spain and portugal been significant rain recently in portugal that's on its way out of the way in fact you can see is circulation satellite picture from the algarve up towards morocco that's produced a certain amount of street flooding right in the far north of morocco and that rain is going to continue your i suspect but not particularly heavily is quite well spread into our area as well at the same time it will hit the canary also for sunday monday and tuesday last promise is not really very summery. but. to only 0 we are in a case where some mean compensated zillions all we listen to the only music you hear is the only the most beautiful music in the world is silent we meet with the global news makers and talk about the stories the on the world is their own. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. is room in the world on al-jazeera. the off. base is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories this hour pope francis is in northern iraq for the 3rd day of his historic vis

fronts italy spain are resuming use of the corona virus vaccination following the all clear from the european medicines agency it proved the company's vaccine is safe and effective although certain side effects will continue to be probed earlier our number of countries suspended use after reports of blood clots developing and even fatal a tease among those who had received the. west cross live now to our charlotte do been skiing already charlotte you've been following developments take us through this statement what it means indeed for the roll out in europe. well the european medicines agency has deemed that astra zeneca is safe and effective to be used against the. virus saying that the benefits continue to outweigh the risks now in terms of those risks they said that there wasn't an associate overall risk of blood clotting as a result of astra zeneca but they're going to keep an eye on this with further investigation because they caught the 5th symphony room it out at this stage what they did say though is that they will be warnings given to those who have the jobs that this is a

to stop the vaccination and it's quite sure that they will restart italy's spain and france already announced this step and in the next days to the rest of the follow suit you know some astra zeneca gets the green light again from the european union but hasn't the damage already been done. some experts say that the democrat is there because now the trust into this special vaccine from a seneca and in vaccination as such might be undermined there's some snap pose from germany although that say the vaccination efforts will not suffer because still 72 percent of the population want to get the shot and the even out to date try to curtail the damage they even achieve in the kook said it was me i would get the shots tomorrow and we know that vaccination rollout across the european union they have been beset by problems they've been very slow now we are talking about a 3rd wave of infections across europe what will you leaders what are they going to take away in terms of lessons from this incident with astra zeneca. leaders together here again next week for a summit in person and they will surely ta

germany, france, spain and italy are all taking the precautionary measure of suspending use of the vaccinef fears about possible side—effects, including blood clots. the astrazeneca vaccine has already been suspended in the netherlands, ireland, iceland, bulgaria, denmark and norway. the world health organisation, along with the eu's very own medicines regulator, says there is no justification for the temporary ban and leading british scientists insist the vaccine is safe. our medical editor fergus walsh has the latest. a public display of confidence in the oxford astrazeneca vaccine from northern ireland's chief medical officer today. by contrast, you cannot have the jab in the irish republic, in france, germany and is a growing list of eu countries which have temporarily suspended its use. this is a safe, effective vaccine as recommended by mhra. let's remember, this virus kills people, kills people my age, younger people and older people and the benefits are strongly in favour of people getting this vaccine at that time. the eu roll—out was already lagging well behind that of the uk. fr

germany, italy, france, the netherlands and spain are the latest.aused at the weekend following denmark, iceland. several other countries, including austria have stopped using certain batches of the vaccine. that leaves several eu nations using the jab, which has been approved in over 70 countries around the world. astrazeneca says more than 17 million people in the uk and european union have now had its vaccine. that fewer than a0 cases of blood clots have been reported. it says the risks of having a clot are significantly lower among those who have been vaccinated compared to the general population. we know that blood clots are remarkably common and we would expect them to happen in one to two people per thousands, per year. which is a very large number. and much higher than the sorts of levels we are talking about in this particular report. scientists in the uk are frankly baffled by the decisions made in the eu. there is concern that the pause in using the astrazeneca jab will cost lives because people will not be protected from covid and that i

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today in southern europe in portugal italy spain and southern france an estimated 50 to 60 percent of the population could have african ancestry. seen a kiss for all elected it's a question which all scholars of slavery of wondered about we think of what happened to those black people in europe well yet they don't need some say the figures aren't that big the thought they melted into the population disappeared on their own the poll numbers will do but it's hardly tenable to argue that thousands tens of thousands of people are underage of thousands disappeared without a trace without passing anything on to next generations which in of us was fueled by a new story out for us historians who work on archives it's fairly easy to find an african ancestor but for people's family history it's not something that they forgot or half suppressed. about metal novel. merchants went to round up slaves in the border regions of the congo kingdom everywhere the raids multiplied lou and became one of the crossroads at the original transatlantic slave trade in congo the relationship of equality between a

looking at europe, a number of countries in europe temporarily halting astrazeneca, germany, france, italy, spainauses blood clots but the world health organization, the regulators says they are firmly convinced the benefits outweigh the risks and they should continue doing it. what is the mixed messaging here? is it safe or not safe? what should we know? >> it is common and normal deposit vaccinations, you have to gather data and information. as it is right now there is no clear link, no data showing a causal relationship between the vaccine and blood clots. blood clots, 37 found in over 11 million britons who have been vaccinated, 37 out of 11 million we still haven't proven the vaccine causes blood clots but by tomorrow we should receive further information. benjamin: why would these countries overrule their own health agencies and start giving the vaccine? >> they are still giving it in the uk. it is a matter of investigating and studying to make sure there is no direct link which is quite normal and common. benjamin: everyone should continue taking it. thank you for joining us this morning,

another setback in an already troubled vaccination campaign germany france italy and spain became the latest european countries to stop administering the astra zeneca vaccine over fears it causes blood clots. in stuff to keep up confidence in this vaccine we now have to give our experts in germany and the european union time to review these recent cases they must also clarify the question of whether the benefits of vaccination continue to outweigh possible risks sized smokie should reason and i'm is because one thing is clear not vaccinating also has serious health implications and that review process is what we're waiting on now. french president. said his government would await a statement by the european medicines agency due on tuesday before deciding if the vaccine is put back into use. this is your 80 piece on the decision that was taken in accordance with our european policy is to suspend the astra zeneca vaccination as a precautionary measure in the hope that it will be resumed quickly if the european medicines agency allows it see livy look at me. the e.m.e.a. only last week d