and talking about the attacks by latvia and lithuania, and estonia and officials on the t.v. channels included in the r.t. media group. the coordinated nature of this attack is clear. you know, it will be interesting to see how far they do with this. because obviously the regime as you would, your brand has a slew of media outlets under its umbrella organization and whether the latvians of students and lithuanians will, will go through with this and start backing all of them. well, that would be a truly desperate step. artie's ron brownstein, thank you for bringing us the latest on that story. and other news and to asian attacks in america show no signs of letting up police in new york city are investigating 2 assault on asian residents. on monday, one of the victims was an elderly filipino woman who was brutally beaten, while her male assailant yelled, racial slurs, and warning you may find the following video upsetting and what seems to bother people the most is that there are several eyewitnesses in the video who didn't intervene, did not step up to stop the attacker. and

the foreign minister of lithuania mr backus thank you very much for being with us let's start with russia the e.u. has already imposed sanctions on moscow to little effect what more would you like to see done. well 1st of all i think it's it's a rather important here in russia since the russians will go to the ballot later this this year in september and it is likely that we'll see more of opposition crackdowns that we've seen earlier this year and european union needs to stay vigilant and send a message that. say no valley who's now in prison or other position members of european union will react because this is the way i see that europe is is defending the basic principles of liberty and democracy. so i well i is hopeful and the hope is that the discussion will revolve around this. the new u.s. administration is pressuring germany to halt construction of the new north stream to pipeline project that would carry more russian gas to europe what's your position on that well i think again the best message to. mr putin and his his regime in kremlin would be that no. cooperation be political

in fact the russian foreign ministry says coordination between various baltic countries that we lithuania estonia in cracking down and denying russian russian speaking would insist their access to russian media outlets and this is was we saw this in in the studio for example where a slew of journalists with threatened with legal action with criminal investigations unless they quit scrutiny splitting another channel that is being cracked down on in the baltics in the latvia itself there was a big scandal when a slew of workers again journalists were threatened with legal action unless they cut their ties with receipts awarded me tricky set of receipts awarded which sue for our baltic countries have decided to censor the ban we pronounce and fixed you know it we continue to see repeated violations of international the geisha instant shoot press freedom and baltic countries where they hide and there is a phobia and intention to get rid of the russian information presence in their media space by any means possible and talking about the attacks by latin lithuania and estonia and officials on t

lauren: prosecutors in belarus are starting -- he's been in exile in lithuania since the august election she is accused of attempting to stage explosions and arson attacks in recent antigovernment protests. a spokesman dismissed the charges as absurd. china has told foreign companies not to mix as this would politics if they want to keep operating there. a spokesman for the regional government issued the warning during a news conference where he was asked about cotton allegedly produced using forced labor. reporter: xinjiang has become a sensitive issue. western clothing and sportswear companies have raised concerned -- raise concerns over the use of force labor are being punished as shoppers respond to calls to boycott some of the biggest brands in the world. >> we are boycotting them because of the statements they have made. of what they have said is true, we are willing to accept the situation, but it is not true. that's why we boycott them. >> i think at heart, i'm a patriotic young person, so for now, i won't buy anything from these brands. reporter: the u.s. government says it's a

this should be part of your national lexicon especially lithuania, you ratify this in 1991. but this spells out, right after a child's right to life, they have a right to be known and loved by both of their biological parents. and so i to talk with you about the power of this natural rights. in the kind of implications that should have for family policy. so why are these natural right so powerful? talk about three different reasons for the first one is a biological identity. that these two adults offer something no other adults can do children. and it is there biological identity. second, these two adults happen to be statistically the safest when we honor this fundament of child right it comes of the benefits of the perfect gender balance each time. so, biological identity. so, biological identity matters to children. and while you may not necessarily understand that, you are thinking about your own life may be a group with both of your parents or you have not headed chance to confront the importance of biological reality in her life. we know biological identity matters to

using vaccines from the same batch after a woman died soon after receiving the shot a stone near lithuania luxembourg and latvia have also stopped inoculations from the same batch but brand has more now from london. it is worrying on the basis that 1st of all yes there have been some blood clots but the danish the norwegians and the ice and the icelanders who've decided to suspend the use of the astra zeneca vaccine all together are effectively going against the advice of the european medicines agency which is saying that as far as they're concerned the number of blood clots related to those people who have the vaccines are not out of the ordinary what you would normally expect in a general population they've they've reported some $22.00 events thromboembolism events out of the $3000000.00 people who've been vaccinated the night so there is the sense in some quarters that janet denmark norway and iceland are are being rather over cautious and that is not going to help when you're trying to get as many people vaccinated as possible 40000 coronavirus vaccines donated by the united arab emira

for elon musk, that's like the gdp of lithuania he lost from his savings account. causing all this volatility? >> it's all about bond yields. early this week the 10-year looked like it was going to settle down. the ecb in its monetary policy meeting had made some noise about not wanting yields to go higher, and it said it was going to accelerate its purchases of it own bonds. but by the end of this week, bond yields were rising again. now everyone is looking to the fed which meets next week for its response, if any. the fed might not want to do anything. it's probably going to raise its growth forecast, and in some ways rising bond yields help because it's going to make some of those speculative stocks less appealing to investors. and tech investors would love for the fed to come in, but i just don't think they'll get it. jack: beverly, given that, what is pushing these bond yields higher? >> well, things are going pretty well. we're looking at a pretty robust opening of the economy. but especially that $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus package that was just signed int

into opposition be to set down a to kennel scholar on charges of terrorism she's been in exile in lithuania since last year when the disputed election victory of longtime brizard alexander lukashenko sparked major protests she's accused of attempting to stage explosions and arson attacks as capital minsk a spokesman called the charges absurd. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories the w.h.o. and the leaders of 23 countries including the u.k. france and germany are backing the creation of an international treaty to address future global health emergencies the treaty would ensure universal.

use shots from one batch of the vaccine after a woman died soon after being inoculated dystonia lithuania luxembourg and latvia say stop jabs from the same batch and italy withdrew another batch of the vaccine after 2 men died in sicily although nailing has been established between the vaccine and their deaths engines a different situation that is related there to their education. or risk and so. on but at this stage there is no real evidence to suggest that the astra zeneca that is the cause or any may decide but no it does make me doubt it. several countries have said they'll continue using the astra zeneca vaccine friends and canada say the benefits outweigh the risks and they see no reason to suspend injections mexico has expressed confidence and australia says its monitoring reports of side effects but it's see no evidence to suggest the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots or would. have been developed in. private to madonna back then a big. signal that chinese that have a track record. not being sorry and i would start a chinese that clean take it i want to go back to work. the

lost to president alexander in the or west election she says the vote was rigged and later fled to lithuania i mean pressure from bella russian officials. u.s. president joe biden has backed a compromise reached by senate democrats and republicans over a key part of his coronavirus relief bill the agreement on extending federal jobless benefits overcomes at least one of several obstacles the 1.9 trillion dollars package has faced but despite republican objections the bill's expected to pass and gallacher has more. the senate will come to order in the u.s. congress evenly split between democratic and republican politicians passing president biden so-called american rescue plan was never going to be easy the senate debates been delayed by hours long readings a marathon voting session and compromises by democratic party to pass biden's 1st piece of major legislation republicans who support isn't needed to pass the bill so it's a wasteful parade of left wing projects 200000000 for the answer to the museum and library services what's that got to do. nothing this legislation is the most consequent

lithuania has become the latest of 1a countries to suspend its use.oth the french and italian prime ministers have said they would be vaccinated "very quickly" with the astrazeneca vaccine to give the public confidence in the jab if it is ruled as safe by the eu medicines agency on thursday. bethany bell reports from vienna. in italy, vaccination centres are shut after the oxford astrazeneca was suspended after reports of blood clots.— reports of blood clots. country sa the reports of blood clots. country say they are — reports of blood clots. country say they are acting _ reports of blood clots. country say they are acting as - reports of blood clots. country say they are acting as a - say they are acting as a precaution. the world health organization has urged countries not to pause the vaccinations. the eu's medicines regulator says the benefits of oxford astrazeneca outweigh the risks.— outweigh the risks. there is no indication _ outweigh the risks. there is no indication that _ outweigh the risks. there is no indication that vaccines - outweigh

information presence in the media space by any means possible and talking about the attacks by latin lithuania and estonia and officials on the t.v. channels included in the r.t. media group the cordon aged nature of this attack is clear. nevertheless there is very little communication and feedback from the stone in the forty's so there's no telling which way this is going to go with the might many more russian networks and media outlets are going to be bad because after all the head of. it is the head of the whole branch of russian media outlets ok well thanks for bringing the inside track on the story. and thanks you guys staying with r.t. still plenty to come this hour including a poll was found that most americans are anxious about losing their jobs of a something they've said online that's because of social council culture will be digging deeper into that story after the short break. seemed wrong but i. just don't. get to shape out to stay active. and engaged because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. the world is driven by shaped. th

leader's 5 planned attack us not taken of sky or on charges of terrorism she's been an exile in lithuania since last year with the disputed election victory of longtime president alexander lukashenko sparked mass protests she's accused of attempting to stage explosions and arson attacks in the better russian capital minsk in recent days a spokesman dismissed the charges as absurd. as well and refugees in colombia are accusing their country's army of killing innocent civilians are saddled m.p.'s he reports now from the border town of r o a kita 6. for the rummy race in burma lima families the pain is unbearable. yet. yet the 4 of their relatives were killed last week during a military operation ordered by the venezuelan government security forces accuse them of being part of a colombian rebel group and said they died in combat but neighbors and family members insist they were innocent taken from their homes and executed just that up in the end i was looking out for my brothers i saw them in their house and gestured to them then ran back into my home because soldiers were threatening people

using vaccines from the same batch after a woman died soon after receiving the shot the studio in lithuania luxembourg and left of course use of the same batch and italy has withdrawn another batch of the vaccine after 2 men died in sicily there are no link has been established between the vaccine and the deaths. zimbabwe has eased its coronavirus lockdown and overnight curfew which were imposed in january businesses and now allowed to reopen after the rate of new infections slowed but health officials are warning of a 3rd wave if the rules aren't followed and as harry metasearch reports many business owners say they can't afford another. tasty girl to burgers some chicken and anything else on the menu will soon be ready but not for a sit down meal cloven 1000 mr actions in zimbabwe don't allow that for now it's only takeaways part of the government's plan to bring down infection rates for restaurants and fast food outlets also known as quick service restaurants or. this is not good for business as you can see now are an empty restaurant will only be able to trade till 7 pm and even then we

this should be part of your national lexicon especially in lithuania. you ratified this in 1991 but to spell it out right after a child's right to life they have a right to be loved by both of their eye a lot to go parents. i want to talk with you about the power of this natural right and the implications that it should have per family policy. why are these not to write so powerful and we will talk about three different reasons but the first one is biological identity. two adults offer something that no other adults can the children and is their biological identity. second these two adults happened to be statistically the safest adults in the child's life and third when we honor this fundamental child's right becomes with the benefits of offering the perfect gender balanced each time. so, biological identity. so biological identity matters to children while you may not necessarily understand it when you are just thinking about your own life maybe you grew up with both of your parents and you haven't had a chance to confront the importance of biological

into opposition leaders set down a to kennel skier on charges of terrorism she's been in exile in lithuania since last year when the disputed election victory of longtime brizard alexander lukashenko sparked a major protests she's accused of attempting to stage explosions and arson attacks valorous its capital minsk a spokesman called the charges absurd. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories the w.h.o. and the leaders of 23 countries including the u.k. france and germany are backing the creation of an international treaty to address future global health emergencies the treaty would ensure universal access to vaccines and health thoughts during a pandemic would also aim to make all countries more resilient better alert systems and dr sharon. a survey of nearly 80 scientists is warning current vaccines could be effective against covered 19 in less than a year calling on colleagues to share vaccine technology so the world can be vaccinated quickly enough to stop the virus mutated. mexico's president has promised there will be justice for a woman from el salvador who died while in po

using vaccines from the same batch after women died soon after receiving the shots the stoney and lithuania luxembourg and love via of course use of the same badge and italy has been drawn another batch of the vaccine after 2 men died in sicily there no link has been established between the vaccine and the deaths. well let's get more from paul brennan so good news on one vaccine that will not such good news over the other what impact is this going to have on the relatively slow vaccine rollout. well i don't think it's going to speed it up that's for sure i mean the johnson and johnson vaccine on the face of it is a big step forward a couple of reasons for that 1st of all it can be stored for up to 3 months or fridge temperature it doesn't have to have that super low temperature that other vaccines such as the pfizer vaccine for example need that is minus 70 minus 80 degrees celsius the other thing about the johnson and johnson vaccine as well is it's effective after just one jab so there isn't a need for a 2nd reinforcing injection and that is good news however as you said in the introducti

in romania, moldova, lithuania, russia and ukraine. it's international. beans and potatoes. you are not going to find potatoes and beans in ukrainian. you'll find it only in polish. that's the main difference between those two different traditions. when it comes to cooking this, how can ukraine justify their borscht represented in unesco as at ukrainian dish, once they are thinking do you reckon? it all depends on the way it is cooked i've got here a natural starter. that's the beetroot made of beets which ukrainian and eastern european, we all do the same. like i said, the polish version, the only difference is those beans and potatoes. if we're going to see clear soup like this i would just literally say that's ioo% ukrainian borscht. if you going to see beans and potatoes that's polish traditional borscht from i6th—century even there is a book called the good man, the delight of a good man where he wrote about polish borscht. of course. you've cooked for royalty, celebrities when it comes to the perfect borscht, what's the magic ingredient? share as yo

estonia, lithuania, latvia and luxembourg have stopped using one particular batch of1 million doses oft was triggered when a woman in austria died from blood clots days after being vaccinated. italy, meanwhile, has banned doses from a different batch — after a soldier in sicily suffered a cardiac arrest following a jab. the italian regulator stressed the decision was a precaution, and there is no evidence that the vaccine was to blame. well, many millions of doses of the astrazeneca vaccine have been administered and the company says its safety has been studied extensively in clinical trials. meanwhile, the european medicines agency has said there's no indication that use of the vaccine caused the blood clots that have been reported and that it's still safe to use while further investigations are carried out. it pointed out that... "the number of thrombo—embolic events in vaccinated people is no higher than the number seen in the general population." i've been speaking to professor markjit from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine to get his reaction to the suspensions. w

estonia, lithuania, latvia and luxembourg have stopped using one particular batch ofi million doses ofe alert was triggered when a woman in austria died from blood clots days after being vaccinated. italy meanwhile, has banned doses from a different batch — after a soldier in sicily suffered a cardiac arrest following a jab. the italian regulator stressed the decision was a precaution, and there is no evidence that the vaccine was to blame. so farfive million people have received the astrazeneca vaccine in europe — separately more than 11 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine have been administered in the uk. the european medicines agency today reiterated it is still safe to use. and it pointed out that... well, to get to the bottom of all this i'm joined now by professor markjit from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. what was your initial response when you heard about these suspensions? well, my initial response was that these countries are being very cautious. there have been a few people unfortunately, having these events of blood clots after receiving the vacci

switzerland against lithuania was a delayed kick—off because one of the goals was too big.'s high tide as well as more tugs and dredging will dislodge it. with hundreds of vessels stuck on either side of the ship, egypt's president says it may be necessary to lift containers off the vessel in order to lighten the load. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson has this report. it's still stuck. this huge container vessel remains stubborn, refusing to move. 14 tug boats have been used to pull and push this 400—metre—long ship. they've managed a small victory, moving it 30 degrees. sand has also been dredged to try to dislodge it, and water has now started running underneath it. but at some point, probably soon, they may have to bring in specialist equipment, including cranes, to start removing containers. the ever given got stuck on tuesday. this satellite image shows the wedged container ship and, around it, more than 300 cargo ships left waiting. 0ne boat's refusal to budge has crippled global supply chains, i2% of which pass through this canal. it's billions of trade held up eve

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on the doorstep of the european union belarus next to two of its most shining members, poland and lithuaniatematic brutality, this kind of crack down since the august election which was fraudulent say many observers and claimed by alexander lukashenko, soviet era almost the kind of stories you will hear now and this report does begin, though, with a story of extraordinary courage and hope. somewhere through the icy sludge here is the path to freedom. across the border and out of what's been called europe's last dictatorship, belarus. some walk if they can, one man we will call him sergei, had no choice but to swim it. nearly three miles. here he stands on sheet ice, free, but in anguish at having to flee after just crossing out of belarus into the safety of ukraine. he films himself in flippers and a wet suit to leave evidence of what he tried in case he doesn't make it. i will try to crawl there, he says, and hope i won't freeze. i'm navigating by the stars, the feeling is indescribable. i've been going 90 minutes and have a mile left. being detained before for protesting and on a wanted l

stopped using vaccines from the same batch after women died soon after receiving the shot a stoney of lithuania luxembourg and out of here have poorest use of the same batch and italy has withdrawn another batch of the vaccine after 2 men died in sicily there are no link has been established between the vaccine and the deaths for brennan has more on the impact of the astra zeneca suspensions. it is worrying on the basis that 1st of all yes there have been some blood clots but the danish the norwegians and the ice like the icelanders who've decided to suspend the use of the astra zeneca vaccine altogether are effectively going against the advice of the european medicines agency which is saying that as far as they're concerned the number of blood clots related to those people who have the vaccines are not out of the ordinary what you would normally expect in the general population they've reported some $22.00 events thromboembolism events out of the $3000000.00 people who've been vaccinated up to march the night so there is the sense in some quarters that that denmark norway and iceland are are b

use shots from one batch of the vaccine after a woman died soon after being inoculated dystonia lithuania luxembourg and latvia say stock jabs from the same batch and italy withdrew another batch of the vaccine after 2 men died in sicily although nailing has been established between the vaccine and their deaths in terms of the different situation that is related there to their education. risk and so. on but at this stage there is no real evidence to suggest that the astra zeneca. any may decide but but oh it does make me doubt it. several countries have said they'll continue using the astra zeneca vaccine friends and canada say the benefits outweigh the risks and they see no reason to suspend injections mexico has expressed confidence and australia says it's monitoring reports of side effects but has seen no evidence to suggest the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots. that have been developed in. private. that signal that chinese vaccines have a track record not being pretty safe and i would say go get started chinese that think take it i want to go back to work and i want. the u.s. r

france, germany and italy, along with cyprus, latvia and lithuania, are to restart use of the jab todayrtugal and the netherlands will do so next week. but norway, sweden and denmark have said they won't use the astrazeneca vaccine while they conduct their own independent reviews. in france, 35,000 new coronavirus infections have been recorded in the past 2a hours, and the country fears a third wave of coronavirus. so from midnight tonight, 21 million people across 16 areas of the country, including paris, will be placed under a new month—long lockdown. in the uk, the prime minister is due to receive the oxford astrazeneca vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe. borisjohnson has urged people to get vaccinated and says england's roadmap out of lockdown is on track, despite a drop in vaccine supply. here's our health correspondent katherine da costa. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is safe and effective at preventing covid with no increased risk of blood clots. that's the consensus among regulators and a message the prime minister hopes will be heard around the world. today, t

last week norway, iceland, denmark, lithuania, latvia and estonia suspended the use of astrazeneca's agency both saying there is no evidence of a link between the vaccine and blood clots. also last week italy suspended the use of one batch of astrazeneca because a soldier had a cardiac arrest. it's very rare for a particular batch of a vaccine to be a particular problem. there was no evidence of a link between the cardiac arrest and the vaccine. and astrazeneca has run its own tests and found no issues. now france, italy, germany, spain, ireland and the netherlands have fully suspended this vaccine's use. here's the german health minister. translation: the german government is suspending i vaccination with astrazeneca as a preventative measure. this is due to new cases of cerebral vein thrombosis reported in connection with the vaccine. these countries are pointing to norway, where four people, three of whom are under 50, are being treated in hospital. the medical director at the norweigan medicines agency says... as of course does everyone. but then we have this from astrazeneca's c

astrazeneca's vaccine has now been paused in some other countries however — including estonia, lithuaniahey're focusing on one particular batch ofi million doses. the alert was triggered when a woman in austria died from blood clots days after being vaccinated. italy meanwhile has banned doses from a different batch — after a soldier in sicily suffered a cardiac arrest. the italian regulator stressed the decision was a precaution, and there is no evidence that the vaccine was to blame. we will now speak to a professor. thank you forjoining us. what are your thoughts as you hear me listing all of these countries causing the use of this vaccine. fine all of these countries causing the use of this vaccine.— use of this vaccine. one of my colleagues — use of this vaccine. one of my colleagues today _ use of this vaccine. one of my colleagues today pointed - use of this vaccine. one of my colleagues today pointed out. use of this vaccine. one of my . colleagues today pointed out four months ago i said this is exactly what we should expect. we get coincidentally —— coincidentally events that ar

columbia, belarus, slovakia, lithuania, and even greece which had its own near-bankruptcy in 2010.e countries in black, the right half of that screen are actually operating in surplus, even as we run these massive deficits. now let's take a look at what that means for our national debt, which is something, of course, that should be important to us. so just to put this again in perspective, all the way on the left is world war ii. that is our previous high point of national debt in relation to the size of the economy, just over 100% of the size of the economy. and then we worked it down and in fact, the low point in the middle there is in the late '70s, early '80s, when we had other economic problems, but nonetheless, a good debt ratio, and now you see it climbing all the way back up. and it's just about to get back to 100%. right about to get back to that world war ii peak. and even worse than that, it will keep growing under current projections. the dotted red line is what it would have been without covid. the dotted light blue line is what it looks like now. and as we sit here to