agency and that could well be rolled out given the green light to be used across the very shortly peter oliver reporting there what has some of the reaction we've been getting on this story from our guests. so it's a country putting its interests ahead of others in the context of the pandemic and vaccines are clearly the only guy in charge of the research the implications i think our lists of before a country or a straw you then they would be for poor and around the world we know that as recently as a few weeks ago the vast majority of viable vaccine was in the athlon nations of the world or ny shoes were missing out than other countries that i think the most risk in the next and she would say this is not not nationalism i mean that we have such as it in national country contract with us that of them they don't want or expect that this contract that we need last scenes we don't have in this moment so a lot of told people he need only are still die have or they have a lot of people are still taking the coronavirus because we don't have the best since so is normal that our government led by driv

the 2 of you as any and all significant developments from that for now our europe correspondent peter oliver bring us right up to date on what is known at this stage in sweden peter thank you. ok let's turn attention to a big foreign policy announcement coming out of washington the u.s. will no longer engage in regime change or wage wars in the name of democracy in faraway places at least about sophists may just hours ago by secretary of state and for me blinken is anything to go by when i'm joined on the program by our america correspondent kill up in the new york. words and deeds can be very different things history's told us that of course tickets through the what was said today well we have a speech given by the new secretary of state appointed by joe biden anthony blinken and which he talks about how it is the duty of the united states to preserve democracy to restore democracy around the world and how he feels democracy is under threat he talks about the need to prove authoritarian regimes to be wrong what's interesting though is during his remarks he said that no more force would be u

comes as europe struggles to get its vaccine program going amid a 3rd wave of infections i think peter oliver has more from berlin well during this interview that the chancellor gave on sunday evening she looked particularly sick and tired bumping heads with local leaders she described some of the leaders of germany states is being not free from allusions that they could actually negotiate with the covert 19 virus we are set to see some local restrictions put in place here in this week on wednesday or from wednesday f f p 2 masks will be required that. facebook is permanently shut down the page of iran's international television network which has millions of followers press t.v. said it received no bounce notice that highlights the american connections of the tech giant without any prior warning facebook informed prissie view on friday that its account had been shut down to what it claimed to be the iranian news channel's failure to follow our community standards this is yet another attack by the us based social media giant only rhenium media outlets. well the social media platforms as the ch

renewable energy commitments as well as its international standing here's our europe correspondent peter oliver . germany's green party have been setting out their election promises ahead of this year's national vote scrapping the nord stream to gas pipeline is being given top billing but the greens stance puts them in lock step with the biden administration in washington secretary of state antony blinken has also just announced that the infrastructure project should be stopped and that businesses involved in the pipeline could face sanctions and the entity involved in the north stream to pipeline risks u.s. sanctions and should immediately abandon work on the pipeline costing just over 9000000000 euros north stream 2 is already more than 95 percent complete it will allow russian gas to flow directly into germany under the baltic sea and could be used to bypass existing pipelines which take gas through ukraine which would cost kiev valuable transit fees the pipeline is seen by some politicians as the only way for germany to get the energy it needs while facilitating the move away from nuclear a

time russia was responsible something moscow has repeatedly denied our european correspondent peter oliver was at the united nations conference in geneva this report by the united nations special. put forward a number of conclusions about what happened to alexina volley last summer from the invest. geishas that they carried out the un special rapporteur say the 5 laboratories of a critically proven in their eyes that missing a volley was poisoned with a novel talking nerve agent of a type that was only available in the russian federation and could only have been administered by somebody with expert abilities namely a state actor russia denies any involvement in his poisoning this report wasn't just a look at what had happened to mr novelli that would also serve as a tacit statement of support for the opposition figure as a politician and as a month something i question the un weapons has a pawn when put alongside statements that have been made by. amnesty international have said that they will no longer consider alexina volley a prisoner of conscience after it became clear that he advocate

clots and one death among those who receive the inauguration in denmark or europe correspondent peter oliver has the latest health officials and senior politicians from across europe said that the astra zeneca vaccine is going to be suspended in the country this is while an investigation is carried out to determine whether there's any link between those who have the vaccine and the development of blood clots. the decision is a purely precautionary measure astra zeneca is used as a vaccine by millions of people in many countries around the world we're very aware of the significance of this decision and have not taken it lightly. 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 the e.u. allows it the question on. the cases that have been flagged that are outside the normal are very infrequent but if importance this is why spain has joined other countries that have decided to make this temporary and precautionary suspension for the next 2 weeks we will wait for the

the pandemic which is now threaten to resort to federal powers reporting from berlin his aunties peter oliver. well during this interview that the chancellor gave on sunday evening she took particular sick and tired of bumping heads with local leaders she described some of the leaders of germany states is being not free from allusions that they could actually negotiate with the covert 19 virus we are set to see some local restrictions put in place here in berlin this week on wednesday or from wednesday f f p 2 masks will be required there more heavy duty masks in shops and on public transport are also going to any more testing put in place particularly for things like getting a haircut but this all comes as tense of care doctors in germany is saying the country actually needs a nationwide tough 2 week lockdown and that's something that's being backed up by anger merkel's health minister again spahn name off if we look at the numbers we need another 10 to 14 days at least of properly driving down context and movement a look down if you want to call about what germany's currently hold it around

euros from brokering deals for face masks with more on the scandal here's our europe correspondent peter oliver. make no bones about it this is a big scandal here in germany pandemic profiteering isn't a look any party wants to be tarnished with in this is part of the ruling coalition here including angela merkel's christian democratic union party the representative of the party nicolas lobel has said he's going to step down at the next election this is after his company allegedly made around a quarter of a 1000000 euro from being the middleman in deals when it came to pee pee and masks during this pandemic that may not be good enough for some some of said he needs to go right now and not wait until the election in the autumn however he said he is sorry for what he's done so far but he isn't the only one that's been involved in this scandal we've also heard that. from the very insistent party the c s u is facing a corruption probe after he's understood to have taken away a 6 figure sum for being the middle man again in deals involving masks he's already said he's not going to run in september h

delivery after the company failed to me to supply contract with the you or europe correspondent peter oliver has more details. well right at the center of this are 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job they were going to be transported from italy to australia as part of a contract astra zeneca has with the australian government it's really put in place the export control mechanism that the e.u. brought in after astra zeneca failed to live up to its end of the contract it had with the european union now australia has asked the e.u. commission to review this decision but despite that the australian prime minister has said he'll understand where italy is coming from in italy people are dying at the right of 300 a diety and so i can certainly understand the high level of anxiety that would exist in italy and in many countries or across europe well one of the reasons that scott morrison could afford to be so understanding on that is that australia does have the cillit east to produce its own vaccine in fact the deputy health minister of the state of victoria said it was lucky that they have that i

inoculation rate and laid the blame instead on vaccine makers astra zeneca reporting next year's peter oliver. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with delivery of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see a repeat of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job for heading to australia the australian trade minister called t

it's not approved by the european medicines agency earlier i spoke to our europe correspondent peter oliver. mario druggies not long been in the job as a tally and prime minister but already he's facing a real crisis as the country stares down a or uneasy sense of deja vu when it comes to covert 19 it was a year ago that italy was at the very forefront of the virus arriving in europe and right now intensive care beds in the country are filling up at an alarming rate as fears of a 3rd wave of the virus have become a reality now that it's prompted mr druggy to say that should european one for all and all for one procurement measures not be doing the job he thinks they should be then italy will go out on its own and look after itself and that could include turning to russia's make vaccine even if the european medicines agency doesn't give it approval let's order sputnik be and see what happens if you're a peon coordination especially in health care does not work we have to be ready to act on our own and it's not only me saying this chancellor merkel told me that if the european medicines agenc

our europe correspondent peter oliver bringing us right up to date with all those developments over in the u.k. the astra zeneca vaccine happen much faster than within the but a british nurse told us many people are still reluctant to take. people who are concerned about this fee which the facts in nations we develop so that's now compounded toolbox and concerns around blood clots in the connection with these these brain blood clots that can develop or they you know this is fission that they may defend after this particular that summation had a conversation yesterday a patient who actually said that he would not be getting that one and he has now gone on to a different brand of vaccination because he's lost confidence in that. earlier prime minister bars johnson said he plans to take the astra zeneca job on urged other people to do the same but naomi bennett again thinks members of the public are right to be cautious about it. but i think the big concerns are warranted as we are because we don't really want to be gambling with people's lives you know it's not and there was a lot of tal

blocking all exports of covert shots prompting angry denials from london our europe correspondent peter oliver has more on the standoff. well we wouldn't did what the relationship post breaks it was going to be like between london and brussels the u.k. in the e.u. the pandemics meant we've got to see that speeded up faster than real time and it looks pretty messy from here on out at the moment the latest incident involves e.u. council president child machelp he put out a statement and what she seemed to accuse the united kingdom of having an outright ban on exports in any covert vaccines that are manufactured in u.k. territory i am shocked when i hear the accusations of vaccination elysium against the e.u. the u.k. and the us have imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines or a vaccine to components produced on their territory but the e.u. has never stopped exporting the thing is the u.k. says they haven't got any such ban in place whatsoever the u.k. foreign secretary dominic robb rejected those claims and says that he's written to shell michel for clarification on the e.u. council pre

more financial skeletons found in various people's closets artie's that you're of course one of peter oliver thank you. in the meantime hof of old work is in france are refusing to get the job despite having to work closely with the elderly at high risk from the disease. there are also concerns about the shot safety as well as mistrust of the government behind the inoculation dr if we do talk about this a bit later in the program. is you'll media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being so. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or in maybe in the shallows. ironic that all the people that are in the big point bubble talk about the other bubbles that the fed is inflated without recognising that they're in a bubble themselves i mean it's like a bubble is generally in the eye of the beholder nobody can tell their own bubble and so you've got all these people who are involved in the crypto bubble they can see it. good to have y

seeking solutions after a series of setbacks in the coal in the blocks covered inoculation program peter oliver reports. drug he's not been long in the job as a tally in prime minister but he's already leading a country that's got an uneasy sense of deja vu at the moment when it comes to covert 19 it was just over a year ago that italy was at the very tip of the spear when it came to the coronavirus of driving aid and now we're seeing intensive care beds in italy filling up at an alarming rate as fears of a 3rd wave have become reality mario draghi has said that he will operate an act outside of the use one for all and all for one perk human program if it gets what italy needs let's order sputnik be and see what happens if you are a peon coordination especially in health care does not work we have to be ready to act on our own and it's not only me saying this chancellor merkel told me that if the european medicines agency certifies sputnik be then ok but if it does not germany will do so itself this is normal pragmatism we have to work on the basis of european unity but if it's not achieved we

in sweden what police have now labeled a suspected terrorist attack our correspondent in europe peter oliver reports well this all happened at around 3 pm local time on wednesday a man who is described as being in his early twenty's stabbed 8 people who have been taken to hospital several of those are described as being in a serious condition the man himself was shot by police and is currently in custody being guarded by officers at a hospital his status has not been updated to the press just yet the town itself vet lando in the small is a very small town in the south of sweden only just over 13000 people live there this is sure to have come as a big shock to the town to the people in the local area and we are hoping to hear from police and investigators very soon what we do know though is that initially they charged this man with attempted murder that was later open graded if you will to a charge of. of suspected terrorism that's what this is being investigated as as a suspected terrorist attack areas of the the town of atlanta have been cordoned off by investigators as they carry out their

greens and the democrats maintaining their lead with more details now is our europe correspondent peter oliver. this will be a big wake up call or at least it should be a wake up call for the christian democratic union they've posted their worst ever historically low numbers in 2 key states in the southwest of germany and bob important book and the rhineland paletta knit now there's serious talk about that vote leading to their them being cutouts of government in those 2 states once the horse trading over coalitions is finished while the christian democratic union suffered big losses the big winners were the green party quite literally book but certainly in rhineland collaton it in terms of putting themselves in a position to be part of a future coalition government green party leaders say the voters is showing that they're sick and tired of the status quo that's what own towns trust in the politics of democratic decisions is crumbling the reason for this is the mismanagement of the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic and especially the corruption scandals of the c.d.u. as a res

bad in the country so it's all about the situation there in europe our correspondent in berlin peter oliver thank you. as bad as jury terrorist attacks that's how french doctors describe the current situation in the capital's hospitals which the pandemic has pushed to breaking point in an open letter they warn that they may soon have to choose between which patients to save and they slam the president president micron's decision not to introduce a nother full lockdown. we have never experienced such a situation even during the worst attacks in recent years in this medical crisis where there is a glaring mismatch between needs and available resources we will be forced to trios patients in order to save as many lives as possible if you. limit surgery the article is addressed to future patients of the population because in the ill de france region in particular the incidence is growing rapidly there is significant growth and we are afraid we won't be able to cope with the influx of cases there is a gap between the needs of patients and the amount of resources at our disposal this is particular

health minister to be fired for dragging his feet on the issue here is our europe correspondent peter oliver. well the president of the czech republic deeply unhappy with senior figures in the government of that nation he's in fact called for both the health ministry and the minister for health to step up to the plate in approve the sputnik vaccine ahead of the european medicines agency giving the green light a similar move was done in countries like hungary that independently approved the vaccine for use without. approval it was still waiting for the difference in the czech republic is those that the president is now calling for senior figures in the cabinet to be sacked i would like to say that the 2 biggest obstacles to delivering sputnik be to the czech republic and the minister of health and also the director of the state institute for drug control there are millions of people abroad are already being vaccinated with these jabs where that russian or chinese than the 2 i spoke of are to blame for the fact that our people will continue to die unnecessarily the only solution i see is the r

many thanks spring is there live from berlin peter oliver. another news russia's ambassador to the united states is on his way to moscow for crisis talks after ties with washington hit a new low came in response to a t.v. interview in which president joe biden agreed when asked if putin was a killer russian foreign minister had this to say for us the main thing is to determine ways of improving russian u.s. dose which in a difficult state washington has in fact brought those to a dead end in recent years we are interested in preventing the irreversible did radiation if the americans realize the risks associated with that this will be discussed you're in consultations between the russian foreign ministry and other relevant departments and with the russian ambassador to washington on wednesday washington also expanded arms export restrictions on russia the us department of commerce cited the country's alleged use of chemical weapons something moscow's repeatedly denied it will be trying to look at how russia has increasingly become an american

here in germany there couldn't be a worse time to have the whiff of corruption surrounding you peter oliver r.t. berlin. discussed the situation in germany in more depth with a member of the ruling party embroiled in the mask scandal he told me the country is more divided than ever and to make things worse people are fed up with contradictory locked rules have been introduced by the government germany has never been as polarized as this and in post-war history we have a gap between rich and rich and poor country and city young and old left and right nationalists and patriots people are fed up or see a lockdown as i've just heard reports from from a different source from russia that pretty much life is back to normal it's it's tough it's one of the toughest countries in germany some of the european countries too but germany politicians are basically toppling over each other to raise the bar to make it even more difficult for people plus the vaccination council germans if they used to one thing are used to an orderly state orderly administrative procedures and we don't see any of this and we

some in europe when it comes to allowing it to be given to their citizens peter thanks for the update correspondent piece oliver now at a time of extreme woken a sound council culture reading appears to be a dangerous thing and could even end your career and member of a well known british band is being called fascist for mentioning he had read a book criticizing the left wing activist group anti for artie's constantine last cover looks at the growing chorus of criticism for those who question progressive narratives. just think about it you read a book you like it you say publicly no harm done you would hope well that's what winston marshall did he was the banjo player in a british band called mumford and sons and he dared to enjoy the wrong literature over the last few days i've come to better understand the pain caused by the book i endorsed as a result of my actions some taken time away from the bonds to examine my blinds posts so like in the band's hit single they'll just have to wait for him but what was the evil book he read you might ask something so bad it wasn't enough to say sorry he had to quit the ba