this reporting from brussels thank you very much. well next a year since the tokyo olympics were delayed by the pandemic the torch relay is finally set to restart the olympic flame began its journey at the beginning of last march at mount a limb best and grease the torch arrived in japan and week later the flame has been kept a light since then and will now travel through the host nation starting in the nuclear disaster site if around 10000 runners will be involved the games begin in july. and finally to california where it is hoped the population of america's national symbol the bald eagle is about to get a boost of reading pair is incubating a single egg in a nest 50 meters above the ground birdwatchers expect the chick to hatch in the next few days the parents are taking it in turns to stay with the egg and go hunting for food. great stuff there as you know we near this is a reminder now of the top story that we're tracking for you this hour the u.s. secretary of state anthony blanket has addressed nato allies in brussels admittin

the european union is ready to deepen trade relations with turkey at a video summit in brussels e.u. leaders signaled they're willing to plot a way forward if quote current deescalation sustained ties nosedive last year over gas exploration in the mediterranean. it was back in 2016 that e.u. leaders 1st promised turkey closer trade ties in return for its welcoming of syrians fleeing civil war but almost immediately afterwards the process stalled brussels became concerned about the deterioration of political freedoms in turkey following a failed military coup and ankara's exploration of disputed oil and gas reserves in the eastern mediterranean near the flashpoint of cyprus and good brussels. but now after an improvement in relations a new modernized customs union between turkey and the u. is back on the table. the 2 have had a limited customs union since 1995 now their major trading partners with exports totaling almost $70000000000.00 euros in each direction in 2019. the expanded agreement would give turkey and its 18000000 consumers access to the single market i may just step for a

and i've come to brussels because the united states wants to rebuild our partnerships 1st and foremost with our nato allies. we want to revitalize the alliance to make sure it's as strong and effective against the threats of today as it has been in the past and of vs. naaman joins us now our xandra mr anthony blinking saying that he wants to revitalize the nato alliance how is he planning on going about doing that. well i think what he already sat in brussels was a good start of the fact that he reaffirmed the united states' commitment to the alliance the united states' commitment to article 5 the mutual aid clause of the north atlantic treaty that went down well with allies he also made clear that the willing can determined to do everything that's needed to help modernize and reform nato to make it more resilient and to make it better for perth for global challenges such as cyber threats china's rise or other issues like climate change and nato secretary general told me yesterday that this is an unique chance to all to open a new chapter in relations with the u.s. and to understand ho

thanks very much that was our brussels beer cheap alexander phenomena. now israelis are heading to the polls today in the country's 4th national election in just 2 years boaters face a choice between blocs that backed longstanding prime minister benjamin netanyahu and those who seek to oust him but the opposition fragmented many fear the vote once again lead to a shaky coalition that's if any coalition can be formed at all. every vote counts and every day to the action of support. and the power to sniff next to the gaza border and. she's out in the streets to remind people to vote she has no doubts about who should remain prime minister benjamin netanyahu or. feel like it's the moment of the elections i'm here to remind people who is the best to vote for him bibi netanyahu that's. the 4th election in 2 years is once again seen as a vote for or against benyamin netanyahu the leader of the likud party ran his election campaign on the much admired covert 19 vaccination drive and the reopening of the economy this time he has several challenges all running on

look for the brussels as ministration here and for the institution still deeply frustrating the e.u. as in many cases is blamed for all the decisions sometimes wrong decisions that member states have taken like administering the 2nd dose in exactly the time recommended and not prolonging that time for instance while they at the same time have to take down swallowed all the strategic criticism that comes their way while at the same time they see the u.k. basically other government there from the perspective of brussels exploiting this scenario to say look we voted for breakfast and that was the right way to go a national way we're very successful with our scheme here and having said that another thing that comes in for for brussels of course is the fact that not since as the numbers have shown out of this transparency mechanism you know 9000000 vaccine doses have left the e.u. as off february 1st towards the u.k. . and shall attempt has the u.k. government exploited this vaccination success using it to justify breck's it or is just doing a better job. well that this narrative senate c

this morning's headlines long term damage britain's pm warning brussels against voting thursday to block vaccine exports as the row at astra zeneca delivery delays its boiling point. a drag queen site book called anti racist baby the washington post ridiculed for offering parents so-called woke materials for toddlers we put it up for debate we have. the instead of being law even. producing books for 3 you're talking about arm awoke baby each just still loop. with the u.s. facing an unprecedented migrant crisis right now the pentagon then proposing to house unaccompanied child refugees in military facilities something the trumpet ministration have been blasted for planning. plus a special report we travel to one of the world's 1st places to scrap tough covert unannounced it's of fishley free of restrictions russia's republic of chechnya. warning for moscow this 25th of march when i was kevin 0 in this is r.t. international hope you can stick around to take you through our headlines in more detail them and 1st the dispute between the e.u. and britain over astra zeneca job delays is heating

those headlines long term damage britain's pm warns brussels against voting on thursday to block vaccine exports as the row on astra zeneca delivery delays hits boiling point and. other things we talk about a drag queen site and a book called anti racist gravy the washington post ridiculed them for offering parents so-called woke materials for toddlers we put it up for debate. we have to do something. instead of being law even. producing books for 3 year olds talking about. baby each just absolute nonsense. of us facing a president of migrant crisis the pentagon now is set to host a company to child refugees at military facilities so they are trumpet ministration of being blasted for planning. a special report for you to we travel to one of the world's 1st places to scrap tough covert curbs to announce it's officially free of restrictions it's russia's republic of chechnya. hello there thanks checking in with us today this 25th of march when i was kevin owen here for the next half hour with our latest for you as described in the top story in more detail the dispute between the e.u. and b

long term damage meantime britain's pm warns brussels against voting today thursday to block vaccine exports about astra zeneca delivery delays boiling point. drag queens and a book called racist baby the washington post ridiculed that for offering parents so-called woke up materials for toddlers and we put it up for debate. we have to do something neat instead of clean law even. produce simple through your talking about. baby each just absolute nonsense. we've got a special report few coming up too we travel to one of the world's 1st places to scrap tough covert curbs and to announce it's officially free of restrictions it's russia's republic of chechnya. hello good afternoon one of the afternoon moscow time this 25th of march thanks for checking in with us at r.t. international it's kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes or so in the big news just coming in the u.s. medical regulators forced astra zeneca to admit its covert shot is less effective than it. and it comes of truth or it is revealed the pharmaceutical giant may have included outdated information in the vaccine trials i

1st the morning's headlines long term damage to bilateral ties there rather than between brussels and britain on the late astra zeneca vaccine deliveries nears boiling point as a bloc gears up to get tough on job exports. elsewhere with the u.s. facing an unprecedented migrant crisis right now the pentagon is set to house unaccompanied child refugees at military facilities something the trumpet ministration was blasted for planning. i drag queen site on a book called the racist baby the washington post ridiculed that for offering parents materials for toddlers we put it up for the day. we have to do some like me instead of the in-law even. producing books for 3 you're talking about. baby it's just absolute nonsense. and a special report we travel to a place severely criticised in the west for its lack of freedom as it becomes one of the world's 1st places to officially be free of covert destructions we're talking russia's republic of chechnya. good morning from moscow this 25th of march thanks for checking in with us kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes with the latest from r.t. fo

in small eggs had lines long term damage britain's warns brussels against voting thursday to block vaccine exports as the raw and astra zeneca delivery delays has been boiling point. a drag queen site and a book called anti racist the washington post's ridiculed for offering parents so-called materials for toddlers we put it up for debate we have to do something. instead of the in-law eat a lot that happens both ways produce books for 3 year olds talking about armor work baby it's just absolute nonsense. with the u.s. facing an unprecedented migrant crisis right now the pentagon set to house and the company to child refugees at military facilities that's something the trumpet ministration was blasted for planning would go to reports. talking of a report a special coming up we traveled to one of the world's 1st places know to scrap tough covert curbs and announced it's officially free of restrictions russia's republic of chechnya. so a lot to talk about this morning thank you for your time checking in with us it's the 25th of march this is r.t. international with me kevin oh in. first then

and britain over astra zeneca job delays is also heating up brussels will vote on toughening vaccine exports on thursday widely seen as a move against the u.k. and prime minister bars johnson's already fired a warning shot. i don't think that blockades of. either vaccines or. medicines of the ingredients prevent scenes of sensible big meeting in brussels on thursday the leaders of the 27 member states will have to decide whether or not they're going to give their blessing to a plan put forward from the european commission that would see or could see limits placed on the export of vaccines manufactured in the e.u. to nations that have their own vaccine production now in a lesser extent this is aimed at the united states but the main focus of this would fall on the united kingdom the reason it's been put into play is because well the glacially slow vaccination program desperately needs to get on track it's clear. we also need to ensure it works a nation of our own volition and as indeed we are in a sense a behind as a skit and if you look at the sametime despiser folks that he. wants a

disposal essentially germany stood back and let brussels handle this in a rather typically brussels bureaucratic fashion and so i think if we look at the procurement process mistakes were made and berlin does ultimately also bear some responsibility for that and it should be said that the germany had the e.u. presidency when much of this was being negotiated thomas it's the slow rollout of the vaccine is of course an issue but it's not the only thing i'm going to talk about in her in her speech today she's been criticized for the government's handling of the pandemic in general how did she respond to that criticism in her speech. i'm going to medical stressed once again as you did earlier in the week that this is a new kind of pandemic in particular because of the more contagious corona virus variants but at the same time she stressed that germany now has at its disposal other elements to fight that new pandemic as if you compare it with the earlier stages of the corona virus pandemic countries specifically mentioned testing you mentioned that as well terry should mention again germ

secretary of state anthony blinken is in brussels pledging to rebuild and revitalize nato he says the military alliance is out a pivotal moment in facing threats around the world. under show of force against the west russia and china's foreign ministers hold talks and slammed the e.u. and the u.s. for sanctioning them over human rights. officials in bangladesh start investigating more calls the devastating fire that are hims a refugee camp the deadly blaze has left tens of thousands of people homeless. also on the program a growing migration crisis out of the us mexico border unaccompanied children are among the rising numbers of latin americans trying to get into the united states that's despite the bite not ministrations warning not to make that journey. i'm going to off as well come to the. germany is extending its coronavirus lockdown for several more weeks as a grapples with the 3rd wave of the pandemic talks between chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders dragged on into the early hours they were at loggerheads over whether to ease restrictions on the mess to travel over t

medicines of ingredients are banned seems a sensible big meeting in brussels on thursday the leaders of the 27 member states will have to decide whether or not they're going to give their blessing to a plan put forward from the european commission that would see or could see limits placed on the export of vaccines manufactured in the e.u. to nations that have their own vaccine production now in a lesser extent this is aimed at the united states but the main focus of this would fall on the united kingdom the reason it's been put into play is because well the glacially slow vaccination program desperately needs to get on track it's clear. we also need to ensure oxidation of our own population and. indeed we are in a sense behind as a skit if you look at the sametime despiser folks at. once a global hawk sports fandom it. is a same time all saw the largest exporter of the european commission said just under 11000000 vaccine doses had been exported from the e.u. to the united kingdom with 0 heading in that direction what this mechanism would mean is that vaccines that had been set to go

secretary of state antony blinken is in brussels pledging to rebuild and revitalize nato he says the military alliance is another pivotal moment in facing threats around the world. the story of a paralympic equestrian who forced her way back after losing her legs in the brussels airport bombings she's getting ready to compete at the games in tokyo. i'm going to 1st welcome to the program germany is extending its coronavirus lockdown for several more weeks as it grapples with a 3rd wave off the pandemic talks between chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders dragged on into the early hours they were blow their heads over whether to ease. strictures on domestic travel over the easter holiday season ultimately agreeing on a strict 5 day national shutdown over the period. by the time they had finally wrapped up nights had turned to morning energy had given way to exhaustion and what began as a one month partial lockdown is no nearly half a year long chancellor angela merkel summed up the seriousness of the situation facing germany. we basically have a new pandemic. the mutation from

as well as headlines long term damage britain's pm warns brussels against voting on thursday to block vaccine exports as the raw and astra zeneca delivery delays his voyage in point. elsewhere with the us facing an unprecedented migrant crisis the pentagon said the house and the company child refugees had military facilities but something the trumpet ministration was blasted for planning. a drag queen site and a book called anti racist baby the washington post's ridiculed for offering parents so-called world material for toddlers we put it up for the play. we have to do so make me instead of the law even. could you simple 3 your talking about. baby each just absolute nonsense. and especially in-depth report for you today we travel to a place severely criticized in the west for its lack of freedom as it becomes one of the world's 1st places to be officially free of covert restrictions russia's republic of chechnya. good morning from moscow this 25th of march kevin 0 in here thanks for checking in i'm here for the next 30 minutes with our latest for you in a special report coming up 2 i

the european union is ready to deepen trade relations with a techie at a video summit in brussels eagerly to signal to their willing to plot a way forward if a current deescalation is sustained ties had nosedive last year and present gas exploration in the mediterranean. it was back in 2016 that e.u. leaders 1st promised turkey closer trade ties in return for its welcoming of syrians fleeing civil war but almost immediately afterwards the process stalled brussels became concerned about the deterioration of political freedoms in turkey following a failed military coup and ankara's expiration of disputed oil and gas reserves in the eastern mediterranean near the flashpoint of cyprus and good brussels. but now after an improvement in relations the new modernized customs union between turkey and the e.u. is back on the table. or to have had a limited customs union since 1995 now their major trading partners with exports totaling almost 70000000000 euros in each direction in 2019. the expanded agreement would give turkey and its 18000000 consumers access to the single market a major step for a

is the reduced life from berlin but european union imposes sanctions on china foreign ministers in brussels agreed on penalties for human rights abuses against china's weaker minority on are the blocks 1st sanctions on beijing in more than 3 decades plus a canadian ex diplomat it was the verdict after going on trial in beijing chinese prosecutors say he's a spy canada calls him a hostage beijing for the story also coming up her version sings back to kent to walk down as germany faces the good with the corona virus infections and so on going medical wants to go back on recently eased restrictions but that could deal a single goal for many small businesses already about to go bust. mark thank you so much for your company everyone well we start in brussels where the european union has imposed sanctions on china over human rights abuses against the country's weaker muslim minority in a foreign minister's agree to blacklist chinese officials in a drop in a raft rather of measures targeting alleged human rights offenders around the world these are the use 1st sanctions against china since the blo

the decentralized procurement procedure managed by brussels has failed as fairly close regardless of the promises and the expectations there are much less back seems arriving and much lower compared to. before while it became obvious that these shipments. money coordinated by brussels are not satisfactory weave around there at the end by the same people by the same bureaucrats by the same pollutions why we want to buy additional vaccines for our own people for our own people and i think this is a this is a matter of obligation over state over government to protect the lives of its own people. the u.s. is grappling with a severe migrant crisis on its southwestern border and a record $5000.00 unaccompanied children are now being held in border patrol custody local authorities have run out of space to house them and many youngsters are being housed in cramped conditions and overflow facilities these images from the city of donna in texas were released by a democrat lawmaker it is one of several border shelters that are now running at around 16 times capacity and many children have been

authorities say dozens of towns are cut off with more bad weather on the way plus 5 years after the deadly brussels terrorist bombings d.w. news visits the neighborhood once seen as a haven for jihad ists and now striving for a new identity. and we have a correction from germany's top flight path to berlin finally put it all together for a big win over labor coups and boosting the team's hopes of avoiding relegation. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us europe's biggest economy is preparing to reenter lockdown german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with regional leaders later to discuss the path forward that's amid growing evidence in germany that a 3rd wave of the corona virus is beginning the country has registered almost 8000 new daily cases in the fall. steep rise in cases of brought under control by a 2nd lockdown since some restrictions were east at the start of march there has been another sharp incline scientists fear cases could jump to another new high well the exponential rise in cases comes amid growing protests against restrictions thousands of people rallied in germany

long term damage britain's prime minister warns brussels against the voting on thursday to block vaccine export of the raw one astra zeneca delivery delays its boiling point. a drag queen cites and a book called. ridiculed for offering parents so called materials. put the issue of the debate we have to do something. instead of being naive. could you shouldn't books through your talking about. baby each just absolute nonsense. a special report we travel to one of the world's 1st places the scrapped of code curbs and outs it's officially free restrictions russia's republic of chechnya. live from moscow thanks for joining us today here in our international. welcomes. u.s. medical regulators have forced astra zeneca to admit its covert job is less effective than originally claimed thought he's revealed the may have included outdated information in a vaccine trials shot at doing reports. well astra zeneca is hardly out of the headlines these days and now it's in them because its drug is said to be less effective than originally thought u.s. regulators questioned the efficacy of the astra zene

really hopes that it will bear fruit ok to be used as with the latest from brussels the org thank you. our let's take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic everyone traveling by air to germany will soon have to present a negative coded 19 test before boarding their flights the new rule takes effect this coming sunday the united nations vaccine program kovacs has warned that deliveries from india will be delayed this is a major setback for low and middle income countries which are depending on the vaccines from an indian manufacturer and israel has now administered vaccine doses to more than half of its population new infections there have dropped significantly most of the israeli economy reopened several weeks ago are here's a roundup of other stories that are making headlines around the world a lawyer for a russian opposition leader alexina of all these says his health has deteriorated in prison she says that the volley now is suffering from back and leg ailments of all he was arrested back in january after returning from germany in germany he spent months being tr

that's our brussels correspondent max and are there with the latest on the e.u. vaccination program let's turn now to some other stories making news around the world demonstrators and minimize the largest city young gone have held a candlelight rally for the victims of the military crackdown local media say at least 11 protesters have been killed by security forces since friday night that brings the number of dead to more than 80 since the army seized power last month. at least 8 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a powerful car bomb in western afghanistan the blast targeted a police station in the city of herat the government blamed the taliban but a spokesman for the group denied responsibility. russian police have arrested about $150.00 opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a conference in moscow accusing them of links to quote an undesirable organization organizer said participants from all over russia were discussing plans for parliamentary and. local elections in september several prominent opposition figures were due to take part. the

human rights abuses since the chinaman square crackdown setting the stage for a confrontation between brussels and beijing also on the show. cnn's energy joins us germany's leading benchmark index today we talked to our correspondent at the frankfurt stock exchange for the latest. and for world water day we look at one thursday plan for which there's a lot of appetite demand for all of ocado has spanish farmers looking for creative irrigation. this is the w. business i'm. happy you can join us the european union is looking to impose sanctions against china for the 1st time since 1989. that's in reaction to the chinese government's actions against the weaker muslims the stakes are high after all china rose to become the e.u. is most important trading partner last year and 2020 chinese exports to that you came up to 384000000000 euros exports to china were worth 203000000000 euros even direct investment this time to china surpassed 140000000000 euros over the last 20 years on the other side of the ledger 120000000000 euros of direct investment went from china to that you go even further late las

and britain over astra zeneca job delays is also heating up brussels will vote on toughening vaccine exports on thursday widely seen as a move against the u.k. prime minister barak's johnson's already fired a warning shot. by do you think that blockades of. either vaccines or. medicines of the ingredients for about seems a sensible big meeting in brussels on thursday the leaders of the 27 member states will have to decide whether or not they're going to give their blessing to a plan put forward from the european commission that would see or could see limits placed on the export of vaccines manufactured in the e.u. to nations that have their own vaccine production now in a lesser extent this is aimed at the united states but the main focus of this would fall on the united kingdom the reason it's been put into play is because well big lady scilly slow vaccination program desperately needs to get on track it's clear. we also need to ensure it works a nation of our own population and. indeed we are in a sense behind as a skit if you look at the sametime despiser folks at. once a global h

look for the brussels as ministration here and for the institution still deeply frustrating the e.u. as in many cases is blamed for all the decisions sometimes wrong decisions that member states have taken like administering the 2nd dose in exactly the time recommended and not prolonging that time for instance while they at the same time have to take down and swallowed all the strategic criticism that comes their way while at the same time they see the u.k. basically other government there from the perspective of brussels exploiting this scenario to say look we voted for breakfast and that was the right way to go a national way we're very successful with our scheme here and having said that another thing that comes in for for brussels of course is the fact that not since as the numbers have shown out of this transparency mechanism you know 9000000 vaccine doses have left the e.u. as off february 1st towards the u.k. . and charlotte as the u.k. government exploited this vaccination success using it to justify breck's it or is just doing a better job. well that this narrative senate co

the decentralized procurement procedure managed by brussels has failed and spared becomes regardless of the promised years and the expectations there are much less vaccines arriving and market share slower compared to what had been before why it became obvious that the shipments. managed and coordinated by brussels are not satisfactory we've arrived there at down by the same people by the same bureaucrats by the same politicians why we want to buy additional vaccines for our own people for our own people and i think this is a this is a matter of of obligation of the state of the government to protect the lives of its own people covered vaccines are also center stage in the e.u.'s relations with of the u.k. brussels has now doubled down on threats to block exports over chronic delays in distribution we have the possibility to ban plant exports this is a message to astra zeneca you fulfill your part of the deal towards europe before you start to deliver to other countries it seems that the e.u. could be holding back on millions of vaccines that it do you to be transported to the u.k. i

london and brussels can _ biggest exporter. london and brussels can try _ biggest exporter. london and brussels can try to _ biggest exporter. london and brussels can try to cool- biggest exporter. london and i brussels can try to cool tensions with the statement saying they are working on specific steps they can take to create a win—win situation and expand vaccine supplies for all their citizens. i and expand vaccine supplies for all their citizens.— their citizens. i don't want to see blockades of _ their citizens. i don't want to see blockades of vaccines _ their citizens. i don't want to see blockades of vaccines or - their citizens. i don't want to see i blockades of vaccines or medicines. i don't think that is the way forward either for us i don't think that is the way forward eitherfor us or i don't think that is the way forward either for us or for any of ourfriends. forward either for us or for any of our friends-— our friends. the eu meeting this afternoon is _ our friends. the eu meeting this afternoon is focusing _ our friends. the eu meeting this afternoo

piece problem but brussels still has a problem with both gary this is part of an ongoing issue that brussels has with countries like hungary bogus area and poland all of whom are said to be undermining the rule of law. yeah the rule of law issue will not be very much influenced by this move today because parliament does not have a very big role in that and victor all made it very clear that he has still his vote in the european council where the government's sitting together and making decisions and then his vote is needed for example to set up the recovery fund for the corona crisis or the e.u. budget and he made it very clear that he will not use his veto power to object anything that compares. to a villain state or something of that. this is the power brokerage of the power game and buses would not be much influenced by this it comes to the council not to the parliament to do side upon the rule of law and regret in brussels thank you now the new president of the tokyo 2020 organizing committee asika hashimoto has announced edition of 12 new female board members this after i scandal of a s

and britain over astra zeneca jab delays is also heating up brussels will vote on toughening vaccine exports on thursday as widely seen as a move against the u.k. prime minister boris johnson's already fired a warning shot. i don't think that blockades of. either vaccines or. medicines of the ingredients for that seems a sensible big meeting in brussels on thursday the leaders of the 27 member states will have to decide whether or not they're going to give their blessing to a plan put forward from the european commission that would see or could see limits placed on the export of vaccines manufactured in the e.u. to nations that have their own vaccine production now in a lesser extent this is aimed at the united states but the main focus of this would fall on the united kingdom the reason it's been put into play is because well the glacially slow vaccination program desperately needs to get on track it's clear. we also need to ensure oxidation of our own population and. indeed we are in a sense behind as a skater if you look at the same time spans of folks at. once a global hawk sport

and let's get to go right to where brussels for more on the story our correspondent beyond record is standing by for us there very good to see you bring us up to fill a so in here on these sanctions and what they mean. well the 27 year member states agreed to impose sanctions on 4 chinese individuals presumably the lower ranks of the communist party and one entity but we don't know the names yet these names will be published. today in the official journal of the european union and then this sanctions would take effect immediately sanctions aimed at the probable assets these persons have in the you and there's also a travel ban attached to the sanctions. the entity is not clear if it is a company or the necessary in china we will see these sanctions are meant to hold these people responsible for human rights violations in the sing young province against you who are minorities and odds are minorities these persons are said to be interned in camps which while aids of course human rights in china is always maintaining these scams location or training camps and from what we know about the

brussels has been locked in a dispute with u.k.-based astrazeneca. the vaccine maker has fallen short of its targets for europe whilst maintaining steady deliveries to the u.k. here is prime minister boris johnson speaking earlier. prime min. johnson: i don't think that blockades of either vaccines or of medicines, ingredients for vaccines, are long-term damage done by blockades can be very considerable. yena: for more on this story i spoke to our brussels correspondent. he tells us more about the new proposals and how they could have an effect on european-made shipments to the u.k. reporter: this is basically just a very significant expansion of the existg export restctions, because up until now, the existing mechanism allowed to the eu to block a to export had intimate itsying delivery schedule commitments to the eu--had met its delivery schedule commits to eu. this expands that. in addition, the eu could block an export even if --if the delivery is going to a country that produces vaccines but does not export them. in other words, the u.s. and the

there you sit in brussels. of course, you're no longer the president of the commission, but you still watch events very, very closely. how disappointed are you by the eu's failure to deliver a speedy vaccination roll—out? i have to say, i'm disappointed by the performance of the european union. that's not the fault of the commission, but also of the member states. and i would like... i would like the member states and the commission to speed up the efforts to provide vaccines for each and every one in the european union. i'm told via press by the president of the commission, my successor, mrs von der leyen, that from now to... ..autumn, maybe summertime, 70% of europeans, we would have had the chance to be vaccinated. i hope that this forecast is the right one. right. but hope may not be enough, because they've been saying that, that they'll get to 70% vaccination by the end of the summer, for some time. but the figures do not look good. we're looking at 12% at best of europe's citizens, adult citizens so far

britain's prime minister warns brussels against the voting on 1st dates a block of vaccine exports on astra zeneca delivery delays its boiling point. a drag queen cites on a book called anti racist the washington post ridiculed for offering parents so-called work with cereals for toddlers to put it up for debate. instead of be naive. could you shouldn't books the 3. talking about. baby each just absolute nonsense. and a special report we travel to one of the world's 1st places the scrap tough. officially free. republic of chechnya. from moscow thanks for joining us today here on r.t. international i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. and us medical regulators are forced to admit it is less effective than it claimed so after authorities revealed beef may have included outdated information in vaccine trials. doing scheme has this report. well astra zeneca is hardly out of the headlines these days and now it's in them because its drug is said to be less effective than originally thought u.s. regulators questioned the efficacy of the astra zeneca job forcing the company to publish a

he questions brussels handling of the corona virus vaccine program and just blocks medicines watchdog to approve russia's sputnik the shock. of the centralized procurement procedure managed by brussels has failed because regardless of the promise of years of the expectations there are much less vaccines arriving. this morning turkey is cis its laws offer enough protection as international condemnation grows again as to pull out the global treaty combating violence against women. from moscow this monday morning is kevin owen here for the next half an hour with the latest from us for you starting with this than the u.k. crisis over covert vaccine deliveries is deepening this monday brussels has now doubled down on threats to shot exports over chronic delays in distribution amid failing inoculation campaigns. we have the possibility to ban planned exports this is a message to astra zeneca you fulfill your part of the deal towards euro before you start to deliver to other countries. showed no signs of are going to time soon if i was getting worse. that's exactly how it seems with the e.u.

that's on the phenomena in brussels thank you very much. a more contagious variant of the coronavirus 1st found in britain last year is now fueling outbreaks in many european countries just across the english channel in the french city of dunkirk hospital staffa a breaking point. reports. did you know what is finally feeling better the 62 year old was hospitalized with a severe case of covert 193 weeks ago please tell me it is hard to be confined you don't see the sun nothing but you just have to deal with it as opposed to a doctor come ology have tells us his patient's condition was serious when he 1st came to this hospital and on kirk in the north of france with covert 1000 cases rising in the region the hospital has ramped up its capacity working in pens and it most for one year has left its mark on d.s. and his team because he just physically it's hard mentally it's hard it's a marathon the end is nigh it incites puppy must persevere we are in a war and now we have to find the ammunition and we have to fight to survive so this is just.

former top european officials are calling on brussels to stop caving in to u.s. pressure when it comes to sanctions including those against iran and russia and they published an open letter demanding counter-measures as nick erin now reports. well this opalescent which has been jointly penned by a former french diplomat pierre vermont's alongside 3 institutes in paris berlin and brussels calls for insurance europe to stand up to washington now the letter suggests that europe europeans have grown weary of the domineering pressure coming from the us and encourages the block to consider acquiring the means of countering these extra territorial sanctions now one of the authors of the letter has been very open about this in the past. we must gradually convince europeans that when we don't agree with washington's political line we must be able to see no and continue political dialogue with them so the note goes on to propose a series of tit for tat counter measures all on the par with the kind of sanctions that the u.s. is placing on european countries companies i shou

against brussels in the sense that technically but it has not been approved by the made up process is underway and whilst officially individual member states can independently register vaccines for their own use brussels has made it clear that if you do that you're on your own e.u. countries have the right to allow the use of a vaccine that has not received the approval of the european medicines agency on the territory on the mission sea basis however in this case the government of this country will be in a full responsibility for the possible consequences of its use or message that somewhat jars with the european idea of one and one for rule but so brussels we have to remember this is probably very humiliating you know it's vaccine shortages in fighting already and every single headline and this latest from wall street that another member state has lost face in the blog is probably a bit you'd also mentioned hungary and slovakia what other countries are lining up and showing interest and support and agree while in the south of france the mayor of nice has said that he reached out to

against brussels in the sense that technically but if he has not been approved by the made up process is underway and whilst officially individual member states can independently register vaccines for their own use brussels has made it clear that if you do that you're on your own e.u. countries have the right to allow the use of a vaccine that has not received the approval of the european medicines agency on the territory when the management see basis however in this case the government of this country will be a full responsibility for the possible consequences of its use or message that somewhat jars with the european idea of for one and one for rule but so brussels we have to remember this is probably very humiliating you know it's vaccine shortages in fighting already in every single headline and this latest from auster that another member state has lost face in the blog is probably a bit you'd also mentioned hungary and slovakia what other countries are lining up and showing interest and support and agree while in the south of france the mayor of nice has said that he reached out

former top european officials are calling on brussels to stop caving into u.s. pressure when it comes to including those against iran and russia published an open letter demanding countermeasures. with more details well there is the open letter which has been jointly penned by a former french diplomat pierre vermont's alongside 3 institutes in paris berlin and brussels calls for insurance europe to stand up to washington now the letter suggests that europe the europeans have grown weary of the domineering pressure coming from the us and encourages the block to consider acquiring the means of countering these extra territorial sanctions now one of the authors of the lesson has been very open about this in the past. we must gradually convince europeans that when we don't agree with washington's political line we must be able to see no and continue political dialogue with them so the note goes on to propose a series of tit for tat counter measures all on the par with the kind of sanctions that the u.s. is placing on european countries companies i should say now suc

country to purchase the job the move has received a guarded response from brussels my colleagues. earlier discussed the story. the axion roll out continues to descend into chaos appetite for the sputnik the job continues to grow we've just heard straight from the austrian chancellor that a puck just over 1000000 doses of the russian facts is on the cards something that sébastien cuts could finally set people free if austria receives an additional 1000000 doses of the vaccine a return to normal life is possible earlier and we could save many lives and jobs there should be no joke political barriers with vaccines what matters is whether the vaccine is effective and safe not where it came from. now if the deal goes through they would be delivered in 3 stages starting the 1st part in april the final to the free in june and it would make austria the e.u. country to approve sputnik for use following in the footsteps of hungry. clearly 3 countries was so frustrated with the blocks slow roll out what they accuse on equal distribution that they were willing to go against brussels against

absolutely brussels should not a defeat in the nation states of affairs and that's why i mean sunni and really did that with scotland continually interfering with scotland and trying to break up the united kingdom and also in northern ireland they've tried to do that as well and the. actually when it suits them and they get rid of it when it doesn't well it is simply not so on colors put it on seems to want to make it a brussels issue he says that it's the votes of major loss for european democracy. well you says if there is no such thing as european democracy and european union european union is completely opposed to democracy it's a bureau bureaucracy or a dictatorship by brussels which. supersedes everything else they should not a lot of. members of the european parliament insist if it's a cd is to simply be extradited just speed that's simply wrong what do you think belgium's moves are going to be on this because they've already rejected the arrest warrant haven't they because they say that you have a rebellion doesn't exist in belgium nor what you expect the belgians to do well and

country to purchase the chop the move has received a guarded response from brussels my colleagues were. a tailor earlier at the scots the story the ease vaccine rollout continues to descend into chaos appetite for the sputnik the job continues to grow we've just heard straight from the austrian chancellor that apart just over 1000000 doses of the russian faxing is on the cards something that sébastien cuts that could finally set people free if austria receives an additional 1000000 doses of the vaccine a return to normal life is possible earlier and we could save many lives and jobs there should be no joke political barriers with vaccines what matters is whether the vaccine is affective and safe not where it came from. now if the deal goes through they would be delivered in 3 stages starting at the spot in april the final to the free in june and it would make. a contract to approve sputnik for use following in the footsteps of hungry and clearly 3 countries was so frustrated with the blocks roll out what they accuse on equal distribution that they were willing to go against brussels a

country to purchase the job the move was received or got a response from brussels my colleagues rory sushi and saskia taylor earlier discussed the story the ease vaccine rollout continues to descend into chaos appetite for the sputnik the job continues to grow we've just heard straight from the austrian chancellor that apart just over 1000000 doses of the russian facts is on the cards something that sébastien cuts that could finally set people free if austria receives an additional 1000000 doses of the vaccine return to normal life is possible earlier and we could save many lives and jobs there should be no just political barriers with vaccines what matters is whether the vaccine is affective and safe not where it came from. now if the deal goes through they would be delivered in 3 stages starting the 1st part in april the final to the free in june and it would make cost of the e.u. country to approve sputnik for use following in the footsteps of hungry. clearly 3 countries was so frustrated with the blocks roll out what they accuse on equal distribution that they were willing to go

country to purchase the job the move as a receiver got a response from brussels local exhort. discussed the story the facts in roll out continues to descend into chaos appetite for the sputnik the job continues to grow we've just heard straight from the austrian chancellor that apart just over 1000000 doses of the russians vaccine is on the cards something that sébastien cuts could finally set people free if austria receives an additional 1000000 doses of the vaccine return to normal life as possible earlier and we could save many lives in jobs there should be no job political barriers with vaccines what matters is whether the vaccine is effective and safe not where it came from. now if the deal goes through they would be delivered in 3 stages starting the 1st part in april the final to the free in june and it would make austria even contrie to approve sputnik for use following in the footsteps of hungry. clearly 3 countries will so you frustrated with the blocks slow roll out what they accuse on equal distribution that they were willing to go against brussels against brussel

country to purchase the job and other moves received a guarded response from brussels my colleagues. earlier discussed the story the ease of vaccine rollout continues to descend into chaos appetite for the sputnik the job continues to grow we've just heard straight from the austrian chancellor that apart just over 1000000 doses of the russian faxing is on the cards something that sébastien cuts that could finally set people free if austria receives an additional 1000000 doses of the vaccine a return to normal life is possible earlier and we could save many lives and jobs there should be no joke political barriers with vaccines what matters is whether the vaccine is affective and safe not where it came from. now if the deal goes through they would be delivered in 3 stages starting with the 1st part in april the final to free in june and it would make auster the e.u. country to approve sputnik the use following in the footsteps of hungry. clearly 3 countries was so frustrated with the blocks roll out what they accuse on equal distribution that they were willing to go against brussels

katya adler, in brussels. _ conclusion. katya adler, in brussels, many _ conclusion. katya adler, in brussels, many thanks. i results from a trial in the united states have again confirmed that the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is both safe and effective. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. what do the results say? these are very impressive results and they pave the way for the oxford astrazeneca vaccine to be licensed in the united states which always wanted its own trial data. there were more than 32,000 volunteers on the trial — mostly in the us, but also chile and peru. the vaccine was 79% effective at preventing symptomatic illness but 100% effective, 100% effective at stopping severe disease, keeping people out of hospital. that was after two doses of the vaccine, spaced four weeks apart. crucially, there were no safety concerns like blood clots, and the vaccine was as effective in older adults as it was in younger adults. both of those points will be important for eu nations, some of whom are still not using the jab because of fears over blood clots and cou

the moves received a guarded response from brussels. my colleagues, very sushi and saskia taylor earlier discussed the story. the news vaccine roll out continues to descend into chaos. appetite for the sputnik. the job continues to grow. we've just heard straight from the austrian chancellor that apart just over 1000000 doses of the russians vaccine is on the cards. something that sébastien cuts could finally set people free. if austria receives an additional 1000000 doses of the vaccine returned to normal life as possible earlier, and we could save many lives in jobs. there should be no job political barriers with vaccines. what matters is whether the vaccine is effective and safe, not where it came from. now if the deal goes through, they would be delivered in 3 stages, starting the 1st part in april, the final to the free in june. and it would make auster the e.u. country to approve sputnik for use following in the footsteps of hungry. clearly, 3 countries will so frustrated with the blocks slow roll out what they accuse on equal di

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brussels birgitte alexander phenomena will of course following that summit for us today joins me now under the aim is clear more vaccines for e.u. countries but how. well i think we can expect leaders here to stress one more time that accelerating production delivery and deployment of scenes are is very crucial and there is some good news for example big scene developer biotech has started for the auction at the new plant in germany and dad could significantly significantly boost the exceed supply but there is still bad news on going problems with some pharmaceutical companies in particular with astra zeneca who are not living up to their promises so that's why i think that the european commission's proposal to toughen export rules will be here very high on the agenda as some member states say this is the right way to go because we cannot explain our citizens why we are still exporting vaccines even though our citizens do not have enough vaccines some member states however say this could backfire in practical terms and could under my undermine our vaccine supplies supply chains. will