a dozen european countries paused vaccinations with astra zeneca shot after some recipients developed blood clots. surging covert 1000 infections have forced some of france's most populous areas into a limited lockdown starting this weekend paris and the north of the country have been worst affected in the country's 3rd wave with the with france recording nearly $40000.00 new cases on thursday the government has ordered stores to close for a month. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says that china is quote threatening global stability he made his comments after arriving in alaska for talks with china's top diplomat yang jiechi the pair are due to discuss problem issues including trade human rights abuses and the militarization of the south china sea. z.w. news from berlin you can follow us on instagram or twitter news or you can go to our web site that's dot com. it should be no surprise after the pandemic in trump's america 1st china would like a change in u.s. relations a reset but beijing may have to reset its expectations instead u.s. president biden is sending his top diplomat and national security adviser to meet with their chinese counterparts in alaska they'll bring a list of complaints and demands and when it's over the chinese may say see you again soon the american reply thanks but we'll wait and see what you do 1st off in berlin this is the day. try to use you think words gresham systematically rolled up and leave the not to say so should with us course and stop interfering in hong kong 300 cutoffs you. have my own taiwan is a positive china it is a historical and legal fact find a change of use your rights. to enjoy social stability economic growth on national unity and if from. inside. we have indisputable solvency of the main south china sea islands and the adjacent islands. also coming up the european union's medicines regulator today said that the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine is safe and effective but what about the fear over the vaccine and those rare blood clots based on the evidence available and after days of indebt not asis of lab results clinical reports autopsy reports and further information from the clinical trials we still cannot rule out definitively a link between these cases and the taxing. power. viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with the american foreign policy china doesn't want to see but may be forced to look directly in the eye today the u.s. secretary of state and the president's national security advisor will welcome their chinese counterparts for the 1st bilateral meeting since joe biden became president it comes at the end of a tour of asia that sold the americans reinforcing alliances from japan to south korea and attempt to project renewed power across the region aimed at beijing the americans insisted that today's meeting take place on u.s. soil emphasizing the position of strength on which by and china policy will depend we know that the u.s. views china as the only nation on earth capable of challenging the global order but we don't know how china will respond it would be easy to declare this another cold war but the reality may be worse china will soon be america's economic equal its military and foreign influence are expanding befitting an emerging superpower president biden despite his tough stance insists the u.s. and china can work together we can chew gum and walk at the same time he says but his advisors and u.s. allies know this isn't about being the better multitasker it's about running and not allowing china to catch up china is the greatest long terms to treat strategic threat to the security of the 21st century the chinese communist party insidious and corrosive and corrupt influences that were globally and in this region some examples include their pursuit of multiple port deals loans for political leverage . backs in diplomacy that undermine sovereignty state surveillance i-t. and the exploitation of resources such as illegal on regular non reported fishing may well the united states has always pursued double standards and that's for international law and rules the united states chooses to abide by want to have a suit its purpose and discard whatever it finds obstructive in about 250 years since it was founded there only 16 years that the united states did not go away. our right to feel back the layers of what is more than just a difference of opinions between the u.s. and china i'm happy to welcome tonight neil melvin director of international security studies it is much harder for china to ignore. body than to start with you when you consider the message from blinking in the fact that blink and sullivan do not intend for today's meeting to be the 1st of several or the start of new talks what does the bind administration want from china. well i think that the by an administration would like to see a change in some of china's policies a change in behavior on a range of issues that the biden ministration and the trumpet ministration before them expressed some concerns about these of course pertains to things like their camps and seeing the way that china is undermining autonomy in honde. the lack of a level playing field in economics trying his plans to dominate 21st century technologies. pressure on taiwan its economic coercion against australia its political influence operations in the united states the list is is is long and so we have to understand and i think china does that there are problems in the relationship and the question is whether the chinese are willing to begin to address those problems they may have hoped that the bite in the destruction would take a softer approach maybe they thought it would be a return to some of the obama administration's emphasis on cooperation on global issues at the expense sometimes not always of a sum of the differences and that has not happened and so i think that nobody expects that the outcome of this meeting will be a transformation of trent's policies but over time what united states hopes to say is that china will reflect upon its its actions and consider whether maybe some of them are even counterproductive to china's own interests neal i want to ask you about where the u.k. fits in all of this just a moment but 1st in broader terms do you see america's allies especially europe on the same page with president biden concerning china. i think that's broadly correct i mean we've seen quite a translation in the debate on china in europe over the last year the u.k. i think has been leading out of that but it hasn't been alone as you know this week and which has been debating very much about the growing role all the china in the tech sector and around intelligence gathering and this information campaigns so when broadly there is a move i would say now to look at china in a very different way very similar to the u.s. of me looking for opportunities around partnership but also seeing china very much as as a emerging competitor that often bends or breaks the rules but increasingly also seeing it as a threat at the same time there's quite a big debate in europe how best to respond to this and here i do think we can see a division some like the u.k. sweden and others are looking to take a much stronger line others osip a seeing europe as a sort of the 3rd force in world politics that can balance between the u.s. and china and say that it's own position. bunnie president by morons to strengthen a global alliance of shared powers and values as a counterweight to trying to should he be worried about losing the european union as the controversy over russia germany in the north stream to pipelines that controversy continues. well i guess i'd like to refrain what you just described is what president biden is trying to do this isn't the cold war in there isn't a ready set of countries that will align with the united states on every issue so the diplomacy is going to be much harder actually than it was during the cold war so there might be coalitions of the willing on different issues those that are willing to stand out perhaps the leaders in st john are going to be different and those that are willing to push back on china in their efforts to steal intellectual property. even in europe there are going to be some countries that will practice prioritize different issues and if you look at for example the south china sea and harder security issues we see countries like the u.k. and france and even germany willing to take a tougher stance while probably other countries will not so europe has different interests is going to just be different groupings of countries and i think many of those those ad hoc coalitions are coalitions of the willing will be composed of european countries because our values are are so deeply aligned and because the trance atlantic relationship is so important to both sides. of the atlantic then i think we're going to find ways to work together on some of these issues you know the u.k. has made it clear that it intends to help the u.s. and its policy towards china but the u.k. unlike what we're hearing from the white house is not willing to go so far in the era of engaging china which is take a listen to what prime minister board's johnson said. prior to this time if you speak of those who cool for a new cold war china over us to a sequester our economy entirely from china to 3 the new policy of your vision review the. generally do from one position to the next are i think the mistake of. juxtapose johnson against what the chinese are offering for public consumption this is from an editorial published in the global times which is a newspaper link to the chinese communist party it reads after acrimonious divorce with the e.u. at the end of last year the u.k. has been eager to expand its influence globally the johnson government has bet its hopes on this report to show britain still has clout on the world stage and tries to define a new era for the country yet in the eyes of some observers such ambition reveals london's overconfidence in its current international status and national strengths so neal is the u.k. overestimating its own power and reach particularly when it comes to china. i don't. think it's better to end the government just recently that announcing it's going to greatly review security in defense just came out on tuesday this week and then it's it takes i think quite a nuanced approach to china as i said is looking at charter kosky 3 dimensions as a threat but we see that in different areas both in terms of threats to keep you ukase economic security which is which is a question for working with other partners on things like emerging technologies but also that the u.k. would like to think to contribute to this coalition of countries which one is identifying which is really going to try to counterbalance china so that you can it is realistic about its own abilities to play a security role in inner city it's not going to be a leading military power in that region but its presence can be important i think in signaling there is a broader coalition of countries who are concerned about china's military buildup about china's activities in places such as the south china seas but also signaling that their own values issues such as seen with the owner community in xinjiang or an issue that's very close to the ukase interest namely the situation in whole coal is important to signal that these are these issues are being followed closely lot just by the u.s. and not just by countries union or city but i have a broader global community you know the critics of course john to say that the prime minister wants to have his cake and eat it too with china you do you think beijing and washington will they allow him to have it both ways you know this in gage meant for business at the same time looking at china as a military threat. well i think i think that that's the approach that most countries in the transatlantic community are taking and with i mean we need china we need to live with china and some core issues such as on planet changing shut it's not owned by diversity protection of oceans i mean as a 2nd biggest economy in a world it's vital that we take china on the whole not a genuinely ukase ship is sharing the cup 26 because you asians this year and g 7 set in these are people who forms where you need to work with china china is a vital economic partner and that's true but we also do need to try to signal to china that these other activities have to be wrote back a little the hard china's the interests and they can't get out of plus i mean this is i think the reality of of the new world that we operate in it is a cold next world and there are going to be these diverse partnerships but we do need to also be clear on the messaging around that you know bonnie i said at the beginning of the program that this china us situation it could be worse than the 2nd cold war partly because china will soon be america's economic equal i suppose your top worry is not a military conflict what concerns you most as biden attempts this new approach with china. well i don't rule out a military conflict in the more distant future i think maybe the 5 to 10 year time frame might be a time when when china could miscalculate and perhaps use military force against taiwan i don't see that as an as an urgent threat but china is using coercion against many of its neighbors and what i think the united states is quite concerned about is that china is celebrating the success of its model not only to its own citizens to other countries and china is saying that its model is more successful then that western democracy now we may not be doing very well in the united states in combating the spread of code where we're getting a handle on that and i think you are better than we were but let's at least acknowledge that there are other democracies in the world that have found quite a good job and maybe even better than china and i would point to perhaps not only taiwan but also new zealand as examples of democracies that have done well but the chinese are telling themselves that the east is rising and the west is declining and this suggests to me the chinese are quite confident and may therefore be more emboldened in the coming years to use what is a really expansive tool box not just necessarily to use military force which china has not done in a in a very significant way since 1990 s. vietnam but really just to coerce other countries we see this in the disputed and islands between china and japan where the chinese are very large law enforcement ships and marje increasing sometimes numbers that they're trying to challenge chapin's administrative control we. see the news of this against the other claimants in the south china sea against taiwan and against australia is a strand is the latest target of china's trade coercion and chad china is now boycotting about a dozen products from australia because it's angry that camera has called for an investigation into the arjun's of covert 19 among other. ills that it has is it has committed because it has offended the chinese so i think these what i was call this very expansive tool box. actions in precious is really quite challenging to the world you know the final question here we've got about a minute left what should america's allies expect after this meeting in alaska i think to be in the court not to see a further stepping up of rhetoric and i mean obviously cha-cha intercept all of a teacher victory now but what i think china has see happening is that there is this coalition fully now it's built around to terence but it is also around so i think this is the moment that china also needs to reflect about when things are going to mean we are entering a dangerous phase there is still time for alternative policy which would be about taking taking the hand of others and changes donald purses and i hope that to be the message that the chinese leadership will understand it is also being offered to them. you know melbourne director of international security studies at the u.k.'s royal united services institute and bonnie glaser director of the china power project at the center for strategic and international studies to both of you we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you. european nations are restarting astra zeneca vaccinations today the european medicines agency the e m a said once again that the drug is safe and highly effective germany france italy and spain are among the countries lifting their banned the a.m.a. concluded that the vaccine was not associated with an overall increase in the risk of blood clots it was that fear that led more than a dozen european union countries to pose their vaccinations with the astra zeneca shot the e m a says the benefits of the shot outweigh the risks but it is not ruling out completely the possibility of a link to rare blood clots. meanwhile the british medicines regulator the mh ira has also spoken out in favor of the continued use of the after isn't a good vaccine in a statement it says the benefits of using the vaccine far outweigh any dangers the m h r 8 said that 5 reported cases of a very rare cerebral blood clot amounted to one in a 1000000 people who have been vaccinated it's not clear if there is a link but investigations continue now to show his confidence in the astra zeneca vaccine the head of the british national health service received the shot today in public simon stevens got his jab in a vaccination center in westminster abbey about half the u.k. adult population has now been vaccinated. there are problems that with a shortage of vaccines predicted for april doctors are also reporting that more people are hesitant about receiving the astra zeneca vaccine. that they had to work so hard try and deploy the vaccine so everyone told me that i we really made lots of particularly with facts it has a tendency in the last week that has been completely just destroyed because we're having our clinics and all the dots for the full of patients counselling i'm not turning up because of the rhythm of the spread about that's for the ticket foxit quality of cloth which is no evidence based all right reservations hesitations and some people expressing their confidence in the astra zeneca vaccine let's bring in educator john campbell in the u.k. it's good to see you again the british regulators the mh or a they have reiterated that they think the vaccine should be used but they say there have been reported blood issues and also that people should see a doctor if they get headaches after a jab is this an abundance of caution or is this a case of no smoke without fire. now i think they are being very cautious and what a confusing week it's been really we learned about the increased risk of blood clots and when we talk about blood clots we normally think about the blood clots in the legs the deep venous thrombosis they can go up to the lungs causing a pulmonary embolism and they're very common now it's interesting that the you're paid medicine say agency in the a m h r they have now both said that these are more common so the fed is sure this this what we call a very you know form when bill is and is not more common but what's transpired in the past few days is this there's these vessels cerebral sinus veins that drain the blood back from the brain and there is a slight increase in the thrown by a symbol of clots in those vessels so having got rid of one type of saying that they're not an issue they're not caused by the vaccine and that there's no association with the vaccine with those with those type of cancer now got this all the sort of blood clot and it does seem to be a slight increase about 18 cases reported in the u.k. and europe after $20000000.00 doses of oxford astra zeneca vaccine so they do seem to be about one case per 1.2 to 1500000 cases now this is a correlation it's not it's not a causality and the the mh ira and the european mentions agency are both saying there's a correlation i'm not saying that there's a causality here and more a lot more needs to be done more needs to be investigated but it's incredibly rare and both agencies are saying the the risk of not being vaccinated fossa passes any risk of this potential car in 1000 side effect you can let me ask you boris johnson said today that the biotech pfizer vaccine and the astra zeneca vaccine are pretty much identical in terms of safety given the current situation is that a helpful statement. well i think he probably isn't mean we can certainly say that's the case in terms of the very common source of blood clots the vino the number ambulance and if anything vaccination gives a level of protection and even in the data published by the your pain medicines agency there's no actual direct comparison between the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and the finds a bio intact vaccine nor does the european data seem to take into account all the possible correlations for example we know that these sort of social scientists vein thrombosis a more common in women who are taking over contraception but that doesn't seem to have been accounted for so it could well turn out that this is a correlation or it could well turn out there is a level of causality here but there really if the reason is he said very very small in fact as we say perhaps one case for about 1.2 to 1500000 vaccinations the u.k. has vaccinated about half of the adult population now i mean given that wonderful milestone are you seeing the benefits of a successful vaccination campaign. well we are seeing reduction in cases in the u.k. at the moment but this is largely as a result of the lockdown measures we are seeing more antibodies in older age groups and that the antibodies in the age groups are coming younger into the younger age groups all the time so there is more immunity being generated starting from the old raid groups and of course the health care providers who were vaccinated early moving down so we are just starting to see some effect of that now because we have to remember that there is no significant to beauty of logical effect for at least 3 weeks after really the back saying so there's always a delay so the decrease cases we're seeing now are remarkably encouraging perhaps still mostly due to knock down measures but increasingly and this will be increasingly so in the coming weeks juju immunity caused by the of the vaccination program dr john campbell as always are the campbell it's good to get your insights it's also good to have some good news to talk about tonight for a change thank you. thank you ben. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can follow me at brant golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see that everybody. can. see i'm getting vaccinated. elderly caretaker christina read requests uses online videos to encourage people to get vaccinated. due to fake news on social media many belgian care workers are refusing corona vaccines. can fight against the virus to be one online. focus on your. next w. 20. 00 or not too well. what about assuring economy instead. of a change in thinking. is changing the economy to create something the. economics magazine rate in germany. in 60 minutes w. . we're all. going to get to go beyond. him and. take on the world. oldest status and where are all of the stories that matter to you. from the military policeman from the bank paid. to we are here is actually on fire made plans. everyone welcome to focus on europe it is nice to have you here with me we're starting today in the southern part of italy which is known for its beaches its food its beautiful architecture and unfortunately for its mafia for example naples at mount the suv vs with its historic buildings and alleyways is dominated by a powerful mafia clan called the camorra once it gets dark these criminal gangs keep the police busy as they do their bosses bidding. for the young or the unemployed in naples the idea of making some quick cash by doing the mafia's dirty work can prove to be irresistible but the decision to join can prove to be a fatal one as it was for a young man named lugo russo now though a controversial mural of to go is causing a stir in naples with some seeing it as a mockery of the victims. a moped stops in front of a convenience store a robber wearing a helmet and a face mask enters and threatens the cashier with a gun to extort a watch for money. many young criminals think it is simple and easy. but then a plainclothes policeman or a carbon yera witnesses the robbery and it ends with deadly consequences. 15 year old google raso died when a military policeman opened fire on him in the middle of the night in the elegant heart of naples. you're just so son my son was murdered he was shot twice in the chest and once in the back of his head you do all these. google with so spotter and his youngest son stand in front of a huge mural that dominates a small square in the spanish quarter. it is an image of will go staring at his family and neighbors demanding truth and justice. the fact that google committed an armed robbery is not spoken of here. many approve of his mural and complain about police violence and slow investigations they claim that the legal proceedings against the military policeman never really started. there for the rousseau sam lee is receiving more and more support also from those who demand clarification as well as more solidarity between the rich and the poor in naples. the prevailing mentality in the city is to each his due there is no social solidarity for the rich remain richey you look for it remain for. the youth who commits a crime should be shot if she's own fault. who goes father who has been known to the police since adolescence also believes this to be true. nobody in the city genuinely wants to know why such robberies are. her why these young people do such things as we spoke they just want to destroy us to trample us like vermin which. we visit another neighborhood with another mural this one commemorates 17 year old the e.g.k. author with candles on an altar. last october he too was shot dead by a policeman in civilian clothes whilst committing a robbery. meanwhile the mineral has been removed by the police criminal should not be glorified the reaction in the neighborhood is aggressive people are angry at the state. young criminals portrayed as saints religious worship within the come or a mafia is well known to priest luigi maryla he has been fighting against it for 20 years maybe you know such are hurting up a picture of someone who committed a robbery. or is the boss of a clan. and worshipping like a saint sends a very bad message. to feel as if the bad would become a good start by german. no that's not true at all you mothers out of somebody like . the priest works against these illegal demonstrations of power and has also been threatened. however behind high walls he continues to do use work now during the pandemic he helps youths with homework on line and in normal times with recreational activities. families hit particularly hard by the pandemic receiving aid to stop the next generation from getting further involved in criminal activity . well you. know every neighborhood has its clan boss but most of these bosses are now in prison not. many young people take advantage of this. form gangs that fight each other we're not feeling this increases violence because the actual boss has lost. control and can no longer maintain order in the neighborhood like before a problem it could all be a little close in addition the characters of popular mafia series become real role models for many young people. experts say this increases rivalry and the readiness for violence in the streets. for the violence is justified so to speak as the state doesn't intervene. because there is a lack of perspective from police or prosecutors which makes the criminal and soon the streets. safer the violence is justified so to speak as the state doesn't intervene. because there is a lack of perspective from police or prosecutors which makes the criminals feel they can get away with anything. without being arrested prosecuted or held responsible. but perhaps times are changing because more and more people in naples are calling for the image of google russo to be removed it 15 year old small time crook is no saint no god like the god of soccer a few streets away. only diego armando marra donna the deceased idol who once played for s.s.e. naples unite the city and may be worshipped like a saint by good and evil alike. wouldn't it be nice if you could just flee the covert 1000 pandemic and head off to a secluded island well martin mickos and his wife sandy they actually did that they traded san francisco's hustle and bustle for a small part of an archipelago off the coast of finland in the baltic sea they're now surrounded by trees wild animals and extremely icy waters and they're sharing their pandemic paradise on social media with millions of people around the world. on the edge of the frozen baltic sea lies a small finnish island it is now home to 2 people who are living beyond the reach of the coronavirus. husband and wife sandy lawson and morton me coast love the icy landscape. they spend several hours a day out on the frozen sea. i'm here just for the fun of it i have caught the big ice floes to see how they react now when it's a good thing sunny and warm and how they will e-mail and how they may move around. throughout the winter send your loss and with her drone has shot videos of her husband's activities shoveling snow off the footpaths and searching for open channels in the tweets from their pandemic paradise as they call it in their short videos have gone viral. i just wanted to make people happy because everyone is so sad and miserable because of the pandemic rowing boat than i thought very mundane in a way but it just shows you that when you are innovative new just take whatever you have and try to make the best of it. the house in the woods was finished just before the outbreak of the cove in 1000 pandemic. the couple eat mostly fish they catch themselves boar locally sourced game morton macos usually runs a technology company in silicon valley california but for months now he's only communicated with his employees over the internet from the wilds of binman it's a totally new workday rhythm for him and not just because of the time difference so in the middle of the night and you go out to just and watch the sky or feel the fresh air so of course it gives me a good contrast. his wife zenyatta is also hard at work she's a journalist she doesn't miss life in a large american city anymore either she was surprised by the worldwide responses to her twitter account especially the fascination with her husband's efforts to clear away ice flows with his rowboat but the russian media developed an entirely different story from the images are they turned into a couple that a cruise ship stranded on an island. they had to get out and the guy you were in didn't say. in reality the couple's life is far less sensational as long as the ice holds up they can walk across to their car on the mainland and go shopping in the summer they take their boat they even receive occasional visitors most recently at christmas inside this this is a very dry year and place where they dry hay so we came in here christmas day in the morning with us pitch black we had candles with some small natural light so we went in there and then we sang a few christmas songs. merry christmas. lawson and make us are well aware that their privileged few people can afford to escape the pandemic like they have but the experiences of the past months have shown that people can rediscover themselves during lockdown. you can build your resilience on your own even though we are social creatures we all are also equipped to be on our own that's how evolution has worked so we can be on our own we can be isolated there's always in the world there's things that you have to respect and fear out here we have to respect and fear the thin ice so we don't know when we go there with or whether we fall in. that fear too can be overcome as because proves at a whole song in the ice you just have to be properly equipped and this case with ice picks in an emergency he can use them to rescue himself. exists and then you go. back to safe i say and get yourself warm and dry the frozen pandemic paradise has many more adventures in store for these 2 selves isolators the ice along finland's west coast will soon be gone but sadly it seems the coronavirus pandemic might continue for some time yet. well we are going to stay in the water for just a moment as we head now to britain where fishermen are struggling for their livelihoods as a result of bragg's britain's withdrawal from the european union and all of the rule changes that have come with that have meant that exports to the e.u. have plummeted now in the land that's known for its fish and chips huge stockpiles of shellfish are starting to cause a stink. even the seagulls in with still southern england zeem to sense that something's amiss. jeans green fishes for oysters this but normally be his busy season but there's very little for him to do besides check up on his. these boys would normally be destined for the european market but he hasn't sold a single one since january 1st these bags if you go all of this area of the farm is now market size royce's we've had to double the bags up here to make space for them so this is where there is probably 100120 tons of market size horses ready for the continental market really i'm not entirely sure what to do with them if i want you know. where can i sell 120 tons voices in the u.k. that just is not the market. the business is dying. this isn't just a temporary problem. for hygiene reasons the european union prohibits the import of life spiny oysters from all dealers in nonie you countries which the u.k. now is. an exception is made for shell fish from very clean waters but this area is category b. . whitstable is largely dependent on sales of shellfish oysters mussels and lobsters before breakfast at the cleaning process was taking care of in mainland europe. one solution would be to clean the shellfish here before exporting them. graham west is already doing that but only for the domestic british market. for you to do or if it comes out you have to practically move the things you say so you and others so you're. playing come into the community which you really do you get to do so therefore you always work day in just to work and could get to my full day if you will to something. once cleaned they could be shipped to the e.u. but the cleaning facility is much too small to handle the hundreds of tons in the e.u. clients don't want pretreated oysters graham west also has wealth since then jelly they have to be boiled before they're exported to asia he can't do that himself so he's always sold them on to distributors but they're also located in the e.u. . he's got all. among the oil she quit the store because 04 is happening with bricks we can't so anything glory. is getting worse and worse to be stuck on the piri reis will be stuck in containers but it's always good to have you looked into this means that he can either sell to the e.u. nor asia. with simple has been hard hit right now few people in britain are eating oysters or lobster either. the path.