european countries suspend their roll out. brazil gets its 4th health minister since the pandemic began as the number of infections that keeps rising plus. imus has a partner in sudan done wednesday and we meet the policy calling for an end to racism in the netherlands. the u.s. secretaries of state and defense of begun the 1st overseas trip with a diplomatic visit to allies in asia and today blinken and lloyd austin started that tour in japan and the trip will include a stop in south korea north korea s nuclear ambitions are expected to be high on the agenda as well as how to counter what the u.s. sees as china s growing assertiveness in the region. we re all standing together in support of our sure we believe in democracy human rights group law because we ve seen our own. those certainly make us stronger and because they re under threat in many places in plain in the brief wondrous borough we re going to try. out 0 as far as the law may begins our coverage in tokyo. it s th
secretaries of state and defense are in japan on the 1st overseas trip the american officials say the visit which includes a stop in south korea will be used to quote revitalize ties with allies saudi salami reports from tokyo it symbolises symbolizes how important japan and the 70s japan is hoping to get the strong statement at the end of the talks today we headed towards china we had that may be for the 1st time both countries would name china by name and would ask it to stop its locations and can then. tends to change the status quo in that in the us if a condition world health organization experts are meeting on tuesday to analyze data on the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine germany and france and italy have now joined others in suspending use of the job until reports of blood clots investigated. streets are empty businesses are closed in the brazilian state of pollo emergency restrictions came into effect on monday the country s health minister has been replaced again
is drug regulators say the death doesn t suggest a direct link between the 2 and there s no cause for alarm this does not necessarily mean this event linked to boxing. but it s routine practice to investigate them and it shows that the surveillance system works and that effective controls are in place deadly to advisory committee on vaccine safety has been reviewed vailable data is in close contact with the european medicines agency and will meet to morrow brazil s health minister has been replaced again as the corona virus outbreak there hits record levels i said ok no it will be the 4th person in charge since the pandemic began and replaces a military general who took the job in may and sells most populous state is introduced emergency restrictions as well to curb rising cases infections and death threats have been climbing rapidly in sao paulo. the u.n. special envoy for syria has expressed profound regret that the u.n. has been unable to broker peace to end the civil war.
a decade of devastation but syria s rebels remain defiant. 2 of the most powerful politicians in the u.s. have just started their 1st foray into key asian nations and already there s a wary eye being kept on north korea secretary of state anthony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin have started their trip with high level meetings in japan ahead of their arrival the sister of north korea s leader kim you know young warned the new biden administration to quote not do anything unseemly we ll get more on that shortly with pride in south korea but 1st let s talk to thought is salim a he s in tokyo safari this trip by anthony blinken lloyd austin maybe about strengthening allies and countering china but what is japan hoping to get out of this. japan is very keen only affirming the strength of the alliance between japan and the united states tokyo has been very much concerned about the rising tension lately around sink acquire lands you know you called in china. there has
meets to discuss the astra zeneca vaccine as latvia joins the list of european countries suspending their rollout plus a mythos of partner. dutch confirmed on wednesday and we meet the policy calling for them to racism in the netherlands. the u.s. secretaries of state and defense of used the 1st overseas trip to take a hard stand against china and stapling cannot lloyd austin have been holding meetings in japan they say that washington is prepared to push back against beijing s growing influence in the region the u.s. defense secretary added that announcing regional lives says is essential to confront what he called china s coercive and aggressive behavior i know japan shares our concerns with china s destabilizing actions. and as i have said before china is a pacing challenge for the department of defense and we know that competing in today s shifting global dynamics can only be done through the spirit of teamwork and cooperation of 0 as friday saturday is live for us in tok