bring you all the most important news from around the world this is r.t. international i m donald quarter with you here in the studio welcome. we 1st start here now with news of another mass shooting in the u.s. 8 people have been killed and several injured after shootings took place at 2 spas in northeast atlanta and at another nearby cherokee county police have not yet determined a motive in any of the killings or whether they were connected some of the victims are believed to be women of asian descent the suspect in one of the shootings has been taken into custody we will bring you any further updates on the story when we get the. u.s. department of health has admitted it used diplomatic ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia s sputnik vaccine washington says it s over fears that increasing russian influence could threaten national security my colleague zander farmer and discuss the developments this is the united states department of health health and human ser