Stream pipeline. The u. S. Attempts to rail a project infringement on europe. Pain independence we hear from germanys energy chief on washingtons maneuvering. Currently, u. S. Pressure over north stream to has reached an unprecedented high. Its not tempered by the americans to lobby economic interests. Actually, its behavior reminds me of the matter. Good afternoon, just gone 4 oclock in moscow. Youre watching r. T. International. Now reports have emerged suggesting the trial results of the british swedish astra. Zeneca vaccine dont shine a full light on its efficacy. But as a us government, defense and Health Organization is cast out, claiming the highest levels of effectiveness were only shown on young participants. Lets get more details on this. He joins me now. Good afternoon, ego just talk us through then. What is the issue being raised here . About the phase 2. 00 and 3. 00 trials. So, i mean, thats a lot of, theres a lot of data and a lot of information that needs breaking down here. 1st and foremost, this astra zeneca vaccine is yet another in the line of other vaccines released by different manufacturers. It is also known as the oxford vaccine, and it has been very well, very much anticipated. And a lot of people pinned a lot of hopes that this particular vaccine will be probably the most effective. Now that they have put it out there and theyve said, well, it is ready for orders and now they are seeking the f. D. A. Approval for the u. S. Market. New information about this particular vaccine is being emerged. So theyre saying, so now, according to some reports, the actual, the average efficiency of this vaccine affected the effectiveness of this vaccine is not 90 percent, but 70 percent white. Because apparently they tested this vaccine on to, among the participants in the Clinical Trial trials of 2 age groups. Those who were 8 from 18 years old to 55 years old and 55. 00 and above. So it was 90 percent of active, but only among the younger participants. Among the participants of the Younger Group, and when it comes to the 55. 00 and older group, it was only 62 percent effective. Have a listen to a representative over the American Program on spreading that vaccine in the United States because they got access to this data. Heres how they describe it. There are also differences in the age brackets present in the courts in the 1st received those and those had a cap on the asia at the age of 55. When there are all the people included in the city that received to lose and to lose. I mean this is crucial information, isnt it that effectively what its saying is, in the most vulnerable group, i. E. , those aged 55, the effectiveness of this vaccine isnt so great. It seems to be more effective in the young which, which we know, those that arent considered vulnerable. Was this data not sort of highlighted in the National Center because 1st report . No, it wasnt because astra zeneca, they just presented the proof. They presented a press release, and then they said that the full information will be published in a scientific journal when the time comes and they do time, they didnt specify what they meant by the time. But i just want to point out that this is how vaccines in general, often work, how they often work because the Younger Group of people, they would have a stronger immune system. So their response to a vaccine would be better and stronger, and they would develop more antibodies. While the older, the older generation, the older population they just biologically, they tend to have not the immune systems which are not as strong. So this could be this, this difference in the efficacy of this vaccine could be due to these reasons. It could be this simple, but we dont know that yet. So the, there have been oil a geisha is made as to why this is the case. And so really we just have to look more into this vaccine and develop more tests. And do you know, just break it down further . Explain then how this information was finally made public. So as ive already mentioned, astra zeneca is now seeking f. D. A. Approval, f. D. A. Being the federal drug agency in the United States. Because the u. S. Interest is a huge market for the vaccine with a huge demand given how hard it was battered. How hard with all the life loss from covert 19. So the f. D. A. They have been looking into it and also members of the socalled operation would speed. This is an american kind of, its not in operation of course, but its like a group that is responsible for making any vaccine available and spreading, spreading it among the u. S. Population. So they looked into, so they started breaking down this vaccine and they started asking astra zeneca for more information about it. And thats how they learned about this Additional Information about the difference in effectiveness and the difference in effectiveness in different age groups. So also they also also revealed that apparently some people were given only half the dose of the vaccine during the trials have a listen. This was a change in the way the quantity of vaccine the amount of vaccine was tested. And when they, when they realized that there was an error or a change in their approach in technique used, they corrected it. So questions then being asked about astra zeneca . Where does this leave this particular vaccine in the race then to find a solution to it . Well, its definitely too early to say whether or not it can be just, you know, swept from from the table and we should just disregard it completely. No, it could still be an effective, undervalue vaccine. And i mean, weve just given the fact that covert 19 has had on the world, how many people it has killed, how badly it has basss of the global economy, the more vaccines are being put out there, the better because people really want to feel safe again they dont want to be, they dont want to wear masks all the time. They dont want to wear gloves all the time. And obviously they dont want to lose their loved ones to this disease. But obviously, given how early and excuse me, how young this virus is and how little time the population, the humanity has had to study it. The scientists have had to study it. A lot of people will be skeptical whenever any vaccine is put out there. Be it astra zeneca, or sputnik v. , you know, they will want information because whether or not it is safe to put it in their bodies and so on and so forth. So really, the more transparency there will be whenever any vaccine is presented, the better. Ok, thank you. That was a r. T. If you down there, now france has seen widespread public unrest after all, make it past the 1st stage of a controversial Global Security bill. The act of banning the filming of Police Officers for quote, malicious reasons was described by critics, is undermining media freedoms. These protests have been building now for the last few weeks and on tuesday night, as the assembly members, the parliamentarians here in france decided to pass that law, which means its passed its 1st hurdle in becoming an official law. Here in france, more protests were held across the country, a city such as paris, bordeaux, where thousands of people turned out to show their ease with this law. This is the Global Security law. Part of it article 24. 00 is particularly controversial, and thats because it will criminalize the publication, the broadcast of images of the police where they can be identified in certain circumstances where there is an intent to harm them. Now that would be punishable if this becomes an official law in france by a year in prison or 45000 euro fine journalist groups and n. G. O. S have been hugely critical of this draft law saying this essentially gives the green light for police to stop the journalists from doing their jobs, theres also been criticism from the u. N. , which has said this could damage democracy and the e. U. , which has said it is imperative that news media are able to do their job freely. But the countrys Prime Minister said what he thought the tax, the law was excellent, he himself would be referring this to frances highest court when comes to constitutional matters. But i would like to say here as clearly as possible that there has never been there isnt and will never be the intention of the government to infringe in any shape or form of press freedom. Freedom of expression. Many suggesting that despite the assurances from the Prime Minister from the government, that this law will have an impingement when it comes to freedom of the press. Obviously were very, very angry with the system which favors the police which protects them. This is going to worsen the problem. Were going to be even less free and they will have even more, right, do whatever they want. The match is not over. The bill now has to go through these summits. And we have seen that despite everything, several employees from the majority, hesitating to support the bill in paris, the protest here we had a particular focus and that was on the vents that unfolded on monday evening when police used what was described as brute force and violence to dismantle a migrant camp in the city. Now during that dismantlement, there are images of being pulled, cautioning journalists and migrants were attacked by Police Officers. And that is what many people say brings this entire law into question. So lots of questions still remaining about this more as we mentioned, its been passed by the national assembly, meaning the 1st hurdle is over, but it will now go to the senate in 2021 with course it could be rejected or it could be passed on to become an official law here in france. Now in the United States president elect, joe biden has dismissed criticism that his administration will be an extension of the obama years. This was thrown at him after he unveiled his National Security team, which does feature a number of hawks in key roles. This is not a 3rd obama term because we face a totally different world. When we finished, the obama biden or bidens white has pics have also been criticized by peace creeps and also human rights activists. Many have pointed to interventionist policies and the military ties of those in the new cabinet. And youre trying to look now at how it could shape American Foreign policy. Americas Foreign Policy needs to be properly fixed after 4 years of diplomatic rock says a who says the man whose own white house mistakes as donald trump saw them were thorley taken care of by the outgoing administration. The time has come for the u. Turn to go full circle. Theres been some damage done. That is going to take some time to dig ourselves out of. But theres no doubt that joes got the right people to do it. The man taking over the oval office in 2021 was president obamas number 2. So who are the best people to set these apparent wrongs . Right. Well, the former deputies of obamas team, of course, how easy, im really starting to get that joke that barack scott himself a 3rd term. Lets take a look at the collective portrait of a deputy dream team. One squad member clearly thinks it was the meddling russians who god, donald trump, elected in the 1st place. Jake Sullivan Biden speak for National Security advisor. This was a moment where we realized that the russians had decided that they were going to actively interfere in the u. S. Election. That they were going to intensively work to undermine the pillars of u. S. Democracy. And that they were going to try to defeat Hillary Clinton. If it wasnt for the russians, if you know what i mean, this career boost would have come much earlier. After all, mr. Sullivan served as an advisor for the Hillary Clinton campaign. And yes, he worked as a National Security advisor to the Vice President biden. And here were looking at someone who was all for upping u. S. Involvement in syria. Tony blinken, the new man taking care of americas Foreign Relations in syria. Its tougher, its longer. Its going to take time to build up the syrian opposition, but we believe it can be done. Our commitment is to help them to support them, to give them the training, to give them the equipment to give them the air, the power, to give them the advisor. And it all comes back to hillary, who, infamously said this about libya. We came, we saw he died, right. As you may have guessed, mr. Blinken was among the star democrat diplomats who love the idea of getting libya sorted through intervention. His c. V. Highlights include deputy secretary of state deputy National Security advisor and National Security advisor to the Vice President. So moving on with deputy dream team, you simply dont deserve the position of intelligence director under joe biden. If you havent been deputy to a big name blood say in the cia under obama, without further ado. Heres avril haynes, the former deputy cia director also happened to serve as the deputy National Security advisor right after tony blinken. Some give ms. Hanes credit for making americas drone wars more transparent. Her critics though, paint her with a different brush focusing on her role as the architect of the drone program. One which is associated with scores of civilian deaths. A slight stain on the record, isnt it . Any great Team Deserves at least a few qualified veterans. This one is no exception. Take john kerry, hes getting his comeback. Chance to the job of special president ial envoy for climate goes to the former secretary of state. Bear with me for a bit of feedback on the team from someone familiar. The Incoming Administration could not have chosen that to pursue now for the Foreign Policy and National Security teams. Ok, at least there are no surprises, and the world knows what to expect. Meanwhile, a growing number of republicans are voicing their discontent. Some senators have even threatened to derail the confirmation hearings of bidens picks, while the outgoing secretary of state gave a candid assessment not retreat from by those. Some of these folks that they took a very different view that they were been a bit of a fantasy world. They were from behind their piece. They hope the choose a different course. These are the same people who knocked over libya in 2011, leading to a decade of nightmarish civil war. And she had the terror, a case study and competence. Ardens cabinet picks went to ivy league. Schools have strong resumes, attend all the right conferences and will be polite and old. Leak at stake is the americas decline. I support american greatness and i have no interest in returning to the normal that left us dependent on china. Where the Libertarian Party is 2025 president ial candidates by kevin believes the new Biden Administration will be more aggressive in its Foreign Policy, but not to the benefit of ordinary americans. I think if you like the continued expansion of u. S. Imperialist Foreign Policy, then this is a dream team for us. We got tony blinken, we got michelle flournoy, avril haynes and others who served under the obama administration. And while they were there, they were the main cheerleaders for the expansion of the war in iraq, the involvement and expansion of the war in syria. The continuation of the u. S. Sponsored genocide in yemen and the involvement and invasion of libya by the us military. If you want more dead u. S. Troops and dead people overseas, if you want more trillions of dollars being run up in debt to continue this empire imperial system going, then this would be the ideal pick for us in general. If you just talk about the subject of us Foreign Policy, the average american wants the wars to end, the average american wants the troops to come home. The average american doesnt think that the u. S. Military should be used as the worlds police or that its done a good job at it, or that it done anything other than lead to an increasing number of veterans coming home with, you know, p. T. S. D. And other Chronic Health problems and not to mention the measurable suffering and harm thats being done overseas. So the average american wants this to end whether that will play out or not. And in public outcry about that remains to be seen. Not germanys any change has accused the United States of the Pressure Campaign on European Companies involved in the north trying to gas pipeline month. The u. S. State department ramped up sanctions on firms to try and hold the project. We spoke to the head of the gym, an energy committee, he described washingtons behavior as small, but like its going to be for secret, affording only the currently u. S. Pressure over north stream to it has reached an unprecedented high. And its an attempt by the americans to lobby their economic interests, and this is to go behind the backs of their supposed partners. Actually, this behavior reminds me of the matthew, matthew c. Come to the restaurant and say, we must protect you. But if you dont pay for this, we will smash all your places. And its the same thing here. The americans say they protect us from the russians. But in fact, as if we dont want this protection, we want to trade with the russians. We want russian gas, and then they say, if you dont let us protect you, we will kill you. In other words, they impose sanctions on companies, threaten them with economic collapse, for instance. And this is whats actually happening is that we must reject such methods, simply objecting to them is pointless. Only real action will help i