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Italy invoked European Union powers to block the export of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia on Thursday, in a dramatic escalation of a dispute between the EU and drug giant AstraZeneca. Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi's spokesperson Paola Ansuini confirmed the move to CNN, adding that Italy and the European Commission had agreed on the action. The story was first reported by the Financial Times. Italy's move marks the first time the EU measures, which were introduced in January, have been used. In late January the EU engaged in a public and acrimonious fight with AstraZeneca over vaccine delays, after the company advised the bloc that it would deliver tens of millions fewer doses than agreed by the end of March. Following the spat the European Commission adopted new measures which gave countries the power to restrict the exporting of Covid-19 vaccines outside the bloc in some situations. The EU has said the new mechanism will not affect humanitarian aid or COVAX, the global initiative aiming to distribute some 2 billion vaccines to poorer countries. The trade bloc's vaccine rollout has since continued to falter. Only 5.5% of the 27-nation bloc's population of 447 million has received a first vaccine dose, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). Some increasingly frustrated member states have turned to nations outside the trade bloc for assistance. CNN is seeking comment from AstraZeneca. The European Commission "did not oppose" Italy's decision to impose an export ban on vaccines for Australia, an EU official told CNN Thursday. The official is closely involved with trade processes inside the Commission, but is not authorized to speak on the record regarding closed door meetings or on trade documents between the Commission and European Union member states. Under EU procedures, a company wanting to export vaccines from an EU member state must notify the member state. The member state checks criteria for export and makes a draft decision on whether to approve the export. European Commissioners then have one working day to approve, amend or reject the member state's decision. The member state must follow the Commission's decision. The EU official told CNN that EU member states approved 174 requests for vaccine export authorizations during the period from January 30 to March 1, 2021. "The exports concerned the following export destinations: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Oman, Panama , Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States and Uruguay, "the official said.

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Few people will envy the man elected to be the new president of FC Barcelona. The upcoming election - to be held on Sunday, just days after four senior officials were arrested - is arguably the most important in the club's history and comes at a time of crisis that appears to be deepening by the day. Historic debts, reported by Spanish newspaper El Mundo to be more than one billion dollars, forced Barcelona into a fire sale of some of the most important figures in its playing squad during the summer transfer window. The rebuilding of its decimated squad, proven once again in the recent 4-1 hammering against Paris Saint-Germain to be well below the standard of its European rivals, is one of just many headaches facing the incoming president. Top of the list, however, is the future of club talisman Lionel Messi. The Argentine made public his desire to leave Barcelona last summer and it looks increasingly unlikely he will sign a new contract, meaning the greatest player in the club's history can walk away for free at the end of the current season. "Many, many, many millions of debt for Barcelona, the worst financial situation in history," Catalunya Radio journalist Ernest Macià tells CNN. "On the pitch, we can discuss it, but it seems evident that when the Champions League arrives, Barcelona again commits a public suicide in front of millions of people, receiving so many goals and making it so difficult even for players like Messi who love the club and probably would like to stay at Barcelona in different circumstances. "At this point it's not easy to see Messi here next year, although there are many, many different variables intervening in this equation. So we will see what happens in the end because elections will take place this weekend and this is another variable in this equation, who becomes president. " Back in February, Barcelona issued a statement to say it "categorically" denied responsibility for the publication of Messi's $ 672 million contract in El Mundo. The contract would make Messi the highest paid athlete in sports history and the club said it would take legal action against the newspaper "for any damage that may be caused as a result of this publication." The leak only served to increase tensions between Messi and the Barcelona hierarchy, which had already been stretched to breaking point after the Argentine aimed a thinly veiled dig at the board in an emotional farewell to former teammate Luis Suarez. Barcelona's financial problems have been exacerbated by the club's move away from promoting players from its famed La Masia academy - which has developed the likes of Messi, Pep Guardiola, Andres Iniesta and Xavi - to the first team, instead choosing to spend vast transfer fees and wages on already established stars. Barcelona has reportedly spent more than $ 1 billion on transfer fees since the 2013/14 season and many believe this change is philosophy has eroded the club's 'More than a Club' mantra, which is still painted into the seats of its historic Camp Nou stadium. Historic elections Even with Messi, Barcelona's future looks bleak; without him, however, things start to look dire. It is on exactly that award that one of the presidential candidates is hanging his hat from him. Joan Laporta, one of three men standing, is the current favorite to win the election and was previously president from 2003 until 2010, presiding over one of the most successful era in the club's history. During his previous reign of him, Barcelona won 13 major trophies, including four La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues and he will be hoping that nostalgia and banked goodwill is crucial to securing another term. "Joan Laporta is, let's say, closer to Leo Messi and the players because they lived together the best moments in their stories and their lives," Macià says. "According to the polls now, Joan Laporta is first. There have been debates and anything can happen because a lot of people have voted via mail and it remains to be seen what influence these votes, for the first time in history, will have. "

President Joe Biden is barreling into his first science-vs.-politics showdown with powerful Southern Republican governors, one that could define the outcome of the race to vaccinate enough Americans before variants take hold. Biden on Tuesday warned the country to dig in for a while longer as he flexed sweeping wartime powers under the Defense Production Act in another big leap forward in the inoculation drive, announcing there would be enough doses for all US adults by the end of May. He unveiled a pioneering plan for pharmaceutical giant Merck to make a vaccine developed by its rival Johnson & Johnson. "There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we cannot let our guard down now to ensure victory is inevitable; we can't assume that. We must remain vigilant, act fast and aggressively and look out for one another," the President said. But the governors of Texas and Mississippi defied federal government warnings to not relax restrictions and open their economies too fast, going it alone as new infections plateau at high levels and fears grow over a huge spike in the coming weeks. On Monday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had warned that with variants spreading, "we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained." The looming openings are paradoxically a symptom of Biden's success as confidence grows in the availability of vaccines, which have rolled out fast since he took office. But experts are warning that opening too quickly could provide the vast petri dish that new variants of Covid-19 need to thrive. Those variants are often not just more infectious, but they also could make the vaccines that are expected to pave the way out of the yearlong crisis less effective. That means that states like Texas and Mississippi, which were slow to adopt steps like mask wearing, are not just risking their own citizens but all other Americans too. If new infections take hold before enough Americans are vaccinated, a desire to play into political sentiment that sees government scientific advice as much to an infringement on individual freedom could delay a return to normal life. "I have to be honest with you, this fight is far from over," Biden said at the White House, warning that the pandemic could begin to get worse as new variants, like those first found in the UK and South Africa, spread. Yet in Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott was taking exactly the opposite tack, announcing that serious economic pain and a fall in infections were leading him to lift a mask mandate and all restrictions on business from next week. "It is now time to open Texas 100%," Abbott said. The Texan is an ally of Donald Trump and one of a group of Southern governors who last year heeded the then-President's demands to reopen while flouting scientific advice, helping to trigger a summer infection surge that swelled the national death toll from the pandemic, which is now more than half a million. 'A gigantic mistake' In some ways, these early openings are a case of those who ignore history being doomed to repeat it, with yet more premature declarations of victory over the virus - after previous celebrations helped secure for the US the dubious distinction of having the most infections and most deaths from Covid-19. "This is a gigantic mistake," Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a professor of medicine at George Washington University, told CNN's Erin Burnett. "They are not doing well ... we have seen this movie and it doesn't turn out well," Reiner said, referring to the state of the pandemic in Texas. Another Southern Republican, Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi, also announced an end to all county mask mandates and said businesses can open from Wednesday at 100% capacity. "Our hospitalizations and case numbers have plummeted, and the vaccine is being rapidly distributed. It is time!" Reeves tweeted Tuesday. The Republicans are not the only governors easing restrictions as new cases of Covid-19 and deaths from the virus have fallen following a holiday spike. Some states and cities run by Democrats are also doing so, but unlike Texas and Mississippi, they are not acting as though the virus has simply gone away. The early openings are causing frustration in the White House, as Biden tries to make good on his vow to stamp out the virus and as new breakthroughs in manufacturing vaccines mean that relative safety could be just months away. "We certainly understand the pressure governors are under and we appreciate the working relationship we have with Gov. Abbott," Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House Covid-19 response team, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "But at the same time, we think it's a mistake to lift these mandates too early. Masks are saving a lot of lives. I'm really hoping that the businesses and the community and people in Texas, the mayors, the counties, will rethink this. I hope the governor rethinks this. Hopefully states will stick with this until such a time as we get through all the vaccinations and see the other side of this. " Medical experts described the premature openings as nonsensical at a moment when there are signs that infections may be about to rise again from already high levels and as vaccines mean the end may even be in sight. Easing restrictions almost certainly means that people will die who could have been alive in just a few months when vaccines hit critical mass. "It's just irresponsible," Dr. Leana Wen, a former Baltimore health commissioner, said on CNN's "The Situation Room." "It could undo all the incredible work that we have done thus far," Wen said, adding that mask mandates would allow schools to reopen and businesses to get back on their feet - and were a path toward freedom, not an infringement on it .

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The first big challenge that the University of Chile will have in the 2021 season will be in the Copa Libertadores. For the second phase of the continental tournament, the blues will face San Lorenzo de Almagro. The Argentine cast is going through a complex moment. The thrashing received at the hands of Central Córdoba (4-0) by the local tournament last weekend hit the club hard and again highlighted problems that have been unresolved for a long time. "Everything is bad. We have to change course, we can't follow this path. We don't really see a team or an idea. We have to change the chip urgently, we are still on time," said footballer Diego Braghieri. From November 2018 to date, four technicians have passed through the banks of the "Cyclone" and none has convinced. He entered the Copa Libertadores 2021 by chance. He finished seventh in the last campaign, but the title of Defense and Justice in the last South American Cup opened a new place for the casts of Argentina. San Lorenzo started with a new coach this year. After a good campaign in Argentinos Juniors, Diego Dabove arrived at the picture of Boedo. The first two games were victories, but now he has two defeats in a row. Why are just two falls enough to create such a negative climate at the club? "Now, when there are several processes in which history repeats itself, the question goes far beyond who sits on the bench or the last names who enter the court. San Lorenzo drags a lot of time to beat and it seems he never succeeds raising your head. It's cyclical, "Olé wrote daily. The problems go beyond the strictly football. Criticism of President Marcelo Tinelli rains down. Paraguayan brothers Ángel and Oscar Romero, meanwhile, are considered figures on the squad, but are accused of breaking the locker room. "You saw during all the games that the ball was passed between them when they were together. There are a lot of things that happened. I don't know if these guys later to fix it ... I don't remember which game they came in and said, 'Boys, if We won, we give 15,000 pesos to each one. "" How? What are you? The game is over and I will greet you: "Very well, I congratulate you who played well." what 15 thousand pesos, I don't want, "said Ignacio Piatti, now a former Cyclone footballer. Recently, the coach left the bench to the Romeros and the controversy burned again. "One cannot deny situations that have happened. Things are solved inside, perfect groups do not exist. If there is any anger, it will be a moment and it will be discussed," Dabove said. Thus, with controversy and football doubts, San Lorenzo arrives. The only record against the U is in the 1994 CONMEBOL. He won the secular table 3-2. The first leg will be on Wednesday, March 10 at 9:30 pm at the Estadio Nacional, while the rematch will be played seven days later in Buenos Aires.

New satellite imagery obtained by CNN reveals North Korea has recently taken steps to conceal a facility US intelligence agencies believe is being used to store nuclear weapons, a move that could add to the growing sense of urgency from critics who argue the Biden administration needs to articulate a clear strategy on how it will deal with Kim Jong Un going forward. The image, captured by Maxar on February 11 and analyzed by experts at the Middlebury Institute, shows North Korea built new structures at its Yongdoktong site over the course of 2020 - an effort researchers say is likely intended to obscure a pair of underground tunnel entrances that lead to the facility where nuclear weapons are stored. "Images released by Maxar show the pair of tunnel entrances as late as December 2019 and a new building-like structure visible by February 2021," according to Jeffrey Lewis, a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, which specializes in open-source intelligence. Yongdoktong has been previously identified by U.S. intelligence as a suspected North Korean nuclear weapons storage facility and is still believed to be used for that purpose, a U.S. intelligence official told CNN. The satellite images obtained by CNN reaffirm what has been widely known among US national security officials and experts for years: North Korea continues to actively develop nuclear weapons at sites around the country while taking further steps toward hiding the stockpile it has already accumulated. Recent construction at the site will certainly catch the attention of US intelligence agencies as they carefully monitor sites suspected to be part of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, according to two former intelligence officials and congressional lawmakers. Lawmakers and key US allies are eagerly awaiting details about President Joe Biden's North Korea policy, which they expect will be announced publicly in the coming weeks when the administration has completed a policy review, according to multiple sources familiar with the internal discussions. The clear evidence North Korea’s nuclear program is continuing adds to the urgency of the situation, with critics arguing that a policy review that goes on for too long risks developments occurring that will further complicate achieving the administration’s goal of denuclearization. "No matter how comical the effort, North Korea continues to upgrade its nuclear weapons facilities and makes efforts to conceal them," Lewis said, referring to the fact that U.S. intelligence agencies have been watching the site for years. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Pentagon, citing intelligence matters, declined to comment. The State Department did not respond to CNN's request for comment on the new imagery. Biden mulls options as North Korea employs 'deception and denial' Beyond stressing a commitment to work alongside regional allies, the Biden administration has said little about its plans for engaging with North Korea during its first weeks in office, with top officials only offering vague statements reaffirming the US commitment to "denuclearization" but offering few specifics . "The President's view is --- without question that North Korea's nuclear ballistic missile and other proliferation related activities constitute a serious threat to the international peace and security of the world and undermine the global non-proliferation regime," said White House spokesperson Jen Psaki last month. Rep. Andy Kim and other former US officials told CNN that they hope the Biden administration moves quickly to engage with North Korea before they conduct another missile test or take other provocative steps later this year that may make diplomacy more difficult. "I think there's an opportunity for us to really push on a number of fronts ... and not just have everything live or die based off of denuclearization. I think that if we go down that route again, we'll be hit with the same problems that we've had time and time again. I do hope the Biden team takes a different tack this point, "Kim, a Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees, told CNN in a recent interview. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he still believes the Biden administration should continue to work towards a "nuclear-free North Korea" but acknowledged there are no easy answers as far as how to pursue that goal. "Deposing Kim Jong Un is not realistic right now and it shouldn't be our state of policy. Korean reunification is probably not very realistic, so how do we prevent a nuclear war from breaking out or North Korea from using their supposed nuclear capability as a way to leverage, "he told CNN. The timing of the movements at Yongdoktong is noteworthy but requires some examination because North Korea's actions can never be taken at face value, said a former senior US intelligence official. If North Korea is seeking to speed up engagement with the Biden administration and does not want to use a provocation like a missile test this move could be undertaken to catch the attention of the US. Former intelligence officials say recent efforts to obscure the view of American spy satellites could be intended to remind the Biden administration that work on these programs continues even as the White House deliberates on a diplomatic path forward. North Korea's tactic to try to use "deception and denial" is not something new, one former official explained. North Koreans are known to use the tactic to draw US attention to a matter, allow miscalculation, and deny that they are doing it. Biden team looks to increase pressure and use diplomacy While the details of Biden's plan for North Korea are being developed by the administration, the White House is not counting out the possibility of direct engagement down the line. Trump broke the mold when it comes to broaching the intractable challenge of North Korea. Instead of working in lockstep with US allies in the region, he prioritized developing a personal bond with Kim Jong Un. The leaders exchanged frequent letters and met in person three times. Yet, despite this unprecedented engagement, North Korea is more dangerous today than it was when Trump took office. As Biden's national security team begins to develop their North Korea policy, they will face the challenge of shaping a nuanced approach that rejuvenates a commitment to allies, avoids simply reverting back to the pre-Trump North Korea strategy characterized as "strategic patience" during the Obama administration, and can produce results on the ultimate goal of denuclearization.

The European Union’s 27-nation vaccine strategy is splintering as member states turn to nations outside the bloc to boost a faltering rollout plagued by supply issues, contract skirmishes and sluggish takeup. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced Monday that he intends to work with Israel and Denmark on future vaccine production and cooperation around developing further shots to combat new coronavirus mutations. He will visit Israel with Danish leader Mette Frederiksen on Thursday. The Austrian leader has been sharply critical of the EU's vaccine strategy and the bloc's regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The EU authorized the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine in late December 2020, weeks after it had been granted approval in the UK and US. Brussels has opted for a centralized approach to vaccine procurement and distribution but its plan has been hindered by supply and distribution problems. Only 5.5% of the EU’s population of 447 million has received a first vaccine dose, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). The EMA has authorized three vaccines - Pfizer / BioNTech, Oxford / AstraZeneca and Moderna - but EU countries can individually give emergency authorization to other shots, as the UK did in December, when it was still in the post-Brexit transition period. "The European Medicines Agency is too slow in terms of authorization of pharmaceutical companies," Kurz said according to ORF. "That is why we have to prepare for further mutations and should no longer be dependent on the EU when it comes to vaccine production of the second generation." Frederiksen, the Danish Prime Minister, made similar comments Monday. "The European vaccine effort can no longer stand alone," she said, adding that this was why Denmark and Austria were cooperating to obtain more doses. Other EU nations have turned to Russia and China to plug the gaps in vaccine supply through unilateral procurements. On Monday, Slovakia granted emergency authorization for Moscow's Sputnik V vaccine, following a delay in supply of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots. The EMA has not yet given the green light to the Sputnik V vaccine. "The [Slovakia] approval is based on the results of the clinical trials of Sputnik V in Russia and a comprehensive assessment of the vaccine by experts in Slovakia," the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which backed Sputnik V's production, said Monday. "We have received numerous requests from EU states to provide Sputnik V directly to them based on the reviews of their national agencies," Kirill Dmitriev, RDIF CEO said in a statement. "We will continue to do so as well as work with EMA based on the rolling review procedure we initiated in January." Slovakia is the second EU country to independently grant Sputnik V authorization after Hungary, which began rolling out the vaccine in February. Hungary is also the first EU country to have rolled out China's Sinopharm vaccine, which has not been approved by the EMA. "Vaccination is not a political issue, it is a matter of effectiveness and reliability," Hungary's secretary of state for international communication and relations, Zoltan Kovacs, told CNN on Monday. "We see that both the Chinese as well as the Russian vaccines are being used around the globe in many places." Hungary has also ordered doses of the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines through the EU, but Kovacs said the bloc's centralized strategy had failed to meet expectations. "Well, it's obvious and visible by now that that strategy compared to say the UK, Israel, even the United States, failed," he said. "The Brussels bureaucracy was not able to come up with fast and immediate resolutions regarding the contracts, we are lagging behind at at least two months." Hungary has long been an outlier in Europe, with its leaders regularly clashing with EU chiefs over human rights policy. But Hungary is far from the only country frustrated by the bloc's handling of the vaccine rollout. Czech Republic President Miloš Zeman indicated to CNN affiliate Prima News on Sunday that his country may roll out Sputnik V if it is authorized by the domestic regulator. "I wrote to President Putin requesting the delivery of Sputnik-V. If I am properly informed, this request will be granted, but of course we will need the [medical regulator] certification," he said. "If various people warn us against having a Russian or Chinese vaccine, then it is good to tell them that the vaccine has no ideology," he added.