understand the differences in similarities of cultures across the world. so much of . the news and current affairs that matter to be. able to see. a push for equal access to credit $1000.00 vaccines south africa and india appeal for the suspension of patrons at the w t o. o that i'm astounded hey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a u.s. court begins selecting jurors for the trial of a former police officer accused of killing george floyd. the f.b.i.

releases a new video of a suspect trying to balance a day before the capitol hill riots and off as a $100000.00 warning. that she should be good it was extreme situation. a senior official from me on mon tells al-jazeera about his dramatic escape after last month's military coup. now south africa and india are leading a push at the world trade organization to drop patients restrictions on the 19 vaccines more than $100.00 countries say that would allow greater access to vaccines for developing nations according to a campaign group called one richer countries are hoarding excess doses preventing poor nations from getting them it's estimated that the suppress of doses would be enough to vaccinate the entire adult population of africa johns hopkins university found. nearly half of those who've been fully vaccinated so far are in the united

states and only 10 countries have been able to vaccinate more than 75 percent of their populations and the u.n. secretary general antonio terra's says the inequality of the bathroom distribution is wildly uneven and unfair for me to many reports now from johannesburg in south africa. this is a wonderful though it's been a year since the 1st 1000 infection was identified in south africa since then more than 50000 people have died here and 1500000 have been infected while richard nations rolled out vaccines the program in south africa's been much slower. another important step. for them to. swallow. production. medical

south africa and india are leading a movement to suspend the world trade organizations agreement on intellectual property rights for covert $1000.00 vaccines but many high income countries including the united states and those in the european union have rejected the idea they say waving the peyton's would put off private investors and slow down scientific innovation and existing regulations allow drug manufacturers to make their own deals with generic manufacturers while some developing nations like garner ivory coast in the suit to have begun receiving their 1st doses to the u.n. back to vaccine sharing scheme known as kovacs many others in africa are being left behind. there is a capacity welcome if you can companies to produce things and i stayed in medical. it is essential that the wealthy states are blocking legal barriers and delaying essential kozel. of the world trade organization according to the united nations

3 quarters of all covert 1000 vaccines have been secured by just 10 countries all of them wealthy 130 countries that's about 2500000000 people have not received a single dose this is not the 1st public health emergency that south africa is facing it has one of the highest hiv aids rates in the world in the 1990 s. millions of people in this country and other developing nations died without access to the drugs they needed simply because they were too expensive so africa is once again calling for access to cheaper drugs to save lives with some arguing that despite covert 1000 vaccines been tested in africa many nations on the continent still remain at the back of the queue for me to miller al-jazeera johanna's book staying with vaccines and in european fast 10000000 doses of the russian sputnik vaccine will be produced in italy production is set to start in july with all the jobs expected to be produced by the end of the year russia wants to expand

production across more e.u. nations and already has deals with spain france and germany the e.u. joint vaccine purchase scheme has been criticized for its slow progress meanwhile brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from the corona virus in a single day nearly 2000 were registered on tuesday the country has had more than 11000000 cases and is currently facing the worst phase of its pandemic yet pushing its health care system to the brink of collapse. well a surgeon covered $1000.00 cases in jordan is forcing the government to impose new restrictions then a nighttime curfew will be extended and some businesses will have to shot other measures including school closures and a total lockdown on friday is that already in place more than 7000 cases were reported on monday alone driven by the spread of the more contagious u.k. variance. well in iraq tens of thousands of shia pilgrims have been travelling to the capital baghdad to mark the death of him on with their he's a 7th of 12

a man's worshiped by shia muslims but they say at that event comes as the country faces a major challenge the covered 1000 pandemic iraq has recently been in the grip of a 2nd wave with about 5000 cases recorded daily asylum and it has more now from the capital. every year tens of thousands of people travel to the iraqi capital baghdad to generate the anniversary of. one of the trolldom of considered holy by shia muslims and this israel they've been coming in their droves many walking for days to try and reach the shrine but what is different this year is not just the security threat but also the threat from a pandemic cases have been striking in iraq in the last week or so every day there about 5000 new cases and more than 12 people have been dying consistently for the last 7 days at least the iraqi government says that it has been trying to make arrangements to try and keep everyone safe but people who've been walking to work

the commemoration say they have not received any arrangements in the journey here is that. there are 0 preventative measures for corona nothing at all there's no compliance with safety measures and thus pilgrims are walking for a faith thank god we didn't see any affections among the programs concerned i used to walk every year but due to the high number of cases i didn't come last year it's a little better this year are also going to take away this plague it's a fatal disease but we have faith and they will protect us they are our source of health and mercy although some restrictions are in place the iraqi government has made masked man in the overnight curfew started free but it also declared the day of the anniversary of a public holiday this is not the 1st time that thousands of people are gathering in less than a week or had religious event because the pope was visiting iraq for the 1st time event from the so. and be barred from the north even of it and in the greatest even thousands of people god there is. health care system in struggling with the rising

number of cases that the christians are concerned that this could give rise to war pieces of people have not be adhering to do the force of distancing and many have not been reading mosques. moving on to other wild news now on armenia as prime minister has dismissed the head of the army nickel passion and accuse the military of attempting a coup last month after they demanded that he step down the army accused him of mishandling a war with azerbaijan that ended with on meaning of giving up control of territory now 3 jury members have been selected so far for the trial of a white policeman accused of killing george. they were interviewed in a courtroom in their identities have not been revealed freud's death in police custody in may last year triggered wild wide protests for minneapolis off the

derrick sure than is facing charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter the court has set aside 3 weeks to choose the 12 jurors john hendren has more now from minneapolis. on day one of jury selection in the case of the former police officer accused of murdering george floyd the court picked 3 jurors one a white chemist a man from minneapolis another is a white man who works as an auditor and says he's got a friend who's a police officer and he's got a relatively negative view of black lives matter the 3rd is a woman of color who says her uncle is a police officer and all 3 said that they felt they could judge the case fairly race is particularly important in this case of a white police officer accused of killing a black man in a racially charged incident that was videotaped by bystanders and went viral that video sent protesters into the streets across the united states and set off riots here in minneapolis and elsewhere it's rare that

a police officer is charged with murder and really we're still that one is convicted in the concern here in minneapolis is that if derrick chauvin is found not guilty of these charges that those riots that began on may 25th when george floyd was killed could begin a new that's why security is heavy around the courthouse with high barricades arrested around it national guard and police inside and very few people allowed inside that courtroom now ultimately the judge needs to pick 12 jurors and at least 2 alternates in order to start the trial but with 3 jurors being picked on the 1st day of jury selection they are on pace to begin as scheduled on march 29th. now the f.b.i. has released new security footage of a suspects that they believe planted explosives outside the democratic and republican party headquarters near capitol hill the f.b.i. says 2 pipe bombs were placed the night before the capitol hill riot on january 6th

they were discovered and defused the following day a reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect stands at $100000.00 in fisher has moved from washington d.c. . first time i've seen this video it comes from buildings near the democratic national headquarters and also the republican national headquarters so obviously the f.b.i. have had this for a while one of the 1st things they would have done was check the video you can't tell if it's a man or a woman you can't see a face but they do have distinctive brand name food where the f.b.i. are hoping that someone might be able to identify that or perhaps even the gate that the suspects use no they're also saying look think about january this year was anyone near you buying a couple of backpacks did they express any interest in how would you build a bomb that even go to a hardware store and pick up piping with that be considered unusual all of this as far as the f.b.i.

is concerned it could be important now you remember that these 2 devices were found around 1 pm on january the 6th that was just before a big crowd moved towards capitol hill to try and contest the results of the presidential election many people thought at the time that this was a decoys plant that those devices which were attached to a timers would go off and detract resources away from capitol hill therefore making it much easier for the crowd to sweep into the building which was of course endorsing the electoral college results but also this video tells us what the f.b.i. doesn't know and that is that they would have gotten forensic of the backpacks they would have been able to perhaps get d.n.a. maybe even fingerprints but 2 months on that has led them nowhere. i had here on. i rehearsed election results are in and with them come promises for healing and reconciliation. and why for my catalonian politicians cannot face extradition to

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we have been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear from you and you too could be part of today's discussion this streamed on out is the era. you know again i mean. that's remind you the top stories this hour south africa and india leading a push at the world trade organization to temporarily drop patient restrictions on private 19 vaccines they say it would allow more countries and manufacturers to mass produce the jobs. 3 jurors have so far been selected in the trial of a white police officer accused of killing george floyd from the minneapolis office

the derrick sylvanus facing charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter. and the f.b.i. has released security footage of a suspect it believes wanted to explosives outside the headquarters of the democratic and republican parties it happened the night before the attack on the u.s. capitol building. now the u.s. state department is placing new sanctions on 2 iranian officials accusing them of human rights violations secretary of state anthony blinken says the 2 members of the islamic revolutionary guard were involved in the torture and punishment of peaceful protesters and 210-2021 can says the 2 interrogators along with their families will be barred from entering the united states so good new bow is a political analyst and an expert on iranian and gulf affairs he says the u.s. is signaling to iran that the 2015 arrangement is no longer sustainable. i think from from an iranian perspective. the american the american

initiative just today yes it's another setback because iran would like to strictly adhere to the. 2015 and not brought into scope of the discussions i think from the american perspective things have changed and that is that in 20151 the united states and its. partners in the u.n. security council plus germany signed the j.c.b. late it was a young belief and there was a hope that. it would lead to greater confidence between iran and the united states and that iran in return. changes dive regional foreign policy. post yours has not happened so now the political consensus. in the vital information seems to be that the status quo. 2015 was is not sustainable so therefore what the united states is trying to do is to put in additional pressure on the iranian government

while they have the sanctions in place to try to bring iran not just today negotiations they will over. the nuclear file but also over human rights and. other regional activities. the united arab emirates says appealing for the lifting of u.s. sanctions against the syrian government as news conference with the russian foreign minister and the u.a.e. is official said the sanctions making it more difficult to end the 10 year civil war they pose the economic penalty of accusing syria of war crimes against its own people. my son. to keep the season law as it is will make things harder and not only for us as countries but also for the private sector this has to be a part of the dialogue where we are speaking clearly about it with our friends in the united states of america it is very important for syria to return to its role in the arab league no doubt that this needs huge if it differently from the syrian side as well and it needs huge if from our colleagues from the arab league it's

well ivory coast's governing party has retained its majority in parliament when 137 of the 254th the reactions to the results have so far been peaceful and a country with a history of post-election violence and it just reports now from. michelle bobo some former ivorian president laurent gbagbo savers a wind of a city targeted biggest. supporters i think about the victory away of the tensions in the lead michel one of the new faces in parliament says it's time the country heals it's being looked well your old age was going along we are going to work on reconciliation in the return of ivorians in exile including my father that way democracy in our country will be strengthened. reassuring words for citizens who fear the worse the opposition had hoped for better results but given the boycotted lost his position the election some of the over say the coalition

performed better than expected. under the law anyone not satisfied with the provision of results can go to the court in the next 72 hours the result of the election gives president alassane ouattara and the ruling r h d p party total dominance over ivory coast politics. the opposition is a monolith party that. at lakes national spread it's clear we've won the parliamentary majority we sit out to achieve. election observers called a process to respond despite incidents recorded in some parts of the country but this is really. bad to do. they know they can defeat the. election. claims and counterclaims a victory by the leading political parties nearly price the country into another

round of violence businesses here in the economic capital abidjan remain open during and after the announcement many here say the country is pulled back from the brink of another round of post-election violence but he also warned what political leaders say or do in the next few days will determine what happens next. the results will now go to the constitutional court to decide in 3 days either to reject or validate the outcome comedy trees. well the u.s. state department says it's repulsed by the myanmar military's use of lethal force against protesters. and surging the army to exercise maximum restraint the un security council is also calling for restraint but it has failed to agree on a statement condemning the crew dozens of protesters have been killed since the military took power last month and in a symbolic gesture politicians from the party of detained leader aung san suu kyi

have appointed an acting vice president mom when kind term as a former speaker for the upper house of parliament he's now responsible for carrying out the duties of suchi and the jailed president when and until their release but it's not clear where he is at the moment and a senior official from the national league for democracy has spoken to al jazeera about his dramatic escape from myanmar after last month's crew dr sassa has now been chosen as a special envoy of the committee representing the elected government and for his safety dr hauser spoke to our diplomatic editor james bays from an undisclosed location. where myanmar's election was held in november the campaign manager for sun sea cheese national league for democracy party was dr sausage in an interview with al-jazeera he tells me that when the will of the people was subverted by the military in a coup on the 1st of february he like other leading figures in the party feared for

his life if we got up early morning or force fed. but we realize that all our fault was that konami me cold. as there are all televisions and every signal was that of course it was scary in the way because we don't know what's going to happen we don't know we are dying so it was a very dark i call my mom called me in evening and say are you dead or alive and says that crying tell us how you got out of the country. takes a driver to have that kind of things and i was against taxi driver you know it was tough it was tough and after that i end up a motorbike and it was 2 times i lifted my motorbike and we got tape as. the middle of freezer night i can of feel it in my face i can a few in my hand. i thought i would die of that situation because it was extreme

situation after do we did 3 days and 3 nights. in a safe place. he tells me the military have underestimated the bravery and stamina of the young people of the country and he's now detecting signs the military may be splitting as so many police forces have run away today as always have a report as some military officers have defected and d.d. and movement that shows to us if you provide us where we are calling to international community to help our strategy to deliver for the people of myanmar he praised me on mars u.n. ambassador john moore turn here who spoke out bravely against the coup last month and he's now going to be working closely with him because dr sour saw has been named as the global envoy of the committee representing the democratically elected politicians of myanmar james pays out his era at the united nations. now brazil

supreme court has a janda advice on trying out more evidence against former president who is in australia at a felt as if that. goes his way to will receive another boost to his after a judge overturned his conviction of corruption on monday the vatican blocked the left wing leader from running for a 3rd term a path that is now open to him unless there's a retrial he would likely become the leading rival against foreign populist president as i am both on our i want to have has more from rio de janeiro. so the court has not 5 members on this trial what they were deciding today was whether judge send him order which was the judge that led the whole investigation in the carwash scandal which ultimately result resulted in the impeachment of former president bill morris there and the charges and a big charged with corruption and convicted and in prison well they were deciding

whether he had a political agenda of his own or he was an impartial judge as he said he was and the court was split it was 2 people that that he was impartial to people said he was not in the 5th judge said he needed some time to make up his vote because he just arriving here not read this whole history of as he was saying of all these twists judicial twists going back and forth which plunged rule of from being an extremely popular one of brazil's most popular presidents into being a convicted felon and now into being a person that had. been ditched and overturned so that doesn't mean he can be retried but what you can do now is run for president in next year's election now the european parliament has stripped the immunity of catalonia as former

president and 2 of his former ministers they fled abroad after declaring independence and 2017 and now sit in the e.u. parliament in brussels and in baba reports. it's a move it's rekindling the debate over the future of spain's catalonia region and its independence movements the result of the bruising session of monday the march european parliament has removed the immunity of colors which demands for the catalan presidents and 2 associates all of whom have seats in the assembly they fled abroad in 2017 following an independence referendum and subsequent declaration of independence which the spanish government deemed illegal it is a sad day for european parliament. we have lost our immunity. but their opinion parliament has lost more than that. and as a result european democracy to. this is a clear case of political persecution. the decision could help madrid's bid to

extradite the trio colors put him on tony come in and color ponce said he had been charged with sedition in spain which to monton kamin are also accused of misusing public funds but ponce 30 who's based in scotland told our jazeera they're confident of winning an appeal we will go guest this evening of the media new beginning of justice. news that these are both the go persecution and the sides. should not have believed that. they sometimes have babies don't go home and struck hopes that we were on the heel the 2017 independence referendum stoked major tensions between the spanish government and the leaders of catalonia an autonomous region of 7 and a half 1000000 people the bitterness of the debate has diminished since socialist prime minister pedal sanchez came to power in madrid in 2018. but in last month's regional elections separatist parties gained 4 additional seats in the catalan

parliament they independently if parties who compromised our right to attend the collect so there are all kind of political opinions in the independent the inst party if they want this much are eating a couple in parliament told this process that we still have their ballots fun in the whole meanwhile a belgian court recently rejected spain's request to extradite another former catalan cabinet member and it's far from clear how authorities here and in scotland will cooperate with madrid now the barber al jazeera. now buckingham palace has broken its silence after allegations of racism and bullying by prince harry and his wife meghan mako in an interview with oprah winfrey the couple spoke at length about why they stood back from their duty and split from the royal family the duchess of sussex said they faced questions about have been under one sums and how dog his skin color might be a statement released on behalf of queen elizabeth says the whole family is saddened

to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for harry and meghan the issues raised particularly that of race concerning while some recollections may vary they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately meghan and archie will always be much to loved family members. that this is al jazeera these are the headlines south africa and india are leading a push at the world trade organization to temporarily drop patient restrictions on private $1000.00 vaccines they say it would allow more countries and manufacturers to mass produce the japs meanwhile brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from the corona virus in a single day nearly 2000 who are registered on tuesday the country has had more than 11000000 cases pushing its hospital system to the brink of collapse.