the task is to control the movements so they do not cross into arjen time territory from this small margin tine of forty's and money for what's happening in its economic exclusive zones but what authorities here are saying is that what's important is to regulate what's happening in international waters. the. desperate for cover 1000 injections but there is pushback against a proposal to waive vaccine patents that could help poor countries. are watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha in dayton obligato also coming up troubled waters from sun britain said navy vessels to the channel island of jersey as tension rises over post parks that fishing rights 25 years and prison for dominick long would the

world's top court sentences the ugandan child soldier turned rebel commander for war crimes and crimes against humanity. loss living in a divided and deserted community we visit southern kurdistan where thousands of people have fled border fighting. hello the german pharmaceutical company that developed a covert 1000 vaccine along with pfizer out a proposal to suspend intellectual property rights by patents are not the limiting factor for production or supplier for its vaccine and wouldn't the world anytime soon there is a renewed purse to suspend patents backed by the u.s. president's elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. long lines outside vaccination centers have become an increasingly common sight in india those who

manage to make an appointment consider themselves lucky. because i tried it last night it did not happen because of the time. and because everything was booked . from the hall i got the sense india is the world's largest vaccine manufacturing but it doesn't have enough vaccines for its own people despite the government expanding the vaccination program to include everyone above the age of 18 from the start of may the number of daily inoculations has come down from $4500000.00 on the 5th of april to less than $2000000.00 exactly one month later now there are signs at the center saying it's one of the biggest in the world but this is a private facility meaning only those who can pay for a jab or who have the technology to register online get access india has been

leading the calls for pharmaceutical companies to drop patents so it can boost vaccine production and on thursday the government welcomes the news the u.s. is supporting the waiving of intellectual property rights but there needs to be consensus from the other members of the trade organization. and that might not happen soon we're really talking with the u.s. position as it relates to the. process right and that process. will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward. and. bought time is off the essence health experts say the removal of peyton's would save millions of lives not just in india but around the world. does it really see you know that it's. safe to leave the country is this a group good we want to go that i'm going to. come

even because i don't really enter the same storm. it was. recently in south. india and south africa 1st approached the world trade organization in september since then new more contagious variants of the virus have emerged in india but scientists morning vaccines will have to be updated to remain effective elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. helen razer is a member of south africa's ministerial advisory committee for covert and covert vaccines she says it's important that vaccine production or spread around the world so supplies aren't dependent on a few very few manufacturers. it is a pity that we didn't think about doing this earlier but it's never too late because i think most of us think that we're going to need coded vaccines not just this year and next year but for quite a long time to come but i think just generally you know the pandemic does make us

and should make us think differently and it might not have been something that immediately countries all the pharmaceutical industry wanted to jump towards but the fact that the dialogue is not opened up with all the role players through the w t o i think is very healthy and i think it allows everyone to rethink positions the message is loud and clear is a massive inequity in terms of distribution of vaccines the countries that are really really struggling simply don't have vaccines in the african region we don't have vaccines and we're not getting enough vaccines to the kovacs facility that would support the poorest countries so that message is out there but i think one thing that might happen is that perhaps big pharma will now say ok well is there another way that we could look at this we understand the pressure we're hearing that we're seeing it can we do more in license sharing can we do more in tech transfer proactively and voluntarily can we go further than we have done because

although some there been some limited efforts of that from big pharma to just smaller companies like astra zeneca to the servants to to india that it's been really just a drop in the ocean. when we think about the amount of vaccine that we now need to produce. it's the 1st major a dispute between france and britain over fishing rights and sparks it both sent navy patrol vessels to the english channel island of jersey at issue new licensing rules that the island imposed french fishermen say those regulations prevent them from operating in the area france said it will not be intimidated dozens of french boats sailed through the area to protest they have not returned to normandy a french minister went as far as threatening to cut off the electricity supply to the islands now under a post that rules french boats need permits from the jersey government to fish in the islands waters natasha butler was among the protesters in jersey earlier in the

day. just off to sunrise were joined by dozens of other boats you can see as me there are few tools being said you could see some of those boats behind me on just that but not the way. now all around this area they're all fishing boats tilted around french fishermen processing against what they say is unfair treatment by jersey old doherty's they say that the authorities in jersey are limiting back so as to be able to fish in these waters they say that they've been fishing it for decades generations been fishing it for centuries but now that has changed and they say it's north in peeping with the post breaks that trade agreement that was reached between the e.u. and the u.k. now jersey is a u.k. dependency it says that is just following the rules but what does happen to the last few hours is that a small group of fishermen are meeting with a group over representatives from jersey to discuss the situation it is extremely

tense though because the u.k. school this a provocation and what they've done is send to the naval ship see a naval warships here the french have done the same to vessels on their way ikea from the french coast so really the pressure is rising. as chief executive at the national federation of fisherman's organizations he says the new licensing rules imposed by jersey are justified. in the short term i think this is a gesture that's been made by the french the psychs say the demonstration i mean made of. the vessels will go. i think this is a longer term issue which is that things have changed with brics it and the u.k. and deep the e.u. have regulation of ptolemy over their own waters so in the u.k.

and in parts of the u.k. so we're talking also about jersey well my understanding is that. the authorities have done is entirely within the terms of the trade incorporation agreement. that these of nations that are proportionate there science based. there for good conservation reasons and they're nondiscriminatory so these measures apply equally to jersey vessels other u.k. vessels but also french and other european vessels so i think what we need to do is is understand what the measures are. the conditions that have been brought. why they've been brought in and have those discussions and essentially deescalate the issue the international criminal court has sentenced

a former ugandan militia leader to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity dominic ongo and was convicted of ordering the killings of civilians and abducting children he was taken as a child himself before becoming a rebel commander malcolm webb reports. he was abducted as a child and forced to commit atrocities now dominate congo and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by the international criminal court 61 crimes including murders rapes and sexual enslavement by no means does it only go on one's personal background overshadow its cover but conduct and the suffering of the victims it is worth repeating this again. nevertheless the specific of this case of his history of his situation cannot be put aside deciding whether he must be sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes on when was

a commander in the rebel lord's resistance army ostensibly it was in a conflict with uganda's government for about 3 decades but most of the violence was targeted civilians the n.r.a. was notorious for abducting children and forcing them to become sex slaves and child soldiers when was one of them he was taken from his home when he was about 10 years old the crimes he committed were horrific including skinning other children alive and so we told the i.c.c. that he wasn't responsible for things he was forced to do the judges didn't buy it they said as an adult he could have left the groups and he was legally responsible for what he did the leader joseph coney has never been in court in spite of being pursued for more than 30 years across 4 countries by you can his army with u.s. military support the ugandan military known as you p.d.f. has also been accused of atrocities justice campaigners welcomed on wednesday trial and conviction but say justice for uganda's brutal civil war has been minimal so

far one sided government of uganda in spite or numerous calls and on the welling evidence of crimes committed by you could be and has failed to conduct effective investigations and bring proper create tents to justice and the i.c.c. led government has corporate did all around about their dominico when kinney's i would believe that any attempt to investigate government troops would not receive a similar corporation and i think it's a pragmatic decision by the court in the city of gulu considered the epicenter of the war people watched proceedings from the court and everyone here was affected and many say 34 years after the conflict began some justice is better than none malcolm webb al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera the president of the democratic

republic of congo declares a state of siege and what that means for 2 provinces in the east plagued by violence. by palestinians in one occupied east jerusalem neighborhood could be forced to leave their own homes. hello you know we've been talking about the heat and the love that but we're now starting to see it go into the gulf so kuwait 42 degrees on friday also getting some readings across saudi in the forty's so medina 40 meca pretty close at $39.00 we've also got high temperatures for the eastern mediterranean on cypress really rate across turkey is stamboul $25.00 degrees and we look at the next 3 days

whereas this is this average no it is above average we should be 18 where at 25 we do have a rain risk though as we head toward saturday ticket to africa now and we're dealing with some heavy rains toward areas of coastal areas of kenya into southern somalia but we can also find heavy pockets of rain towards south sudan uganda into the democratic republic of the congo but if we go a bit further south into the western cape we've got this disturbance it's given us some rough seas wind gusts about 50 kilometers per hour in cape town not drenching rain certainly not as bad as we thought but unsettled conditions there and that continues on friday is was this system just sort of is wobbling in and around so cape town 1000 on friday johannesburg though plenty of sunshine with a high of 22. frank assessments there are a lot of poison but the government used one exactly how and one measure never

taking for a situation like i'm not to believe you could ever get informed opinions is the us with thinking the military positioning of the middle east wasn't just a simple act of reorganizing ministry assets this is a message to the region the united states years are rethinking its military posture in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on our jersey era. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the german from a suitable company that developed a covert 1000 vaccine along with pfizer has hit. out at

a proposal to suspend intellectual property rights biotech says easing patents wouldn't boost that seen stocks around the world any time soon. dozens of french fishing boats have ended their protests in the waters around the british island of jersey in an escalating dispute over postbox that fishing rights french fishermen say new licensing rules imposed by the island prevent them from operating in the area. the international criminal court has sentenced former ugandan rebel leader dominique on going to 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity when became a commander of the lord's resistance army after being abducted by the group when he was a child it's. protesters are gathering in occupied east jerusalem right now as israel supreme court considers whether it's you hear the appeal for palestinian families who are threatened with eviction from their own homes and many are angry after

israeli police attack palestinians protesting against those objections and the sheriff shot of the neighborhoods several european countries including france and germany are urging israel to stop building illegal settlements across occupied palestinian territories areas also reports from occupied east jerusalem. this has become a nightly scene in the east jerusalem neighborhood of shakes genera. vigils and protests aggressively broken up by israeli security forces at stake the homes of hundreds of palestinians long subject to addiction campaign the current tensions were sparked partly by this viral video in which local women could confront. a jewish settler your mom. it was the dollar judgment of just how close minnes family and 3 others are to being forced out they've lodged a final appeal with israel's supreme court which is now saying it will hold another

session on monday when his father now bill who's already had one house seized by settlers fears what could happen if the court rules against the man. who will be in the streets because all of us like me we are old people we don't work we don't have incomes and the cheapest rent around here is $2000.00 how can we afford the homes were built for palestinian refugees in an arrangement between the united nations and jordan during the period of jordanian rule after 948 a jewish settler organization says the land was owned by jews before 948 and should be returned in light of israel's seizure of east jerusalem in 1967 the lawyer representing the palestinian families says their counter claims of ownership have not been properly assessed by the courts we are dealing with a domestic legal. system that. rejects and denies international humanitarian law and international law. should be applied and is

jerusalem the family's legal battle has been constrained by the limits of israeli law which israel seeks to apply here in occupied east jerusalem but there is another legal argument based on international law and israel's obligations as an occupying power an argument that requires political pressure some has come from campaign groups and diplomats in recent weeks britain's mission to the palestinians tweeting out this video statement the restitution and planning rules here and their implementation. and they breach israel's obligations as an occupying power since the start of the holy month of ramadan tensions in east jerusalem have been unusually high from gaza hamas military wing is warning of a. high price for israeli actions in shakes there are the consequences of a massive action here could be felt well beyond the families under threat of losing their homes. al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem

the democratic republic of congo's military has taken control of 2 eastern provinces for one month on friday the president declared a state of siege in north kivu on each surety saying it was in response to quote cries of distress from the population the government says it wants to stop the escalating violence between armed groups that's killed more than $300.00 people this year but critics worry it could lead to an abuse of power catherine soy has more from nairobi. we've just spoken to a human rights campaign in beni north kivu one of the provinces that is now effectively under military rule and basically he just said that they are in uncharted territory this is a low that has never been used before so there's a lot of uncertainty so during his address to the nation on sunday president fillets just a kid he basically gave the military and the police force sweeping powers in those 2 regions until the security situation is resolved so now there will be in charge

of i've been straighted duties already to generals have been appointed as governors replacing the elected governors of the police and military will have the powers to arrest even go into people's homes without a warrant to make arrests of people who are suspected to be collaborating with armed groups that immunity of law called members of parliament and other election elect another elected leaders has been lifted that means they can also be arrested very easily for suspicion of supporting armed groups so people are very concerned they have told us about their warre about what's going to happen to civil liberties the military would have the power to tell some people some liberties including their right to protest we have been seeing are processed in the last few weeks in beni over the security situation so people are concerned about

that and they're also saying that the military could abuse this new powers somalia is resuming diplomatic relations with kenya dishes suspended ties with its neighbor in december over what it called political interference particularly in the south where kenyan soldiers are fighting the armed group al-shabaab other issues included a dispute over potential offshore oil and gas deposits somalia found qatar for its mediation efforts. voting is underway and scotland's parliamentary election results could set the stage for another post for independence british prime minister boris johnson has said a 2nd referendum would be reckless and irresponsible but the scottish national party says it will seek a new vote to split from the u.k. if it wins a majority the us has vowed to stand with ukraine in its defense against what it

calls russian aggression secretary of state and city blinken made the pledge during talks with the ukrainian president of all of the emir zelinsky lincoln says ukraine's battle with russian backed separatists in the country's east is a high foreign policy priority for president joe biden tension escalated between the neighboring states and russia conducted military exercises near its border with ukraine last month we look to russia to seize those and aggressive actions will continue to strengthen our security part in close cooperation with you to make sure that ukraine defend itself against against aggression we're aware that russia is withdrawing some forces from the border of ukraine but we also see. significant forces remain remain there significant equipment remains there for monitoring the situation very very closely kurdistan's president is promising compensation for families whose homes were destroyed in fighting along its disputed

border with on more than 50 people were killed and 60000 forced to leave charles stratford went to x.i. in southern kurdistan to see what's left behind. this fall river looking south towards the primary mountains the road winds through a mountain landscape that kyrgyzstan until you can stand have repeatedly fought over because borders here are indistinct the burnt out military and civilian vehicles evidence of the most recent fighting. what started as an argument between curators and villages about control of a water pump escalated into a battle between 2 armies houses and schools were destroyed at least 50 people were killed and tens of thousands fled their homes then both former. i was in the house when i heard shooting in the village when the tajik soldiers came i left close by 20 kilometers inside to kill the stan is

a part of tajikistan this is the border post for the toxic territory of it is home to around 30000 statics and the area is completely surrounded by cuties territory and it has become the flashpoint for border disputes that has its roots in the soviet past. is one of 2 exclave inside kilgour stan borders a complicated because soviet mapmakers drew lines between republics of the u.s.s.r. and when the soviet union collapsed they became the blueprint for boundaries of independent states through which waterways and farmland crossed. 30 years later only around half the 1000 kilometer from tear which will kill the star and tajikistan is demarcated as local populations have grown so has the competition for land and water villages a worry to fighting could start again. my family were evacuated i don't know

whether to bring them back it seems like our neighbors consider us the enemy we face unexpected attacks a nearby village is almost deserted with each side blaming the other for the violence all. in one side of the village is skewed against the other is to the shooting started in the middle of the night started it by throwing stones at our soldiers or tried to flee but it was too dangerous and least say it will take more than political will to resolve the issue the situation is very dangerous and we saw what. an intensity the conflict can take at the end. at the end of april it takes a lot of. very principled and very. clever diplomatic work by both governments to prevent another escalation reminders of how lethal this border dispute can be litter the mountainside communities more distrustful and

divided than before chance traveled al-jazeera x.i.i. southern kyrgyzstan search and rescue efforts are underway in algeria after heavy flooding intense rainfall has hit several provinces in the past couple of days at least 10 people have been killed many properties have been damaged and cars were swept away in a province. qatar's attorney general has ordered the arrest of the finance minister . that's according to state media the qatari news agency says it's due to suspected damage of public money and abuse of power the prosecutor has launched an expanded investigation. taiwan's indigenous communities will find out on friday if they've won a court battle over one of their last remaining traditions hunting for years they've lobbied against limitations they say are discriminatory and unconstitutional sara

reports. guided by moonlight pudong tribe head into the mountains as most of tejan city sleeps. hundreds of them are taking part in the mother who died in festival issue ting ceremony an annual celebration honoring both hunter and wild game. for centuries their own sisters hunted for food. they no longer need to but is desperate to keep what's left of their traditions and culture alive or miniature houses that were used to live high up in the mountains and needed to hunt to survive but the government over time moved us down and out of the mountains we still hunt because that's what our ancestors have been doing all along it's while hunting is no longer for survival the indigenous people of taiwan a battling against government impose hunting imitations including only being allowed to use homemade guns and the need for prior hunting approvals. on friday taiwan's constitutional court will decide if these limitations are discriminatory

and unconstitutional the losses achieved as a result we hope the courts will finally legalize hunting rifles which are safer than forcing us to use antique homemade muskets it's not the animals that will get hurt it's us the abolition of hunters. in 2013 tell me tell who was jailed for 3 and a half years on weapon and poaching charges the sentence angered his put on tribe one of 16 official recognise indigenous groups in taiwan and for thousands of years they hunted and fished with little interference but colonialism and modernization pushed them off their lands today there are little over hof a 1000000 indigenous people in taiwan and that's 2 percent of the un is mostly ethnic han chinese population. in 2016 president saying when formally apologized to the indigenous groups for centuries as pain and mistreatment. and unprecedented move as a self-governing territory which is claimed by china carved its own identity away

from the mainland despite that economic and social marginalization created an indigenous rights movement especially among the youth which in. all my grandfather and father taught me what i know i watched and learned they taught me knowledge and wisdom but i fear many of those will not be passed on and will disappear oh the activists say the quotes are common how gun control and wildlife conservation should be balance could have major implications for indigenous rights in taiwan. they say they hope game hunting will be recognized as a culture and not a crime so out of sight out of his era. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the german pharmaceutical company that developed the cover 1000.