we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in a prime minister designate a very buff has the task of fixing a war torn economy counting the cost on al-jazeera. india welcomes president biden's backing for the removal of covert vaccine patents as infections that spread from cities to villages. and are intended this is al jazeera live from london also coming up for you a ugandan child soldier turned rebel commander is sentenced to 25 years for rape torture abduction and murder. a record 25 people dead after a shootout during

a police raid targeting drug traffickers in rio de janeiro. and britain and france and maritime patrol vessels to the channel island of jersey as the dispute over a person breaks a fishing rights escalates. and it will push to suspend patents for covert 19 vaccines is getting support from some of the world's most powerful countries amid calls that richer nations must do more to help poorer governments vaccinate their people on wednesday u.s. president joe biden backed the move which would allow more manufacturers to produce jobs under license now the european union is expected to discuss the plans at a summit on friday and the french president has already expressed support but pfizer and biotech who developed a vaccine together say a waiver wouldn't boost stocks around the world any time soon india and south africa would be leading calls by low and middle income countries to suspend the

peyton's. and his government has welcomed biden's announcement as code infections spread from cities to villages hopes the country's 2nd wave of covert is peaking have been dashed with a surge continuing to shatter records of the past 24 hours the highest number of new infections and deaths yet with more than 412000 cases and nearly 4000 deaths a country still doesn't have enough oxygen. another 11 people died at a hospital in the south of the country when oxygen pressure suddenly dropped tons of medical supplies have been flown in from around the world but the indian government's been criticized for letting it sit in airport hangar as and distributing it too slowly. it is withdrawn and reports from new delhi on what their move patents could mean for india's battle against coated. long lines outside vaccination centers have become an increasingly common sight and 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 i met. and because everything was booked then i managed to go and i tried again to be in the morning 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 he called 4500000 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 world trade organization the w.t.r. and that might not happen soon we're really talking at the us position as it relates to the w t o process right and that process will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward. you know that are. 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. in the next. if they leave the country is this a let down to prove it.

was going to be. true it was. 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 with scientists morning vaccines will have to be updated to remain effective elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. thousands of people have rushed to leave nepal ahead of an international flight ban that took effect around an hour ago fears are rising that the country's surging corona virus outbreak will mimic the one across its western border in india nepal is facing $57.00 times more cases than it had a month ago it's reporting about 20 new infections a day for every $100000.00 people roughly equal to india 2 weeks ago and 44 percent of tests are turning positive and lockdown has been extended in the capital

katmandu and a straight a half 1000 fatalities have been recorded overall. meanwhile in uneasier has banned domestic travel for 12 days to restrict movement during holiday police officers have been checking documents and stopping people from leaving in 1000 cases have been falling but their forty's want to stay cautious after 8 celebrations last year caused a spike in deaths and 46000 people have died in indonesia making it the worst hit country in southeast asia. a ugandan militia leader who was kidnapped as a child and forced to join an a tourist rebel group has been sentenced by the international criminal court dominick on when was given 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity including rape torture and murder and using child soldiers welcome web reports he was abducted as

a child and forced to commit atrocities that's now domini congo and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by the international criminal court as the $61.00 crimes including murders rapes and sexual it slave meant by no means does it only go on one's personal background overshadow his cup of 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 as civilians the n.r.a. was notorious for abducting children and forcing them to become sex slaves and child soldiers or 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 as he was legally responsible for what he did the leader joseph coney has never been caught 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 just as campaigners welcomed on wednesday filing conviction as a justice for uganda's brutal civil war has been minimal so far one sided governmental buganda 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 crappier create plans to justice and the i.c.c.

led government has corporate did all that and about in their dominico way and. 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 good. considered the epicenter of the war people watched proceedings from the court everyone here was affected and many say 34 years after the conflict began some justice is better than none malcolm webb al-jazeera. the democratic republic of congo's military has taken control of 2 eastern provinces for the next month the president declared a state of siege in north and dettori last week to stop escalating violence between groups that's left 300 people dead but critics worry it could lead to an abuse of power governments or reports. soldiers in the democratic republic of congo patrol

villages in beni where the armed group allied democratic forces or a.d.f. has killed thousands of congolese in recent yes to provinces have now been placed under military rule north kivu where rebels including the a.d.f. operates and a tory where ethnic militias have been fighting each other killing civilians and displacing many more a state of siege was declared by president. last week he has put the army and police in charge of administrative court and local policing of baz 2 generals have been appointed as governess replacing those who are elected. some human rights activists say there was that civil liberties are now at risk and the forces often accused of rights violations corruption and in d.c. plain could exploit this new power how young we are in unchartered territory i mean

all forces are we. going to do the situation for example the police the raid because. what we also hoping to have a good relationship with them. the security problem here has persisted for many as with all fighting forces accused of atrocities this is the result of the latest in a spate of killings as a barrel of a prominent cleric sheikh ali was opposed to the a.d.f. and its interpretation of islamic know was killed by gunmen during evening prayers in benny his readers say there was no help from the government it's in the. they could have protected her husband when he was a like they did ne or leave it all to gort. there have been street protests against the government and the united nations for not doing enough to keep people safe tens of thousands of soldiers including un peacekeepers have been deployed over the years but there are more than

a 100 armed groups and i've had little success. begun mia we have to protect ourselves i have complained enough to the government president she said katie says his decision to impose a state of siege was prompted by the suffering of those living in the 2 provinces people here say they'll wait to see if it makes a difference but they're also wary that without checks and balances the security forces could easily abuse their mandate cathy zoi al jazeera 6. it here appears parliament has designated the former ruling party of the northern region a terrorist organization and use a blow to the prospect of peace talks with a team or a people's liberation front 6 months after fighting broke out the conflict between the central government and t p.l.f. is believed to have killed thousands and displaced more than a 1000000 people a u.s. based center for information and communication says the designation could lead to mass arrests and provide cover for persecution of

a minority group. still to come this half hour the potential on that inside canister the concerns of thousands of people living in the middle of a border dispute. and how much would you spend on a bottle of wine is being swallowed. hello there let's track out the wet weather across europe on friday we can see some pretty heavy pockets towards slovenia and croatia we track that through western romania into ukraine and bella ruse also some rain for poland where there is the risk of flooding just because we have seen drenching rains over the last few days across the iberian peninsula temperatures are warming up madrid 26 degrees and france in germany give it

a bit because your temperatures are on the way up so berlin by monday you're 27 degrees that is a good 10 degrees above average unfortunately the same cannot be said for the united kingdom we have this deep area of low pressure sliding in over the weekend it is associated with this southerly flow so it's going to bump up the temperature in london to 19 degrees and there's those high temperatures paris 27 brussels 24 so the heavy rain in the u.k. we're also seeing flooding rains start to ease for areas of northern algeria and north or in tunisia particularly in algeria where it has been deadly we also running the risk of a sandstorm across areas of libya benghazi this will impact you with a high of 42 degrees on friday. 100 years ago britain and france made

a secret deal to divide the middle east between them now we can draw him. but what was the last thing effects of this agreement that there is a of the original set to 6 because it's at those borders were drawn without consulting the people after that with the. psych speak of lines in the sand on al-jazeera. the. you know going to one of the top stories here now for syria the e.u. says it will discuss plans to suspend patents for coated 19 vaccines after the u.s. backed the move india and south africa argued it would help poorer nations

vaccinate quicker but vaccine makers pfizer and biotech say it won't be used global stocks any time soon. uganda militia leader who was kidnapped as a child and forced to join in a tourist rebel group has been sentenced by the international criminal court dominic when was given 25 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity . and the democratic republic of congo's military has taken control of 2 eastern provinces for one month the government says it wants to stop escalating violence between armed groups it's killed more than $300.00 people this year. at least $25.00 people including a police officer have been killed in a shootout during a raid on a drug gang in brazil it's the deadliest single police operation seen in the state of rio de janeiro and he said entered one of city's largest favela us while suspects reportedly tried to flee across rooftops 3 officers were hit and some

bystanders were also injured the neighborhood is dominated by rio's largest drug trafficking gang the red command. police in the maldives say the former president has been injured in an explosion near his home mohamed nasheed who's the current speaker of parliament is in hospital with shrapnel wounds from the blast in the capital mali it was the country's 1st democratically elected president and served until 20121 foreign tourist was also reportedly injured. a former t.v. news anchor has been shot dead in broad daylight in southern afghanistan near mt ron who moved to work for the finance ministry a month ago was killed in the city of kandahar it's the latest in a series of high profile assassinations in recent months his murder comes at a tense time with the u.s. and nato gradually withdrawing their troops from afghanistan. egypt and turkey say they've held frank and in-depth talks in cairo on bilateral and regional issues

including the conflict in libya where they back competing factions is the 1st high level public discussions for years between the regional rivals let's go live to restore who's in istanbul what's the main issues they discussed and what do they agree. well for today it was an exploratory talks so breakthrough remarks or did the joint statements were not was not expect accepted but the meeting itself has very much high level of the symbolic meaning in that sense so after today's meeting of the 2 sides are going to have the consultations and to agree on the next steps if that happens then the next round is going to be between the foreign ministers of 2 countries so behind scenes meetings have just started a year ago between the intelligence services or 2 countries to pave the way for the war fishel diplomatic meetings still a long and fragile way to go tough issues are ahead but if they can manage their

differences particularly in libya is mediterranean it's going to have a huge geopolitical impact in the region so if they can cut a deal it will involve the there that the increase in of the diplomatic representation in cairo and ankara and appeasement in is mediterranean coupled with a maritime demarkation deal and settling down the the maritime disputes or so ramping the trade level up our finally cooperation in libya which libya is essential for for egypt it is it cannot be flexible but turkey tested the next stand i think can be a little bit more flexible than egypt so egypt is pressing over 2 main issues one of them is libya and the 2nd is the presence of muslim brotherhood members in a stumble on the other hand for turkey the priority is to to cut a deal regarding to the a maritime demarkation deal in east mediterranean as it regards as

a matter of the national security as a set is a very long after graduating go tough issues ahead real problems between these 2 countries but. after after 8 years of strained relations disputes and afraid the meetings this up has been a much higher level of the symbolic meanings and nast we're going to see of the devil relation of the outcome of today's meeting damn if everything's all right for these 2 countries they're going to meet in cairo again but at the higher level of the diplomatic representation just as a same lot these 2 countries have been meticulously careful when it comes to even the joint statements not to let any disruptive power or any support either somehow to damage these talks because they're very much fragile as i said the issues the problems between 2 countries are quite delicate resource thank you very much indeed

guterres attorney general has ordered the arrest for questioning of finance minister and a sheriff according to state media the cutter news agency says it's due to suspected quote damage of public money and abuse of power the prosecutor has launched an expanded investigation. florida has become the latest republican run u.s. state to restrict a voting by mail governor on dissent is signed in the law which imposes new idea rules live on the right wing fox news channel having bought other media texas lawmakers a poor is to vote on a similar bill and one has already been passed by a republican controlled legislature in georgia it follows former president donald trump's unfounded claims about mail in ballot fraud. the u.s. has vowed to stand with ukraine in its defense against what it calls russian aggression as extra state and lincoln made the pledge during talks in kiev with president for them is a landscape he said washington is actively looking at increasing security

assistance for ukraine tensions escalated last month when russia conducted large scale military exercises near the border with ukraine we look to russia to see an aggressive. continue to strengthen our security partnership in close cooperation with you to make sure that ukraine and defend itself against against aggression we're aware that russia is withdrawing some porches from the border of ukraine but we also see. significant forces remain remain there are significant remains there for monitoring the situation very very closely. kyrgyzstan's president is promising compensation for families whose homes were destroyed in fighting a war disputed border with tajikistan the violence erupted out of a small local dispute over water supplies and a child stratford found out in x.i.i. in southern kyrgyzstan it's a result of the messy borders left after soviet era. use fara river looking south

towards the primary ally mountains the road winds through a mountain landscape that kyrgyzstan until you can start 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 cuba's and toxic 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. 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 kyrgyzstan is a part of tajikistan this is the border post for the tajik territory of iraq it is home to around $30000.00 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 kyrgyzstan 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 to which we queue to start 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. in one side of the village and securities 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 list 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 trafford al-jazeera x.i.i. southern kyrgyzstan. french and british naval ships are leaving waters near the

island of jersey after a major dispute over fishing rights escalated rapidly as mostly due to bricks it and issue are new licenses but the island which is part of the british isles imposed last week french fishermen say the rules make it harder for them to operate in waters they've worked in for generations it was their. night time in the normandy ports of cathay and off to some final preparation. hi and his crew leave the harbor and head to see not for a fishing trip but to protest. fishermen on france's northern coast are angry they say all 40 is on the channel island of jersey are ignoring the post brags that trade deal and unfairly limiting access to jersey's waters by restricting boat licenses or adding extra rules if you are particular are no longer allowed to fish dollars so well in jersey seas even though i've been fishing in these waters since 2009 it happened just like that overnight suddenly i received

a letter saying you're not allowed that see what you. can use says he's lost nearly 40 percent of his business some colleagues much more as day breaks the scale of the protest of jersey's coast is clear oh he's been channeling for more than 4 hours the sun has finally come up and he can see around the french fishing vessel dotted all across the margin and there's the bear in the distance is a british naval ship. britain and france both sent to naval ships a sign of the escalating rally over jersey and the u.k. dependency as frustrations ran high some french boats grew into the port of st prompting jersey officials to agree to meet the fisherman although they were unwilling to shift their position fishing in the channel islands it's all about continuity so what you did before you can continue doing but there's one major

difference you know for us important to us it's not just manages its water cameo attended the meeting turning his boat back to france he was visibly disappointed in the skipper for they say they can't do everything they want that london is behind them london talks of brussels before it's all to them it doesn't look like things will change. but these fishermen a trade that they've known all their. live seems to have changed overnight and now they're worried for their future is saying they caught in the middle of a wave of u.k. e.u. bureaucracy that is left behind after popular al-jazeera the channel islands. climate change is causing a rapid and unstoppable sea level rise from melting polar ice sheets that's the stark warning from scientists who say the ice loss could be irreversible the study says emissions need to be reduced swiftly to meet the paris climate agreement

a failure could cause an abrupt jump in the pace of ice loss by 2060 s would fuel sea level rise and place coastal cities in danger. on the weekends coming up would you like to celebrate some wine that's literally from out of this world you can if you have a $1000000.00 to spare that's how much this bottle of petrus 2000 is expected to fetch at an auction at christie's it was among 12 bottles of french wine that spent more than a year in the international space station orbiting the earth as they matured as part of a wider research project the wine made from metal grapes comes with a regular bottle that never left earth so the buyer can compare the 2. truly is a unique bottle of a fantastic bordeaux so it's been tasted and assessed so it's a scientific research and so the reports from the tasting i wasn't lucky enough

to be there because it was done in march important this year the reports are that mature it's a fantastically well so so that's great news. and a reminder you cannot catch up with all the stories we're reporting on my checking out our website the dress for that is out there a dot com and i know many of you already do but if you haven't tried it you can click on the orange live icon to watch us live al-jazeera dot com. my. top stories on our 0. says it will discuss plans to suspend patents for covert 19 vaccines after the u.s. backed the move india and south africa argue it will help poorer nations vaccinate quicker france's president is also.