no matter where it takes us at least you can feel the seriousness of the issue and . the caution we tell you. we are going. to al-jazeera. germany pushes back against the u.s. proposal to waive peyton's for covert 1000 vaccines warning it will complicate production. no i'm fully back to boil watching al-jazeera live from our world headquarters in doha also coming up australia says flights will resume from india next week after being accused of racism or banning citizens from returning. to.

brazil's police accused of a massacre after $25.00 people are killed in an operation targeting drug gangs and an attack on democracy in the maldives president announces an explosion in the capital which injured his predecessor. thank you for joining as germany's chancellor angela merkel is pushing back against growing demands to suspend peyton sokol the 1000 vaccines the european union is expected to discuss the issue at a summit on friday the us canada and spain are among those supporting the plan saying it will ease supply issues for poorer nations but germany which is home to vaccine produce a biotech says the problems are down to production capacity limits and not paid

into protections as a concern echoed by some of the drug companies. the real bottleneck is not the past tense it's the kind of knowledge experience technology equipment know how training a person now that you need to manufacture these that scene's i think they will continue to do you know to to argue in favor of montagne about and system as it is now because it is ultimately good for and yet osment off scientific research and as a result it's good for the overall health of you know the world's population in general but poor countries continue to push for the waiver with some saying it could be a game changer in their fight against a pandemic many rely on the kovacs scheme which aims to ensure vaccines are shared fairly among all nations but the program has faced setbacks india its main supplier as its main supply about its cut exports size demand rises at home this development

continue to be a beauty of momentum necessary to enable us to achieve that goal is a step in the right direction and we believe that when the history of this by the mic is reaching history remember it is a move taken by the u.s. government doing the right thing at the right time. well india's government says it welcomes increasing support for the peyton's wave or ask over 1000 infections spread from cities to rural areas hopes that the country's 2nd wave was speaking have been done as a search continues to shatter records and is a random rate for some 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 who really struggle for it because i tried to get last night it did not happen because of the time i managed to log in and

because everything was booked then i managed to get and i tried again to be in the morning from how 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 4 point $5000000.00 on the 1st 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. and dia has been leading the calls for pharmaceutical companies to drop peyton's so it can boost vaccine production and on thursday the government welcomes the news the us has 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 about the us position as it relates to the w t o part process right and that process will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward even. if. 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. really is you know that's got. to leave the country is there's a lot going to group good we want to go that it was going to. come. because i don't we. don't. do it it was.

india and south africa 1st approached the world trade organization and 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 you daddy. well australia's foreign minister scott morrison says citizens stranded in india will be able to return home from may 13th when repatriation flights resume last month the government imposed district's travel ban for citizens and residents with harsh penalties for anyone breaching the rules is false a fierce backlash with critics saying it set a dangerous precedent it was the 1st time australia made coming home a potential criminal offense for its own citizens they speak to rob yesterday kabob this she's in international human rights lawyer and is joining us via skype from perth sank you so much rob you for being with us on al-jazeera so it looks like

a climb down from from the australian government after the criticism its face what is your reaction 1st to decision to resume rip tides. you know i don't know if it's a climbdown i think it might be a bit of a back door but it doesn't take away from the fact that whilst a temporary measure it would seem of course things can change what the government is breached or international legal obligations to the i.c.c. p.-r. the international covenant on civil and political rights that we signed up to many years ago by criminalizing the return of australian citizens from india but haven't done this in any other case in relation to any other countries at the height of their covert spikes so. you know there is there is a lot of reason to be very concerned about the stones as president that has been said that has been said you know tempered criminalise ocean is a criminalize nation one of the it's a breach of our human rights. and democratic principles and the principles of

public law you know consistency fairness to proceed this is a breach whether it's for 2 weeks 2 months 2 he is right and what is very interesting is currently the decision by the government is being challenged in the federal court at the strait there is also being unconstitutional so they may back pedal but the damage is being done and they have continued to put a strain citizens in harm's way for any blood maybe on their heads that was going i was going to ask you what it's meant for citizens who have been stranded in india as you say they haven't done this with any other countries that's been affected by coal they'd weather the us and many have accused the australian government of racism saying that this legislation was racially motivated tell us about the people who have been affected and what what it's meant for them. well that's right this hasn't been done in relation to china or u.s. the u.k.

or a number of countries across europe who percentage of the population wise. are experiencing hired it i guess i have a personal perspective on this because i come from indian heritage most of my father's family is still in india and i hear stories every day speaking to the relatives and friends of the paralyzing fear that they are suffering from and of course that includes you know strong and citizens that are stuck there as well the stories that you hear that aren't making the news would make anyone wait you know they are all in such a precarious dangerous position by feeling prison because they have to stay and imprisoned in their accommodation in order to minimize the risks and they are literally frightened for their lives and as i said every day that these. these banners it's being colloquially called is in place ease increasing the harm for the very citizens that this government has

a mandate to protect we should have done the opposite we should have been moving heaven and earth to return our citizens to their place of home and you know the we're talking about hundreds and hundreds of people out of 8000 citizens that are stuck in india hundreds of people that went to india because they were the only relative that was able to bury their loved one or be with their loved one in their final moments and they went well before the spike so and this ben that might be lifted in 11 days the reality is that it will still take weeks and months to repair these people and the australian a border itself isn't set to open until 2022 and in that time quarantine wars will stay in place what are your concerns about that what implications for for people's rights. well essentially what the government has done is try to deflect and target a specific community in a vulnerable community rather than do their job to improve quarantine facilities we

are exceptionally fortunate in this country compared to many countries we do indeed live in a bubble and a living in a parallel universe and we shouldn't shy away from that reality we have very latest however the government had 14 months to address and improve the quarantine facilities and that is what they should be focusing on and if they don't get their act together before borders open then i think we're going to be seeing a lot more cases and we might be living in a different and different paradigm than the bubble we're living in at the moment and quite frankly if they don't sort out and meet their responsibilities to improve quarantine facilities and processes for returning travelers i fear that nothing will change our borders will continue to remain closed and so where does that leave those of us that are trying to live in exist an international and

a global life right thank you so much for talking to us about this thank you for sharing your experience and your insights i guess a dick human rights lawyer joining us there from perth in australia. in other world news at least 25 people have been killed in a police operation targeting drug traffickers in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro police say those killed in a northern slum included leaders of the city's biggest criminal gang but human rights activists have called it an unjustifiable massacre accusing officers of carrying out summary executions traceable reports. it was the deadliest operation in rio de janeiro in years the police entered the fire. allegedly to fight the recruitment of children and teenagers by a criminal organization suspects try to escape across rooftops as police entered the slum in our more vehicles and helicopters flew over the area the intense fire fight left at least 25 people dead among them up at least officer rio has suffered

for years from drug related violence and attempts by different administrations have failed to control a. police agent any senior was one of the bases of. the most powerful drug trafficking group in the country. they say among the dead were leaders of the gang that dominated life in the slum at least 10 suspects were arrested. all the protocols established by the federal supreme court were complied with without exception all protocols were complied with unfortunately there were many crashes in the community we should not celebrate the outcome due to the number of people who died there is no way to console ourselves of the death of a policeman but human rights groups say the operation was mounted to avenge the deaths of 4 police officers a few days earlier the supreme court has banned security operations in rio slums because of the abuses and killings denounced by residents in the city's poorest

areas the institute of public security says almost $500.00 people have been killed so far this year at the hands of the police. some of the rest and durango they say the police committee. a massacre and are demanding an investigation joy reset is a human rights lawyer in rio. the end to do the same dynamic to 5 or 6 houses houses destroyed shootings executions there was an execution one man died sitting on a chair from a chair nobody shoot it was cruel barbaric this has no solution. senor is one of the poorest communities in rio most residents here are caught in the middle of a conflict between criminal organizations and the police that he said. foreign minister says no one is above the law following the arrest of the country's finance minister ali sharif ali mahdi a cattle news agency says this year 2 suspected misuse of public money and abuse of

power has been removed from his position pending further investigation. and that the 10000000 or the action taken so far has to do with the finance ministers public office other institutions and companies observe clear and solid policies of governance and they're subject to checks and balances rules and regular order and therefore they are doing business as usual simply because an office cannot be impacted by the absence of a particular officers officials come and go and public institutions are up and running in the same fashion they were originally built to function still ahead on al-jazeera as the u.s. withdraws troops from afghanistan thousands who worked with the american government are worried about their future and a decision looms on the fate of the palestinians facing eviction from their homes in occupied is jews.

hello we've had violent and deadly weather roll across the southern us really anywhere from texas through to georgia it has produced flooding in alabama we've seen hail gusty winds and tornadoes deadly tornadoes the good news is the storm threat here is starting to ease so here's a picture on friday as we see that system it's now to the far south bringing with it the risk of some showers through me when i take you to new england and eastern canada we're getting a pretty good helping of rain for washington d.c. on friday and look at this cruel pool of there is still dominating canada st john's that's cool for you about half of where you should be toronto not even into double digits on friday for central america now then we've had flooding toward guatemala and still heavy rain in the forecast for here hundreds and southern mexico on

friday otherwise we do run the risk of some showers and pop up thunderstorms across cuba for example on friday we do have a disturbance we're tracking in south america toward the south of brazil it's going to pull into rio de janeiro as we head to friday it's just going to follow and we'll still be dealing with unsettled conditions for rio on saturday. in 19054 young anti-apartheid activists were murdered by south african security forces if you can't solve the problem by removing the guy then you could kill 36 years on a family's quest for justice reveal systemic resistance to prosecution and must hope a conflict can run for the reform and exposes the influence the former apartheid establishment still wielded in the new south africa my father died for this the people in power investigation on al-jazeera.

to itch. in. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories the german government is opposing a call from the u.s. to lift peyton's of over $1000.00 vaccines it says a ban wouldn't increase production and could limit future research gemini's home to the company by in tech that developed a vaccine with pfizer australia's prime minister says citizens stranded in india will be able to return home from a 15 when repatriation flights resume last month the government imposed district's travel ban for citizens and residents that sparked a fierce backlash and at least 25 people have been killed in

a police operation targeting drug traffickers in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro human rights activists have called it a massacre accusing offices of carrying out summary executions. the president of the maltese has described an explosion that injured his predecessor as an attack on democracy mohamed nasheed who's a kerry speaker of parliament is in hospital following the blast near his home in the capital mali victoria gate and he has more. mohammed nasheed had just left home or was about to get into his car when a bomb attached to a motorbike exploded the former president was injured in the blast in the capital mali the sheet he's the current speaker of parliament is being treated in hospital for shrapnel wounds his spokesman says he's in a stable condition this is very significant. target that you have a former president still a very prominent political secure. very prominent democratic leader in

a region that's now are very strong like nationalists so super prominent figures out a pretty big deal that the president of the abraham mohammed soulé was seen leaving the hospital after visiting his. and and ally in 2008 the she became the 1st democratically elected president of the mole deaves but he was ousted in a coup in 2012 led by abdullah get me in. the mold. of political turmoil and do you mean he systematically silenced opposition voices including the sheet he was convicted on terrorism charges human rights watch said during it means presidency criminal gangs and what it called religious extremists enjoyed political protection and she'd was granted asylum in the u.k. in 20162 years later so they ran for president promising change and took 2 thirds of the vote an investigation is underway into the blast no group has so far claimed

responsibility it could be some type of political motivation political rivalry that's always a possibility but there isn't a history a modest history islamised no one can see. there have been several attacks over the last 2 years including one or 2 that have been claimed by b. isis organization the maldives is heavily dependent on tourism analysts say it's relatively stable compared to other countries in the region and the hope is this is an isolated incident but for some the explosion on thursday is a violent reminder of the chaos and uncertainty of the past in a country best known for its tranquil beaches victoria gate and be al jazeera. 5 european nations are urging israel to stop building settlements in the occupied west bank the u.k. france germany italy and spain made the call in

a joint statement in particular their ages are out to seize construction of more than 500 apartments in the high home area they say the expansion will further damage prospects for a viable palestinian state meanwhile israel supreme court will hear challenges next week to the eviction of palestinians from their homes in part of occupied east jerusalem human rights groups say if jewish settlers claims to the properties are upheld it would set a dangerous precedent and as a decision noons of violence between pro palestinian protesters and police is increasing harry fawcett reports. this has become a nightly scene in the east jerusalem neighborhood of shakespeare or. vigils and protests aggressively broken up by israeli security forces at stake the homes of hundreds of palestinians long subject to live action campaign the current tensions were sparked partly by this viral video in which local woman could confront

a jewish settler you almost marry her. it was the dollar judgment of just how close moon is family and 3 others are to being forced out and they've lodged a final appeal with israel supreme court which is now saying it will hold another session on monday with his father now bill who's already had one house seized by settlers fears what could happen if the court rules against them. will be in the streets because all of us like me we're 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 to 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. it should be returned in light of israel's seizure of east jerusalem in 1967 the lawyer representing the palestinian families says the counter claims of ownership have not

been properly assessed by the courts we are dealing with a domestic legal. system that rejects and denies the 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 6 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 are on fire 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 shape sure are the consequences of a massive action here could be felt will be on the families under threat of losing their homes. that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. ethiopia's parliament has designated the former ruling party of the north integrative region a terrorist organization it's a blow to the prospect of peace talks with the great people's liberation front 6 months after fighting broke out the conflict between the central government and the p.l.f. is believed to have killed thousands of people and displaced more than a 1000000 catch us foreign minister has revealed more details about mediation efforts which led to somalia resuming diplomatic relations with kenya well that suspended ties in december over what it. political meddling somebody accused kenya of interfering in the electoral process and one of its semi-autonomous states which is close to this feet offshore oil and gas deposits. to what it will be

a 10 very positive steps have been taken 1st is innate in the prime minister to oversee the election process and related security measures this is welcomed by all the political parties there in addition extensive and inclusive talks were initiated between the envoy rulers of provence is the candidates and other political parties if it was centered on encouraging them to maintain the dialogue and revisit the previous agreements among them as. well the u.s. has began its withdrawal of troops from afghanistan but us soldiers head home allies of thousands of afghans who work for the american government are at risk in washington to prioritize these applications to move to the u.s. before it's too late contraflow he has a story from couple. hours who knew she was risking it all when she started working as a contractor for the u.s. government her house has been attacked and she's received many threads her

supervisor suggested she apply for a special immigrant visa for herself and her family to safely move to the u.s. that was in 2017 she still waiting for approval in this country most of the people are not agony even the woman who worked for afghans the worst thing is that the situation is getting worse the baby and her as we all know with the taliban will take over the government so what will happen to our lives the main thing which i'm concerned is about myself and my family security who would take this responsibility because most of the people can be nice me even though i am hiding myself but i cannot guarantee that i was who is one of about 18000 afghans who have worked alongside u.s. troops diplomats and other government personnel and are awaiting decisions on those special immigrant visa the process is long and grueling a report published in airlie april found the program ineffective in addressing the

needs of those applying by law the application process should take 9 months but on average it takes 4 years if not since the announcement of the troop withdrawal the us state department has said it is aware of the risks afghan visa applicants face and that it is committed to the program but it has yet to commit to any concrete reforms to address the backlog or accelerate the zone. as u.s. troops withdraw pressure from congress and organizations including no one left behind has been mounting if we don't do anything if we do not explode like this process i'm pretty much sure after the withdrawal they will be tortured and killed in front of their families and their big us will be uploaded on the social media for other people to not support the us government in the future dozens of afghans

who worked with astrology and troops in afghanistan are also pleading to have their protection visa applications processed the taliban considers those afghans who worked with the u.s. and other foreign countries as traitors and has vowed retribution against the. dozens of afghan interpreters and contractors have already been killed several will waiting for their visas i have no option the option i have is the only way to die here in this country or get my visa to have safe life in the says since 2009 when the visa program was established thousands of afghans many with their families have relocated to the united states and are zoo along with thousands of others desperately want to join them before it's too late fully accounted for al-jazeera kabul. how much do you think someone would pay for a bottle of wine even if it's out of this world well this bottle of petrus 2000 is

among 12 bottles of french wine that spent more than a year at the international space station as part of a wider research project it's expected to fetch $1000000.00 at an auction at christie's the wind comes with a regular bottle that never left her it so whoever buys it can find out if they tastes differently. the and. the and again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera the german government is opposing a call from the u.s. to lift peyton's fork over 1000 vaccines it says the plan wouldn't increase production and could limit future research germany's home to the company by and take that developed a vaccine with pfizer australia's prime minister says citizens stranded in india will be able to return home from may 15th when repatriation fights resume.