just. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world isn't a matter of will you call the nuclear news and current affairs that matter to you ready ready. germany pushes back against a u.s. proposal to waive peyton's for covert 900 vaccines warning it will complicate production . you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to ball also ahead australia says flights will resume from india next week after being accused of racism for banning citizens from returning. and

brazil calls for an investigation after $25.00 people were killed in a police drug sting vice groups say it amounts to amounts. and an attack on democracy the modise president announces an explosion in the capital which injured his friend assessing. germany's chancellor angela merkel is pushing back against growing demands to suspend peyton so-called $1000.00 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 producer biotech says the problems are down to production capacity limits and not. protections that's a concern echoed by some of the drug companies. poor and countries continue to push

for the waiver with some saying it could be a game changer in their fight against a pandemic many of it i on the kovacs scheme which aims to ensure vaccines are shared fairly among all nations but the program has faced setbacks india as its main supplier but its cut exports us 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 pandemic is written history will remember at least they moved to action by the u.s. government doing the right thing at the right time. well india continues to see a record number of infections and deaths this random with this report from new delhi. long lines outside vaccination centers have become an increasingly common sight in india those who managed 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 then i managed to go and i tried again to be in the morning from 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 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 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. and that might not happen soon we're really talking at 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 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. so you see if they leave the country is this a group because we have only. one. country

even because currently under the same still. true it was. recently. 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. australia's prime minister scott morrison says citizens stranded in india will be able to return home from may 15th when repatriation finds resume last week the government imposed districts travel ban for citizens and residents with harsh penalties for anyone breaching the rules it sparked 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 only i spoke to rob yesterday cause an international human rights lawyer she says the australian government has

broken its promise to protect its citizens. i hear stories every day speaking to relatives and friends of the paralyzing fear that they are suffering from and of course that includes you know strengthen 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 they feel imprisoned because they have to stay in a prison and 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 bad as 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. in other world news the president of the mall days has described an explosion that injured his predecessor as an attack on democracy mohamed nasheed who's the current speaker of parliament is in hospital following the blast near his home in the capital mali b. has details. mohammed nasheed had just left home and 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. in terms of target that you have a former president still a very prominent political secure a very prominent democratic leader in a region that's now by strong line nationalist so super prominent figures out a pretty big deal it was targeted the president of the mold eaves abraham mohamad soulé was seen leaving the hospital after visiting his friend and ally in 2008 that she became the 1st democratically elected president of the mole deaves but he was ousted in a coup in 2012 led by abdullah you mean. 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 nasheed 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 the asian rivalry that's always a possibility but there is a history a modest history as long as no one can see. there have been several. over the last few years including want to. be 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. at

least $25.00 people have been killed in a police operation targeting drug traffickers in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro police say those killed in 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 testable reports. it was the deadliest operation in rio there's anyone years the police entered the 5 that is he knew 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 in his office or rio has suffered for years from drug related violence and attempts by different administrations have failed to control the. police age any senior was one of the bases of. the most

powerful drug trafficking group in the country. they say among the dead were leaders. 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 clashes 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 in durango they say

the police committed a massacre and are demanding an investigation joy you said 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 shoots. 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 will. catch us foreign minister says no one is above the law following the arrest of the country's finance minister cherie fallon madi a news agency says is due to suspected misuse of public money and abuse of power has been removed from his position pending further investigation. the action taken so far has to do with the finance ministers public office other institutions

and companies observe a 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 office of officials come and go and public institutions are up and running in the same fashion they were originally built to function and the cattery foreign minister has also revealed more details about mediation efforts which led to somali every zooming diplomatic relations with kenya will get a show suspended ties in december over what it called political meddling somalia accuse kenya of interfering in the electoral process in one of its semi autonomous states which is close to a disputed offshore oil and gas deposits and. very positive steps have been taken 1st is innate in the prime minister to oversee the election process and related security measures this is welcome 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. still ahead on al jazeera back in calm the water in spanish and french machado ships return to or touting a dispute over most wrecks it lights and how much would someone spend on a bottle of wine that's been around this. time for the. sponsored plan qatar airways 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 $42.00 degrees on friday also getting some

readings across saudi in the forty's so medina 40 meca pretty close at 39 we've also got high temperatures for the eastern mediterranean on cypress really right across turkey is stamboul 25 degrees and we look at the next 3 days whereas this is this average no it is above average we should be 18 where 25 we do have a rain risk though as we head toward saturday take you 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

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welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera the german government is opposing a call from the u.s. to lift peyton's of over $1000.00 vaccines it says a plan wouldn't increase production and could limit huge your research germany is home to the company bio tech 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 flights resume last month the government imposed districts travel bans for citizens and residents that sparked atheist backlash and at least 25 people live in killed in and police operation targeting drug traffickers in the brazilian city of freo de janeiro human rights activists have called it a massacre accusing officers of carrying out summary execution. the french and british naval ships have left waters near the island of jersey after a dispute over fishing rights and it's mostly due to breck's it at issue are new

licenses that the island imposed last week french fishermen say the rules make it harder for them to operate in waters they've worked in for generations the trash about my reports. one time in the normandy ports of cattle and off to some final preparations camera. crew leave the harbor and head to some not for a fishing trip but to protest. the fishermen on france's northern coast are angry they say all 30 is on the channel island of jersey are ignoring the post rigs that trade deal and unfairly limiting access to these waters by restricting boat licenses or adding extra rules if you are quite a committed a good use of a no longer allowed to fish call it so well in jersey seas even though i've been fishing in these waters since 2009 it happened just like that over night. suddenly i received a letter saying you're not allowed that city. can you 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 you've been channeling for more than 4 hours the sun has finally come up and you can see around it the french fishing vessel dotted all across the line and then the bear in the distance is a british naval ship. britain and france both sent to naval ships a sign of the escalating round over jersey and the u.k. dependency has frustrations run high some french boats 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 is all about continuity so what you did before you can continue doing but there's one major difference if you go 1st and called in to us at joe's in manages its waters cameo

attended the meeting turning his boat back to france he was visibly disappointed it escape of 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. for these fishermen a trade that they've known all their lives seems to have changed overnight and now they're worried for their futures saying they caught in the middle of a wave of u.k. e.u. bureaucracy that has left them behind. al-jazeera the channel islands. the us has begun its withdrawal of troops from afghanistan but us soldiers head home allies are thousands of afghans who work for the american government are at risk their aging washington to prioritize their visa applications to move to the u.s. before it's too late if you go contra for a report from kabul. as you knew she was risking it all when she started working as a contractor for the us 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's 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 day by the and has we all know what 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 do good nice me even though i am hiding myself but i cannot i cannot guarantee that i was who is one of about $18000.00 afghans who have worked alongside u.s. troops diplomats and other government personnel and are awaiting decisions on those special immigrant visas 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. 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 expect i guess process i'm pretty much sure after the redress they will be tortured and killed in front of their family. and there will be uploaded on the social media for other people to not support the u.s.

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 while waiting for their visas i have no option and 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 our zoo along with thousands of others desperately want to join them before it's too late for al-jazeera kabul. israel's supreme court will hear challenges next week to the eviction of

palestinians from their homes in the part of occupied east human rights say if jewish settlers of the properties are held it would set a dangerous precedent hairy fossil records. this has become a nightly scene in the east jerusalem neighborhood of shakes terror. vigils and protests aggressively broken up by israeli security forces at stake the homes of hundreds of palestinians long subject to an eviction campaign the current tensions were sparked partly by this viral video in which local woman could confront a jewish settler you all morning marry her. it was the dollar judgment of just how close moon has 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 not 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 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 claim. schip have not been properly assessed by the courts we are dealing with the domestic legal. system it 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 unfair 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 is 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. for said al jazeera occupied east jerusalem. u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st stop in a republican states to take his 2.3 trillion dollar infrastructure plan has been

visiting the city of lake charles in new is iana speaking in front of a poorly maintained bridge bidens a need to gather support from congress to upgrade roads and airports and invest more funds in public transport he plans to fund this spot by of raising corporate taxes. can't deny there is a real change in weather and if we go 1.5 degrees warmer we're going to be in real trouble point of no return not a fact a lot of we're going to have to build back now in terms of infrastructure we've got to build back to a different standard not to what it was it's got to be better because the climate is changing off now there's still going to rise 2 feet when the wind and rain is still going to build for what is needed now and i promise you we're going to do that. florida has become the latest republican run us state to restrict voting by mail governor rhonda scientists signed

a law which imposes new idea of rules to live on the right wing fox news channel having bought other media texas politicians are poised to vote on a similar bill and one has a ready been passed in georgia this fall is former president donald trump's unfounded claims about mail in ballot frauds judith brown deanna's is a voting rights expert and executive director with advancement project national office she says florida's move is yet another effort to prevent minority groups from exercising their right to vote. what governor dissenters and the republican legislature is trying to do is to make it harder for people to vote what we saw in this country and 2020 was record turnout of voters and what has happened is that republicans especially at the state level have moved to make sure that that doesn't happen again because they don't like the people who actually turned out places a place of georgia where you had african-americans turning out in record numbers so

now there is this effort to make it harder to vote because they saw too many people coming out and because we know that the changing demographics of the united states shows that black and brown people are increasing in numbers and that we will probably see a shift in power in this country and so this is the attempt to slow that they've done is that they they actually with her situation looked at the laws that affected black voters in particular so for example in texas the they had a drive through voting in houston texas where over 127 boaters mostly black and latino voted they want to get rid of them making early voting putting back on early voting hours that they know black voters used in

places like georgia and in florida they want to get rid of that or limit that. now how much do you think someone would pay for a bottle of wine that has been literally out of this world well this bottle of petrus 2000 is among 12 bottles of french wine a spent more than a year at the international space station as part of a wider research project it's expected to fetch $1000000.00 an auction at christie's the wind comes with a regular bottle that's never left earth so whoever buys it can find out if they taste differently. or at and here again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera the german government is opposing a call from the u.s. to lift peyton spoke over 1000 vaccines it says a plan wouldn't increase production and could limit future research gemini's home to the company biotech that developed over.