reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera corona virus cases are surging in the us. the number of daily infections is nearly tripled in the space of 2 weeks or 90 percent of patients being admitted to hospice or for the virus. i haven't received a vaccination in denise is the center of the latest wave. the corona virus, in se, asia fuels by the highly contagious bill to variant the world health organization has urged the government to introduce strict law and easiest president has ordered the military to intervene in the nations covey. the faxing roll out at the reports of some piece that health center. the health minister is also being faxed, as cases continue to search. the african union is asking for cove in 1900 vaccines to be made on the continent. just 16000000 doses have been distributed among a population of 1300000000 because of restrictions on shipments from vaccine producing nations. on wednesday, pfizer and biotech announce plans for

a so called fill and finish plant in south africa where vaccines are put into vials after being made in europe. humanitarian groups have called the move restrictive. well, dr. moga, come out yet. he is the senior policy advisor at people's vaccine alliance. she's also an advisor in global health and access to medicine. she joins us live via skype from oxford. madam, thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera, we really are seeing this incredible disparity in the world. most western countries are opening up a little bit. the places that are having trouble, it almost seems to be because a lot of people there don't want to get vaccinated, then we look at the rest of the world. we're actually access the vaccines is still a problem. what do you think would be a solution in this? well, actually, the situation is not surprising. it was expected. we talked about it and many others talked about the last 2. yeah. this is unprecedented. so you want to maxine

aid, most of the, well, that means you need maximum supply of axis and that you can leave in the hands of the home phone companies. so what we need to get all the companies that can produce vaccines, special companies in developing countries, we get them to be in, by sharing knowledge and technology. and this is what rich countries i'm from companies are using, you know, last may be for any vaccines, even into the market. that welcomes organization. all american is called technology access full corbin, 1900 to access all the up. and the idea was that they will facilitate the transfer of technology and the intellectual property to manufacture. not none of that from a bit of company is using it. none of the rich countries is pushing that company or

just saying anything to the company to use it. so we still, you know, just under the mercy of a company like pfizer and the other. so on that point to me, you brought up pfizer on this specific point that pfizer and biotech have their plans to have a so called fill and finish planned in south africa. basically putting the vaccines in the vials after they've been made a new do you think that would make any difference? could that be a step in the right direction? well, i mean, you know, it's ok. i guess, you know, but the, it's not a fan of technology that south africa companies don't make the vaccine because they don't have access to technology. they just, as you said, they will just finish the vaccine with them. but they didn't fill it in the wild becket. and that's not the technology jump better, you know, maybe other companies in,

in europe have been doing that. and america have been doing that anyway. so that's, to be honest, that is not what we're asking for. that will not reduce the millions of doses that we need. it's just, it's a moral us to be as dr. federal that handle the situation now that one percent of low income countries are native and just leaving the white us to meet days of much of this life. i mean, if you, if it me say to that, to be a resistance to the same what all the trouble. so even 1st, but the same time, you know, the even form of the company to make $1000000000.00 due to the 9 bill, you know, work created because of that at the time when we're going find office in developing countries because some of the goes on is one to hold the monopoly on technology and

knowledge, and they don't want to share it with developing countries, including in africa. so forgive me for interrupting. i mean, as you say, this is something that was predicted almost at the start of the pandemic was certainly way in the vaccine became available. and certainly the loads of interviews like this and al jazeera over the past few months. i mean, you mentioned the company's just to make it clear for people where is the main stumbling block? is it the company's not wanting to share that technology to big pharmaceutical names, or is it a lot of maybe the richer countries that called the a lot of the doses the beginning? because of course, every government will, it's on avoidable, put their own people 1st. where was the stumbling block and how can it be broken? was the beginning of the week? it was clear that this is inefficient in the official supplies that they won't, they won't be in bio enough those before people. so instead of rich countries, they think what we can do is basically sitting together saying,

how can we make the world, how can we share the technology, how can we get from it? because companies force them to share the technology and know how the every country that had money, basically show of the companies with money to secure millions of those in the holding that we talk about to the wrong people. and therefore, the people who didn't the countries that they didn't have that much money, they didn't do that. so we were stuck. and the thing going to, oh, don't want to, you know, go back to the global make and it will give you the vaccine. so some countries actually in africa and elsewhere, they wait this for all the go look, well, you know, even for all the money in the world. but what they're going to buy this is that the thing that you want to buy is not there. so they didn't buy then doses that once they lied to one company, and then it got a long time and basically rely on that. but the physically deal

with one company with one company that's not even in the wealthier countries, there is now more talk about the potential of a new variance emerging somewhere in the world. that would be resistance, the vaccines that everyone's already had. and they couldn't do all the good work. the, you know, says perhaps that this, you know, this possibility is being talked about more and may be giving more impetus to the changes that you're talking about. so effectively everyone getting together and making sure that everyone in the world has access to a vaccine, you know, has a shift while the ship, well actually know what the shift i'm and i would give it to dr. federal some the was going to show they've been creaming about that from the beginning. yeah. some countries, you know, that by the end of ministration, particularly actually they, they've done something that unique never happened in the us before, where they read,

or they said that they weren't support away by on intellectual property rights related to the corporate vaccines. they said at the one of the trade organization, that's great. and then they said they will donate what we call and really 3 our location of those is not the nation. but anyway, administration said they were doing a $500000000.00 to basically they want 5, they weren't buying why. why that have to go to developing countries, but the think the thinking whole time, you know how, how long i mean they ok for example, they said they're going to do need the $100000000.00 that they sell. don't tell us when they go to the needed by next year. well, by next year, how many people died by next year? it's just like the chinese crisis is when they left. why the decisions in the pharmacy companies and people who are buying enough like flying for may be amended

to do, or they're both on the, for the form of the company. david wants to share. they didn't want to decrease the right, in this case with go with pharmaceutical companies. the other one chest acknowledges, doesn't one check knowledge, and they control the right. they control the supply on the right. i mean, what more do you want to give them the wrong thing? controlling our life. well they're come out, jani is senior policy advisor at people's vaccine alliance. madam, thank you for sharing your views with us in highlighting what is an incredibly important issue. thank you. thank you. now thousands of people have rallied in ethiopia capital to show their support for government troops. fighting in the northern t gray region speaker is called on e. c o p, and to be unified against the rebels and he cry. they accused him of using child soldiers. the conflict as now widened to include fighters from neighboring amara and afar regions. catherine saw reports from the supper this

was very much a government riding, organized by the man in id saba. but thousands of people's hand up at moscow square carrying placards that expressed their anger. a t guys, t p, a left leadership. and it's for that many here referred to as june car and support of prime minister on the government and its federal army has often anymore on that for a long time. t p l. s. has brought division on the people to we have to begin to forget about them. forget about the past and be united behind a defense for him. i guess in the out is more on this government has a lot of moral support. they need to take strong action against the june to that steals those who address the crowd hadn't this and that data. 6 to me down here to national media, witness the june test using children for war that witnessed this, but the not reported. and that shows that interest. it shows who they are. above all, the intent is to support the june t as

a c. p. federal troops have withdrawn from t cry, but the soldiers, retrans troop and special forces from neighboring haro region have been accused by rights, groups of committing crimes against civilians, including killings and rape. those who came to this valley say they support the government in the ongoing conflict. but the situation that is dia fighting is still going on in some parts, drawing in security forces from other reasons that were not previously involved in the fighting. and the un and other agency saying that they're struggling to get to the most valuable people in that region. there has been resent fighting between federal troops and regional forces from our amir, against the grand fight, as in areas bordering t gray and a far region. a world food program, a convoy was attacked on sunday on the only remaining ground humanitarian corridor entity guy. this is devastating to millions of people who desperately need help,

shortages of fuel and cash as well as communications blackouts are significantly hindering the resumption of the humanitarian response and preventing and scale up. and jose and un agencies are running out of cash in or unable to pay staff or suppliers unless fuel cash supplies and aid workers are able to enter t gray. in the coming days. some humanitarian programs will not be able to function on these are dangerous times in the field. and all the fighting sites are trying to control the narrative. media access into t guy is limited because of multiple national government and regional special forces checkpoints along the road. and near space on the open for humanitarian flight catching color. odyssey era, these are the global demand for ela, minium is on the rise, but a report by human rights watch says large scale mining projects in several countries are harming local communities and the environment. guinea has the world's largest reserves of book site,

that's the raw material needed to make aluminum. nicholas talk reports now on the situation, and this is what is left of booky in guineas maritime region. gone are the mahogany trees is the rare species of chimpanzees and the patty fields, the industrial extraction of box night, the or for aluminum has turned a one screen away this into a lunar landscape void of life. the water is poisoned by industrial chemicals. this destruction in pollution in one of the world's poorest countries, is to extract aluminum to manufacture where the automobile industry calls clean, green powered electric cars for rich nation. as a result, thousands of villagers in book, you have been forcibly displaced from their homes, among them. mohammed summa, a rice farmer, now living in the city in what feels like a prison cell. he says, congress, there is nothing left but dust to eat. we have lost everything. we sometimes go 2

or 3 days without food since the chinese took our land. our life is misery. human rights watch says that the displacement of people constitutes a violation of human rights. they hold car manufacturing, companies responsible thing. they have failed to address the abuse with their aluminum suppliers. mining has taken farmland destroyed field, cut off water sources, and coasted houses and fields in dust. as guineas, mining industry expands. the government's capacity to oversee the industry must keep pace. guinea has the largest reserve of boxes in the world. much of it is untapped. it could be a formidable source of revenue for a country where most live on less than $2.00 a day. critics of the government to cues politicians of turning a blind eye to the environmental damage in exchange of kick back people to this within, let's be clear. we are a poor country. we are with money. companies are not complained with the social and

environmental regulations, but it isn't so easy for us to shut down this industry for the violations. for me, last week the european commission voted to band the sale of vehicles that run on gasoline or diesel. by the year 2035 electric car sales are already on the rise. so is the demand for bach site in trying to solve an environmental problem? it seems automobile in mining companies are you reverse of li, harming the environment, altering this precious landscape. nicholas hawk al jazeera, leaving space experts in the united states joined the a set of hearing to discuss how to manage they bri in earth orbit. the committee of commerce, science and transportation looked into how the u. s. and other countries can step up efforts to track abandoned satellites. they also looked into the issue so called the space junk that small pieces of bay bree orbiting up to 30000 kilometers an

hour that can cause significant damage. well, the u. s. launched the 1st satellite, the space in 1958, and now more than 60 years later, there are more than 2000 active satellites or between the earth. the u. s. by far, is the most prominent country in space, the number of inactive fat lights and other day bri, are causing concern though with space stations running the risk of being hit recently space they breathe, crushed into the international space station, puncturing a robotic arm that this is known as space junk, more than $27000.00, the items are large enough to be tracked. millions more are not. and the pose of risk travel space junk includes dead fat lights and things as simple as a flight of paint rocket launchers, explosions, and naturally venge events. such as asteroids also cause the breed. greg or tree is space professor at arrazola state university. he says it's

a matter of time before there is a serious incident. on the daily, it's not much of a risk because of the huge volume of space. but over time, with these objects moving is as quickly as there are and the accumulating members to them. it is a serious risk and obviously the risk for an astronaut or the space station can be existential. so the considerations have to have to be very serious from a commercial stand. we've already had a, a couple of satellites last and collisions. and there's the possibility you could get a runaway of fact where one satellite breaks into many parts affecting many others . so it's an issue that absolutely has to be dealt with. and then you would think that we would have thought of that over the last 50 years. right. but it wasn't until recently that basically rosamond put in place. so at least from the us side, all of the the boosters in the 2nd stages and the satellites generally do you are

bent and they do orbit in a controlled manner and we know where they're going to go. so they're not cluttering up space and they're, they're safe when they they re enter but we have a great deal of debris that's already up there. we have some tests that were unfortunate military anti satellite test from china in particular, they created huge debris fields that are extremely dangerous and something's got to be done about those to make sure they don't interfere with active satellites, or ones that have been abandoned up there. the english city of liverpool is no longer on the unesco world heritage list. the united nations cultural agency blames years of organization for an irreversible loss of the historic victorian dogs. while in liverpool, many people in the city see the de listing as an opportunity for regeneration. we've barker reports, it is the city that kept the british empire afloat. it's 1900 century edifice, is a testament to generations of global trade and commerce. a time when britain ruled

the waves for 17 years, liverpool iconic waterfront stood alongside india's taj mahal and the great wall of china, the united nations world heritage list. but maternity brought changes that armed to everyone's liking. in a recent meeting in china, unesco said new developments had ruined the city's historic skyline destroying liverpool heritage value. the city is one of only 3 to be stripped of its heritage status. in the past 50 years. the water frowned and the 12 dog clowns. and they had been crying because their reflect that conveys the history of major were trading city, port us from the 17 on 18th century. so feeling the dog, for example, of building high buildings and totally change the way it is best. see this history faster. 7 and

a half $1000000000.00 water from projects been cited as a cause for concern. so to has the plan to build everton football clubs, new riverside stadium, viewed by some as an act of cultural vandalism. and this is a huge area of land that's been earmarked for development. liverpool city leaders say that it is in comprehensible why unesco would won't they semi derelict, don't shut off from the rest of the city to remain a wasteland for evermore. many liverpool feel the cities being forced to make a binary choice between preserving his heritage status and reviving and developing deprived, and derrick parts of the city. unesco. want this place to just stay as a post industrial ghost town? we con, allow that happen. as a city, the area that they stock is with it and is in cut award, which is one of the most deprived wards, not only within liverpool,

but in the entire country. there is of course much more to liverpool than its unesco status to continue attracting tourist 10. i point to the economic value from having that status over the last 17 years. very little do i think we will lose investment or visitors because of losing the plaque. know, will we be a will her to the site know what would be a world class heritage city. yes. losing unesco status is undeniably a cultural blow for this historic city. liverpool will no longer be opposed to child for preservationists. but this is a living city that is undergoing massive changes to transform some of the most deprived parts of the country, creating tensions between liverpool of historic past and its potential future. the

bulk al, jazeera, liverpool. ok, and to get all this for now here, speech window. barbara, thank you so much. olympic gold medalist mohammed's be, will make history on friday. i thought becoming the 1st muslims who carry the british flag at an opening ceremony. the 33 year old rover says the fuel be men's pride and hopes to be a source of inspiration for muslim children in great britain, british saving gold medalist hana molar will be the other flag bearer and rules implemented last year. each country cannot nominate one male and one female athlete to carry the flag the main football composition, good underwhelmed food. then they will be upset. australia pulled of a standing to know when over to time. and then big champions, argentina, and wales and teenager marcos julio with the goal for the all these defending champions, brazil also off to a winning so they will already 3 know up at all thought against germany final

school for to host nation japan up and running a 2nd off, go here to the 2nd. so hugo was enough to think south africa you know, the games mexico were too strong for france for one new zealand, b, saudi arabia, one no romania came home dearest by the same school line. egypt helped spain to know little drew and ivory coast aged out saudi arabia to one now the soft pool competition continued on thursday, usa recorded the 2nd straight when defeating canada, one nothing. japan also backed up a victory from the previous day, getting the better of mexico to and straightly recorded they 1st when edging out italy, no problem. the decision to hold the photo games is still a contentious issue in japan and even more so on thursday with news that covert infection rates are arriving. and richardson takes a look at why these olympics are still going. aid athletes will have to get used to

the sound of their own efforts in tokyo. these olympic have already cost the host nation, at least $15000000000.00. much of the money spent on venue, the fans, and now bound from attending due to rise in cases of cobit $19.00. the cost is being shouldered for the great part by the people and not really by the government . and so people are really getting sick and tired of having to make so much 5. so you really do have, you know, very well divided and maybe i honestly, you know, united in opposition. i guess, you know, this is about as close to the sporting action as tokyo residents will get in a city where cove at 19 infection levels, the hitting heights, not seen since january. then anthem lee, and i just need to hear about it. i don't know what to say considering how much the virus is fraud. athletes have been training so hard for this. i would feel sorry for them if it doesn't happen any more. so i wouldn't who wanted to take the risk

of watching it in the stadium, but it's enough for me to see the games on tv. while last ticket revenue is sent to cost, the hosts hundreds of millions of dollars. a made for tv event does make financial sense for the international olympic committee. the, i see makes approximately 75 percent of its income from selling broadcast rights to the games and around full $1000000000.00 could have been lost if the olympics had been cancelled. and the legal, small print will tell you, it was always the see here, the final say as to whether or not these olympics went ahead, organizes will be hoping the public mood shifts in their favor. once the games are up and running, we'll have like a very, a negative agenda across like the, for the media outlets before the games. and the sooner the games are going to have like a fair me like the mind of everyone like congress tends to be like more positive

and focus more on the stories that are taking place within stages. in support of the games can be found with the host. now, banking on sporting dramas, rather than medical. rubbing the headlines in the days ahead. i mean richardson, al jazeera, tokyo, and be a thought zach levine of cleared health and safety protocols. and we'll join the us basketball team ahead of their open game on sunday. the olympic champion, civil, ready, start training. and so can the teams preparations have been hampered by players having to withdraw dakota 19 related issues while the planes going to affect them? that's not an easy flight, but it is true that they won't be ready to play in the sense of execution that we might want. but that's understandable. that's why the essential and focus corona virus is getting at these games. the international drug testing agency says it's the firm and to catch those,

trying to cheat. we hear we're fully focused. we're fully determined to do our job, the best we can, and to catch, to cheat with the tools that we have available. so in that sense, coven has obviously made our life more complicated, but that has not impacted how determination our focus and the tools that we have at our disposal. for only the uganda ethics who disappeared doing pre olympic training in japan, has now left the country. 20 year old weightlifting, julia quito. liquor fled, he's hotel enough soccer. a week ago, you failed to me the limbic standards of the entering japan and was due to return home when he didn't appear for a mandatory karone of ours taste. and said he left a note behind saying he didn't want to attend to uganda and he wanted to stay in japan to work. ok, we're going to leave it there for now. they'll be more sports news a little later on. right now. back to you barbara. peter, thank you very much, and that is it for this news. our member,

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