only. this is g.w. news live from berlin and the e.u. threatens retaliation after a vaccine maker astra zeneca cuts it's deliberate to the block the e.u. commission is now calling for controls of all back scenes manufactured in the e.u. before they are shipped abroad germany's health minister says it's not about europe being 1st it's about being fair. to our current told german citizens so

vaccines produced in europe are available all over the world but not in europe. also coming up next house democrats deliver a single article of impeachment to the senate launching trial proceedings against donald trump for inciting and insurrection. and india's farmers staging mass protests on a national holiday there demanding that the government drop agricultural reforms they say it would destroy their livelihoods. i'm saying it's almost kind of good to have you with us maxine maker astra zeneca is denying german media reports that suggest that it's covert vaccine is less than 10 percent effective for people over the age of 65 now a report in the daily billed papers said. the german officials were concerned that

the e.u. might not grant the swedish british vaccine approval for use in that age group meanwhile frustration is growing in brussels over over astra zeneca decision to cut deliveries to the e.u. the company is blaming supply chain problems but brussels has accused it of failing to keep contractual promises and a strategy to block its future exports all 27 e.u. countries are struggling with slow vaccine rollouts across the channel britain is having more success. for these british newlyweds a sense of hope and relief 90 year old geoff holland and his 86 year old wife jenny got married in august now they're getting vaccinated against cove at 19. i think of what and or more before. america was their new warm throughout. i think it's pretty different. to couple received the astra zeneca vaccine

one of 3 vaccines approved for use in the u.k. britain is on course to inoculate more than 80 percent of adults by the end of summer by contrast the e.u.'s a hole would reach only 15 percent at its current pace. later this week e.u. regulators are expected to approve the astra zeneca vaccine which is cheaper and easier to distribute than its competitors but hopes for a quick rollout have hit a snag on friday astra zeneca said it was cutting its agreed upon vaccine deliveries to the european union by some 60 percent prompting dismay and criticism . the european union wants the order and pre-filing wants those says to be delivered as soon as possible and we want our contract to be fully fulfilled the european union wants to know exactly which those says have been produced where by astra zeneca so far and if or to whom they have been delivered.

astra zeneca has blamed the cut on production problems at a plant in belgium but the e.u. health commissioner has called the drug makers justifications unsatisfactory the uncertainty is jeopardizing the e use goal of vaccinating 70 percent of its adults by summer. well german health ministry and spawn has responded to the reports about the efficacy of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine he says european authorities will base their decision approval on available data meanwhile he is backing a u. calls for more export controls on vaccines made in the bloc he told did abuse chief political editor michel it's about fairness. with me now is germany's health minister again spawn mr spawn so well you know i asked the european union to implement a bridge just read it for the export of vaccine outside the european union is fence

if and if and when they get it would be a good idea if companies have to obtain a license to export vaccines so that we can monitor which vaccine leaves the european union after having been produced or bottled in europe live licensing does not mean a bushel of exports but they are at least in need to be registered and approved and that will happen in many cases that it is approved we do not want to keep everything to ourselves but i want things to be fair so that when there are supply problems the impact is felt by everyone and not just by the european union this is an area where we are somewhat uncertain at the moment where the consequences of problems in production evenly distributed for fun put on. the united states is falling and america 1st policy ensuring that it's u.s. citizen gets vaccinated before those exports take place does it do you know want to follow and you 1st start to see news and skip in the mail no i'm talking about

a fair share that we are a fair share of the material that we financed in advance and after all in almost all contracts that the european union negotiated we invested hundreds of millions of euros in advance so that production capacities could be established so it is not a matter of 1st it is a matter of being fair that is the point that i'm. but of course we as europe as the european union as the german federal government always stressed that we are also thinking about the supply of vaccines to the rest of the world. in the end we are developing vaccines here in europe in germany for the whole world it is our goal that. others to come profit as soon as possible but one thing remains true icon told german and e.u. citizens that vaccines produced in europe are available all over the world but not in europe. and we know what there's no new news mr spock thank you very much for

the interview. there's been a 2nd night of unrest in the netherlands sparked by a nationwide coronavirus curfew rioting and looting hit around 10 cities and police made at least $150.00 arrests authorities say kovac deniers and football hooligans are behind the protests which they are struggling to deal with. on monday riders in rotterdam fought more street battles with police. it was similar in harlem and in other cities too where protesters also vandalized buildings and shops authorities said they were mainly people in their teens. the country's prime minister condemned the violence. in the air supply. to begin with writing is on acceptable limits and that any normal person could only watch it with their votes you really wonder what got into those people that had nothing to do with protesting it's criminal violence

and we are treating it as such but. the protests had begun peacefully over the weekend when people demonstrated against the continued lockdown and the country's 1st nightly curfew since world war 2 parliament had narrowly approved a measure because of the more infectious covert variant from england hitting the country. let's get a look now at some other developments in the pandemic us president joe biden has boosted his goal for coronavirus vaccinations to one and a half 1000000 per day during his 1st 100 days in office new zealand's prime minister to send arter and says her country's borders are likely to remain closed for much of this year over the weekend new zealand reported its 1st case of community transmission of the virus in more than 2 months the philippines has confirmed domestic transmission of the highly contagious british variant of the corona virus and mexico has surpassed 150000 confirmed deaths after

a search in infections in recent weeks. democrat lawmakers from the u.s. house of representatives have delivered the article of impeachment against former president donald trump to the senate that triggers preparations for an impeachment trial which would be the 1st faced by a u.s. president after leaving office trump is charged with inciting a violent mob of his supporters to attack the u.s. capitol. previously faced impeachment in 2019 over his attempt to pressure ukraine for personal political gains but the republican led senate at the time acquitted him our washington bureau chief in as paul told us how u.s. senators democrats and republicans are viewing the upcoming impeachment it's a decision that divides the country across party lines is it the right thing to attempt to convict former president donald trump for a historic 2nd time or is it only putting fuel in the fire to stir up even more

anger and tate's many democrats don't see any other option but holding the former president accountable for inciting the insurrection in the 6 of january even though the chances are slim that they will get enough support from republicans in the senate to convict trump and prevent him from running for office ever again most republicans just want to move past this impeachment trial and figure out the so called post world president biden who's now in a tough position despite staying out of the impeachment process as a trial will hold up his political agenda last time it took $21.00 days until the trial came to an end nobody knows how long it'll take this time. you're watching news still to come on our show india on county farmers converge on cities aiming to offstage republic day celebrations with their demands for

a fairer treatment from prime minister narendra modi's government. that's in a moment 1st let's get a quick check of the headlines around the world at least 5 people have been arrested in sydney in otherwise largely peaceful australia day protest the holiday celebrates the date that british fleet sailed into sydney harbor and 788 to start a penal colony but thousands rallied across the nation to condemn the mistreatment of indigenous people. vietnam's ruling communist party has opened a 9 day congress in the capital one noise to set the country's path for the next 5 years more than 1500 delegates are poised to select the country's future leaders communist party general secretary knew in few truong is expected to be chosen for a 3rd term in the country's top job. scientists say the earth's ice is melting almost 60 percent faster than in the mid 1990 s. as global warming celebrates

a new study published in the cryosphere journal found that some 28 trillion tons of ice have melted in the past 3 decades causing sea levels to rise 3 and a half centimeters. italy's prime minister giuseppe conti is set to resign this morning after a small coalition partner pulled its ministers from his cabinet earlier this month the resignation would spare a humiliating defeat in parliament in a vote on judicial reforms later this week but observers believe that after his resignation will try to form a new government with broader parliamentary support. let's get some insight into the story now journalists standing by in rome hi sima explain this to us what led up to concious decision to resign at this point. well he did win the confidence vote in parliament just last week and that was as you said because matteo renzi a former prime minister the former mayor of florence cool the support of his tiny

party the italian party from the government yanking his ministers from their triggering this crisis treaty and it led to that confidence bill and what we saw there was that he got an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament but in the senate you only got a relative majority and so it was very clear from that point that it was going to be a struggle for kaante to pass legislation to move forward with any policy agenda and when this judicial vote was expected later this week rather than risking defeated that he made the decision looking at the fact that he didn't have enough support support to eventually resign on tuesday what now for country will he be given a mandate to set up a new government. well the ball now is really in the court of the president that will last now he will be meeting with content and he expects that there are a couple of options more here 1st he could either offer

a county another mendi as well to form with a similar coalition opera house or different parties where he has more broader support alternatively he could also hold consultations with different parties to see where the support nice would figure out who could perhaps be a new leader will it be content will it be another political figure or will it be a technocrat leader too to see the country through what is a very difficult time it's dealing with the pandemic at the top the last resort but most people say it's possible elections now no one really wants an election as the country is dealing with the coke 19 crisis of course and we'll have to see what he decides to see me you mentioned it is a very difficult time with the pandemic just quickly if you can how is all of this political torm turmoil affected the government's response. well it's he's dealing with more than 85000 people who have died because of coke at 90 you've got

a lot down in place in certain parts of the country so yeah restrictions a vaccination program that started is facing delays now in issues as well as dealing with new variance so really it's a lot of issues this couldn't happen in the worst possible time let's not forget e.t.s. had 66 governments since world war 2 but they've never had to deal with the situation the health crisis as well as economic crisis that the country is dealing with journalists himachal the speaking to us from rome thank you more than 370 migrants have arrived in fiscally after they were picked up off the libyan coast by a rescue ship most of the migrants are from subsaharan africa and many are unaccompanied children the ship's crew says it was a chatroom leaf that they were given permission to dock. the ocean viking moored in august in sicily its latest rescue voyage behind it. after being tested for covert

19 survivors begin to disembark their voyage aboard ocean viking began after being lifted from these rubber dinghies the new passengers had left their homes in guinea sudan and sierra leone to cross to europe despite the improved transport they were still in through an unpleasant trip. sunday was very difficult it was bad weather and rough seas people get seasick especially children. $165.00 children to be exact many of them unaccompanied 3 pregnant women were also one board. viking turned to a tile and maltese authorities after calls to libyan officials went unheeded after a tense wait it was finally given clearance to dock in sicily know the migrants must be patient once more miners are to be held in the reception center for everyone else it's back aboard another ship in august the harbor where a period of quarantine awaits. in india's capital delhi several 1000

angry farmers have been gathering in mass protests on one of the country's national holidays republic day farmers are demanding that the government scrap an agriculture reform that they say helps big companies at the expense of food producers a holiday marks the day india's constitution came into effect prime minister narendra modi who's been the focus of the farmers' anger later waif of the flame of the immortal soldier in the capital. let's go right to delhi where our correspondent many a child is standing by for us hi many are we saw their pictures of the prime minister celebrating commemorating republic day at the same time several thousands of farmers are voicing their anger tell us about their protests today. well that it's true the plan was to take out a massive truck to bury these farmers in the city of to official public debates and if you have any that but only to this is their dream of actually they're just doing their thoughts as on this national holiday you know to massive rate so that people

know what their issues out but i mean of course boring enough suggesting that at some areas and some border areas where these volatile stations they have already started taking out and there are thresholds coming in here often for the next along these border some protests have been knocked down the day before that back the delhi police fire and that anybody there also reported the dead it would be to have them both in the use of tear gas says bait and charging the protest of the early reports are suggesting that something else has already started taking place which was the concern of some people. in there out why have these laws made the farmer so angry. and we go to the pharmacy that these laws are actually and he found that if the laws are incorrect they're going to benefit the operates for several restrictions that got into the problems all that the details of the marketing of their produce on the export of their produce and most importantly their biggest concern is that these laws are eventually reek of the system of

minimal support price system in which these promise i'm given in the show on medical minimum by the government agencies and by producers of any sort of others the pharmacy that means a lot will actually be going to all these systems and even though the supreme court put a temporary halt the couple of weeks ago on these laws the farm of the last happy what they want is a complete agreement between the us and they're putting a lot of pressure on the government so why is it that the government is so intent on pushing these reforms through. all this bob says that these these laws are beneficial for the well what was a little cross hope the farmer's market to do is walk free but the critics and the pompous saying that this is just another what the a lot of meat do we need to let me prescribe it private. sector which is not going to be helpful to the farmer off. correspondent money to charity of reporting for us

there in delhi on those protests thank you very much well farmers from across rural india have put down their tools to travel long journeys to cities for those protests it is never shies while accompanied one determined farmer on his way from his home village in punjab to the capital delhi. non-single spasso needed by his father's tractor as a 6 year old he would follow him to these fields soon after deciding to leave school and farm for a living but now he's afraid he could lose everything. to new agriculture he formed also fostered by the indian government but he doesn't plan to wait to find out. he's traveling today to join the ongoing farm once protests that . it's better to stay there for 6 months it's better to die there we don't care. if we lose our farms will die anyway so we might as well die there while

confronting the government. since teenage son good preet will be looking after the fields right he's of. good pretest already spent 10 days at the protest he does his father to pack extra layers to brave the cold. and sing plans to do just that. with the help of his wife and daughter this is the 1st time he will be spending more than a couple of days away from his family and his feelings. the call to move comes when it is still dark out the farmers have to be on their way at the crack of dawn sings daughter coleman is proud of her father but also voted she says she knows he must go because their futures are it stick. my goodness the prime minister should understand that he is in his position because of farmers i'd like to remind him

that it's the farmers grain the farmers vote that has made him what he is. saying expects to drive to midnight and then again for 7 or 8 hours the next day. but spirits are high c. we are not alone 40 or 50000 of us are taking care of and to get these black laws revoked we don't care how long it takes we'll stay put until these laws are rolled back. you got a fantastic couple over 400 kilometers on snow but this meant for the farms but lucky there is a lot of help along the way. across from the job those who cannot participate in the protests are setting up community kitchens to support the farmers there is even flea fuel and medical services. even as the light starts feeding sinks still expects to dry for another 6 hours he says he scored on his back hurts but there is

no option they must make it. and driving relentlessly they do ahead of schedule. songs of protests well through the doubt about. this almost momentarily forget that exhaustion. the one person i'm happy to be in delhi we're here to fight. this thing knows this isn't going to be easy. multiple rounds of negotiations with the government have feed dozens of deaths including suicides have been deported. but this has only added to singh's determination he has left behind everything he loves for the 1st time he says he will be sure to make it count. here in berlin the state library is seen as one of most important libraries in the

world it is home to millions of rare manuscripts photographs objects and of course books it's a grand reopening after a 16 year make over was of course needed by pandemic restrictions but the library has a significant role to play for democracy especially in our digital age in the heart of berlin's historic center stands of prussian palace of knowledge finished in 1914 feeling a whole city block cheering the 16 year renovation the library staff worked with in a building site surviving 2 world wars and decades of neglect the complex bore the scars of time now finally removed 12000000 books a manuscript see here read pieces of germany's cultural heritage a 15th century gutenberg bible handwritten scores by beethoven bach and mozart

at the virtual opening ceremony bundestag president false can surely be a spoke about the library significance to day care i do not have to get out if you nab digitalize public sphere we need neutral and reliable institutions that document knowledge make it accessible and yes filter it to. freedom. to allow readers to evaluate information critically to be a part of that role is making the treasures of the library available online a decade long project and that's the only way people can access this trove of knowledge while the reading rooms the shot. now in much of the world cultural venues have been shut down during the coronavirus and mic but the show goes on at least for the alternative rock band the flaming lips the group performed in oklahoma city with the help of space bubbles for band members and fans

the audience could socially distance in roughly 100 transparent balls each equipped with a high frequency speaker water bottle a fan and up to 3 lucky guess waving lighters in the air was fans given the circumstances. it's ok let's get a quick recap now of our top stories here on d w the european union is stepping up pressure on vaccine maker astra zeneca accusing it of not delivering what it promised and is now threatening to block e.u. made vaccine exports the company blamed a supply chain bottlenecks for its slow delivery of the coated 19 vaccine. and indian farmers are gathering for mass protests on one of the country's national holidays republic day they are demanding the government scrapped an agricultural reform that they say helps the companies out the expense of food producers their protests represents one of the biggest challenges so far to the authority of

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