last minute news of a 60 percent cut in delivery service came as a nasty shock to lawmakers here in brussels who governments have been rolling out the red carpet for the pharmaceutical company we do not have the vaccine thanks to them but thanks to copulate funding the public paid for the production capacity on the deal to secure supplies of the astra zeneca vaccine was an e.u. 1st that brought a big smile to the health commissioner's face back in august 2020 the bloc purchased 300000000 doses with the option to at 100000000 more in other words the european union is astra zeneca biggest client it paid hundreds of millions of euros upfront in order to ensure smooth production and supply but with promises unfulfilled the block is not a happy customer the big question is now where have all those 3 produced vaccine doses gone they may have been sold to the highest bidder elsewhere that's why physician and politician peter elisa welcomes in us that producers may soon be

obliged to notify the e.u. before they export any kopechne 1000 vaccines outside the block. we want to cooperate but if. playfair the european commission has to show their weapons and the 1st step is to register the 2nd step is an export ben farmer giant pfizer has also been in the firing line recently it too announced delays earlier this month citing production issues said its main site here in belgium for a douceur say they're moving as fast as they can but in the race between vaccine and virus every delay could cost lives. and we are joined by. saw him just now in that report he is a member of the european parliament and a medical doctor and speaks for the health of full on health for the e.p. group of conservative parties dr visit us was in a car told the e.u. a very short notice that it will not need to the agreed to supply target what do

you think what is really behind this delay. you know there is a problem with the production inside the european union and i think this has to be respected by everyone so you cannot produce wrecks in just like bret or sweets it is a sophisticated process but i'm convinced that the u.k. doesn't suffer at the same scale than the european union and that's why us after i've been in a car i really a british company all want to be a world company that also has a good relationship with the european union and the un survey citizen is here saying that they the doses that should be available and have been paid for by the e.u. are actually being kept in britain to be sold to the british government so. we have to be very careful there is a shortage and i don't say that there has been vaccine that has been produced for

the european union brought to the u.k. but when they have a problem with the supply when they have to short supply that should not be one sided so they have a contract with the european union and not only with your case and here the country is not really the company it's not really playing fair and that's what has to be changed so yeah but what you're saying is that us president is making the e.u. suffer more than the u.k. is that correct. that's the point and they they have a very strange explanation they say there are different supply chains but that's definitely not true 1st of all in the contract 2 plants in the u.k. are mentioned for the supply so there is no issue with the difference of supply chain and in fact at least until some days ago the final referral meant

of the vaccine ossified the u.k. has been made in decile germany so there is no issue with 2 completely separate supply chains it is possible to bring the vaccine from the u.k. to the continent as it was brought up your sleeve until a few days ago at least from germany to the u.k. so it cannot only be one sided that's very clear so what is the e.u. now doing about it the how can you increase the pressure on astra zeneca and i also talking to the u.k. government about this. yeah i'm not a european commission i'm not the german government i talk to the people in the european union that are responsible and i try to be helpful and if somebody asked me to speak to the u.k. government i would definitely do but it's mainly an issue for the commission and the member states government i think it's mainly discussion between their company

and the european union and i don't think it's a legal issue of legal questions can take months or years it's just a simple question is asked of an aircraft an international company that wants to have work relationships also with the european union or is it only of british company that has only their market also the u.k. and the answer it's very clear they cannot afford to to fail like this in the european union they will suffer from this very much if they don't correct it during the next days and that's why i'm sure they will correct in which where will they suffer. how can the e.u. increase the pressure then on on astra zeneca. you know it's not only political issues you know in the european parliament many people criticized us and i think they were wrong that we anyhow operates with the pharmaceutical industry they said

it's not even approved and you give them money always when we talk about pharmaceutical industry houses of parliament and how against any support for the pharmaceutical industry and to defend the position that we cooperate that we do common research projects also in the future and we need a credible pharmaceutical industry and it also comes to individual choices you know when the european citizens european doctors who treated like 2nd class why should they use the other drugs that are struggling nic i want to show so it's not about politics only it's about really the citizens that they don't want to be mistreated by this company. dr peter lees a member of the european parliament thank you very much for your time pleasure thank you. with programs among the most vital challenges facing world leaders is no surprise the german chancellor angela merkel focused on that issue in a special online address to the world economic forum that's the one that normally

convenes in the swiss town of davos just a fair distribution of such vaccines around the globe warning that countries left behind will remember it for other muslim there and for you let's not kid ourselves the question of his gets which vaccine in the world will of course create new ones and new memories because those who get such emergency how they remember that much better now than they were in better times. when it is clear that now is the hour of multilateralism multilateralism. german chancellor angela merkel speaking then for more on that let's speak to w.'s chief political correspondent linda craned linda has the german chancellor made any suggestions on how vaccine distribution should be handled them well multilaterally in fact multi-lateralism was a theme of her entire virtual speech and she certainly applied it to the topic of

vaccines at a time when this scramble is going on and where some people are worried about a kind of nation 1st approach to the vaccine she absolutely rejected that and said that the kovacs initiative that seeks to make sure that vaccine will get to middle and lower income countries is absolutely essential she said paying into the fund is really important but this goes beyond money this is about fair distribution and then we heard the remarks that she made after that but basically she is absolutely a subscriber to the motto that we see hear so often from the world health organization that no one is safe until everyone is safe so a very strong emphasis from her there on the need for a fair distribution and she mentioned that she was very pleased that the international vaccine alliance gala they will be leading the negotiations on that issue so multilateralism and interdependency were the main points regarding

corporation in the future let's just hear what commission president also found a lot. to say today in his inauguration speech president joe biden aptly spoke of a cascade of crises and indeed we face an outstanding set of challenges. that we can meet them if we work together and that's what we all have to learn again after a full years. that it is not a sign of weakness to reach out and help each other but a signal strength. and this spirit of cooperation is the only mindset which can help us tackle our challenges well jimmy if we happen to strengthen the world health organization and therefore it's a very good message that the united states of america after joe biden took office

is also again a member of the w.h. and is cooperating this is a good and important sign. to us and i think so what was the areas millin the areas of cooperation that the chance to highlight it in talk well beyond cooperate ng on health she talked about trade she said that the w t o o the world trade organization is absolutely essential if we're serious about fair trade and then she also talked about development cooperation saying that there may be a temptation at a time like this for countries to turn inward but that it's absolutely crucial that rich countries up the ante and if anything do more for developing countries and then she also mentioned climate as a key area of multilateral cooperation once again welcoming the u.s. back into the fold with rejoining the paris agreement and her final area that's

where she really emphasized the need for multilateralism was interestingly enough regulation of the text giants digitalization. thank you very much. but here's a look at some other developments in the corona virus pandemic south african spread and is urging wealthy countries not to hoard surplus doses of covert 19 vaccine he said the world has to come together to fight the pandemic new zealand's prime minister to send our dern says her country's borders are likely to remain closed for much of this year over the weekend the country reported its 1st case of community transmission of the virus in more than 2 months britain is set to announce whether it will introduce a mandatory quarantine in hotels for some or all arrivals in the country and around $900.00 holocaust survivors in israel have died of covert 19 last year that's according to the country's central bureau of statistics. to the netherlands

now as the spin a 2nd night of unrest sparked by a nationwide coronavirus curfew rioting a losing hit around 10 cities and police made at least $180.00 arrests calls for rioting have been circulating on social media thought he said rioters were many people in the teens many of whom engaged in looting and other destruction of property it is the worst on rest to hit the netherlands in 4 decades. 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 much to begin with writing is on acceptable limits and that any normal person could only watch it with their horror

of votes you really wonder what got into those people needs that had nothing to do with protesting it's criminal violence and we'll be 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. now let's get up to speed on some other headlines from around the world italy's prime minister says that the county resigned following the collapse of his governing coalition on january 13th by stepping down pointed avoids the possibility of a humiliating defeat in a parliamentary vote later this week as he could still form a new government and return as prime minister. moscow and tehran cold for renewed efforts to rescue the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and other world powers the talks between the 2 countries top diplomats came days off iran urged the biden

a minute. streisand in the u.s. to lift sanctions and reverse what it's called the failed policies of the previous administration. vietnam's ruling communist party has opened a 9 day congress in the capital hanoi more than 1500 delegates are poised to select the country's future leaders and set the country's path for the next 5 years communist party general secretary when food truong is expected to be chosen for 3rd in the country's top job. in south africa parts of the kruger national park are flooded after a tropical storm it always brought heavy rain is the storm is passing over southern africa after making landfall in mozambique on the weekend kruger park management is urging tourists and people living close by to avoid roads and low lying bridges. to the massive protests in india now where tens of thousands of farmers have forced

their way into the heart of the capital delhi they were protesting new agriculture laws that they say will only help big business the rally again weeks ago today was a major national holiday in india known as republic day. they've been protesting since september calling on the government to repeal what they call look black floors i that is the nation marks republic day india's farmers lost patients i wanted to look at them a look at this all of us here there are farmers laborers were all together the government can easily revoke these laws but they just want to benefit the corporates global economic. things got violent fast. they broke through police barricades. and they

defied tear gas. heat up the usenet gys while witness the events as they unfolded were very valuable now that the fear. of course who you. were going through in battle. the foreigners who a flock to the capital from all corners of india say the new agricultural laws will devastate their income while benefiting big corporations the government says the reforms won't hurt farmers and refuses to repeal them. farmers are india's most influential voting bloc and the growing rebellion enjoys huge support from all parts of indian society that. there are already the protestors were just 3 kilometers from where prime minister narendra modi and india's political elite had been a few hours earlier celebrating republic day with all neatly dressed cavalry's and

a giant parade but his government's offer to put the laws on hold for 18 months hasn't gone down well with the foreigners. and no has today's tough police response in our modern day through tear gas on us how long have the phone the supposed to keep tolerating this we've made polite requests to them we told them we have no intent to fight we are peaceful medically retired we are as tensions rise in delhi the farmers insist they will settle for nothing less than a complete repeal. in the us democrats from the house of representatives have delivered an article of impeachment against donald trump to the senate triggers a trial for the former president for inciting the genuine 6 insurrection of the capital it's the 1st time in u.s. history that a president has faced an impeachment trial after leaving office. a solemn procession through the halls of the u.s.

capitol with donald trump's future in their hands democrats from the house of representatives set in motion a 2nd impeachment trial for the former president by delivering the single article of impeachment to the senate. article one incitement of insurrection damo by john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states the democrats say donald trump's baseless claims as election fraud were an incitement to violence culminating in the speech he gave before congress was set to confirm the election results states of america we will never give up we will never concede it doesn't happen you don't see that. shortly after these remarks of violent mob reached the u.s. capitol building. right here. riders took over the building for hours and forced lawmakers into hiding high fees will died during the assault.

well several republicans had criticized trump after the riot on january 6th members of the g.o.p. are now softening their stance and are increasingly criticizing the impeachment proceedings were talking about those i think the trial is stupid oh i think it's counterproductive democrats say it's important to hold donald trump accountable isn't the corbie dispense look everyone wants to put this awful chapter in american history behind us but sweeping it under the rug will not bring healing the only way to bring healing is to actually have real accountability which this trial for. the trial begins in 2 weeks' time a test for both parties and a decisive moment for donald trump's legacy. as for. president biden said he does not believe the new impeachment trial is going

to be successful why. well the fact is that this gets really in the way off his political agenda i mean the amount that has to be completed in so little time is huge once they start the trial all congressional business comes to hald that the last thing really biden once to happen because he really has a lot on his agenda in this country which is suffering so hard by the kohen up. in march the federal unemployment benefits are running out and people will be left on their own again so as a new administration he just biden just ones the country to be pointed in the right direction but there's another big thing happening in washington today the swearing in of a senator is one of the most important changes in the senate. right now

today as 2 new senators from georgia will be sworn in and this is a major change in the electorate in the south of georgia was always known to be an intensely red state with a history of racial divide and violence and now there are senate indication is represented by 2 minority groups with also the jewish senator and with warnock an african-american senator he by the way is the 1st african-american senator from georgia so overall this senate has never been so dire words and there were never be there were never as many female senators as well so finally this is the 1st time that it really represents the diversity of this country almost ability thank you and it's. to suddenly now the round the world of the globe

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well in much of the world's cultural venues have been shut down during the coronavirus pandemic but the show must go on and does go on at least for the alternative rock band the flaming lips the group performed in oklahoma city with the help of sea bass bubbles full band members fans and audience the social distance roughly 100 transparent bowls equipped with these high powered loudspeakers water bottle fan and up to 3 lucky gifts lighters in their list this is mostly back. fun will being you watching w w news here's a reminder of our top story the european union is a stepping up pressure on the vaccine makers astra zeneca fusing it all. not delivering what it promised and threatening to block you made vaccine experts the

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