this is g w news live from berlin tonight here in the european union the big question where is our vaccine anger is growing over the delay of millions of preorder doses of coded 19 vaccines from the british drug maker astra zeneca what is behind the delay and how will it affect those most vulnerable to the virus also coming up italy's prime minister 2 separate conte's resigns plunging the country into political turmoil in the midst of the pandemic but conte could be back in charge very soon

plus i can tell you obviously one of the problems are all playing the. fact that up close to the point in time what is the point. our correspondent with indian farmers taking their grievances to the heart of the capital delhi and the german flavor grows stronger in the english premier league as thomas to show takes the reins of chelsea joining you're going in the top tier. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you watching around the world welcome what has happened to millions of undelivered doses of coronavirus vaccine promise to the european union and the drug maker astra zeneca says last minute supply chain issues

. to blame but with all $27.00 e.u. countries facing heat for a lagging vaccination rollout politicians are openly questioning whether astra zeneca is telling the truth and whether vaccines produced within the e.u. are going to higher bidders outside the e.u. . talks and more talks have done little to less than anger at astra zeneca european officials say the firm has failed to adequately explain why it was slashing expects scene deliveries to the e.u. . europe invested billions to help develop the world's 1st 1000 vaccines. to create a truly global common good and now the companies must deliver. they must honor their obligations. astra zeneca as delivery cuts for the latest setback to e.u. plans to vaccinate 70 percent of adults by summer earlier this month fires are said

it would temporarily reduce its deliveries to the e.u. was well citing production issues. but u.k. health officials say they expect to have enough supply to meet the country's vaccination targets that reality is fuelling tensions already that. i think the thing to do now is not to. go down the sort of the dead end of the nationalism is to work together to make sure that we protect our people that's my priority is to protect the british people to protect the knocking of but also to protect the whole world is no one to say from the little say. but divisions over how to fairly distributed vaccines will likely persist in the near term south africa's president lashed out at wealthy countries accusing them of buying up the global vaccine supply. now rich countries in the world won't need banks in the end we all say read these the excess. that you have you have all of it and the

hoarders south africa still needs to secure 14000000 more doses to accomplish its vaccination goal by contrast the e.u. u.k. and the u.s. have signed contracts with truck makers to acquire more than $200.00 times that amount. all right europe's supply shock to talk about that i'm joined tonight by rachel silverman she's a policy fellow at the center for global development she specializes in global health policy rachael's good to see you again i remember last november you calculated that the world's wealthy countries had snapped up almost all of the bio intact pfizer vaccine that was the 1st vaccine that was approved what's the picture like now in terms of vaccine access for the world's poorest countries. so it's a much better picture i think also it's great that it's a much better picture but it is a complicated exercise to help so the 1st big thing that's happened is we have

additional back seen candidates that have shown themselves to be highly active in late did the nickel trials so we also have the mckiernan vaccine and of course the asked as i think are back in and that's expanded the overall supply of vaccine in the stem there are also the vaccines coming out of china and russia that although in my opinion do not have sufficiently transparent share data are being taken up by some lower middle income countries even already today and we're seeing is there still are not having vaccines reach these countries in the quantities we would like to see and the speed that we're seeing in rich countries but we are starting to see a kovacs which is an international agreement. to the longer it by blogger and. charity effort to ensure equitable access to these vaccines we see that they are talking about scheduling some of these deliveries more this 1st round of vaccines in q one so things are improving but they're not where we want them to be quite yet

and we've got the european union saying that it's not receiving what you paid for but it ordered at the same time you've got south africa's president today accusing wealthy countries of hoarding the vaccine for their own citizens i mean what do you think what's the truth here. and the truth is it's complicated the truth i mean fundamentally this truth is there's just not enough vaccine supply to go around to everyone right now and so what we're seeing is no country actually has access right now everyone is struggling to get enough supply to back the their citizens and is trying to keep up with demand however what is true and i think what the president of those i was referring to is the fact that rich countries have preordered much more than they will need in aggregate so by the end of this year assuming supply projections happen as expected many wealthy countries will have much more than they

need while court countries probably still will be struggling to meet the needs of their populations so what i'd like to see is some commitments to back to me to do any of the excess vaccinations once countries have know that they have enough to vaccinate their own populations and what norway is doing actually is donating some doses in parallel to their own oxidation efforts one of the. scenes that are coming along astra zeneca i'm also thinking about the one from johnson and johnson shouldn't they help solve the problem for poor countries. absolutely so every new vaccine that comes on line especially the of minds with lower priced plans is and are enormously helpful it is our role as is astra zeneca we have a pretty large international production capacity including at the syrian institute in india which is producing this vaccine in mass j.n.j. we still have because the readout for that act in but if it comes on line that would be great news in large part because it only requires one dose which is

tremendously helpful from a logistical perspective so that more axioms we get on line the closer we get to solving this problem and relieving the overall supply constraint that we're all feeling in europe in the u.s. and far i'm curious rachel superman with the center for global development treats will we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. i think you are it's there's a political aspect of the story as well we want to go now to our political correspondent thomas sparrow he is on the story for us this evening he needs a huge almost we're hearing new restrictions are being considered here in germany what more can you tell us. brant german officials are particularly concerned now about the new corona virus variance in particular although the general trend here in the country is positive our numbers are going down these new variants are a big matter of concern and that's why now what officials are actually discussing

is the possibility of introducing new travel restrictions reducing the number of flights that come to germany to almost 0 increasing the number of border checks or even border closures these are the issues that are being discussed according to several reports in the german media it is not yet a decision that's important to stress but it is one of the measures that are being discussed by german officials by the german government to try and reduce the possibility that these variants actually reach germany on have a big impact in the country as well you mentioned that the total number of new infections is going down here in germany so what kind of greed does germany get when it comes to dealing with the pandemic at the moment it's actually a divided pick to those are not my words as are the words of one official because on the one hand you do have these numbers going down the 7 day rate for example going down the overall daily cases going down but on the other hand you still have

a very worrying number of daily deaths close to a 1000 in a matter of 24 hours on that game you have this very difficult issue of the new very and so that's why for example german officials have stressed that it's not time now to start talking about reducing restrictions or easing restrictions it's still time to continue with those restrictions on to make sure that people comply with the rules with the regulations that are in place it's not time now to study using restrictions according to german officials all right thomas baer with elise tonight here in berlin thomas as always thank you. well here's a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic the number of coded 1000 cases worldwide has now surpassed 100000000 that's according to johns hopkins university the kovacs vaccine sharing platform says that it hopes to supply 1800000000 doses to poor countries this year and iran has approved russia's

sputnik back seeing the islamic republic has banned the import of vaccines from the u.k. or the u.s. saying they are quote untrust worth. are let's get you up to speed now on some of the other headlines from around the world ugandan opposition politician bobby wine has been released from house arrest wine had been unable to leave his house since disputed elections on january 14th one by a long serving president yoweri to civilian soldiers and police surrounding his compound stood down on tuesday a day after a court ordered an end to winds confined. moscow and tehran have called for renewed efforts to rescue the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and world powers the talks between the 2 countries top diplomats came days after iran urged the biden administration to lift sanctions and reverse what it called the failed policies of the previous administration. southwest somalia has seen fighting between the somali

federal army and jubal land state forces at least 11 people were killed in the attacks near the border to kenya somalia accuses kenya of backing jubal land in the fighting in his says no troops have crossed into somalia calling it an internal somali matter. where here in europe italy's prime minister has stepped down deepening the country's political disarray giuseppi conte's resignation comes after a small coalition partner pulled out of his cabinet will be spared the prospect of a humiliating defeat in parliament this week in a crucial vote on judicial reform but observers believe that he may be in position to form a new government with broader political support. just last week giuseppe conti seemed in delish form as he addressed the senate. on choose the morning

he was being pushed from the critical palace having informed the president of his resignation. and putin through the night if. the president of the republic said you must to rela has received this morning at the colonel palace a prime minister just because. he resigned his head of government out of fear now to me surely there you go in the. country's undoing lee and his inability to secure support for proposed dishes reform. this form a coalition partner material renzi was the man whistling a different tune with the d. the party chief has come under intense criticism in italy though he looks the most relaxed manner rather. than 7 of renzi probably had good reason to show everyone that this government did not have a sufficient majority. vote and i think that they will find a solution because italy deserves a good government. that no but not everyone in the room was so sure.

of my confidence in the government. at this point don't know mark. especially with all the games being played i still look for one extra member of parliament to reach into your routine this is not the way you going to take a country like italy. so. i'm not very confident frankly because i think the behavior particularly of some political parties has been very irresponsible response. president much a relic at no charge condi with forming a new government if he can find additional support whatever the outcome italians must know deal with political upheaval to add to the turmoil caused by a financial crisis and the con demick. well for more now i'm joined by mateo

he is a german italian political scientist at the center for international studies at the university of oxford good to have you on the program what do you make of contains resignation in the middle of a pandemic was it a smart move or was it a necessary. i don't know if it was a smart move but i will say he had no choice really. does up going to scrape through a confidence vote just a few days ago just however he doesn't have the numbers to pass legislation in parliamentary committees so effectively that wealthy got through he doesn't have a majority anymore so that was nor choice but i resigning he passes the the job the ball so to speak to the president of the republic who holds a largely through what your role usually but plays a very critical role when it comes to solving parliament or forming a new government so you have no choice and yet today. because you have people

around the world when they see this story they may be asking you could there have been a way due to delay this because we are in a pandemic i mean was there a way to delay. it was no way to delay a reckoning so to speak because a very very small party that supported a majority called the kind of evil that italy alive which has probably 3 percent of the vote in opinion polls pulled up to go and so to go we did seeks the number is that where needed. these could never blessed be result fairly quickly because a person or a public will pursue a number of avenues the 1st one is to try to see whether to become to conform with your government in the needs name by bringing in. a number of m.p.'s that are no not aligned that could support his government. the

2nd option would be to call for a technocrat to step in and form a go with a very broad majority across the parliamentary spectrum and their names that have been made in the past it might be a drug it a former president of the european central bank as well as marco rubio who was the former. head of the current supreme court. 3rd option would be to go to vote however i think this is the least and the option that the press in the republic will try to avoid at all costs. because of the nick so on health grounds but it will become the grounds italy needs a government that can restart economy as we get possible. if they are going to go you know with the center for international studies at the university of oxford once here we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you. tens of thousands of indian farmers have forced their way into the heart of the

capital delhi they are protesting new agricultural laws that they say will help only big business the rallies began weeks ago but 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 patience. i wanted to look at the new 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 economy going to be nice. things got violent fast. they broke through police barricades. and they defied tear

gas. thank you to be used as well witness the events as they unfolded very valuable now that the. corporal flew. in fact. 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 one has today's tough police response in an everybody take 3 tear gas on us how long have a fondness supposed to keep toleration this week make polite requests to them we told them we have no intent to fight we are peaceful but it's not me or as tensions rise in delhi the foundation says they will settle for nothing less than a complete repeal or let's get you have to speed now on some of the other stories from around the world the colombian president. has announced the death of defense minister carlos gomez so he knew he died from complications of coke at 19 after being hospitalized in the capital bogota 2 weeks ago colombia has recorded more than 50000 coronavirus deaths in south africa parts of the kruger national park are

flooded after tropical storm now the wall brought heavy rains the storm is passing over southern africa after making landfall in mozambique over the weekend kruger park management is urging tourists and people living close by to avoid roads and bridges. u.s. president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin have reached a deal to extend the new start nuclear arms control treaty the treaty was supposed to expire early next month it limits the nuclear weapons washington and moscow can deploy the trumpet ministration refused to extend the pact without concessions from russia. now to the intersection of fashion with the conflict in the middle east a new israeli fashion house with its eye on european markets is bringing together artists and artisans from very different backgrounds. it's a photo shoot just like in milan v york or berlin but the new collection from our

dish is being photographed in tel aviv in fact the israeli fashion startup is producing mainly for the german market but the label special features go beyond the colorful fabrics take a look at their origin better when fabrics from israel cut and so on but palestinians. famous topic of israelis decent for exactly the enemies against the enemies in this melting pot of a lot of different cultures and people and beginning on are a big everyone even in the same place and there are a lot of pressure at peace israelis and palestinians work together to make fashion bringing opposites together that's what appealed to the group. if we should stay stay from politics to every from politics but i think that. that's what makes the brand so special. some of the materials come from lucky israel the woman trends or

died there and the processed according to the old bedouin tradition. weaving is down on the bare floor it's an old but simple technique and at the same time they're a laborious it requires a lot of physical effort and concentration from you scott. anima floor will fulfill and this is art really made from sheep's wool all home tomato not with machines it is certainly not an easy job it takes physical strength but that's also part of our culture our tradition our mentality for those that are of. the better when women were kind of cooperative the special quality and look of their products caught the eye of the creatives about. where this is for example going to be patches for for sure we use this textile because we feel it's like really beautiful and also it's like the tradition of of the baby and we want to

preserve it into to keep it to keep giving them work and something that it's also important for us with the project to preserve the craft that we show a craft on people in the in the region of course this also applies to the palestinian partners near ramallah which is separated from israel by border walls and checkpoints. the women and men in the sewing shop don't work exclusively for. the fabric and embroidery are delivered to them they don't want to film what they're doing manager nor hear bowie says quality is the bottom line tell you over that same order is just the slightest bit off a dish won't accept it. with. no market but it is precisely this challenge that taylor yassir relishes. in the group that is that it's really special because all these pieces are handmade not everyone can do that and that's why this work is different from everything else. both israelis and palestinians

benefit from the peaceful collaboration and arielle the photographer finds it inspiring and i think it is small step leading to something much bigger in the future so. maybe. that's a lofty goal and definitely something to focus on. good news there alright sports news in football in their side chelsea have confirmed thomas to ship as their new coach you signed an 18 month contract with the london club replacing frank lampard who was sacked on monday to show is the latest german coach to try his luck in the premier league so what can chelsea expect from their new man or we take a look at his career so far one that has been very much made in germany. thomas took over likes to do things his way the german coaches tactical accu men 1st became apparent sad lonely but in this league

a side minds with his unique football philosophy the nickname wrong breaker. was the spot to sit in succession as a guns folks we broke up thinking patterns and sport structure is very old fashioned thinking pattern fits a presence across germany in our 1st season in the bonus league go. played with different systems. that attention to detail went as far as making the team all eat together. is the 1st and goofy but no one is lead up you have to imagine a buffet for a burned as legal team has its own from different seats in poultry to grilled fish and 3 kinds of disasters before i could even finish the sea pof the team would already gone. circle cemented mines his place in the bundesliga before following in the footsteps of yogen clawfoot don't mind he led them to the german cop in 27 jean thanks to his brand of attacking football but on my clock took over was unable

to win the league with dorman's he was sacked the picked up his career in paris which starts study p.s.g. more trophies followed but the one they really wanted the champions league eluded them that so many cost his job now a new challenge awaits in england. you're watching news live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial will it be a blessing or a curse for the republican party i'll be right back.

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