a pair of dolphins have been spotted swimming in the canals this week a possible tourist attraction in the right. you're watching t.w. news from berlin got more for you coming up at the top the next hour up next jeannette a gentle duel is with you she's got all this business there's still. more than a 1000 years ago you're a witness is a huge construction good. for. christianity for we established itself. both religious and secular leaders to display their power. to trace me to. create the tallest biggest most beautiful structures. stone masons builders architects compete with each

other. this is how massive churches are created a. contest of the. stores. on d w. it's the latest an escalating tensions over vaccine supply invade a u. the bloc wants to make stopping vaccine exports to britain easier we talked to an expert on whether that's a good idea also coming up. now the u.k. still on lockdown pub owners in the country fear this is may be drying up permanently. and help won't change technology is helping one company sustainability efforts we take you to portugal. this is the w.

business i'm on in berlin have the you can join us there european commission is expected to tighten export rules today making it easier for the block to stop coal . 19 vaccine exports to britain and other countries they use says the move is meant to make the flow of vaccines fairer and to ensure that you isn't sending supplies the clock itself itself needs to other nations less inclined to share and accelerating faster as a result like the u.k. rapid fire jabs of the order of the day in the u.k. even churches like the reno and westminster abbey have been commandeered in the battle against the coronavirus the strategy has seen some 30000000 u.k. residents vaccinated so far just under 50 percent of the population all 27 e.u. member countries together have only managed 57000000. doses are in short supply and deliveries are regular yet the e.u. had ordered adequate supplies from producers cure of course supply 405000000 shots

as soon as it's vaccine is licensed 30 you distribution roughly the same quantities are on order from astra zeneca along with the recently licensed johnson and johnson vaccine the e.u. wants 300000000 doses from sanofi as soon as the european medicines agency gives the go ahead the same number is coming from by on tech downers expected to supply 160000000 shots. all of those pharma companies have production lines in the e.u. most important locations are in germany friends spain belgium italy and austria and production is being ramped up over the coming months the european commission has been angered by the sight of vaccines for me your production being exported was there in short supply here. this year between the beginning of february to mid march 41500000 kovan 1000 shots were exported from the e.u. to the u.k. the americas asia south africa and australia. the u.k.

alone got 10000000 of those dozers yet the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed what europe's vaccination program needs is a shot in the arm. now ahead of the e.u. tightening export rules today it's a good time to look at the implications of such a move joining us now to that end is thomas and schmidt is a procurement advisor from care cost consulting while going to the program doesn't on the one hand it seems that the countries that put their own citizens 1st they're obviously obviously vaccinating faster while those thoughts are to share their vaccines more widely are scrambling what would you have done differently from the e.u. . hello general the difficulty and mistakes done by the e.u. are primarily located in reference to the preparation of the negotiation steps

itself such an important goal she ation such time critical set up the e.u. should have elkader and guaranteed themselves a person to each of the production of the 4 critical players in that game they underestimated the importance of a good negotiation preparation right now given all of that what's the way out for 3 months in and we're still stanley. i think we need people who are not just focused on their own political set up and game and their own career but implementation experts a team of people who know how to run corporations and also a transparency on the overall setup it is required that the politicians involved obviously understanding of their miss communication

and false decisions now we need people who aren't knowing what they're doing to get the speed on the ground now speaking of politicians european leaders are of course deciding this week whether to impose an export ban invoke vaccines or at least expected to tighten export rules to block the axioms of thin doesn't sorry is that wise in your view i hate this board a specific country specific you vs america discussion in general we all know that this virus does not know any languages borders on currencies and therefore from my point of view it is strongly required that the most strongest leaders in this world are now taking this responsibility to make sure that overall the most sensitive part of the civilization which we the recruit refers of course to health work us and high risk population that these are covered with the highest

priority independent of income or country thank you very much but their forests he's a prick airman advisor from calcutta consulting thank you for your time today thank you jim. now vaccination may be hitting their stride in the u.k. but that still coming in a year of lockdown yes it's been a year since the british government forced pubs restaurants and other non-essential businesses to shut their doors a bleak period for a pub owners and regulars while the quick pace of inoculations could soon deliver better times some say the damage is already done pubs are a fixture in the u.k. landscape providing a livelihood to hundreds of thousands like done copper until coffee at 19 arrived i mean we've been oppressed so we need things start to get bad. a still never felt like a shutdown was coming. and the realisation. we

thought weeks not months not yet. a prisoner 70 staffa now on furlough like millions across the u.k. despite the country's progress with its called the 19 vaccination campaign the future looks bleak for the hospitality industry the support at least. many industries not just votes but you know concert records and also it's all it's easy going to be all believe it is to keep customers are still stuck drinking at home and no one has any idea when they'll be back in the pubs toasting the end of lockdown so markets news now in hong kong stocks fell sharply on wednesday morning after the city suspended use of the pfizer buy on tax axion our financial correspondent chelsea domania has the story chelsea tell us why did the city decide to do this why has it halted the pfizer buy on tech. so both hong

kong and macau have halted the vaccine and they're blaming packaging to facts they say that they were notified by biotech's chinese partner that there was some sort of problem with the taps on these vaccine dials and these were dose is that were delivered directly to hong kong from germany about a month ago for now they're saying that this isn't a safety risk for those people who have already received the biotech vaccine over the past month but they are unsure at this point how long these suspensions will last goes to show how complicated vaccine delivery is but this is news that has obviously pushed stocks down what's the biggest concern. well much like here in europe the hong kong vaccine distribution has been going quite soberly only about 5 percent of the hong kong population has been vaccinated so far against the corona virus that is even half the rate of europe's very slow roll out

so there is a big economic consequence to this of course that means that they will remain under these very strict lock downs and the suspension of the biotech is likely to erode further confidence and vaccines in hong kong there are there was already a lot of skepticism around chinese made vaccine so this is likely to pose another problem for hong kong as it does try to get more people vaccinated as it does try to reopen its economy. in the pfizer beyond my own tax knoxy i'm sorry hampering of the vaccine rollout in hong kong thank you very much chelsea believe me there for us. now. at least from an environmental perspective mining cryptocurrency uses vast amounts of energy but the technology underpinning bitcoin block chain of course is turning out to be a valuable tool for renewable energy companies this next story takes us to portugal . portuguese company other bare toes supplies textile companies worldwide the

industry is not exactly known for its environmental friendliness the fabric printer not far from the city of portal aims to improve on that one reason managing director susana said hanaud wanted to run her huge printing machines with renewable electricity. we've changed our strategy very much to one of sustainability it involves 3 pillars innovation sustainability and social responsibility. their tours sought out a power company that could guarantee of a purely renewable energy supply spanish utility acciona only generates wind and hydroelectric power to enable the moderate based companies new portuguese customer to keep track of its own consumption. but here us uses blocked same technology just as bitcoin records each transaction in a data chain letter x.

you know swindon hydropower output is recorded and talent without consumption in portugal. italy and they've already spent on our platform a customer can see where the electricity they're using is coming from that's interesting because it allows us to trace the power from production to consumption and consume. even with blocked change the clean energy can't exactly be transferred to other better in portugal but the textile producer at least knows that the renewable energy it's using is actually booked with and can't be booked more than once and that company's overall output. and with us that's something we want to achieve green electricity complete transparency in the entire value added chain we don't only do that with energy we have other projects as well and this one is a great success since. its use of block train technology in mexico and chile in particular because companies there have no legally enforceable

guarantees regarding the energy sources yet want to become more sustainable block saying makes it as easy there as it does with other bear too in portugal. and finally what's the soundtrack to your quarantine with more people confined to their homes during 2020 the global music industry grew at a record rate revenues rose more than 7 percent boosted by housebound music fans turning to streaming services to keep them entertained the biggest artists of the year included k. pop superstars p.t.'s taylor swift rapper drake and teen sensation the total revenues for the industry were over $21000000000.00 for 2020 overt streaming contributed almost 2 thirds. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you the european commission is expected to tighten export was today making it easier for the block to stop coated 19 vaccine exports to britain and other countries he says the move is meant to make

the flow of vaccines fair and ensure that you isn't sending supplies the block itself. thanks for watching. the colorful bunch. of. united states portugal canada with a common goal making cargo shipping sustainable which would consider steel and wind and solar power instead of having only. the world's largest emissions free cargo ship is being built in coastal rica. fritos. next on g.w. . we've got some hot tips for your bucket list.

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