this is how massive churches with towers that pierce the clouds like skyscrapers are completed. contest of the cathedral stars people 12th on d w. if you say to anyone anywhere on the planet the words george 40 chances are they will recognize immediately the name and maybe even his last words i can't breed when he took his final breath george had no idea what his death would give life to a racial reckoning in the us it has reverberated from london to paris to beijing 10 months after floyd died under the pressure of his knee former minneapolis police officer derek shogun is standing trial for murder but this is more than just a criminal trial us justice itself is being tested will it be blind or will it be

blinded i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. we will get justice we would not allow. hollow and this truth. cruel to be that shows the prophet killed and that's the kill. list of bearish on the trade has. when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of mr george will this a choice this system they want us to trust us is what is it just to show us that we can trust he put his knees up on his neck and his back. and pressing him until the very breath no leisure gentlemen until the very light or squeeze that is

. also coming up a sense of impending doom public health officials are warning that vaccinations against the corona virus are not keeping up with the very threat that they are designed to stop. turkey is a huge country and with maximization campaigns like this the government hopes to show that it is taking care of everyone even here in the most remote areas and yet critics say that the turkish vaccination drive isn't progressing as smoothly as the authorities would like to portray it. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with a former u.s. phillies officer about to take the stand accused of murdering a black man in minneapolis minnesota attorneys today delivered their opening statements in the murder trial of derek show prosecutors using video of the moment

george foid died asked jurors to simply believe there are chevrons attorney began laying the foundation of an argument that the force used with george floyd was not excessive but rather was warranted outside the courtroom moments before the trial began the floyd family kneeled for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to mark the time that floyd was pinned down by officer showed him video of that moment shows for repeatedly saying that he could not breathe begging for his mother shaven faces charges of unintentional 2nd degree murder 3rd degree murder and manslaughter historically juries in the united states have not convicted police officers charged with a crime floyd's family say they believe this time will be different. because we. thought. they were all. all flawed. but what. we will get we would not allow so.

cruel. to be to the prophet and. this trial is expected to last several months if convicted show been could be sentenced to up to 40 years in prison. this video shocked america and the world the death last may have george floyd an unarmed black man pleading i can't breathe as a white police officer knelt on his neck in. the killing spot weeks of violent protests nationwide setting off a wave of global demonstrations as part of the black lives matter movement. the city of minneapolis has since set a lawsuit with the payment of $27000000.00 to george floyd's family. with

derrick chauvin sitting here on the right is the white police officer involved now he's now on trial accused of murder and manslaughter. the trial finally began after weeks of legal wrangling over the selection of an impartial jury in such a highly charged case with the judge rejected a request from the defense for the trial should be moved and children's lawyers said media coverage and the financial settlement would make it impossible to hold a fair trial in minneapolis and as far as a change of venue. i do not think that that would give the defendant any kind of a fair trial beyond what we are doing here today. i don't think there's any place in the state of minnesota that has not been subjected. to extreme amounts of publicity of this case. the hearing is expected to last around a month the trial of derek shelvin is being called one of the most important in

american history. and to talk about that trial i'm joined tonight by our correspondent stefan simons he is in our washington d.c. studio good to see you stefan you were in minneapolis 10 months ago right after george floyd was killed you've covered much of what has happened in the united states as a result talk to me about how george floyd's death how how was it changed america. it did change america it created awareness or recreated awareness refocused awareness specifically for white people and about a racial injustice police brutality the absence of accountability for a lot of police departments and police officers who do wrong things on the job that is all changed now and this is what this trial stands for for the people in the

united states not just for the family of course for the family of course for the african-american community of course for people in minneapolis pacifically and the community where george floyd died and where he comes from but also in the entire united states this is. a result of the summer off soak of this so-called summer of racial reckoning it is about the justice system and equality in the justice system and police accountability we heard today from george floyd's family that america itself is on trial and they even said the world is watching. are americans aware of how closely their system of justice is being observed at this moment. yeah i think in large parts that is accurate they are where people are where african-americans and in the united states aware that the world is watching and so is everybody else why is that because whenever you know whenever this video runs

again on television here on cable news or in any other network if you like everywhere people get touched again and people remember the outcome of this this video and what it showed the death of george floyd not just the burning buildings but also the demonstrations in london in berlin in in rome in europe in asia in the everywhere around the world so yes they are aware keenly aware of this and this is of course something people. also use as an argument that this an argument for the case that this specific trial is of utmost importance for america the prosecution today and should jurors that the video that went viral the one that we've all seen it shows the former officer derrick should have been using his need to pin down george floyd for almost 9 minutes on the outside looking in 1

may think that the video makes this clear case clear but in the us when police officers face accusations or charges of murder the outcome is never clear why is there. well it is traditionally and historically really really hard to convict a police officer here criminally we have seen a with rodney king i mean ninety's many many years ago eric cartman other cases there was video evidence of what happened and those officers walked with a slap on the wrist all walked free without any consequences whatsoever so it is hard because of course the whole system of policing in the united states is very specific and the protections for police offices are immense this is changing right now that is also a result of the george floyd case or the case against their children now and the death of george floyd that is that politicians police departments are under

pressure to change the law to change accountability laws for police to make it easier to go after these so-called bad cops we know that the city of minneapolis settled a lawsuit with the floyd family and paid 20 $7000000.00 now we know it's impossible to put a figure on the life but do we know how they came up with the sum of $27000000.00 and do we know why was this an else before the trial. all we know is that it was negotiated and apparently very well negotiated the lawyers of the floyd family called it historic even the mayor called that historic but he said something else i want to quickly quote the mayor jake afraid said that the country is in the make in it was in the making in the reckoning around racial justice that struck minneapolis like a thunderbolt is referring to george schwartz that some would have to joshua and the settlement he says reflects the commitment to advance racial justice now let's

just say we want to believe this then that's a very moral high ground and probably the right thing to do doesn't explain the exact number of 27000000 no it doesn't and i don't have an explanation for this but the council the city council voted anonymously and the mayor greta it everybody at the end was happy and it is a historically high sum of money. all right our very own defense i'm mystified it's good talking with you always good to get your experience to to put things like this into context thank you. the issue that would have someone think it's possible to have escaped from a lab would mean that it essentially entered the outside human population already well adapted to humans suggesting that it was adapted in the lab however the alternative explanation which most public health individuals go by is that this

virus was actually circulating in china likely in rwanda for a month on long before they were clinically recognized at the end of december of 2019. america's top infectious diseases specialist there dr anthony fallon she responded to an explosive claim made yesterday by the former head of the centers for disease control dr robert redfield dr redfield said that he believes the corona virus originated in a lab in the chinese city of han and he did not provide any evidence but he said his years of experience as a viral a just informed him of this opinion on the origin of the virus is important but more important is stopping the virus german chancellor angela merkel says the country's regional leaders are undermining efforts to do just that last night in a televised interview merkel accused regional leaders of not reversing plans to ease lock down restrictions in the face of rising infections she warned that the

federal government may override germany's states in a bid to curb a 3rd wave of the pandemic flu. chancellor angela merkel may have backtracked last week on her plan to shut down germany over easter but she isn't backtracking on her idea that more action is needed to stop the rise in cuba in 1000 cases. we now have to employ the appropriate measures with a great deal of seriousness and some states are doing that others aren't yet. the chancellor and the regional state premiers had agreed to reverse openings if there are too many new cases but with numbers rising states are hesitating to do so mix of says she won't sit around and wait for case numbers to keep growing the government could push for parliament to change the law to decrease the premier's influence. one possibility is to modify the infection protection act again and to say very specifically what has to happen when we are obliged by the law to contain

the incidence of infection and right now the containment is not there c.d.u. leader there's also one of the premiers being criticized by america he's conceded leaders are at an impasse it's come not go on like this so the fact that the labor premiers and half of the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours every word is being leaked is not appropriate for the crisis. and you miss next why we are suppose that the next conference or should take place in person. stocked for the opposition greens more measures are needed to curb the 3rd wave in infections they think the chancellor should be more proactive in tackling the crisis. the federal government has an overall responsibility here it's not a matter of saying the states or the municipalities don't have one and everyone has a responsibility but the federal government can best course it may come

a new meeting to decide on next steps won't take place before easter in the meantime america will be looking at ways to reassert her authours. well joining me now is. dr andrew allman he's a member of the german parliament for the opposition free democrats dr allman is also a physician by training dr and it's good to have you back on the program last week the german chancellor reversed course there will be no hard lock down over the long easter weekend no i was expecting something to be proposed instead of the hard lockdown but nothing was proposed what do you make of that well it actually demonstrates the weakness of the federal government at the moment because except for a lock down another lock down and a more permanent lockdown they have no real solutions that are problems that we're facing with the 3rd wave of 19 and i think this shows a big weakness on this side of a chance for merkel and obviously you know she is somewhat disappointed or angry

with the state governments here in germany that they're not following her lead and now the next conference will be set up apparently in person so that they can discuss new issues how to deal with this with this terrible infection that's happening in our country but there are other ways besides that lockdown well you know there are some public health officials and even some of your colleagues in parliament demanding for 3 weeks of a total lockdown including curfews now this is something germany has not yet experienced in this pandemic is that what is needed. honestly it sounds very easy to go into a curfew and says nobody is allowed to leave their houses their apartments for 3 weeks but that's only a theoretical thought in my opinion and i don't think it's possible right now the german public so what are you that has a big fatigue and is tired with those rulings that are helping so that out

i don't see the big chance that this is going to be possible i'm pretty sure that even the the courts will if that's going to happen well this is not legal and cut down with a curfew dr don't we have to face sort of it live i'm just asking though i mean we've seen we've seen these types of walk downs with curfews in france we've seen them or we see them in italy we've seen them in the u.k. why would they why would one not work in germany. well 1st of all you have to look at how the infections are developing in germany and basically those infections over 50 percent of the affections in germany are half ending in the private environment if i'm found environment and not in the public not outside not in the fresh air not during shopping so that we have to really understand how those infections can actually because a cause and one explanation is very easy we need to protect our people in our country from this virus and that is barrier precautions like mask keeping your

distance and have a really smart protection ruling for example testing the people on a regular basis before they go shopping or go anywhere else and i think that is was really missing we can use the same procedures that were used to for many years before at this point yesterday the former head of the u.s. centers for disease control dr robert read sealed said that he believes the corona virus originally escaped from a laboratory in china and now there is no evidence of this that we know of but dr redfield said it is not usual for a virus to jump from an animal to humans and then be immediately able to thrive inside the human host but that is what china is claiming and telling us we should believe what do you think dr all. well honestly we are used to so no systems eases for quite centuries so far let me just remind you that the h.

i v e virus actually came from the animal field or sars one came from animal sources or merce influence of viruses actually hop between humans and animals as well as so i'm not really sure that is enough evidence to keep that claim that dr bedford bridge field said that this is coming from a laboratory i'm not convinced so far with the arguments i think it's more important to show the evidence that he has which you could do with just known freak sequencing sorry and to see if there's any artificial kind of genomes have been placed into the virus itself i'm not convinced so far the evidence so far says it's a national cause of jumping from the animal area to the human so let me ask before we run out of time the w.h.o. publishing his report on the origins of this virus how much faith do you put in that report and how much do you believe that the chinese have told us the truth

well these are 2 important question i do have trust in the w.h.o. and i'm pretty sure that they have a good working force to work it out where the virus originally came from and the other side the chinese government wasn't always telling us the truth at the start of the pen demick so my trust is stuff very strong in the chinese these chinese government at this point in time and therefore that we need are a reform of the international health regulations as well as the w.h.o. to make this institution a lot stronger to cope with the future pandemics dr andrew allman a member of the german parliament for the opposition free democrats dr allman as always it's good talking with you we appreciate your insights tonight thank you for thank you for having me. well unlike the european union turkeys vaccination in mid january was quick more than half a 1000000 people were not related in the 1st few days but getting the vaccine to

people in the country's vast rural areas that has been a slower endeavor it is an effort that has one team of doctors literally climbing mountains our correspondent julie hahn reports tonight from the province of vonne in eastern turkey. 2000 meters high up in the mountains lies the village of alton better in eastern texas a few 100 residents one street i felt. and this is the doctor in charge of the coronavirus vaccinations here in the village. they nip out into her team come regularly many home visits require some serious climbing but they're almost used to it now. no coronavirus cases have been reported in the dead of 4 months that's why some residents are skeptical about the doctor's visit but they know better how this convinced that her commitment is important. people in the villages live close

together if there is an infection here it will spread very quickly and many don't like coming to the hospitals in nearby towns so we have to come to them. for vulnerable. or are going to. risk getting his 2nd dose today when the doctors 1st came here a few weeks ago he almost keep them out. i was afraid at 1st here in the village they said the doctors were coming to kill the old people or the elderly die from the vaccination i heard and because of that we were scared a lot of oil. they never knows that there is a lot of false information floating around she and her team often tell patients that they themselves have been vaccinated as have their grandparents. that doesn't

convince everyone but it did convince ali kazak. your knowledge of geography i hardly felt anything it didn't hurt at all less than a bee sting. of your. turkey is a huge country and with vaccination campaigns like this the government hopes to show that it is taking care of everyone even here in the most remote areas and yet critics say that the turkish vaccination drive isn't progressing as smoothly as the authorities would like to portray it. the government recently east turkey strict corona measures restaurants are open again and significantly more people are out and about even in high risk cities like istanbul a fast vaccination rollout was supposed to make the reopening possible but it seems that's exactly where efforts are now faltering the government originally promised to vaccinate 60 percent of the population by may. now they say it's going to be

autumn and have them coral fin john j. from the turkish medical association things even that is too optimistic. the ministry of health has selected transparency since the beginning of the pandemic how many doses of the vaccine will turkey get and when the public is not properly informed about any of this but it is clear that if we continue at the current rate we will need up to one and a half years to vaccinate everyone. in the tin that it then of arab and her team have given the last vaccination for today the way back to their car is once again perilous. the doctors are responsible for 20 villages and as long as there are doses they won't run out of work any time soon. well the day is always done but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w.

news or you can follow me of golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll leave you now with some images from india where people have been celebrating the hindu spring festival of colors that celebrates the triumph of good over evil but these celebrations will not do much to battle the pandemic so if you are celebrating anything stay safe we'll see you tomorrow.

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this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight a former police officer goes on trial for the murder of a black man as america's racial reckoning goes to court. shape it is in the courtroom but america is wrong dropped the emotions and security are both high as the trial over the killing of george floyd gets underway the former police officer derek show has pled not guilty also coming up tonight $9000000000.00 worth of trading goods ready to move through the container ship that's been blocking the suez canal for almost

a week is finally out of the way and mexico's coke at 19 feet how to use the country now with the 2nd highest death toll in the world doctors there compared tackling the pandemic to being at school. i bring golf it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with the trial in the u.s. so that the world is watching today the jury in the case of derek show when the white police officer accused of killing george floyd viewed the video showing the moment when floyd died handcuffed and pressed to the pavement floyd gas for air and calls out $27.00 times i can't breathe chauvinist charged with murder and manslaughter he faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. to throw to justice for the killing of george floyd has brought his loved ones to this moment for 8 minutes and 46 seconds

they need outside the courthouse to mark a length of time fluent struggle for his life penned under the knee of former officer derrick cho when. we are here to see the case of a man. they'd used his knee. to lynch a man and then blame the man for the nancy. police charged with killing unarmed black people really convicted in the us floyd's brother believes this time will be different. because. joyce floor. they were all. all flawed. but what. we will get

you will hear his final words during opening arguments the prosecution so some of the harrowing witness video of george floyd begging for children to get up for his mother and then falling silent prosecutors plan to prove chokin used excessive force to police dr and witness testimonies children's defense team countered accusing floyd of being under the influence of drugs and insisting their client did exactly as he was trained to do they urged jurors to ignore calls for social justice. to the evidence in this case. the evidence that you will see in this case during this trial and his i agree with counsel for the state it is nothing more than that there is no political or social cause in this court and in people civil rights activists say this case is about justice for george floyd but they hope it will also lead to equal protections for unarmed black

americans who encounter police. all right we want to bring in stefan simons he's covering the story for us tonight he's in washington good evening to you stefan i mean you've covered this story from the very beginning talk to me about the significance this story has for the united states. it's a landmark trial i can't even over over blow the significance for racial justice for the criminal justice system in the united states for accountability of police all of this is in this trial direct in this trial of course you will not hear the word race or any any notion of race as a motivation or as a as a point in those proceedings because the defense as well as the prosecution they have to leave that out but for the outside for america for american viewers for american people all over the all over the country and of course for the

african-american community this is not just about a policeman acting wrongly and causing the death of a civilian this is about race no doubt and that's why it's so significant shift and what did we see today on this 1st day of the trial. the prosecution and the defense team had their opening statements and we also saw the call of the 1st witness of 911 dispatcher is the people who take in emergency calls and they stay on the on the line and in this case that was the same thing interesting effect of the dispatcher said that she felt so uncomfortable watching they have a video line of monitor there what she saw that she felt she had to alert the superiors of the police officers when she did. this all goes to to think

the prosecution tries to produce evidence which shows that derek sherman specifically had no reason no cause for acting the way he did and used force in appropriately and disproportionately not in tune with his training and with minneapolis police department promises the defense will try and did already try to deflate this of course into water this down this is what is going to be the defense strategy for their show. well they need to sorrow doubt as much as they can they have to try to distract also from from facts or from also you know the premier. of your preconceived notions which they suspect even the jury past because of course derek sheldon will have maybe a very fair trial but the defense says 5 days though to face trial for shelf and

anywhere so that is the major flaw in all of this now it's debatable but the defense has only one chance to sow doubt in any facts and any evidence and if any witness the prosecution brings them they will try hard to do this ok to w.'s correspondent defense imes with the latest tonight in washington stefan thank you 10 percent of global trade goes through the suez canal in egypt every day tonight that trade is flowing in floating again almost one week ago a colossal container ship ran aground in the suez canal walking all traffic in both directions today engineers were finally able to wrench the skyscraper size vessel with the name ever given from the canals being at 1.5 not so much and i mean this is a very significant marathon oscar e one of my chicken owls in the world you know created this way and moved in ships

from one option to another and so i think any blockage that has proved to be you know really really challenging. the ever given technical manager said initial reports ruled out any mechanical or engine failure as a cause of the accident but human or other technical errors could still be uncovered in the investigation to follow. let's get you up to speed now with some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the united states has suspended all trade with me and mark as countries across the world look for ways to respond to the brutal military crackdown against protesters there more than 100 people including children were killed this past weekend alone the terrorist group islamic state has claimed responsibility for attacks on mozambique's strategic coastal town of palma dozens of civilians were killed many survivors had to walk for several days to escape the violence alma is a hub for international gas projects. an international team investigating the

origins of the corona virus and says it is extremely unlikely that the virus leaked out of the laboratory their report concludes the virus probably passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary animal the researchers visited the chinese city of han earlier this year that's the city where the virus was 1st detected. staying with a pandemic now into mexico experts have long warned that the true number of deaths related to cope with 19 was much higher the numbers released by the government revised figures have now confirmed that putting the death toll and more than 300000 that is 60 percent higher than previously reported exhausted doctors are now bracing for a 3rd pandemic way. the scale of the suffering caused by this pandemic it's almost too immense for the human mind to grasp hundreds have died in

this minutes of the alone on the edge of mexico city each death a personal tragedy today petrik a piece family mourning him. i mean. he was everything for me he was my partner. my support. me so did. produce few tests and people left to die a time that's why experts say mexico's virus death toll is far higher than earlier government figures survive a severe adric is points to another factor. people irresponsible behavior. of this it seems we have to be conscientious and take care of ourselves because if we don't look after ourselves this virus won't go away we don't know when it will and. i am. another survivor mexico's president and dr mann well louis obrador pamlico is he's widely known was diagnosed with the

virus in january he compared the fix it had on him to a heart came tearing through his body now he's recovered and he's optimistic his government can heal mexico to. second wave is receding and we don't want to see another rise we want to see it disappear. but the president's own officials have borne mexican doctors to prepare for another wave off to the ace to break. already these physicians are exhausted from the 2nd they compare it to being at war the hope now that these people will ride the wave to thanks to vaccinations and the sheer number of mexicans who have already survived the virus. it is a prediction europeans can only dream up today u.s. president joe biden said 90 percent of the u.s. adult population will be eligible for

a covert $1000.00 banks seen by the 19th of april biden warned americans not to drop their guard he called masking off a patriotic duty the massive vaccine push in the u.s. will see a record 33000000 people vaccinated this week alone biden praised what he is calling a great american story. my fellow americans look at what we have done in the past 10 weeks no other countries come close 100000000 shots and less than 60 days and now we're moving to the next 100000000 shots in just 40 days you heard me say many times before our progress and vaccination is a stunning example that thursday's nothing nothing this country cannot do if we put our minds do it and we do it together us president joe biden speaking there for anyone who needs to see some joy and smiling faces take a look at these pictures from india where people have been celebrating the indy

spring festival of colors you won't see many masts as crowds colored powder at each other and smear it in each other's faces that's the tradition of the festival celebrates the victory of good over evil the celebrations will not be much to battle the pandemic there have been more than 68000 new cases in india in just the past 24 hours. you're watching t w news here's a reminder of our top stories this hour in the united states the trial of a white former police officer charged with killing a black man george force has begun the accused officer has pleaded not guilty the kane's has fark waves of outrage across the country and beyond engineers have succeeded in this setting free a container ship that had been blocking the suez canal for almost a week authorities say shipping traffic has resumed the stuff vessel has or had been holding up $9000000000.00 worth of global trade every day. coming up next e.w. news with my colleague brooke watts he'll be with you in just

a 2nd safety. people in trucks injured when trying to free the city center more and more betty g.'s are being turned away mum. least predominant played out against demonstrators the mummy extreme tremendous luck going to. the ultra modern 300000000 people are seeking.

some odd love because no one should have to sleep come a go girl mind the mother w. . made for mines. he moved free out of the way the giant container vessel that was blocking the suez canal the other given has been refloated now to deal with the backlog of hundreds of ships who spent days waiting to past. the distribution of coronavirus vaccines is causing frustration in many parts of the world while you're a. sluggish roll out we'll look at what's being done to aid the poor nations.

and some are calling it a lost country we take a closer look at life in lebanon after last august's devastating explosion. places doing business in berlin welcome to the program shipping traffic has resumed on the suez canal after the mega freight given which became wedged across it last week was finally reflected after dredging and excavation work over the weekend rescue and salvage work has succeeded in getting the ship straight again more than 400 vessels have been waiting to get past could take up to 3 days to clear the backlog but shipping group mask says the knock on disruption to global shipping could take weeks or even months to sort out. let's talk about this with our correspondent on wall street sabrina sabrina the knock on effects of the blocking of the suez canal have been enormous. yeah absolutely this whole

incident has really put enormous pressure on the global trade and also on the supply change which as you know have already been burdened by the coronavirus pandemic about 10 percent off global trade and nearly 7 percent of the world's oil supply need to pass through this canal in order to arrive at there this nation in the case of germany and china for instance is even worse because 98 percent of their trade needs to pass this is shipping lanes so almost every ship needs to scramble through this canal in order yet to arrive at their destination after 6 days of being stuck it's not i think more than 50000000000 dollars off of products which are now delight and will still be delayed for months as you already reported there are $400.00 ships which are now waiting to enter to do is canal and only 50 of them can enter per day that's how to state the importance of this rate fall

straits out of investors been reacting to the resumption of toxic. so there has been a leap in some signs of relief especially in the commodities sector but still invest invest those are kind of shy of 2 claire or 3 write this off because to be honest it's still not over many experts say that the congestion that we saw in the u.s. canal will now shift to the ports which are already overwhelmed with all these products which are now it shipped into their countries in a for instance in the port all of a you have a waiting line of 10 to 15 days so if i arrive with my ship over there i need to wait almost 2 weeks before i can on load my clothes so the pressure on supply chains really yeah they are about to stay in my many analysts say they could even last until the 3rd quarter off this year however analysts and investors are not as

worried on wall street as other investors because the american trade does not really rely on the u.s. canal it's more of the american no more than europe and the china trade which relies on those issues going on because the more than half of american products that come by air by truck or by pipeline meaning oil for instance but still there are some american companies we have which definitely will keep an eye on this because clearly we are not out of the woods yet for any customer in new york for us thanks for bringing us up to date. now he later has happened meeting with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry to discuss the box disappointing vaccine roll out brussels isn't the only place where there's anger over the amount of jobs getting to arms their heads of many poor nations are calling for drastic action to ensure doses is shared more fairly than they currently are. lucrative peyton's restricting the global vaccine rollout not necessarily since last

september preparations have been underway to produce biotechs shot at this plant east of hamburg. you can see the markings on the wall. up in the empty space above new pipelines are being set up and world it. and this will become one of the 3 production rooms. the issue is that it's a new active ingredient from the plant 1st has to be converted to handle it properly. the production plant is expected to turn out 10000000 doses a week beginning in may. that's. why taxing production will increase significantly in the 2nd quarter this year that's also what we've promised european and global government. that we can be a grateful we've still got the mystic vaccine manufacturing industry and europe

from what sorts of products on which means in india are up on a while owns the world's largest vaccine plant is currently working on the license for us to seneca to make a 1000000000 doses by the end of this year. we're going to be the lowest priced 19. vaccine manufacturer in the world like we are for all our vaccines is going to be priced in a few 100 rupees. budget price must production in india not all vaccine makers of this used licenses for the us and now india wants pate and rights to be suspended. the world trade organization has called on its members to cooperate more closely this must include global manufacturing including emerging markets and low income countries however member countries would have to agree unanimously to suspend painted bright big pharma are not the only object to say that idea mary of a c.e.o.

research is humanitarian logistics she's against suspending pate and rights maybe to finance a vast horse we decided to change that boy sees and not to invest any more than the society settlement which is very critical so in the long then it may be better actually for the companies collectively to buy back interacts with them to stop them right now but governments of prioritizing their own populations which is a very risky strategy if we don't focus on global vaccinations and then we place your arms becoming also here. it will need some smart thinking and global cooperation for humanity to finally defeat the coronavirus. on the issue of peyton's earlier i asked nastily mole from the european federation of pharmaceutical industries associations what the sector is view is on scrapping to speed up the global rollout. well in fact the issue with the scale up of production

is not really to do with patents there are more than $256.00 deals already been made licenses already being made around the world to increase the production and the scale of the issue is a technical know how and the actual capacities of the vats that have to produce these biological products and that is what we're looking for having to actually build and create so when a company gets in touch with another company and produce a manufacturer in order to produce and scale up the vaccines there's a whole technical know how transfer that has to happen you know so make sure that we can produce those vaccines at the mounds we need the amounts we need but with the safety and efficiency that they have to have so it's much more than just intellectual property it's really the whole package and at the moment has not been an obstacle to that it's actually the facilities and finding the partners who can do that incredibly complex work with just biological production at that scale. now

for a look at some of the other global business stories making the news venezuela has offered to swap oil for coverage 19 baxi and a lack of foreign currency in numerous u.s. sanctions mean it can hardly import food and medicine despite having the largest oil reserves in the world official figures say 156000 people have been infected with the current a virus that with more than 1500. united states says it's suspending its trade deal with neon mar until democracy is restored in the country the decision comes after the military overthrew the elected government joad leader aung san suu kyi and imprisoned protestors washington had already imposed sanctions on come from are controlled by an army. but make a boeing says u.s. low cost carrier southwest airlines has ordered $1737.00 max aircraft to the top point $5000000000.00 deal increases southwest maps commitment to more than $600.00

planes is the largest order since the model was approved to fly again at the end of 2020. now the huge explosion in the port of beirut last august reduced large parts of the lebanese capital to rubble it also left hundreds of people homeless but many lebanese were fighting for their livelihoods even before that for years the country has been mired in political and financial uncertainty. these people are protesting the never ending financial crisis in lebanon hundreds took to the streets in the capital beirut over the weekend the domestic currency the lebanese pound has fallen considerably in value nowadays the majority can barely make ends meet. and that lebanon is currently going through a real monetary crisis that has led to a financial collapse lebanon's money was stolen and the central bank wields power that no other central bank in the world has. got

a lot of what does it i don't know it's people like assaf who are being hit hardest by the worst crisis since the end of the civil war in 1900 the former policeman depends on a plate of hot food from a soup kitchen something he could never have imagined in the past. because i used to be middle class but now i've fallen below the poverty line and the retired policeman a former teacher even former university professors come here regularly. the n.g.o.s that runs the soup kitchen sees the impoverishment happening on all levels of lebanese society. above all it's retirees because with the monetary devaluation that they've totally lost their purchasing power they don't even have the power now to buy their own medicine or to pay their rent or buy food or anything at all movie to young people many international

observers are already referring to levanon as a lost country as rampant corruption also becomes increasingly widespread and the country's own politicians seem as helpless to deal with the crisis as the people they're supposed to serve. as a. check out our website you know we don't call such business until next time 5. sex as a culture. i am out to lunch. one sex means to me. and who else does it affect besides me. in a fight over sexual around. 16.

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