this is d w news live from berlin the white house backs lifting coronavirus vaccine touted protection the move could prove pivotal for efforts to bolster the global vaccine supply how fast production realistically be ramped up. also coming up on kong democracy activist joshua wong is sentenced to additional 10 months of prison after pleading guilty to participating in an authorised assembly and showdown in the u.k.

scotland goes to the polls today in an election that could pave the way for a new referendum on the country's independence. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. we begin with what could be a big breakthrough in the drive to boost the world's coronavirus vaccine supply the white house has announced support for waiving vaccine patent protections now the u.s. trade representative said that extraordinary measures are needed to end the pandemic the u.s. has previously resisted efforts at the world trade organization to temporarily suspend intellectual property protection on coded 19 vaccines it now joins more than 100 countries in supporting the move shares of major vaccine makers were down and novak's dipped on the announcement.

a spring in volume glen croft who joins us now from his claim tell us what exactly is u.s. president joe biden advocating here so he's joining the calls to have a temporary exception to intellectual property rules that govern pharmaceuticals including vaccines to allow for a quicker and broader supply to be created all around the world so generic pharmaceutical companies like india and israel and other places can produce the very vaccines including the m.r. in a back scenes without getting permission or having to do deals with pfizer with more data these kinds of companies now should be no the united states is usually a very strong advocate for intellectual property rights for patent protections it's often criticizing china for skirting those rules to protect their own industries and also to protect the incentive for companies to invest in new technologies but

in this case what basically what biden has come out and said is the urgency of the pen demick outweighs those economic and technological innovation arguments talk with us about the timing why now. well this was a campaign promise that joe biden made last year he said he would support this very kind of temporary lifting or a waiver to the intellectual property rules at the w. h. o. and he's come under intense pressure from fellow democrats from progressive groups from world health advocates trying to get him to do this and he's basically making good on that campaign promise of course he's had to fight the opposition of the pharmaceutical industry that makes a lot of money off of these patents it should also be noted they also cost them a lot of money and takes a lot of risk to develop these kinds of treatments so that's kind of a back and forth and there's also the diplomacy aspect for example china and russia have been using their vaccines very effectively as a kind of currency

a diplomatic currency in relations with other countries in the u.s. it's been so successful vaccinations at home is under a lot of pressure to show good will to help end this pandemic elsewhere especially in places like india that have been just getting hit so hard by the pandemic and that is something that advocates of this waiver are hoping will help will help get more vaccines out into the world especially lower and middle income countries to debbie as flame glue kroft thank you so what does all this mean for the business side of things let's bring in telsey delaney has joining us from frankfurt tell me how significant would this be for the x.e. makers the pathway for. well vaccine makers are obviously very upset by this proposal we've seen particularly the shares of some of the smaller biotech firms like biotech get hit really hard on the market and these are companies that were developing the technology behind these vaccines for years

before the pens i mix so for them they really don't want to give up this technology we're hearing a lot of different different arguments from the pharmaceutical industry one is that this would discourage companies like my own tech from wanting to innovate and to invest money and to new technologies in the future the pharmaceutical industries are also arguing that this would really open up this technology to some of some of the u.s. this competitors like china and russia but also a lot of pharmaceutical companies are saying that this is just not the most effective way to boost vaccine supply for these smaller and poor countries and just to remind our viewers i mean this isn't a done deal yet so it's really just speculation at this point as to whether or not a deal of actually happens but you know tell us in the meantime how our manufacturers potentially positioning themselves right now. well this is one of the other arguments against opening up the waiver from the foreign pharmaceutical

industry in making these vaccines is extremely complicated it's a very difficult scientific procedure and we've even seen some of the more developed pharmaceutical industries in the u.s. here in europe really struggle to get these production lines off the crowd and so a lot of people are arguing that even if this deal even if this procedure goes through which could take several months it would be very difficult for some of these smaller poorer countries to get the the supply of the workforce and industrial capacity to quickly. the production of these facts because so many different angles to this story chelsea delaney giving us a view on what the business world is saying thank you so much. here's some other developments in the pandemics. indonesia is banning travel during the popular homecoming period to celebrate. $1000.00 cases there have been falling

but the government wants to prevent a repeat of last year's mortality rate rise after the holiday the world health organization is planning to set up a global pandemic in the german capital berlin to gather and to analyze data on emerging pandemic threats and canada has authorized the use of the biotech pfizer vaccine on children as young as 12 it is the 1st country in the world to approve a vaccine for children. on thursday india reported over 412000 new cases of coal that 19 and almost 4000 deaths setting records for both a burden on the country's health care system is becoming increasingly unsustainable as patients over one hospitals and crucial supplies run short it is all hands on deck with even medical students being called upon to help out in patient care and in this next report we will meet a young doctor fighting to save as many lives as possible. running low on

sleep junior doctor. dresses and protective gear to begin a 27 hour long shift. he's only 26 years old and hasn't even finished his medical training. we're told we had attorneys for disability or your bank or who received the marchese has been here not me but that we are lucky in that i. had this wonderful and we're being told to do this i. started to feel a lot better and i just want to be. there is a severe shortage of oxygen and ventilators at this hospital and others across delhi many people come looking for a bed for a sick relative but these are also in very short supply patients and relatives crowd every available space in some cases people lying close

enough for patients to touch one man is in a storage room surrounded by bins of medical waste real hans's the sounds of his workplace haunt is sleep. that song is going to be you know even greater yes you think that leave me be the feet are going to be you know i won't be asleep because you know you know everything will be. patients rushed from hospital to hospital hoping to find someone who will admit them many are turned away left to die on the street oxygen supplies are transported by armed guard and crematoriums work around the clock. maybe even people would have to be thank you for the sake of this if they could make people think it would be if maybe they were going to. after 27 hours in the e.r.

rowand our gov us is he could sleep for 2 days but a friend with a sick father calls. to greece to help knowing that in reality there's not much he can do. and here are more stories making headlines around the world there have been fresh clashes between police and protesters in the colombian capital bogota it is the latest violence highlighting days of protest against economic inequality and police brutality at least 24 people have been killed in the rest this past week. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has arrived in ukraine for talks with president fuller's a lansky he is expected to reassure kiev of u.s. support after russia amassed more than 100000 troops along the crane's eastern frontier the country's anti corruption efforts will also be on the agenda. hong kong democracy activist joshua wong has been sentenced to another 10 months in

jail for participating in an authorised protest wang is one of the most prominent faces of the pro-democracy movement he is already serving time in prison for his role in the other protests he was handed this latest sentence for attending a vigil commemorating the 1989 tiananmen square massacre in beijing 3 other activists were also sentenced to between 4 and 6 months behind bars. let's bring in correspondent phebe cancun has the view now from hong kong we've just heard this is already the 3rd time that josh has been jailed since 2019 tell us a bit more about this additional sentence now. last year the new kind of life is shown in hong kong was banned by the hong kong police before the fair 1st time in case but just how long and out of out of hell activist dispel those tens of thousands of people still turn out to mourn the loss. of the

church in our home today ruth that saying that freedom is not unlimited he thought long and other defendants participated in that rally with the purpose and the wish carry each potential security and that's why the court has to send a deterrent as a whole by handing down joe sentences. the rally is actually banned by police citing fire as destruction rules last year because of the pandemic and there were actually more than 20 defendants or prominent prosecution for the participation in that rally and apart from wall and dependency today of the rest of them including me and i will face trial next month. and this all comes in action with a vigil in hong kong last june to commemorate the square massacre of course tell us

a little bit more about the significance of this as a potential symbol here. yes definitely the can a live version which is which was held annually in hong kong has been a tradition like deeply rooted in hong kong to protest culture for over 30 years that they are to commemorate 989 crackdown on the democratic movement in beijing that. has been the largest and most longstanding commemoration a roundabout and hong kong used to be the only place on chinese soil to do so in the past but now it seems like it's becoming who also in hong kong here that letter that yes until now the organizers of that visual they have been calling for an end to one party rule in china and that is direct challenge to reaching and making it almost the most times to release 7 light on chinese soil and this is also

indicating how tolerance beijing is to was on consolatory sense so since last year the the rallies was banned for the very 1st time and today this is a favor a sentence i gazed peaceful participants in these candlelight vigil and this is definitely will be a 2nd all to the hong kong society as a whole that how likely that people will be able to carry on their commemoration this year especially the. june 4th commemoration next month will be the 1st one under the newly and that to national security law and people are really concerned whether the organizer will be even dissolved by the british team citing the new security law and security concerns. in hong kong thank you. and phoebe and her colleague mathias bollinger have been chosen as winners of this year's human rights press the wards given out by hong kong's foreign press club was

selected for this report that she filed last october about hong kong protesters who were shot by police and subsequently found themselves facing criminal charges. meantime beijing based correspondent yes bolinger was recognised for a report that he produced for d.w.i. on chinese human rights lawyers who went missing after defending dissidents. the united nations children's fund says that it is deeply concerned about the fighting in the eastern democratic republic of congo a recent spike in attacks by militants and inter-community violence in the area has forced millions of people to flee their homes the u.n. says that ongoing fighting is making it extremely difficult to reach people in need and that children are suffering the most now our reporter marianne miller reports now from the tour. this is a province in the northeast of the country where many people are taking refuge.

hardly any other region has suffered atrocities by militias especially as close to a province we are on the road with a nerve agent and it organization over a distance of just 60 kilometers we passed through about 20 checkpoints controlled by various rebel groups as well as the congolese army. militia checkpoint it's mostly boys carrying guns their weapons are concealed but the threat is real they ask for money but a few words persuade them to let us pass today. we reached a can for internally displaced people enjoy a drill it's one of many and idiocracy about 5 and a half 1000000 of the country's estimated $105000000.00 people are displaced more than anywhere else in africa. europe barely

managed to escape her village when a militia attacked it she was on the run with her children when she realized her daughter was missing. for. ma i decided to go back to find and save her i was convinced she was still alive he would be ok but unfortunately she was already dead for months and i was so sad just devastated when i walked past them they shot at me i had no idea if it survives i gradually lost all my strength i was having difficulty breathing then and slipped into some bush i lost all hope i was sure i was going to die he choose the. moment. she survived but found her 4 year old daughter it. was wonderfully well. as soon as she was released from hospital she gathered to 5 other children and fled to the scum food water and medical care supply but at least they are safe here she

says you can. now voters in scotland are going to the polls today in an election that could decide the fate of its independence movement scotland has been part of the united kingdom since $1707.00 many scots say that they feel poorly represented by british decision makers in a 2014 referendum on independence 55 percent of voters favored staying in the u.k. a 2 years later a firm majority opposed leaving the european union 1st minister nicolas sturgeon says that a fresh majority for her scottish national party would be a mandate for pursuing a 2nd independence drive. mass went to scotland to hear from people on both sides of the debate. how we need is a 2nd generation kill maker during the last referendum he voted for scottish independence his stance is still basically supports i feel scottish 1st scots are

society is different we have our own culture and music language history or but since the op heave us of bragg's it and the corona pandemic he believes it's become a risky proposition i only want an independent scotland that is good for scotland and the scottish people and it feels too much for the party rivalry as opposed to thinking on a business level of how it's actually going to work scottish nationalists are trying to convince their compatriots that now is the perfect time for a new beginning they're promising a modern and liberal scotland that could become a member of the european union lisa marie hughes and michelle campbell a scottish nationalist candidates in glasgow but you know scotland those are resource on tall women and i'm just straight rubbish nation we are a nation entirely pummeled by electricity generated ecologically much

better fashion you know we are looking our own future for what is best for scotland and being part of it except that 10 verses be in and dependent scotland and europe s no contest rex it has been a boon for nationalists but the pov to independence is spend no means a sure thing scotland was taken out of the you against its will and support for the you still remains strong up you but that does not automatically translate into an overwhelming backing of independence. cattle farmer john elliott voted against brags that in the referendum he sells avid in angus t. as in the e.u. but he believes the union with england is more important. from his farm he can see the chevy and his. straddling the england scotland borders beautiful work and shopping everyone is always going back and forth if there were any trade barriers

are very very difficult in the syria because at the moment a lot of the communities are integrated between england scotland and syria and i think that's. a shame if there's any sort of barrier scotland is very dependent on its trade ties with england the nationalists are set on seeing that change post brags it scotland has become a nation in search of a new identity. the stage is set for the champions league final later this month chelsea will join manchester city in the final after beating real madrid to nil here to walk us through it is to defuse only with a tough you joining us here in studio so was this a deserved win for chelsea chelsea over 180 minutes where the much it was so clear that they were much much better they were so energetic they had so much tempo they had so much pace that reanimator just couldn't keep up they just seemed so slow in

comparison and then german international team of a on off finally in the 1st half you know he made it one nil and of course that for him too as a confidence boost because he's been struggling to kind of get going when it comes to scoring goals and then you had a very interesting a funny face for chelsea where they had a chance after chance at the chance but they were just so wasteful and it wasn't until the 2nd half in the 85th minute that nascent moment kind of the seal the deal making it too narrow and if it werent for reanimate great goalkeeper. that man right here to my side this could have easily ended 4 or 5 nil and coach thomas took off cause this for him in such a short amount of time to have a team comes over he was so pleased with his side and he said even afterwards after the game what will what will he get all that showed so much character and fight. what a spirit to show in moments where we needed to suffer in 1st half and what the reaction

in 2nd half and to never never have never never the no the heads were never down that's were always i believe in after these big chances that we must always stay positive and never regret something so close was fantastic i mean when just briefly how big of a role has he played in getting tells you this far oh huge i mean since he's come in the last 4 months he's transformed this team he's a solidified their defense he's made the best out of every player come out and i mean he's i mean if you look at where they were before thomas toha and if you look at them now they reached the the. champions league final they also back in the top 4 in the premier league so he thomas still has been a stabilizing force and i guess that's a bit of a german touch right there. as we have a whole docket devious for its thank you so much. now spain has administered millions of vaccines in

a bid to fight the corona virus pandemic with a focus on reaching priority groups like frontline health care workers and senior citizens now elderly residents finally have the chance to get some outdoor activity after months of being stuck indoors for. it's an outing this group of elderly residents in spain could have only dreamed of after months of living in isolation and cooped up in a nursing home it's finally become a reality around 50 residents and stuff from the cost of their day care home a newly vaccinated. and now they embark on a journey of fresh air and the wonders of madrid's 0 inhabitants. spain's 1st wave of the current virus pandemic told through the country's care homes killing nearly $43000.00 people last year many of the residents faced tough restrictions on movement and visiting rights authorities have since launched a nationwide campaign to inoculate all frontline workers and the elderly. point

is. it's good to leave to break the monotony of the nursing home especially as we've been confined there for so long it's nice to get outside so i decided to go out and see the world. first stop on the excursion is meeting beings ing the giant panda as he waits for lunch. in the next step flamingos gathering in their dozens. and an elephant getting his daily wash. for residents and self the out he was a delightful change to what had long been the new normal to see or. whatever. i feel as if i was in my village many years ago in the middle of nature listening

to the birds which i haven't heard for a long time so for me it's a great day. i'm a bit tired but it's compensated by the pleasure of seeing and hearing what's around us. there yeah yeah well you're a out of it out on the other day was a very exciting day they were really looking forward to going out again to getting back to normality it should being able to do this activity in the open and enjoying nature the animals at the zoo it's really good today we had forgotten about paying us. oh you know so much will be all that is a lot of us. as spain looks to relax its lockdown knows some of the most vulnerable relish taking back their freedom and look forward to venturing out another day. you're watching your news a quick reminder of our top stories u.s. president joe biden has expressed his support for a waiver on a call for 19 vaccine patents

a reversal of his country's previous policy pressure in the mountains to create greater access to vaccines in the developing world a w h o has held the decision monumental. to focus on europe is coming up next just with us if you can for that in the meantime always more on the web site www dot com i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching.

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