[000:00:00;00] player . playing. this is d w news live from bird land the white house backs lifting coronavirus vaccine patent protection a move could prove pivotal for efforts to bolster the global vaccine supply but how fast could production realistically be ramped up. also coming up on call democracy

activist joshua long is sentenced to an additional 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to participating in an unauthorized assembly plops fighting in the eastern democratic republic of congo is triggering one of the largest humanitarian crises on the planet millions are displaced and in urgent need of assistance business and kept in the region recently declared under siege. tactics in all english final in the champions league this year after impressively out classing brail madrid comes to a close chelsea qualifies for the title clash against manchester city. times welcome to the program would be good what with what could be a big breakthrough in the drive to boost the world's coronavirus vaccine supply the

white house. as announced support for waiving vaccine patent protections the u.s. trade representative said that extraordinary measures are needed to end the pen demick the u.s. has previously resisted efforts at the world trade organization to temporarily suspend intellectual property protections uncoated 1000 vaccines and now joins more than 100 countries in supporting the move chairs of major vaccine makers moderna and know the facts on the news of spring and william glencross 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.a. vaccines without getting permission or having to do deals with pfizer with more data these kinds of companies as you know 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 pendennis 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 bear vaccines very effectively as a kind of currency a diplomatic currency in relations with other countries in the u.s. that'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 today he has blamed lou kroft thank you 3 and now e.u. commission president arcilla funded line says that europe is ready to discuss the

proposed waiver south africa and india where the 1st countries to draft such a proposal from cape town i am joined now by date of your correspondent chris so i drowned i mean really a lot on the line there for south africa tell us how's the situation in the country right now. i mean many people were happy when they hear the news as you rightly said south africa and india were the 1st countries that have been pushing for it for many weeks but we also have to be it realistically here it will not make a difference in the short run the government hasn't brought out an official statement yet but i just talked to a member of the advisory committee of the health minister on vaccines and he said he's hoping it will make a difference but certainly rather in the long run you have to remember that the process of making vaccine is a rather long one a rather difficult one and south africa is one of the handful of countries only on this continent that has capacity to basically do that but even though they do have the capacity now the single vaccine is produced here from scratch in south africa

even when we talk about the news that the johnson and johnson vaccine for example will now be produced in south africa basically what's happening here will be only the filling and finishing parts basically the vaccine gets delivered here and is put into doses and then delivered for the south african market so it is a complicated process and we will not probably not see a big effect in the short run and coated infection numbers are decreasing in the country so tell us you know what's happening right now and why is this decision so significant going forward. writes ever since january since the whole world got scared of the mutation that came from south africa numbers you have been really down but that is does not mean that everything is rosy many of eggs and all just some viral is just saying there will be a 3rd wave they're just not sure when it is going to happen and the big problem here is that the vaccination campaign has barely started as it started a few weeks ago but basically as part of

a trial for the johnson and johnson vaccine only this week the 1st 300000 doses of the pfizer arrived in the country they haven't been distributed so it's a very long way to go and all the news that are getting into the country that might lead to an increase in global supplies of vixens are definitely good news off of our south africa. correspondent thank you. now on thursday india reported over 412000 new covert 1000 cases and almost 4000 deaths setting records for both the burden on the country's health care is becoming increasingly unsustainable as patterns overwhelm hospitals patients excuse me we were just talking about this patients are of course overwhelming the hospitals and crucial supplies are running short it is all hands on deck with even medical students called upon to help out in patient care and when this next report we meet

a young doctor who is 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. well we had a friend is. just that it's a good record you believe she'll be much easier than your mark mate but you're the human eye. at this point i think you have people who believe that. you are good if you're not fit 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 his sleep. that he saw on this point because you know you can read b.s. do you think that leave the p b b. b b that continues to be good enough you know every day we do. patients rush 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. by beatings people would have to beat. before they're going to the say them of the snake if they could make me think it would be with me it made me think they were

going to. after 27 hours in the e.r. ruined our gov our says he could sleep for 2 days but a friend with a sick father calls real hard agrees to help knowing that in reality there's not much he can do. and here are some 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 and these 24 people have been killed in the unrest in the past week. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in ukraine for talks with president followed him here selenski he is expected to reassure kiev of u.s. support after russia amassed more than 100000 troops along ukraine'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 unauthorized protest wang is one of the most prominent faces of the pro-democracy movement he's already serving time in prison for his role in other protests he was handed this latest sentence for attending a vigil commemorating the 1991 square massacre in beijing 3 other activists were also sentenced to between 4 and 6 months behind bars. let's bring in correspondent phebe kong who 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. and 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 activists dispell those tens

of thousands of people still turn out to mourn the. fall of the church in court today that saying that freedom is not unlimited that he thought a wall and other defendants participated in that rally with the purpose and the bush kerry potential security risk and that's why the court has to send a deterrent as a whole by handing down joe sentences that the rally is actually banned by police 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 joshua wall and the dependency today of the rest of them including me and i will face trial next month. phoebe this all comes in action with a vigil in hong kong last june to commemorate the tiananmen 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 protest culture for over 30 years that they are to commemorate 989 beijing's 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 you know that years until now the organizers of that visual they housman calling for an end to one party rule in china and. direct challenge to making is almost the

most sensitive release light on chinese soil and this is also indicating how tolerance beijing is to was hong kong for $0.20 so since last year the the rally's was banned for the very 1st time and today this is a favor a sentence against peaceful participants in these candlelight vigil and this is definitely will be a 2nd all to the hong kong society as a whole how likely that people will be able to carry on that 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 regime citing the new security law and security. and hong kong thank you. the democratic republic of congo has seen a surge of violence in recent weeks attacks by militants and inter-community conflict has forced millions of people to flee their homes the u.n.

says that ongoing fighting is making it extremely difficult to reach many people in areas now our reporter mariam traveled to. tory one of the 2 provinces in the north east of the country officially under a state of siege she met many people taking refuge there. hardly any other region has suffered atrocities by militias as badly as compost province we are on the road with a nerve agent aid 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 the camp for internally displaced people intro draw it's one of many in the d.r.

see about 5 in the whole of 1000000 of the countries estimated 105000000 people are displaced more than anywhere else in africa. 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. i decided to go back to find and save her i was convinced she was still alive i feel good 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 survived i gradually lost all my strength i was having difficulty breathing then and slipped into some bush i lost only hope i was sure i was going to die he choose the. moment. she

survived but found her 4 year old daughter militant. was going to say well. as soon as she was released from hospital she gathered to 5 other children and fled to this kind of food water and medical supply but at least they are safe here she says you can remember. and that was our correspondent mary oh my live reporting from the tory you can find more of her coverage on the website w dot com in the meantime now i am joined by jackie keegan she is the head of the u.n.h.c.r. us sub office and go and monitors the situation in north kivu and a tory thank you so much for joining us here on d.w. news you know as we've been hearing and that reporting the democratic congo has the highest number of displaced people in africa one recent estimate said that more than 120 armed groups are fighting in its 4 eastern provinces what are what are

driving these conflicts. there are actually a number of conflicts in eastern d.-r. city which have different causes which are fed by a number of the same problems the area suffers from a combination of wheatland and mineral resource regulation the presence of many thousands of light weapons and cheap ammunition we police and justice sectors the isolation caused by poor rose of the federal communications essential in fighting the great lakes has spoken about the impact of regional interest in the d.s.e. in the presence of foreign i'm actors ultimately without a global commitment establishing the rule of law to reduce impunity and to build an economy that serves local residents conflict will remain a problem in the east for the many years to come. it's challenging as we have seen to reach those who are in need amid these conflicts tell us you know how do you do it at the u.n. had it had a you reach these people. many displaced people most find support from their neighbors people like themselves who take them in when they have

to run from violence. and others work who are working more and more closely with local authorities and communities in advance of the flights during moments of calm to strengthen their capacity to respond to needs as they arise that they're the 1st responders and we need to help them the idea is to help communities to design and implement programming that responds best to local needs and prepares them to better accommodate people so that might mean building additional shelter building building wells that people might be able to use so that they can avoid going too far. to put themselves at risk of rape for example just in the search of water but when there is massive displacement in the international community does need to help directly and so we negotiate access with with another is in control only a week we plan very carefully so that we're able to get in and distribute what we need to distribute ultimately to much falls on the shoulders of locals however. what needs to be done to break the cycle of violence from from what you have seen

there locally. security remains the responsibility of the state and ultimately it will be apportioned to civilian authorities including police and justice systems to function for the good of everybody in a predictable way establishing and maintaining regulation of land management mining management agricultural sector the the raising of cattle and the sale of cattle that has supported the distribution of national id cards that have a massive impact on our daily life undirected protection and security risks and at the same time reduce conflict drivers while giving perhaps a bit of space for development perspective and and maybe economic opportunities that go beyond the media and you government is arriving today in north keep in mind in a jury the president indicated that it was his priority to address the violence and so does claire this the status even going north keep the jury as you said and it's hope that the military will be proud of will be part of the solution and that

indeed part of their plan will be to be accompanied by had to support the establishment of a strong its civilian has to tuition's in areas where military operations are going to take him so that people are able to rebuild trust in local and national services and in and in the possibility that their civilian leaders will be able to support their safety and stability this is going to take a while but ultimately we need all different parts of the the congolese government and its supporters to to work together jackie coogan of the u.n.h.c.r. in goma in the d r c thank you so much for joining us thank you. and here are some other stories making headlines. facebook's oversight board has upheld the social media giants decision to suspend donald trump's account but it says that it was wrong to ban the former president indefinitely for violating the rules on the side of violence the board has given the company 6 months to determine what it calls

a proportionate response. 27 nigerian students abducted almost 2 months ago have been released they were kidnapped in a forest forestry college excuse me and in kaduna state the 11th of march originally more were taken but some will released early on. the stage is set for the champions league final later this month chelsea will join mentors to city in the final after beating real madrid to nail a lemo talking here in the studio to walk us through it a lima a well deserved the win for chelsea it was and if the opposition coach even says that chelsea deserve to progress then it was a well deserved directory and they were clearly the much better side over 180 minutes they were extremely energetic they had so much pace so much tempore riyad madrid just couldn't keep up with them and german international team overran our

rose to the occasion he made it one nil in the 1st half and it's about time for him because he's had you know he struggled to score goals since joining the english side and then chelsea had a bit of an awkward phase where they had chance after chance but they just couldn't really make much of it and it wasn't until the 85th minute when mason moment sealed the deal for chelsea making it to nil and chelsea of course i might as well at this they make history because they are the 1st club with a men's and women's side reach the champion seek final in the same season the how but let's get back to the men's side coach thomas talk of course extremely proud of his side and really extremely pleased and this is what he had to say after the match. 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 never never the heads were never down that's we're always up even after these big chances that we must always stay

positive and never regret something so this is fantastic and he's had a big role in getting to also this far and i mean look i think it might be a bit of the german touch because at the last 3 champions league finals they have always featured up and a german coach so credit to the german coaching says them because they're obviously doing something very very right and yes thomas took us since taking over in january he has stabilized his team he's made their defense extremely solid but most importantly i think if that man met management those those people skills that he has he has a way of getting to play as where he's been able to get to get the best out of each and every player where every player you see at once to you know to fight to fight for him and like i said if he's in the champions league final don't think anybody would have thought that back in january when he 1st took over and they back in the top 4 in the premier league so now it's an all english final what is he expected i know it's a busy bit of irony here involved because

a few weeks ago both clubs city and chelsea we're this close to destroying the champions league by joining the european super league you know it's been you know like an interesting turn of developments and i say for example in terms of expectations chelsea obviously inexperienced but they have a lot of confidence even talking said after the game we know what to expect with city we beat them in the f.a. cup so we know what to expect and we're talkin for it and he even says the chances are 50 fiftieth's and as for city i think when it comes to when we talk about pressure i think they'll be a lot more pressure on city because pep guardiola and you know since coming taking over city people need to remember he's had he set record after record he's won a lot of silverware but he's not really done whitey's he was brought in to do and that was of course when the champions league attack if you don't view sports thank you. aerospace firm space x.

has for the 1st time successfully landed a prototype of a rocket that it hopes to eventually send to the moon and to mars the starship rocket touched down safely in texas after a high altitude test flight for previous landing attempts and did in explosions space x. c.e.o. elon musk says the company is just a few years away from sending one of the spacecraft to mars. now from the champions league to a champion of child birth and cause a blogger a 25 year old woman from mali has given birth to not one not 2 but my babies the woman had been sent to morocco for special prenatal care after she was told she was carrying 7 babies the 2 additional little ones came as an added surprise doctors say that all 9 children and their mother are doing well. a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here and d.-w. news u.s.

president joe biden has expressed his support for a waiver on covert 19 vaccine patents a reversal of his country's previous policy pressure had been mounting to create greater access to vaccines in the developing world the w.h.o. has held the decision as monumental. next it is comfort zone with my colleague tim

sebastian i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching. entered the conflict zone the government of sri lanka has been strongly criticized the un human rights council which warned of a deteriorating situation in the country and the crease marginalise ation of minorities my guest this week is john knuckle i'm a huge secretary just 3 lanka's foreign ministry physically johnson he's no mood to take the criticisms seriously i'm still something about the conflicts of the.

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people stood up against. more security more freedom and more dignity have their hopes been fulfilled. 10 years after the arab spring. arabella and starts june 7th on w. b they see all these things well than you don't know that you proud of living in a country where child killers all presidential pardons mean. anyone who is doing something wrong the government of sri lanka has been strongly criticized that the un human rights council which warns of a deteriorating situation in the country the erosion of judicial independence and