this is the news live from berlin bowing to global pressure the e.u. says it's ready to discuss covert 19 facts in patent ways u.s. president joe biden already said he supports the suspension of intellectual property rights on coronavirus vaccines but it's not a done deal yet negotiations could take months also coming up hong kong democracy activist joshua wong is sentenced so in addition old 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to taking part in an authorized. fighting in the

democratic republic of congo is triggering one of the largest humanitarian crises on the planet visits a camp in a region recently declared on the scene. and it's an all english final in the champions league this year after presently outclassing real madrid's toss totals shall see qualify for the title clash against manchester city. thanks for joining us and we begin with what could be a breakthrough in the drive to boost the world's coronavirus vaccine supply and approve a global access u.s. president joe biden has announced support for waiving vaccine patent protections the white house says extraordinary measures are needed to end the pandemic the u.s. has previously resisted efforts by. the world trade organization to temporarily

suspended selection of property protections on covert 19 vaccines in the joints more than 100 countries in support of the policy says of major vaccine makers madonna novak's dipped on the news if you have news william google joins me now with more on this story william what exactly is u.s. president joe biden advocating so this would be a temporary waiver to the patent rights of the pharmaceutical companies have over the vaccines they developed in record time as we know in this past year in the pen demick now of course the u.s. is a loud voice but only one voice at the world health organization they would need unanimous consent from all the members which is almost the entire world to actually pass a temporary waiver generally the united states is a strong advocate for patent protection for in intellectual property rights for protecting their industries for good for maintaining that incentive of the profit

incentive for developing new technologies in all kinds of fields and it's often china that the u.s. points out as as china cheat on intellectual property rules to develop their own kind of a rip off of different kinds of products but it's a campaign promise of joe biden he said that he would he would support this kind of waiver at the show and now he's coming through with this after an intense pressure from other democrats from progressive groups and from world health advocates so if agreement can be reached what will this mean for global vaccine nexus. well we're talking about generics right generic versions cheaper versions of a name brand product whether it's the pfizer vaccine astra zeneca danno the number of other vaccines that are on the line right now to allow vaccine makers pharmaceutical companies all around the world to develop locally to develop more cheaply and to get supply really boosted all around the world especially for the lower and middle income countries now of course the pharma industry in united

states is absolutely against this they say it would affect supply effect security and let's not forget that while you know companies like pfizer are going to earn or have earned billions of dollars from their vaccine development it also takes billions of dollars to research these kinds of breakthrough technologies technologies and they say they need that incentive and they need the money to be able to continue the research and development that gives us these kinds of drugs and these kinds of vaccines and such quick order is of course the difficult diplomacy side as well that seems have become a kind of currency in the diplomatic world for international relations which china and russia have been very effective with their vaccines and the u.s. having been so effective at home now may want to show some goodwill around the world with actually distribution well and thank you for this analysis that's. meanwhile the e.u. commission president also to fund a law and remains careful but says the e.u. is prepared to discuss the way it looks for ways to improve global access to cope

with 19 vaccines the european union is also ready to discuss any proposal that address the crisis in an effective and pragmatic manner and that's why we are ready to discuss how the u.s. proposal for a waiver on intellectual property protection for covered vaccines could help achieve that objective. unaligned speaking then i'm not joined from brussels by our correspondent band. band one alliance says the commission is willing to consider waiving patton's she can't decide that our own country. though she is certainly needs also the member state of the on board they will discuss this. at a summit coming up in lisbon this weekend and it's the forum for that is the w t

o the world trade organization there are some emergency mechanism that would allow it to waive some of these intellectual property rights that you fishless briefing impreza say it's not that simple because there are actually no peyton's legally speaking on this vaccines yet madonna for example one of the companies has no payton on that and doesn't want one if we are talking about licensing the production so the they could force companies to issue licenses to other producers to tell them how to actually make this vaccine and how to set up production sites and it's not a simple generic generic a that you're producing here and the companies warn it is not that easy in its no remedy for the short term. need for vaccines baby in the long term that will help but in the law in the short term only the export from producing sites already existing would be a solution so they knew of her example is urging the u.s.

to export vaccines which is not doing right now and that this could be a way out of the short term crisis maybe it obvious spending out there from brussels thank you found. well india was one of the countries to 1st propose a suspension of vaccine patents and it's now also the country most in need of help in fighting a pandemic on thursday that reported more than 400000 new covert 900 cases and almost 4000 deaths setting records for both the burden on the country's hospitals is becoming increasingly unsustainable it's all hands on deck with even medical students now being called in to lend a hand. running low on sleep junior doctor. dresses in protective gear to begin a 27 hour long shift. he's only 26 years old and hasn't even finished his medical training. or job yet its name is. for this that it is

a very short. believe it will not be easy when you're not me but that we are the few. at this point of a year before you do this if you are good if you look good 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 the song is on because you know you can read b.s. you think that believe me he be the guy you want to know you tonight that continues

to be was not you know the everyday read the. 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 supply lines are transported by armed guard and crematoriums work around the clock. maybe the people would have to be. because it was a kind of this if they could make people think they would do with it might take a wonderful. after 27 hours in the e.r. ruined our gov us is he could sleep for 2 days but a friend with the sick father calls real hard agrees to help knowing that in reality there's not much he can do. and that's go to india and now i'm

joined by a neat about season human knowledge is that the india institute of science education and education and research at the government is saying that the 2nd wave is linked to a double mutant variant 1st discovered in march how much evidence is there for this . don't lose that radiance it was discovered in march but it was in existence at keast. really the sequencing wasn't enough in time and that is why tracing back its origin in which month it i got this easy it's difficult to see it and want to dig out it leaves the sequencing of the virus is easy on the small but very easy enough circumstantial evidence to say that this particular area that we're going to be and it has its or even now the $1.00 that you've probably actually and i can see it's a cause and effect relationship but does that somebody actually is really strong

that you probably think that the it's not present all over the country i'm still not even is there. so the india together with south africa has led the proposals for a waiver on the vaccine patents how significant would such a waiver be for india and the shirt in the short and the long term. it's humans that would this is a good idea meg you know i mean you don't see a situation like this. format fracture however if you look at it. if you use vaccines that is in the way even refined lot of buyers manufacturers or seat i mean the biggest manufacturer in the world i'm not going off the seeing enough of those this off what they thought they'd more off so we should get him back to the issue because actually in india so even if there is this

assurance and instead is acknowledging cancer i still feel that in young long life or the vaccine production will clearly be the vehicle for a mathematics of you should so i think the only solution right now is importing where we're maxine's. at in sufficient numbers. and of course if you really want. india's government top scientific advisor yesterday was the 3rd way it could be on the way does that mean india has already seen the peak of the 2nd wife you think. i don't grok that in the state sector because they are certainly climbing up as your pockets stated there are $400000.00 plus cases even before going to yesterday and so go the it is clearly going up and up i don't know when we can reach the peak so to speak the i think course to

reaching poppy thanks so much had already going down enough for those that i mean. what do you think it. is quite i don't always have been any other. because there is. not enough fact illegal coverage with the media and vaccines are being overly out of work mark under your sink and it makes you think fiction should be the media so we actually want to hear about it. i really believe and strengthen the medical infrastructure that everybody's talking and yes even the state but i don't mean already. to. basically be timid about what it gets and is above thank you very much for taking the time to talk to davina's thank you thank you and also some other developments

in the pandemic indonesia is banning travel during the popular homecoming period to celebrate fitter covered 19 cases there have been falling but the government wants to prevent a repeat of last year's spike in the death after that holiday the world health organization is planning to set up a global pandemic hub in the german capital berlin to govern analyze data on emerging pandemic threats canada authorize use of the biotech finds a vaccine on children as young as 12 it's the 1st country in the world to approve a vaccine for children. here are some more stories making headlines around the world today around 50 french fishing boats sailed in a fertility the british channel out of jersey on thursday in protest over post breaks in fishing rights france says the new rules unfairly restrict their ability to fish in u.k. waters. boaters in scotland are going to the polls on thursday in an election that

could decide the fate of its independence movement 1st minister nicolas sturgeon says a win for hunt's scottish national party would be a mandate for a 2nd independence drive to break away from the united kingdom. after fresh clashes between police and protesters in the colombian capital bogota it's the latest violence highlighting days of protests against economic inequality and police brutality at least 24 people have been killed and young arrest this past week. you're watching the interview news still to come. premier league goes champions league chelsea semifinal victory over real madrid qualifies them for an all english final against manchester city. but 1st the democratic republic of congo has seen a surge of violence in recent weeks attacks by militants and into community conflict has forced millions of people to flee their homes the u.n. says ongoing fighting is making it extremely difficult to reach people in many

areas across from the travel to eternity one of 2 provinces in the north east of the country officially under siege. hardly any other region has suffered atrocities by militias especially as close to a 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 enjoy a draw it's one of my new entity r.c. about 5 in the whole familia of the country's estimated 105000000 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 the 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 but unfortunately she was already dead 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 slipped into some bush i lost all hope i was sure i was going to choose that. she survived but found her 4 year old daughter and that it. was a well. as soon as she was released from hospital she gathered her 5 other children

and fled to this canned food water and medical care supply but at least they're safe here she says you can. that was our correspondent reporting from it and you can find much more coverage from the region on our website you know. it's another setback setback for hong kong's pro-democracy movement one of its most prominent figures joshua wang has been sentenced to a further 10 months in jail for participating in an authorised vigil last june wong is already serving a 17 month sentence for his role in anti-government protests in the territory and $29.00 he. went activists joshua long was brought to court he most likely knew his jail term would be extended hong kong authorities have been tightening their grip on freedom of expression in the city he's already serving jail time for his role in pro-democracy protests but now he's been sentenced to an extra 10

months for participating in a visual last year that commemorated the victims of the $989.00 tiananmen square massacre. and we are very disappointed in how i have been failing to. same guy writes. i write a piece was i miss it i ratchet to feel that session. for years hong kong was the only place in china where people were allowed to mark the anniversary of beijing's crushing of the chinese democracy movement until it was banned last year. and many other activists have fallen victim to hong kong and beijing suppression of dissent following months of anti-government protests beginning in 2019. 1 was due to be released in november he's now likely to be behind bars well into 2023. and scotland voters are going to the polls today in an election that could decide

the fate of the scottish independence movement scotland has been part of the united kingdom since $1707.00 many scots say they feel poorly represented by british decision makers in 2014 referendum on the on independence 55 percent of voters favored staying in the u.k. but 2 years later a family he opposed leaving the european union 1st minister nicola sturgeon says a fresh majority for her scottish national party will be a mandate for pursuing a 2nd independence trials that are used to get mass went to scotland to hear from people on both sides of the debate. how we need to be as a 2nd generation kill to make a during the last referendum he voted for scottish independence his stance is still basically supports i feel scottish 1st scottish society is different we have our own culture and music language history or but since the op he gave us of bragg's it

and the corona pandemic he believes it's become a risky proposition i only want an independent scotland it 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 is actually going to work scottish nationalists are trying to convince their compatriots that now is the path 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 resource on tall women i'm distrait rush nation we are a nation and prior way. the old bio atrocity but terminated ecologically much better fashion you know we are looking our own future for what is best for scotland and being part of the next that plateau versailles be in and dependent scotland and

europe s. no contest breck's it has been a boon for nationalists but the path to independence is spain no means a sure thing scotland was taken out of the you against its will and support for the you still remains strong up here but that does not automatically translate into an overwhelming backing of independence. cattle farmer john elliott voted against brags that in the referendum he self is evident angus t. is in the e.u. but he believes the union with england is more important. from his farm he can see the chevy of his straddling the england scotland borders for work and shopping everyone is always going back and forth if there were any trade barriers are very very difficult in this area because at the moment a lot of the communities are integrated between england scotland and the scenery 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 bragg's it scotland has become a nation in search of a new identity. in football the stage is set for the champions league final later this month strelsa will join manchester city in the final after beating real madrid to nil he had to walk us through all that is a talkie from g.w. supposedly was this a deserved win when the opposition coach even admits that chelsea were the best high then i'm sure that this was a disaster when they were energetic they controlled the temple over 180 minutes and german international team of a man are also finally rising to the ok ok zhang by making it one nil in the 1st half and he has struggled to score goals since joining the english side so good on him and after that despite creating

a lot of chances chelsea didn't really get on the scoresheet until really late until what was it mason moment scored the deal in the 85th minute to make it too narrow and chelsea of course made history because now they're the press club where the men's and women's side both both have reached the champions league final all in one season and of course thomas talk after their win yesterday very very pleased with his side let's take a listen what the spirit to show in moments where we needed to suffer in the 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 missed always stay positive and never regret something so yes that's fantastic. so muscles begin to have to the dimension that the german touch if you will all much of a role has that man played in the wind

a big road because just listening to it is the old tone right that the sound bite that we just heard it's like the man himself should take credit for that because since he took over chelsea in january he has been a stabilizing force he has it what is it he has titan a defense that conceit far fewer goals than before and more importantly he's gotten the best out of each and every player like this like this fighting spirit like they really are into impressing their coach or going back to to the german touch is definitely a german touch involved and not just here with thomas 290 the last 3 champions league finals all featured a german coach so credit to the german coaching system they definitely do something really really special. still it will be an all english final is going to happen in istanbul so what can we expect so he is the irony of it all because city and chelsea here we have 2 clubs making the final that only

a few me weeks ago was all set on destroying the champions league the champions league by joining the super league the european super league so it's been you know a very interesting turn of events but going back to in terms of expectations chelsea obviously the more inexperienced site yet but took her even said after the game that we know what to expect we beat city in the f.a. cup so we're confident and he says the chances are 5050 but when it comes to pressure i think they'll be a lot more pressure on city especially on pep guardiola because people need to remember he has won a lot of trophies but city he's had a lot of records that he's not really done what he was supposed to do and that is when the champions league not yet so he has a shot. at the ws balls thank you very much. well aerospace from space access for the 1st time successfully landed a prototype of a rocket it hopes to eventually send to the moon and some off the starship rocket top stone safely in texas after a high altitude test fired 4 previous manning's attempts and explosions.

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