for maintaining that incentive of the profit incentive for developing new technologies in all kinds of fields 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 arranged what will this mean for global nexus what 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 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 and 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 diplomat diplomacy side as well that seems have become a kind of currency in atlantic 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. response to president biden's announcement e.u. commission president all of underlined says the e.u. is prepared to talk about the waiver as it also looks for ways to improve global

access to cope with 19 back scenes 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 waiver on intellectual property protection for covered vaccines could help achieve that objective as a funnel and speaking then are joined from brussels by our correspondent. on alliance says the commission is willing to consider waiving patents you can't decide that our own country. though she certainly needs also the member state of the e.u. 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 but the e.u. officials briefing impreza say it's not that simple because there are actually no peyton's legally speaking on this vaccines yet and madonna for example one of the companies has no paid internet 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 sides and it's not a simple generic generica 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 side 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 did obvious spending up there from brussels thank you found. some of the other stories making headlines britain and france sent navy and coastal patrol ships to waters near the channel island of jersey is that as tensions rose over post breaks in fishing rights. 50 french fishing boats sailed in a fertility jersey francaise the new rules unfairly restrict their ability to fish in the u.k. waters. german chancellor angela merkel is among those speaking at the virtual global climate summit petersburg dialogue is being co-hosted this year but the united kingdom is focused on gaining greater commitment to curbing greenhouse gases india reported a stunning 412000 new covert 900 cases in almost 4000 deaths on thursday setting

records for both the country has been overwhelmed by shortages in lifesaving supplies the demand for medical oxygen has jumped 7 fold since last month the surgeon fictions has coincided with a huge drop in vaccinations because of supply and delivery issues india is pushing for a waiver for protection for corona virus vaccines just like u.s. president biden to help make them available to more people more quickly. let's go to india now i'm joined by we need a bow season even knowledge is not the india institute of science education and equation and research 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 . they don't lose every day and it was discovered in march but it wasn't. really the sequencing wasn't enough and that is why i trace it back its

origin in which my belief that i got this easy is difficult if you see it and wanted it out it leaves the sequencing of the virus is easy on the. net is enough circumstantial evidence to see that this particular into the area it has it's on even now the 1.617 that you probably are and i can see it's a cause and effect relationship but as that's also the action is clearly strong. probably causing the it's not present all over the country i'm still that we've. so india together with south africa has led the proposals for a waiver of vaccine pathans how significant would such a waiver be for india and the shirt in the short and the long term. it's humans it would this is a. matter you know i mean you don't see

a situation like this i'm sure. they are manufactured however if you look at it in class if you use vaccines that is. the way to even find lot of buyer manufacturers or seat of the biggest manufacturer in the world i'm not. seeing enough doses off what they thought they'd more off so we shouldn't get in the facts of the issue because if you're only in india so even if there is this assurance and instead is a technology transfer i still feel that in young long life or the vaccine production will clearly be of the adequate for a mathematics of you should so i think the only solution right now is importing where we're maxine's. insufficient course. and of course if you really want. india's government top scientific advisor yesterday was the 3rd way it could

be on the way doesn't mean india has already seen the peak of the 2nd wife you think. i wonder are there in the state and bisected because they are certainly climbing up as your pockets stated there are $400000.00 plus even already yesterday and so go. is clearly going up and up i don't know when we can reach the peak so to speak the course to reach a peak that's so mysterious and already going down only enough for us i mean. what exactly could buy. quite i don't always going to be a mother. another be it because there is not enough fat illegal but it will even be. wheeling out in 100 and. makes you

think fiction it should be the really and so we actually want to hear about. the leaves and strain the medical infrastructure that everybody's talking and yet you know. what i don't mean. to. basically be here about what it gets and there's a bar thank you very much for taking the time to talk to dobbins thank you with infection rates for him fascination numbers slowly rising germany is easing restrictions for people who are fully inoculated with 2 shots column and has approved the decision granting more freedom for those who have either been vaccinated against the coronavirus or recovered from an infection the government says it's not about plans and privileges but it is about reinstating constitutional rights. the germans seem very much divided over the issue. and you can

create too much disparity within the population but at the same time you have to make sure that you somehow find a balance solution. i'm in favor of giving freedom back to those who are no longer pose a risk but it would mean that people who don't get vaccinated for whatever reason are 2nd class citizens and i'm all for it but it's an injustice towards some people . that i'm not ok with the fact that the non vaccinated also have to reckon with considerable disadvantages of them on this that's pretty ominous dummy's a medical doctor on the member of the german parliament with the green party some basic rights of now restored for those who are vaccinated or covered so what's your party's line on this decision. well it was important to reinsure the rights of people who were vaccinated especially in controlled settings for example care homes or if you think rooms in the hospital

where people who are working really hard for the health of the people since months takes their break together so. basically where we can say it is safe that people have contacts together again and also to give the people who are vaccinated the right to move in freedom all day long so. just just a couple of seconds ago we've heard of a few voices from ordinary people on the streets here don't you think that we have creating sort of a to claw society here. well we have to differentiate between different situations i completely agree that if we for example talk about the rights to enter. a shop or to enter

a certain setting we have to assure that people who are vaccinated have. rights then people who are not vaccinated but could enter the setting by a negative test for example so having z.z. quality i think it is this ok if we look at still ongoing pandemic as a doctor i'm. fully recommend to everybody that we only take small steps now and . to assure on one side that everybody is complying with the rules until everybody is vaccinated and also to assure that these. will still be under control do you think this could also act as an incentive for those who are not willing to get vaccinated this still a pretty high number of people don't want to one when i get a shelter you're saying that it could help. well it could help at the

moment to be honest we're still in the last period where. certain important part of this vaccination campaign well we still face shortage of vaccine doses over here in germany but we enter a 2nd phase now where it is important to release vaccination throughout the whole population and then also there will be a lot of work to do to. get people to the vaccination centers or to their health care facility and get their job and they could be one good argument that normalization off their daily life is one of the advantages you get when you are vaccinated but if you look at all which is the u.k. which has seen a dramatic fall in cases although most of the vaccinated haven't even had the 2nd dose isn't that proof that restrictions can be eased safely more restrictions safely. well this situation

not only over here in germany but globally is still very fragile i mean we have to face the fact that there are many very dangerous very unsafe. gadding on our. screen and on our pandemic management day by day and we really have to be careful that we don't destroy all the success which is made so far by. the openings over here in germany and also in other parts of the world so i as a doctor i say let's be careful and small steps. to gain control. of germany is green thank you very much for the time. and here are some more stories making headlines around the world facebook's oversight board has upheld the social media giants decision to suspend donald trump's account but it said it was wrong to ban the former president indefinitely for violating rules on and cited by

the board has given the company 6 months to determine what it calls a proportionate response. aerospace from space excess successfully landed a prototype of a rocket it hopes to eventually sent to the moon and to the models the starship rocket touched down safely in texas off the high altitude textfile test previous starship rockets other exploded while landing or shortly afterwards. the democratic republic of congo has seen a surge of violence of weeks attacks by militants into community conflicts 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 our correspondent travels to italy while most 2 provinces in the north east of the country officially under a state of siege. hardly any other region has suffered atrocities

by militias especially as close to troop presence we are on the road with a nerve agent it was going to say son over a distance of just 60 kilometers we passed through about 20 checkpoints controlled by various rebel groups as well as the congolese army. a 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 internally displaced people into jail it's one of many and idiocracy about 5 in the whole familiarly of the country's estimated 105000000 people artists. raised 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 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.

reporting from and you can file and a lot more folk are heard from that region on our website that's of course w dot com. it's another setback for hong kong's pro-democracy movement one of its most prominent figures just what was been sentenced to a further 10 months in jail for participating in an authorized vigil last june wong as already serving a 17 month sentence for his role in government protests in the territory in the $29.00 he. went activist 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. i'll quote had been failing to save our rights to say that i write to peter was a mistake 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 29 tame one was due to be released in november he's now likely to be behind bars well into 2023. football the stage is set for the champions league final later this month well john mentions the city in the final after beating around the drift to nil he had to walk us through all that is attacking from g.w.

supposedly was this a deserved win by the opposition coach even admits that chelsea were the best side and i'm sure that this was a deserved 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 to know 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 spirits 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 never down that's we're always up even after these big chances that we must always stay positive and we never regret something so yes that's fantastic. so i'm still speaking to have to the events that the german. if you will all much of a role played in the wind a big groan 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 talk 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 really 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 and but going back to in terms of expectations chelsea obviously the more inexperienced site 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 with city he's had a lot of records but he's not really done what he was supposed to do and that is when the champions league is not yet so he has a shot. ball's thank you very much. now you're watching news here's a reminder of all top story the e.u. says it's willing to discuss covert 19 vaccine patent waivers this comes after the u.s. publicly plans to improve global bassin supply and access by temporarily suspending intellectual property rights away to discussions of the world trade organization expected to take months. if you want to let you know scale back in using age of. ways is just wrong in many of the hong kong activist choices now in jail what's the future for the charger is pro-democracy. why do people in taiwan seem so early to get vaccinated against cold with.

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and young people clearly have the solution to job no one has been sentenced to more prison time but so many top activists. in prison where do things stand for the territory civil rights movement class in taiwan its story of covert success the past year could take a new turn we take a closer look at vaccine hesitancy there.