this is the w.'s line from the united states proposals to corona virus vaccine patents and. talk about since the world health organization hailed as a historic step along the. distribution of vaccines also on the program angry french fishermen stage a protest in the english channel. limiting their access to waters close to france

the u.k. french and british governments to send vessels to monitor the situation. and german business leaders voiced their concerns about the proposed targets after germany's high court ruled current laws insufficient. time for welcome to the program the movement to boost access to corona virus vaccines received a shot in the arm after u.s. president joe biden voiced support for a waiver on vaccine peyton's now the e.u. is signaling that it may be open to the idea as well suspending intellectual property rights for vaccines would allow other companies to create generic versions critics of the idea say it's unlikely to address the cute vaccine shortages. it was

a stunning change in policy for the u.s. the trumpet ministration resisted efforts to suspend peyton's on covered 19 vaccines but president joe biden chose a different tact the word from u.s. trade representatives was extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures the move was welcomed by many in a tweet the head of the world health organization described it as monumental. the proposal already had the backing of some $100.00 countries in the world trade organization proponents say suspending patients on coronavirus vaccines will boost production in less wealthy countries and fast track an end to the global pandemic but pharmaceutical companies criticize the proposal they say the decision will lead to more disruption and stifle innovation in the future the european union has said it's willing to discuss the issue with the u.s. but european commission president is

a lot fun the line said in the mean time rich countries could do more to distribute the vaccine that they already have in the short run however we call upon all vaccine producing countries to allow exports and to avoid measures that disrupt supply chains the patent wavers are not expected to come quickly u.s. trade representative say negotiations at the w t o could take some time. matters in brussels welcome again even if you commission president are sort of on the alliance says the commission is willing to consider its idea of waving this is not an e.u. decision is it. exactly it's not an e.u. decision but look she will she will need consent from member states but look what i would say is here we're facing a different situation and in fact another problem when it comes to sharing vaccines

europe has been the continent that was most willing to share of x.-men this hasn't been an export ban millions of doses went out while the own population was waiting for vaccines and still is waiting for a vaccine so that's not really the problem to have member states on one page here the problem is more a practical one let's say for instance germany would publish the recipe for a j. great german lager which by the way is compared to the complex production of a biotech pfizer vaccine a piece of cake that would require special staff coming for instance to countries like india train the personnel on the ground and that is why the e.u. says and my member states say we need to think about a way how we can do that how this stuff is being paid it is really you need a big concept of for that and you will need special licenses and that is why the e.u. has been for a while now looking at special licenses what is good now about this approach from

the u.s. is that the pressure increases to actually come up with a solution that is in practical terms will deliver more vaccines but as early as maybe the end of the year or next or the next year we'll go about this in brussels thank you. it's going to view on this from kashyap from human rights watch in mumbai welcome to you how significant would this be for india if it happened. thank you so much yes this is a historic moment. u.s. president signaling that he's going to put people's lives and how 1st it's a very strong message and extremely important one coming at a time which is they tire for india at india and south africa have put forward this proposal we've gotten a silver it's been over 7 months and it's installed at the video and we really hope that this will move bytes swiftly into negotiations which we will also text quite

transparently and as a strong outcome that allows all countries to kill up manufacturing in practical terms sorry so no no you've done that was exactly the point i was about to come to the practical terms how long if if say the decision was given now or tomorrow how long would it take for india to actually be able to scale up production on this on this scale. so there are 23 things you have to have to operate in parallel track on the one side you need the chips we have a proposal what that we have a proposal does it's really simplify the whole measure very complex rules governing intellectual property and trade including for example whether you can export something that's not an action under those those set of rules have to fight in order for us to move forward quickly in this and then nick the 2nd track in which you know while the tips we have in negotiations are ongoing on governments to come forward around the table and discuss how they can actually set in motion technology transfer for example the question about you know what what can government do to

incentivise and rig big pharmaceutical companies to it's able to get behind the court in 1000 technology access all that idea has been you know goes we back last year in me it's remained an idea from citigroup companies need to come to the table and governments to make that happen so that's the 2nd month is also now it's w h 90 and irony of vaccine technology transfer her idea and that also has to have a lot of governments and pharmaceutical companies so that that's a 2nd that's right on top of. that the 3rd piece which is equally important is regulatory of who are currently there is no mechanism directly to grant regulatory approvals and generic vaccine the doesn't exist so the drug rachel and government come together and develop and i how to move through regulation approvals even when manufacturing is killed ok so it's complicated and there are stages to be gone through but. let's just look at it from the pharmaceutical companies point of view

because i'm not mad keen on this if this pain waiver proposal were to be successful talk to us about that the chances are they would deter pharmaceutical companies from investing so heavily into producing vaccines so quickly for the next pandemic because there'd be less money in it for them. so the one thing that i do have to point out is a huge amount of public money has gone into the research and development of these vaccines so right now they're operating without any information we do not know actually that the ratio of private investment to public investments no pharmaceutical company has actually disclosed that there is only one company johnson and johnson that is even committed to a 3rd party audit it's not proper pricing we actually want how it's little companies to come to the table and tell us what is the investment have how the nonprofit pricing commitments quoted by its own neutral 3rd party and have the

results published so everybody knows what what is the private investment because the we have some sense of the public investment it's floating around the there nokia because that all of this has to be publicly disclose fred on its own candid conversation about what you know that's very clear thank you so much for joining us . from human rights watch thank you. well with infection rates falling and vaccination numbers now rising germany is easing restrictions for people who have been fully in. the parliament approved a proposal to grant more freedom to people who've been vaccinated against coronavirus or who have recovered from infections the government says the changes are not about granting privileges but reinstating constitutional rights germans have do seem divided over this contentious issue a month off you can create too much disparity within the population but at the same time you have to make sure that you somehow find

a balanced solution. and that. really 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 i'm all for it but it's an injustice towards some people. that i'm not ok with the fact that the non-facts unaided also have to reckon with considerable disadvantage as. a couple of other stories making news around the world the hong kong democracy activist joshua wall has been sentenced to another 10 months in jail for taking part in i'm an authorised demonstration he attended a vigil commemorating the 989 crackdown in beijing city and one square incentives to give him 3 other people but he's already serving a prison sentence for other illegal assembly convictions. voters in scotland to go to the polls on thursday in the election that could decide the fate of their it's independence movement 1st minister nicola sturgeon says

a win for her scottish national party would be a mandate for a 2nd independence drive to break away from the u k. britain and france have said navy and coastal patrol ships to waters near the island of jersey in the english channel this after about a 50 french fishing boat sailed to jersey to blockade the island's main harbor front says the new opposed to bragg said rules on fairly restrictive realty of french fishermen were going to work u.k. waters. french fishermen and women pour into st tele air harbor blocking any large ship from leaving their angry the island of jersey is a self-governing british crime dependency and has become the epicenter for the disagreement over post breck's it fishing rights the island is closer to france than it is to u.k. and many french boats used to fish in the surrounding waters. where

do we come today because we have always fished in these waters we've always fished here and then overnight they take away all our fishing rights. these are agreements we've had for a very long time. but now they must apply for a parent from the jersey government they say the process is unfairly restricting. but i thought you were not happy with the licensing restrictions they handed out to us we should have had licenses to fish as we wished without any restrictions on the species. u.k. authorities have pushed back claiming that they have done all they can to accommodate french concerns as you've already licensed so before you vessels great pragmatic that's right there it's they will be clear that there are process to really sense you know say the lawyer. for the data so i think it's fair on

acceptable to make those they saw. both countries sent navy vessels to monitor the situation tensions over fishing rights have been simmering for days after their requirements for a fishing license were published last week france even went as far as threatening to cut off jessie's electricity. officials from jazzy met with some of those blocking the port but the 2 sides failed to reach an agreement french boats have now agreed to leave. a scar on this from d.-day because one of berg it to pass in london welcome back it so the vose french fishing boats are now leaving jersey waters but this dispute is not over as i write. that is right and quite astonishing how in the space of just a few days and really has escalated i think from the british perspective the british government would have been quite surprised when the french minister says

that there is the possibility of cutting off electricity to jazzy and possibly that was the moment when it was decided to actually send the navy boats and so definitely quite a good amount of posturing on both sides and i wonder whether there is not a certain amount left over frustration over bragg's in over all these negotiations some sort of anger that is being vented posthumously almost but this it does seem extraordinary ok so this is a this is definitely about how does it escalate so quickly from a dispute about a fishing treaty to both sides sending a navy vessel. well exactly i mean and the jersey authorities and the u.k. government element taining that they have given the french fisherman notice and that they knew that there were going to be these new licenses whereas france and they're being backed up by the european union they say that this is actually

against the u.k. e.u. treaty so it's a breach of that of that contract and i understand that there are reasons for of course still a resolution that can be found and people have been shouting from boat to boat and we're trying to find an agreement but us.