you know who to for more security more freedom more dignity have their hopes been fulfilled. where does the arab world stand today. 10 years after the arab spring. rebellion starts june 7th on d w. this is news and these are our top stories european commission president it was a lot of on the line says the e.u. is willing to discuss the idea of waiving intellectual property rights on covert 1000 vaccines her announcement follows washington's backing of the proposal from the world health organization supporters of the plan say if it's successful it would help boost the global supply of vaccines. at least 25 people have been killed in

a crackdown on drug traffickers in rio de janeiro the police carried out the raid on thursday in a fella to the north of the brazilian beach city residents took to the streets in the aftermath of the shooting demanding justice for those killed. a ugandan for much child soldier who became a rebel commander has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes dominick on one was convicted by the international criminal court on charges including murder rape forced pregnancy and using child soldiers when he was leader of the lord's resistance army. this is the news from berlin you can find much more on our web site d w dot com. if corona virus vaccinations continue at the current pace everyone living in rich

countries could be inoculated by the end of the year for poor countries that will not come until the year 2023 an unfair 2 tier system that would give the virus plenty of time to mutate now in an unexpected move the u.s. says it supports waiving patent protections for covert $1000.00 bank scenes and that means more companies in more countries could possibly produce the vaccines the european union signal today that it is considering following the u.s. if if germany doesn't stand in the way i bring gulf in berlin this is the day. for his his 1st stop and start we need to make sure the promise suitable companies are willing to share the recipe by this fed by expanding

global vaccine factories the passive we believe that the pharmaceutical companies should be supplying at scale at cost to the entire world. and this and that make that can only happen if everyone is safe well as if it won't. kill the world is full of action the united states is not out of the pandemic. also coming up in scotland voters are electing a new parliament a victory for the scottish national party looks likely if the win is big a new referendum on independence is all but guaranteed. scotland was taken out of the e.u. against its will and support for the e.u. still remains strong up here but that does not automatically translate into an overwhelming backing of independence. let's have our viewers on p.b.s.

in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with the race to speed up the global coronavirus vaccination drive there's good news from the u.s. tonight more than half of american adults have received at least one shot against cove and 19 public health experts remain cautious but they're saying for the 1st time that the worst of the pandemic is now history now this remains a dream for much of the rest of the world india and brazil are in the middle of a pandemic nightmare on thursday india reported 410000 new cases in just 24 hours that is a new global record and the pace of occupations in india is slowing when it needs to be in overdrive last year hoping to accelerate vaccine production globally india and south africa and the world trade organization to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for covert $1000.00 bank scenes pharmaceutical companies and wealthy countries oppose the idea but late on wednesday the biden

administration said 'd it is now in favor of the plan today the european union stopped short of endorsing the biden move well the idea may sound good there is no guarantee that it would result in more shots in arms at a faster pace than we have now this appears to be one reason why german chancellor angela merkel today pushed back saying the u.s. is endorsing a plan that could make it harder not easier to produce enough vaccines. it was a stunning change in policy for the u.s. the trumpet ministration resisted efforts to suspend patents on covered 19 vaccines but president joe biden chose a different tack 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 patents on coronavirus vaccines will boost production in less wealthy countries and fast track an end to the global pandemic but pharmaceutical companies criticized 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 it was enough on the line said in the meantime 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 waivers are not expected to come quickly u.s. trade representative say negotiations at the w t o could take some time and my 1st guest tonight is arthur caplan he's the director

of medical ethics at new york university's medical center mr kaplan it's good to see you again i'm sure you would agree with me that these are not normal times that we're in is it ethical to protect these patents in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. well i think you should not be protecting intellectual property over giving access to that scenes to a world that is still in the middle of a horrific pin down that you just have to look at india brazil turkey many many countries and even more developed countries japan for example very poor vaccination rates still at high risk so you don't want to go around protecting intellectual property but i don't think the intellectual property is the bottleneck to vaccine access i think it is a we would say red herring to focus on that issue i think what you need is

distribution of the vaccines we've got at the end the ability to manufacture or vaccines break down if you said to someone you should be more cakes here's the recipe you don't have enough good and you don't have the ingredients but i will give you the recipe we would have more cake. ok so let's say we want to get more cakes then the vns the cooks need to work longer and go into overdrive but that's not the case we don't have countries that are producing vaccines producing at maximum capacity what does it take then to get them to get to that level. well i think we could do 2 things one is we simply have these governments approach the manufactures and say we have prepaid for these vaccines in many instances say the united states and much of europe if you expect us to continue to prepay and buy

these products you've got to up the media to actually output they have the leverage because they are the governments the program consumers so they should exercise that the other idea i have a proposal let each pharmaceutical company partner with a part of the world pfizer central america the dearness sub-saharan africa and say your challenges help them build a factory help them learn to make backseats are not going to be able to do it just by getting the formula so take the people who know how to make that exceeds charge them with an area of the world tell them they have to get it back send it or they're going to pay fiscal penalties or if you will there will be other hindrances like loss of intellectual property if they don't get moving let's form some partnerships teach people not to accept the gift of a fish but let's teach them to fish yeah do you think mr caplan that president biden is the if he changing course here in order to pressure the pharmaceutical

companies to ramp up production and to increase the number of production agreements in other countries to teach these other countries to fish i mean is is this a means to a different end. you know i do think that's what's going to have no evidence what's looking for to prove it but everybody knows that it would disrupt the way back scenes drugs and devices of me to start to say we're going to give away intellectual property as we can see it absolutely terrifies them in the pharma and bio industries we can revisit that issue at a later date right now and we've got to get them to really go full tilt at making what they know how to bake it making it safely that making it with good quality control i don't see the possibility of exploiting that skill quickly to other parts of the world other parts of the world don't need x. scenes in 3 years they need texans in 3 months so i hope that it's

a political ploy to say get on the ball let's start really maximizing output and i hope that they take my kind of an idea and say and we're going to hold you responsible in different parts of the world we'll have a metric you partner up and show us what you're doing in vulnerable areas share prices yesterday in pharmaceuticals they plunged on the biden endorsement but they rebound today when german chancellor angela merkel pushed back the big drug companies agree with the chancellor that lifting patent protection will rob them of an incentive to develop vaccines for future pandemics do you agree with them. somewhat look the question starts become a much incentive do you need companies are making billions of the current bad scenes they're looking forward to making billions more from boosters maybe from vaccines that handle these strains i don't lie awake at night wondering are we sure

we've got enough by each an incentive out there for the pharmaceutical industry to keep making vaccines it could be that they're getting over pay but i don't want to divert into that argument about you know what's the long term repercussions of fooling around intellectual property what the world needs right now is a lot of x.e. to a lot of vulnerable places fast the question is is fooling around with intellectual property and that seems going to do that i'm going to say no i'm going to say it's max production time and it's time to make sure that they partner up to facilitate production in other parts of the world and if it takes a little saber rattling threat to profit so be it but let's get it done before we let you go let me ask you about this u.s. and european pharmaceutical companies they receive billions in government funds for research every year and that includes the code 19 vaccines these vaccines should be

free to the public because the public has already paid for them do you agree with that. well look it is true in the u.s. if you looked at the basic research on coronaviruses if you looked at the research that led to the platform that mcdermott up and pfizer used these were done at taxpayer expense in university settings both in the u.s. and in other countries so i think that. if you will the public has a right to claim some control over what stuck with them we never do it you never really said if these governments spend a high proportion of money taking the risk to develop the basic science that you should not be able to sell it back to us and exorbitant prices so the system is out of kilter i do think we deserve a better deal that we're getting money prices for things where heavy government investment in basic science leads to the breakthroughs but again that's not going to get that scene's next week next month even this year into the arms of people in

india or brazil that fight is one we should have but let's not get hung up on where the real challenge is more vaccines fast arthur caplan director of medical ethics at new york university's langan medical center mr koppel as always we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thanks for having me. i really came as a as i told you. on one of my 1st trip as secretary of state to convey personally. the president by how deeply we value our friendship our partnership with you pretty . well that was u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken on wednesday on a visit to ukraine one of his 1st foreign trips since becoming america's top diplomat lincoln called on russia to withdraw all the troops that it has master along its border with ukraine condemning what he called moscow's quote reckless and

aggressive actions ukrainian president voted me as a linsky said russia had only pulled back a few 1000 troops and we can also said significant forces were still in place. i'm joined tonight by our correspondent in kiev nick connelly good evening to you nic let's start with the optics here a brand new u.s. secretary of state visits ukraine in his 1st 100 days in office the signal of support from washington it could not be clearer right but it was definitely striking brant after his visit to london where he was celebrating one u.k. u.s. special relationship he came to kiev to celebrate one that might be a special relationship in the next years but in all seriousness he so far only visited brussels that with any other european cities been to visit paris or berlin so far so this really was. a symbol that was really taken up with

a lot of gratitude here in ukraine especially off to that russian brinkmanship here in recent weeks that really has rattled a people here and them hundreds of thousands if the figures it's believed of russian troops just couple 100 miles from where i am here in kiev. the words in of support in solidarity they sound comforting but i suspect president selenski would prefer actions instead he would like lincoln to endorse ukrainian membership in nato whitney. well there was certainly no big bang today no road map to membership i don't think anyone was seriously expecting that to happen grossly that would have been the ukrainian hope especially since ukrainian political establishment groupthink now seem to think that the only hope for this country is close ties with the u.s. they basically given up on expecting the europeans to do much in terms of the security politics i think the truth here is that the stumbling block is not in washington it's in paris in berlin and in fairness sake i think it's worth saying it is a lot easier to be quote unquote tough on russia when your trade is minimal with

russia as the case of the u.s. when geography puts you that much further away from russia and its import room but berlin is just 6 or so away from kaliningrad the russian enclave of russian missile systems a base that is that is the reality of the ukrainian being the new u.s. in the station puts a lot of pressure on paris to come around to this position and to really bring the ukraine across which is that russia won't be satisfied and as long as this country ukraine stays independent that is their bottom line and they're hoping that blinken will transmit that to bill in paris and nick if nato membership is out of the question now would a special partnership between ukraine and nato be more realistic and would that be acceptable to president. i think it might be more realistic i'm not sure it would be acceptable the ukrainian law in all of this is that this country is simply too big to be a buffer state this is a country of 40000000 people 1500 kilometers east to west in the middle of europe it's too big to be another finland to be culturally attached the west but in

security terms different disparate from nature they say there is no other guarantee for this country apart from nato membership so i think they're going to keep on pushing however low their chances look for now. we know the u.s. is signaling that this alliance is a 2 way street washington wants to get serious in fighting corruption is there any reason to believe that zelinsky can deliver. well certainly today did seem like a new school principal having you know the homework demonstrated by kind of sheepish pupils that was blinking listening to ukraine ministers talking about their measures to fight corruption i think the grades would be if they were formalized like that my experience having been here for a couple of years is that change in this country only really happens after outside pressure when the i.m.f. demands reforms in return for cash when for instance a us grand jury starts investigating that dodgy dealings in the u.s.

for solecki to distance himself from the oligarch who made him famous as a showman with his t.v. channels so i think the blinken team doesn't really get that and i think there's no real sign that they're going to spare the tough love and they going to keep on putting the pressure on the ukrainians to deliver. connally in kiev tonight nic as always thank you. violence in the democratic republic of congo has surged in recent weeks attacks by militants clashes between local tribes and 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 trouble to one of 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 come closer to a province we are on the road with a nerve agent in iraq and as a sign 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 and 10 of the displaced people intro drill it's one of many and idiocracy about 5 in the hole for 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 as 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 for months and i also said just devastated when i walked past them they shot at me i had no idea if it survived i gradually lost all my strength before i was having difficulty breathing then slipped into some bush i lost all hope i was sure i was going to die he choose that. she survived but found her 4 year old daughter. was in the wonderfully well. as soon as she was released from hospital she gathered to 5 other children and fled to this camp food water and medical care on short supply but at least they're safe here she says you can. did we just witness what could have been the 1st post burke said clash britain and france and sent patrol ships to waters near the island of jersey in the english

channel they arrived after 50 french fishing boats blockaded the island's main harbor the french fishermen are angry over fishing rules which they say unfairly restricts their boats from working in waters controlled by the british. french fishermen and women pour in to say telly erhard are blocking any large ship from leaving their angry the island of jazzy is a self-governing british crime dependency and has become the epicenter for the disagreement over post breck's at 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. you know who would be who were to we come today because we have always fished in these waters we've always fished here and then over night they take away all our fishing rights you know. these are agreements we've had for a very long time. but now they must apply for

a pair met from the jersey government they say the process is unfairly restricting . what they're going to do that we're 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. the. u.k. authorities have pushed back claiming that they have done all they can to accommodate french concerns as you already licensed so before you vessels great price. they will be clear that there's no process the relating so you know say that . for the data so i think it's fair i'll accept. they source or call both countries sent naval vessels to monitor the situation tensions over fishing rights have been simmering for days after jessie's requirements for a fishing license were published last week. france even went as far as threatening

to cut. the 2 sides failed to reach an agreement when officials from jazz he met with some of those blocking the port but the french both left after their protest. when out of scotland where a parliamentary election could decide the fate of the scottish independence movement scotland has been part of the united kingdom since $77.00 but many scots say they feel poorly represented in london in a $24000.00 referendum on independence 55 percent of voters favored staying in the u.k. but 2 years later a firm majority opposed leaving the european union 1st minister nicolas sturgeon says a fresh majority for the scottish national party would be a mandate for pursuing a 2nd independent straw he. went to scotland to hear from people on both sides of the debate. how we need to be as a 2nd generation kill maker 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 music language history or but since the op he has 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 was 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 and lisa marie hughes and michelle campbell a scottish nationalist candidates in glasgow but you know scotland oh saw resource on tower i'm to st rubbish nation we are

a nation i'm tired of what you. boil it trust you got terminated ecologically much better fashion you know we are looking our own future for what is best for scotland and being part of projects that platinum versailles be in and dependent scotland and europe has 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 e.u. still remains strong up here but that does not automatically translate into an overwhelming backing of independence. cattle farmer john elliott voted against breaks it in the referendum he sells aberdeen 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 beautiful work on

shopping everyone is always going back and forth if there was any trade barriers are very very difficult in this area because at the moment a lot of the communities are integrated between england and scotland in this area and i think that. it would be a shame of those any sort of body of scotland is very dependent on its trade ties with england the nationalists are set on seeing that change post spreads it scotland has become a nation and such of a new identity. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter. you can follow me. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then.

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