admirers and critics alike now as the world's most powerful woman shake the 100 seat join us from eccles last stop. playing . this is d w news live from for life at the global praise but a hard no from germany thank us backs plans to waive patents on covert 19 back scenes were led slams the proposal and size with drug makers germany's for fusil could do braille the entire process also coming up india's coronavirus catastrophe

spills a broad neighboring to paul is struggling with in record surge in pay says those who believe are rushing for the last flights out. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. germany is skeptical about calls to lift corona virus vaccine patents some experts believe that sharing the formula of vaccines can mean sastre inoculations the u.s. is back in the idea the european union says it is open to discussion but the german government is replying that is essential to support innovation by protecting intellectual property. perhaps it's pictures like these from india that sparked a change of heart. the u.s. announced its support for waiving that same patience on wednesday soon after the

e.u. said that it too would be willing to talk about. wealthy and industrialized countries have longer post such a move that brussels may join washington in reversing cause the european union is also ready to discuss any proposal that address the crisis some months aid organizations have raised the alarm about how vaccines are being distributed with poor and middle income countries left behind. we need our governments to push the vaccine manufacturers to transfer the technology to transfer the know how into help other manufacturers around the world scale up production but the pharmaceutical industry sees things differently they say producing vaccines is a highly complex process and that allowing the vaccines to be replicated by of is could impact safety and quality what happens now is in the hands of the w.t.r.

but a quick decision is unlikely. and i am joined now by his chief political correspondent melinda crane the german government is skeptical as we've heard about lifting vaccine patents why. well 2 reasons 1st of all germany is home to several major pharmaceutical companies and it adamantly insists that the industry will only invest billions needed to develop new vaccines and medications if they can rely on licenses to recruit production development and production expenses but beyond that germany has an additional argument and this one is shared by many experts namely that the shortage of vaccines we're currently seeing stems not from restrictive licensing on the part of big pharma but from the scarcity of the raw materials needed to make the axioms and also from the complexity of the manufacturing process

which requires highly skilled workers who take a very long time to train and it's worth noting that in regard to raw materials in fact the u.s. itself has been holding back exports of raw materials to countries like india so in some ways what we're seeing here in this new u.s. proposal is perhaps an attempt to distract from prior vaccine nationalism with a strong dose of vaccine and populace ok so production capacity high quality standards i mean this is really what the justification is here what are the potential consequences of germany not backing the proposal. well this will ultimately decided be decided in the w t o as we've heard and in fact they've already been negotiating and arguing over vaccine wave proposals since last fall and agreement amongst the b w

t o members is actually a must because this body operates on the basis of consensus so don't expect quick results and this is not going to be a quick fix to the pressing problem of an ongoing pandemic that is taking a toll on the billions of people worldwide who remain unvaccinated this is a really hot topic and we know that e.u. leaders are meeting in porto today where they will also discuss the idea of patent waivers what can we expect there. where the e.u. commission president is a friend of mine so far isn't being pretty noncommittal saying that the e.u. is ready to quote unquote discuss any proposals that address the crisis in an effective and pragmatic manner and as you've heard there are a number of arguments for the fact that a vaccine patent waiver would not be effective other european leaders have also been sending mixed messages for example french president macross says he's in favor

of relaxing patent protection but at the same time says that waiver won't solve the problem of shortages but there is no question that the u.s. proposal who puts the e.u. in an uncomfortable position of looking like it's to blame for blocking help to the global south is chief political correspondent linda gray melinda thank you so much . india is still registering record code with 19 deaths and infections officials have reported more than 400000 new cases in the last day almost 4000 people died international aid is now flowing in to support overwhelmed hospitals india has been hit hard by a new variant mass gatherings that recent religious and political rallies have also been blamed for spreading the virus. neighboring nepal is also struggling to contain an explosion in cases that scenes are short supply and nearly half of those

tested are found to be positive it's fear that the situation may not be as bad if not worse than in india. getting out while they still can. these passengers are on the last flights out of kathmandu as nepal suspends international air travel. over you because you just i'm glad that i'm able to leave nepal where the covert 19 situation is getting really bad. like neighboring india nepal is reeling from a deadly 2nd wave of the coronavirus the porous border between the 2 countries has contributed to skyrocketing case numbers. nepal's main towns and cities are in lockdown the health ministry says the situation is unmanageable doctors and nurses are being pushed to their limits. today we have not turned anyone away without providing them with oxygen. but the situation is getting complicated.

but the view from the get out colleagues are working very hard they are on duty for 24 hours we have even been giving oxygen to patients in chairs. new poll has called for international help as case numbers hit record highs the country's neglected health care system is facing collapse. with the lockdown in place many migrant workers have returned from the cities to their homes in rural areas while katmandu is hospital struggle to save lives fear is growing of outbreaks in the remote regions lacking health care infrastructure. and here are some other stories making headlines around the world 25 people have been killed during a police operation against alleged drug. in brazil rights groups are calling the death toll from the raid in a rio de janeiro slum reprehensible they are demanding an independent investigation

. the former president of the maldives has been injured in a bomb blast outside of his home in the capital mali mohamed nasheed has been treated for shrapnel wounds but is in a stable condition according to authorities no group has claimed responsibility for . protesters in colombia's capital bogota blocked traffic during a night the day of demonstrations protests 1st flared up over a tax reform plan now scrapped activists are demanding action to cut poverty and and police violence they also want fair health and education systems. scottish voters have cast ballots in regional elections that could affect the future of the united kingdom nicolas sturgeon's pro independence scottish national party is expected to win again her party is expected to push for another referendum on the country leaving the u.k.

results are expected on saturday. for the 1st time in nearly 2 years germany's greens are leading in the polls surveys put them 4 percentage points ahead of the ruling conservatives the greens recently selected an ally in a bear box to run for the chancellor in september's elections she is so far proving to be a popular choice. right after the nomination of a no they loved their book as chancellor candidate for the greens polls showed her party in the lead ahead of chancellor angela merkel's conservatives a temporary bump many thought a brief surge on the back of her designation and a difficult few weeks for the ruling conservative bloc but almost 3 weeks later the bear book effect appears to be sticking. the greens are now pulling ahead of the c.d.u. c.s.u. with a 4 percent increase compared to a month ago the conservatives have dropped 4 points and their partner in the current government the social democrats have also lost some support it's not only

the green party and the enough they have of herself is riding high 28 percent of germans would vote for her if the chancellor could be elected directly a few percentage points above her opponents for the conservatives and all of shows for the social democrats the rise of the green party goes hand in hand with the drop in the government's approval ratings. a majority of germans now say they are dissatisfied with the work of the government after record approval in 2020 skepticism has grown about the government's crisis management during the 2nd and 3rd waves of the coronavirus pandemic and it shows the election is still more than 4 months away and anything could happen in the race but these numbers show that the greens pose a serious challenge to america's conservatives. now part of wine is set to sell for

up to $1000000.00 it is not just any why the petrus 2000 has been in space to test whether wine ages differently in 0 gravity conditions now the bottle is up for auction in britain. this wine truly is out of this world station you've been on to it recently returned to earth from the international space station where it spent 14 months maturing in orbit you'll be able to tell them apart today but a journey through the stars comes with an astronomical price tag so a petrus 2000 normally will cost around $7000.00 euros. and the estimate for this piece is in the region of $1000000.00 u.s. dollars. the wine tasting was conducted to determine any extraterrestrial tannins. they were. the ones

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