this is deja vu news to live from berlin global praise but it's hard to know from germany the u.s. tax plans to waive the patents on code 19 vaccines of lead however slamming the proposal and sides with drug makers germany's refusal could derail the entire process also coming up india's coronavirus catastrophe spills of broad neighboring

nepal is struggling with a record surge and cases those who believe are rushing for the last flights out and in the bundesliga have to birdland take a step toward avoiding relegation with a win over freiburg. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program germany is skeptical about calls to lift the corona virus vaccine patents some experts believe that sharing the formula of vaccines can need faster and occupations but the german government is siding with the pharmaceutical industry it says the following the protection of intellectual property is a source of innovation and must remain so in the future the limiting factor in the creation of vaccines our protection capacities and high quality standards not. the

patents but the proposal to temporarily wave patents on covert 19 vaccines has powerful supporters the u.s. is backing the idea of the e.u. as well saying that it is open to discussion or. perhaps it's pictures like these from india that sparked a change of heart. the u.s. announced its support for waiving vaccine patients on wednesday soon after the e.u. said that it too would be willing to talk about it. 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 to 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 others could impact safety and quality what happens now is in the hands of the w.t.r. but a quick decision is unlikely. and let's get more we are joined by his chief political correspondent linda greenlaw and i mean we saw the official response from the german government a bit earlier just walk us through what's behind this justification when it comes to skepticism on lifting vaccine patents. well 2 reasons 1st of all germany is home to several major pharmaceutical companies and it insists that the industry will only invest the billions that are needed to develop new vaccines and medications if it's able to recoup expenses through licensing but beyond that germany has an additional argument and this one is in fact shared by many scientific and public

health experts worldwide namely that the global shortage of vaccines we're seeing stands not from restrictive licensing on the part of big pharma but from scarcity of the raw materials needed to make the axioms and from the complexity of the manufacturing process which requires highly skilled trained workers who are also in short supply and it's worth noting that on the raw materials front the u.s. itself has been holding back exports of materials to countries including india in order to ensure that those materials are available for domestic u.s. production so in some ways this new u.s. proposal could be seen as an attempt to distract from prior that seen nationalism with a strong effect seen populism and so now we could see germany potentially block the u.s. proposal is that what's at play here or yes because this will be cited and decided in the world trade organization and they have already been arguing over vaccine

proposals from india and south africa for the past 7 months without agreeing agreement is a must for any decision taken by the w t o because it operates on consensus so this proposal is not a quick fix to the pressing problem of an ongoing pandemic that's taking a toll on billions of unvaccinated people worldwide meantime the e.u. leaders are set to meet in port of today where they will discuss the idea of patent waivers i mean what is expected there. well these commission president rest of the front alliance has so far been pretty noncommittal saying that the e.u. is quote unquote ready to discuss any proposals that address the crisis in an effective and pragmatic manner and as if as as we've said there are a lot of arguments for the fact that a vaccine wouldn't necessarily effective other european leaders are also sending mixed messages including french president and many well my car but there is no question that the u.s. proposal puts you in an uncomfortable position of looking at least on the face of

it as if it is now to blame for blocking help to the global chief political correspondent linda crane breaking down all of those various aspects of this story thank you so much. and we're going to get now the view from dr catriona pair do hoff she is a health scientist from the university of amsterdam welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us here on news we'd like to begin by asking you what you think about the skepticism over removing patent protections. i think the skepticism is unfounded. removing protections is an important 1st step that's part of legal access to intellectual property now of course another piece of this puzzle is scaling up global manufacturing capacity which is also essential but doing so rests in the companies that need to share their technology know how and

knowledge in order to achieve this globally ok so then how do you respond that to the rationale for example from the german government from the pharmaceutical industry which says that in the long run this actually does more harm than good in order to waive these patents i mean they if they cite things for example like you know production capacity high quality standards you know supporting innovation going forward what's your how do you respond to that. sure scaling up production capacity is something that we urgently need to do if not in this pandemic which would be a mistake we need to do it for future pandemic preparedness so that is a given a 2nd argument to vote innovation the potential to chill innovation companies have earned a tremendous amount in this this year alone on covert back scenes $7000000000.00 us dollars for pfizer that seems like more than a sufficient amount to be investing in innovation in the future moreover patent

protection didn't deliver the vaccines that we have now significant government intervention and government investment from across the world has done that for us so i think there's there's certainly scope to to counter in some of these arguments ok let me ask you to perhaps counter something else this was said by pres french president emanuel mccrum she is saying that a waiver would not solve the problem of access to vaccines as many facts or as in places like africa they're not equipped actually to make the code the 19 vaccines what do you say to that. currently around the world we're using 43 percent of the world's global manufacturer vaccine manufacturing capacity so there is certainly scope to scale that up doesn't rely 7 on technology transfer capacity building quality assurance processes absolutely but that should be a global priority for us considering the challenge that we're in right now and to

touch on the quality elements the world health organization and national drug regulators and regional drug regulators around the world are engaged in ensuring the quality and the safety of the products that are licensed and that come out of these facilities so we have these measures in place and that's why our vaccines currently are safe how do you see this all playing out i mean going forward just to just ask you you know what you're thinking in terms of what you're hearing from the various governments in the various companies because when we have the u.s. announcing the support for waiving patents i mean do you think that this is now just the opening move and if it can't be pushed through on the political level through the world health organization because it's not unanimous are you hopeful that maybe some of the drug makers might take steps on their own to share some of this technology. right so we're certainly out of tipping point and we've reached this point because so few companies have willingly and voluntarily licensed their

knowledge you know how and so on to scale of production one positive example of this is the astra zeneca oxford collaboration with the cern institute in india for example so it shows it is possible there's just been a reticence on the part of companies to do so and 7 the waiver is well let me put it this way. a company choosing to voluntarily license their knowledge and know how that is a much more attractive option for them then having their ip and pantry rights waived in this current proposal that's on the table so i believe we're we're certainly reaching the end of the rope in terms of viable options to scale up global manufacturing and vaccine capacity and this is a an essential step in the negotiating process ok so a call to action we'll see if governments and companies out there answer that call

that you're making today dr catalina off as we mentioned you're a health scientist from the university of amsterdam and we thank you so much for joining us to share your expertise thanks for having me. here are some other developments in the pandemic australian nationals stranded in india might be able to return home later this month the government is to allow the petri dish and flights to resume japan is extending restrictions and tokyo bars restaurants and nightlife will have to close under the state of emergency and in france the strain on the hospital system is easing the number of intensive care patients has seen the biggest drop in the year. well india is still registering record daily cope with 19 deaths and infections officials have reported more than 400000 new cases in the past day almost 4000 people died international aid is now flowing into support overwhelmed hospitals india has been hard hit by the new

variant mass gatherings that recent religious and political rallies have also been blamed for spreading the virus. they bring in a pall is also struggling to contain an explosion in cases vaccines are in short supply and nearly half of those tested are found positive it is fear that the situation may be as bad if not worse than in india. getting out while they still can. these passengers are on the last flights out of katmandu as new poll 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. to date we have not turned anyone away without providing them with oxygen. but the situation is getting complicated. but you wonder how colleagues are working very hard they are on duty for 24 hours we have even been giving oxygen to patients in chairs. nepal 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 let's bring in now as part

of the international federation of the red cross and the red crescent society is in the all the joins us from the capital cup and do thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us your organization is helping there on the ground what's most urgently needed. yeah yeah as we report just said the situation with the 2nd wave. is very deadly and not alarming and just to give you some quick figures just in the possibly weeks the code rate has increased by about 50 times and in march we were talking about 100 infections a day but just in the last few days we're talking about over 7000. there and the death rate is also unprecedented they probably stand we are talking about over $58.00 dead each day. this is off also very very alarming.

diagnostic work with the red cross cross volunteers on the ground the red cross on to the very very active. the dealing with preventive measures to support the national and medical services as well as vets and nation efforts and as you may also be aware that many of the rich are concrete we're talking about a rate of vaccination about 30 percent where is that nepal is barely one percent at the moment is it set to get worse than in india you think i mean you've been on the ground there in fact we're going to see some footage you know that you sent to us in fact of how you have been experiencing this 1st hand where do you see this trajectory going right now is it getting worse is it better if you look at. yes it's actually getting it's it's very bad at the moment india has about 48 times the

population of nepal and if you multiply that by the number of infections which is over 7000 a day and a death rate of $5455.00 a day in the last few days the figures are very close and if we do not do anything fost to put the situation under control it could be just on par with the situation in india what do you need to get the situation under control in your fancy. yes. 3 main things the red cross is very active on the preventive measures. in 22 of the 77 districts and that paul and common do the calm on the valley where there's a lot of infections. volunteers are dealing with safety messages hand washing social distancing supporting quarantine and promoting vaccination the

2nd is that a lot of volunteers are also helping national and local authorities with medical services and in your report we are talking about lack of oxygen in the hospitals and there are also lack of frontline workers in the hospitals and you will see in some of the hospital people just lying on the floor and finally vaccines and vaccination the red cross has also been supporting the public authorities the health authorities in getting vaccinations the alms of people right now there is a huge shortage of vaccines and this is an area that we really need to do more with the international community and with not only in the polls around the will i want to stress the fact that no one is safe unless everyone is safe that's a really important message and one that we thank you for joining us here on t.w.

news to share we also thank you for the work that you were doing there was not all of the international federation of the red cross and the red crescent societies in the call we appreciate it thank you. first here are some other stories making headlines around the world 25 people have been killed during a police operation against alleged drug traffickers in brazil rights groups called the death toll from the raid in rio de janeiro's slums 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 is being treated for shrapnel wounds but is in a stable condition the current president is calling it an attack on democracy for protesters and colombia's capital bogota traffic during

a 9 day 9th day of demonstrations protests 1st flared up over a tax reform plan which is now scrapped activists are demanding action to cut poverty and and police violence they also want fair or health and education systems . well every year thousands of people from central america take tremendous risks to make their way to the united states they flee from violence poverty hardship in their home countries it's a dangerous journey many don't even reach the u.s. border those who are hoping for it better life. 3 months ago we met so sad among the models mexico he and his family amongst others were sleeping on a sidewalk on the mexican side of the u.s. southern border they all fledged from violence in their home country under arrest the moment. they threatened me and my family is here but. maybe you don't go

we had no choice but to flee or. if the gangs have a problem with you. they will hunt you down a little bit more then they will kill you. it was a dangerous journey that took them several weeks on food and by bus we're in miami florida and our says are made it finally to the united states while he's waiting for his asylum to be approved he's working here at this barber shop. so. all the workers here have a similar story they came from cuba the dominican republic and like says from under us they all know how difficult it is to start all over again in a country you don't know the most important thing for says have now is to keep up with his new job it means. every new beginning is difficult but the most important

thing is to never stop. sometimes it's still feel surreal for him to finally be here car away from those who threaten his life and his family it's the last major hurdle he must overcome is to be granted asylum this could take up to 3 years but at least now they have hope. that thing was i would like to see my family progressing we must find a way to succeed in this country the boy. he says it would be nice to own his own barber shop again like the one he had on buddhist before the gangs forced him to flee it says arse biggest wish is to see his children fulfill their own dreams. they're watching still to come on the program a treat for all somalis a bottle of wine on the internet. is up for auction with

a price tag that is really out of this world. but 1st germany heads into an election later this year with the leadership race wide open for the 1st time in nearly 2 years the green party is now leading in the polls surveys put them 4 points ahead of conservatives the greens recently selective on only in a bare box to run a 4 tesler in september and she is so far proving to be a popular candidate right after the nomination of a no they love 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 in lush it 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 and in the bundesliga had to berlin

made up the 2nd of 3 games postponed while they were in coronavirus quarantine spurred on by the real prospect of relegation have to run out 3 nil winners against dr work coach piled knew his character berlin team needed to do better than the one point they got against minds in their 1st game back from quarantine for books christian strikes was all smiles this game essentially meaningless to them. and had to show they meant business chris stuff beyond check opening the scoring in the 13th minute by. jordan toto not ego denied but beyond check fired in at an impossible goal for the keeper 9 minutes later paid to pick out a doubled head as lead. my. name on your i don't it's made a nifty move and put the ball right where picotee could head in. and then in the

final minutes don't hitch took the ball at the halfway line and was off to the races. 3 meal for a simple perch solo effort from the serbia international. now it was dark smiling as his character racked up 3 huge points and still have one more game in hand over their rivals in the relegation battle. now a bottle of wine is said to sell for up to $1000000.00 it is not just any old wine the petrus 2000 has. to test whether wine has differently in 0 gravity conditions now the bottle is up for auction and have a look. sources have told you this wine truly is out of this world fish and you sign 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 the journey through the stars comes with an astronomical price tag so. 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. like tasting was conducted to determine any extraterrestrial tannins. they were using all the lettering on earth with a little young girl in the lead a. poor very me the difference between the space and earth wind this was here and it wasn't easy to define it for us i'm not sure i got it right if i'm being honest it was difficult to differentiate them from the winning bidder will also

receive a bottle of the same wine that remained on earth in order to compare the galactic version with the terrestrial that is should they decide to open their one of a kind space age whining. you're watching news live from berlin the coming up next to the point is a looks at returning car to from european muses european museums excuse me to africa i'm sorry kelly ember lend at the top of the hour thanks for watching.

to the point of strong opinion clear position some international perspective such. a number of museums here in germany have large collections of songwriting of

african arts but the government here is now talking about returning at least some of the priceless treasures to africa so why has it taken so long find out onto the post trauma to the point isn't possible. the next time the t.w. . crowd diversity on our fields is under threat as more and mostly fives seminars. monocultures keep spreading to the detriment of our hell of a mass of our ecosystems. how can we preserve understand unaids traditional scenes and cooperative in ecuador is leading the way global 3000. and 60 minutes on d w. imagine

how many polish muslims are thrown out right now climate treatment different awful story. faces one less thing when photos one week. how much worse can really get. we still have time to where i'm going. to subset. of subscribe to the morning news like this. germany house it seems accepted that it must return priceless works of art to me. didn't stolen during colonial times most spectacularly or foreign teams here in berlin have now agreed to hand back to nigeria at least the share of a huge collection of plundered artifacts known as the bend in bronze it is being called a turning point in germany's approach to its colonial history so on to the point we

ask africa's stolen treasures is it time to give them back.