this is the news of lies from bird land growing international calls to waste patents on covert 19 vaccines the u.s. backs the idea but germany rejects the proposal and sides with drug makers. also coming up india's coronavirus catastrophe spills of broad neighboring appalled is struggling with a record surge in cases those who can't leave are rushing for the last flight out and with less than 5 months to federal elections germany's greens are enjoying

a popularity valve's polling ahead of angela merkel's conservatives plus an extra terrestrial treat for wine lovers a bottle aged on the international space station is up for auction with an astronomical price. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program germany is skeptical about calls to lift corona virus vaccine patents some experts believe sharing the formula of vaccines can mean faster in occupations but the german government is siding with the pharmaceutical industry here is what the government had in a statement 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 production capacities and high quality standards not

patents. but this proposal to temporarily waive patents on covert 19 vaccines has powerful supporters the u.s. backs the idea of the e.u. as well saying that it is open to discussion. perhaps it's pictures like these from india that spark to change of heart. the u.s. announced its support for waving that same 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 and 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 of his could impact safety and quality what happens now is in the hands of the w.t.r. but a quick decision is unlikely. now let's get more now on this debate that is raging over this issue right now barron's langa he is a social democrat member of the european parliament where he chairs the fair trade working group he supports a waiver on covert 19 vaccine patents welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us i'd like to begin by asking you because we have a situation where the u.s. is now on board for waiving patents the e.u. has indicated that it's up for discussion how significant is germany's opposition here. i know and i'm convinced the next month so we both have this little thing so the original the start of it will process

india and south africa is that if you propose a. limited scope for us so that the time for the rainbow might be limited to 3 to 2 years so now you have more than 100 countries supporting the way to go and i hope that even some pretty good. realized through trying to sort through for a solution so that we return stop the production process but in any country rubbish but we have the german government and there's no indication right now that they would support such a waiver even if it is a dave temporarily temporary as you highlighted there so tell us. you know their argument is that intellectual property is a source of innovation do they have a point there. they have a point so at the beginning of the going to be a lot about 70 companies started to do research and at the end of the navy or

because of companies. really success and of crossing they have to back the investment to go bust but nevertheless your specific situation and the. capacity of the market with action in developing countries and it's evident is not sufficient is the production starts and some nuts trying to do so is in need of partnership across the production capacity in developed countries need security not. call the number. on their case against but but hold on a 2nd there because i mean critics say that you're basically conflating 2 very separate issues there they say that a waiver it would have little immediate impact because of bottlenecks in the manufacturing and distribution of the vaccine as you've also highlighted there but

that that has absolutely nothing to do with patents so i mean how do you respond to that and what impact do you think a waiver could have in real terms given those challenges to the production capacities. indeed you are like you 2 sides of the coin the one side is you have to have legal certainty bet you can start production without any fear that you will. talk. to or to cause the other side of the coin is indeed the supply chain of the gutsy in the technology of the production so i think we need those needs even security and legal certainty and we need a really fast to. production possibly just you know so far to get help to developing countries in techno uk. i hope that

in our future projects this is companies we will as european union integrate this push for partnership technology transparent as well in our contracts you know to conclude quite soon with the company's bad lag a german social democrat member of the european parliament many thanks for joining us here in the news to share that view on they have potential temporary waving of patents related to the cove in 1000 vaccine we appreciate you speaking with us there's a lot of as. india is still registering record daily covert 19 deaths and infections in time on friday officials reported more than 400000 new cases in the last day almost 4000 people died on that day international aid is now flowing into support overwhelmed hospitals and dia 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 vaccines are in short supply and nearly half of those tested are found to be positive it's fear 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 kathmandu 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. further if you wonder how colleagues are working very hard they are on juicy for 24 hours with even being given oxygen to patients in china's. 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 rule areas well kathmandu is hospitals 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 traffickers in brazil rights groups are calling the death toll from the raid in a radio de janeiro slum reprehensible they are demanding an independent investigation. in the u.s. state of idaho a 12 year old girl shot and wounded 2 students and a staff member at her school the shooter was disarmed by a female teacher authorities in the town of rigby are investigating how the girl got the gun. myanmar and t 2 protesters have staged flash mob marches in the city of young gone a group of ousted lawmakers say that they have formed a people's defense force to protect civilians nearly 800 people have been killed in a crackdown since the military seized power in february.

germany has been to 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 america's conservatives the greens recently selected i'm alina babcock to run for chancellor in september and she is so far proving popular. 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 they're not babcock 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 americans conservatives now

a bottle of wine is set to sell for up to $1000000.00 but of course it's not just any old wine the petrus 2000 spent over a year in space to test whether wine ages differently in 0 gravity conditions now it's being auctioned off and the space age bordeaux may well become the most expensive wine ever sold. the 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 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 beautiful the lettering on earth was a little younger than the one between a. 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. for 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 aged whining. they're watching news live from berlin coming up next a documentary asking is germany's car industry powered by politics more headlines coming up at the top of the hour my colleague 1st will join you then i'm sorry

kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching take care. you feel more in the mouth of. a meal will be on the greek friends and to me it's clear remains true. join me for a deep dive into the green transformation for me to use the council.