the who's the w news lies from berlin. the united states imposes fresh sanctions on bell rose after the 4th land. think of a passenger plane with a dissident on board. bella versus leader turns to russia for support in his confrontation with the west. alexandra, the shanker, says foreign governments are trying to stabilize his country also and to show france and germany pledge more than 500000000 euros to help african nations ramp up the vaccination in the fight against corona virus.

ah, a marion evans dean, thanks for joining me. the united states says it'll reimpose sanctions on bell rose in response to last week's force land. think of a ryan air flight and the detention of an opposition blogger. the by an administration, is accusing minutes of using false pretenses to divert the plane. bella versus authoritarian liter, alexander lucas shanker says, it's all applaud invented by the west to destabilize his country. that's what he told russian president vladimir putin when the permit for talks on friday. the european union has already implemented sanctions in the wake of the incident. alexander lucas shanker has a brief case full of documents for vladimir putin. so we'll go to, i'll show you what really happened with ryan air. it was an attempt to stir up

trouble with. they wanted a situation like last summer. lucas shank oh, paints the west as a common enemy, while putin says the 2 nations have come together. his message. russia stands with lucca shank. oh, even now i was in minsk. people are already feeling the effects of new sanctions imposed by the you. some bela ruffians hope the measures will have a positive impact was you know, we are suffering of course, but the sanctions are deserved. we need help stopping this regime. and you asked me who's to blame? you know, the answer. if i say it, i'll end up where everyone here goes, when they speak the truth. speaking the truth, alexandra says it's why her mother was arrested. she hadn't seen her in 5 months. but every day she delivers groceries to the prison where she is being held.

she has had have no blue the they have a dish, they're called the fish grave. no, it's a lump with fish heads and bone was sticking out. they bring one plate for everyone in the cell. the wall of her mother, the president of the minced press club, has been charged with avoiding taxes. to not exaggerate, says that's just an excuse to lock up critical journalist lob listed below the car . last summer i was so happy, i saw hundreds of thousands of fellow ruffians on the streets. and i know they're still out there. but it's not a sprint and it's a marathon. and we have to learn to conserve our strength name for it. in the students you for man, protests, of which a prominent dissident and fellow ruth, was taken off the ryan airplane in minsk and arrested along with his girlfriend. sophia pago, a russian citizen, bella, mercy and authorities released a video of her claiming to show

a confession. but her mother says she could hardly recognize her. she's lucca boone . my daughter is an a k g v jail in minsk. i'm asking the whole world to help my girl get her freedom back. because it's a common faith in bella. bruce desperate families fighting for their loved ones and looking to the west, not to russia for help. france and germany are promising to spend more than 500000000 euros to support the vaccine production in africa. the european union also plans to deliver more than 100000000 doses of vaccines to the continent this year. many african nations are struggling to secure vaccines on the global market. and south africa is entering a 3rd wave of infections are correspondent and increase reports from durban.

it looks like the arrival of ahead of states, but it is actually just the delivery of $300.00 vaccine doses to an inoculation sight. and durbin hundreds of eligible senior citizens over the age of 60, have been waiting since morning. i'm not happy at all. it was because most of them has lost their lives. so that is how you came here to get that knitted for there to prevent it. i think we're all very excited about least getting into the into line yet and getting an oven done with. and then we can get on with our lives again. less than 2 percent of south africans have received the depth so far, not even $1000000.00 people. many south africans are not happy about this low roll out of the vaccination program, but the government says they simply can not get their supplies earlier because of the massive global demand. and also because many industrialized countries, the q themselves huge quantities of vaccines, south africa, has ordered 16 for 75 percent of its population, but only

a fraction of that has arrived in the country. this is why french president emanuel mcclung and german health minister in span of visiting south africa to support technology transfer and the establishment of regional manufacturing centers. friends committed up to 500000000 euros. germany will invest up to 50000000. we have very keen to support and cooperate in this area with other countries around the world. we think it is very important that we can make it possible that everyone on the world that wants to be vaccinated can get vaccinated to be safe. when everyone is safe, if an opportunity south africa has been a leading voice, speaking out against lack of vaccine access for poor countries, and demanding and intellectual property waiver for cobit 900 vaccine, saying on this, we are not going to retreat. because for us to retreat means that we say our people's lives are not worth much the lives of our people with

a great deal. and we do this because we want to save our people's life. and we therefore wait to continue insisting that this wave should be there so far, not a single vaccine is produced in south africa from scratch. only one covet 900 vaccine is partly manufactured, tear filled and vials and distribute it. experts say it will take a long time to create the necessary capacity time, but south africa doesn't have infection. rates have been increasing in the past days. the country is going into a 3rd wave and people who are under the age of 60, still not sure when they will be able to get inoculated and the w correspondent out of hand. please, who filed the report and joins us now from pretoria. good to see you. and so france and germany say that their plan is going to booth vaccine supplies in africa more effectively than a patent waiver. but how is that supposed to work?

well actually i would say all sides are on one page when it comes to the target to come up with more vaccine manufacturing capacity here and through the transfer of skills and knowledge and technology in the end of the day. the big question is, how are they going to achieve it? and this is whether the difference comes in. the german side, in particular, says mainly we have to achieve it with incentives for the companies that should work together with local companies. so we can come up with financial incentives, also create an environment that makes it easier for them to invest. the south african side agreed to that to some extent, but they say things are just going to slow. and this is why they've been pushing for this patient waiver and president obama puerto yesterday emphasized once again that they're not going to retract on that they still see that as a key step. interestingly, the french president kind of supported him yesterday surprised me saying yes mister president, we are behind you on that also on the pet and waiver if this is necessary. so he

kind of kept the door open with it. germany on the other hand, still keeps the strong position against the patient waiver. they say this will not change anything on the short run. all right, well let's talk about how africa could potentially profit from this plan to boost back that can production over the long term. what kinds of advantages could that bring? i mean, is it all the long term plan, right? it is not possible to invest a few 1000000 set up a factory and then in a month or so, you can have you covered $960.00 on the ground. this all takes longer, especially because of the transfer of knowledge. it is a long and complicated for that. so this whole thing is thought for the long run, for vaccines, only when it comes to coven, but also for other mixed things on the company content. and so 599 percent of the vaccine that i use in africa are important. so this is obviously a problem, but also an opportunity for countries on the continent to a manufacturing. there is a markets. so the question is,

will they be able in the next 2 years to, to set up enough manufacturing capacity to supply to that market? and yet, of course, we're seeing the pandemic spreading in south africa in particular. you mentioned it's looking at a 3rd wave, the what is that country and other countries in africa doing to secure supplies before they can actually produce their own back to south africa, already ordered vaccine for 75 percent of its population, but only a fraction of this is the key problem, they just don't get enough from global markets, and this is what the president of south africa. yes. so they also complaint again thing we want the vaccine, we put shade them already. but some countries are still making sure that i've a countries, the poor ones do not have an expert at this stage. and he really called out and that he said, this is vaccine. apartheid that poor nations do not have the desert excess, although they really need it. so this is definitely a big issue here, and it is of course,

the thing that you can debate about it in germany. we're talking about vaccinating children now. where is the people who are younger than 60, but have co morbidities have no idea whether they will be able to get exceeded this year d. w. at increase in pretoria. thanks so much. all right, let's get a check now. some other stories making the news. molly's constitutional court has declared colonel a, see me go to the new interim president. delete has seized power this week in a military coup. the 2nd he led within here, the president and prime minister were arrested and forced to resign. with african leaders are due to discuss the situation on sunday. hundreds of thousands of people in congo are in desperate need of shelter, food and water. after fleeing and active volcano authorities have ordered a partial evacuation of the eastern city of goma. scientists are warning of what they call a potentially catastrophic eruption. europe's medical regulator has approve the bio

tech pfizer cove at 1900 vaccine for youth on children 12 and up. it says the shot is safe and highly effective. germany plans to start offering vaccine appointments for this age group in early june. other countries like the us and canada are already inaugurating children. all right, let's take a look now and some of the other developments in the pen demik malaysian is to impose a near total lockdown for 2 weeks. infections have been rising, verisign. celebrations of the muslim festival of ede. india has reported its lowest daily number of new cases in more than a month. the critics warned that the official figures are still far lower than the actual number of infections and death. and japan has extended the state of emergency in greater tokyo to june 20th. that's just a month before the plans start of the summer olympics. 4th news now

and football champions league final takes place to night to english times manchester city, anchovy will face all 4 europe biggest title bonds with plenty of fans. having traveled to the portuguese city of porto victorious team won't be the only winners . the champions league fever has arrived in porto the final bring some of the biggest names in football to the city. but it's not stars like man, city, coach, pet quality, iowa, and kept in kevin sabrina. the local is the most excited about it. these guys, the, the brits are here and they're spending money after the long months of lockdown in europe. that's a welcome sights. we have a big, big pandemic during one here. so for us that the final top like kick off for a new english fans have

a reputation for causing trouble abroad though. and they have already been some clashes between supporters and police. but with an economy that depends on tourism, people are happy to welcome that mostly friendly guests. i think it's a good thing for us for our economy having to risk back is important for businesses . it's very good. just safety and watching football live and in the flesh will come as a relief for the fans after a season where games mostly took place behind closed doors. yeah, i believe the will really be somewhere in london. i have a month with the rules and to be here and some people to go beautiful. both. i'm going to regard tomorrow. it's really it's stuff that drains supporters and ports ready for the champions league final and as the latest sunday

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