[000:00:00;00] the who's this is dw used live from berlin. b united states imposes fresh sanctions on melrose after the forced landing of a passenger plane and with a dissident on board philip bruce's leader, turned to russia for support and his confrontation with the west. xander because shank says foreign governments are trying to stabilize this country. also coming up in france and germany pledge more than 500000000 euros to help african nations ramp

up the vaccination in the find again, the corona virus. plus, it looks like something from a foreign movie, australia battles, a plague of mice, but could cure be worse than the disease. ah. a marion, i haven't seen. thanks for joining me. the us says it'll reimpose sanctions on bell rows in response to last week. forced landing of a ryan air flight and the detention of an opposition blogger, the by met ministration, is accusing means of using false pretenses to divert the plane. billers is authoritarian leader, alexander. look, shank o says it's all applaud invented by the west to destabilize his country. that's what he told russian president vladimir putin when the pair med for talks on friday

. the european union has already implemented sanctions in the wake of the incident . alex xander lucas shanker. has a briefcase full of documents for vladimir putin will. yeah. because 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 of paints the west of the common enemy, while putin says the 2 nations have come together. his message and russia stands with lucca shank. oh, even now there were some species in minsk. people are already feeling the effects of new sanctions imposed by the you. some bellow, ruffians, hope the measures will have a positive impact was you know that, that those we are suffering of course, but the sanctions are deserved. we need help stopping this regime. 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 that 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 sort of narr, blue, the. they have a dish, they're called the fish grave. it's a lump with fish heads and bones 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 for nearly alex saundra says that's just an excuse to lock up critical journalism. log listed below the k u. k. for last summer i was so happy, i saw hundreds of thousands of bellow, ruffians on the streets, and i know they're still out there. but it's not a sprint and it's a marathon hauling. and we have to learn to conserve our strength name for it. but i will visit you freeman protests, of which

a prominent dissident and bella ruth was taken off the ryan air plane in minsk and arrested along with his girlfriend. sophia pago, a russian citizen, seeing authorities released a video of her claiming to show a confession. but her mother says she could hardly recognize her. she's luca boon. my daughter is in a k g b jail in minsk. i'm asking the whole world to help my girl get her freedom back. because it's a common fate 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 vaccine. so the continent of this year,

many african nations are struggling to secure vaccines on the global market. and south africa is entering a 3rd wave of infections or corresponded increase reports from durban. it looks like the arrival of ahead of states, but it is actually just the delivery of $316.00 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 because most of them has lost their lives. so they decided came here. so there to get stuff needed for their to prevent it. i think we're all very excited about least getting into the into line yet and getting it 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 secured 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 him on with him. i clung and german health minister in span of visiting south africa to support technology transfer and the establishment of region of 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 on the safe. when everyone is safe to south africa has been a leading voice. speaking out against lack of maxine access for poor countries and

demanding and intellectual property waiver for over $900.00 vaccine. and 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 people's life. and we therefore wait to continue insisting that this wave i should be so fond of the single vaccine is produced in south africa from scratch. only one covet 916 as partly manufactured here, filled in 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 d, w correspondent, out of hand. please,

who filed the report and joins us now from pretoria. good to see you fan. 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 that all sides are on one page when it comes to the targets to come 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 receive it? and this is whether the difference comes in the german site. in particular, it 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. this is why they've been pushing for this patient waiver and president from a puerto yesterday,

emphasized once again that they are not going to retract on that they still see that as a key step. interestingly, the french president kind of supported didn't, yesterday surprised me saying yes, mr. president, we are behind you on that also on the pets 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, this is all the long term plan, right? it is not possible to invest a few 1000000 setup a factory and then in a month or so, you can have value with $960.00 on the ground. this all takes longer, especially because of the transfer of knowledge that is a long and complicated process. so this whole thing is thought for the long run for vixen only when it comes to cove it but also makes things on the company content.

and so 599 percent of the vaccines 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. what is that country and other countries in africa doing to secure supplies before they can actually produce their own back to the south africa already order 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 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 flora nation do not have the excess although they really need it. so this is definitely a big issue here. and also it is, of course, the thing that you can debate about it in germany, we're talking about $1518.00 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 exceed this year? d, w. add increase in for toria. thanks so much. all right, let's get you an update. now, on some of the other developments in the pandemic, the world health organization has called for a separation of politics and science in the search for the origin of the virus. the w h o tom emergency expert said the search was being poisoned by politics. climbers at mount everest, say there have been dozens of cases at the base camp. a new wave infection has hit nepal, but authorities are yet to acknowledge

a single case on the mountain. and poland has eased, locked down that locks and restrictions. many restaurants have reopened to diners best after the country reported a steady decline in cases. all right, let's get a check now at some other story making the news as our republicans in the us senate have blocked a bill that would have established a commission to investigate the assault on the capital. on january 6th, only 6 republicans joined democrats in supporting the commission. others expressed fear that it would become a political weapon against them not agreed to. police and canada have found the remains of more than $200.00 children at the sight of a former school for indigenous children. the school was part of a system closed down 3 decades ago that separated these children from their families. investigations that showed widespread abuse in the facilities. colombian present, yvonne do k,

says he's deploying the military to the city of cali and the surrounding province. the region is an epicenter of anti government protests that of rough columbia. for the past month, 4 people died in demonstrations in and around cali on friday. the australian state of new south wales is launching a relief package for farmers dealing with a plague of mice. the rodents have destroyed crops and are causing havoc for farming communities. the agriculture minister wants to use a new pesticide currently outlawed in australia because it is so toxic to the environment that he says is the strongest mouth poison on earth. at the farm in new south wales, mice are swarming the grain stores. it's a widespread problem. social media is full of images like this, something out of

a horror movie. farmers are desperate crops inside the been gone, dan, digging into the crop. nate and it doesn't come up or as it just come out and pipe the head through the soil that is being bought in the heads of bought in the tip. so from just phone. and then if there isn't a massive calling of the road and soon farmers, associations are warning the plague could go on for 2 or more years. are also a have applied to the federal government for emergency approval for a poison. that is 4 times stronger than anything that's available on the market at the moment. a product, but he's currently illegal in australia because it is so toxic. and we're having to go down this path because we need something that he's super strength. critic say the poison could have unintended consequences on other wildlife. last years. wet weather could be a reason that the most population has exploded. environmental and animal rights

activists are calling on the government to invest the time and money now to research alternative methods for solving this problem and preventing the next infestation year up to date. now on the you news up next is a sports life area as seen from me and be entire news teams here in berlin. thanks for the company. who's in the green. you feel worried about me to i'm neil. host of the on the greens and post code and to me is clear. we need to