anchor: welcome to live from paris. i marco andretti's are the main world news headlines -- outrage grows over the crackdown in myanmar with at least 38 peaceful and unarmed protesters

killed when soldiers opened fire . the protest against the military coup continues and disrbing images are emerging. the prime minister says the target is to vaccinate 30 million people in -- by the end of the summer. the first use of the export control measures implemented to penalize pharma companies who do not follow vaccine orders. in this case, astrazeneca -- what messages this sending to the australians? this is live from paris. marco: thank you very much for being with us. we are starting with the deaths in myanmar. anger is growing. as many as 50 people killed by

soldiers since the february 1 military coup, 38 killed on wednesday alone. more and more images are emerging that have brought condemnation from places such as the united states and the united nations, france, have already called for calm and myanmar. reporter: dispersing protesters with tear gas and gunfire, police in miramar came down hard on opponents of last month's military coup. it comes after what was the bloodiest day since protests began with 38 people killed by's -- killed by security forces. amongst them, a symbol of the protesters fight for democracy. hundreds of mourners attended the 19-year-old's funeral in mandalay. the dancer and tae kwon do champion was shot in the head by security forces. this moment of -- this photo of the moment before her death has gone viral. it prompted the united nations to toughen its stance. >> i warned them that member

states and security council might take strong measures and we are used to sanctions and survived those sanctions in the past. reporter: witness reports say security forces opened fire with rubber and live bullets in a number of cities with no warning. international condemnation has been ignored by me and mars military. diplomats say the un security council will discuss the crisis fright -- friday. sanctions have been spoken of by countries including the united states. marco: the special reporter for myanmar joins us. ung sung cichy is under arrest, facing dubious charges. at this point, what can the u.n. realistically do? guest: it can do several things.

there has been universal condemnation of the horror we are seeing before our eyes in myanmar, which is an important first step. there are steps that need to be taken -- sanctions, focused, tough sanctions, not only on individuals but the business interests of the myanmar military need to be hit. we need to have asset freezes where we can, strong, tough sanctions from the international community. a global arms embargo will be very important to stop the flow of arms into the hands of the generals. and i would like to see the security council make a reference of this horror to the international criminal court so the court can investigate and prosecute and those who are responsible for those atrocities we are watching day by day will be held fully accountable. marco: is it the business sanctions that would have the most effect on the military?

gin that they will fire on peaceful protesters, any other hurt is probably impervious. guest: i think that is probably right. i don't think an appeal to conscience at this point is going to be very successful. but if we appeal to their self interest not by impelling them but come pelling them to back down i think it is at least worth a try. economic sanctions have made a significant difference. in fact there were forms for democracy that happens precisely in the aftermath of economic sanctions. the economic community lifted those sanctions prematurely but nonetheless, it was sanctions that finally pushed the junta into releasing some of their power and made these reforms possible. i think it is worth trying again

buthis time, tougher, more focused and coordinated sanctions. marco: do you have any fear for the safety of ang saying e chee? guest: i have fear for everyone in that country. we know what the military is capable of. we are watching the courage and tenacity of the people in myanmar. it is truly extraordinary. as they continue, and they are going to continue to fight for their basic rights, their human rights and their freedom, the myanmar military are going to be responding as we have seen with moodle, lethal force. it's going to take every one of us following the lead of the peoplen myanmar, letting the generals know they are going to be held fully accountable for their actions. so for h and for t several

hundred political prisoners and for everyone in that country, i am worried. marco: you know far better than i that myanmar is a multiethnic country and many ethnicities are having their own struggle at the moment. most of all in terms of the consciousness, the muslims, clearly fears must be even further now. est: there is no question. the man that was leading the 2017 mass atrocity against the rohingya ethnic minority is now in charge of thentire country. he obviously has no reservations about committing ma atrocities. we've seen it day in, day out. for those not in the spotlig,

for those in refugee camps, the ternally displaced persons camps and others in viages that are right now as i am speaking, 600 p -- 600,000 people living in villages surrounded by the military or others living in these internment camps, well over 0,000 that cannot ganywhere. they are totally kt in the camps with the military surrounding them. so they are danger as our many ethnic minority states around the country and ethnicities around the country. marco: can i move on a little here and imagine the sanctions you are talking about, the specifically targeted sanctions don't work. what is the next stage? do you send in peacekeepers? what do the u.n. do then? guest: i think what we need to

do is try all the tools we have available to us. these targeted, coordinated sanctions can make a significant difference. the arms embargo can make a difference. anyone who has the ear of the generals can make a difference, including china. the basic business interests, the generals have shown themselves to be very interested in making money and being connected to the international economy. we have to make it very clear that is impossible under these conditions. to lethem know we are watching you, everyone in that couny has mobile phones, and we are going to take that evidence and use it against you in the international criminal court -- it is clear to them the world is

not going to turn its back on the people of myanmar and not going to sit idly by while this happens. i don't think there is any one thing, it's a combination of all these things that can make a difference. marco: u.n. securi council meeting coming up friday. china is me and mars against client, partner, ally, is part of the security council -- is myanmar's client, partner, ally -- how do you pressure china to act? guest: we all know for many years china has been a defender of myanmar in the security council. the threat of their veto has made action by the security council impossible in many instances. they also provide myanmar generals with weapons, trade,

and investment. they are a very important player in all of this. but china does not want a conflagration right over there border. they believe stability is important in the rion, certainly in the interest of buness. thiss something that is of their direct interesand what i have seen from china and spokespeople from the chinese government have been couraging. we have seen a condemnation of the actions, we have seen a call for the release of all politica prisoners and a peaceful resolution to the crisis. these are messages all of us can hear from china, which i think is encouraging and i'm hoping that portends even stronger language privately, but the bottom line is china has a great deal of interest here. they are making important messagesgetting important messages across that i'm hoping

indicates china could be part of the solution. if not tomorrow in the security council, soon. marco: the u.s. special reporter on myanmar. we areciate your time and your honesty and we certainly appreciate what you're doing. we are watching all develop and's on myanmar at the un security council meetings -- coming up on friday. in new zealand, it is already friday. a powerful 8.1 magnitude earthquake striking in the ocean off the coast of new zealand on friday, prompting some evacuations and tsunami warnings across the south pacific. it was the second large quake to strike in hours. it had woken up many people throughout the night. while quakes triggered warning

systems, none of them appeared to pose widespread threats. civil defense authorities talking that they should move immediately to higher ground. they said a tsunami was possible. let's listen to the reaction of some of those in that area. >> it woke me up. i jumped out of bed and stood in the doorway. >> it seemed reasonably strong. just trying to work out if it was stng enough to warrant evacuating. >> a rocking sensation, longer than normal. marco: we are watching for development there. some of those people seemed nonplussed. some seemed to take it in their stride, as you would expect from new zealand.

next, pledging 30 million vaccinations in france by the summer. the french prime minister said 1.8 million people have had their full two doses and francisco take 2 million doses from now until april. the astrazeneca serum has been declared very effective. along with those from pfizer and johnson & johnson. >> as long as the labs make the deliveries according to the calendar, 10 million people should receive their first dose of the vaccine, which means all the vulnerable people currently willing and eligible to be vaccinated. between now and mid may, 20 million people should have received a vaccination which means all the people over 50 should be vaccinated. between now and summer, we should have received enough

doses to offer vaccinations to 30 million people. marco: the french prime minister has also revealed department's at risk, including the entire region around paris. oak i-8 calais in the north is in reporter: lockdown. reporter:a fresh lockdown over the weekend. it's meant to curb the spread of coronavirus by preventing people from gathering, but it all but sums the deathknell for local businesses in calais. >> [speaking french] >> [speaking french] reporter: with grandmothers day

approaching on sunday, this flower shop has ordered extra bouquets. >> [speaking french] >> residents feel it is unfair when 19 other departments are in a similar pandemic situation. in paris, they currently have the exact same number of covid >> [speaking french] reporter:s with new variant of coronavirus spreading, hospitals continue to be under strain. opposition party politicians criticize the government for a lack of transparency in imposing the new measures. meanwhile, evening curfews remain in place and restaurants

and cinemas across france have yet to hear when we can reopen. >> local businesses saying it's just too much. the government saying the states to happen as cases are running too high. italy, stopping the delivery of covid vaccines bound for australia, stopping covid vaccines leaving the eu. this is the first use of export control measures to force pharmaceutical companies to make good on their commitments. the vaccines are made by astrazeneca, the chief culprit yet to meet its promises. >> we are still trying to find ou what the shipment in ts -- shipment is that was blocked but we had a heads up this was going to happen. during a virtual summative use

leaders, italy's new prime minister was forceful on this subject that he believed the eu needed to use this new mechanism to block exports of astrazeneca now to send a signal to the company that they need to meet their second-quarter delivery. that's the ma concern here. the way this mechanism was set up when it was unveiled last month is it is the national governments that will block a specific shipment. they ask the commission to sign off on that block. but it is a national decision, so it is not a surprise to see the use of this to block a shipment coming from italy. it might seem strange that italy is blocking exports of astrazeneca because it's not even using hardly any of the supply being delivered. that is also the case in france. that is because they are worried

about the second quarter. this is probably intended as a warning shot to astrazeneca to say we are not afraid to use this mechanism and we'd a guarantee from you right now quarter deliveries because wend had come -- we had reports that astrazeneca will not meet it second quarter deliveries and that second quarter is going to be crucial. the reason those doses are not being utilized is because of the restriction to only people under 65. that restriction has been lifted in france and we just heard in germany, that should pick up the utilization rate. these vaccination centers were not ready to start inviting people under 65, so the medical authorities made that decision. the idea is to send the message to astrazeneca. why did they pick astrazeneca? i think they want to underline the point the mechanism is not targeting any specific country,

i.e. not targeting the u.k. that may have been the more logical target. by doing this to australia, they can drive home the message that this is targeting the company and not the u.k. and i think it will avoid a lot of negative u.k. media attention. marco: the uk's minister for the vaccination campaign has been talking to us about the next phase. he says the plan is to open the whole of the u.k. by midsummer. >> we have two targets -- the first target is to vaccinate the over 50's by the middle of april. we are on target and we have visibility of supply through the end of april.

the second target to all adults in the united kingdom by the end of july. marco: that is the vaccine minister in the u.k. speaking for that interview. time for business and kate moody has joined us. there could be good business days -- the u.s. and u.k. announcing the long running trade spat. kate we've seen transatlantic tariffs in both directions. the u.s. has lifted levees on certain imports from the u.k. and the london -- london did that post brexit. it opens the door to a similar easing of tensions between washington and the european union. tariffs remain in place on billions of euros worth of goods. the french president and others

have said he is ready to negotiate a deal. reporter: a four-month suspension to trade tariffs between the united states and the united kingdom amid an effort to de-escalate a 16 year ongoing spat about unfair state subsidies to air giants. >> this will benefit a wide range of industries on both sides of the atlantic and allow for focused settlement negotiations to ensure our aerospace industries can finally see a resolution and focus on covid recovery and other shared goals. reporter: the move from washington came after london unilaterally dropped its own tariffs in january. diverging from the european union lied on the -- european union line on the matter. donald trump imposed levees on 6.2 alien in levees. the eu retaliated, sparking fears of a trade war and fierce

criticism from the sector said. particulate scotch whiskey and other exports. before the tariffs went into effect, the u.s. market of billion euros.e valuedt 1.2 by the end of 2020, it had fallen by nearly one third. while both airbus and boeing welcome the development and what each referred to as a move necessary to create a level playing field, it will need to be further progress in the months ahead with washington reserving the right to reimpose tariffs at any point. the eu, in the meantime, rains at loggerheads with the u.s. kate: airbus has said it will be avoiding forced layoffs in france, germany, and u.k. amidst the pandemic last year, the airlines that it was planning to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide. federal reserve chairman, jerome powell, says he will keep easy lending policies and record low rates until there is recovery

from the pandemic. unemployment claims remain high last week. the central bank chief said at least 10 million people need to get back to work. he said the steps to reopening the economy could lead to a temporary jump in inflation but suggested a recovery, while fragile, is underway. >> there is still a lot of pain out there and more than half a million people lost their lives in the pandemic. but compared to the economic scenarios were contemplating a year ago, it is good to be where we are, particularly with the vaccines now. no one thought we would have vaccines in less than a year and now vaccination imoving at a good pace and we will keep making progress. that is what will help the economy more than anything. kate: those comments seem to have spooked u.s. investors -- a choppy trade on wall street with stocks tumbling sharply in last half of the trading session.

it did recover somewhat in the last hour. the dow jones cutting down 300 point of the close. the nasdaq down 2% and turning negative for the year. the treasury yield jumped again and that helped spark the selloff. a muted session for the european indices. losses in london and frankfurt stop a nearly 6% drop in retail spending in the eurozone in january. oil prices hit their highest in the year as opec and its allies suggest they will make many of their -- keep many production curves in place. demand for oil plunged last year and prices followed suit. at a meeting in vienna, they said because extent in nonmember russia could pump a small amount more for months to come. saudi arabia said it would be voluntarily extending its cut of a million fewer barrels a day through april.

representatives of doctors without borders staged a protest outside the wto today, calling on pharmaceutical companies to share their coronavirus vaccines. india and south africa have been pushing for drug giants to waive their patent rtrictions. the wto is to host talks next week. if producers have joined forces, reducing vaccines developed by pfizer and johnson & johnson. activists say the deputy ocean open no way for intellectual property protections to be waived in this case, accusing the pharma industry of focusing on profits rather than saving lives. >> if we had the waiver, we could scale up production right now which would allow for diagnostics and medicine to get where they are needed most. right now, we see a trickle of vaines making it to the glol south and this is not acceptable in today's world.

kate: as the world waits for more vaccines to come out. marco: that is the trade off the time. public interests -- make it a billable. thank you very much. top-notch. a short break for me and then more news after that. stay with us.

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