france is not of affected by the supply cuts announced by astra zeneca and astra zeneca of course produces not only in the u.k. but also produces its vaccine in the e.u. and now with this transparency mechanism that the you suggesting is a clear signal to the industry that they are now ready to play hardball because of course what the you could do is say we will look exactly how much vaccine is being delivered into the u.k. or so elsewhere into the world to the u.s. for instance for in case of astra zeneca hasn't even started approval so nothing has been going there but the you can you can clearly monitor now where things are going and in case they have the feeling that too much is going there that should be going to europe they could even introduce a ban meanwhile there have been reports and german media that the astra zeneca vaccine is essentially ineffective for people over at the age of 65 and that really has stirred controversy can you tell us more about those claims clearly zoomie i'm not a medical expert so i can't exactly comment on that issue what i can tell you is that astra zene

which astra zeneca says guarantees that the u.k. priority of supply do you have an opinion there or well our i haven't seen that in the in the. commission's agreement. that's a separate arrangement for absolutely these are entirely separate contracts and simply because i've agreed to supply one customers against another customer doesn't mean i have are don't have separate obligations in order to for the u.k. to have priority there would have to be something in the contract which i haven't seen. in a read of it there would have to be something in the contract to provide that the u.k. had priority in some fashion as a ses fairly brief read i haven't seen right we heard in the report just before you came in we heard from an m.e.p. who was upset that the contract had been redacted he said we paid all this their money we should see the. other good reasons for for redacting information from a contract such as this. you know one would normally say actions from a contract because they are confidential between the parties the prize a the bas

which astra zeneca says guarantees that the u.k. priority of supply do you have an opinion they're more well are i haven't seen that in the in the. commission's agreement if you believe that's a similar arrangement for absolutely they these are entirely separate contracts and simply because i've agreed to supply one customers against another customer doesn't mean i have i don't have separate obligations in order to for the u.k. to have priority there would have to be something in the contract which i haven't seen. in a read of it there would have to be something in the contract to provide that the u.k. had priority in some fashion but as a ses on a fairly brief read i haven't seen right we heard in the report just before you came in we heard from an m.e.p. who was upset that the contract had been redacted he said we've paid all this their money we should see the. other good reasons for for redacting information from a contract such as this. yeah one would normally see redactions from a contract because they are confidential between

and pharma company astra zeneca. of britain is one country that have managed to push ahead with inoculations for millions of people but it is also the countries with the highest per capita death toll in the world we look at what is going wrong and what is going right. plus we're going on breast in lebanon this protesters voiced their anger at a strict coronavirus lockdown that is making the country's economic crisis even course. i'm sumi so much god it's good to have you with us the european union's fight to secure coronavirus a vaccine supplies for its nearly 450000000 people is intensifying today the e.u. will outline plans that could see a block on exports of vaccine doses produced within its territory under certain conditions now the block is in a dispute with astra zeneca after it emerged that the drug maker would not be able to fulfill its delivery targets to the e.u. and would supply the united kingdom 1st regulators are expected to authorize the use of the astra zeneca shock for members. let's bring in our co

it's those who all of your information last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its big scene deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hundreds of millions of euros to. because projection and because supplies to the u.k. do not face the same shortages the dispute prompted the use it introduced a scheme to monitor vaccine experts but the e.u. commission emphasizes this is not an expert ban we are not in competition or in a race against any country the only race we are in this against this virus this comes as the block is facing criticism for its slow vaccine romo which so it is days are released that the vaccine has been recommended for use in the blog this spider difficulties with astra zeneca its 3rd vaccine to gain approval. all to get a legal take on this we talked earlier to david greene president of the law society of england and wales and also a senior partner at the london law firm edwin co we asked him whether astra zeneca is in breach of its contractual obligations with the e.u. . the basis of

a key vaccine components astra zeneca jap is due to get the green light from e.u. regulators in the coming days so last minute news of a 60 percent cut in delivery service came as a nasty shock to lawmakers here in brussels who governments have been rolling out the red carpet for the pharmaceutical company we do not have the battersea thanks to them but thanks to public funding the public paid for the production capacity on the deal to secure supplies of the astra zeneca vaccine was an e.u. 1st that brought a big smile to the health commissioner's face back in august 2020 the bloc purchased 300000000 doses with the option to at $100000000.00 more in other words the european union is astra zeneca biggest client it paid hundreds of millions of euros upfront in order to ensure smooth production and supply but with promises unfulfilled the block is not a happy customer the big question is now where have all those 3 produced vaccine doses gone they may have been sold to the highest bidder elsewhere that's why physician and politician peter liza welcomes news that produc

amid a feud with british pharma giant astra zeneca. also this hour the spanish inoculation campaign grinds to a halt in parts of the country as doses one out doctors to question the job procurement system. vaccine is not being delivered at the rate that we anticipate it's a real problem from the national vaccination plan and it means autonomy's regions will have to review their strategies. plus bolivia and argentina become the latest latin american states to get hundreds of thousands of russian coated shot doses as the head of the un harold the bold but the feat and play in the battle against the pandemic. good evening am i happy friday to you all this is our 2 international coming to you straight from the russian capital welcome to the program. we start with some breaking news the european union is imposing export controls on coronavirus vaccines made in member states amid a row over supply shortages brussels has also just given the green light to the drug at the heart of the dispute made by british firm astra zeneca we can now cross

big it is you has reportedly asked astra zeneca today very doses from the u.k. to make up for the shortfall in supplies what reactions are you getting there in london to the whole dispute. the u.k. government is quite careful of the sea they're treading quite carefully as the vaccination minister said that he is confident that the u.k. will reach its target in the short time the u.k. target is to have the most vulnerable adults vaccinated by mid february and it is believed that the u.k. is on track and that enough doses are already in the u.k. he also said there needs to be some cooperation between countries and that countries need to work together he's careful to avoid a spat with the european union however if the e.u. did go ahead and greedy put some bad on that supports then the u.k. might be hit in the medium tough and again let's talk about this a little bit the e.u. is threatening to tighten restrictions on exports to stem vaccines leaving the block in your opinion is this all just saber rattling or will they actually go through with it but at the moment i

s said this entire spat is astra zeneca is fault astra zeneca will suffer if they treat people in the world's biggest market as 2nd class citizens this is also now likely to cause problems for the united kingdom which of course recently officially next the european union foreign breaks it was expecting at delivery of some $40000000.00 doses of the pfizer by on tech vaccines that are being produced all suited facility in belgium and now the e.u. has been struggling to obtain enough vaccine doses despite placing huge orders over the last year or so so much so that some areas of europe are either having to delay the rollout of the program or having just hold to temporarily all together it really feels as if protectionism is now being ramped up in essentially what is turning into a war over access to a drug and a vaccine that is supposed to prevent 19 i guess you could see it was all going to come anyway we discussed the spot between the e.u. and astra zeneca with guess the former army people etheridge thinks the blocks paying for poor planning now professor francesco resume the lack of c

it's those who all the information last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its big scene deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hundreds of millions of euros to produce to astra zeneca projection and because supplies to the u.k. do not face the same shortages the dispute prompted the e.u.'s introduce a scheme so monitor vaccine experts but the e.u. commission emphasizes this is not an expert ban we are not in competition or in a race against any country the only race we are in this against the cyrus this comes as the block is facing criticism for its slow vaccine rollout so it is days are relieved that the vaccine has been recommended for use in the block this spider difficulties with astra zeneca its 30th seen to gain approval. or to get a legal take on this we talked earlier to david greene he's the president of the law society of england and wiles and a senior partner at the london law firm code we asked him whether astra zeneca is in breach of its contractual obligations with the. the the th

europe's health regulators approve the astra zeneca vaccine for adults and announce export controls on coronavirus folks. around the clock this is out sara live from doha also coming up trial results of johnson and johnson single dates facts show it protects against the virus but it's not as effective as others and it's weaker against the new south african street. a major wind farms in nigeria that dutch court orders the local branch of shell to pay compensation damages caused by oral spills class. and is considered good fortune for the chinese during the mill year but i'm going to report about these cherries is turning out to be really very bad luck here in chile . so european health regulators have given emergency approval full adults across 27 the 27 country block to receive the offset astra zeneca corona virus vaccine announcement comes after a dispute between the e.u. in the company the us expects at least 80000000 doses by the end of march but a week ago ash is in a cut supply blaming manufacturing issues. it's a real pleasure to be here until i announce the 3rd positive opinion

and astra zeneca over vaccine delivery delays the e.u. accuses the company of not fulfilling its contractual obligations the contract in question has now been made public. this contract is at the heart of an ongoing feud between the european commission and specter swedish family company astra zeneca over delays in vixen deliveries the e.u. has made the contract public but many of the crucial parts have been blacked out by astra zeneca a scandal so members of the european parliament from the from your column are simply not acceptable that pharmaceutical companies which gives a lot of european money to her experience miley. i'm not really. it's those who all of the information last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its big scene deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hundreds of millions of yours to. because projection and because supplies to the u.k. do not face the same shortages the dispute prompted the use introduce the scheme so monitor vaccine experts but the e.u. commission

and astra zeneca over vaccine delivery delays the e.u. accuses the company of not fulfilling its contractual obligations the contract in question has now been made public. this contract is at the heart of an ongoing feud between the european commission and specially a swedish family company astra zeneca over delays in vixen deliveries the e.u. has made the contract public but many of the crucial parts have been blacked out but astra zeneca a scandal say members of the european parliament from the perspective of your problems are simply not except that pharmaceutical companies which gets a lot of european money taxpayers' money. i'm not really. it's those who all the information last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its 16 deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hundreds of millions of euros to boost astra zeneca projection and because supplies to the u.k. do not face the same shortages the dispute prompted the use it introduced a scheme to monitor vaccine experts but the e.u. co

and astra zeneca over vaccine delivery delays the e.u. accuses the company of not fulfilling its contractual obligations the contract in question has now been made public. this contract is at the heart of an ongoing feud between the european commission and special swedish family company astra zeneca over the laysan vixen deliveries the e.u. has made the contract public but many of the crucial parts have been blacked out but astra zeneca a scandal say members of the european parliament. are your. pharmaceutical companies which gets a lot of your mom eat her experience. i'm not really. it's those who all of the information last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its 5th season deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hundreds of millions of euros to produce to astra zeneca projection and because supplies to the u.k. do not face the same shortages the dispute prompted the us introduced a scheme to monitor vaccine experts but the e.u. commission emphasizes this is not an expert ban we'

the europeans have also asked how astra zeneca going to have insufficient product for the e.u. but still supply the british who are immunizing far more people than in the e.u. particularly since in the terms of this contract the company confirmed it had no other contractual obligation with any other party to prevent it fulfilling its obligations to the european union and while the round rages on the measures to deal with the pandemic are intensifying in place germany has announced that from saturday it will ban travel from several countries where covert mutations have been reported dominick came al-jazeera berlin. kenya says health care and security personnel will be 1st in line when it starts inoculating people that month that scenes are being secured through the african union and the w.h.o. but health officials say it will take until june next year to vaccinate around a 3rd of the population kenya is a member of the kovacs by cd and has made an initial commitment to procure vaccines through this for cd release commitment the country will receive 24000000 doses from their faci

has now approved astra zeneca as john faull.

signing the contracts with astra zeneca and the e.u. signing the contract that's the line from astra zeneca anyway. the line from astra zeneca as you say peter is that the the difference in time has put them in a situation now where they're not going to be able to deliver as they say the very many millions tens of millions of doses that they expected to deliver to the european union in the course of the 1st 3 months of 2021 now the point here is that something in the order of 408000000 dollars was handed over upfront by the european union for $300000000.00 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine with a view potentially to making that $400000000.00 doses and when they were told that's the e.u. was told that it wasn't going to happen in the way that they thought it was going to be there while they were very angry indeed of access and over the course of the past few days we've seen that anger seep through in the way that officials high officials that is from the e.u. have have talked about it and today we've seen a strange situation unfold we've

astra zeneca has blamed the cut on production problems at a plant in belgium but the e.u. health commissioner has called the drug makers justifications unsatisfactory the uncertainty is jeopardizing the e.u.'s goal of vaccinating 70 percent of its adults by summer. germany's health minister against spawn is pointing at the pharmaceutical companies she told data abuse chief political editor michelle or couth that she wants to see vaccine makers treat the european union fairly. with me now is germany's health minister again spohn that's just fine so will you know ask the european union to implement a registry for the export of vaccine outside the european union is fence if and if and when they get it would be a good idea if companies had to obtain a license to export vaccines so that we can monitor which vaccine leaves the european union after having been produced or bottled in europe when i live licensing does not mean a bushel of exports but that they are at least in need to be registered and approved by them and that will happen in many cases that it is approved we do loo

europe astra zeneca c.e.o. says its contract with the e.u. does not of why is it to deliver at a particular deadline also coming up today is international holocaust remembrance day 76 years after the liberation of the nazi death camp at auschwitz the world is called on to commemorate the 6000000 jews and millions of other victims of naziism and to never forget. i bring it off it's good to have you with us the european union has told the drug maker astra zeneca that it must deliver more doses of its coded 19 banks seen brussels has publicly expressed its frustration after the company announced delays to deliveries blamed on lower than expected production at its e.u. based plants the company responded to the e.u.'s demand by describing delivery dates in its contract with brussels as target dates rather than legally binding deadlines that the e.u. says the shortfall should be made up with doses produced in the u.k. which the company says should go to britain because it placed its order 1st here's the e.u.'s health

zeneca remember astra zeneca as c.e.o. mr sorry a couple of days ago sent that the agreement between his company and the e.u. involved astra zeneca agreeing to carry out its best efforts to produce the doses that it said it would produce under the terms of the contract by a certain time so that meant tens of millions of doses by the end of march i have a few pages from the contract here and this is the 2nd phase where it's make that you'll see the parts of the blacked out redacted but this particular refers to the best reasonable efforts that the e.u. can expect that astra zeneca will provide it's a phrase that appears several times here also where it talks about the number of doses it will be prepared to provide and in what timeframe which coincides with what we've already known about the up to the end of the 1st quarter of this year and then for the rest of the year and the amount of money that will be supplied upfront by the e.u. but there's one final area which seems to back up the european union's some of its argument

s said this entire spat is astra zeneca is fault astra zeneca will suffer if they treat people in the world's biggest market as 2nd class citizens this is also now likely to cause problems for the united kingdom which of course recently officially net the european union foreign breaks it it was expecting at delivery of so cool t. a 1000000 doses of the pfizer buy all new tech vaccines that are being produced also to facility in belgium there is now question as to whether that vaccine would be allowed to leave the european union and go to the u.k. and as it was originally planned now the e.u. has been struggling to obtain enough back seat doses despite placing huge orders over the last year or so so much so that some areas of europe are either having to delay the rollout of the program or having just hold to temporarily all together it really feels as if protectionism is now being ramped up in essentially what is turning into a war over access to a drug and a vaccine that is supposed to prevent 19 we just got the dispute where the bill average a former member of the european parliament

and astra zeneca over vaccine supply. the point to make here is the urgency which the european union believes needs to be brought into this whole scenario they want they were expecting remember tens of millions of doses of this vaccine for which they've already made a very large upfront payment more than $400000000.00 they were expecting to have tens of millions of doses of the vaccine once it's approved which we expect approval to come sometime this afternoon european time from amsterdam where the regulator body for the e.u. is based and that once it would be approved that then tens of 1000000 doses over the course of the next few months would be made available but we now know that that's not going to be the case or at least far fewer will be made available and the route between the e.u. and the u.k. has come down and the astra zeneca rather which is based in the u.k. its headquarters there their hours come down to the interpretation of the contract signed between the 2 parties we know that earlier in the week the c.e.o.

it's those who all of the information last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its 16 deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hundreds of millions of years to produce projection and because supplies to the u.k. do not face the same shortages the dispute prompted the e.u. to introduce a scheme to monitor vaccine experts but the e.u. commission emphasizes this is not an expert ban we're not in competition or in a race against any country the only race we are in is against the cyrus this comes as the block is facing criticism for its low tech syndrome which so it is states are relieved that the vaccine has been recommended for use in the blog this by the difficulties with astra zeneca it's a 38 seen to gain approval. now some more promising news on the vaccine front u.s. drug novak says that its vaccine in development provides robust protection against non thing a british trial of $15000.00 patients found the drug to be almost 90 percent effective the shoppers nearly as successful in preventing the u.k.

europe's health regulators approve the astra zeneca vaccine for all adults even as the drug maker is under fire for cutting supplies. this is out 0 alive and are also coming up trial results of johnson and johnson single those facts show it protects against the virus but it's not as effective as others. a major win for farmers in nigeria such court orders the locals brought to shell to pay compensation for damages caused by oil spill. more protests and scuffles near india's capital as farmers demonstrate against laws they say will hurt them but benefit corporate farms. so the new european health regulators have given emergency approval for the office for the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine to be used by adults across the 27 country blog the announcement comes after a dispute between the e.u. and the company the e.u. was expecting at least 80000000 doses by the end of march but we go astra zeneca cut it supply blaming manufacturing issues. it's a real pleasure to be here until i announce the 3rd positive opinion for the authorize ation of the astra zeneca covert 19 vaccine this expan

signed its contract with astra zeneca 3 months before the e you didn't but astra zeneca says that you know it's trying to make up the shortfall and it's a little table too because the production issue at its facilities in belgium now this comes at mit's the fact that investigators we even sent astra zeneca is production plant in belgium to check to see if it actually was a problem with the production and miss rumors that some vaccine had been shipped to the annoying kingdom now one german m.p.'s said. entices fact is astra zeneca is fault astra zeneca will suffer if they treat people in the world's biggest market as 2nd class citizens this is also now likely to cause problems for the united kingdom which of course recently officially in lefty european union formal breaks it it was expecting at delivery ringback of some 40000000 doses of the 5 cent buy on tech last seen that are being produced suiting facility in belgium there is now question as to whether that vaccine would be allowed to leave the european union and go to the u.k. as it was originally planned now the e.u. has been str

the european union has told the drug maker astra zeneca that it must supply the e.u. with more doses of its code 19 backseat brussels has publicly expressed its frustration and for the company announced delivery delays blamed on lower than expected production at the company's e.u. based factories the company responded to the e.u.'s demands by describing delivery dates in its contract with brussels as target dates rather than legally binding deadlines but the e.u. says the shortfall should be made up with doses produced at factories in the u.k. and astra zeneca says that once produce they are should go to britain because britain placed its orders 1st here's the e. hughes health commission and let me be crystal clear. the 27 european union member states are united that astra zeneca needs to deliver on its commitments in our agreements the logic of these agreements was as valid then this it is now we provided the risking investment up front in order to get a binding commitment from the company to pre-print to use even before it gets authorization not being able to ensure

a key vaccine components the astra zeneca jap is due to get the green light from e.u. regulators in the coming days so last minute news of a 60 percent cut in delivery service came as a nasty shock to lawmakers here in brussels who governments have been rolling out the red carpet for the pharmaceutical company we do not have the vaccine thanks to them but thanks to populate funding the public paid for the production capacity the deal to secure supplies of the astra zeneca vaccine was an e.u. 1st that brought a big smile to the health commissioner's face back in august 2020 the bloc purchased 300000000 doses with the option to at $100000000.00 more in other words the european union is astra zeneca biggest client it paid hundreds of millions of euros upfront in order to ensure smooth production and supply but with promises unfulfilled the block is not a happy customer the big question is now where have all those 3 produced vaccine doses gone they may have been sold to the highest bidder elsewhere that's why physician and politician peter liza welcomes new ads that produc

approves the astra zeneca job for older adults while with travel by. find themselves a sea of a crumbling health system. and i know i maryam namazie and london it watching al jazeera also coming up on the program will than 200000 people feel the fighting in the center.

astra zeneca as delivery cuts are the latest setback to e.u. plans to vaccinate 70 percent of adults by summer earlier this month fires are said it would temporarily reduce its deliveries to the e.u. was well citing production issues. but u.k. health officials say they expect to have enough supply to meet the country's vaccination targets that reality is fuelling tensions already that. i think the thing to do now is not to. go down the sort of the dead end of the nationalism it's to work together to make sure that we protect our people that's my priority is to protect the british people. protect the united kingdom but also to protect the whole world is no one is safe little said. but divisions over how to fairly distributed vaccines will likely persist in the near term south africa's president lashed out at wealthy countries accusing them of buying up the global vaccine supply. now rich countries in the world don't need vaccines and we all say read these the x. box that you have you have all of it and hoarded south africa still needs to secure

approves the astra zeneca job for ole adults while with travel by zimbabwe's elite find themselves a mercy of a crumbling health system. and i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program more than 200000 people flee the fighting in the central african republic a situation a former prime minister is described as apocalyptic and 70 is on to they were driven to local extinction jack you as a bank in their natural habitat in argentina. we begin with the race to vaccinate against covert 19 johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says it's vaccine is 66 percent effective and plans to seek emergency authorization in the united states next week or last just a day off to the american company novak said it's vaccine was 89 percent effective in u.k. trials meanwhile the european union which is already secured 2 vaccines is now approved astra zeneca job for all adults this while it tussles with the company of a delayed supplies and faces criticism of a slow rollout there is dominic kane has more no

last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its big scene deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hundreds of millions of fewer stupid because projection and because supplies to the u.k. do not face the same shortages the dispute prompted the usual introduced a scheme to monitor vaccine experts but the e.u. commission emphasizes this is not an expert ban we're not in competition or in a race against any country the only race we're in this against this virus this comes as the block is facing criticism for its slovik syndrome which so it is states are relieved that the vaccine has been recommended for use in the block this spied to difficulties with astra zeneca it's just seen to gain approval. let's get a check now some other news from around the world the world health organization team investigating the origins of the corona virus has visited the hospital in a blue han where the 1st covert 900 patients were treated in the early days of the pandemic the mission has b

threatens retaliation after a vaccine maker astra zeneca cuts it's deliberate to the block the e.u. commission is now calling for controls of all back scenes manufactured in the e.u. before they are shipped abroad germany's health minister says it's not about europe being 1st it's about being fair. to our current told german citizens so vaccines produced in europe are available all over the world but not in europe. also coming up next house democrats deliver a single article of impeachment to the senate launching trial proceedings against donald trump for inciting and insurrection. and india's farmers staging mass protests on a national holiday there demanding that the government drop agricultural reforms they say it would destroy their livelihoods. i'm saying it's almost kind of good to have you with us maxine maker astra zeneca is denying german media reports that suggest that it's covert vaccine is less than 10 percent effective for people over the age of 65 now a report in the daily billed papers said. the german officials were concerned that the e.u. might not grant the swedish

the dispute with the drug maker astra zeneca escalates accusations flying back and forth meanwhile millions of europeans are still waiting for their japanese. britain is set to approve a new coronavirus vaccine from that the company says clinical trials in the u.k. show is 90 percent effective. and china lashes out after britain offers millions of hong kong people the chance to become u.k. citizens. welcome to the program the president of the european commission ursula fund a line is urging drug maker astra zeneca to stick to commitments to supply the e.u. with its $1000.00 vaccine the british swedish company has said it's cutting the number of doses by 60 percent because of production problems astra zeneca also says it is not contractually obliged to deliver but funnel line said the contract is crystal clear many e.u. member states are still failing to meet their vaccination targets. correspondent. in brussels so the president of the e.u. commission says their contract is crystal clear what does it say about the livery. look i've been looking into this contract which i have here with me fo

and also the anglo swedish pharmaceutical group this is astra zeneca astra zeneca which has plants in the u.k. and in belgium had made this commitment with the e.u. last year when it was researching the vaccine it's now turned around the e.u. and said we're only going to be able to supply 25 percent of the doses that we said we would by the end of march and this is a massive problem for the e.u. because it's not just been dealt this now by astra zeneca which says it's got production problems but it's also been told similar things by pfizer by own tech that they simply cannot produce the number of vaccines that it said it would be able to do now the shortages are already impacting many areas of europe for example here in france paris and other regions in the countries that. they can have to delay the rollout of their vaccine program while in spain in the capital in madrid it's already said it's having to halt its program and has warned that that could also be the case in catalonia really not good news as this comes amidst huge criticism all of how the e.u. has rolled out this program o

of astra zeneca said that the supply coming out of the u.k. would stay in the u.k. that that was their agreement and he was basically distrusting of that there seems to be a supply chain issue worldwide with the vaccines in general but is astra zeneca technically legally obligated to supply the stocks into the european union well there is some confusion over that depending on who you talk to i guess the e.u. is basically saying that they are contractually obligated astra zeneca saying that they're not that it was based on a best effort clause and they didn't commit to a specific timetable for deliberate but they are committed to working it out the saying that that's not at all what they said that the company had committed to providing vaccines from those 2 factories in britain as well and again we heard astra zeneca saying that those were to stay in britain so you know the e.u. invested about 400000000 for these 400000000 doses of the vaccine so far and since not all the money has been paid to astra zeneca you lawyers are trying to determine if that's a breach of co

line from berlin tonight bad blood between the european union and a major corona virus vaccine maker astra zeneca says it's cutting back seems deliveries to the where the bank has been slow it best we'll hear from germany's health minister and find out more about the role across the english channel also coming up resigning with an eye on rebuilding report say that italy's prime minister is set to step down with his government in crisis but observers expect that killed to be back plus the u.s. senate receiving that article of impeachment against donald trump which chooses him of inciting that storming of the u.s. capitol hill gauge the mood in washington and asked does it make sense to be in speech and ex-president plus what to do about russia the european union decides on nothing for now after the arrest of kremlin critic alexina vali and the detention of thousands of his supporters. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin with europe's coronavirus vaccine supply shock the european union today lashed out and vaccine maker astra zene

of astra zeneca said that the supply coming out of the u.k. would stay in the u.k. that that was their agreement and the basically distrusting of that there seems to be a supply chain issue worldwide with the vaccines in general but is astra zeneca technically legally obligated to supply the stocks into the european union. well there is some confusion over that depending on who you talk to i guess is basically saying that they are contractually obligated astra zeneca saying that they're not that it was based on a best effort clause and they didn't commit to a specific timetable for deliberate but they are committed to working it out the saying that that's not at all what they said that the company had committed to providing vaccines from those 2 factories in britain as well and again we heard astra zeneca saying that those were to stay in britain so you know the e.u. invested about 400000000 for these 400000000 doses of the vaccine so far and since not all the money has been paid to astra zeneca lawyers are trying to determine if that's a breach of contract there's

and astra zeneca from violin. the point to make here is the urgency which the european union believes needs to be brought into this whole scenario they want they were expecting remember tens of millions of doses of this vaccine for which they've already made a very large upfront payment more than $400000000.00 they were expecting to have tens of millions of doses of the vaccine once it's approved which we expect approval to come sometime this afternoon european time from amsterdam where the regulator body for the e.u. is based on the ones that would be approved that then tens of 1000000 doses over the course of the next few months would be made available but we now know that that's not going to be the case or at least half fuel will be made available and the route between the e.u. and the case has come down and the astra zeneca rather which is based in the u.k. headquarters there the hours come down to the interpretation of the contract signed between the 2 parties so you see this it's not quite a war of words but