this is the news live from berlin bringing social equality to the european union a small task for the $27.00 member states but it's the focus of an e.u. summit in portugal looking to transform would create more gender equality and fight poverty also in the program international calls to white patents on code with 19 vaccines and growing the u.s. backs the idea that germany the proposal and sides with drug develops and even the accounting to catch a break more than 400000 new coronavirus cases for the 2nd straight day is getting through that experts fear the crisis will get worse before it gets better. a math and how welcome to the program we start this hour in portugal where top european union officials are tending crucial talks in the city of puerto the meeting is dubbed the social summit because of the focus on finding ways to fight poverty in a post coronavirus world european commission president frontline is at the summit in person along with the majority of the blocs latest the host of the event portuguese prime minister antonio costa the highlight of the cost of unstable working

all that freezing exercise has been committed by the european union. with the ukrainian crisis, it started early. —— it started earlier. butjust explain to me — maybe you've done it already to european political leaders — explain to me why it is justified to label alexei navalny�*s anti—corruption foundation as, quote, unquote, "extremist". well, that's a definition according to law and you don't expect me, not being a lawyer, to present you with all the legal details of that determination. this is a court decision. are you satisfied, when you look at what's happening in russia today, that russia is acting in the best interests of its own diplomatic position in the world? i am satisfied with what russia is doing today. perhaps we could do better in certain areas on certain issues but i am totally dissatisfied with what my partners here, my clients in brussels, are doing. so, when, for example, the overwhelming majority of meps in the european parliament adopt a call for the immediate and unconditional release of navalny, they're whistling in the wind,

you represent russia in the european union.e relationship is being poisoned. i will agree with that estimate. yes, it is being poisoned by certain political forces in the european union. and, you know, over all these years, we have not closed any venue, any plank of cooperation with the european union or shut down any format of partnership. all that freezing exercise has been committed by the european union. and it didn't start with navalny. it didn't start with the ukrainian crisis. it started early. butjust explain to me, maybe you've done it already to european political leaders, explain to me why it is justified to label alexei navalny�*s anti—corruption foundation as, quote, unquote, "extremist". well, that's a definition according to law, and you don't expect me, not being a lawyer, to present you with all the legal details of that determination. this is a court decision. are you satisfied, when you look at what's happening in russia today, that russia is acting in the best interests of its own diplomatic position in the

interest but is about a reflection on the temp by the european union to highlight european values on human rights and other issues and as part of a shift we're seeing whereby. the europe is trying to redefine itself stroh's and to redefine itself with strategic autonomy and that strategic autonomy is to be defined by european and civilized nation. unfortunately it comes just at the point where really the whole idea of universal human balance is rejected by most of the pro as no longer appropriate and they say you know we all have our other supplies in. chinese say our civilization with our use our harmony and community not individuals and not price and so it's quite difficult so they are they will make an effort on that yes on syria it will be like that ukraine is a much more problematic for the european union but i mean basically the european union has almost 0 or ations with russia now it's gone i mean it was not so long ago 10 years ago when it was thought in the europe and elsewhere that there would be a greater europe stretching from brought it. down to to lisbon and that if eur

so i think this is something that the european union now has to deal with. and it's an incident that is probably going to put a lot of pressure on brussels to, to do more. okay. what do you say to that, that reaction in brussels outrage fury? is he going to to the suggestion that it is perhaps a game changer is going to be a game changer? while the little biggest thing that it has at least begun to be a game changer, i'm in the reaction was quite a 5. it was also surprisingly fast for me, fast, hard and quite emotional and we can and then, and we just heard one of the reasons for that, which is actually what is different. now, when we compare the sedation before that we can after it's not only about democracy in human rights outside of the anymore, right? so it's about also the security of the european citizens. and i think it was one of the, one of the main reasons why the decision was made that foss with, in just few hours, these hard decision that needed to handle sco was kind of claiming for half a year or ask in the you for, for, for half a year, also h

unprecedented incident and i think that it's going to change it to change the approach of the european union. and we saw it the reactions, european leaders who were shocked and outraged. and they were describing the incident as estates points for terrorism, piracy, but they were also very concern because as they put it, the lives off you citizens were at risk. we talking here about hydra king of our diversion, all the plane that was on its way from 1 pm european capital to the other. so i think this is something that the european union now has to deal with. and it's an incident that is probably going to put a lot of pressure on brussels to do more. okay. what do you say to that? that reaction in brussels outrage fury? is he going to the suggestion that it is perhaps a game changer is going to be a game changer. while we're already seen that it has at least the gun to be a game changer. i'm in their reaction was quite as far as it was. also surprisingly fast for me, fast, hard and quite emotional and we can understand and we just heard one of the reasons for that, which is actually what is di

but i mean basically the european union has almost 0 or ations with russia now it's gone i mean it was not so long ago 10 years ago when it was thought in the europe and elsewhere that there would be a great a europe stretching from brought it. down to to lisbon and that if europe if russia was not part of the european union it would share everything but institution since i think the protein one stage mentioned and all of that has collapsed and now they're off. lever off the foreign minister since there are almost no relationships we have no relations with the institutions with brussels with the european union with. certain member states maybe but it's a very serious position in europe beer cold between these 2 big powers who are rivals united states was china russia are on the other europe's biggest trading partner is not china not the united states it was overtaken by that because of the strudel belt that i was describing with traders and trucks coming in with goods from china to europe the price of the earth and so we are. you're is in a very difficult position of trying to s

to restart negotiations on a new trade agreement and that is of course very important for the european union they want a better access for tech companies and they wanted tariffs on european products to be reduced but of course we have to add that trade policy will be the true test although whether both sides are really able to improve their relationship very high on the agenda here of course covets 19 and the european union made it clear that they are willing to help india but they also stressed that they think that the proposal on vaccine patents was not going to be the silver bullet to improve the situation instead today are arguing that it's more important to increase production of vaccines and they also called on other western nations in particular on the united states to export more of axioms and alexandra how important is this meeting for india. well we have to keep in mind that this meeting came at a very very difficult moment for india as the country is fighting the pandemic as and as a surge in covert 19 infections and that was the reason why prime minister modi was not able to part

oh, the was who's this is the that the news live from the european union seals office. a space to fly traffic is one of several factions agree that some is in brussels. leaders are moving to punish shinkel government, author it diverted at passenger to arrests and opposition june. and this also coming up the un secretary of state antony blinking arrived in the middle east with an ambitious agenda. missing the fire between israel and hamas and rebuilding gaza . ah hello, i'm christine wanda. it's good to have your company. your pin union leaders have agreed to sanction bill roots in response to its force. diversion, offer ryan in flight, and the rest of the dissident journalist, the e. u, is banning billiards in plains from using the space and imposing sanctions on individuals linked to the planes. diversion, now the blogger rama part to say that remains in custody in big risk. his supporters fit for his safety. the $27.00 leaders of the european union do not always find common grounds, but the outrage with mutual over bella roosts after the country intercepted a passeng

so i think this is something that the european union now has to deal with. and it's an incident that is probably going to put a lot of pressure on brussels to, to do more. okay. what do you say to that, that reaction in brussels outrage fury? is he going to check the suggestion that it is perhaps a game changer is going to be a game changer while a little bit, he's seen that it has at least begun to be a game changer. i mean there reaction was quite fast. it was also surprisingly fast for me, fast, hard and quite emotional and we can and then, and we just heard one of the reasons for that, which is actually what is different now, when we compare dissertation before that we can after it's not only about democracy and human rights outside of the anymore, right? so it's about also the security of the european citizens, and i think it was one of the, one of the main reasons why the decision was made that foss with just few hours these hard decision that mrs. turn off sco was kind of claiming for half a year old asking to you for for, for half a year. also hard s

and if the want stay in the european union. and if they want to _ stay in the european union.t to do — stay in the european union. and if they want to do that _ stay in the european union. and if they want to do that as _ stay in the european union. and if they want to do that as nigel - stay in the european union. and if they want to do that as nigel has l they want to do that as nigel has pointed _ they want to do that as nigel has pointed out previously, the only way they can _ pointed out previously, the only way they can do — pointed out previously, the only way they can do that is by becoming an independent nation state. but the reality— independent nation state. but the reality of— independent nation state. but the reality of independence or breaking away as_ reality of independence or breaking away as we know from brexit is that you end _ away as we know from brexit is that you end up — away as we know from brexit is that you end up with very thorny issues about— you end up with very thorny issues about borders, about the movement of goods— about borders, about the mov

unprecedented incident and i think that it's going to change it to change the approach of the european union. and we saw it the reactions, european leaders who were shocked and outraged. and they were describing the incident as a state sponsored terrorism, piracy a, but they were also very concerned because as they put it, the lives of citizens were at risk. we talking here about hydra king of our diversion of a plane that was on its way from 1 pm european capital to the over. so i think this is something that the european union now has to deal with. and it's an incident that is probably going to put a lot of pressure on brussels to do more. okay. what do you say to that? that reaction in brussels outrage fury? is he going to check the suggestion that it is perhaps a game changer is going to be a game changer. while the biggest thing that it has at least begun to be a game changer, i mean, their reaction was quite a 5. it was also surprisingly fast. for me, fast, hard and quite emotional and we can understand it. and we just heard one of the reasons for that, which is actually what is differ

what does this mean for european union citizens? it's basically the green light from the authorities here and from the member states that there is a key tool now available on your mobile phone that every you citizen can use to travel to regain their freedom of movement within the you. so someone from crecia can travel to berlin, someone from lin can from, from germany, can travel to croatia using the very same app to document that they have been either vaccinated, that they have a p, c, r test. the reason one or that they actually have had the disease and are immune now against the virus. so what about americans? canadians who want to come to europe this summer travelers trying to enter from outside the european union. that's something that the european commission currently is looking into, whether the document can be extended for those people coming from abroad to the today, the you commission already decided or recommended to member states that people who have been fully vaccinated, particularly from the u. s. should be allowed to

is, 1st of all, it's for people who live in the european union for the 3, like they could get it for the 3 reason i just mentioned. and then maybe in the 2nd step, it could also be accepted by other men, but by other countries, by the 3rd country. but we know there yet, at the moment, them like the poem and, and the european commission have already said they want this pass. and it's also, it's only the $27.00 countries, the member states who comes agree on details. for example, the cost, the cost of the test to should pay for them. or also the fact for example, like if you have this document, can you just really move around or do you still have to isolate for a couple of days and you members say one to decide themselves. once you decide themselves what kind of rules are attached to this and the commission or the parliament or not so happy with this, they will come and who for every one of the marina stress reporting from brussels. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the pen demik. the u. k. has launched a nationwide study to explore whether a

because the european union needs russia to solve international crisis, for example. so we'll see if they can have a common position on that. what is clear is this, that this operation and means could not happen without the support of a russia, it's secret service. and it's also clear that alexander christian call could not be able to hold on to power for such a long time without letting me put in support. ok, thank you for that. alexandra phenomena in brussels will turn out some other stories that making use around the world. a man miles out of state later on. so she has attended a court hearing in person for the 1st time in the military coup in february, seen here in archive footage. she's facing a series of charges including excitement, to edition a lawyer say she remains defiant and in good spirits. she had her 1st face to face meeting with them before the hearing. so mo has its 1st female prime minister. it follows a protracted power struggle. so the outgoing plan is to try to stop the swearing in ceremony by locking the doors to parliament. for me, i know me mat

the european union is sealing off all airspace to belarusian flight traffic.f several new sanctions targeting belarus that was agreed at an eu summit in brussels after the forced landing of a passenger jet and the arrest of an opposition journalist. you're watching dw news from berlin. i will be back in just a moment to bring you the day where we will take a closer look at the international outcry against belarus. we meet a palestinian woman whose projects are bng used as a peace tool. awawawmñxñ? anchor: i am mark owen into these e the main world news headlines. from belarus, a video showing roman protasevich confessing to terrorist activity, he was arrested after ella bruce made his passenger flight wert to minsk -- belarus made his passenger flight diverge to minsk. urszula votto line acute -- accusing belarus of hijacking the flight. we have more on this in

european union supports. and voluntary licensing in order to ramp up the production of the vaccine is initially the big issue facing huge up as well as the world was limited production capacity this has now been improved also through the measures like coal obliteration and licensing are you why did that they're kind of pandemic that we are seeing deepening every day in india. we potentially harm india as the supply of vaccines that india can deliver to the rest of the world including the e.u. is that the concern in the e.u. right now. we are concerned because of the situation in india very much 1st of all because of the situation affecting indians themselves but 2nd also because india is one of the biggest if not the biggest producer of cities worldwide and until the current crisis india has exported tens and tens of millions of folks since produced in india to other part.

especially when we think about the economic fallout of the pandemic and the european union has been criticized for example by the united nations that they are not doing enough to to solve economic and social problems in the block. and says that more than 20000000 workers at the european union are at risk of poverty due to precarious work contracts was the main topic of this meeting here in porto however and now overshadowed by the discussion about it . patent waiver. alexander phenomena important many thanks. to india now where the coded 19 caseload continues to rise at a record pace on friday alone in the country reported of 400000 new infections and nearly 4000 deaths actual numbers are feared to be much higher international aid is starting to trickle in but for many in a country ravaged by the pandemic that helping hand comes to light. this is the bitter reality of india's covert emergency nearly a quarter of a 1000000 lives lost as the bodies mount the crim atory a struggle to cope. and there's no end in sight to this crisis. hospitals to a buckling under the pressure. ther

especially when we think about the economic fallout of the pandemic and the european union has been criticized for example by the united nations that they are not doing enough to to salsa economic and social problems in the block. and says that more than 20000000 workers at the european union are at risk of poverty due to a precarious work contract that was the main topic of this meeting here in porto however and overshadowed by the discussion about it. still call that a vaccine patent waiver. alexander phenomena import of many things. to india now where the coveted 19 caseload continues to rise at a record pace on friday alone the country reported of 840-0000 new infections and nearly 4000 deaths actual numbers a feared to be much higher still international aid is starting to trickle in but for many in a country ravaged by the pandemic that helping hand comes to light. this is the bitter reality of india's coded emergency nearly a quarter of a 1000000 lives lost as the bodies mount the crim atory a struggle to cope. and there's no end in sight to this crisis. hospitals to a bu

especially when we think about the economic fallout of the pandemic and the european union has been criticized for example by the united nations that they are not doing enough to to salsa economic and social problems in the block. and says that more than 20000000 workers at the european union are at risk of poverty due to a precarious a work contract that was the main topic of this meeting here in porto however and now overshadowed by the discussion about imports. and still call that a vaccine patent waiver. alexander phenomena important many thanks. to india now where the coveted 19 caseload continues to rise at a record pace on friday alone the country reported of 400000 new infections and nearly 4000 deaths actual numbers are feared to be much higher international aid is starting to trickle in but for many in a country ravaged by the pandemic that helping hand comes to light. this is the bitter reality of india's covert emergency nearly a quarter of a 1000000 lives lost as the bodies mount the crim atory a struggle to cope. and there's no end in sight to this crisis. hospita

neighbor for all of the european union it is 1st thing for one thing but it seems insincere not just just because all of the european union and so they have expressed their european or forces of express solidarity with spain fine what now should they do beyond talk. if well they have to support spain when he comes to all of the financial tools and funds which are a disposal of a member state which has for some of your kind of a crisis situation or an external border of the european union and we have put in place those allocations the security internal security fund the asylum immigration fund in order to provide for the assistance and the social care which is needed for the unaccompanied minors that have been launched through the sea because for the adults there is always the possibility to return because they are binding treaties with morocco signed by spain and morocco which are also compulsory to the other part which is morocco so a matter of putting all the political pressure to get things right in place and back to normal the sooner the better thank you so much for joining us. t

so this is where the european union comes into play they could start an infringement process they could basically as they have indication and as if they have evidence from the human rights organizations stop infringement process and make sure that greece is abiding by international law but these processes have not been started by the european union it should probably also be mentioned that the european union's own external border service frontex stands accused of pushing back refugees as well but greece is on the front line of this crisis do greek authorities have the resources they need to cope with this situation of so many migrants and refugees coming to their shores. well greek resources also european union resources i mean hundreds of millions of yours are spent on safeguarding the external borders of the european union what only a fraction of that is actually spent on improving the asylum system improving the fact that these migrants who are arriving from turkey or through turkey to agrees that their cases are heard that there's a fair process and not just a quick process bu

all our wishes. >> reporter: the vaccine deliveries from china has put a partnership with the european union. serbia is only an e.u. candidate country, but expected its future european family to help with the most important weapon in the fight against the pandemic. speaking at a conference in early february, the french president recalled receiving a message from his serbian counterpart about chinese vaccine deliveries. >> the serbian president was here to get access to vaccine, thanks to chinese cooperation. to be very direct with you, with clear and genuine remark, these guys are more efficient than your covax initiative, the european union and my very good friends. >> reporter: the e.u. has helped elsewhere. it built crucial infrastructure for the vaccine campaign in serbia, hired 200 medical workers and shipped a fleet of special covid ambulance vehicles. the u.s. ambassador to serbia, anthony f. godfrey, waved off china's growing influence in serbia. >> frankly, the government of serbia has a right to be very proud of how well it's done in procuring vaccines. serbia is an independent cou

the sea ice what would you like to see what would you like to see coming from germany in the european union. i would like to see joe money and the european the european union stop. thought arming and apartheid regime stop supporting israeli aggression in force international law by the way the international laws that israel is in violation off of the laws which were established after the no history genocide this year oben it does it like mr was telling her that like that's not going to church that's not going to answer the question as of answer the question though what needs to happen now to stop the conflict that's happening right now that was my question to you what would you like to see what needs that what needs to happen right now is that the european union and the german government need to make clear to their friends in israel that they will be held accountable in the international criminal court for their war crimes which didn't start yesterday they've been continuing for decades against the palestinian people settler colonialism settlement construction expulsions massive attacks on g

it's from below to the european union. so as you see, there is a lot of pressure on you leaders to not only condemn the incident, but also to, to act upon that you know, sounds pretty unanimous. should we expect one voice to emerge from this meeting? while the problem is that you need this unanimity to, to impose new sanctions. so this is only possible when all member states are on boards. but in the past we, we saw that the european union is struggling when it comes to the common position on many foreign policy issues on be loose as well. last year it took the blow quite a while to respond to the rick presidential election and to impose sanctions against lucas sion court and his regime. so that will be very interesting to see tonight if we will see all member states on board on this foreign policy issue. well, let's see from the german chancellor, whom you mentioned just the medical issues just arriving. and it's fun. so we witnessed a forced landing, which resulted in the arrest of a better recent opposition figure on ro

negotiations negotiations on free trade agreement this announcement was very important for the european union of course because they want to have a better access to the market in india and they also would like to see tariffs on european products reduce birds we have to add to that the trade policy will be the true test over whether both sides are really able to improve their relations coming 19 was also on the agenda no doubt about that and the european union made clear that they wanted to help india however they also stressed that they think that india's proposal to lift intellectual property rights on vaccines is not going to be the silver bullets to improve the situation on the ground there are saying that instead it is very important to increase vaccine production and they also calling on other nations western nations to export more vaccines. here are some of the stories making headlines around the world. fighting between militants and government troops has resumed in ethiopia's region international food convoys were unable to reach civilians after the military blocked a major road ahead

now trade, where the european union accounts for 60 percent of swiss g d p. where is the gun country going to turn to? it's going to don't know where, i mean this is a small country in the middle of europe surrounded by the european member states, so it cannot go anywhere else. but what will happen is that they will just sort of stumble on the way they did in the past. you already mentioned it as it relates relationships are governed by more than $100.00, is single and detailed agreements about every and each aspect of trade and relationships and the single market axes and back and forth and so on, so forth. so this takes a tremendous amount of fine tuning. what will happen now, and that is what the uses they regret, is that the more than a zation, they sort of flexibility that you need as a single market involves switzerland on full anymore. so they will have to sit down with them and sort of talk about every detail and fix it. for instance, one of the roots that's just running out this week is the agreement on important export of medical goods. now switzerl

has blocked a common resolution but we have texts i mean there is no excuse for the european union not to be inactive if you look for example at the council conclusions of 2016 january 26th when you will find a lot of elements that are very very good foundation to base europe's work on in the region with the partners it offers both sides by the way israel and the palestinians a privileged partnership it once they have achieved a peaceful settlement of the conflict so i think europe has an opportunity to do something it's regrettable that they couldn't reach unanimity at this particular point in time now but that's simply due to the fact that rick dorgan the prime minister of hungary and tries to block anything and everything that the european union tries to do these days ok outside of europe the international international community has been calling for peace negotiations would you say would be most likely to lead then the u.s. seems slightly hesitant. yes because the president but i understand his 1st term and most american presidents have only taken up the mantle of trying to solve t

what does this mean for european union citizens? it's basically the green light from the authorities here and from the member states that there is a key tool now available on your mobile phone. that every you citizen can use to travel to regain their freedom of new movement within the you. so someone from creation can travel to berlin. someone from berlin can, from, from germany, can travel to croatia using the very same app to document that they have been either vaccinated, that they have a p, c, r test. the reason one or that they actually have had the disease and are immune now against the virus. so what about americans? canadians who want to come to europe this summer travelers trying to enter from outside the european union. that's something that the european commission currently is looking into, whether the document can be extended for those people coming from abroad. the today that you commission already decided or recommended to member states that people who have been fully vaccinated, particularly from the u. s. should be a

the european union says it's ceiling off all u. s. space to fly traffic. the vision is one of several new sanctions targeting boilers. the greed at the summit in brussels will bring you more details. as soon as we get them, that's turned out to some other stories. making headlines at this on. authorities in italy have launched the manslaughter investigation off the sundays cable con, crashing the 40 people were killed. and a child sir, is the injured. when the gondola they were travelling and plunged down the side of the mountain lake majority, a special commission look into whether there was negligence in the maintenance me and my state television as broadcast a single photo of allstate, leader on sunset, she appearing in court today alongside to other defendants, it's the 1st time she's been seen since the cooper. lawyers say the 75 year old remains defined and in good spirits, sir charges and truly incitement to sedition. samoa 1st female prime minister has been sworn into office during and make sure they're in attend jeremy. they owe me a tough cabinet

a risky and state own airline from lending at european union. airports and friends has always come to come forward with a sort of proposal to also the customer that has pending all traffic, including ground transit from the roof to the european union. something that will tap the major effect on the country's economy. and we will see what they are able to decide, but it's totally visible that they are under a lot of pressure to act after they have chosen very strong language to condemn the incident in minsk. so does that pressure mean that we are likely to see a unified reaction? while the decision today will definitely be another, a test for other blocks foreign policy that was struggling in the past. last week, the european union wanted to speak with one voice, and to release a statement on the israel gas a crisis that was not possible because hungry block that statement hungry, blocked, also a declaration condemning china for its security law in hong kong. so if you can see it could have been difficult for the european union to, to find to speak with one voice. so we will see if hun

denmark has the highest testing rate in the european union with half a 1000000 danes getting checked each day about 8 percent of the population. that provides authorities a wealth of information every day. and even almost by the hour. we know the number of subsisted people in denmark, we know exactly where, where they tested, where do late they live. nielson says local municipalities can use the data to quickly intervene in case of an outbreak. but privacy advocates insist the personal information revealed by a corona pass should be strictly limited. the latest version of the up allows almost total anonymity to showing whether or not you're in the clear. kimberly gregson has been working with authorities on this evolution. even though when, when we have such as serious situation in society fighting and they put them in, we shall not, we shouldn't just skip our fundament, most fundamental principles about it. they to security and privacy. but some feel constant monitoring should not be necessary to access social activities. they say that's a violation of their personal freedom amount.

she just told us that the european union is pledging to donate those exceeds $100000000.00 doses this year until at the end of the year. that would not be enough this amount of vaccines. but she also added that after talks with exceed, produces 3 of them by and tech more. there are now, and johnson and johnson has all have also promised to produce more vaccines. $1300000000.00 vaccines, specifically for low and middle income countries and those succeeds are supposed to be delivered this year as well. ok w's, alexandra for nomine in rome. thank you for bringing us up to speed and updating us on the latest. in fact, summit you watching the w news. here's a reminder of our top story. my supporters have much in guys to celebrate the end of a still. it is after an 11 day conflict with israel. the sci fi was broken by egypt and cut on nearly 250 people were killed in the regions worst fighting in years. i remember you can get all the latest coverage on the spot between israel and hammers at d. w dot com. i am told me a lot of the news continues at the top of the our thanks for joining who's

agreement and an investment protection agreement and that is of course very important for the european union that would like to see tariffs on european products reduced in india but of course we also have to add that the trade policy is going to be the true test although whether the both sides really can improve their relationship and of course very high on the agenda here also called it's 19 and here we have to say that the european union even promising more help to india made it very clear that there are skeptical about india's proposal to lift intellectual property rights on vaccines because they said that what is more important right now is to boost vaccine production and aside from the vaccine issue when it comes to india and the e.u. right now how important is this meeting for india. well i think that this meeting was very important. even though it came as a very at a very difficult time for the country that is fighting the pandemic and the search for new coverage in 1000 infections dead is the reason why prime minister could not participate in this summit in the person he pushed the e

and more robustly engage in that regard but even when we can't partner with the european union as a whole we can partner with individual europe he and union members to impose sanctions and make the case from a line that devotees. countries outside the european union like great britain for example can be an invaluable partner standing up to putin. those are some the things i'd like to see but obviously our values-based alliances are important. we just can't say okay we are back and we are all together again. we have to build that but these are some good opportunities because i agree with the congressman on nord stream. we passed the senate foreign relations committee and we have bipartisan support. that's a powerful message to the russians at the end of the day and i hope the administration will finally do in my view the previous administration waited too long so we need that to be done and i also think we on the question of cryptocurrency as it relates to how we avoid circumvention and not only do you have to do this domestically but cryptocurrency in china are developing their

can never play its full potential so long as we have these these issues but the european union does have money i mean it's the biggest donor of aid to the palestinians we know money talks so talk to me about the lid ridge that the european union hands at the moment does the e.u. do i mean for example does it have any sway over hamas. not now i have no sway over hamas because the e.u. refuses to talk to hamas i think talking to movement always doesn't mean it's my saying it but i think having a degree of relations is important to them be able to influence an actor and move it in a snit particular direction and so the e.u. has no leverage it's already you know sanction the movement so there's not much more else it can do so it refuses to play a political role in that regard but i'm not of a beach point let's take the palestinian authority it's not immediate topic at hand we have is funded by the e.u. the us its main funda that is becoming increasingly authoritarian and under present that capsule passing elections you have tremendous leverage over the p.a. but what has the e.u. done nothing

belarus since 1994 and in recent years he was really trying to balance the relationship between the european uniono get closer to europe, all this came to a first end last august with the stolen presidential election. a lot of european governments that recognised another as the legitimate winner at the election and we have seen mass protests in belarus, arrest of hundreds of political opponents and journalists, and clearly this brazen act of aggression that was the hijacking last week was the last nail in the coffin for the relationship between the european union and belarus, and so now he has no other place to turn then russia, that it no other place to turn then russia, thatitis no other place to turn then russia, that it is important to remember that, you know, for a long time vladimir putin was trying to push further unification between the two countries and really try to tighten his control over the regime in minx so i think we have seen lukashenko khan himself here.— khan himself here. does the threat of eu sanctions, _ khan himself here. does the threat of eu sanctions, western _ khan himse

that palestinians an occupied people in the face of a nuclear state the by the united states the european union and in alliance with arab dictatorships. it is what palestinians are facing in palestinians have an absolute a right to exercise their right to resistance and self-defense as any occupied people and i have people say oh well palestinians shouldn't do this and shouldn't do that that's very easy to lecture palestinians if you're not the one in the firing line if you're not the ones being attacked by occupation forces in your holy sites if you're not the ones being expelled from your home so that a death chanting israeli jewish settlers can take your place and if you're not the one who time off to time year after year in gaza is watching your children being killed by f. 16 of us supplied missiles and warplanes so the palestinians have a right to self-defense and resistance and there is absolutely no moral equivalence whatsoever between a nuclear armed apartheid regime attacking and killing and oppressing the people it's occupying and displacing and on the other hand those people resistin

called for a cease fire stopping short of demanding israel stop its attacks on gaza today the european union repeated its calls for an immediate stop to the fighting foreign ministers of all member states except hungary were in favor of demanding a truce europe's almost unified voice is still important in this conflict the e.u. is the biggest donor of aid to the palestinians more on europe's role in just a moment but 1st a look at what happened on the ground today. the streets of hay braun full of palestinian protesters part of a day of anger that saw strikes and demonstrations in jerusalem in the occupied west bank a show of palestinian. shared outrage over the death toll in gaza and israeli policy toward the occupied territories. this is we had to put in at last we must all go out into the streets and fight in solidarity with our people dying in gaza because here we have settlements and checkpoints and an occupation and all palestinians must play a role. in the death toll rose again on both sides on tuesday on the israeli side rockets from gaza struck a house used by guest workers in the i

all european union leaders are attending a. summit in person except 3 anglo american is one of them not attending in person so to what extent will that weaken germany's voice in this particular meeting do you think. well we'll see however we also have to say that is facing a bit of criticism not to be here in person she will be joining the dinner of e.u. leaders in video conference and it's for me at this difficult to imagine how she could really participate in the discussion being connected to the only via video conference however we also have to add that germany is of course a heavyweight in the european union and their position carries weight and the block . in porto many sides. and here are some more stories making headlines around the world beijing has dismissed warnings from u.s. military experts that a chinese space rocket could crash into people or buildings crafters expected to re enter the atmosphere this weekend long march 5 b. rockets carry part of china's space station into orbit. in miramar anti coupe protesters h

proposal they say the decision will lead to more disruption and stifle innovation in the future the european union has said it's willing to discuss the issue with the u.s. but european commission president it was a lot fun the line said in the meantime rich countries could do more to distribute the vaccine that they already have in the short run however we call upon all my vaccine producing countries to allow exports and to avoid measures that disrupt supply chains the payton to waivers are not expected to come quickly u.s. trade representative say negotiations at the w t o could take some time and my 1st guest tonight is arthur caplan he's the director of medical ethics at new york university's medical center mr kaplan it's good to see you again i'm sure you would agree with me that these are not normal times that we're in is it ethical to protect these patents in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. well i think you should not be protecting intellectual property over give it access to their scenes to a world that is still in the middle of a horrific pin down that you just have to look at india br

we know that the european union is demanding his immediate release. european union member states have also agreed on a sanctions for bell or was can you tell us more about the individuals who might be targeted by the sanctions? the conversation starts. 5 well firstly, the perpetrators are responsible for human rights violations and violence would be added to the sanctions. less than these conversations where how like in the past month, this is regarding the police brutality. now, there are talks about those who, when responsible for the plane being forced down the for the targeted in the you also mentioned economic target that the government functions, which means that those responsible for financing the regime luca, shank, of financing for finances and his all of his wallets might be added to this list. ok, so we're talking about a relatively broad spectrum of sanctions there. but our opposition leaders and activists in bella ru, satisfied with these measures. or firstly, what we have to remember is that this is not about of the asia, and this is not about targeting traffic control s

otherwise people will be prostrated in this part of how the european union managed it. given the criticism that you faced on the roll out of the nation, when we think of people who are not you citizens and who are not part of this, this makes it even harder to find the common denominator. and when we look beyond the nation states in germany, it's up to each and every region to decide what you do with the different certificates given the different situation in bavaria. compare for the north of germany. that is the tourism sector which sees very low numbers, but the nurse much more health oriented compared with. ready the ones in the south, so it will remain a mish mash of different standards, different criteria. and it certainly won't make things easier. sharon, do you think that we're going to see an attempt to standardize you vaccination certificates with non you countries? i did hope so. and we finally finally had agreement just the other day about having a digital car for vaccination, passport for the broke. and i believe the, even though written after breakfast, it

european union with a third country, in this case morocco, has not been accomplished.y have opened the gates and let these full tides going to the borders. plex please go ahead if you want to respond. >> we can go back to this point. let's go back to the reasons. one of the reasons, the idea of a fortress europe that has real walls and all of that preventing the people from coming there, i don't think that has borne any kind of fruit. i agree that we need to go into legal issues and allowing this kind of migration to happen. the second thing is because of the colonial situation, what has been happening is a lot of contraband coming and hurting the moroccan economy. the moroccans have closed the border for economic type interaction. that means a lot of laborers in morocco have been hurt, and the pandemic has added to that. i think these kinds of issues are what needs to be discussed, and i do not think the moroccans have opened the gates. as i said before, moroccans do not have these kinds of gates full of people where they open them, and they swarm. i don't think that

proposal they say the decision will lead to more disruption and stifle innovation in the future the european union has said it's willing to discuss the issue with the u.s. but european commission president it was enough on the line said in the meantime rich countries could do more to distribute the vaccine that they already have in the short run however we call upon all vaccine producing countries to allow exports and to avoid measures that disrupt supply chains. the patent waivers are not expected to come quickly u.s. trade representative say negotiations at the w t o could take some time and my 1st guest tonight is arthur caplan he's the director of medical ethics at new york university's medical center mr kaplan it's good to see you again i'm sure you would agree with me that these are not normal times that we're in is it ethical to protect these patents in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. well i think you should not be protecting intellectual property over giving access to that scenes to a world that is still in the middle of a horrific pin down that you just have to look at india brazil tu

what does this mean for european union citizens? it's basically the green light from the authorities here and from the member states that there is a key tool now available on your mobile phone that every you citizen can use to travel to regain their freedom of movement within the you. so someone from creation can travel to berlin, someone from berlin can, from, from germany, can travel to croatia using the very same app to document that they have been either vaccinated, that they have a p, c, r test. the reason one or they actually have had the disease and are immune now against the virus. so, and what about americans? canadians who want to come to europe this summer travelers trying to enter from outside the european union. that's something that the european commission currently is looking into, whether the document can be extended for those people coming from abroad. the today, the commission already decided or recommended. remember states that people who have been fully vaccinated, particularly from the u. s. should be allowed to

and to phase and deanna in paris, welcoming customers again, as the european union agrees to reopen its borders to travelers who are fully vaccinated against the corona of us. ah, i bring golf reviewers on p b s in the united states. and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin with the international push for a truce between israel and hamas. us president jo bite has urged israel to significantly de escalate it's offensive. but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is not backing down saying the operation will continue until its objectives are achieved. meanwhile, the death told is rising with many children also caught in the crossfire. the young girl rescued from what was once her family's home destroyed in an air strike. she was buried in the rebel for hours as her siblings and mother died around her calling for help. the 2 days later, she's recovering with her father in hospital severely traumatized. her name is susie also on the matter of finding that along the way, i heard the voice of my children. from beneath the rubble calling me, i heard my son's voice calling dad,