w as chief international editor, richard walker. if the decision means washington is effectively dropping its opposition to the pipeline. well steven, no, actually it doesn't. in fact, the u. s. position has been pretty adamant all along ever since the administration began and goes back to the trumpet administration as well. and even texas state, tony blinking was re emphasizing this in a phone call to his german count yesterday. but what is happening here is that the escalating, it's all positions, it's essentially just not going ahead with the sanctions on the company at the very heart of the project. which of course, will greatly increase the likelihood that it actually finally gets finished. what's behind this change? of course you said the escalation, what does that mean? yeah, well essentially what could biking ministration appears to be doing here is recognizing the fact that the german government really doesn't want to back down the street. they've been pretty, equally adamant that they want to go ahead with it, that it is a

and to help us put all of this into context i'm joined now by our chief international editor richard walker good evening to you richard the global vaccination rolled out it was high on the agenda during this meeting a g 7 foreign ministers are we any closer to a solution of how this will happen and how it's going to be financed you know brett i mean it is becoming more and more of a glaring issue isn't it as the west gets more and more advanced in this vaccination campaigns to keep britain in the united states and israel but also if europe really pushing ahead the gap between the west and the global south by broadly is becoming a really kind of glaring chasm and we see that for example it made in india the current epicenter of the pandemic only around 10 percent of the population had a single dose says so often and india is a relatively in a relatively good position regarding vaccinations compared to many other countries in the global south given its pharmaceutical industry so there was talk of the g 7 the pharmacies did talk about it and you can see in the communique the document at the en

and to help us put all of this into context i'm joined now by our chief international editor richard walker good evening to you richard the global vaccination rolled out it was high on the agenda during this meeting a g 7 foreign ministers are we any closer to a solution of how this will happen and how it's going to be financed. you know brett i mean it is becoming more and more of a glaring issue isn't it as the west gets more and more advanced in this vaccination campaigns to keep britain in the united states and israel but also if europe really pushing ahead the gap between the west and the global south why broadly is becoming a really kind of glaring chasm and we see that for example of many in india the current epicenter of the crime demick. around 10 percent of the population had a single dose says so often and india is a relatively in a relatively good position regarding vaccinations compared to many other countries in the global south given its pharmaceutical industry so there was talk at the g. 7 the pharmacies did talk about it and you can see in the communique the document at the

brent: dw's chief international editor, richard walker. rate to see you, thank you.german government has announced plans for more ambitious cuts to carbon emissions. this follows a constitutional court ruling from last week that said the country's current climate laws are insufficient. many are asking whether the new goals are really a commitment to more action or an effort to gain more votes ahead of upcoming national elections. >> the climate activists probably surprised themselves with what they achieved. young environmentalists have long accused the government of not taking action fast enough on climate change, and last week, german's highest court -- germany's highestourt >> ruled they were right. >> young people have reminded us that we are to slow rather than too quick. these rules, according to basic law, assure that not only the three to -- the freedom of those living today has to be protected, but also those in future generations. >> a lot of this has to do with the upcoming national elections. angela merl's coition government wantso finali plans on how to

walker. we've been following the story for a while. richard, good to see you. does this move effectively mean that washington is pulling? it's all position from nordstrom to well, it's steven no, actually it doesn't. in fact, the u. s. position has been pretty adamant all along ever since the administration began and goes back to the trumpet ministration as well. and even secretary state, tony blinking was re emphasizing this phone call to his german count yesterday. but what is happening here is that the escalating, it's all positions. it's essentially just not going ahead with the sanctions on the company at the very heart of the project, which of course, will greatly increase the likelihood that it actually finally gets finished. what's behind this change? of course you said the escalation, what does that mean? yeah, well essentially what the bag you ministration appears to be doing is recognizing the fact that the german government really just want to back down on the street. they've been pretty, equally adamant that they want to go ahead with it. but it is

richard walker, d w chief international areas there. thank you very much. we may have noticed that the past year has been all about coven vaccine developing them. trialing them, rolling them out, all that effort in such short time. i've taken masses of money or culture now increasing for more funding to go to co treatments. and german government says it's listening. switching off the corona virus, making it harmless. scientists and branch by germany gave themselves that task. 12 months later, they seemed to have reached their goal my, me to come in to the food and the most of the drugs that are currently in development, treat moderate or mild code. 1900 infections. but our drug specifically designed to cure the really serious cases and we're having the account cool hire this research and the 1st clinical tests have been financed primarily by private investors and a state investment bank. currently, the federal government is providing a total of $50000000.00 euros for corona virus drug research, a funding part that has to be shared by several companies. by c

w chief international editor richard walker. if the decision means washington is effectively dropping and opposition to the pipeline. well, no, actually it doesn't. in fact, the u. s. position has been pretty adamant all along ever since the administration began and goes back to the trumpet ministration as well. and even secretary state, tony blinking was re emphasizing this in a phone call to his german count yesterday. but what is happening here is that it is the escalating, it's all positions. it's essentially just not going ahead with the sanctions on the company at the very heart of the project. which of course, will greatly increase the likelihood that it actually finally gets finished. what's behind this change? of course you said the escalation, what does that mean? yeah, well essentially what the biking ministration appears to be doing here is recognizing the fact that the german government really doesn't want to back down on the street . they've been pretty, equally adamant that they want to go ahead with it that it is

s chief international editor richard walker has been following this story closely for a while now richard again this report is not confirmed but explain to us what could prompt such a change of course by washington. yeah i mean it really is a change of course is in a crystal for me that this is a clear sign of a sort of the escalation from the u.s. side and it is quite interesting because the biden administration so far as we absolutely adamant in its opposition to not stream to it says that it gives russia simply too much leverage over energy in europe and as recently as this week and psni blinken the secretary of state said the same thing in a phone call with his german counterpart heiko months but the reporting indicates that the americans have realized that in order to stop this project which is 95 percent finished it really will have to push ahead with sanctions on german companies the sort of thing that could then down the road have an impact on german consumers and it's calculated that it simply doesn't want that level of confrontation with germany right now where it needs its alli

be a retaliation to the fact that walkers have made it into television and killed at least one person. this is another substantial bridge from thomas it is said richard can sustain a texan to live for the next 6 months shouldn't rush to the city this is the recruiting that is there this morning. the israeli military had. a very major blow to hamas' ability to fire rockets obviously the fighting factions inside gaza 5. and it does seem. in some extent they have done so and with the very sad news of a number inside television i mean obviously people on the israeli side of this conflict would disagree with the idea that they are currently living in security especially in the areas around gaza there is a great deal of insecurity may feel off and that they've been abandoned to that and they didn't need to come as a major issue one major connotations in the middle of the country such as celebes in the suburbs around it and the city you like ashkelon and the ethnic south in between jerusalem and tel aviv alone targeted that's it yes i mean that there isn't will say huge disparity and the kind of power. holders who killed and injured and the kind of really d