all that freezing exercise has been committed by the european union. idn'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 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, are they, th

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 conditions and gender inequality also said new ways of working including from home and on digital platforms needs to be breaking like. meanwhile the push by the world trade organization to temporarily suspend patents is gathering pace with many countries showing support but germany has forced voiced rather caution sign protection of intellectual property is the best way to support and foster innovation. in the global race for corona virus vaccines biotech pfizer was 1st out of the gate a proud a chief meant for biotech the german company that went from start up to pharma superstar now in the debate over

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

an 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, but they were also very concerned because as they put it, the lives all thought you 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 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, 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 wha

an 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, but they were also very concerned because as they put it, the lives also you 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 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 mean, there reaction was quite fast. 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 d

we have to keep in mind that the european union is walking a tightrope here. they want to punish the government, but they don't want to punish the people of the president. alexander, look a shame because he has the support off moscow. alec, for anything change in bell. ruth, so long as that is as long as he has that support. well, that's the key question here, and many experts are saying that nothing is gonna change as long as russia is supporting alexander lucas. shank, russia isn't political l. i, russia, it's subsidizing the economy. and that's the problem here that, you know, they can subsidize the economy so that the regime doesn't really that the sanctions don't really have an effect on, on the regime. so many experts are saying we have to think both countries together . and if the you is imposing sanctions against spin roof, they also have to impose sanctions against russia. that's how brussels bear chief. thank you alex. and let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines at this hour. more than 200 people have been injured in a trained collis

so now now if, if it really happens that bill everson, airlines cannot enter the european union. what happens with the people? i mean, i just want to ask you this as was some kind of also discussed on the you level or you think it could some kind of be changed within the upcoming month or is it, is it on the agenda? alexander brussels. so it's not, yes, it's not officially on the agenda, but it's fair to say that we can assume that that was discussed during the some. it's also the leaders he and brussels because of course, they know that the european union is walking a tightrope here. they want a rope here, they wants to punish the regime. they don't want to punish the people who feel a roost. they want to support and strengthen the civil society. but i think that the 1st reaction and this overflights ban and then the band for beloved to land at many beloved from lending at the airports. it was also about safety. we talk about that. and then of course, it was also about sending a strong signal. i can imagine that you know, that they can review those measures after a while. and of

announced 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

an 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

this meeting was the idea to really talk about taking more action to tackle social problems in the european union 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 t

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 positive tested 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 some serious situation in society fighting and they put them in, we shall not. we shouldn't just skip our fundamental fundamental principles about data 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. and if i don't w

and if the want stay in the european union. and if they want to _ stay in the european union. 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 move

this meeting was the idea to really talk about taking more action to tackle social problems in the european union 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 bodi

the european union is sealing off all airspace to belarusian flight traffic. 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

this meeting was the idea to really talk about taking more action to tackle social problems in the european union 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 cop

fulfilled 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

like 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 rom

the e.u. become involved. it is actually a european issue because it happens that certainly you are the only terrestrial action or border all the european union with the african continent more than that it's the more the most and equal external border in the whole planet there is nothing like it not between mexico or the united states not between south korea and north korea the most unequal so it is an issue for the whole of the european union and it's not a migratory situation it's a diplomatic situation with political component elements it's only obvious that these youngsters including minors have been launched by moroccan police forces precisely to put pressure on a situation which actually puts a challenge to spanish handling of egypt's journaled border in the 1st place but it also puts a challenge to the whole european union so again it's a situation in which we have to claim the binding solidarity and shared responsibility which are the pillars of the european union when it comes to an area broadly just in security so do you believe then that the e.u. should intervene on both counts they migrate an issue on spain's route with morocco an

the european union has one very obstinate member these days that's hungary that is the only country that 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

the european union stones want to be buried with india. we always. owned we are ready to provide for the support e.u. leaders agreed to resume negotiations on a free trade deal with india the talks broke down 8 years ago also dominating proceedings a controversial u.s. proposal to lift patents on covert 19 vaccines india strongly supports the idea as a means of opening up new sources of production but bigger states oppose the plan they want to ramp up their own output instead. i just not believe that giving away patents is the solution to making vaccines available to more people. we need the creativity and innovation of those firms and that is why i believe in patent protection. should. some member states also criticize the u.s. and britain for stockpiling vaccines. for liberalizing vaccines other simpler things should be done such as removing the export blocked at the u.s. and the u.k. continue to maintain bear in mind that the e.u. exports as much vaccine as it gives to its own citizens. as the summit wraps up europe is passing the ball back to the

roof to the european union. something that will have major effect on the country's economy and we will see what they are able to decide. but it's totally visible that there 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 garza a crisis that was not possible because hungry block that statement. hungry, blocked, also a declaration condemning china for the security law in hong kong. so if you can see it's been difficult for the european union to, to find to speak with one voice. so we will see if hungry and victor all but is considered a strong ally of flooding. the 14 will be on boards. but we at least can, can expect a statement released by the majority of

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 travel to the you, whether they will receive that same very same document that is currently or work in progress. and we know that there are privacy concerns surrounding this type passport gay or what are leaders proposing they are well, the privacy concerns weren't such a sticking point in the latest the negotiations. because you already have very strong data protect rules. but what was a bigger issue was the point of fairness, because if you have been vaccinated, you have been in a way privilege to others who still have to pay for their p c r test to gain the same freedom of movement back. and that is why the european parliament really pushed hard to say, these tests n

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 cabinets

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 but of course also there's a problem of political will not only on the greek level but on the common european level there is no such a thing still since 2015 that we can call a functioning collective asylum system in fact if you look at the recent example just over the weekend more than 2000 migrants have arrived in up to the only taddeo island italy asking for help asking for solidarity from other european countries to relocate these migrants to disprove this tribute to him among other european countries but nobody wants to take them in here in australia the clear message is for example that the solution should be in

so i, as someone living in the european union could have is if i recover, if i have some other scenes. but if i'm fully vested, as with the vaccine accepted in the european union or by the w h o, or if i get a negative test results. but that's actually where the role stars, because it's actually costly to test everyone. and that's why member states are discussing at the moment and really to how would this work? i mean is, is this specifically this, this green a certificate? is it specifically designed for those who are traveling within the you or just for those who are coming from outside of shannon zone into the european union? 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, like your p parliament and the european commission have already said they want this path and it is only the 27 countries, the member states who comes agree on details. for example,

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

because the evil 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 torrington movement always doesn't mean that 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 snippet to get their action and so the e.u. has no never 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 brief point let's take the passing authority it's not immediate topic at hand we have a passing authority that is funded by the e.u. that use its name funda that is becoming increasingly of our tarion and under present that capsule as the elections you have tremendous leverage over the p.a

the bannock rocky rolling concerned that merely as a rest appeared politically motivated european diplomats played a role in negotiating his freedom become merely his release has been made possible thanks to the european union which posted his bail money worth almost $12000.00 but it's only been the latest in a string of interventions by the european union to try to resolve georgia's longstanding political crisis really it was arrested in february in a dramatic raid on his party offices wanted in connection with his role in anti-government protests that turned violent 2 years ago. his arrest exacerbated a political stalemate in georgia the opposition had been refusing to enter parliament claiming fraudulent elections last october it wouldn't but weeks of talks mediated by the european council ended with a deal last month the government has promised electoral and judicial reforms in exchange for opposition politicians returning to parliament most opposition parties have signed the agreement but not the united national movement do you think it's time now for your party to get back into parliament and personally i mean yes i think that we have that you are at a picnic and the polling the profit element from th

well, that is actually what the european union and its planning and in germany is also in favor of that today the to 20 leaders agreed that they want to enhance global access to vaccines. and the european union, in particular, is planning to invest 1000000000 euro to boost production capacity in africa to establish 3 regional haps to produce more vaccines for africa and future. and these pledges to share the vaccines of with these low income countries. when can people in africa, a latin america expect any of these to arrive? well, i talked with the, you commission president or the law firm, the lion about that and ask her whether, you know, the people there can expect the vaccines to be donated immediately. 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 vaccin

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 was a laugh 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 wavers 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 brazil turk

there is nothing that explains why this agreement with the european union -- this is a border with theopean union with a third country, in this case morocco, has not been accomplished. they 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 k

open to sharing the technology. 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.

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 h

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 console, terrorism, piracy. but they were also very concerned because as they put it, the lives all thought you 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, to do more. okay. what do you say to that, that reaction in brussels outrage fury? is he going to choose the suggestion that it is perhaps again change, or is it going to be a game changer? while a little vague, a thing that it has at least begun to be a game changer? i mean, there 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 i

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

the european union stone's influence to be buried with india in this critical time we always. make and we are ready to provide for the support e.u. leaders agreed to resume negotiations on a free trade deal with india the talks broke down 8 years ago also dominating proceedings a controversial u.s. proposal to lift patents on covert 19 vaccines india's strongly supports the idea as a means of opening up new sources of production but bigger states oppose the plan they want to ramp up their own output instead. i just not believe that giving away patents is the solution to making vaccines available to more people. we need the creativity and innovation of those firms and that is why i believe in patent protection. should. some member states also criticize the u.s. and britain for stockpiling vaccines. before liberalizing vaccines other simpler things should be done such as removing the export block that the u.s. and the u.k. continue to maintain bear in mind that the e.u. exports as much vaccine as it gives to its own citizens. as the summit wraps up europe is passing the bull back

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

important topic for india but shell michele the european council president just made it clear and the press conference concluding this summit that the european union is convinced that this is lifting the patent is not the silver bullet to help immediately they rather think that what is important right now is to increase production and also to all western nations to export more and we also heard today from the french president. and he made it clear that he didn't think it can take the moral high ground because it was. exported about 200000000 while the us used its scenes for themselves so as you can see the european union is pushing against the u.s. saying or putting them in the corner of bad guys they are saying we are willing to help you he wants to discuss even this proposal to lift patents but we are convinced that right now it is not it's not going to help immediately we'll need to increase the production. thank you for the updates. developments and the e.u. has struck a deal with 900. to buy up to 1800000000 in the next few yes just on the rest of that. virus will no longer. fuse all current scenes begin and someday that applies to anyone who

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,

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

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 switzerla

the european council is demanding the immediate release of the detainer unless roman press say that his support, his fear for his safety. the 27 leaders of the european union do not always find common grounds. but the outrage was mutual of a bela ruth after the country intercepted a passenger jet flying between you states and detained, an exiled blogger, and activists on board. the judgement was unanimous. this is an attack on democracy. this is an attack on freedom of expression. and this is an attack on european sovereignty from the line did not mince words. she announced the response to the actions of bella, luce, lita, alexander lucas shanker. the european council decided that there will be additional sanctions on individuals that are involved in the hijacking. but this time also on businesses and economic entities that financing this regime. the use of closing its aerospace to bella, loosen airlines, and will deny them access to e u airports. some european airlines like live tomba, s a s or kayla announced they would avoid spelling lucien space. this was triggered on sunday when exiled activist rum on property average was arrested traveling from greec