and we've seen that slow action or inaction from the countries or even at the u. africa summer. this week here appeared leaders rejected african calls for patent exemptions for vaccine production. as developing nations seek to manufacture generic versions locally, south africa led those calls last autumn to increase vaccine coverage on the continent. but a number of wealthy countries say the patent protection is a crucial for securing company. innovations with global healthcare union federation says it's obvious that e u countries are supporting the interests of pharmaceutical companies. well, it, what our interim is that yes, a public is. this would be 1st and foremost, what of course we can see feel you got done, or some of this comes up or what you, the interest of companies are definitely, well, you have to do that or with, i guess money. and of course again, that will help you. yeah. why should that be a discount on the back of your forward in the other going so far due to the global economy of this countries. and now that is time for, for them to show that knology as they a

this is likely to be a very contentious one. kristin while reporting from the u. africa summit in brussels, christine, thank you. flooding and landslides have killed nearly 100 people in brazil, the worst affected city metropolis as declared 3 days of morning in the hills above rio de janeiro. some communities have seen a months worth of rain in a single day. an avalanche of mud has beaten the path of destruction through this hillside. neighbourhood. houses built precariously on steep slopes, have been washed away. boring inhabitants in the debris, dozens of dead and rescue as are in a grim race against time as they search for survivors. often they come too late. residents are in shock and morn that dead enough. i mean, it might come in 8 family members were in the house. i lost my nephew and his 5 year old daughter, that one. i want to know. they only found him just now. we didn't expect is tragedy . it's the end of our city. i within just 3 hours more than 20 centimeters of rain came down and patropolis acquaint holiday town nestled in the mountains above rio de janeiro. they stalked, su

knology, as they are not willing to do that, would have to actually prioritize a energy, a system b, u africa summits designed to resolve contradictions and build mutually beneficial relations. but some african nations have cast out on that saying european powers are trying to strengthen their influence on the continent without considering african interests. leaders of the a you in the african union met for their to day summit in brussels early this week with the talks dominated by natural resources and the cobra vaccines. we heard from a global sustainable development adviser who says, africa should be wary of the you fulfilling its promises. in europe, we're not sure they have the money they cost us to to to invest enough because we don't think she ended up with an. ready opportunity to get up to 4 days because of the pro much you promoting which but we still both use the. ready interest in cooper on that option is but this ship to what would it be in. ready cost for us, because as we continent to weigh many people are in the master who to be co for, to be co, all by checking if europe can

the e u is africa, largest trading partner, according to u. n. data. but africa's trade with china is growing. the concern, if you will, and you're not just you, but i think of it in, in the us and other african countries drifting slowly towards the towards the east particularly trade here in kenya's capital, nairobi, china's growing presence can't be missed in the 1990 this main road through the city was built by a german company, a new highways now being built in its place by chinese contractors funded by a chinese loan. it was more than a century ago that european powers scrambled to colonized most of africa here in kenya, british colonialist bill. this is an administrative center. in 1918. the things have changed. it's now an art gallery, and it was off by the new chinese bill highway. and china. is it one of the world powers who are today buying for influence? i'm so african resorted. russia held at 1st summit for africa 3 years ago. president vladimir putin for mister aiden trade deals without the conditions, often demanded by the west. between me

daily news, africa coming up on the program after lead us of the african union and the european union meet in belgium. we ask, is it really a relationship of equals added to the meeting, e u and africa lead us looked to reboot ties through major investment pledges. we take a closer look at the winners and losers of this strange alliance. philip, europe is the most reliable partner for africa and by far the nice to impose and us .

africa? well, the u. s. she id was a one point headed by gal smith, who was a person that she, i agent who recruited nelson, ari to the c. i a way back in 1980 he was the head of there. he was a for congress school for the t p. i left in the field on a fight in the war, and 3 years later he was headed a t p ela, how powerful of the forces against the kind of arguments you're making. and i have to, i was, you should remind us, your knowledge does not come from being in virginia. you're there for personal reasons. it may be one way of, of the, our audience understanding your allegations is the fact that you were in eritrea. when babs, international headlines of eritrea were coming out and what you saw on the ground was very different to what you saw in the media. when my background, the horn of africa goes back about 40 years, and i'm in the united states, i've actually taught african history of the graduate level. so, you know, i live in a researcher from 2006 to 2021. you know that i'm a c, the national on i

africa. it has been described as the e use onset of china's belton road ski, meaning the, the e u while i'm after, really stage an almighty game of catch up, considering that china has invested heavily across africa for many, many decades. now, i'd still ahead here announce 0. leave all face arrest. that's the warning to truck a lead protest as in canada, as new police pounds come into effect. and make shift medical care in hong kong cove. patients forced outdoors with hospitals near capacity. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle airways. fucking like a whites, wendy, and cool weekend for hong kong. hello, everyone. good to see you. so we've got this plume of moisture moving west to east . it's going to play con, calling for the next few days, whence it now shifted around to the north. so that's driven down the temperature 9 degrees. you should be 19 for this year. that was weather will move across. so you're trying to, santa southern japan will pick up that story one sec. but 1st i just want to let you know that there's snowfall record for haunch western areas. $

interventions in africa, as joe biden deployed thousands of soldiers to europe 4 years ago to day if yoga declared a state of emergency. yet amidst dire predictions of war, in the e. u, ethiopian politicians have just voted and their state of emergency. so what's happened in the critically geo strategic horn of africa, known in i, m f, supporting countries for the live aid, charity concert, and famine? joining me now from lynchburg virginia is thomas mountain, the renowned and most widely distributed independent journalist in the whole of africa. thomas, thank so much for coming on going underground. finally, we, we finally got you all be in virginia, the suspicious state of virginia. so i might say the u. n. as i congratulated the era trained government in about 3 days on the 32nd anniversary of operation fen kill liberation of the sour. now, many people around the world watching this don't perhaps understand the crucial importance of the region you've lived in for so long. what? why is it relevant to the current to gray conflict with sure. yeah, joe biden, state department often says is a, is a, is a conflict rooted in, in barbarism, virtual barbarism by a few uri

scent of vaccines produced in africa that are administered in africa. the e. u has committed to delivering 450000000 vaccines to africa by the summer. many african leaders deem it necessary, though, to waive intellectual property rights. if they're to become independent from their, nor their neighbors so far, that doesn't seem likely to happen. you washing it every news life from berlin up next is delete news, asia they've had no peace for, for decades. people of iraq. your country is devastated and there's no end to the black. how did it come to this group? this is revealed and unprecedented story. he behaved exactly like says diversity and the poison spread. bear with me 3 new life. the great documentary series iraq destruction of a nation starts march 4th on d w. this is did up in years asia coming up to date, making their case for cache. i've done it on the new rule as meet diplomats to demand funds for the country. some aid has been promised, but you and got diplomats in doha sake, respecting women's rights. he's a must. what will the poly bog do so? meanwh

to have reached a level of 60 percent of vaccines produced in africa that are administered in africa. v e u has committed to delivering 450000000 vaccines to africa by the summer. many african leaders deem it necessary, though, to waive intellectual property rights. if they're to become independent from their northern neighbors. so far, that doesn't seem likely to happen. you're watching it every news life from berlin up next is deeply news. asia they've had peace for, for decades. people of iraq entre devastated and there's no end to violence. how did it come to this church? t i grew, this is reveal an unprecedented story. we.

u. t. w is africa every friday, only w o o markets plummet as tensions over ukraine, new heights, u. s. andy, you are preparing economic sanctions against russia after president putin order troops over the border. an opportunity for fans or just a way to exploit them. we look at the growing link between football and crypto assets and we're off to spain to find out why some regions have started using currency. this is data via business on robots and berlin. welcome to the program. the escalation of the crisis in ukraine has sent shock waves through global markets . european stocks, slums to 7 year low as it started trading. as an invasion of ukraine by russia appeared more likely than at any other point in recent months. asian markets had also had their worst day for weeks. meanwhile, investors sought out safe havens pushing up the price of gold. and with the price of bree, brent crude oil climes to its highest point. since 2015 of affairs, the russian exports could be disrupted. western allies rushing to implement sanctions after russia recognize the independence of 2 regions of east in

u to africa. all of that threatened to d rail or any kind of the belief that there will be any great success is here. but nevertheless, this major announcement so this morning that they will be the 6 new vaccine spokes as they're called and various different nations. as you mentioned, they're across the continent. this will allow manufacturers on the ground to have the technology necessary to be able to produce vaccines. that, of course, been rolled out or massa across the european union, but there is still a massive disparity when it comes to the number of people vaccinated at something like 71 percent of the population of the european union had 2 jobs, as opposed to just 12 percent of people in african nations, and although the excess mortality rate in africa was much lower than it was across the european union, because many african countries didn't have the financial safety nets and structures in place to be able to provide people with financial support. when they were pushed out of work as a r

u channels, nearly 20000000000 euros to africa every year. the system is helping many african government stay afloat, but critics say it also keeps the recipients perpetually dependent on these handouts. so it's clear that both sides need to review and revamp the terms of their dealings to be able to achieve that equal partnership. they speak of amazon in the african union, chairman marcus all sat there, some, it was a way to quote, achieve, renewed, modernized, and more action oriented partnership. for francis president, manuel macro, it was a chance to prove why europe should be africa. most reliable partner, my colleague christine mando, followed the summit and tells us more so 40 delegations from africa, travel to the european capital, brussels full the summit and there were high expectations coming in. not all of them were met, but there were some significant developments. chief among them is that there is going to be the transfer of m r in a technology to 6 african countries, which it effectively as see the manufacturing of vaccines on

u t. w is africa every friday on d. w with life is getting more expensive. all around the world, people are watching as prices get pumped up by forces beyond that control. and talking about inflation. right now, countries and even it's high, a continent for staying cost increase for every see to clothing, to fuel. going to the grocery store, food is way more expensive than it was even a year ago. so a lot of people are having trouble making and meet. in this video, we'll explore why 1st thing fios will do is pass the prices on to consumers will also look at what's being done to tackle inflation and whether those measures are working. or simply making things worse, it's policy right progressively this year, and inflation as a result of a spiraled out of control. welcome to prisoners beyond. let's begin in the united states where inflation is at a 40 year high. the survey by the us census bureau suggests, in the richest country in the world, people are struggling to be able to afford what they need. roughly a quarter of the people who make less than the povert

u. d. w, who's africa every friday on d. w. for the battle against cove, it the only common variant is putting healthcare systems around the world to the test vaccination campaigns are accelerating while restrictions are intensifying once again. but are these measures enough to stop the spread of omicron, fax, the data and reports release? you know, weekly coven special every thursday on d w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is the w news line from berlin, ukraine's president calls for tougher sanctions against russia. i made fears of a full scale invasion, joined part of it, and the few, i know a lot of that and he says europe's future security is being decided in ukraine. the country calls are preserved. i'm prepared to declare a state of emergency also on the program residents, li parts of eastern ukraine. a separatist shelling continues d. w, visit to village court in the crossfire.

africa. it has been described as the e use answered a, china's belton road ski, meaning the, the e u while after really stage and almighty game of catch up considering that china has invested heavily across africa for many, many decades. now, i've had a look at the draft proposal of vassar and some of the suggestions that have been put forward include running under water fiber optic cable. i can be creating a communication superhighway as it were between europe and africa along the atlantic coast. another is to lay fiber optic cables and the sub sub saharan african region as well. the big question, though is the whether or not solid progress will be made here. we know from summits in the past that things have been dealt with in very much broad brush strokes, but the sense that you get here from african leaders is that they definitely want concrete action of them simply words. thank you very much. me back a live for us in brussels, and we'll take a deeper look at that grain deal a little later in the program. that's cost live now to familiar. miller, who's in johannesburg to meter, i want to take

to have reached a level of 60 percent of vaccines produced in africa that are administered in africa. the e u. has committed to delivering 450000000 vaccines to africa by the summer. many african leaders deem it necessary though to wave intellectual property rights. if they're to become independent from their, nor their neighbors. so far, that doesn't seem likely to happen. i'm going out by my colleague christine manuel. she's in brussel. she's been covering this conference force. good evening to you, christine. certainly, i read this, this transfer of a vaccine technology. we know that a patent protections will not be enforced. we heard that earlier this week is all this a game changer for the african continent. french it is not the waiver of the patterns that african countries are demanding, but it is significant in the sense that it is going to result in the local production of vaccines. and in the context where african countries as this all african prison was saying, have been at the back of the queue in terms of being able to buy vaccines and at procure vaccines for the continent. it is

africa behind mac web reports from nairobi. the african leaders meeting their european colleagues in brussels in belgium. the e u is africa, the largest trading partner, according to un data. but africa's trade with china is growing. the concern, if you will, if you are not just you, but i think of it in, in the us and other african countries drifting slowly towards the sort of the east particularly trades here in kenya's capital, nairobi, china, is growing, present can't be missed in the 1990 the main road through the city was built by a german company, a new highways now being built in its place by chinese contractors funded by a chinese loan. it was more than a century ago that european powers scrambled to colonized most of africa here in kenya, british colonialist bill. this is an administrative center in 19 theme. the things have changed now in our gallery, and it was off by the new chinese bill highway. and china is one of the world powers who are today buying for influence. i'm to africa, resorted. russia held it 1st for africa 3 years ago. president vladimir putin for mister aiden trade deals without the

u. t. w is africa every friday on d w. ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, russia orders troops and to break away province. in easton, you cried. president putin is calling the deployment a peacekeeping mission after he cited the crate. recognizing who handsome and annette as independent states prompting international condemnation. also coming up england scraps its last remaining corona virus restrictions. even people with covey 19 will no longer have to isolate british prime minister says that to move away from government control to personal.

u. k. ad colonies in africa, india, china. the commonwealth of australia, asia, north and south america from said captured half of africa and half of indo china. belgium possessed congo. germany had colonies in africa, asia, south america, and osi anya, italy established colonies in somalia, ethiopia, libya and eritrea. the was spanish colonies in south america and africa for to go occupied colonies several times its own size and population. the u. s. i also kept up with the europeans.

u. k. at colonies in africa, india, china. the commonwealth of australia, asia, north and south america. from said captured half of africa and half of indo china. belgium possessed congo. germany had colonies in africa, asia, south america, and oceania. italy established colonies and somalia, ethiopia libya, and eritrea. the was spanish colonies in south america and africa. photograph occupied colonies several times its own size and population. the usa also kept up with the europeans. and so by the early 20th century, most of the world was divided between a few colonial nations pickup, what was going on in the colonies as well known and documented millions of ruined lives. from slavery. ruthless and remorseless exploitation of the phone of british diplomats professor of political ideas. and also william melanson has studied europe's colonial system. and the reason for its arise at full only one main thing is important for knox. ism internationally speaking. that is, that nations will that states that are allowed to do anything, all the mazda races, and then you have the minor nations, wh

u. t. w is africa every friday on d w. ah, ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin to night. the roll of rushes nuclear arsenal in the escalating crisis over ukraine. moscow plans military drills tomorrow of its ballistic missiles and denies stoking worries of an invasion of ukraine at the same time. rushing back separatists and ukrainian troops are firing at each other, a simmering conflict that could soon boil over. also coming up tonight, the big nose show at the munich security conference. no russian delegation, while world leaders convene to discuss the biggest threat to you.

i need to introduce you saw this is shirley at who's the head of our africa office here at u, an environment. and this is a mess, right? who's leading our energy work on the african continent and janet, who's the head of our agenda program here in a launch? yes, yes, she was a launch of now. indeed, it just happened that on the 1st of march, the united nations on, through the government of those salvador, put together a resolution which was passed on the 1st of march for the un decade on ecosystem restoration. and we know how much land on this continent is degraded, you know, how many women are suffering so this decade is now 2021 through to 2030, the last 10 years of the sustainable development goals. one of the things we found in and rub little governance is that women are not at the decision making table. we might see that women are the ones who are in touch with their environment because of the work they do in a daily basis. but in terms of decision making, the look there, i mean it's important because they feel the brunt of the decision by then it's just going down the path for granting

repeat that demands for waivers of kofi 19 vaccine. payton's, the e u has responded by promising investment in new factories in africa to produce vaccines. locally. the summit being billed as a reset in relations between the regional blocks. more funding announcements are expected to day. the w correspondent jack paris case in brussels. i asked him about a progress on those demands for more equitable vaccine access. at the moment we don't think so. we know that this is really the big battle between the leaders of the african union as 40 of them here on the 27 european leaders, the, the, the south african president. so rum, oppose that has called this vaccine apartheid regularly, and accused the europeans of preventing the possibility of african people getting the vaccines that they need to get through the pandemic. under 10 percent of africa, african citizens of fully vaccinated with 2 doses. many countries in the european union, a hitting 70 percent of booster doses already, but the europeans simply say that the using the tips waiver, so allowing intellectual property rights to be completely suspended so that everyb

u incentive. going to take a new shot at vaccinating west africa against coven 19. and we take you to indonesia, where police are being condemned, cracking down on villages, fighting to save their livelihoods. ah, it seems every few days as a storm system, the eastern med that runs across the levant to walls iran. well this is the latest one. is dying out on thursday, but it's still active enough to bring strong winds and probably raise dustin north, major chows all the way from the far north, up towards syria, still snow up in the caucasus, and eastern turkey and west in iran. the shouts of rain triggering probably a few thunderstorms in this part ne, pass of saudi arabia. nothing to south. that in fact is quite worn to heart. $24.00 and in viet at $27.00. and the sun returns to most, to syria places to the west. during friday, now, madagascar as you know, has a pretty vicious weather recently. that's all gone now that was in the south, but it is still the wet season is more rain the north. it could be flooding from that. it's seasonal rain so you can follow it thr

but without a show, russia was able to, for you of them, the u says that russia has been intervening, and that somehow in africa. so basically she optical toyota. so for the e. u, though it is all right, to have stairs of influence in finance. it is all right to have spheres of influence, but not for russia, even when it comes to its own neighbors. both of them brought to frontier for, for a future figure, because we know that there are certainly a bulk of a pressure put on countries out to act against russia, against russia's interests. also in the balkans country were there was this person escobar, what was his name was mitchell escobar took too much. we'll deal with susie. lydia, who should be the made a statement for that to serbia, should stop buying the gas natural gas from russia to start searching for alternatives ah, to russian gas what your isn't that an attempt to make so be a part of your sphere of influence or in attempt to destroy good and good neighbor, little relations between russia and serbia. if you really like the summary of the when the u. s. says the germans or to other europeans, are ther

africa. not of the u. s. now, with children under the age of 5 warrant received their colona vars. vaccines for at least a few months after health authorities delayed the approval of the shot, the f. d. a says it needs more data from drug makers, pfizer and bio tech, before it can roll out the vaccine for children age to 6 months to 4 years. ah, there's a problem in door help with the top stories on al jazeera us president joe biden is set to speak to russia's letting me put in on saturday to discuss tensions over ukraine. washington of warning that moscow could attack within days, but russia denies that.

the u. n's world food program says 13000000 people across the horn of africa, facing severe hunger, kenya, somalia, ethiopia and eritrea is suffering from drought. 3 ranks rainy seasons have failed and food prices are rising. health workers in sri lanka have started an indefinite strike after talks with the government failed. they are demanding better pay and fair promotions. staff in emergency and critical k though, will continue to were thousands of marched in argentina's capital one, a series demanding debt relief. the government is in talks with the i. m f on have to pay back $45000000000.00 a deal a grade last week needs to be approved by congress. hong kong has brought in its toughest restrictions yet as it battles a record number of coven maintain cases. you infections have increased to more than a 1000. people will only be able to make one other person in public. the city will also require vaccine passports for people to enter moles and stores. factories reporting another record, high corona virus count nearly 50000 new infections have been reported. on wednesday, the spike has be

u. k. andrew simmons al jazeera london, senegal has won the africa cup of nations after beating egypt in the final and penalties. seneca one for 2 and the shoot out after both sides fail to scorn extra time. the final was played and cameron's capital yonder, but thousands of fans gathered into car to watch the match is the 1st time seneca has won the africa cup of nations with his al jazeera. and these are the top stories. the u. s. continues to reinforces military bases in eastern europe and with fairs of a rush, an invasion of ukraine. the credit denies it has any such plans. meanwhile, ukraine is playing down the threat of russian troops along its borders and is calling for a diplomatic solution. we believe that there is a very interesting possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine . it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it could take some weeks yet. i'm not going to make a prediction.

africa cup of nations. ah, the selves there and these are the top stories. the u. s. continues to reinforces military bases in eastern europe and mid fears of a rush, an invasion of ukraine mclennan denies it has any such plans. meanwhile, ukraine is playing down the threat of russian troops along its borders and is calling for a diplomatic solution. we believe that there is a very distinct possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine. it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it could take some weeks yet. i'm not going to make a prediction about what is going to unfold in the coming days. all i'm going to say is that we, the united states under the direction of president biden, are ready either way. we are ready if president putin chooses to continue to engage in diplomacy and we are serious about that. the most senior judge, anton, is here, has accused president case a itself a legally undermining the traditional independence of he dissolved the supreme judicial council. his supporters have been demonstr

u. k. have the same problems in southern africa and africa. interesting. i want to bring jackson on the 1st point of what lawrence was talking about, that always seeing supply chains change jass as a result of that failure. always seeing a move at least to some degree away from you know, reliance on the global supply chain. yes, yes, so i'm just responding to a lot insight about that and partially about peter said about supporting local local capabilities. so again, i mean at the outset, yes, dad is a change being changed being observed, all kind of moving from global supply chains to, to more regional local supply chains. but there is a problem with that that, you know, if you, if you trade for a long time, but it's manufacturing also production i've seen be able to like in graduate vfc. and what happens is also that you lose capability over time. so you lose the knowledge of a time of how about a box or how to produce certain things. now what happens is that if you want to kind of reinvigorate those low capabilities, what needs to happen is that rather r

africa. now to the u. s. now, where children under the age of 5 weren't received their corona, virus vaccines for at least a few months after health authorities delayed their approval of the shot. the f da says it needs more data from drug makers, pfizer, and by on tech. before it can roll out the vaccine for children aged 6 months to 4 years. ah, the front door, however, the top stories on al jazeera, he was president joe biden has said to speak to russia's vladimir putin on saturday to discuss tensions over ukraine. washington, as warning that moscow could attack within days. but russia denies that. the canadian judge is ordering truck drivers protesting against mandatory coven 19 vaccines. to stop blocking a bridge, it's the biggest trade route between canada and the us. the illegal blockades are hurting canadians, whether they're in ottawa, windsor, goose, or emerson, their endangering jobs, the threats to our economy, and to public safety. the blockades are hurting small businesses and neighborhoods at t

u. n. world, the food program speaking to us from geneva. so thank you so much for clarifying the horrible terrible situation in that part of africa right now. that is all much whenever me now the u. n. food agency says a cyclone that's damaged crops in madagascar will worse and food shortages in the country. at least 21 people are dead and more than 60000 have been left homeless. the indian ocean country is one of the poorest in the world and has experienced a series of environmental and climate disasters in recent years. same visit avi has more cycling, but sir, i brought with it heavy rain, strong winds, death and destruction. the tropical storm weekend as it moved across madagascar, but not before causing serious damage. thousands of buildings destroyed or flooded across the island. it's already southern africa. the 2nd biggest cycle on this year, the residence of menagerie. the epicenter of the storm are still waiting for help. our house collapsed. we don't know where to go. we have no food. we have nowhere to go. all our things were in our house. the children's clothes, school supplies, everything was destroyed. we have to help everyon

its interventions in africa as joe biden deploys thousands of soldiers to europe 4 years ago to day if yoga declared a state of emergency. yet amidst dire predictions of war, in the e. u, ethiopian politicians of just voted and this state of emergency. so what's happened in the critically geo strategic horn of africa known in i, m f, supporting countries for the ly they'd charity concert.