the european commission and thus the member states, the member states and thus the european commission, were too budget—conscious, which is quite normal because in normal times, the commission, as was always the case, is accused of spreading money away without taking into consideration what is happening on the ground. so the european union was too budget—conscious whereas others were not because they wanted to fight against the pandemic development, which the european union did not do to the full extent. but it's always the same story — the commission is accused to be... ..to spread helicopter money around, and that's why the european commission had inside her brain this budget break. and that was a major mistake, which should not have happened. but it happened. let's get to the vexed issue of relations between the eu and britain in the light of the vaccine roll—out. there was a very interesting headline some weeks ago — i'm sure you saw it — in germany's leading newspaper, bild, which said, "brits, we envy you." and it seems that some european leaders are so sort of concer

the european commission and thus the member states, the member states and thus the european commission, were too budget—conscious, which is quite normal because in normal times, the commission, as was always the case, is accused of spreading money away without taking into consideration what is happening on the ground. so the european union was too budget—conscious whereas others were not because they wanted to fight against the pandemic development, which the european union did not do to the full extent. but it's always the same story — the commission is accused to be... ..to spread helicopter money around, and that's why the european commission had inside her brain this budget break. and that was a major mistake, which should not have happened. but it happened. ..to spread helicopter money around, and that's why the european commission had inside her brain this budget break. and that was a major mistake, which should not have happened. but it happened. let's get to the vexed issue of relations between the eu and britain in the light of the vaccine roll—out. there was a very in

i would not say it's irresponsible i think it is an important symbolic gesture 'd by the european commission that massive. fire in the way they were communicating their role in the way they were discussing it negotiating. contracts with the different producers 'd of exene and the bottom line was you don't do what mouth if you don't do it quickly enough you know you react and i think this is a symbolic step to say no we try to go the toolbox to address everything that's front of us and this is just sort of a step but it's certainly not the ultimate solution to get out of this mohamed from your vantage point as a veralyn just at this stage in the pandemic would you say that these certificates are a good idea. well i'm home and the important thing is that about him because both of the vaccine transport most of the time it's been dispersed around a lot of just ticks and personal independence but you know really it's been discussed of both the scientific perspective and let me explain the scientific backing behind us for the vaccines so when we talk about the perspective onto the vaccine passport

symbolic gesture 'd by the european commission that massive clear cut of the fire in the way they were communicating their role and the way they were discussing it negotiating. contracts with a different part yourselves of exene and the bottom line was you don't went off if you don't do it quickly enough you know you react and i think this is a symbolic step to save no we try to go over to a box to address everything that's in front of us and this is just kind of a step but it's certainly not the ultimate solution to get out of this mohamed from your vantage point as a veralyn just at this stage in the pandemic would you say that these certificates are a good idea. well homan the important thing is that we're going to move the clock to both the vaccine transport most of the time it's been dispersed i don't want to load just ticks and personal independence bently family it's been discussed about the scientific perspective and let me explain the scientific backing behind the possible war to the vaccines so when we talk about the e.u. perspective on to the next impossible to talk about 3

symbolic gesture 'd by the european commission that massive clear fire in the way they were communicating they were all in the way they were discussing and negotiating. contracts with the different producers of exene and the bottom line was you don't went off if you don't do it quickly enough you know you react and i think this is a symbolic step to save no we try to go over to a box to address everything that's in front of us and this is just kind of a step but it's certainly not the ultimate solution to get out of this mohamed from your vantage point as a veralyn just at this stage in the pandemic would you say that these certificates are a good idea. well homan the important thing is that we're going to talk to both of them maxine transport most of the time it's been discussed i don't do a lot just ticks and personal independence bentley a thing only it's been discussed about a scientific perspective and let me explain the scientific backing behind the possible war to float the vaccines so when we talk about the e.u. perspective on to the next impossible to talk about 3 conditions 1st

the european commission -- all vaccines approved by the european medical agency should be recognized. -- what happens to european citizens who have been vaccinated with vaccines that have not been approved for use by the eu? will they be allowed to get the certificate? guest: that is an open question. we are in the trial phase, and what was the war a few months ago is a different one, and we learn on a daily basis. in general, the european commission tries to offer a step toward more coordination, but it is not essential power. they do not have the right to go as far as a sovereign state, and that is why they only provide a framework and deleted up to each -- leave it up to each member states if someone enters the country with this document and what are the rights and privileges and they can to greatly vary for another one. that makes sense given the situation we have over the european union that is far from being clear. anchor: we have less than one minute left. travelers are going to be concerned about their privacy. in european commission guaranteed a very high level of data protec

business i'm on in berlin have the you can join us there european commission is expected to tighten export rules today making it easier for the block to stop coal . 19 vaccine exports to britain and other countries they use says the move is meant to make the flow of vaccines fairer and to ensure that you isn't sending supplies the clock itself itself needs to other nations less inclined to share and accelerating faster as a result like the u.k. rapid fire jabs of the order of the day in the u.k. even churches like the reno and westminster abbey have been commandeered in the battle against the coronavirus the strategy has seen some 30000000 u.k. residents vaccinated so far just under 50 percent of the population all 27 e.u. member countries together have only managed 57000000. doses are in short supply and deliveries are regular yet the e.u. had ordered adequate supplies from producers cure of course supply 405000000 shots as soon as it's vaccine is licensed 30 you distribution roughly the same quantities are on order from astra zeneca along with the recently licensed johnson and johnson va

alone got $10000000.00 of those doses hit the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed on europe's vaccination program needs now is a shot in the arm. now to some of the other global business stories making headlines the german government has overturned plans for a stricter lockdown over easter in ounce one of the 5 day shutdown had caused anger and confusion with businesses saying they had too little time to prepare. the plan agreed to at a meeting with state leaders earlier this week was a mistake. china's dusting district is heading out discount coupons to entice people to get covert $1000.00 vaccinations coupons ranged from value of are valued up to the equivalent of $6.00 they can be used as supermarkets in the district more than $30000000.00 worth of discounts are reportedly to be distributed. tesla chief musk says the company's cars can now be bought in the u.s. using bitcoin purchases overseas with the cryptocurrency will happen later this year he said last month has the revealed it had

ryan on the subject of trade moving around the world the european commission today tightening export rules making it easier for the block to stop covert 19 vaccine deliveries to britain and other countries the controversial decision comes amid rising frustration in europe over the slow rate of vaccination the e.u. says it will ensure producers aren't sending out supplies needed by member countries . rapid fire jabs are the order of the day in the u.k. even churches like the renowned westminster abbey have been commandeered in the battle against the virus the strategies seen some 30000000 u.k. residents vaccinated so far just under 50 percent of the population old e.u. member countries put together have only managed 57000000 the e.u. had ordered adequate supplies from producers but pharma firms have failed to keep up. kill vaca will supply 405000000 shots but it's vaccine hasn't been licensed yet for e.u. distribution roughly the same quantities are on order from astra zeneca along with the recently approved johnson and johnson jap the e.u. wants 300000000 doses from sun ofi as soon a

no, and that is why the european commission, the - european commission, the commissioners, all of those officials who've been in charge of the vaccine roll—outs are getting a lot of heat from the public. they're getting huge amount of criticism, more than most of us, on this island. therefore they are trying to find a bogeyman to blame for why there vaccine roll—out has gone badly. so when people say why hasn't gone as well as it has in britain or in the states, they are saying that's because they're courting their vaccines. that's because they're courting theirvaccines. —— hoarding. i do firmly believe that if we were still in the eu, this would be making brexit more likely at the moment. this would be a huge issue and i've spoken to many, many people across the continent in the last few weeks, looking out the story. and the vaccine roll—out is making the european commission and parliament incredibly unpopular in certain countries. it's doing a lot to make them think twice about whether they should be. _ ., ., , �* , should be. daisy and tony, you'll be back in about _ shou

i think the european commission also recognises that the world is watching. what are the values of the eu that they profess? if you are a country around the world and you see this kind of language, it will be counter—productive. what we know about the manufacture of our vaccine, it is a collaborative approach, the astrazeneca vaccine was developed in oxford, parts of the supply chain are in europe, parts are in india. trying to build walls around this would only damage both eu citizens and the united kingdom. the european union leaders will meet this week and there will be a decision of some sort. we'll have to see if they follow through with what has been perceived here as a threat to cut the supply of vaccines. it is a two—way street but difficult to establish if any vaccines have been exported from the uk and in what number at this point. the entire issue is crucial of course because only if you have an effectively vaccinated population can you start to lift restrictions and allow travel, which brings us to another hot topic. everyone wants to know whe

european commission established a task force. and to go for more production capacity, i think we should go for more pressure to companies, to allow other companies, partner companies, to use patents and technical know-how, to establish more production capacity. >> the european parliament international trade committee had, thank you for your time. that is it for now and you're up-to-date. up next is business with kate ferguson. remember, there is always more on the dw news app and dw.com. we are also on instagram and twitter. on behalf of the dw team here, thank you for watching. ♪ ♪ >> did you know 77% of africans are younger than 35? >> that is me. >> annie. >> and you. >> and you know what? it is time our voices were heard. >> on the 77%, we talk about the issues that matter to you. >> from politics to fashion. >> from housing to homegrown talent. >> this is where it is at. ♪ >> welcome, to the 77%. >> this weekend, on dw. >> china unveils an ambitious growth plan as it seeks to enhance its technological prowess. we ask,

alone got 10000000 of those doses to the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed for europe's banks nation program needs now is a short and beyond. shot in the arm and you do have a user brussels birchip alexander the nominee is at the e.u. summit for us today the virtual one so she is right there where it's happening i was under the goal is very clear more vaccines for you countries what action will the european union take. according to the german chancellor the key issue here is to accelerate for duction in the european union and actually we have some good news here. develop a biotechs has started for the auction at its new plant in germany and to day ostracizing anika has submitted a request to the european medicines agency for the authorization of its dutch plant and if it gets swift approval we could see 1st deliveries from this deliveries from this plant by the end of this month however we can also expect the majority of e.u. leaders to support the european commission's decision to introdu

senator for minnesota and the executive vice president of the european commission with european policy. we want to make this a very active discussion so a few in the audience want to ask a question please go on the app and type in the code market power and you can ask you questions which david and i will take and asked our panelists. with no further do let me turn to our first panelists managing director. thank you so much for joining. we would like to ask you first about why the monetary fund with declining competition increase in market power and what does that have to do really with fame mandate of the imf which is about monetary and fiscal policy? >> well the positives cannot be overstated. the time where we want to come out of the pandemic and the question is if rising market powers are a sign it can lead to less incentives for folks to invest to innovate and it could even damage the share of four cursed and the income of companies they work for. so this subject today on one side we are more concerned that the pandemic can push this long-term trend of rising market power further u

during the ongoing pandemic the so-called green passed conceived by the european commission would create a digital document providing proof of travelers medical status be shown at airports and border crossings the idea has been pushed by the tourism dependent countries like greece and spain critics are raising ethical concerns saying it could lead to special privileges and discrimination against those who haven't been inoculated. on that we are now joined by the irish foreign minister simon cove ne he had joins us now from colcannon land that is now the right time for the european commission to present its vaccine possible plan considering the chaos around the e.u.'s vaccination rollout i think i think the e.u. needs to be cautious i have to say and i think a lot of countries will do their own thing when it comes to international travel to ensure that we don't allow in particular you variants or mutations of the back of the virus into our country send so many european countries have struggled to get on top of the spread of covert 19 that i think they would be very cautious not to allow a

commission but also across the european union i still think though by the way it is an awful lot better than if we didn't have a collective approach within the european union and each european country was competing with others to try and get their hands on as much vaccine as possible and so at least we had some order to the rollout and i think the european commission needs to be credited for that the pace of that roane i was i think we would all like to be faster than has been the case but i do think as we move through the summer that you will see the vast majority of e.u. countries providing vaccines for all i don't see them in their countries mentioned but i'm sure that people do not want to see where done until the summer when they last but not far behind well on the other hand you pointed to delays in deliveries but figures when these last weeks show that you as exported 30 full 1000000 vaccine doses doses outside its borders well while the u.k. and the us are not exporting any and 9000000 doses are going to the u.k. of all places why isn't the e.u. keeping these vaccines for its ow

the president of the european commission is threatening to block vaccine exports to foreign countries. she wants more jabs staying closer to home. in myanmar, the u.n. is investigating accusations of torture and possible war crimes. we hear from an activist about what america can possibly do to help. we revisit aleppo and here the harrowing testimony of those -- and hear the harrowing testimony of those whose lives were torn apart by war. >> [bird chirping] katty: how this endangered bird is so lonely, it is imitating the songs of others. ♪ welcome to world news america in the u.k. on pbs and around the globe. vaccine nationalism is rearing its head around the world. today, the president of the european commission said she will do whatever it takes to get more shots eu nations, including stopping factories inside europe from exporting doses that were meant for other countries. those comments come as many eu countries are teetering on the edge of a third wave of infections. our brussels correspondent has more. >> in prague, in paris, and in northern italy, covid patients gasp for air

union and the european commission it certainly there is a solid ground when it comes to european commission which adopted back in the very very its 1st ever ltd i q equality strategy so there's an action a very strong action plan and there to implement over the next 5 years. this so there is a promise of action but there is certainly so much more that needs to be done both by the european parliament that part of the commission and certainly by each of the e.u. member states when our organization as works closely day in and day out with with. organizations across the the e.u. and beyond and what we've documented. just in the last year is a strong start crying hatred and abuse including online certainly a very marked very high vulnerability of all to b.t.i. people and communities in the come the context of the pandemic and that is not even talking about all of the gaps that still exist when it comes to legally protecting the human rights of all to the people so so. so we do see this resolution as just a moment to remind ourselves and remind everyone of just how much there is still done to me

union and the european commission and that certainly there is a solid ground when it comes to european commission which adopted back in the very for its 1st ever l g b t i q quality strategies so there's an action a very strong action plan and there to implement over the next 5 years. so there's a promise of action but there's certainly so much more that needs to be done both by the european parliament that part of the commission and certainly by each of the e.u. member states when our organization as works closely day in and day out with with. organizations across the the e.u. and beyond and what we've documented. just in the last year is a strong start crying hatred and abuse including online certainly a very marked very high vulnerability of delta b.t.i. people and communities in the come the context of the pandemic and that is not even talking about all of the gaps that still exist when it comes to legally protecting the human rights of all to b.t.o. people so so. so we do see this resolution as just a moment to remind ourselves and remind everyone of just how much there is still d

but this piece is saying that it's the european commission imposing — that it's the european commission imposing these issues. if you told but not _ imposing these issues. if you told but not talk to anyone or west minister— but not talk to anyone or west minister on the tory side they are saying _ minister on the tory side they are saying this — minister on the tory side they are saying this is the point, this is another— saying this is the point, this is another example really of what they are saying _ another example really of what they are saying at the weekend, stop striking — are saying at the weekend, stop sulking about brexit, the european union _ sulking about brexit, the european union and — sulking about brexit, the european union and make it work. it takes two sides— union and make it work. it takes two sides to _ union and make it work. it takes two sides to make trade work and this is another— sides to make trade work and this is another example of the eu not making it work _ another example of the eu not making it work the _ another example of the eu not mak

alone got 10000000 of those doses to the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed for europe's vaccination program needs now is a short and beyond. to brussels beard some of our nominee will be following the e.u. summit a virtual summit for authors just just start it she joins me now from wall xander the aim is clear more vaccines for you countries but how well it is also clear that many e.u. leaders are frustrated with the slow rollout and delivery problems the ongoing delivery problems polish prime minister most of its key for example urged his fellow e.u. leaders i had off the summits to be tough and to make their public goods he was arguing that the governments should use every legal means to buy patents from companies and allow other manufacturers to produce vaccines he also said that he was in favor of toughening export rules and that is actually what the european commission decided yesterday and many member states say yes that's the right way to move forward to to have stricter export cont

alone got 10000000 of those doses to the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed what europe's vaccination program needs now is a shot in the arm. a shot in the arm and a do over use of brussels virtue of alexander von amen is at the e.u. summit for us today the virtual one so she is right there where it's happening now is out of the goal is very clear more vaccines for countries what action will the european union take. according to the german chancellor the key issue here is to accelerate for direction in the european union and actually we have some good news here. develop a biotechs has started for the auction at its new plant in germany and to day australia submitted a request to the european medicines agency for the authorization of its dutch plant and if it gets swift approval we could see 1st deliveries from this deliveries from this plant by the end of this month however we can also expect the majority of e.u. leaders to support the european commission's decision to introduce stricter ex

commission through multiple channels and in particular we have asked the european commission to review this decision the government says the block shipment one to affect its vaccine program a locally manufactured beijing of astra zeneca made by company c s n l is set to be available light this month with the aim of producing $1000000.00 doses each week it's a very serious with $30000.00 steps a nation 1st 5 days of the program. has been shared access. saves with. lots of that saves and we start that. absolutely if you like general practices and found the locally produced doses will provide the backbone of the strategy is inoculation program which officials hope to complaint by october this trial has also committed to helping vaccinate its neighbors in the pacific nicola gage al-jazeera. tens of thousands of people in new zealand fled their homes on friday after a series of earthquakes triggered a tsunami alert many have now returned home but as wayne here reports from toronto others are still worried. around many parts of new zealand a peaceful friday morning was interrupted by tsunami

alone got $10000000.00 of those doses at the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed for europe's vaccination program needs now is a shot in the arm a shot in the arm india over use their brussels virtue of alexander van ommen is at the e.u. summit for us today the virtual one so she is right there where it's happening now is out of the goal is very clear more vaccines for countries what action will the european union take. according to the german chancellor the key issue here is to accelerate for duction in the european union and actually we have some good news here. in develop a biotechs has started for the auction at its new plant in germany to day i asked. a request to the european medicines agency for the authorization of its dutch plant and if it gets swift approval we could see 1st deliveries from this deliveries from this plant by the end of this month however we can also expect the majority of e.u. leaders to support the european commission's decision to introduce strict export rules

commission, given the disgraceful behaviour over the course of the last 24 hours, the european commission is not actively threatening vaccine supplies, not only for my constituents, but for the deputy first minister's. would she and the remaining parties in this chamber care to revise their fealty to the european commission? lets me be very clear in terms of vaccines, there shouldn't be a commodity, they shouldn't be traded, they should be given to people who need the most, and we should be working together to try to make sure that's the case. so let me just make that point very clear. people on the other side of the house might want to examine data put out today by the uk food and drink- federation which shows that uk exports of salmon to that - you are down 90%, beef down 91 present, she's 85%, port 87%, l deputy first minister, given that agri— foodl is such an importantl part of our economy, and given that sadly, | british food producers are at such an appalling disadvantage thanks- to the brexit championed by those opposites, - what are we doing to maximise the advantage presented

the european commission has been angered by the sight of vaccines from e.u. production being exported while they're in short supply here this year between the beginning of february to mid march 41500100 shots were exported from the e.u. to the u.k. the americas asia south africa and australia the u.k. alone got 10000000 of those doses yet the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed what europe's vaccination program needs is a shot in the arm now despite vaccine struggles and lockdowns a new survey shows the euro zone economy returned to growth for the 1st time in 6 months our financial correspondent chelsea delineate has the story chelsea how is this group even possible well that is the big question the news here and europe over the past couple of weeks has been very much dominated by concerns over a 3rd wave of infections as well as countries going back into lockdown so really not optimistic at all that this survey is showing strong growth for the european economy fo

the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach now to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the bloc that is a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to help the member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we're told that the data will be protected so there will be security around that but countries will be able to collect information all of those who are coming into the territory this proof will then be waiver restrictions restrictions such as quarantine. testing that are currently in place but those restrictions will only be obligatory for that seems they've already been approved by may when th

so, they said that in the future, the european commission would look at proportionality and how many vaccines the country actually has which is receiving vaccines from europe. for example, astrazeneca is produced in the uk and these vaccine should also go to europe. the commission released numbers and the numbers are quite staggering in the way that half of what is produced in the european union goes outside the european union and the slow roll—out in europe has led to problems for the politicians in europe. 30 million vaccines have gone to the uk and the uk has exported to the eu, none. well, yes. we don't know because there haven't been any number is officially released by the british government birds, of course, it is all about reciprocity and if you talk about the british government talking about a third vaccine— a booster vaccine. you might say that in britain, for example, the parts of the biotech vaccine are produced in yorkshire. there is complete interdependence, so if the british are not delivering any more, biontech cannot produce and biontech will not come to the uk.

astra zeneca has so far failed to meet its easy to delivery targets according to the european commission and delivery of 120000000 doses was originally a grade for the 1st quarter of 2020 but after huge shortages the number was reduced to 30000000 by mid march only 21000000 vaccines had been to live it it's not clear exactly where the truth lies astra zeneca states that 13000000 at the doses were intended for export to low income countries and 16000000 to the e.u. the company also said it was incorrect to cool with a stockpile because the vaccine doses needed to wait for quality control once the vials had been felled. in the ongoing rather vaccine distribution in the e.u. the e.u. commission maintains the blog is being disadvantaged some $10000000.00 is being exported from the u.k. from e.u. to k. 0 all those are still being exported from the u.k. . and that's why the e.u. only wants to allow exports to a 3rd country in fact country also supplies vaccines to the e.u. heads of state and government will decide on this proposal at thursday's summit. brussels virgin islands on a phenomenon w

senator for minnesota and executive vice president of european commission responsible of the european policy. we want to discuss and make this an interactive discussion so if you and the audience want to ask your question, please go on the and type in the code and ask your questions which we will take the second half of our conversation and ask our panelists. without much further ado, the return to our panelists. thank you for joining. we'd like to ask you about why fund worries about declining competition, increased in market power and what it has to do with the mandate which i thought is more about monitoring. >> this is a time when we want to put this out in the economy. rising market power in this? it can lead to invest, in innovate and even damage the share in these companies so when we look to start, we are more concerned that the pandemic can push this trend of the rising market power further up, we are protecting gradual withdrawal support for companies amongst concentration and at the same time because government is paying attention and it is a demonstrated thing but by to pi

is political and perhaps even ideological the european commission has been seeing these companies as partners not even considering the fact that these companies have their objective which is profit making and they want to make a profit out of the vaccine but this is now in contradiction with the public health imperatives we have to get more vaccines as quickly as possible where you just made the point i mean these are not charity or for profit companies so some people might consider this a cynical question but wouldn't an exemption on patents on vaccines reduce the incentive for pharmaceutical companies to develop them in the 1st place. well i think it's very important here to point out that much of these vaccines and much of the research and innovation has actually been done with public money and true universities think about the entirely new technology of m.r. and a like that the new vaccines right that are the basis of the vaccines of pfizer modern and so on you know this has in large parts been sponsored by public money and when the european level this is quite interesting in 201

the president of the european commission is threatening to block vaccine exports to foreign countries. — she wants more jabs staying closer to home. in myanmar, the un is investigating accusations of torture and possible war crimes. we hear from an activist about what america can do to help. a decade of conflict in syria — we revisit aleppo and hear the harrowing testimony of those whose lives were torn apart by war. and — the songbird — that's almost forgotten its own tune. how the endangered regent honey—eater is so lonely, it's imitating the songs of others. welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. vaccine nationalism is rearing its head around the world. today the president of the european commission said she will do whatever it takes to get more shots for eu nations — including stopping factories inside europe from exporting doses that were meant for other countries. ursula von der leyen�*s comments come as many eu countries are teetering on the edge of a third wave of infections. our brussels correspondent nick beake has more. in prag

commission through multiple channels and in particular we have asked the european commission to review this decision the government says the block shipment want to affect its vaccine program a locally manufactured astra zeneca made by company c s n l is set to be available light this month with the aim of producing $1000000.00 doses each week it's a very serious with. nation 1st 5 days. as we did access. with. if you like. the locally produced doses will provide the backbone of this trial is inoculation program which officials hope to complete by october straightly has also committed to helping vaccinate its night is in the pacific nickel gauge 0 while its ace foreign minister says stopping coronavirus vaccines from being sent to australia should not be considered a hostile act the country stopped a shipment of 250000 astra zeneca doses saying the manufacturer had failed to meet contract commitments that mccain has more on the european reaction. millions more people in germany will soon be able to receive a vaccination that's the news from the health minister yen scran who is speaking

from the european commission in brussels, ursula von der leyen saying that the european commission is sick of being the scapegoat, signaling you would have thought a tougher line when it comes to exports. i mentioned the ecb. mario draghi, formerly of the ecb, pushing a harder line in italy as well. where do we don't in europe? what will be the impact if europe decides to take a tougher line on exports? stephanie kelly, aberdeen standard investment senior strategist joins us now. i see the cdc headlines that alix is referencing in the united states. the u.s. is reopening. italy is closing. europe is closing. what is going to be the impact of that long-term, do you think? stephanie: i think it is going to be one of those issues, you can see that they are worried, and they are worried because the risk is that this becomes another lightning rod for euro skepticism and euro phobia. a perception among european voters, particularly in italy, that being a member of the european union doesn't have the pot -- doesn't have the positive benefits they could have if they were "standalone." clearly

alone got $10000000.00 of those doses at the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed for europe's vaccination program needs now is a short and beyond. process bergy for some of the now we'll be following that e.u. summit for us today and she joins me now for more on some of the aim is clear more vaccines for you countries but. well that sticky question here and we can expect e.u. leaders to stress once again how essential it is to accelerate the production delivery and deployment of that since there is some good news for example that scene produce a biotech has started for the action at a new plant in germany and that it could lose the use of axion supplies there is still bad news there are problems with some pharmaceutical companies that are not living up to their promises and here in particular we are talking about astra zeneca and that is why i think that the european commission's decision and to imply it to apply stricter export rules will be very high on their leaders' agenda today some

commission, to find an agreement after what has been a very tumultuous week, where the european commission actually made their possibilities to stop exporting vaccines produced in europe to the uk and to other parts of the world even more likely and stronger measures that they can take. so, they said that in the future, the european commission would look at proportionality and how many vaccines the country actually has which is receiving vaccines from europe. for example, astrazeneca is produced in the uk and these vaccines should also go to europe. the commission released numbers and the numbers are quite staggering in the way that half of what is produced in the european union goes outside the european union and the slow roll—out in europe has led to problems for the politicians in europe. 77 million doses, the commission say, have gone to high or middle—income countries. 30 million vaccines have gone to the uk and the uk has exported to the eu, none. well, yes. we don't know because there haven't been any numbers officially released by the british government but, of course, it is al

union and the european commission it certainly there is a solid ground when it comes the european commission which adopted back in the very for its 1st ever ltd i q equality strategy so there's an action a very strong action fund there to implement over the next 5 years. this so there is a promise of action but there is certainly so much more that needs to be done both by the european parliament the commission and certainly by each of the e.u. member states when our organization is works closely day in and day out with with. organizations across the the e.u. and beyond and what we've documented. just in the last year is a strong start crying hatred and abuse including online certainly a very marked very high vulnerability of all to b.t.i. people and communities in the come to context of the pandemic and that is not even talking about all of the gaps that still exist when it comes to legally protecting the human rights of algae b.t.i. people so so. so we do see this resolution as just a moment to remind ourselves and remind everyone of just how much there is still done to me that ambition of

commission to find an agreement after what has been a very tumultuous week, where the european commission actually made their possibilities to stop exporting vaccines produced in europe to the uk and to other parts of the world even more likely and stronger measures that they can take. so they said in the future, the european commission would look at proportionality, so how many vaccines does another country actually have that is receiving vaccines from europe. and also representative. for example, astrazeneca is produced in the uk and these vaccine should also go to europe. the commission released numbers — and the numbers are quite staggering in the way that half of what is produced in the european union goes outside the european union and the slow rollout in europe has led to problems for the politicians in europe. —— and also reciprocity. 77 million doses, i think the commission were saying, have gone to high— or middle—income countries, 30 million vaccines have gone to the uk and the uk has exported to the eu none. well, yeah. this is, this is at least... we don't know beca

commission through multiple channels and in particular we have asked the european commission to review this decision the government says the block shipment want to effect its vaccine program a locally manufactured beijing of astra zeneca made by company c s n l is said to be available right at this month with the aim of producing $1000000.00 doses each week it's a very serious with under $30000.00 deaths a nation in the 1st 5 days of the program. as we did access. saves with. lots of that save and we start that. absolutely if you like general practices and found the 6 locally produced doses will provide the backbone of the strategy is inoculation program which officials hope to complete by october straightly has also. muted to hoping that's night it's night in the pacific we can gauge 0. now tens of thousands of people in new zealand fled to their homes on friday after a series of earthquakes triggered a tsunami alert there many of them have now returned home but as wayne hay reports from toronto others are still worrying. around many parts of new zealand a peaceful friday morning was

the president of the european commission, ursula von de leyen, says astrazeneca producers must "catch up" on its promised deliveries to the eu before exporting doses elsewhere. diggers are still trying to free the stranded ever given mega—container ship in the suez canal. the blockage is holding up an estimated £7 billion worth of goods each day. and we meet a rather unpleasant pheasant, who likes to terrorise his local postman. good morning and welcome to bbc news. china has imposed sanctions on nine uk citizens — including five mps — for spreading what it called "lies and disinformation" about the country. it comes in retaliation for measures taken by the uk government on monday over human rights abuses against the uighur muslim minority group in xinjiang province. xinjiang lies in the north—west of china. the region is autonomous, meaning it should have some powers of self—governance, but in practice it faces major restrictions by the central government. uighurs living in the region speak their own language and see themselves as culturally and ethnically close to central

the government criticises the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen for suggesting that exports of the astrazeneca covid vaccine outside the eu could be blocked. yesterday saw another record—breaking number of vaccinations in the uk, nearly 900,000 but there's a warning that facemasks and some social distancing could be with us, for years. more questions over whether people can plan forforeign holidays as some experts warn coronavirus restrictions could stay in place for years. i think it would be premature to do that. it would be potentially risky. we are seeing growing variants. we have done a huge amount of work, the taxpayer, the nhs staff, my constituents who have been in lockdown since september and i don't want us to throw that away. a snapshot of life in england, wales and northern ireland — today's the deadline for millions of people to take part in a once in a decade census. homes washed away in australia — as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast, thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the go

is political and perhaps even ideological the european commission has been seeing these companies as partners not even considering the fact that these companies have their objective which is profit making and they want to make a profit out of the vaccine but this is now in contradiction with the public health imperatives we have to get more vaccines as quickly as possible. well you just made the point i mean these are not charities d. or for profit companies so some people might consider this a cynical question but wouldn't an exemption on patents on vaccines reduce the incentive for pharmaceutical companies to develop them in the 1st place well i think it's very important here to point out that much of these vaccines and much of the research and innovation has actually been done with public money and true universities think about the entirely new technology of m.r. and a like that the new vaccines right that are the basis of the vaccines of pfizer modern and so on you know this has in large parts been sponsored by public money and when at the european level this is quite interesting

alone got 10000000 of those doses to the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed what europe's vaccination program needs now is a short and beyond. shot in the arm and you do have a user brussels birchip alexander the nominee is at the e.u. summit for us today the virtual once there she is right there where it's happening i was under the goal is very clear more vaccines for you countries what action will the european union take. according to the german chancellor the key issue here is to accelerate for adoption in the european union and actually we have some good news here. in develop a biotechs has started for the auction at its new plant in germany and stood a ostracize in a submitted a request to the european medicines edge agency for the authorization of its dutch plant and if it gets swift approval we could see 1st deliveries from this deliveries from this plant by the end of this month however we can also expect the majority of e.u. leaders to support the european commission's decision to

made in the european union here is european commission vice president. >> going forward, member states and commissions should consider two additional elements when assessing the impact of exports. either country of destination which has a large production capacity restricts its own exports of vaccines or substances either by law or by other means, it may be appropriate to consider whether exports to this country are justified. the second element is proportionality. which means finding the right balance. member states in the commission will consider the conditions prevailing in the country of destination, in particular the vaccination rate, and the existing availability of covid-19 vaccines. >> let's have a closer look at the new powers announced today. they could target wealthier countries that produce vaccines themselves but are not exporting to the european union or if the vaccine rollout is significantly ahead of theuropean union, for instance, the u.k.. officers have denied these measures are to punish the u.k. >> we are the largest producer of vaccines for us and for the world. we

the european commission is considering a vaccine passed to allow people to travel. a digital certificate would prove they have been vaccinated, tested negative, or recovered after contracting the virus. you are watching dw news live from berlin. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around. we will be right back. pñpñpñpññññ[0ipx ♪ >> welcome back. it is 9:00 p.m. in paris. these are the headlines. the european union unveils plans for a covid travel certificate to be a made available with the will of restoring freedom of movement. amid rising tensions with the administration of president biden, the foreign ministry of moscow recalls its ambassador to washington. voting wraps up in the netherlands following a general election, which has been overshadowed by the pandemic. we ask, what are the prime minister's chances of reelection? ♪

i think the european commission also recognises the world is watching. what _ recognises the world is watching. what are — recognises the world is watching. what are the values of the eu which they profess? if you see this type of language being employed by the commission, it will be counter—productive. the vaccine is a collaborative — counter—productive. the vaccine is a collaborative approach, astrazeneca has supply chain in europe and indie — has supply chain in europe and india. trying to build walls around this would — india. trying to build walls around this would damage both eu citizens and the _ this would damage both eu citizens and the united kingdom. this this would damage both eu citizens and the united kingdom.— and the united kingdom. this is of course crucial _ and the united kingdom. this is of course crucial because _ and the united kingdom. this is of course crucial because the - and the united kingdom. this is ofj course crucial because the roll-out course crucial because the roll—out of vaccines and successful administ