A strict coronavirus lockdown thats making the countrys economic crisis even worse. Plus they were driven to local extinction 70 years ago but now theyre back. On a conservation projects have been jacked to the Natural Habitats in argentina. As welcome to the program the president of the European Commission for the lion has urged Pharma Company astra zeneca to stick by its commitments to supply the e. U. With its covert 19 vaccine comments come after the british swedish firm said it was cutting the number of doses for the e. U. By 60 percent because of production problems the drug maker also said it was not contractually obliged to deliver. On the line however disputes this saying the contract is quote Crystal Clear the dispute comes as the e. U. Faces pressure over its procurement policies and many countries face problems rolling out that vaccination drives. But the correspondent. Is in brussels for us is this dispute with us for a senator that we hearing so much about is it really where the u. S. Not meeting their vaccination targets or is it just a smokescreen smokescreen to distract from own failures and procuring enough vaccine i am sure that in one or the other Member States theres certainly a lack of preparedness of Alpha Infrastructure that could have been done better but if you compare for instance the u. K. And the e. U. There are 2 clear differences the u. K. Has got a head start with its Vaccination Program because they have an emergency approval wheres the e. U. Opted for the better safe than sorry option and say we do a fast approval by the full approval that also holds the company legible in case there are any side effects and then secondly were looking at vaccines that require 2 doses within 3 weeks now the u. K. But all for example also you Member States denmark have opted for giving that 2nd dose 3 months later so they have more vaccine at their hands to vaccinate people and these are 2 or 2 main reasons all of this of course only works if vaccine is available and that is what the current row with astra zeneca is about so lets talk about this row thats the senate it says. It cant deliver the whole the whole vaccine that that has been awarded to the e. U. But at the same time delivers to the u. K. 30000000. 00 doses. Why is that. Well the reason that astra zeneca has provided is that they say in their contract with the u. K. They have a u. K. 1st policy so the 1st doses are supposed to go to the u. K. They also have in that contract apparently a clause that says whatever is produced in the u. K. Should be delivered to the u. K. And now the e. U. Commission has said and that is why they pushed for this contract to be published today is there is no order of deliveries and there is no hierarchy of factory clause in that contract in other words the e. U. Has 3 pate has prefunding and has built up capacities and what the company has now told them within a week suddenly that instead of 18000000 they will only get 31000000 doses so what the e. U. Has been saying is and young spawn the German Health minister put it really nicely in a nutshell is what they are pushing for is not a europe 1st strategy but a europe fair share strategy that if that Global Company faces delivery problems wherever they may be and apparently they are invalid theyre taking place in belgium the burden has to be shared with all countries that receive those vaccines including the u. K. Its a contractual questions was a political question as it has it seems did the e. U. Not know that the u. K. Have these special arrangements with us for seneca that is exactly the point that the European Commission has been making they say in their contract there is no sign of a hierarchy of deliveries and that should have been indicated if that will wear to be the case and that is why they are now looking into measures but if you want flexing their muscles and today will introduce a transparency mechanism well they will say we will observe from now on well vaccines are export it to so that we can in in the worst case stop those vaccines from leaving the European Market and get the share we have been promised by that particular company interesting developments that thank you very much government is in brussels. Well German Health minister. Mentioned German Health minister hans spawn has welcomed the astra zeneca offer for a further 8000000 vaccine doses to the e. U. But speaking just moments ago inspired also underlined that the European Union has paid for and is entitle to the originally promised 80000000 doses. The European Union Member States have invested jointly in the preproduction of these vaccines. So they also have a right to profit from not. But this is not about europe 1st its about a fair allocation for the European Union it. German Health Minister sponsoring then our chief Political Correspondent linda crane is in berlin we had the German Health minister what else did he say. Well i just spoke to a press conference and said that he knows that germanys rollout of the vaccine has been problematic and he understands peoples impatience but the fact is that difficult weeks still do lie ahead he also mentioned the vaccine summit that the government will be holding on monday saying that that would be looking to improve coordination on the vaccine between the federal states and the federal government here in berlin he said nonetheless progress is being made especially in the vaccination of vulnerable groups and that the government still hopes to reach its target of offering the vaccine to all keep people in care facilities Elderly Care Facilities by the middle of february and finally said that as of march he expects the situation will ease not only because of the astra zeneca vaccine then becoming available but also to further that scenes that are in the pipeline so that he Still Believes germany can meet its school of offering vaccines to all who want them by the end of the summer so as a nation being one side of the story of containment is another germany is planning to close the borders now for some conference tell us more about the. Thats correct germanys interior minister said yesterday that as soon as today the government may have found a plan to essentially shut down travel from 5 countries where the new mutations are known to be prevalent so that would be brazil britain ireland portugal and south africa there had been talk or earlier this week of possibly shutting off air travel altogether that is not the case it would be limited to these 5 countries and apparently there would be exceptions for german citizens returning from those places as well as for people who work in the freight industry of germany and this whole growing across is always been counsel to find a european solution but in this particular case closing its borders the interior minister said theyre ready to do their own thing nationally just here in germany why is that thats right because he says that the e. U. Would take too long to impose stronger travel restrictions in fact there was an e. U. Meeting just last week at which it was decided that internal borders within the e. U. Must stay open but that countries would have some leeway to put in place their own travel restrictions with 3rd countries which is now what this german measure would be about but the fact is it is still a question of how effective these new german restrictions could be because the mutation is already present here in germany in a number of different german cities throughout the country the mutations have been found and theres no evident connection to people who have come in from 3rd countries in other words this mutation the mutations have already gained a foothold here in germany political time thank you very much. Or results from large scale trials in the u. K. Suggest another new vaccine could soon be available us from Suitable Company nova said its corona virus vaccine given 2 doses is almost 90 percent effective the firm has applied for Regulatory Approval in the u. K. Nowak scientists began working on a covert 19 cure one year ago rapid progress meant it wasnt long before human trials were underway no effective tests have shown their hard work has paid off with a vaccine that is 89 percent effective even against the new u. K. Variant of the virus. I think the other bit of news that comes through is that there is slightly Different Levels of sea against the different strains of the variant so youve been hearing about thats not surprising but it is just a little message that we are going to see some degree of variation in protection against these variants a separate trial in south africa showed the inoculation had just under 50 percent effect against the new variant this is rampant there novak says its already working on a push to try and improve that. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed the Headline News and said the uki had ordered 16000000 doses the European Union has ordered 200000000 hits the 4th vaccine to seek approval from western regulators low doses are not expected to be ready until later this year. And heres a look at some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic the makers of russias sputnik 5 vaccine have said they can provide 100000000 doses to the e. U. Hungary is the only country in the block to approved the russian jobs so far mexico supposed india as the country with the 3rd highest covert 1000. 00 death toll more than 155000 died and the United Nations has called 2020 the worst year in tourism history with global losses of. More than one trillion euros. The United Nations secretary general is calling the distribution of covert 900 vaccines a global emergency secretary general antonio terrace said more that more than 70000000 doses have been administered worldwide but fewer than 20000 vaccinations were on the african continent he warns that while every country has the duty to protect its own people no country can afford to neglect the rest of the world this is a Global Crisis site c. V. Is free you get us all myths about Fair Distribution not only about money when you flog a fund good fair access to coronavirus vaccines around the globe thats what the European Union promised the world even before the 1st vaccine was approved the hew has invested heavily in research and development and Member States have put millions into helping poor nations acquire vaccines in the future but as the world scrambles to produce and distribute enough jobs in the end it seems europe das come 1st if you cant help thats fine run those former holes minister and years be a long while want tells me but then dont cast yourself as a savior be frank and say my people 1st dont lie to me and say we will be quote were so so because we stepped. In that we uplift it but we just see that youre not and thats not. While the corona virus continues to spread rapidly in africa only a few countries there have begun immunizing their citizens each ordered vaccines from china for example and guinea is rolling out a russian vaccine these 2 world powers were quick of the mark of that deal they are practicing vaccine diplomacy for 2 are meeting their Foreign Policy object but in the meantime we need to look at the outcomes why you know you feed right to mitigate you know the access gap between poor and the rich nations why not. Even the europes closest neighbors in the western balkans have yet to see their block deliver on pledges to help here to chinese and russian vaccines are filling devoid the European Union have said they wanted their Global Public good they wanted to ensure a quick block that but were just seeing even today and yesterday then you know they will or threatening that there might be export bans on the crown of our thought in the e. U. And so obviously that very concerning sawing of the nationalism here and brussels Officials Say humanitarian vixen donations will be exempt from tougher export controls they promised help will come soon to say that the e. U. Is not doing anything i think its is really not correct that we are actually in discussion both with the Member States but also with the pharmaceutical companies in order precisely to help this advance the e. U. Was quick to call for Global Cooperation against a pandemic but so far its been too slow to live up to promises of global solidarity. Look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour chinese officials have met with experts from the World Health Organization and they will later visit one of the citys food markets which is suspected to be the origin of the corona virus Pandemic Team but also visit hospitals meet with scientists 1st responders and some of the patients who were among the 1st infected with the virus. At least 4 people have died in a fire one of the main hospitals in the romanian Capital Bucharest the blaze broke out early on friday and forced the evacuation of the building its not known how many people were injured firefighters have managed to put out the flames. A gay couple has been caned in indonesias conservative province for having sex each of the men received nearly 80 lashes actually is the only real region of indonesia that imposes islamic. Which outlaws homosexuality. In lebanon over strict coronavirus lockdown is continuing to spark on rest clashes between residents and police in the city of tripoli are now in their 4th day protests are spreading to other parts of the country as well the total lockdown is leaving many people without an income in a country that was already on the verge of economic collapse for. Protest is out on the streets of tripoli again for the 4th day running demonstrations appear to be intensifying in lebanon 2nd largest city. Many residents have been struggling with extreme Economic Hardship for some time with the country in deep recession. The lockdown imposed earlier this month to halt a surgeon covered 19 is too much for many to bear. The life im living is horrible i came out to die and so i dont have to live through this horror enough poverty and hunger the lebanese people are living in pain. Those days protests came just hours after the funeral the man who was killed the night before. The 30 year old reportedly sustained a bullet wound on wednesday when protests turned violent with demonstrators trying to storm the citys government building. Witnesses and local media say police fired live rounds hundreds of protesters were injured. Lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebannon. You want to close the country then you have to. Provide for people its not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave them hungry there are day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who cant earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials that. The government is providing some Financial Assistance 2230000 families but with half of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of poland for another night to demonstrate against a near total ban on abortion that came into force on wednesday the governments ban means terminating pregnancies will only be allowed in cases of rape or incest and if the mothers life is at risk. It was was for a 2nd night thousands protested across poland chanting antigovernment slogans theyre demanding a reversal of the abortion law and the resignation of the government. In warsaw scuffles with police broke out. And several demonstrators were breast it. Was. The polls suggest more than half of the population is against a new restrictions. That are in myanmar from up a body that one cannot deprive women of their rights this is half of the nation all of us often half of the nation is deprived of their rights of the right to make decisions about themselves this is an acceptable to define of polands right wing ultra catholic government has long pushed for thai to abortion laws its supporters say this finally gives protection to unborn children. But its not to pay it is a sad day and there is a very Adequate Police saying that its better to have 10. 00 children on your arm then one on your conscience. And i think thats part of our philosophy is to protect life. The government might have try to avoid protests by making these changes doing depend demick with restrictions on crowds gathering. But clearly many poles feel the right to choose is important enough to keep turning out in large numbers. China has announced that it will no longer recognise the British National overseas passport many hong kong residents hold it the past. Have been in use for decades and are legacy of former british rule over hong kong beijings move to revoke the documents validity comes after the big. Government recently announced it would open its doors to hong kong residents following chinas clampdown on the toe towards freedom starting sunday many home and apply to live and work in the u. K. For up to 5 years and eventually see if we fulfill his citizenship. For more on that story joining us now from hong kong is of course one of people call what has just happened tell us more about the significance of what beijing has Just Announced Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesman just just respond to the incidents so impressed that in beijing today that beijing will not recognize the British National overseas hospital which is the last time found 30 fast ups and it is sunday so this is also the day when the u. K. Stopped to ill let off a new how to hong kong over this president holding these passports to. Possibly gain. British citizenship in 6 years so beijing sees this kind of play out retaliation to the. Latest policy in response to the whole cold Current Situation and beijing is krakow oho homes are positioned cain. This is also controversial as both beijing and the u. K. Using each other are validating the historic agreement signed before. But relations between britain and china you just mentioned it have been rather poor because of londons spoke in this. Human rights in hong kong is this what was the no retaliation by beijing. Yes definitely beijing has already has been claiming that they will not just sit and thats all these happen and they will respond possibly to britains reaction to the us citizenship scheme in terms of this and that absurdist see this more as a diplomatic gesture what and then. You have on the poles as a whole hong has its own immigration policy as a semi autonomous semi autonomous region in china so the key question is whether these new chinese policy of the new band will be applied in our homes try to any so how so i find out how also since im now in many of them they dont travel to and they wish to buy you so this new policy in the near future show will not like you had on most of the houses but always like many who worry that this is just too late in cos many of the consequences on the people who are trying to move to the u. K. Next few years. In hong kong thank you very much for. An art a big step forward for an ambitious project in argentina to reintroduce a judge who was to the natural habitat. To pubs have been released to prowl the massive run the Barrow National park it comes off the years of conservation work to rewire the wetlands in the north east of the country. Thank you but cool relaxing deal 70 years in the making thats how long its been since jackie was were last seen here in ne argentinas he wetlands hunting and habitat loss drove them to local extinction after painstaking work by conservationists this adult female and her cubs were the 1st to be cats reintroduced to their natural habitat and theyre settling in just fine. For the 1st 20 days of going very well because the mother has established herself very quickly shes getting to know the territory bit by bit weve already recorded that she has killed and fed on several cat people rodents in just jaguars are endangered across the americas but particularly so in argentina just 2 to 300 remain in the wild theyre important to the ecosystem because they control price species and balance out the effect of other predators conservationists have spent years building up a huge park within these wetlands to do whats called rewilding the giant you are. The 1st time an attempt has been made to reintroduce the jaguar to a place where it had become extinct this is never been done before this over the next year more of these majestic felines will be released and its hoped this project will lead to similar conservation if its elsewhere to. Some of the worlds top tennis stars have been led out of current in ahead of next months Australian Open rafa Nadal Novak Djokovic and serial williams along those stuck in australia 14 days they were the lucky ones as they were able to train outside for 5 hours each day 72. 00 other player has had to undergo full quarantine with no practice after possibly being exposed to the coronavirus. On the flights into the country. And finally what do you do if youre an olympic skiing hopeful if you cant get to the slopes because of covert well 14 year old george brown has the answer he has built his own a mini slope in his back garden in england after a flurry of snow that is goal is to make it to the 2026 Winter Olympics he has also been busy training in the garden even when there is no use now. This is the news live from berlin robots as up next with the d w business also dont forget you can get all the latest information on our web site thats was dot com and follow us on twitter this one as well as the d w news got our 1st vessel. To. Come. To the point shawn opinions clear positions International Perspective some of. The real threats of money made putin down some commentary to see the kremlin sophias his critique alex i know romney so who is here courageous and carries magic Opposition Leader for an opportunist fighting a personal vendetta find out on to the point of showing up to this point. 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