A Massive Police raid in Rio De Janeiro targeting drug traffickers. Former maldives President Parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed is being treated for wounds after a blast outsiders all. Back in comma waters british and french patrol ships returned to port after a dispute over a post brags that fishing rights. Germanys chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing back against growing demands to suspend patents for covert 19 vaccines be u. S. Canada and spain room on the countries supporting the plan the European Union is expected to discuss the issue at a summit on friday but germany which is home to vaccine produce a biotech says supply problems are down to Production Capacity limits and not patient protections and thats a concern echoed by some of the drug companies. Meanwhile indias government says it welcomes increasing support for the patient waiver as covert infection spread from cities to rural areas there are hopes that the countrys 2nd wave was peaking have been dashed as the search con
A half months out from the games. And the byelection victory in england offers a big boost for the u. K. s Boris Johnson. Welcome to the program the coronavirus surge that ravaged india for weeks is now spreading to nepal where there are deep fears the crisis will be just as bad or worse nepal has 57 times more cases than a month ago and its reporting about 20 new infections a day for every 100000 people thats roughly what the situation was like in india 2 weeks ago a lockdown has been extended in the capital kathmandu and the government has tried to ready the Hospital System but critics fear its too little too late across the border in india nearly 3 people are dying of covert 1000 every minute it remains the toughest battle against the vi. In the world reporting another record daily rise more than 410000 cases on friday. Joins me now from. The focus for the authorities really seems to be those arriving back from india and coming along all through a very long land border area. I would
A police raid targeting drug traffickers in Rio De Janeiro. And britain and france and Maritime Patrol vessels to the Channel Island of jersey as the dispute over a person breaks a fishing rights escalates. And it will push to suspend patents for covert 19 vaccines is getting support from some of the worlds most powerful countries amid calls that richer nations must do more to help poorer governments vaccinate their people on wednesday u. S. President joe biden backed the move which would allow more manufacturers to produce jobs under license now the European Union is expected to discuss the plans at a summit on friday and the french president has already expressed support but pfizer and biotech who developed a vaccine together say a waiver wouldnt boost stocks around the world any time soon india and south africa would be leading calls by low and middle Income Countries to suspend the peytons. And his government has welcomed bidens announcement as code infections spread from cities to