Farmers in nigeria a dutch court orders the local branch of shell to pay compensation for damages caused by oil spills and more protests and scuffles in indias capital as farmers demonstrate against new government laws they say will hurt them the benefit of corporate farmers. Im gemini with the sporting event has had to pay refuses to criticize christianity when our day is top scorer it faces a Police Investigation for breaching cave it 19. 00 rules by going on a ski trip. So European Health regulators have given emergency approval for the Oxford Astra ZenecaCoronavirus Vaccine saying it can be administered to adults of all ages while the announcement comes as a drug maker and the e. U. Early disputes over supply the block was expecting at least 80000000 doses by the end of march but a week ago because said it wouldnt meet those expectations claiming manufacturing issues well despite growing criticism that vaccine rollouts all too slow regulators saying having another approved vaccine will help fight the virus its a real pleasure to be here until i announce the 3rd positive opinion for the authorize ation of the astra zeneca covert 19 vaccine this expand the range of Vaccines Available to e. U. Member states which will all help to bring the pandemic under control and protect the citizens of the e. U. We now have 3 vaccines that have been developed and recommended for approval approval against a disease that we did not know one year ago and theres also optimism regarding global inoculation to more american vaccines have shown promising results and trial runs the novaks job that was around 90 percent effective and the single those johnson and johnson one around 60 percent are right lets bring in step vance and his life for us from outside outside the e. U. Regulators offices and steps so we have approval across the board for all adults in the area for the astra zeneca vaccine. Yes we do we finally have this approval the European Medicines Agency took its time if you compare it to the u. K. Where already for nearly 4 weeks the same vaccine has already been given to people of all ages and at the same time the agency also has sort of given some kind of doubt about the effect you see of this. Thing they said its only 59 percent they say its enough its promising but its not as much as a 2 out of x. Instead already have been approved and used here in the European Union a biotech fighter and modernity and on the other hand there was this whole issue about the age limit german scientists have sat early in the week that it shouldnt be given this vaccine to people 65 years and all because they are not enough data to show that its actually even official for this age group and the European Medicines Agency says thats true theres not enough data but they did find antibodies in elderly people as well using the same facts so it should be good to use but there they have raised this doubt which actually could lead to Member States in the federal Member States in the European Union actually having 2nd thoughts of course administering the same vaccine to this the age group specifically here in the netherlands for example this debate will still be held next week if this vaccine is actually used for this group which was actually ordered specifically for this group of people so it will could lead to millions of people still not getting this vaccine because this doubt has been raised by the may. Step. In the reporting from. Cambridge fully developed from berlin who says the approval of the us is a make a vaccine has been produced and with concern. One e. U. Agency positively referring to the astra zeneca vaccine as being a key part in our 3rd vaccine approved for use inside the e. U. Supposedly to provide relief to people that theres extra weapon as it were in the fight against corona virus and yet a colleague of hers from a different part of the e. U. Institutions affectively introducing export controls on vaccines created in the e. U. Well that appears to be particularly targeted exactly at astra zeneca people making this vaccine we were hearing about the approval in amsterdam but disapproval as it were in one sense or disagreement about whats happening with astra zeneca from brussels the point here is the company and the e. U. The European Commission are at loggerheads with each other over this a very long contract between the 2 the central parts of which which are in dispute are what happens with the vaccine created in the e. U. Which then gets shipped to the United Kingdom and what happens in terms of the number of doses of the vaccine to be given to be provided to the e. U. The amount of money and moreover the speed perhaps from the europeans perspective the most important part which is that did astra zeneca when it signed this agreement with the e. U. Did it know that it had many other commitments that were several other commitments which would involve many millions of doses theres more potential health for the global Inoculation Campaign with 2 more american vaccines showing promising results in trial runs the novaks job has around is around 90 percent effective and the single does johnson and johnson vaccine thats proven to be efficient in 2 thirds of cases paul brennan has this update now from london. The news that not just one but 2 potential vaccines could be reaching Vaccination Centers such as the one im standing outside by the middle of 2021 has been described as thrilling here in the u. K. The 1st of the vaccines which announced data on friday morning was novaks they resulted in 89. 3 percent effectiveness against covert 19 and what was of particular interest was there to dose vaccine which can be stored at normal fridge temperature had 85 percent effectiveness against the u. K. Variant of corona virus of covert 19 now the next stage in the process is for the u. K. Regulator the m h r 8 to put the novaks vaccine through a rolling approval that will take several weeks were also many weeks away from novaks actually submitting its final briefing its dossier of evidence to the regulator for final approval but the expectation is that somewhere around the 2nd half of 2021 that could get approval and start being used the other vaccine which is in the pipeline is from a Company Called jensen which is affiliated with johnson and johnson people might know it better as what they found was 66 percent effectiveness for their vaccine its a lower percentage d reason why that is warning signs it was exciting is because johnsons vaccine is a good one and those vaccine it can also be stored at normal fridge temperature but that one dose vaccine means youre not beholden to potential supply issues further down the line if youre waiting for your 2nd dose to come through all in all considering that less than a year ago many scientists were worried that they may never find a vaccine for corona virus to have 3 already approved for use here in the u. K. And 2 more in the pipeline at least it is good news for the scientists and for the politicians. The World Health Organization is warning of a prolonged coronavirus pandemic of vaccines are not distributed equally leaders at the World Economic forum theyve been discussing a plan of action to include lower income nations in the global inoculation drive rich countries face criticism over whats being called vaccine nationalism chief called the practice a catastrophic moral failure if we lose trust in International Collaboration so by saying nationalism we will all pay the price in terms of a protracted recovery. We are asking those governments that have already received their livers of mud scenes to live see their Health Workers and all the people and share those we called us so either countries can do the same lets be not to thomas pogge is a professional professor of philosophy and Political Science at Yale University hes also a cofounder of incentives for Global Health and joins us on skype from new haven thomas pro gay welcome to the program so this there is this kind of unprecedented Global Demand for vaccines and richer nations of course having far greater buying power than poor and always hoarding thats going on means even longer for poorer nations to get their own vaccine campaigns going it is a moral failure. Yes it is a more fair you know i would even say that 2 different models that are against one family are concerns the distribution of the vaccine but we have the other failure d is that we have a cigarette scenes you know we dont have as much effect seeing as we could have if we use all the capacities for manufacturing vaccine he could. See much greater production of that scene and thereby serve the whole world much faster than we are now doing with the limited vaccine that we have firms that have a back seat in front of us on the wall to what degree is it crucial that all countries have a comprehensive rollout of a global vaccine and how if that doesnt happen how is that going to stop immunity global immunity. Well the most important factor here is that this virus is a smart virus its equating the patients with variants of itself and the more people are infected with the more opportunities there are for meeting with patients to her recently patients may or may not be susceptible to the acts are the ones that you have so far the better up with the South African berry and its coming to our shores and it is certainly less susceptible to the accidents that you are have than the traditional coal that 19 has been so that is a significant the engine need me have to produce all the great scenes be an input and then apply them as quickly as possible much of it is possible in order to vaccinate as many people as possible so as to think the number of infected people and thereby its the ability of all byrons to develop new variants of it saw that theres not any American Parents of his was an imperative and actually beating the pandemic but what about remote parts of the world where the maybe no roads no means of getting to communities is certainly no way of getting frozen vaccines that possibly chilled vaccines might be feasible but its still going to be very very difficult to. Yes its going to be very difficult but those are also the regions that d d have dont pose much of a risk for the rest of the world but its very difficult to get there its also d very difficult for the virus if it actually reaches the chance to get out of there so i think that in the moment the prioritizing the rich and people say that is terrible but its not all that terrible because those rich countries actually pose the greatest risk because so many people fly out of the United States out of europe to the rest of the world and they have a quota system the supply new viruses the other parts of the world its pretty good that those countries and those people get vaccinated with some buy are right absolutely i bet it is kind of unseemly this supply spot for the i stress that make a vaccine in europe isnt it when other nations are way down the list yes and of course we should try to deploy the vaccine that we have in a way that is maximally efficient when we total number of infected people as fast as possible but as i said its also a very important tool in queens our d capacity to make that scene he could make the much more it seems that he are making. All existing productive absoluteness and creative will at least. Thats the case as well. Variations of dont get your perspective on this do appreciate that tom is probably the professor of philosophy and Political Science at Yale University thank you welcome. But you also had on the news hour including. A pretty good fortune for the chinese during the noon here but im reporting about these charities is turning out to be really very bad luck here and. We got the School Coming up. With a pleasant surprise for tennis stars returning to court for fans in the street. Now a dutch court has ordered Oil Giant Shell to pay compensation to a group of nigerian farmers after 13 years of legal battles the company was accused of polluting fishing villages with oil leaks its Nigerian Branch must pay out for the damage caused by the spills while the Parent Company must install new equipment to prevent it happening again i would address is more from the nigerian capital. The people in the niger delta especially communities affected by oil spills over the last 50 years really happy about the verdict of the appeal court in the netherlands a lot of them are saying that this clears the way for them to raise issues of contamination issues of repair relations issues of human rights abuses in the niger delta following years of exploration by or Oil Companies and were looking at probably only a fraction of those almost peel works or other people damage thats being treated right now by both shell and the Nigerian Government al jazeera visited ago and he especially the border creeks and other neighboring communities to look at how the was pills over the years have impacted on the environment and what the company as well as the government i doing to do to remedy the situation. What is educate anything but to flush out the truck or look in border creek as it all comes to the surface a boom truss the sludge for your back which is a job the contractors hired by all john child must quickly accomplish before the type returns the cleanup is due to litigation against the company pulling a Massive Oil Spill in the record in 2009 is scope of this walk is jewel really did. Board up creek. After the next phase will be different stories on real budget to sort out among groups and monitoring so far is a 1000. 00 hectares. While shellings contract to say they have done a lot to subsides the Nigerian Government led decontamination effort jointly funded by the Shell Company is off to a slow start. Heavy machinery is now deployed farther inland to excavate and treat contaminated soil we get from what we had planned but were trying to see what we can do to catch up theres still a lot of work to do to catch up i mean to take. An assessment by the United NationsEnvironment Program 1st published in 2011 shows that pollution from more than half a century of Oil Production was worse than all regionally thought the report recommended a 1000000000. 00 fund to clean up alone an area covering 1000 square kilometers the work which began success later could take at least 25 years to complete much of a is a wasteland this is dead fish and crustaceans no longer spawn here farmlands fish ponds and even underground Water Supplies have been polluted by hydrocarbons leaking from old pipelines we could buy some activists in the region are less impressed with the work so far. Is one. How many. And thats not the only concern significant amount of all 30 continues in the region father complicating the process of reversing the environmental damage experts believe 15 to 20000 square kilometers full of nigerias Oil Producing region require the attention is currently receiving they fear that unless entire region is decontaminated clean up me in the end be a waste of time and resources as re contamination could occur. Orgone in nigerias Oil Producing niger delta. Head of the law school at the university of bradford and she hopes the Court Decision will mean corporations are held accountable for future disasters what is happening in the 100. 00 the impact on the lives and livelihoods of the people is nothing short of an equal fight. As you know probably 22 and you never report that was. That you were hot coffee several primes more bad to recommend a dog or a thunderbirds. Im not cross the mind of the alpha not just you know going the for instance i am in the bible for us they. Meant commission which is a neighboring community to a peculiar gordon the same thing is happening you do not need to investigate Oil Pollution. Just marshaled to see Oil Pollution but my doubt that it is in the food it is in the air it is in the water of other people drink 8 means that it means the mean child who. This is so for all of the people in the mind of the farmers the fish are people this is not just about and them viral mental issues its about their right to life yeah right to subsistence. China says it will no longer recognise the British National overseas passport available to 3000000 hong kong residents beijing made the move on after the u. K. Launched a visa scheme allowing these passport holders to apply for produce citizenship the u. K. Government says its standing out for freedom because of the Controversial National security law imposed on hong kong by china nathan lors a prodemocracy activists who fled to london from hong kong he says he doesnt expect beijings decision to home be passport holders rights to emigrate to the u. K. For now we dont have much information about how the transcript will carry out these notion of the statement basically 100 people get into Mainland China and we dont use vienna or passport we use the term permits and when we leave hong kong if government is going to apply these. Thi