 Hello and welcome to the International Daily Roundup with People's Dispatch where we bring you some of the top stories from across the globe. Let's take a look at today's headlines. Iran proposes coordinated return of the U.S. to 2015 nuclear deal. Supreme court hearings against anti-terror law begin in the Philippines. Delhi borders barricaded amid crackdown after farmers led tractor alleys. Vaccine nationalism and global inequalities in pandemic recovery. Iran's foreign minister Javed Zarif has urged the U.S. to rejoin the 2015 nuclear agreements, adding that it has a limited window of opportunity to do so. Zarif further reiterated that Iran does not seek to build nuclear weapons during an interview with CNN on February 1. Iran increased its uranium enrichment levels to 20% citing non-compliance by other countries to the nuclear deal. While this was the result of a low pass by the Iranian parliament, Iran has stated that the decision is reversible. This is provided all parties deterred to pull compliance of the deal, and the U.S. removes the sanctions imposed against Iran. Zarif also warned the Biden administration against taking advantage of failed policies of the Trump administration. Former President Trump had unilaterally withdrawn the U.S. from the deal, otherwise known as a joint comprehensive plan of action in 2018. Zarif's statements follow recent announcements by U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for plans to expand the scope of the deal. Blinken stated his intentions to work on a longer and stronger agreement, including a broader mandate covering Iran's regional policies. Zarif has pointed to a provision within the Joint Plan of Action for a joint commission to mediate between the U.S. and Iran. He has proposed that the European Union's Minister of Foreign Affairs can coordinate the actions required by both sides. The first day of hearings against an anti-terror law were concluded in the Philippines today. The Supreme Court has received 37 petitions against the contentious law introduced by the government of President Rodrigo Duterte in July 2020. The petitioners are being represented by a team of 13 lawyers led by Jose Ansalmucadiz, who is the president of the integrated bar of the Philippines. The government is represented by Solicitor General Jose Calida. The petitions have highlighted the vague use of the word intent in the law's definition of terrorism. The law also mandates extending the period of detention for 24 days. It protects police from criminal liability in case a detainee is not presented in front of judicial authorities within this specified time period. All 37 petitions for the state that the law will curtail the freedom of speech by allowing indirect or facial challenges. The lawyers also argued that the law lowers the threshold of necessary conditions required to arrest, prosecute and surveil people. The law allows the prescription of a person or organization as a terrorist without hearings. A court is then given six months to rule on the validity and permanence of the prescription. Advocate John Molo has argued that the Supreme Court must issue an injunction against the law, at least until the proceedings have been concluded. Persecution under the anti-terrorist law is linked to the practice of red attacking dissenters as supporters of the banned New People's Army. Two people from the indigenous Ayatta community who were arrested under the anti-terror law asked to be included in the petitions today. Supreme Court Justice Marava Kionnan stated today that it might be too early for the court to intervene and to wait for the government to sponsor the Ayatta case. The second round of hearings has been scheduled for February 9th. 122 people have been arrested in the crackdown following the January 26th tractor parade by India's protesting farmers. The Delhi police has also registered 44 first information reports so far. Police forces have also issued notices to 54 farmer leaders and 200 tractor owners. The historic rally led by the Sanyo Kisan Mocha Farmers Coalition was marked by violence when a stray group of protesters deviated from the approved route. While the violence was condemned by the farmer's coalition, they had maintained that the two-month-long protests would continue. Police attempts to vacate the three main protest sites intensify the protests as farmers continue to join the sit-in. The government also shut down internet services at the protest sites from January 29th to 31st. Meanwhile, security forces have barricaded the borders leading into the national capital. Police and paramilitary forces have dug trenches, spreadways of wires and erected concrete barricades at the borders. Iron spikes have also been planted in the ground to prevent any movement near the barricades at front of the sites. A number of criminal cases have also been filed against journalists on charges of sedition and conspiracy over the reporting of the rally. A daily court today granted bail to a journalist who was arrested on charges of obstructing and assaulting police personnel. Yesterday, a number of shorter accounts associated with the protests were also withheld in India. The farmer's coalition has also reported that 100 farmers have been missing since January 26th. For a final story, we look at what the world looks like a year after COVID-19 was declared, a public health emergency of international concern, particularly in terms of vaccine distribution. The hoarding of vaccine stocks and the lack of access faced by poor countries is likely to delay global recovery, both in terms of health and the economy. Here are news clicks for people who are starting to talk more on this issue. If we look at this slide, which you have, this shows very clearly that countries have, some have 200, 300 percent the number of vaccines they need because they have taken a bet where the vaccines were being developed and some countries have compared to the population have maybe 5 percent, 10 percent, some none. This is the global scenario that is emerging and we have, it has given rise to what has been termed different ways, vaccine nationalism. I will go a step further and will say vaccine grabbing and in the free for all, those of financial muscle are cornering the market. In fact, having surplus vaccines, though they're not able to distribute it, they have those vaccines blocked, booked, but they're not able to distribute it at the moment because the delivery systems are still not functioning. That's a different story altogether, but it's clear that vaccines, vaccine distribution, vaccine access is completely inequitable and under this conditions, we're likely to see the continuation of the pandemic. So, we need to tackle this as a worldwide problem, not as a, in each individual country looking after themselves and that's where the word vaccine nationalism really emerged from, that vaccine nationalism doesn't solve the global public health problem. And secondly, what now the IMF to international chamber of commerce have started saying, that this is a global problem and if we do not solve it globally, then neither will the economies of the world recover, pandemic will continue, will the global economy will not recover. And interestingly, what they have also shown, because the global economy is interconnected today, the rich countries procure materials, including finished goods from various other countries, but also produce goods which they didn't sell back to other countries. So, this whole chain, there's a backward forward linkage. And if the countries which are suffering from the pandemic still continues to do so, then the economic supply chain as well as the selling, both these get affected, the economies of the advanced countries will not recover either. And that is all the time we have for this episode of the International Daily Roundup for more such stories and videos. Visit our website, peoplesuspa.org, subscribe for our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Thank you for watching.