The argument in europe about the distribution of coronavirus vaccines has intensified with the authorities in belgium investigating a Production Site owned by astrazeneca. Brussels wants to know why the Pharmaceutical Company wont be able to deliver all of the doses it promised. The eu has called for some of the vaccines made in the uk to be diverted and warned it could resort to legal action. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Once again, science has triumphed in the fight against coronavirus. The Us Firm Novavax has released results of its british trial showing the first proven efficacy against the new, more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trail throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid recorded were the result of the new variant. The results showed the vaccine was 95 effective against the original covid strain and over 85 effective against the new uk variant, giving an overall efficacy of 89 . The former head of the uk Vaccine Task Force said that in a separate trial in south africa, the vaccine had shown it protected against the variant of concern there. Its a fantastic result because it shows the novavax vaccine is effective against both the uk variant as well as the South African Variant and has shown phenomenal efficacy, and its made in teesside so not only have we trialled the vaccine to show its safe and effective but we are also making it too, so well be able to save lives in the uk. Meanwhile, the biggest Immunisation Drive in the history of the nhs just keeps growing. This Supermarket Pharmacy near birmingham started Offering Covid Jabs today to the over 75s, one of more than m00 vaccination sites in england alone. What a contrast in madrid, where supplies of vaccine have all but dried up. The spanish capital has cancelled all appointments for around two weeks. The eu were slow off the mark in ordering vaccine, and now wants some of the uks supply of astrazeneca doses. In may, the uk government was the first to sign a deal with astrazeneca for 100 million doses of its covid vaccine. It wasnt until august three months later that the European Union signed an agreement for up to 400 million doses. Last month, the uks mhra became the first regulator in the world to approve the Oxford Astrazeneca jab. Tomorrow, the European Medicines Agency is meeting and is expected to approve the vaccine, but for the moment, it remains unlicensed in the eu. The astrazeneca vaccine is grown in bioreactors. Ive seen how complex the process is at this site in oxford. By contrast, there have been poor yields at the main european site in belgium. The eu is threatening legal action to force astrazeneca to hand over some doses made here. We can and will get doses of the vaccine from the series of plants which are mentioned in the contract, and therefore, also including those in the united kingdom. And now another twist germanys Vaccine Committee has said the Astrazeneca Jab should, for now, only be given to people under 65 years old. It cited insufficient data over its efficacy in older people. The government here firmly rejects that. Our own authorities have made it very clear that they think the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is very good and efficacious. They think that it is effective across all age groups and provides a good immune response across all age groups. There is limited evidence on how well the Astrazeneca Vaccine Works in the over 65s, but leading scientists here say they are confident it will give strong protection. France, portugaland germany arejust some of the eu Member States struggling to get hold of enough vaccine supplies. Vaccinations are having to be postponed before the roll out has really begun. Germanys Health Minister says the countrys facing a shortage well into april and warned of at least 10 tough weeks ahead. Jenny hill reports on the difficulties germany is facing. A waiting room without any patients. A Vaccination Centre without any vaccine. Germany relied on the eu to place its orders, a decision which may have come at a cost. Translation we really feel it here. People keep asking us why we havent been vaccinated yet. At the end of the day, these are political decisions which i have to accept, but i am looking forward to the time when we have enough vaccine and can get on with it. No tourists now for city guide teresia. Immunity would bring life back to marburgs streets, restart the german economy. But just 2 of the population have had their first dose of the vaccine so far. Even so, she tells us, it was right for the eu to order vaccine together. If everyone in germany gets vaccinated but not people in the countries around it, then the plague comes back over the border. If we do it, we should do it together, even if we have to wait. Months of restrictions here appear to be paying off. Germanys Infection Rates are now falling, but theres real concern about the impact of new variants, like those discovered in britain or south africa. And while the German Government has pledged to offer every Citizen A Vaccination by the end of the summer, thats starting to look like a very hard promise to keep. So far, germanys relied on the Pfizer Biontech vaccine. The manufacturer has announced delays. Though a new Production Site here in marburg is expected to boost output. Supplies, too, are expected from moderna, and, if approved and on time, astrazeneca, though germany may only give it to the under 65s. We want to know what took so long. Which Member States were rather reluctant in ordering together and which Member States said, hey, lets go forward. I think it would have been a great sign from germany, as the economically strongest member state, to say, hey, if its a question of money, we willjust say 10 Billion Euros on the table to get things going. Marburgs Vaccination Centre, closed now, though they expect supplies to arrive next week. No ones quite sure what happens after that, and even the German Government warned today the next ten weeks will be tough. Jenny hill, bbc news, marburg. In the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced another vaccine, novo vax, has been successful in trials and will be produced in the uk. So its a good time to ask if were now looking at Vaccine Nationalism, wther countries are at Vaccine Nationalism, where countries are prioritising their own Vaccine Needs . Im joined by krishna oodaya koomar, the founding director of the Duke Global Health innovation center, which studies Global Health and policy. He gave me his thoughts on the astrazeneca row. I think what we are seeing now is a microcosm of what it looks like Around The World and in some cases, just to put this in perspective, we are talking about the eu in the uk about how many days or how many weeks it may be that we should keep in mind that most of the world we are talking about, months to years that theyre going to be waiting and so, while the eu in the uk have significant concerns rightly so about how quickly they can vaccinate, theres still taking doses and while we talk about the need for global equity, we are still seeing signs of more Vaccine Nationalism or regionalism here. Nationalism or regionalism here,. , nationalism or regionalism here. ,. ,. , here. So, we saw the situation in germany here. So, we saw the situation in germany with here. 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There is hope that we can use multilateral platforms in order to bring more substance to conversation that focuses more on Global Access equity, but we know that every government feels like they have a responsibility to do what is best for their own residence and so the tension that we are seeing now is going to continue to worsen over time, especially as we start to see more unexpected delays in terms of manufacturing and production of these really critical vaccines. So, just briefly if you would, if that tension is increasing, and organisations like the who that are behind this, do they still have a place here when it comes to distributing a global roll out of vaccine . I do comes to distributing a global rollout of vaccine . Rollout of vaccine . I do think there is a rollout of vaccine . I do think there is a very rollout of vaccine . I do think there is a very strong rollout of vaccine . I do think there is a very strong place, | there is a very strong place, but theyre not going to be the only Decision Makers on the table. If the did not have them for example, it would be the wild west with everybody for themselves. We would have a platform to build from and at the same time, the hope really is the short term that more and more vaccines are shown to have efficacy and safety and that we continue to ramp up manufacturing because we know that the supply is nowhere near with the demand in need are in the short and week by week, month by month, the hope is that we will see a bit of easing as the Supply IncreasesAround The World. Easing as the Supply IncreasesAround The World. Thank you for talkin Around The World. Thank you for talking us Around The World. Thank you for talking us through Around The World. Thank you for talking us through that. World Health Organisation experts investigating the origins of the pandemic are preparing to begin work in the chinese city of wuhan. This is the team leaving the hotel in the city where theyve spent the last two weeks in isolation. Up until now their investigation has been done online. Now their interviews will be face to face. China has said that the team must be allowed to work free from political interference, following calls from the us for a robust and clear probe into the origins of covid 19. Theyve warned that the investigation will be a lengthy and complicated. This weekend, britain will open its doors to potentially hundreds of thousands of People Living hong kong. A new visa system will give those with so called British National overseas status the chance to live and work in the uk and potentially become citizens. China has accused britain of interfering in hong kongs internal affairs. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. After months of protests from pro democracy campaigners, Beijing Last Year imposed tough new security laws. Britain said this deal was broken as they tried to protect the territories autonomy. Theyre offering a way out to those British Nationals who wanted to. ,. ,. , to. For us in particular. You made a to. For us in particular. You made a promise to. For us in particular. You made a promise to to. For us in particular. You made a promise to the to. For us in particular. You i made a promise to the people to. For us in particular. You made a promise to the people of hong kong when it comes to safeguarding and preserving liberties and freedoms. Particularly as they are being restricted by the Chinese Government and this is one of a kind, they spoke to provide freedoms, safety, security. Mas freedoms, safety, security. Was eli. Ible freedoms, safety, security. Was eligible for freedoms, safety, security. Was eligible for the freedoms, safety, security. Was eligible for the new freedoms, safety, security. Was eligible for the new visa . It is open to anyone registered with British National overseas status before 1997 when hong kong was handed over to china. It also includes children, partners and dependent relatives. That potentially includes up to 5. 2 million hong kong citizens. That is more than two thirds of the entire population. What does the visa duke was . It gives them the right to live, study and work for up to five years. They can then apply to settle permanently in the chance of citizenship for up to six years, they can use schools, the health service, but cannot claim welfare benefits. Crucially, people can apply discreetly via a smartphone app, discreetly via a smartphone app, Ratherthan Discreetly via a smartphone app, rather than going to a our office where they could be identified by the authorities. The digitalisation of this process will give people safeguards and protection and when they make these applications, clearly the environment is changing in hong kong and safeguarding the individuals freedoms, liberties and securities is absolutely vital. And those who go to this process. Vital. And those who go to this rocess. , process. There are hurdles. Applicants process. There are hurdles. Applicants have process. There are hurdles. Applicants have to process. There are hurdles. Applicants have to show process. There are hurdles. L applicants have to show they have enough cash to survive the six months and theres a £3000 health surge. Anywhere between 300,000 will come to britain over the next five years. China is furious and has already threatened retaliation. The british side threatened retaliation. The british side is threatened retaliation. The british side is violated its promises and has repeatedly hyped promises and has repeatedly hyped the issue of British International passports, interfered in Hong Kong Affairs and interfered in china and internal and interfered in china and internal affairs. And interfered in china and internalaffairs. It and interfered in china and internal affairs. It will drop at its internal affairs. It will drop at its own feet in the end. Offering at its own feet in the end. Offering the left to those in hong kong that it believes it is a moral duty to uphold. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come why youll need to get your skates on to keep up with the latest Lockdown Craze sweeping the globe. The Shuttle Challenger exploded soon after liftoff. There were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman schoolteacher. All of them are believed to have been killed. By the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, is in the hands of the demonstrators. They were using the word revolution. The earthquake singled out buildings and brought them down in seconds. Tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours pass. The new government is firmly in control of the entire republic of uganda. Survivors of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp have been commemorating the 40th Anniversary of their liberation. They toured the gas chambers and crematoria and relived their horrifying experiences. This is bbc news. The latest headlines a trial shows us Vaccine Novavax offers strong protection against the new variants of coronavirus. And now to gamestop, the struggling us computer Game Retailer that, through no fault of its own, has delivered one of the biggest shocks to the stock market in years. City regulators have said they are monitoring the actions of a group of private investors who used online chat forums to drive up the price of certain shares. The value of gamestop, has now fallen back but has grown hugely in recent days. Linette lopez from Business Insider has been helping me unpick the story. This is completely unheard of. But we are witnessing is a phenomenon that exists because of a couple of things. One is the pandemic, people are stuck at home and theyre not spending money the same way they used to and so money they would usually spend going out for dinners, they have put in the stock market. You have no free trading apps they give you instant trade. New free. And you have a kind of popular sentiment in the United States that whoever is leading this group of traders has created a narrative that by trading with these not financially some Companies Making their price go up, you are hurting the fat cats mostly which is not necessarily the case. A lot of the people trading, the ringleaders in these rated forums who are running this thing seem to be experienced trader themselves and they know exactly how to specifically trade the derivative of the stock to make the stock kind of korean around wall street and have all sorts of institutions around wall street by the stock in order to get out of the way of these traders coming in or buying in and the fundamentals of the business look good. The fundamentals of a business are bad, which is why short sellers are saying hey, the prices this, we are actually making a bet that the price will go down and the fundamentals of the business are bad. And the fundamentals of the business are bad. From Business Insiderjust business are bad. From Business Insiderjust explaining business are bad. From Business Insiderjust explaining What Insiderjust explaining what was going on with this game stop shares. A Russian Court has rejected an appeal from the countrys Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny against his arrest. He was detained for 30 days on the 17th Of January when he returned to moscow from berlin. Mr navalny calls his detention illegal he suffered a near fatal nerve agent attack in russia last august, and was recovering in germany. Our moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports. From insidejail via video link, the kremlins most ferocious critic demanded his freedom. Alexei navalny told the court his arrest was illegal, an attempt to scare him and his supporters. It wouldnt work, he added, we are the majority. The judge dismissed his appeal. More pressure. Police raiding mr navalny� s Anti Corruption organisation. It had posted this video of mr navalny accusing Vladimir Putin of building himself a £1 billion palace with illicit money. The kremlins denied it but the videos had nearly 100 million views in a week. Palaces and political battles. What are russians making of All Of This Outside Moscow . Tver is 100 miles away. Last weekend, there were protests here and across russia in support of mr navalny. And against president putin. Police broke them up. Among those detained was pavel. It was the first time hed taken part in a protest. A lot of people, pavel says, have watched that video about the palace and believe it. We did nothing wrong. We were protesting peacefully. Protest sentiment was already on the rise here. An economic slowdown made worse by the pandemic has hit russians hard, and shaken peoples faith in their president. Putins not the leader he was, says yevgenya. Prices in the shops keep rising, he must have something to do with this. The president s losing popularity, says yulyana. This wont end well for him. You can put a political opponent behind bars. One thing you cant do, though, is lock away, put out of sight the public mood. And the kremlins problem is that with the economy here in difficulty, russians feel that life is getting tougher. And that means growing dissatisfaction with the authorities. But the kremlin has this warning illegal protest brings chaos. The last thing russia needs, it says, is another russian revolution. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, tver. Us President Joe Biden has again signed a flurry of Executive Orders this time focused on health care. In a brief Signing Ceremony in the oval office, he said his aim was to undo the damage trump has done. Mr bidens first step was to reopen the Nations OnlineHealth Insurance marketplace healthcare. Gov. It was originally created under the health law known as obamacare, and it offers protection to americans who cant get coverage through their employers. Mr biden also moved to protect Reproductive Rights and expand access to abortion, and he overturned his predecessors restrictions on the use of Taxpayer Money for clinics that refer patients to terminate pregnancies, both in the us and abroad. Mr biden said he was trying to restore what had been taken away. Im not initiating any new law, any aspect of the law. This is going back to what the situation was prior to the president s Executive Orders. The first one im going to be signing here is to strengthen medicaid in the Affordable Care act. And of all times that we need to reinstate access to, affordability of and extent of access to medicaid is now, in the middle of this covid crisis. People have been turning to hobbies old and new to pass the time in lockdown. One that has really caught on is Roller Skating. Its become so popular in the past year that theres now a worldwide shortage of skates, as Daniela Relph reports. Music plays from total beginners, to making a career out of it. The challenge, the joy and the frustration, as plotted on social media by newly qualified doctor and new skater kelsey loveday. This is a hobby that gets me out moving my body, getting all those feel good endorphins of active exercise, so i can almost switch off my medical brain, skate around and just let the, sort of, trauma of the pandemic and what i deal with at work just glide away. Roller skating google searches doubled in recent months, thanks in part to viral skaters like umijanta from berlin. Lastjune, she posted this. Almost Three Million views later, shes given up herjob and made freestyle Roller Skating her career. Everything has no importance any more when it comes to skating. So you dont think about work, you dont think about money or whatever, you just skate. So this moment has such power, that moment, its you and skating, its amazing. But its notjust a millennial craze. For mel blackwood, a Small Business at home in leeds with skate lessons from the kitchen is now a full time job with a shop and staff. This time last year, we had a great week if we sold two or three pairs of skates, now we are are selling ten pairs a day. Were finding our customers are often in their mid to late 30s, 40s and beyond, and they are coming in saying, i used to do this as a child. But ive decided lifes too short, and i want to have another go. Huge demand for some brands of skates now means long waiting lists. Hello there. It can be a fine line between rain and snow here in the uk, and the battle lines are certainly drawn over the next few days. Cold air to the east of us, mild air to the south and west. On that dividing line, which this weekend pushes its way southwards, this is where we could see that rain snow mix, particularly on saturday. This swirl of winds a developing Weather System, developing area of low pressure, which pushes into that cold air. And on the Weather Fronts that reach the cold air, we could see some significant snow, parts of wales and parts of Southern England especially. The exact details on that, though, will change. Well keep you updated. Today, though, is a fairly quiet one. There will be plenty of cloud around and some showers. A cold start, too, across parts of scotland. Here, were seeing snow throughout the night, temperatures low enough for some ice and made to feel colder by strong winds. Stronger but milder winds across the south as well. Here, well see some early showers across wales, southwest england, pushing across the southern half of england and wales. The odd rumble of thunder possible, Brightening Up later. Some mist and fog around the midlands, Northern England to begin with, Brightening Up but then clouding over as rain and eventually a little bit of hill sleet pushes in. Brightening up, too, to parts of the northern half of scotland, compared with what weve seen. Patchy rain and sleet into southern areas as we finish the day and that north south contrast, as far as temperatures. The colder air on the move further southwards, then, as we go through friday night into saturday, and as this Weather Front approaches off the atlantic, initially, rain, and quite a bit of rain could cause some minorflooding towards the south west and across some southern counties. Temperatures here holding up, but a greater chance of some frost 7 to start the weekend in northern scotland. But as that rain pushes into the cold air, the potential for not only some heavy snow, but with strong winds, Blizzards Over The Welsh hills. At the moment, it looks like wales, into parts of the midlands, maybe southeast england could see some snow. How much, of course, that will depend on where that Weather Front will lie. Well keep you updated, and certainly worth watching the forecast. The further north you are, it does look like it should be a dry, bright, cold start to the weekend, but that frost will return with a vengeance as we go through saturday night into sunday. And as one Weather System clears, another one will be approaching, so whilst it will be a frosty, bright and, in places, icy start to sunday, this next Weather System, bringing rain initially to southwestern areas, could turn to snow as it pushes across england, wales and Northern Ireland later in the day. Keep checking your forecast here, though, on bbc news. Bye for now. Youre watching bbc news. At the top of the hour will be ben bland. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Russian Opposition Leader russian Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny is the most Alexei Navalny is the most resilient opponent resilient opponent assassination by novichok, Vladimir Putin has ever faced. Vladimir putin has ever faced. Navalny survived attempted navalny survived attempted assassination by novichok, returned to russia and is now orchestrating anti putin protests from his prison cell. My guest is navalny� s chief of staff, leonid volkov. The Opposition Movement has supporters willing to take to the streets in hundreds of russian towns and cities, but do they have a strategy capable of forcing putin from power