The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. There has been a huge fire onnd the isf was most the island of lesbos. The greek government says the fire was started by some residents who had been quarantined. We have to take these people into a quarantine area, that croted disorder, which led the fires in multiple fires. Ros Boris Johnsons government has published details on how it wants to overde parts of the brexit withdrawal deal. Negotiations can on proceed on the basis of mutual trust. Ros followthroughs and other opposition figures had by n taken awaysked man. Every one of the Opposition Leader to pose for this photo had been detained or deported. We will talk about one of the st highprofile covid19 vaccine trials. Ros thanks for joining me, welce to the program. 13,000 people are homeless on lesbos. They have been living in the largest migrant camp in greece but then this happened, a fire destroyed the camp. No one lost their lives. Around 400 unaccompanied childr are being flowno the mainland and germany is urging eu members to take in migrants, we will see if they choose to. We had this tweet from the president of the european commission. She says, we stand ready to support member states. Our priority is those left without shelter. Lets hear about those people. Amanda leads an organization which prodes legal aid to refugees. Thereop are thousands of that are on the streets without esany as to medical aid, water, food. They spent their night they lost all of their belonging ththere are ousands on the streets and outside the camps, there are Police Checkpoints where people are not allowed to leave specific areas and they there are people who haveid. Suffered Sexual Violence and this experience is traumatizing. Ros lets hear from the greek authorities. Tthe bbc has spok the greek minister of asylum. Vnerable families are taking are taken to a vesl in the nex few hours and we will only have around 2000 people left without shelters. We are providing emergency accommodation. Has been a disaster at this camp, it is overcrowded, fourty times its capa the pressure intensified wetn officialsted the first coronavirus cases. 34 cases were detected and the camp was put under lockdown. Eight agencies have raised concern that good hygne was possible because of the numbers inhe camp given its conditions. Here is the greek minister of migration and asylum again. It appears it started from Asylum Seekers that did not likehe quarantine. We found4 positive cases out of 2000 tests. We had to take these people into a quarantine area. That created disorder, which le. To the fir the fire brigade and police will be investigating, there will be zero tolerance for such acts. Thousands of people hav arrived and island in recent camp and could not leave until there are application was processed, which is a slow process. Reported from the camp before. As here she i who has been living there and what conditions were like. The majority are from afghanistan but the rest is made up of people from 70 countries and a lot of syrians. This i an arrival point for people who come by boat from turkey and we have seen an uptick towards the beginning of ere is a tense situation on the island and has been for the past few months even before covidve where some groups td there and expressed animosity towa migrants. A tense situation already. This is not goingo help that. Ros there are tnkgedies being ed to broader failures. Here is the International President tweetg, what remains of this camp is a testimony to th o failu the European Union and Greek Migration policies. They are to blame for the filer for the fire. Here is a greek journalist writinfor the new york times, saying, the time bomb exploder devastation ,000 people warehoused in appalling conditions and devastation for the locals who have struggled ag the last greernment agreed to the inhumane warehousing of people on the island. You can reid, you can read, lesbos creates a fearful spectacle which is used toon justify the nohat we, europe, that there is no o er the European Union and greece do nt see what has happened those terms. Here is the greek minister of asylum again on the broader issue of migration into the eu. We cannot haveac cy, kreis has been asked to carry a burden which was t high. We have been the largest entry point to the eu in the last five years, that is difficu, especially for the five islands. The majority of 2019 arrivals. Ros the United Nations refugee Agencies Agency has warned that this camp was a boiling point and urged the government toove asylumseeke away from lesbos. We esmate that about 500 asylumseekers and refugees have lost their surf last night and might be worse as a second fire t has started agas evening. What we are doing is to work with the government to find suitable solutns in order totahd protect the most vulnerable, being transferred to mainland. It is an overcrowded site. We have urged the government to reduce the population. We are concerned about the living conditions, eecially in the context of covid, where overcrowding does not allow asylumseekers to precautionary measures such as distancing. , physical ros we are going to talk about brexit. The eupean union wants an emergency meeting because the u. K. Published new legislationto that will seeverride parts of the withdrawal deal that the u. K. Signed in that will break international law. Here is the european commissions Vice President. I expssed our strong concerns and assurans that the u. K. Will comply with the Withdrawal Agreement, including the protocol on Northern Ireland. In this context, i will call for a joint committ on the Withdrawal Agreement to be held as soon as possible so that our u. K. Partners respond to our concerns on the bill. S the focus is Northern Ireland, a protocol that comes with the agreement that the u. K. Signed. Northern ireland is part of the u. K. And theepublic of ireland is in the European Union and heere have been no border checks on island of ireland since the peace deal in the 1990s that ended violence betwee unionists who wanted Northern Ireland to remain and the u. K. Northern ireland to join the republic. Avoiding border is key to maintaining the peace. To prevent custom checks on the borders, the u. K. Agreed that Northern Ireland would follow some eu and remain aligned t the eus Single Market and that there should be some checks on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This u. K. Legislation gives the u. K. The option to unilaterally change which goods are checked, which is at the heart of how the whole thing works. Here is chris morr. In order to achieve that, there had to be some additional bureaucracy between Northern Ireland and the u. K. One of the things it said was goods moving from northern irand to Great Britain would have to fill in a form and export declaration form. One of the things the bill says is that no longer has to apply, ministers would have the right in the event of there being no that measure. Ecide to change ros islands Prime Minister is calling the actions disturbing. Eg thee to which it tracks back into the nter stages, it has the potential to be divisive in that context. We must work to make sure that does not transpire. Concerned about wha this would mean about future talks ound trade. Meaningful negotiations can only proceed on the basis of mutual tru. Unilateral actions, whi seek to change the operation of measures already agreed, alincluded in an internati treaty and incorporated into domestic law do not build trust. Ros Boris Johnson speed assessor condemned this plan. Russ johnsons predecessor condemned this plan. This statement, a signature on any treaty or agreement has been sacrosanct. Ife use lose our reputation, we have lost something beyond price that may never be regained. Enthe current governmt argues this agreement is different. A spokesperson forst the prime mi has said the Withdrawal Agreement and north island protocol are not like any oth he went on to say, it was always witten on the basre we would sit down with the eu and work through the ambes with them. It is worth remembering, he wr pushing that speedy timetable. Here is jim pickard tweeting earlier, the government allowed three days of scrutiny for the withdrawal agreemeri bill with johnson the public does not want more delays, neither european leaders, and neither do i. I have been speaking to bbcs brussels correspondent. At the time the deal was sied, a few were saying, there are still some holes that need to be sorted out in the ireland protocol and it will be worth keeping an eye on the joint committee, the committee made up of officials from whe u. K. And emeet every so often, because they have some details to fill iis and tha what this is about. Them reaction f old contacts in brussels has been universal horror. It depends what end of the scale that has been reflected publicly as well. You have charles michelle, who tend not to get involved in the daytoday bret process, tweeting, pretty strongly. The phses they are using, agreements must beept, deals must be stuck here. What they are underweight about is this is about ireland, the peace process, and avoiding a hard border. Everyone put so much effort, emotion, thought, going back and forwards into the brexit deal so the idea that it is being tinkered with after the deal was do is worrying to them. There is the principal that something within the withdrawal agreemt called article four says this deal will have direct effect in the u. K. , whatever british law says. The government in the u. K. Is proposing a law which overwrites that inn brussels the ask, if they can override that, what future . Ghthey overwrite in the ros the government is also facing criticism over this issue in parliament. If ministers think it is acceptable for this government to not obey the law, how can the primminister expect the public at home to do so . Country to obey the law. N this ros Boris Johnson also used the question time to talk up his bill. Here is some more. This internal market bill is about protecting jobs,h, protecting gro ensuring the safety of our u. K. Internal market and prosperity throughout the unit kingdom. Ro the leader of the opposition did not use any of his questions to raise brexit. All were foced o the government handling of the pandemic. The reason keir starmer did not want to go there is he did not want to give Boris Johnson ge opportunity of present him as either proeu or antibrags it and i think he wants to avoid gisting into that e. You mentioned the eu and how this plays with them. Marriage chef goodrich is one of the Vice President s of the joint committee wh workings that on the details of the brexit deal, might be coming to the u. K. In the next couple days. Wonder if he is being presented a nightmare vision of the future and the bits of the ireland protocol that needs to be worked out, that it will be worked out in a way that is in a british view than an eu view. All of this is tactical. Ros if you dont subscribe to newscast, i recommend putting that right, you can find it wherever you get your podcasts. We are going to talk about the search for aoronavirus vaccine because one trial is being put on pause aer an adverse reaction. We w explain why tt reaction may have nothing to do with the trial vaccine. Ros lets hear more from Boris Johnson, he has been setting out the reasons r the no new coronavirus restrictions. Social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal. Ouust not meet socially in groups of more than six and if you do, you will be breaking the law. This willpply in any setting, indoors or outdoors, at home or in the pub. The band will set outse wille out in law and enforced by the police and anyone eaking the rules risks being dispersed, find, and possibly arrested. This single measure replaces both the existing than on gatherings of more tha 30 in the current guidance on allowing two households tmeet indoors. Now you only need to remembere le of six. Ros thanks for joining me here. Our the story is the largest migrant camp in greece has been deroyed by fire, leaving thousands without shelter. The crisis in belarus continues to escalate. Another Opposition Leader has been detained. He is a key figure in what the naopposition calls it cooron council. He missed an interview this morning and he said someone arrived. He later messaged the wd masks, that is believed to be a e reference to ce masks warned worn by security. E was detained by masked man on monday and for than attempt to deporter to ukraine by ripping up her passport. She isde now intion under suspicion of treason. Authorities are targeting theop sition because there had been weeks of antigovernment protests connected to last month section. The president was declared the winner, but many disputed that result and as a response, these opposition figures fornad their cooron council. Everyone pictured here has been arrested or fled the country. The bbc has been covering this story. Thest real qns would be, is he going to be held inside belarus and put on trial for something or is he going to be given the choice which many heposition leaders are given, which is you sta in jail or we take you to ther bor with ukraine, poland, lithuania, and you can chose you can choose to go into exile. I would expect in the next 24 hour we would hear more about where he is, possibly he might pop up in another country. Ros there is one member who remainfree, an author and journalist. She now appears to be facing thats. Here is a tweet from the belarusian journalist. She says, no rules or limits, the Nobel Laureate aed journalists to come to her apartment because she got calls from unknown nbers and someone ies to get to her apartment. While diplomats have joined her at a flat, he or she is speaking to journalists at the doorway. She has had plenty to say. She said they have stolen our country, now they are trying to abduct the best of ut hundred to replace those who had been taken away. It was not the Coordination Council that rebelled, it was the country that rebelled. That i reflecting a broader point that although the oppositi leaders are being rounded up, that is unlikely to have an impact on the demonstrations because they are decentralid, organized by esoupsstrikers, of workers, not to lead by opposition figures. I would not imagine that the crowds will drio the demonstr. Ros all the latest reporting on the biggest stories around the world. Letgo back to covid19 because a lot of hope is pinned on efforts to fiac ane. We heard newsec that a sud serious adverse reaction in one of the volunteers whon had b injected with one potential vaccine from astrazeneca was a setback. I would rather this went smoothly. However, we are clear that safety comesvairst with the ine. There has been a pause while they investiga and incidents. This has happened before and the pause has been lted. It just shows how muchf anph is we put on the safety of the vaccine, even though we are desperate to see it work. Ros are told to volunteer was a british woman who had to go to hospital after developing an inflammation in h spine. The website that reported the story is now reporting that the woman in question had serious neurologicalhe symptoms but could be discharged from hospital today. It is possible this voluntr got sick for no reason conneed to the vaccine. 18,000 people have bn injected and in any group that large, sometimes people will fall ill for a variety of reasons. One doctor involved inia this has been tweeting about how they monitor people saying, what if something seri happens . If a patient is hospitalized for any reaso, we review all the details of the admission. Tusome is unrelated. For other stuff, we speak to that medical specialist and discuss any possibility it could be related to the vaccine. The majority of the time, it is unlikely. Earlier, i spoke to a doctor from boston university. I think, ideally, we would like to see no adverse events in the vaccine trials but the fact that this has been reported so quickl and tha they are taking action in terms of halting the trial and investigating, those are good news because it t shows they aing safety seriously. A lot of people have been given this vaccine and we expect that things will happen to people not be due to the vaccine. May it can be challenging to figure it out, but that is an important thing to do and that is why we dont rushne vac, why we have phase three trials. Ros just to help understand, what it be standard forva a largescaline trial to be paused at some point . Yea and this is the second time the astrazeneca trial has been paused. It is not surprising to see aat trial s paused for an adverse event as the earlier commenter said, even if someone falls down the stairs, that needs to be negated to make sure it is not related to the vaccine to make sure it is not related to the vaccine. Ros i want to show you the latest videos of the wildfires in california. There5 arejor fires and making them worse. Heatwave are 2 million acres of land has been burned. That is a record. The largest fire began in the sierra mountains on friday, trapping groups of hikers and campers. A cbs correspondent is there. Firefighters are working around the clock to cothe fire. We are near the creek fire that has burned more than 100,000 acres. There were draestic res we saw 100 people being reued yestteday, reuniwith their ,oved ones after being trapped surrounded by the fire for three days. What wdo know is that firefighters are preparing for a event today. Wind event today. Thoulends of pe are having to leave their homes. We were driving ahrough evacuation zone to get to the location where we are now. We are at the calfire command post. Firefighters are getting their assignments before they go and try to tackle that fire. What we saw were a lot of dark streets, police barricades, not letting people go past the barrice. We were talking to people who were waiting toee what will happen. Many were fearful that they will not have a home to return t firefighters are battling three of the top four largest fires in state history. Resources are stretched thin as they try to get all of them contained. Ros that is it for this edition of outside source. All watching us, thank youchery or joining us. We will be back tomorrow with moreai d on the biggest stories from around the world. Byebye. Narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. Raymond james. The freeman foundation. 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