Hello, and welcome if youre watching on pbs in the us or Around The World, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The European Union is introducing Export Controls on Coronavirus Vaccines produced in europe. The move will force Pharmaceutical Companies to get permission before supplying doses outside the bloc. It comes amid a Supply Dispute between the eu and two major vaccine suppliers, astrazeneca and pfizer. The European Commission says Export Controls are necessary to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. Nick beake reports from brussels. Throughout the week, this post brexit battle between the eu and a british based Vaccine Maker has been intensifying. European countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. It all hangs on the contract the two sides signed thats now been released, although with parts blanked out. Astrazeneca says it agreed to do i
Hello, and welcome if youre watching on pbs in the us or Around The World, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The European Union is introducing Export Controls on Coronavirus Vaccines produced in europe. The move will force Pharmaceutical Companies to get permission before supplying doses outside the bloc. It comes amid a Supply Dispute between the eu and two major Vaccine Suppliers, astrazeneca and pfizer. The European Commission says Export Controls are necessary to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. Nick beake reports from brussels. Throughout the week, this post brexit battle between the eu and a british based Vaccine Maker has been intensifying. European countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. It all hangs on the contract the two sides signed thats now been released, although with parts blanked out. Astrazeneca says it agreed to do i
after europe s medicines regulator says the jab is safe and effective. meanwhile, the us has announced it will release four million doses of the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine to its neighbours, canada and mexico. we start with those first top level meetings between the us and china. it s a chance to re set relations between the world s two biggest economies under a biden presidency. but there s no indication so far that things are improving. america s top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite number against the snowy backdrop of alaska. and in their opening remarks, not too many warm words. (sots today we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, both domestic and global, priorities, both domestic and global, so that china can better global, so that china can better understand our administration s intentions and approach administration s intentions and approach. we will also discuss our deep approach. we will also discuss our deep concerns with ac
the week in parliament. hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, a week when mps hoped the killing of sarah everard would be a watershed moment to help prevent violence against women. too many of us have clutched our keys in our fist in case we need to defend ourselves. and that is not ok. but ministers face complaints about police tactics and a lack ofjustice. i have parliamentary privilege. i can name the men who have hurt me. but millions of women in this country don t even have that. a victim of stalking shares her experience. he dropped the letters through my letterbox, just so i knew that he knew where i lived. and elsewhere in westminster, a controversial figure returns to haunt the government. in spring 2020, the situation got to where the department of health was just a smoking ruin in terms of procurement to ppe. but first, sarah everard s killing prompted widespread public anger and calls for action to do more to protect women and girls. hundreds gathere
for an academy award? hello and welcome. the biggest member states of the european union have now joined the list of nations questioning the performance of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. germany, france, spain and italy are all taking the precautionary measure of suspending use of the vaccine because of fears about possible side effects, including blood clots. the world health organisation, along with the eu s very own medicines regulator, says there is no justification for the temporary ban. our medical editor fergus walsh has the latest. a public display of confidence in the oxford astrazeneca vaccine from northern ireland s chief medical officer today. by contrast, you cannot have the jab in the irish republic, in france, germany and is a growing list of eu countries which have temporarily suspended its use. this is a safe, effective vaccine as recommended by mhra. let s remember, this virus kills people, kills people my age, younger people and older people and the benefi