takes place. thank you very much forjoining me. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let s start with the astrazeneca vaccine. the european medicines agency has been examining its safety after more than a dozen eu members suspended it this week over health concerns. and today, we heard its verdict. the committee has come to a clear scientific conclusion. this is a safe and effective vaccine. its benefits in protecting people from covid i9 with the associated risks of death and hospitalisation outweigh the possible risks. the committee also concluded that the vaccine is not associated with an increase in the overall risk of thromboembolic events or blood clots. that press conference took place in amsterdam, and our correspondent jean mackenzie was there. what they ve been saying all along stands, that they think this is a vaccine in which the benefits massively outweigh the risks. it was striking, they pointed out there how many people have died in th
Trade, britains only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi Million Pound renovation. Good morning. Its tuesday 1st august. Im julian worricker. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. Its owner centrica says Electricity Prices will increase by 12. 5 from 15th september. 3. 1 million customers will be affected. But the companys gas prices will be held at their current level. The average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7. 3 . Ian conn is the Chief Executive of british gass Parent Company, centrica. He explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. First of all, the last time we moved our Electricity Prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. From that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that is not what is d
Drowning of migrants off the coast of yemen. 19 people have died and more are missing. This is the second incident in as many days. On wednesday, 50 people died after being pushed off a boat by smugglers fearing arrest. This information is coming from the uns Migration Agency and this was told us. This is the same modus operandi. 150 people this time. Theyre worth your people this time. Theyre worth your people 22 or 23, who were the same age, same profile. But they were trying to dropped in the sea close to the shore. It is may be linked to the fact that maybe they have lost control at the borders and the smugglers are panicking but the reaction was worse. Because instead of preventing them entering theyre basically continued their business by killing people. We think the victims were trying to get to yemen despite the ongoing conflict there, its still seen as a gateway to other gulf states or europe. And other migrant routes remainjust as active. Let me show you this footage. Its fro
Drowning of migrants off the coast of yemen. 19 people have died and more are missing. This is the second incident in as many days. On wednesday, 50 people died after being pushed off a boat by smugglers fearing arrest. This information is coming from the uns Migration Agency and this was told us. This is the same modus operandi. 150 people this time. Theyre worth your people this time. Theyre worth your people 22 or 23, who were the same age, same profile. But they were trying to dropped in the sea close to the shore. It is may be linked to the fact that maybe they have lost control at the borders and the smugglers are panicking but the reaction was worse. Because instead of preventing them entering theyre basically continued their business by killing people. We think the victims were trying to get to yemen despite the ongoing conflict there, its still seen as a gateway to other gulf states or europe. And other migrant routes remainjust as active. Let me show you this footage. Its fro
Her father. Hes been a tremendous champion of supporting families, and enabling them to thrive. Lets hear from the founder of wikipedia, he has a brand new project which has the purpose of taking on fake news. Here isjimmy wales talking to me earlier about the initiative before we get into some questions. Everybody has been talking about the problem of fake news, also we see low quality clip bait site which are polluting the internet so thats a fairly clear problem and i think part of the solution is to really look at the Business Model ofjournalism solution is to really look at the Business Model of journalism and solution is to really look at the Business Model ofjournalism and the Production Model so what i want to do is bring together good serious thoughtful Community Members like the wikipedia community, with professional journalists who work side by side to create something new, something different, in terms of quality journalism new, something different, in terms of qualityjourn