Almost several controversial remarks. A0 years after the decommissioning almost a0 years after the decommissioning of the uks coal mines there is controversy over plans to open a new one. And we visit the British Street Where having a baby is becoming something of a lockdown trend. We begin in the us, where President Biden has pledged to rebuild americas alliances and re engage with the world, in his first major Foreign Policy speech. Its a markedly different tone to the America First approach of the trump administration. Mr biden said solutions to problems such as Armed Conflicts and Climate Change could be solved only by working with other nations. We are stepping up our effort is to end the war in yemen. I have asked my middle east team to ensure our support for the United Nations Led Initiative to impose a ceasefire, open humanitarian challenges channels and restore long dormant piece talks. Early earlier i spoke dormant piece talks. Early earlier i spoke to dormant piece talks. Ea
Now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death toll from covid 19 in the world. This film follows staff at the Royal Hospital in london as they try to cope with a second way. And a warning, this programme contains content which some of may find it distressing. Shes young. Shes someone s relative. This is something precious that were holding and were trying to do. My wife lost her fight for life. Nobody wants to go through this. I wouldnt wish this on anybody. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the United Kingdom hard. I think the public want to do the right thing, but i dont feel they understand fully the scale of the problem. This is the story of one of the hospitals in the eye of the storm. So were now going to run into a problem because we havent got any beds. Weve got patients on 12 floors in total. Weve returned to the royal london, to witness for ten days the full force of the second wave of covid 19. Staff are tired, and then we have to ask them to do more and more and more
Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. Is good news breaks out at westminster. Our nation, madam Deputy Speaker is getting safer every day as more and more people get protected by the biggest immunised pro Immunisation Programme in the history of our health service. Health service. Boris johnson is want he health service. Boris johnson is want he picked health service. Boris johnson is want he picked the health service. Boris johnson is want he picked the wrong l is want he picked the wrong sort of brexit. Sort of brexit. The protocol has betrayed sort of brexit. The protocol has betrayed us sort of brexit. The protocol has betrayed us and sort of brexit. The protocol has betrayed us and made| sort of brexit. The protocol l has betrayed us and made us feel like foreigners in our own country. Tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard. And a long life well lived. Not cut the mustard. And a long life well lived. Commons life well lived.
Were having a baby is becoming something of a lockdown trend. We begin in the us, where President Biden has pledged to rebuild americas alliances and re engage with the world, in his first major Foreign Policy speech. Its a markedly different tone to the America First approach of the Trump Administration. Mr biden said solutions to problems such as Armed Conflicts and Climate Change could be solved only by working with other nations. We are stepping up our efforts to end the war in yemen. A wall which has created humanitarian and strategic catastrophe. War. I have asked my middle east team to ensure our support for the United Nations Led Initiative to impose a ceasefire, open humanitarian channels and restore long dormant piece talks. Earlier on oh spoke to gerald thurston, Senior Vice President of the middle east institute. Spoke to. They asked him how much involvement the us has had in yemen up until now. In yemen up until now. Since the beginning in yemen up until now. Since the beg
Now on bbc news its time to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 2020. And he sa