After our Special Report on the torture and rape of uighur women in chinese camps, the us and British Governments promise serious consequences for beijing. A Hotel Quarantine scheme for uk residents returning from Coronavirus Hotspots is expected to come into force on the 15th of february. Hello and welcome whether youre watching in the uk or Around The World. We start in washington where President Joe Biden has made his first majorforeign President Joe Biden has made his first major Foreign Policy speech as president. Diplomacy is back he said. And america is back ready to work with others to solve global challenges once again. It was a huge shift in tone, and in direction from the last four years. The president said he was prepared to talk to americas adversaries and pointed to an early example the extension of a treaty with russia to limit Nuclear Weapons stocks. But he also had a warning for moscow. At the same time, i made it clear to President Putin in a manner very different fro
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 said that there was a window of opportun
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
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the author and journalist mihir bose, and former pensions minister, baroness altmann. Lets start with a look at some of those front pages for tomorrow. The metro leads with the vaccination programme. It says there are hopes that all over 50s could have covid jabs by the end of march. According to the daily mail, ministers are hoping to ease restrictions in may. But the guardian carries an interview withjeremy hunt, the former Health Secretary, who advises against lifting lockdown until coronavirus cases fall to 1,000 a day. When lockdown does ease, Outdoor Sport and Socialising Are Set to be among the first activities to return thats according to the times. The telegraph focus on the Hotel Quarantine plans, for people arriving from Coronavirus Hotspots it says ministers are racing to reserve more than 28,000 hotel rooms, in preparation for that Scheme Starting in mid february. The mirror l