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
thank you very much. we start with the shipping crisis in the red sea. yemen s houthi militant group has claimed responsibility for yet another attack on a container vessel, this one belonging to the french shipping line cma cgm. it happened late on tuesday despite the presence of the us navy in the area and it s the latest in a series of attacks which are prompting major shipping lines to take alternative, longer routes. the international chamber of shipping says that one in five commercial vessels are now ships are now avoiding the red sea, which accounts for 12% of global trade. it s led to a near doubling in the cost of container shipping. the attackers say they ll continue to target vessels until palestinians in gaza are allowed sufficient food and medicine. ami daniel is the chief executive of the martime intelligence and analytics firm windward, among other things, they help companies reduce risks at sea. thank you for being with us today. one in five ships choosing
the ongoing disputes. and the darts a 16 year old is the world championship final right now. can he go all the way? we should know in the hours ahead. welcome to the programme. we start with the events and ironic that took place this afternoon uk time. 100 people killed, two explosions, 100 people killed, two 2 bags of explosives detonated by remote control. this picture shortly afterwards. all this during ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasam soleimani. he was a top commander in the revolutionary guards a branch of the iranian armed forces. soleimani was killed in 2020 in us air strike in iraq. let s ta ke let s take a look at where they were in the southeast of iran, next to the grave. qasem soleimani. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. the first bomb was fired by a second more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since he was killed himself. in an american drone attacks all on a visit to iraq. the general was a huge field gear
this is bbc news, the headlines: more than 100 people in iran die in two explosions near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. the united nations peacekeeping mission in lebanon says it is deeply concerned about rising tensions following the killing of a senior hamas figure. aftershocks and heavy rain complicate rescue efforts injapan. at least 64 people now confirmed dead. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s tanya arnold. the sport of darts has never seen anything like it 16 year old luke littler, on his debut, is preparing for the world championsip final. he ll take on another luke, luke humphries, who himself became world number one after his victory in the semi finals. well, matt graveling is at alexandra palace for us, we ll talk about luke humphries in a moment, matt, but luke littler, in the space of three weeks, has taken the sport by storm. relative unknown to a fan fan favourite, that is for sure. the tension feels like i