A celebration of african journalism. Kenyan Television Presenter victoria rubadiri wins the award named in honour of our late colleague komla dumor. Hello and a warm welcome to bbc world news. The two candidates for the us presidency have exchanged heated accusations on law and order. President trump said his democratic rivaljoe biden had been weak in the face of recent street protests. Earlier mr biden said the us president had been fanning the flames of hate and division in america. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. Nine weeks to polling day and americans are facing a start choice, with violence and civil u nrest choice, with violence and civil unrest on the streets of several cities, including outside the white house, law and order is emerging as the issue that could decide this italy fort election. Portland has been the epicentre of black lives matter process ever since the Police Killing of george floyd. Italy fought elections. The weekend, supporters of Preside
Everyone seems to be buzzing about the news there is now a second coronavirus vaccine, which is said to be 9a. 5 effective against covid 19, this one is being developed by Drugs Company moderna. Both the Pfizer Vaccine and this one work in a similar way, but the companies themselves operate very differently. Loss making moderna has received nearly a billion dollars in Research Funding from the Us Government, whereas pfizer has self funded research and developed the vaccine on a purely commercial basis, standing to earn 13 billion in sales next year alone. So does the way the research is funded affect who benefits and how do governments decide which vaccines to back . Lord David Triesman is chairman of biofarma innovations. Thank of biofarma innovations. You for being on the programme. Thank you for being on the programme. So, like all of us, iam sure programme. So, like all of us, i am sure you have had a look at the latest news, what moderna pot is offering, what pfizer is up to. Give
The tantalising prospect of a return to normality life after covid. The uk medical regulator has become the first in any country to approve a covid vaccine, clearing the Pfizer Biontech jab for immediate use. But now comes what Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called the immense logistical challenge in getting people vaccinated and notjust here but around the world. Well be finding outjust how big a task that is in a moment, but first lets hear from the uk boss of pfizer, who spoke to our medical editor, fergus walsh. Its an incredible moment for society and i really think this is now a turning point in the fight against this pandemic, both here in the uk and across the globe. I couldnt be prouder right now. And in terms of doses, give us an idea of how many doses you can get to the uk, where they are coming from, and how soon we will get them. We are working to supply 800,000 doses this week to the nhs and we are scaling up from there. Our intention is across there. Our intention is a
President biden has taken up residence in the white house, with what some have described as a Herculean Task ahead of him. Top of the agenda will be providing a fiscal boost to the economy a prospect that sent us markets to new highs on thursday. In his inaugural address, he outlined the Biggest Challenges facing his presidency a devastating pandemic, massivejob losses, a threatened environment, calls for racial justice, and a resurgence in political extremism. But he got straight to work, signing no less than 17 executive actions, as Michelle Fleury explains. Joe as Michelle Fleury explains. Biden enters the whit house joe biden enters the white house facing several crises. On the economic front the pandemic has deepened existing economic problems. The poor have become poorer and for the unemployed, joining the workforce will be a problem that lingers long after the Health Crisis has passed. Congratulations, mr president. The urgency of the moment was not lost onjoe biden as he was sw
Sate to have residents voluntarily reduce water use by 20 . The 45 billiondollar agriculture industry produces half of all u. S. Grown, fruits, nuts and vegetables. It is the nations leading dairy and wine producer. This will hit you in your fridge no matter where you live in this country. Here to show us firsthand how bad, the owner after farm and Jason Peltier from the west land water district. Thanks to both of you joining us. I want to ask you because youre standing in the middle of your property there, how hard has this hit you . Well were still all trying to get our arms around it. We were told earlier in the season our surface water supply through the irrigation projects will be sear 0 this year. That is typically our entire supply. We do have some ability to pump groundwater to supplement that. In some cases well be able to grow maybe half of the acreage we typically do. But in many cases we have a lot of land laying fallow. The Unemployment Rate and devastation for just the lo