And another vaccine, developed by us manufacturerjohnson johnson, is the latest to prove effective in phase three trials. In other news primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term, though the nationwide lockdown will continue. Thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the Vaccine Roll Out will be prioritised for a jab. Hello to you, welcome to bbc news. The European Union has introduced Export Controls on Coronavirus Vaccines. Individual Member States will decide whether to allow exports of vaccines produced in their territory. A European Commissioner said it was being introduced to enhance transparency and to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. A European Commissioner, valdis dombrovskis, made the Announcement A little earlier this afternoon. The protection and safety of our citizens is a priority. And the challenges we now face left us with no other choice but to act. Vaccines are key to the recovery, and to bringing the pandemic under cont
The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the news bezos is stepping to the side, and what do we know about the new boss . Duncan howe is e commerce strategist at cheil uk, which is a Digital Marketing and advertising agency. Duncan, welcome to the programme. Executive chair man still means he will have a lot of control and very much involved in and is on, but it is the day to day responsibility. What do you think about this move . I responsibility. What do you think about this move . I think it is a bit of think about this move . I think it is
Captain sir tom moore was a hero in the truest sense of the word. In the dark days of the Second World War fought for freedom and in the face of this countrys deepest post war crisis, he united us all. Well be paying tribute to sir tom who died in hospital after Testing Positive for coronavirus. Also tonight following concerns about delaying the second dose new analysis of the astrazeneca vaccine shows the first jab is effective for up to 12 weeks. Pupils in scotland are told theyll start heading back to the classroom from the end of this month. Jeff bezos, one of the worlds richest men, who created amazon, is to step down from the leading role as Chief Executive. And coming up in sport, on bbc news. A huge win for Sheffield United in the battle of the bottom two. Well bring you the latest from the premier league. Commentator absolutely priceless for Sheffield United good evening. Her majesty the queen and the Prime Minister borisjohnson have led the many tributes to captain sir tom mo
Hello, im samantha simmonds. We start with the situation in gaza. And a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend, as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the first pilot try to get aid over the weekend but it takes some time to make sure that its not only once in a time but it has a Sustainable Way to supply aid to the people in gaza and palestine to make sure we ease the situation in the region. Cyprus for a long time