this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine represents the most violent seismic shock to european security since the collapse of the soviet union. the us, nato allies, and the eu are now arming the ukrainian government. the return of hot war to europe seems destined to lead to a new long term cold war. my guest is michael carpenter, us ambassador to the organization for security and cooperation in europe, an organisation which right now would seem to have failure written into its name. are we entering
take this vaccine, you know, that time has really passed. we have now vaccinated half of all humanity, billions and billions of doses of this vaccine have gone out around the world. it is certainly extremely effective at preventing severe illness and death with very few potential downsides. if we have to mandate these vaccines to take place, i mean, that s where we re at right now. what we know is that if you are unvaccinated in this country covid-19 is coming for you. there really isn t anywhere to hide so we re at a point, really, the way forward in this pandemic is vaccination. let s end on a positive note, the developments anti-viral pills for covid, one was approved in the uk. pfizer announced one could be approved here in the u.s. by the end of the year. how big of a deal is that? it s a really big deal. you know, on friday, as you mentioned, pfizer did release preliminary results of its study
unemployment rate dropped to 6.4%. much further from the 6% level we had been seeing previously. it showed the labor participation rate did not change much. it was essentially flat from september to october. that is a number that, of course, employers are watching closely, hopefully that is a number that picks up. kaitlan collins, cnn, the white house. on the pandemic front, there s been some encouraging news about an anti-covid pill developed by pfizer, the company says interim results of a trial showed the drug was 89% effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths. unlike the vaccine, the pill would be given to people who are already infected and they would take it at home. it would be taken in combination with another anti-viral. pfizer says it will apply for emergency use authorization in the u.s., possibly as early as this month. a massive covid surge in europe isn t expected to get better anytime soon. the region s cdc says
the topic that the ukrainian leader had just been discussing? because you ignore the context that is just before that statement, where zelensky and trump are both talking about the fact that europe isn t doing enough so they re trying to leverage greater cooperation. it just would be crazy to me if democrats impeach president trump for withholding aid that was ultimately given. you said you would give me the opportunity to respond to schumer s statements. in one sentence he said that he would not pre-judge the investigation into the president and then a few sentence later he essentially called trump a tyrant congressman, the president is speaking. i ve got to get to the president who is live. thank you, congressman. thank you. the president himself just came out with a statement saying there was absolutely no pressure put on him. what i do want to see is i want to see other countries helping ukraine also, not just us.
voted against the deal the prime minister negotiated with europe. they don t want that deal. on the other hand, tonight, they will vote on whether they are prepared to see britain leave the european union without a deal and they re likely to vote against that as well. so they don t want either option. the next step is to see whether the deadline can be delayed. if they vote in favor of that, that then has to be agreed by all the other european countries and europe saying it needs justifiable reason for that delay. even if it happens it doesn t involve the fundamental problem we saw last night and likely to see tonight, the british parliament can t agree what it wants to see and europe isn t making any other offers. my mom used to have a saying, caught between a rock and a hard place. if she was around now, that s how she would describe this, except what we re dealing with, some of the biggest economies in