Office come to harris breaks down barriers and highlight sacrifices made by american women but dont trump remains defiant the president still showing no sign of conceding well see what that means for the transition of power and in other news about johns president says his military has taken the 2nd largest city in the disputed region of the going to cut about. Starting in the United States the day after joe biden was named the next president of the country in his 1st address as president elect biden spoke of an end to the era demonization and vowed to heal americas deep political divide this morning and hes attended a Church Service in his home state of delaware with family members after a night of celebrations bidens pledge to make the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout his priority he is expected to name a task force on monday to help in the transition. Our work to get you getting covert under control we cannot repair the economy restore our vitality a relation lifes most
Office come the house breaks down barriers and highlights sacrifices made by american women but donald trump remains defiant the president showing no sign of conceiving a look at what that means for the transition of power. And in other news azerbaijans president says his military has taken the 2nd largest city in the disputed region of. Transport so kerry is testing its ability to host a safe olympics next year the city has staged its 1st International Competition at the games venue since the olympics had to be postponed due to coronavirus. In the past our former u. S. President george w. Bush has congratulated joe biden on his win calling him a good man and hes told americans to have faith that this weeks election was fair with a clear outcome the former president is now the highest profile republican to acknowledge biden as the elections. When even the current republican president of the trump has refused to concede the statement from president bush comes as president elect biden vo
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
Azerbaijan as the government announces it now controls the city of shoes in disputed neck or knock out about. Us president elect joe biden has declared its time to heal a deeply divided america even as his predecessor still refuses to concede defeat in a bishop before president ial election biden found not to divide but to unify and called on americans to give each other a chance reaching out to the 70000000. 00 people who did not vote for him his running mate kemel harris will be the 1st woman black american and american of asian descent to serve as Vice President and she paid tribute to the women who paved the way for her victory donald trump meanwhile is threatening multiple lawsuits in an attempt to challenge the results but Election Officials in states across the country say there has been no evidence of significant fraud while biden has spent his 1st sunday as president elect attending a Church Service with his family in his hometown of wilmington delaware planning for his presid
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