Its approved and called sputnik 5 russia says its the 1st vaccine against covert 19 but many governments are skeptical so what are russian scientists pressure to cut corners and this is the significance of the timing of the announcement this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Since the outbreak of covert 19 theres been a global race to find a vaccine but scientists are worried some countries maybe are brushing the process and compromising safety earlier this week russian president Vladimir Putin said his country has approved the worlds 1st Coronavirus Vaccine put in says it shows what he called sustainable immunity against the virus in his own daughter was in it but scientists in russia and abroad are skeptical about its effectiveness they say offering it to the public before the important final stage of testing could pose Serious Problems we bring in our guest in a moment 1st this report from charley and its a race Everyone Wants to win that rushing it could prove fatal pr
Its approved and called sputnik 5 russia says its the 1st vaccine against covert 19 but many governments are skeptical so what are russian scientists russia to cut corners and is there significance of the timing of the announcement this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Since the outbreak of covert 19 theres been a global race to find a vaccine but scientists are worried some countries may be rushing the process and compromising safety earlier this week russian president Vladimir Putin said his country has approved the worlds 1st Coronavirus Vaccine put in says it shows what he called sustainable immunity against the virus in his own daughter was in it but scientists in russia and abroad are skeptical about its effectiveness they say offering it to the public before the important final stage of testing could pose Serious Problems we bring in our guest in a moment 1st this report from charlie and its a race Everyone Wants to win but rushing it could prove fatal president pu
A tough National Security law. Back on the streets demanding the president steps down protests resume in mali after Regional Mediation fails the entire villages are under water with millions affected by the worst flooding to hit china in decades. And im peter some of the new sports news and as expected weve just heard that cricket t 20 world cup has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. So we begin with the fight against covert 19 which has taken a small but potentially significant step this monday the Lancet Medical Journal has published results from scientists at Oxford University who have been conducting early human testing for a Coronavirus Vaccine and the results are encouraging they found a vaccine did not cause any serious side effects and produced a strong immune response this is one of 5 vaccines showing positive results a joint effort between Oxford University and the company astra zeneca testing and large numbers in the u. K. As well as south africa and brazil
East protests present a rare public challenge to president Vladimir Putin and his 4 west indian hopes of a 1st series win in england for more than 3 decades if he can hit the home scene moving into a strong position on day 2 of the deciding test. Breaking news this hour scotland is to reimpose a 14 day quarantine on travelers returning from spain 1st but a cynical assertion says that shes advise in caution about all nonessential foreign travel as guidelines can change at short notice this is night clubs at the vent holes are being closed down again in barcelona and elsewhere across the spanish region of couple odia have been more than 280. 00 new outbreaks of covert 19 across the country with infections tripling in the past 2 weeks lets go live to london i was in a sauna gago is there for a sunday whats the latest. Well this would be quite an embarrassing about turn for how the Spanish Government of course has called out for its Tourism Sector for people to keep coming because they sai
Murders. And warnings parts of the us could soon be overwhelmed by a resurgence of covert 90 with new cases near their late april peak. And in school liverpool move within touching distance of the premier league title the closing in on a big win of a Crystal Palace that would take them to the brink of the championship. Un secretarygeneral antonio has urged israel to abandon its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank calling it a watershed moment and the most serious violation of International Law members of the Un Security Council and the arab league have been meeting to discuss israels move which could be put into motion as soon as next week our diplomatic editor james baker has. With the clock ticking towards a july deadline for an accession the u. N. Secretary general made his position to the Security Council extremely clear if implemented and accession constituted of serious violation of International Law or grievously harmed the prospect of a 2 state solution and the gulf