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A Government Expert says its a big step forward. It means that we can spread the vaccine around, it means that we can really start to impact on this pandemic notjust here but right the way across the world. Some Primary School children in wales could be back in the classroom after half term, if Infection Rates continue to fall. And the trailblazing African American actress cicely tyson has died at the age of 96. And coming up in sport on bbc news, Dina Asher Smith makes a winning return to International Athletics as she storms to 60 metre victory at the World Indoor Tour event in germany. Good evening. The Prime Minister says the European Union must urgently clarify its intentions over its decision to temporarily override part of the brexit deal as the row intensifies with astrazeneca over a shortfall in supplies. The eu has introduced new controls giving Member States the power to block exports of the Coronavirus Vaccine to countries including the uk should they want to. Under the bre
Hello and welcome. The European Union has backtracked this hour in a row with the United Kingdom over the export of Coronavirus Vaccines. Earlier, brussels introduced new controls giving Member States the power to block vaccines being sent abroad. Then to reinforce that, it announced the invoking of a clause in the brexit deal that would reinstate border checks between the eu and Northern Ireland, in Effect Stopping Vaccines entering the u k by the back door. It all underlines how sensitive the distribution of vaccines has become as nick beake reports. Throughout the week, this post brexit battle between the eu and a british based Vaccine Maker has been intensifying. European countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. It all hangs on the contract the two sides signed thats now been released, although with parts blanked out. Astrazeneca says it agreed to do its reasonable best. The eu insists it was a leg
Also continue the count in the handful of states with more results to to be announced in the coming hours. Plus a 2nd coronavirus knockdown in line with other European Countries has come into force in england. Welcome to the program its 500. 00 g. M. T. Midnight in the United States and georgia is one of several battleground states where the result of choose days president ial election remains in the balance these are live pictures now from Atlanta Georgia capital city where the vote counting continues its the extremely close race in the traditionally republican state trance initial lead has been steadily falling. Now its about 28000. 00 votes and thousands of absentee ballots are still to be counted now were expecting more data in the coming hours but what might help joe biden most of all is the remaining votes that are from atlanta and its suburbs which normally lean towards the democrats but winning georgia could be crucial for by news extended his lead in the race for the white hou
A recount in wisconsin and filed lawsuits in key states as his path to victory narrows. From supporters converge on Voting Centers in michigan and in arizona calling for a suspension of counting for postal ballots. So it is 700. 00 g. M. T. That is 2 am in the u. S. State of georgia that is one of several battleground states where the result of choose days president ial election remains in the balance take a look now at live pictures from atlanta that is georgias capital city folk counting still ongoing there is an extremely close race in the traditionally republican state and Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling the u. S. President has repeated unsubstantiated claims that there were major issues with voting in ballot county georgia is one of several states where republicans are fighting legal challenges over the election. Well trumps claims regularities have sparked protests by his supporters in new york and in Arizona Police officers in phoenix could be seen preparing