Hello and welcome. We start with an apology from americas top Infectious Diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci after he criticised uk regulators over their rapid approval of a new coronavirus vaccine. Britain on wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer Biontech vaccine for mass use. Speaking earlier to cbs, dr fauci said the uk was not as rigorous as the us in its vaccine approval process. But when he spoke to my colleagues earlier on this channel, dr fauci backtracked. The point i was really trying to make, i did not make it well, which is why i welcome to the opportunity to get on your show and say it came out wrong. In the United States, there is such a considerable amount of tension of pushing back on the credibility of the safety and efficacy that if we in the United States had done it as quickly as the uk did it, and thats no judgement on the way uk did it, and even though my statement did come across looking that way, if we had a, for example, approved it
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Latest headlines im louis born jones. Lets start with the news that the u. S. Has now recorded over 7 million coronavirus cases. A Police Officer shot dead in a station in south london by a man who is being detained. Its understo the suspect turned the gun on himself. Police pay tribute to the officer. The matter of policing, family across london. Today, we police are all morning a great loss. Released the transcript lawyers for Breonna Taylor, the woman killed by police in her own home in the u. S. Call for transparency into the investigation of her death. Female lawmakers in the u. S. Form a guard of honor as the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs casket departs the capital. Two people are injured in a stabbingn paris in the former office of the magazine Charlie Heb
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Now on bbc news hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The International Reach of the black lives Matter Movement has put a new focus on racism in sport. My guest todayis focus on racism in sport. My guest today is an athlete who made a stand. Adam goodes was a star in australian rules foot pole. 0ne stand. Adam goodes was a star in australian rules foot pole. One of the greatest ever players of aboriginal descent. He quit the game after yea rs of racist aboriginal descent. He quit the game after years of racist abuse. A movie has been made of his story. What can australia and the wider world learn from it . Adam goodes in new south wales. Welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, mate. You quit your sport aussie rules football in 2015 having made a stand against racism. Five years on, racism and racism in sport is top of the agenda with the black lives Matter Movement making it such a theme right across the world. How much do you believe is changed in the past five years .
Including atlanta and denver, activists make a stand outside the white house, calling for justice for victims of police attacks. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. Left off. Go nasa, go spacex. God bless bob and doug. A new era for space travel, as the first ever comercial rocket carrying people into space is successfully launched. Welcome to bbc news. There is no sign at all of an end the protests that have spread all over the United States in the last five days. They began to mark the death of george floyd, an African American man from minneapolis who died as a Police Officer knelt on his neck. Some have now turned violent, with buildings set alight, shops looted, and Police Vehicles set alight. Crowds are gathering in los angeles, new york, washington, detroit, atlanta chicago and philadelphia, and many more cities. These are life pictures from new york. It has just gone nine p. M. New york. It has just gone nine p. M. Protesters have new york. It has just gone nine p. M. Protesters h