In myanmar a direct assault on the countrys transition to democracy. The countrys armed forces seized power, detaining civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her top advisers. The takeover follows a Landslide Win by her National League for democracy in novembers election, which the army claims was fraudulent. Myanmar, also known as burma, was ruled by the military until 2011. Democratic reforms by Aung San Suu Kyi ended their control. Troops are being said to be patrolling the streets of the capital and the main city yangon. Now her leadership and reputation has been once hailed as a beacon of democracy she was awarded the nobel peace prize. Her leadership has been tarnished by looking at the Rate Map Working alongside the army. Alongside the army. Muslim rohingya minority. But she still enjoys great support throughout the country. Our special correspondent fergal keane reports. tx next this. An army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically elected
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 january 30, 2020, and he said that there was a window of opportun
Highest level in almost 11 years as an army of investors take a shine to the precious metal. And storm orlena strikes americas east coast, warnings of power cuts and deep snows, could be one of the worst in years. Hello. The United States has threatened to impose sanctions on myanmar, following a Military Coup in the country. President biden has urged an International Response to the power grab, and called it a direct assault on democracy. Those detained include the head of the largest party, Aung San Suu Kyi and other memebers of the civilain civilian leadership. Troops are on the streets of the capital, naypyidaw, and the biggest city, yangon and a curfew has been put in place. Our special correspondent, fergal keane reports. An army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically elected leader. Somewhere behind the guns, Aung San Suu Kyi is once more a prisoner of the generals. And even if people never trusted the military, theyre still shocked at wha
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Caroline Wheeler, the deputy Political Editor of The Sunday Times, and broadcaster and authorjohn kampfner. Normally, you Member Anyone who watches his programme normally knows we go through this great Graphic Stack of papers. We cant do that tonight so we willjustjump straight in. Lets start with the daily mirror. Gone on to stop the south africa bug. This begs the question for me, if this hunt is so important, wire quarantine measures not extended to include people travelling in . Why is there not an altar locked down in these areas . Will have to produce these graphics to make up for the technical shortfall. 0n to make up for the technical shortfall. On a serious point, youre coming to the times which looks at this and perhaps greater depth as well, but to me it is inexplicable, as i was saying in the earlier segment, that you can come from any country via a stopover somewhere else, tim
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