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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
Equality. And all that glitters is not gold sometimes its mica in india child miners collect a mineral widely used in cosmetics. Cellphones and Electronic Devices all contain cobalt and gold medals that are often extracted and some of the worlds poorest regions and conflict zones under hazardous conditions. 1000000. 00 children between the ages of 5. 17 are forced to work in these mineral mines according to the organization stop child labor on average they earn less than 2. 00 a day mining drama serials for a sector that sees revenues totalling 700000000000. 00 a year the global Mineral Industry is booming but the poor and vulnerable are paying the price. Kamaal debbie and her 5 year old son roger you turn the earth in search of mica the glittering mineral plays a vital role in this regions economy for many people mining the raw material is the only way to survive children working for hours in the blistering sun in the indian state of jharkhand its nothing out of the ordinary to a bett
How do they deal with social justice . And what are working conditions like . We vis eight couries on tw contints to fi out how europe and asia work together,s in our series work places. A beacoof hope in t ocean, seaweed fm an hour outside e indonean capital jakarta. Could this be e solution to ocean,global probls . Hour nory mulyo definitelthinks so. Shes carrying out research into how seaweed can keep the seas clean. Her home country is the worlds secondlargest plastic polluter after china. Indonesia processes more than 60 million tons of Plastic Waste every year. Over 3. 2 million tons of it end up in the ocean. The government has pledged to reduce this by 70 by 2025. Its an ambitious plan. Traditional Waste Disposal methods cant keep up. Thats why indonesia backs pioneering ideas like the one mulyono is proposing. She makes packaging out of seaweed. How can we solve it if we do not have something to replace this plastic . Of course we cannot go back to our motion to leave without
Officers of the nazi regime werent jointed by the allied forces. They were the 1st war criminals to be held accountable for their crimes. Our 2 part series the 3rd reich in the talk starts nov 12th on d w. Wholl be the next head of the World Trade Organization nigerias former finance minister gets the backing of all 27 countries to become the 1st woman and the 1st african to head the w. R u web report says the rich countries are exporting millions of dangerous 30 cars to developing nations and its urging them to clean their act up. And we take you to bolivia as it were you need salt lake which sits atop a huge deposit but a german led project to mine the lucrative metal faces opposition from the community. This is the way of business im in in berlin thanks for joining us the e. U. Is throwing its weight behind nigerias former finance minister ngozi a con job to become the 1st african head of the World Trade Organization the final decision will be taken at the w t o next month but ambas