Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. 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, 20
The worst in years. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 members of the 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 whats happened. Translation the army assaulted i people as it carried out a coup i on the civilian government elected by our people. Our countr
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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