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
hello, thank you for being with us. negotiations are continuing at the united nations in new york to agree a new resolution on gaza. a vote had been expected in the last hour but it s been postponed as diplomats try to agree a form of words that the united states may sign on to. on a visit to israel, the us defense secretary lloyd austin has reaffirmed support for its ally but demanded the country do more to protect civilians. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. greipel hugo bachega. there was criticism of the israeli military in gaza by the defense secretary lloyd austin, alongside the israeli defense minister when they gave a statement earlier today but i think he gave a hint of the frustration at the high number of civilian casualties in gaza, frustration there microphone that s already been as addressed by the by that administration. he said he had discussions with the israeli leadership about how to reduce harm to civilians but he said he had not travelled to isr
welcome to newsday. negotiations are continuing at the united nations in new york to agree a new resolution on gaza. a vote had been expected in the last hour, but its been postponed as diplomats try to agree a form of words that the united states may sign on to. on a visit to israel, the u 5 defence secretary lloyd austin has reaffirmed support for its ally, but demanded the country do more to protect civilians. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. they say there s nowhere safe in gaza. the children s unit at nasser hospital hit by a shell yesterday. doctors and parents who once raced to get wounded children in here now scrambling to get them out. the epicentre of the dust and panic, a children s bedroom on the second floor. translation: we were seated on the bed when something - exploded and all the ceiling fell on us. i couldn t do anything. debris fell on us and we couldn t see anything. ijust grabbed my daughter and escaped. i don t know what happened to the others.
Angle. Now, people on the coast cant be this Masochistic Under Democrat leadership. Life in states from new york to california, new jersey, washington state, its not getting better. Life is getting worse. From his open borders to his reckless spending to his anti oil and gas crusade, bidens policies have led to a sharp deterioration in the quality of life everywhere, but especially in the blue states. The economy is so bad now and you know, even when just go grocery shopping, everything costs a fortune. Theres been more vandalism, breaking into cars, starting to see a bunch of arvs, you know, Up On Nickerson out there with chop shop set up. And , you know, this area here, tents along the cut, you know, that linger for several days. I carry mace at all. Times, so i cant even during the day walk down the promenade and feel safe. And the beaches are still beautiful. And joes home state of delaware. But residents are seeing record overdose deaths, mostly from fentanyl through november 30th
as nikki haley throws her name into the race. what if you were attacked like this woman in a gym in florida. would you be able to fight this guy off like this woman did? this show we have been committed from the start to exposing the left s massive disinformation machine. and the machine is working. i wish it weren t, but it is. the liberal media picks a narrative that is reinforced by the democrats and the swamp. and it s not just exposing the lies, there are also lies of omission. what they don t cover. joe biden s disastrous handling of the inflation crisis is an example. the nightly news networks spend just seconds on it and made no mention of joe biden. what about the coverage of joe biden s inflation crisis? general. nearly 85% of the news coverage didn t mention biden or his administration like he had nothing to do with it. forget blaming him for it. that s the disinformation machine hard at work every day screwing you over. the media will pick a particular narrative