at is i m somebody who likes to speak my mind. i m clear about what i think and i m not going to trim my messages for the audience. and i think that quality can be useful in foreign policy when we face, at the moment, a situation with a very aggressive russia, when we face challenges for the free world in terms of our fundamental beliefs in things like freedoms and democracy. maybe now is not the time for a diplomat. old fashioned ideas of diplomacy schmoozing, telling people what they want to hear, perhaps, constructive ambiguity. have they all gone? i fully approve of the schmoozing part because you do have to get to know your colleagues, you have to be. modern diplomacy is now about whatsapp as much as ambassadors parties. building trust, so even with some of the most and that s absolutely core to the job. tell me how it felt, because you weren t expecting to be foreign secretary. you stride up the amazing staircase and that extraordinary building. how did it feel? i wa
this evening. before that, she talks political thinking with the bbc s nick robinson. the woman who became our foreign secretaryjust the woman who became our foreign secretary just 12 weeks ago the woman who became our foreign secretaryjust 12 weeks ago is the daughter of an anti nuclear claim pain or gets the siting of american missiles in britain. and as liz truss told me the last time she appeared on political thinking, she also used to chant on the streets of scotland. this week, she gave an important speech in which she criticised those and what she called fashionable circles for being ashamed of our past and too doubtful about the future. it s sort of plain speaking that makes her a favourite amongst tory activists and was dubbed the new mrs t. liz truss, welcome back to political thinking. great to be here. do you remember what you said to me about diplomacy last time we sat in the studio? i ve completely forgotten, nick. i’m last time we sat in the studio? i ve comp
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. the omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe, and it requires urgent action . that s the warning from the world health organisation. the us presidentjoe biden said the newly identified variant is a cause for concern, but not a cause for panic. speaking at the white house, mr biden said the need now was to get the rest of the world vaccinated. our health correspondent, naomi grimley, has the latest. there s an eerie quiet atjohannesburg airport. south africa first raised the alarm about the omicron variant, but is now finding itself increasingly cut off from the rest of the world. meanwhile, on the ground, there s a big push to get vaccines into arms. only 23% of the south african population is fully vaccinated. we still don t know yet whether this version of covid is more severe than previous ones. one of those on the front line is reassured by what she s seen so far
the omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe, and it requires urgent action . that s the warning from the world health organisation. the us presidentjoe biden said the newly identified variant is a cause for concern, but not a cause for panic. speaking at the white house, mr biden said the need now was to get the rest of the world vaccinated. our health correspondent, naomi grimley has the latest. there s an eerie quiet atjohannesburg airport. south africa first raised the alarm about the omicron variant, but is now finding itself increasingly cut off from the rest of the world. meanwhile, on the ground, there s a big push to get vaccines into arms. only 23% of the south african population is fully vaccinated. we still don t know yet whether this version of covid is more severe than previous ones. one of those on the front line is reassured by what she s seen so far in her patients. so, now, we are seeing patients, but we caught symp
lam in i am in bridgetown where events are well under way. a party and official ceremony. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the world health organization says the omicron variant of coronavirus poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe. the who s head renewed a call for a global push to get vaccines to poorer nations, warning that covid 19 is, as he put it, not done with us yet. meanwhile, president biden told americans the emergence of the new variant is no reason to panic and insisted the united states will not go back into lockdown. he said, what was needed, was to get the rest of the world vaccinated. our health correspondent naomi grimley has the latest. there s an eerie quiet atjohannesburg airport. south africa first raised the alarm about the omicron variant, but is now finding itself increasingly cut off from the rest of the world. meanwhile, on the ground, there s a big push to get vaccines into arms. only 23% of the south