Hello and welcome. The European Union has backtracked this hour in a row with the United Kingdom over the export of Coronavirus Vaccines. Earlier, brussels introduced new controls giving Member States the power to block vaccines being sent abroad. Then to reinforce that, it announced the invoking of a clause in the brexit deal that would reinstate border checks between the eu and Northern Ireland, in Effect Stopping Vaccines entering the u k by the back door. It all underlines how sensitive the distribution of vaccines has become as nick beake reports. Throughout the week, this post brexit battle between the eu and a british based Vaccine Maker has been intensifying. European countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. It all hangs on the contract the two sides signed thats now been released, although with parts blanked out. Astrazeneca says it agreed to do its reasonable best. The eu insists it was a leg
Well hear from the former Prime Minister matteo renzi, whos told me why he forced the current crisis. Politics means make choice. I decided to open that crisis, and now there is a government better than in the past. And which celebrity does he look like . The burnley manager tells us what we are really missing in this pandemic is a game of looky likey. Hello. Im Laura Trevelyan in new york. Christian fraser is in london. There was encouraging news for britains government today. First came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two thirds. Until now, there had been no real data on that. And the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. The report hasnt been Peer Reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk governments strategy. The other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 Million People. 15 of the population has bee
Hello. Im catherine byaruhanga, welcome to the programme. We start with the situation in gaza. And a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend, as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. The eus ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the pilot, the first to try to get aid happening over the weekend, but it takes some time to make sure that its not only once in a time, but it is Sustainable Way to provide aid for the people in gaza and palestine to make sure that we alleviate, ease
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