A special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u. K. Of political interference. Thanks for joining us the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca as covert 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the coming hours and thats despite a growing dispute between the block and the company about a shortage of supply so the e. U. Has released a redacted copy of its contract which it says proves the vaccine maker is obliged to meet its promised supply it was expecting at least 80000000. 00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues on thursday brussels war and it may have to ban exports of vaccines produced on the continent to protect stock its also questioned why it appears that the u. K. Supply has been unaffected and there is more potential help for the global inoculation dr with 2 more american jobs nearing completion there is no novaks vaccine its shown to be around 90 percent effective. And trials of a
Trials so its jobs to be nearly 90 percent effective against covert 19. A dutch Court Orders Oil giant shell to pay compensation for contaminating communities in nigeria. And china says it will no longer recognize a special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u. K. Of political interference. With a small 12. 00 to 14. 00 days of quarantine the wools took to the stalls are back on cooled him astray and firms were allowed to. Welcome to the news hour the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca covert 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the coming hours thats despite a growing dispute between the block and the company about a shortage of supply so the e. U. Has released a redacted copy of a contract which it says proves the vaccine maker is obliged to meet its promise supply it was expecting at least 80000000. 00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues now on thursday brussels warned that it ma
A new negotiators in brussels today as the threat of a no deal scenario is the. Last think of this guy the next time youre tempted to lit up and follow the dip to find work of the chinese crude town stripping this cute pristine. Im rebecca riches welcome to the program several german states have now moved closer to a hard lock down as high corona virus infection rights threaten to overwhelm hospitals one of the countrys leading Health Institutions is recommending a 2 way cod lockdown nationwide starting on Christmas Eve under the current lockdown restrictions restrictions will be eased in the several parts of germany between christmas and the new year and many Health Experts say tougher precautions during these holidays will be crucial to saving lives. With the Christmas Shopping season in full swing many people are probably thinking more about presents than hospitals but statistics say more than 4000 patients are being treated for cope with 19 and germanys intensive care units due to
And another vaccine, developed by us manufacturerjohnson johnson, is the latest to prove effective in phase three trials. In other news primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term, though the nationwide lockdown will continue. Thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the Vaccine Roll Out will be prioritised for a jab. Hello to you, welcome to bbc news. The European Union has introduced Export Controls on Coronavirus Vaccines. Individual Member States will decide whether to allow exports of vaccines produced in their territory. A European Commissioner said it was being introduced to enhance transparency and to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. A European Commissioner, valdis dombrovskis, made the Announcement A little earlier this afternoon. The protection and safety of our citizens is a priority. And the challenges we now face left us with no other choice but to act. Vaccines are key to the recovery, and to bringing the pandemic under cont
I wanted to apologize beforehand for the technical difficulties from the storm but now its my pleasure to get this program started high passing it on to the Museum Samuel jones Senior Historian and dr. Robert citina wholl be leading todays conversation. Senate thanks jeremy and welcomes everyone from beautiful new orleans louisiana. Quite literally in the path of the storm quite literally a few hours from now and eye of the hurricane so we hope everything goes smoothly and i like would jeremy said heck or high water. We hope we dont get any today. Having said that im really excited about todays program. Every now and then in my line of work you get to interview an author that you feel like youve. Every word they have published in this particular authors case that might be difficult but some six as a writer at large for the times and the bestselling up of numerous books this the spy and the traitor and operation mincemeat doublecrossed operation mincemeat a book that many of our audienc