Im stephen sackur. Us china relations will do much to shape the geopolitics of the 21st century, and it feels like the risk of long term confrontation, even military conflict, is rising. From trade to taiwan, the Trump Administration talked tough on china and an increasingly assertive beijing responded in kind. My guest is evan medeiros, President Obamas top advisor on the Asia Pacific Region. Is President Biden ready to break with his own past and take on china . Evan medeiros in washington, welcome to hardtalk. Great to be here, stephen. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. We in particular want to tap in to your experience. You were a very Senior Advisor to President Obama on china and wider Asia Pacific Region for several years. When you look back and you consider what is happening now in china and to Us China Relations, can you say to me that President Obama actually got it wrong on china . Well, as a former policymaker, hindsight is always 20 20, you can always look back and w
A dramatic buildup, it is all go for the first grand slam of the year. Hello, welcome to the programme. We start in Northern India. Police say at least 200 people are still missing after a glacier broke free and smashed into a hydro electric dam. One witness said a wall of water and rock sped down the river so quickly there was no time to sound the alarm. A massive Rescue Operation is taking place and survivors have been pulled from the mud and rubble. It happened in uttara khand state in the district of chamoli. Our delhi correspondent Rajini Vaidyanthan has the latest. This dramatic bushy footage shows when the glacier burst. As what a gust dashed down the valley, translation i witness something that looked like a scene from a bollywood film. Id never seen anything like it. About 50 100 people were running for their lives, but couldnt be saved. They were engulfed by the river. Approximately 125 people could be missing. A Power Company is unable to give the figures. Everyone is busy i
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament, as good news breaks out at westminster. Our nation, madam deputy speaker, is getting safer every day as more and more people get protected by the biggest Immunisation Programme in the history of our health service. Borisjohnson is warned hes picked the wrong sort of brexit. The protocol has betrayed us and has made us feel like foreigners in our own country. Team sympathy will not cut the mustard. And a long life well lived. Commons tributes to captain sir tom moore. Who was indeed an inspiration to all of us and a beacon of light at a time of darkness and a true gentleman. Amid the grim statistics of the pandemic, there is occasionally a milestone to welcome. A first dose of the Covid Vaccine has now gone into more than ten million arms in the uk. Many conservative mps hope that will bring forward the end of englands lockdown, but borisjohnson is still in cautious mode. And labour say the good
His buccaneers terrorise the Kansas City Chiefs. Hello, welcome to the program. We start in south africa which is to delay and review its use of the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine after a study showed disappointing results against the local variant of coronavirus. It comes less than a week after the countrys president and senior ministers greeted the arrival of a million doses of the jab as they landed atjohannesburg airport and is a setback for innoculation efforts which had been due to start in the coming days. South africas Health Minister had this to say. Our scientists must quickly sit together and figure out what approach we are going to use in order to effectively deploy the astrazeneca vaccines. It must be clear when that can be done, what conditions need to be fulfilled, what we need to do about all of that. So that basically is the assignment that has been given to our scientists all together. Theyll figure it out, theyll come back to us and say, this is the proposal on the astra
Im Shaimaa Khalil, and here in Melbourne Park, there is a real buzz as play gets under way. After a dramatic and challenging buildup, its all go for the first grand slam of the year. Hello, welcome to the program. South africa is suspending its full rollout of the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine after a study showed disappointing results against the local variant of coronavirus. It comes less than a week after the countrys president and senior ministers agreed to the arrival of a million doses of the jab as they arrived at the airport. It is a setback for Inoculation Efforts that were due to start in the coming days. Heres south africas Health Minister speaking at a video briefing. Our scientists must quickly sit together and figure out what approach we are going to use in order to effectively deploy the astrazeneca vaccines. It must be clear when that can be done, what conditions need to be fulfilled, what we need to do about all of that. So that basically is the assignment that has been g