Now on Bbc News, Dateline London. Hello, im martine croxall. Welcome to Dateline London. My first time hosting the programme, which is very exciting Hold On to your hats. This week, we discuss the successes and failures of the worldwide Vaccination Programmes against covid 19, and the conflict between israel and hamas. Our guests are the french journalist Agnes Poirier of the magazine, lexpress, The American Journalist And Broadcasterjef mcallister. And with me, suitably distanced still in the studio, the bbc s Science Editor, david shukman. Were welcoming you, david, Yourfirst Time back in the building for over a year. Very strange feeling but very nice. And i hear your mum is an avid dateline viewer, so she will be especially pleased to see you here for the first time she is a huge fan so i cannot make any mistakes. I cant make any mistakes. She will be so glad that you are here with me on the programme. In the uk and the us, the Vaccination Programmes against the pandemic has been h
The Eurovision Song Contest. We start in the democratic republic of congo where the government is ordering residents to leave the eastern city of goma following the eruption of a large volcano on saturday. Lava is flowing from mount nyiragongo, its heading south towards goma. More than Two Million people live in the area. Many have been heading towards the nearby border with rwanda. Courtney bembridge reports. Fountains of Lava Burst into the night sky, forming a thick, Red Cloud over goma. Lava has already engulfed some of the roads leading into the city and the local airport. There are now fears it will reach the city centre. The government issued an Evacuation Order for goma earlier in the evening and hundreds of thousands of people packed up their belongings and left their homes. Translation its something weve never seen before. We are all together, shaken. Translation theres volcanic activity, the volcano is erupting in the population of goma are really worried. But it is a really
Make any mistakes. I cant make any mistakes. She will be so glad that you are here with me on the programme. In the uk and the us, the Vaccination Programmes against the pandemic has been hugely successful, but what about elsewhere . Have policymakers really listened to the scientists . Vaccinations for some will be the key to being able to go travelling again. Fewer planes flying over the last year did some environmental good, but, more flights are scheduled, what further damage are we going to be doing to our climate . This is another area where scientists and policymakers may not be on the same page. Will this crisis be discussed at the upcoming G7 Summit being held in the uk . And are there any signs that we are prepared to suffer inconveniences, or sacrifices, if you like, to avoid a global Warming Catastrophe . Agnes, let me start with you. How well do you think European Policymakers have followed the science when it comes to vaccinations . Well, its a Balancing Act if youre a He
Everyone is outside asking what is going to happen. The un Security Council stresses that israel and the palestinians should fully adhere to the ceasefire as the pause in violence enters a Third Day. The queen visits the royal Navy Flagship hms Queen Elizabeth as it begins its first major deployment. Zero points. And Nil Point for great britain at eurovision, as italy wins the big prize. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Both the Pfizer And Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccines, the two main jabs used in the uks roll out, are highly effective against the indian variant of the disease, according to a study by public health england. The Health Secretary Matt hancock described the findings as Ground Breaking and said he was increasingly confident the government is on track for the final stage of its Road Map out of lockdown. Heres our health correspondentjim reed. Back up a little bit more there, fella, if you will. In places like rochdale in greater manchester
To go travelling again. Fewer planes flying over the last year did some environmental good, but, more flights are scheduled, what further damage are we going to be doing to our climate . This is another area where scientists and policymakers may not be on the same page. Will this crisis be discussed at the upcoming G7 Summit being held in the uk . And are there any signs that we are prepared to suffer inconveniences, or sacrifices, if you like, to avoid a global Warming Catastrophe . Agnes, let me start with you. How well do you think European Policymakers have followed the science when it comes to vaccinations . Well, its a Balancing Act if youre a head of State Or Head of a government. Of course, theyve been listening to scientists. They must be feeling as if that is all they have been doing for 18 months. But there is science and theres politics. And you have to make, in The End, political decisions. And actually, its interesting to look at the different countries in europe, because