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
Stream later this year not novak says its trials show its job to be nearly 90 percent of fact against it 19. Plus 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. To begin this hour with breaking news from the netherlands where the court of appeals has ordered the Oil Giant Shell to pay compensation to a group of nigerian farmers they accuse the company of destroying their fishing villages as a result of 3 oil spills its the 1st time a Dutch Company has been held liable for actions by its foreign subsidiary lets go straight to step fasten shes standing by for us in. Step with a ruling then gone against shell what are the courts say. Exactly same here as a clear victory according to a friends of the earth or nablus who actually filed this case to get away for a nigerian farmers against shout the court said that the Daughter Company of shell s. P. C. In nigeria is liable for the pollution that
Strain. A major win for farmers in nigeria a dutch court orders the local branch of shell to pay compensation just caused by oil spills. More protests and scuffles near indias capital as farmers demonstrate against new government laws they say will hurt them could benefit corporate farms and with all your sports after 14 days of quarantine the worlds top tennis stars are back on course in australia and fans were allowed into new. So the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca covert 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the next up thats despite a growing dispute between the block and the company about a supply shortage at the e. U. Was expecting at least 80000000 doses by the end of march but a week ago actually cut its supply blaming manufacturing issues the president says the vaccine maker is failing to meet its contractual obligations also far the e. U. Has approved to covert 1000 vaccines but there is growing criticism that the rollout is just too slow but there is mo
Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re