The new Lockdown Craze sweeping the globe. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Major trials of a new vaccine have shown its effective against some new variants of covid 19, helping to reduce fears that they might prove resistant. Novavax is an american jab but its being produced in the uk. Its also easier to roll out than some previous vaccines since it doesnt need to be kept at ultra low temperatures. The news came amid a deepening row between another vaccine maker, astrazeneca, and the European Union over shortages. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Once again, science has triumphed in the fight against coronavirus. The Us Firm Novavax has released results of its british trial showing the first proven efficacy against the new, more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trail throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid recorded were the result of the new variant. The results showed the vaccine was 95 effective agains
Ground. In the fact that this square in front of Government House in minsk is empty now in the rain is no indication that these protests are losing their dynamism their momentum from the beginning this has been very diffuse protests spread across and then spread across the whole country and people have been coming out for events in the evenings going back to work and theyve really made a conscious decision not to set up a central part of the government then surround and clear arresting people even from where im standing now i can see people walking with flags on the side of the road drivers beeping their horns in support of those protesters so its a very fast moving very diffuse situation here but things looking good for president. You get a sense of people theyve lost their fear of challenging the government out in the open i think that something will be very difficult for the regime here to dial back even if these protests words die out there are stories of policemen who are just ref
Merited in several countries talking about public debt positions being manageable despite deteriorating macroenvironment growth is expected to remain subdued longer than expected remaining muted in a low rate environment supports Economic Activity signs of risk takes need monitoring and indeed action banks in the euro area are all trading negatively there, the swiss banks having resisted. Banks renewed cyclical head winds and reviewed progress. Euro area banks are adequately capitalized, despite the fact, a lot of those european banks trading lower. My colleague is outside the bank now, what isdifferent about this report than the one we saw back in may . Reporter a little more gloomy, i would say. Also the comments on the economic down turn are a little more pronounced also those negative rates to have side effects. I think it is a bit more pronounced than previously it is happening. We are seeing it in certain markets like real estate markets. It will be interesting to see what the Vi
Being seen as work as as weak and he really dislikes being you know this idea that people can say he was manipulated by somebody so i dont think the United States will leave quite as precipitously of as some have announced i think its a goal that were working towards but it wont be resolved soon david sirota joining us live from washington thank you very much indeed for your thoughts sons analysis thank you thank you hala. Now the french president s a man of a mic home has admitted soon irans president that europe hasnt been able to see protect iran from u. S. Sanctions whats according to iran and for was a phone call between the 2 leaders mccraw also sent european leaders will do everything they can to stop the 2050 nuclear deal from collapsing his office said in the statements that hes trying to find a way to resume talks on july 15th iran has set a sunday deadline for europe to offer a new terms and has warned it will accelerate ukrainian enrichments but. Well definitely not initiat
Hundreds and many of its buildings are decorated with elaborate facades and she can see now the german city of augsburg was also granted World Heritage status for its 800 year old water system its aquaducts and find since im kells provided residents with clean Drinking Water since the middle ages 3 years ago an iraqi site has added to the World Heritage list but the People Living in the marshlands of southern iraq known as the marsh arabs say the new status is no its improved their livelihoods and as John Stratford reports government the great and Climate Change adds to their daily struggle. The sun rises over the marshes of southern iraq to what didnt region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. Home to people as far back as the samaritans more than 5000 years ago. In the early 1990 s. Saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. When the dictator was top