Welcome to the programme. A Military Coup appears to be underway in myanmar. Reports say the countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders have been detained. Soldiers are on the streets of the main cities and communications have been cut. Tension has been escalating since the november elections, which the nld was declared to have won by a landslide. The military, whose proxy party won only a few seats, has claimed the results were fraudulent. 0ur South East Asia correspondentJonathan Head is in bangkok. He says facts are difficult to confirm at this stage. Well, its not that clear from here in bangkok. Were getting a lot of reports from contacts inside myanmar. It does appear there are numerous reports that the key leadership of the country, including Aung San Suu Kyi, have been detained by the military, very early this morning, before dawn, that the capital, naypyidaw, which is not the main city, that has been more or less cut off. People are been having troubl
Several of those who died could be vietnamese. One Family Member has described receiving distressing Text Messages apparently sent from the back of the truck. Ed thomas reports. This is pham thi tra my. Shes 26 and from vietnam. Tonight, shes missing. Her family fear she was one of the 39 people to lose their life in the refrigerated container found in essex. At the exact time the container was crossing from zeebrugge, she sent this disturbing message. I m really, really sorry, mum and dad. My trip to a foreign land has failed. I am dying, i cant breathe. I love you very much. Her brother wanted to broadcast this appeal on the bbc. Translation my sister went missing on the 23rd of october on the way from vietnam to the uk and we couldnt contact her. We are concerned she may be in that trailer. We are asking the British Police to help investigate, so that my sister can be returned to the family. The bbc has also spoken to the family of nguyen dinh luong, a 20 year old man also missing t
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Now on bbc news hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Right now, the conflicting currents in the course of the coronavirus pandemic are striking. 0n the one hand, the uk government is already rolling out a Mass Vaccination Programme, on the other, the second surge of the virus in the United States is generating unprecedented levels of infection. Can the us quickly turn the tide on what looks like a Public Health disaster . Well, my guest is dr anthony fauci, the us governments top expert and adviser on infectious diseases. Why is americas corona crisis intensifying . Dr anthony fauci, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Good to be with you. Dr fauci, i must begin with the very latest news we have on the vaccine coming from the food and Drug Administration in washington dc. The fda is confirming, just in the last few hours, that the Pfizer Biontech vaccine has met the prescribed success criteria. Does that mean, in your view, that the United States is going to star
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Right now, the conflicting currents in the course of the coronavirus pandemic are striking cos, on the one hand, the uk government is already rolling out a Mass Vaccination Programme, on the other, the second surge of the virus in the United States is generating unprecedented levels of infection. Can the us quickly turn the tide on what looks like a Public Health disaster . Well, my guest is dr anthony fauci, the us governments top expert and adviser on infectious diseases. Why is americas corona crisis intensifying . Dr anthony fauci, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Good to be with you. Dr fauci, i must begin with the very latest news we have on the vaccine coming from the food and Drug Administration in washington dc. The fda is confirming, just in the last few hours, that the Pfizer Biontech vaccine has met the prescribed success criteria. Does that mean, in your view, that the United States is going to start administering this v