Kidnapped students say hundreds are still missing after gunmen attacked a school in northern nigeria. We begin with a look at the global race for a Coronavirus Vaccine 3 western cabinets are getting much attention now those made by madonna and astra zeneca are reported now to be close to approval and a vaccine developed by us from pfizer and germanys biotech has already been arcade by some countries the 1st patients got jobs in the u. K. On tuesday and vaccinations may begin in the u. S. On monday russia began administering it sputnik vaccine several weeks ago and out that many governments are still wary as moscow has shared very different data on us and 3 chinese vaccines are also reported to have received approvals one of them is already being used in the u. A. E. But its uncertain how widely these are being distributed elsewhere millions of doses have been ordered by governments around the wild but its not clear who will get them fast and when or even if poor a hard hit countries ca
Hitting targets. Our Balance Sheet is solid. Our cost base is supreme. We are bringing in pay increases and paying down the debt. The ftse 100 hovering around record levels despite concerns over the health of the uks financial market. Well be discussing with bim afolami this hour. And taiwan inauguration is drawing the eye of beijing. The new leader is calling for both sides of the Taiwan Straits to pursue peace. I hope that china will face the reality of the republic of chinas existence and respect the choices of the people of taiwan and in good faith choose dialogue over confrontation and exchange over containment. Irans president and foreign minister have been killed in the Helicopter Crash in bad weather. State media says all passengers died. It battled blizzard conditions and dogs and drones to find the accident site on sunday. State tv paused programming to show prayers. The helicopter hit the Mountain Peak in the ynorthwestern part f the country here azerbaijan. We have more wit
The widow of Mark Nicholls told the inquest how her husband had been struggling with depression and vanished from the family home a month before his body was found in Oxfordshire.