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Now on bbc news. At a key point in the pandemic, the government signed a £107 million deal to buy ppe from a Northern Ireland Sweet Company. Lyndsey telford investigates what happened next. It might not look like much, but last year, this box was worth an awful lot of money. During the global scramble for ppe in the early stages of the pandemic, the cost of protective gear shot up astronomically. This box is part of a Ppe Deal Worth over £100 million. This involved a Northern Irish Sweet Company. People were dying. It was almostjust buy as much as you can. It may not be worth its weight in gold any more, but today this box gives us a window into the pandemonium that surrounded Ppe Purchasing Last year, because it arrived in the uk at such great expense, Health Officials could not even agree what these items were or how they could be used in hospitals. Government thought it was buying a rolls royce but it was getting a ford fiesta. Perhaps that is why a box from the very same shipment
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UsEnergySpheresWallTechnologiesRailwayHealth-careQuestionsPress-conferenceOutcomeGoodbyeVolodymyr-zelensky the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia, for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to cbs news, after meeting china s top diplomat, wang yi, on the sidelines of the international munich security conference in germany. he said he d warned mr wang of consequences, if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs, that chinese firms were already providing non lethal aid for russia s invasion. james landale reports. for months now, vladimir putin has been wooing china s president so is all that diplomacy about to pay off? so far, china has neither endorsed nor condemned russia s invasion of ukraine, calling instead for a peaceful solution. but the us believes russian forces in ukraine are already getting surveillance and other information from chinese firms. and america s top diplomat now believes that china could be going further and providing weapons. we have seen them provid
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