welcome to the programme, which brings together bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who file their stories for audiences back home dateline london. this week borisjohnson boasts of vaccine success. his government says two jabs will be followed by a covid booster in the autumn, as europeans struggle with too many infections and too few doses of vaccine. a rare misstep by angela merkel have germans, and others, had enough of lockdown? and the evergreen trafficjam that risked withering global trade. with me this weekend ashis ray, from india, is approaching 45 years as a foreign correspondent, as well as serving at the crease as a cricket commentator. stefanie bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for germany s welt. and with me here, clive myrie, who reports internationally for the bbc as well, as presenting the news back home. now, the reason we have the vaccine success , prime minister boris johnson is reported to have told his mps this week, is because of
whether he was joking or saying what he thinks in an unguarded moment during a private meeting, its perhaps more accurate to say that globalisation, which helped covid s rapid spread, is critical to vaccination success. this weekend uk government ministers predicted a boosterjab by september. but india has halted exports and europe is threatening to. stefanie, let s talk about what is happening. they are pretty troubled by what has been happening. they singled out the uk in particular. what is there problem and what of the changes that are likely to follow from this? do you think they are follow they will follow through on the threats? are follow they will follow through on the threats? yes, well, it s a very interesting through on the threats? yes, well, it s a very interesting question. - it s a very interesting question. for now, it has only been threats. interestingly, there are reports in the uk and also back in europe that right now, there are talks going on betw
helping members of the armed forces following serious injury. a new state of the art treatment centre for the military opens its doors for the first time. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. whatsapp says it s found and fixed a major security flaw in the messaging service that allowed hackers to install surveillance software on devices. facebook which owns the company says the attack targeted a select number of people. users are being urged to update their app, as our north america technology reporter dave lee explains. human rights organisations say this is the attack they always feared it was possible, a flaw that meant attackers could plant surveillance software without the target needing to do anything. whatsapp has said it found a problem around ten days ago and, over the course of this month, has been notifying human rights groups, journalists and us law enforcement. the attack was said to have been developed by the n50 group, an israel based security co
welcoming chandra manning. thanks to all of you for coming today. i m surprised to see anybody. with the election just three days ago and the outcome we know will make history going forward, i was not sure if anybody would care about what happens 150 years ago but i m glad you did. the story really matters. it is a story of refugees at the center of american history. a story of success and failure and how those things are often intertwined, a story about making and defining citizenship not once and for all but on an ongoing day in day out basis. it affects all of us bearing responsibility. what i want to do is talk about how this book came about. i will give you a glimpse into what it says. i want to ask if any of you have been to a psychorama? do you know what it is? an enormous secular painting. one is the battle of gettysburg, it is 377 feet long and 42 feet high. imagine a football field end to end including the end zone, 42 feet high, and every inch is painted in intri