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Early morning here in the United States. 4 00 a. M. And we start with what will be a busy week. Two major events playing out politically here in the u. S. First, the u. S. President s impeachment trial, its drawing closer to its end. The verdict, almost certain to been acquittal. While that plays out in washington, democrats in iowa will hold their caucuses, deciding which of their president ial hopefuls they would like to see take on the president. In the impeachment trial, were seeing the impact of the senate vote to block witnesses and documents. It means we may never see emails the Justice Department sack knowledging for the first time. Dozens of them exist that apparently outline the president s role and involvement in the ukraine aid freeze. And while the republicans appear united that the president should not be removed from office, some of them say his conduct was wrong but dont expect an apology from the president. Jeremy diamond has more on that and how the trial will come to

Global Pandemic Fears Rise As WHO Treaty Falters

Will the pandemic treaty make it over the line?

This is the question that is on the lips of many people working in global health as we enter into the final stretch of negotiations for a pandemic accord. Deliberations are taking place in the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), which was tasked with drafting an instrument in an ambitious timeline of two years considerably shorter than most international legal negotiations with an assumption that the severity of covid-19 would inspire the world’s governments to come together and seek a better path for preventing, preparing for, detecting, and responding to future pandemics.1 The Treaty text is meant to be finalised and agreed by May 2024. However, two years on many fear that negotiations are stalling.2 Despite thousands of hours of formal and informal negotiations, and several rounds of draft texts, there still remain vast tides of differences between how countries are approaching the substantive content of these negotiations. The central issue remains equitable access to coun

How should the world respond to the next pandemic?

As the WHO mulls when to call the Covid pandemic over, attention is turning to the future

Dr Tedros accused of sacrificing 'legitimacy of WHO' over decision to attend Winter Olympics

Dr Tedros will be joined by the head of the UN, despite some Western governments boycotting the event due to China’s human rights record