Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern, that was on january 30, 2020, and he said that there was a window of opportun
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 20
Now on bbc news dateline london. Hello, im shaun ley. Welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the uks leading commentators, bbc specialists, and those journalists whove worked as Foreign Correspondents, Filing Stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. This week will there be enough Vaccine Doses . The uk closes its doors to some but infuriates china by opening them to kong hongers. And what a disputed Prime Ministerial visit tells us about the future of the union. 0n dateline s panel this week janet daley, whose columns appear weekly in the sunday telegraph. Jeffrey kofman is a former tv anchor and Foreign Correspondent in canada and the United States. And here with me in the studio is vincent knee, a china specialist with bbc world news. Warm welcome to all of you. The European Commission has been Piling Pressure on the vaccine manufacturer astrazeneca all week, angry that millions of doses it agreed to supply to the eu before the end of march may be cut
Morning and welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, march 17. Im Danny Freeman in per victor blackwell. Good to be with you. Danny, im amara walker and heres what were watching for you this morning, dueling for dollars President Biden ranks in a record haul of 53 Million Dollars in donations and just one month as former President Donald Trump is reportedly scrambling to raise Campaign Cash are breaking down the numbers. And why trump says losing the election will lead two calls of a bloodbath and accused killer in custody. What we know about the deadly pennsylvania Shooting Spree that led to an hourslong stand up in nearby new jersey, plus escaping the chaos, the state Department Announces plans to rescue americans trapped in haiti as Gang Violence escalates. A report from portauprince, youll only see on cnn most the final countdown we are live in moscow where Vladimir Putin is hours away from likely clinching an unprecedented fifth term as russias president all right, just in the pa
Good morning and welcome to cnn this morning is sunday, march 17. Im danny freeman, info your blackboard. Good to have you, danny, im amara walker. Thank you so much for joining us this sunday morning. And heres what we are watching for you, donald trump hits the trail for the First Time Since securing the republican nomination as President Biden dines with reporters and politicians in washington, the very different warnings both candidates are issuing on the Campaign Trail, posted arms Stand Up Paralyzes and new jersey neighborhood for hours on saturday will tell you what we know about what led up to it and how it all finally ended evacuations are underway in parts of iceland is a volcano near the famous blue lagoon a ropes, once again, the impact on nearby towns is a lava continues to flow this morning, and the final day of voting is underway in russias president ial election. And although Vladimir Putin is assured victory, were seeing protests across the region. Were live in moscow