the newly appointed head of the world trade organization has told the bbc that when it comes to vaccines protectionism is not the answer to ending the coronavirus pandemic. speaking to the bbc in one of her first interviews since getting one of the top jobs in global trade nigeria s dr ngozi okonjo iweala told our correspondent nancy kacungira that her organisation could help accelerate the rollout of vaccines. iam humble i am humble and proud to be the first woman and the first african, so i wouldn t minimise that the fact that the membership have done and his directing today. but for me principally, there are so many problems to be sold. first and foremost is the issue of the pandemic. of covid i9. and looking at how wto rules and how the wto can help make access to vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics more accessible and diagnostics more accessible and affordable for poorer countries, so that we don t have a phenomenon a rich countries are vaccinating their populations an
hello and welcome. there s been another internet blackout in myanmar where large numbers of troops continue to patrol the streets of many larger cities. the un has condemned the outage. meanwhile, military authorities are expected to give their first press conference today, more than two weeks their first press conference after their unexpected coup on the first of february. the bbc s nick march joins us from singapore. welcome to you. what more do we know about the internet blackout? know about the internet blackout? ~ . ., , blackout? what we re hearing is that the intimate blackout? what we re hearing is that the intimate connection - blackout? what we re hearing is that the intimate connection is i that the intimate connection is has actually resumed, it came back on about 9am local time, about 2.5 hours ago, bang on cue as advertised, by the way. it is the second internet blackout we have seen in a row now. shutdowns are coinciding with overnight raids, we have s
hello and welcome to the programme. a long running cyber attack targeting government departments in the united states has now affected the two agencies managing the country s nuclear stockpile. investigations into the hack are continuing, but some analysts and politicians have blamed it on russian intelligence. our washington correspondent, lebo disekojoins us now. good to see you. so, we know that a number of government agencies have been affected, but this could go even further than we think right now, couldn t it? yes, the part of the department of homeland security that deals with cyber security said that the hackers did notjust use one method of gaining access, and therefore it could be much larger than we think and as you said, this list of agencies that has been affected, from the pentagon to the treasury too, as you said, probably the agencies you would least wa nt probably the agencies you would least want to be impact said by something like this, those in charge of
hello and welcome. president trump has made comments that seem to come the closest so far to conceding the election held three weeks ago. while insisting on his unsubstantiated claim that the poll was fraudulent, he said he would leave the white house if the electoral college certifies joe biden‘s victory. mark lobel reports. welcome to america s just as well so this public hearing on the election in pennsylvania, donald trump s lawyer rudy giuliani revealed his team were checking graveyards to check their unsubstantiated claims that thousands of mail in ballots were submitted by dead people. president trump on the phone was sounding jubilant. this was an election that we won easily. we wanted by a lot. applause . terry is a mere 2a hours later, when a reporter asked the question on everybody‘s mind. if the electoral college. certainly i will. certainly i will. and you know that. i think there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of january. things h
and mike nesmith singer and guitarist with the sixties band the monkees has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. fresh analysis of data on the omicron variant of coronavirus has revealed what the uk government is calling a deeply concerning situation. the figures confirm that omicron is growing rapidly in all regions of the country and could be the dominant strain within the next week. the uk health security agency is suggesting that vaccine protection against mild symptoms is substantially reduced but that a third boosterjab is 75% effective in preventing any covid symptoms. here s our medical editor fergus walsh. the omicron variant is spreading incredibly fast, despite our highly immunised population. the growth rate is even more rapid than last christmas, when the alpha wave hit and very few of us had been vaccinated. new analysis shows that having two vaccine doses is unlikely to stop omicron infection. however, bo