hello, and welcome if you re watching on pbs in the us or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the european union is introducing export controls on coronavirus vaccines produced in europe. the move will force pharmaceutical companies to get permission before supplying doses outside the bloc. it comes amid a supply dispute between the eu and two major vaccine suppliers, astrazeneca and pfizer. the european commission says export controls are necessary to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. nick beake reports from brussels. throughout the week, this post brexit battle between the eu and a british based vaccine maker has been intensifying. european countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. it all hangs on the contract the two sides signed that s now been released, although with parts blanked out. astrazeneca says it ag
an all time high. the uk s increasingly violent weather hundreds of people could die in flooding, warns the environment agency, unless there s action to make the country more resilient, fast. the queen attends a service of thanksgiving at westminster abbey using a walking stick for support for the first time at a major public event. and coming up on the bbc news channel, scotland are two wins away from a place in the world cup play offs. they are preparing to face the faroe islands later. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. one of the worst ever public health failures that s what a new report by mps has called the uk s failure to do more to stop covid spreading early in the pandemic. they said the government s approach backed by its scientists was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve herd immunity by infection. the report says the delay in introducing the first lockdown cost thousands of lives, many of them elderly and vulnerable people
we will also ask, shouldn t many lessons have been learned even before covid struck? the number of vacancies in the uk hits a record high, as the jobs market continues to recoverfrom the pandemic. the brexit minister lord frost says post brexit trade arrangements, which the uk negotiated with the eu, aren t working and have to change. the northern ireland protocol is the biggest source of mistrust between us. and for all kinds of reasons, we need to fix this problem. former little mix singer jesy nelson has denied accusations of blackfishing when a non black person tries to appear black in her new music video. the queen attends a service of thanksgiving at westminster abbey, using a walking stick for support for the first time at a major public event. good evening to you, welcome if you re just good evening to you, welcome if you rejustjoining us. one of the worst ever public health failures that s what a new report by mps has called the uk s failure to do more to stop
scientists warned that the loss of biodiversity risks are tipping the world into ecological meltdown. good afternoon. the business secretary says rising gas prices have created a critical situation for many industries and that he is looking at whether existing government support is sufficient. steel makers are among those warning that they may have to stop production because of the cost of energy. kwasi kwarteng said he was working with the chancellor on possible support but the treasury said no talks have taken place. here s our business correspondent katie prescott. catching up over sunday brunch. in the run up to winter, rising energy bills were the top talking point in this cafe. not least for the owner, as making coffee gets more expensive. i mainly worry that the prices won t change, because we have dealt with them in the current situation, the idea that in those places the same as 0k will be normalised. the business secretary this morning would not commit to lower ener
in the last few minutes. it s been announced that the uk s third largest steel maker, liberty, has announced plans to re open its rotherham steel plant. the company says the large majority of its one thousand workers who have been on furlough, will return when operations restart later this month. our business correspondent is here. this sounds like excellent news. it is really good news for the workers in rotherham who have been waiting a long time for this, but it might be confusing for viewers because we have been talking for weeks now about what difficulties the steel industry is in with gas prices four times what they were at the start of the year. speaking to liberty today, they said there is no doubt, it is a difficult time for the industry, gas prices are very high, but they say demand for steel is still very strong and they believe that if they can keep going through this really difficult time that they will emerge stronger. there is an added sort of different thing a