A delayed supplies after criticism of a slow rollout so mccain has more on this now from ballin. This is the astra zeneca vaccine in use available to british patients most at risk from covert since late last month and from now on officially so too for many e. U. Citizens most at risk from the pandemic its a real pleasure to be here and to announce the 3rd positive o. Pinion for the authorize ation of the astra zeneca covert 19 vaccine this expand the range of Vaccines Available to e. U. And a Member States which will all help to bring the pandemic under control and protect the citizens of the e. U. Except that far fewer e. U. Citizens will be able to receive the vaccine for the next few months after the company cut back what it could deliver to the block astra zeneca a british swedish firm blames production problems at some of its plants and said it can only deliver fewer than half of the 80000000. 00 doses promised the europeans have complained and decided to protect all vaccine stock
Caffrey judge to achieve the maximum reduction in the our number with the minimum damage to lives and livelihoods i want to stress that this is by no means a return to the full lockdown of march were not issuing a general instruction to stay at home we will ensure that schools colleges and universities stay open because nothing is more important than the Education Health and well being of our young people we will ensure that businesses can stay open in a coded compliant way Libyas National Oil Corporation says that its restarting some production of exports libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar had imposed a blockade on Oil Facilities since january but announced an end to it on friday the state oil company says there are no longer any full fighters or foreign mercenaries in honey in the east a break in the center of the country so production can resume. A draft bill that would amend the sri lankan constitution to give the president extra pause before parliament if passed it will president rajap
With fire will get burnt the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army has firm will full confidence in sufficient ability to thwart all external interference and separatist acts of Taiwan Independence and resolutely defend National Sovereignty and territorial integrity thats enough from robert reich whos following the story from seoul. This intense military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait really ratcheting up the tension level in this part of the world of the chinas Defense Ministry has said that this exercise is necessary and reasonable but we know now from taiwans military that in response they have had to scramble friday their intercept jets when they say that they detected a number multiple chinese and military aircraft crossing over the how half way line in the straits of taiwan that separates taiwan from Mainland China 15 prodemocracy activists in hong kong are back in court for their role in last years protests among them is newspaper publisher and businessman she lay there faci
A diplomatic at a james pace. Its aroud its even pitted the u. S. Against some of its closest allies and its now over 5 years since the Iran Nuclear Deal was signed in vienna joining the negotiations the us team under the leadership of the then secretary of state john kerry devised a mechanism called snap back if iran breached its commitments all International Sanctions could snap back into place but thats not the way things played out the United States will withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal it was the u. S. Under President Trump that pulled out of the deal 2 years ago. Despite this in objections from the rest of the International Community the u. S. Still argues it could trigger a snapback the one thing that the Previous Administration got right is they created provision where under u. N. Security Council Resolution 2231. Any one of the nations identified there had the right to say we want the sanctions that were in place prior to this that moment to snap back and thats what will do
Hello im saying this is counting the cost on your look at the world of business and economics this week a special from iran that iran has always been able to work around crippling sanctions but the coronavirus pandemic that killed thousands has trashed the economy what kind of economy will emerge. No country in the middle east was hit harder by the corona virus pandemic than iran. Its recorded more deaths than anywhere in the region and total infections are still rising overall rates are slowing down but an officially the numbers are widely believed to be much higher. And the government initially downplayed the pandemic in a speech in the early days of the outbreak Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described it as a non emergency and said the United States remains the biggest threat to the country. And during the 1st meeting of a Task Force President Hassan Rouhani set up to respond to the crisis he predicted the emergency would be over in 3 days. Irans enemies of pausing to scare