The argument in europe about the distribution of coronavirus vaccines has intensified with the authorities in belgium investigating a Production Site owned by astrazeneca. Brussels wants to know why the Pharmaceutical Company wont be able to deliver all of the doses it promised. The eu has called for some of the vaccines made in the uk to be diverted and warned it could resort to legal action. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Once again, science has triumphed in the fight against coronavirus. The Us Firm Novavax has released results of its british trial showing the first proven efficacy against the new, more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trail throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid recorded were the result of the new variant. The results showed the vaccine was 95 effective against the original covid strain and over 85 effective against the new uk variant, giving an overall efficacy of 89 . The former head of the uk Vaccine Task Fo
by 11 of the 31 members of the alliance. uk prime minister rishi sunak is expected to urge nato allies to learn the lessons from russia s invasion of ukraine and invest more in defence. joining me now is hugo brennan, research director at the risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. good morning to you, hugo. so, just talk us through the level of defence spending going on at the moment. because this has been a contentious issue for years within nato, hasn t it? it very much has been, yeah. i mean, the first thing to say is the question of who foots the bill to pay for the alliance? as you say, that s long been a question mark. you ll remember back to 2019, when donald trump made it very much top of the agenda. and again, it s going to be in this latest nato summit. as you said, we re expecting some sort of agreement that will make it a requirement for nato member states to spend at least 2% of their gdp on defence spending, which would build on that 2014 agreement you r
offices of think there is a feeling. the offices of the think there is a feeling. the offices of the 1922 think there is a feeling. the offices of the 1922 are filing in so graham brady is opening a magic envelope. 357 votes cast, out of a possible 358. i will need the name of the candidate and number of votes cast in alphabetical order. kemi badenoch, 58. penny mordaunt, 82. rishi sunak, 115. liz truss, 71. tom tugendhat, 31. so tom tugendhat is eliminated from the election. the other candidates are able to go forward to a fourth ballot which will take tomorrow between one and three pn, will take tomorrow between one and three pm, with the result announced at apm. studio: short, sweet and to the point. it s a hot all day and it s a hot committee room. kemi badenoch, she had 58 votes, up nine on five days ago on the last round. penny mordaunt on 82, down one by my estimation. rishi sunak with 115, up 14 estimation. rishi sunak with 115, up 1a on five days ago. and liz t
suggests a post covid that we are still no better at containing an outbreak. tonight with the context, rebecca harding, trent economist, and the former communications director for the and the former communications directorfor the donald and the former communications director for the donald trump campaign brian lanza. a warm welcome to the programme. there is nothing british people love more than discussing the weather but thatis more than discussing the weather but that is because it is highly changeable. we do not often discussed the weather with concern or maybe a sense of dread about where the climate is heading and we re certainly not used it a0 celsius. 0ur roads and railways were not built for it and neither our homes. we are notjust setting records this week, we are smashing them and we are doing it at an alarmingly regular interval. it should concern us as it is concerning the french and spaniards. they are used to hot temperatures but right now there are wildfires bu