performs night time raids, following mass protests sparked by their coup. now it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. right now, the world is seeing two sides of vladimir putin s russia. the one he wants you to see is the scientifically advanced nation offering the world an effective covid vaccine known as sputnik v. the one he d rather you ignore is the repressive, authoritarian state that ruthlessly eliminates those who threaten the status quo. my guest today is kirill dmitriev a putin ally, the boss of one of russia s sovereign wealth funds and a key backer of the russian vaccine. is russia ripe for change? kirill dmitriev in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let us start with the project which has occupied so much of your time and energy in recent months. that is the development of the sputnik v vaccine, which your investment fund has effectively financed. how satisfied are you with what you ve achieved? well, i think w
provoking the events of the day. in a statement, donald trump said the democrats had been given a free pass to transform justice into a tool of political vengeance. hello and welcome to bbc news. we started course in the united states. the former us president donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after last month s storming of the capitol building. the senate vote fell short of the two thirds majority needed to convict him on the single charge of incitement of insurrection. seven republican senators voted with their democratic colleagues ten short of what was needed for a conviction. our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. after four days of acrimonious hearings, the second impeachment trial of donald trump came to a close and a vote to convict or acquit. the senate and vote to convict or acquit. the senate and judges senate and judges that the respondent donaldj trump, former president of the united states, is not guilty as charge
boris johnson says he hopes to begin lifting lockdown restrictions in england from next month beginning with schools, then non essential shops, followed by pubs and restaurants. mrjohnson also said that people will have to learn to live with coronavirus, echoing a suggestion by his health secretary matt hancock that it could be managed like flu by the end of the year. some scientists have warned against easing restrictions too quickly even if the vaccination programme remains on target. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. day by day, thousands more injections to vaccinate people against coronavirus. by monday, the government is confident it will have met its aim of offering 15 million people their firstjab. on a visit to a vaccine manufacturer in teesside today, the prime minister said he was cautiously optimistic about covid 19 being contained long term. new therapies are being discovered the whole time, which are enabling us to reduce mortality, improve our
it s normally a time when restaurants are booked up with couples dining out to celebrate valentine s day. with lockdown measures still in place and cashflows under pressure, an increasing number of venues have adapted to create restaura nt quality home delivery meal kits instead. our business correspondent katy austin has more. vicky and chris plan to recreate the restaurant experience at home this weekend. we re getting a posh takeaway from a local restaurant. so, we re having beef wellington, macarons. not cheap, but, you know, we re not spending any money on anything else, really. deprived of their normal sit in trade around february 14th, many restaurants have now created special kits for people to finish off at home. so, everything s ready made and then it s reheating, finish it off and plating it. andreas runs michelin starred venues in the midlands. it s helping keeping our businesses afloat more than anything, and that s what it is. cash flow is a real thing at the mo
steps up night time raids on civilians. we will start in the us. the former us president donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after last month s storming of the capitol building. the senate vote fell short of the two thirds majority needed to find him guilty of the single charge of incitement of insurrection. seven republican senators voted with their democratic colleagues, ten short of what was needed for conviction. our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. after four days of acrimonious hearings, the second impeachment trial of donald trump came to a close and the vote to convict or acquit. the senate judges that the respondent, donald john trump, former president of the united states, is not guilty as charged in the article of impeachment. seven republicans did find him guilty but not enough to convict. the leader of the republicans in the senate voted to acquit, but then launched a lacerating attack on donald trump and his behaviour.