Thats a lame excuse they say there is a clear commitment and that is why they hope the company will publish the this particular contract today for everyone to see that the promises that have been made to the e. U. Are unfulfilled so that the e. U. Not know that the u. K. Would have priority and is was the lack of Due Diligence on the on the use part or should i have told them. There from from the perspective of the e. U. There is a lack of information though the key issue for them is that if you cut the vaccine supply that was promised by contract by more than half by 60 percent you need to come up with some some really good reasons for that and those reasons have been given apparently there is a problem in the supply chain on the european side in effect 3 in belgium but from the perspective of the e. U. Arsenic as a club a company theyre producing as far away as india and if they have supply problems that bug needs to be shared by all the countries that they are at handing out their v
See the European Union has spent hundreds of millions of euros in advance even before approval from the European Medicines Agency so that a vaccine can be produced so the moment it is approved it is there to be vaccinators so but thats also part of the problem astras is supplying vaccine to the United Kingdom isnt it. Exactly and the argument of the European Commission is that stress anika is a close call company that is producing not only in the e. U. But also in the u. K. Also in india and that supply chain problems must then affect all those countries that are buying vaccines and europe is the biggest customer and it cant be that its just europe that is carrying the burden just because the supply chain problem appears to be in a belgian factory but both are strong and the e. U. Have said its states in the contract that they respectively were right and now the redacted version of the contract that you have in front of you still doesnt shed any light on the core issues here why do you
Saying rich nations need to show solidarity towards the global south face the consequences. Plus the game stop friends ends the week with fuel thats outrage on small investors also on line growth has restricted the buying of the companys shares so what will happen next in this wild ride on wall street. Has welcome to the show the president of the year European Commission also a fund a line has urged Pharma Company astra zeneca to stick by its commitments to supply the e. U. With its covert 900. 00 vaccine comments come after the british swedish firm said it was cutting the number of doses for the e. U. By 60 percent because of production problems. The drugmaker also said it was not contractually obliged to deliver on the line said the contract is quote Crystal Clear the controversy comes as the bloc faces pressure with many countries countries failing to meet their vaccination targets. Other w. s correspondent mark martins joins us now from brussels hes following this ongoing story the
Pandemic. The poll showing many europeans already have their doubts, doctors are taking to social media to change plans. I hope the last moments of your life dont look like this either. Good morning. This is r. T. And iran has called on the United Nations to condemn the killing of its scientists labeled the father of runs nuclear program. The raid in officials have pointed the, finger of blame at israel for the countrys envoy to the u. N. , said tehran reserves the right to defend itself. By all means, a local reporter gave us more details about the killing, which iran has branded an act of state terrorism. Senior iranian scientist was killed on a highway near tehran. Theres not much detail about number of people involved in the attack, or number of People Killed in the incident in the skirmish, but the tag took place some 75 kilometers outside to iran, north east of tehran, near the resort city of stat. You know, apparently he did, traffic was quite less day usual in comparison to the
Detention. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. The iranian president has accused israel of killing the countrys top scientist. The assassination of the man dubbed the mastermind of Irans Nuclear program will not slow down the countrys achievements. Tehran also branded the attack an act of state terrorism. A local reporter gave his details. Senior iranian scientist was killed on a highway near tehran. Theres not much detail about number of people involved in the attack, or number of People Killed in the incident, and skirmish tag took place some 75 kilometers outside to iran, north east of tehran, near the resort city of stat. You know, apparently he did. Traffic was quite less day usual in comparison to the other days. And the terrorists apparently caught into the vehicle of the scientists newsmedia say dad, there was an explosion. And then there was a gunfire. Berridge of gunfire. Bits been the Security Officials and sasan tactic, which is killing o