Hotspots is expected to come into force on the 15th of february. Hello and welcome whether youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. We start in washington, where President Joe Biden has made his first majorForeign Policy speech as president. Diplomacy is back, he said. And america is back ready to work with others to solve global challenges once again. It was a huge shift in tone, and in direction from the last four years. The president said he was prepared to talk to americas adversaries and pointed to an early example the extension of a treaty with russia to limit Nuclear Weapons stocks. But he also had a warning for moscow. At the same time, i made it clear to President Putin in a manner very different from my predecessor that the days of the United States rolling over in the face of russias aggressive actions interfering with our elections, cyber attacks, poisoning its citizens are over. We will not
Its been a quiet year for hollywood, but the awards season is underway with female directors making history as three women are nominated for Best Director. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Finally, vaccines are being produced that might help us return to Something Like the lives we had before covid. Here in the uk over ten million doses have already been given out, but at the same time, new variants are emerging too first here in the uk, then in brazil and south africa. So, scientists are turning their attention to how to adapt vaccines to make sure they work against all new variants. Astrazeneca and Oxford University say they plan to have a Next Generation Covid Vaccine ready for the autumn. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. The scientists at oxford who created the astrazeneca vaccine are continually monitoring how coronavirus is evolving. The current vaccine is t
In myanmar a direct assault on the countrys transition to democracy. The countrys armed forces seized power, detaining civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her top advisers. The takeover follows a Landslide Win by her National League for democracy in novembers election, which the army claims was fraudulent. Myanmar, also known as burma, was ruled by the military until 2011. Democratic reforms by Aung San Suu Kyi ended their control. Troops are being said to be patrolling the streets of the capital and the main city yangon. Now her leadership and reputation has been once hailed as a beacon of democracy she was awarded the nobel peace prize. Her leadership has been tarnished by looking at the Rate Map Working alongside the army. Alongside the army. Muslim rohingya minority. But she still enjoys great support throughout the country. Our special correspondent fergal keane reports. tx next this. An army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically elected
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. We start this hour with Breaking News and a Military Coup appears to be under way in myanmar. The countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, president win myint and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head. What more can you tell us about what has been happening . It is what has been happening . It is not that clear what has been happening . It is not that clear from what has been happening . It 3 not that clear from here and bangkok. We are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside Myanmar Committee does appear numerous reports that the key leadership of the country including unsung suki have been detained by the military early this morning before dawn. Aung san sui kyi. In the capital which is not the main city but that has been more or less cut off and people are finding it very hard to get through on the phone o