now on bbc news dateline london. hello, i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the uk s leading commentators, bbc specialists, and those journalists who ve worked as foreign correspondents, filing stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week: will there be enough vaccine doses? the uk closes its doors to some but infuriates china by opening them to kong hongers. and what a disputed prime ministerial visit tells us about the future of the union. 0n dateline s panel this week: janet daley, whose columns appear weekly in the sunday telegraph. jeffrey kofman is a former tv anchor and foreign correspondent in canada and the united states. and here with me in the studio is vincent knee, a china specialist with bbc world news. warm welcome to all of you. the european commission has been piling pressure on the vaccine manufacturer astrazeneca all week, angry that millions of doses it agreed to supply to the eu before the end of
who created one the great formula one teams has died aged 79. the uk vaccination programme should be expanded as a matter of urgency because of the new omicron variant of coronavirus. that s according to the health secretary, sajid javid, as a third case has now been identified here. and there are expected to be more, with concerns that it may spread more easily and potentially evade current vaccines. ministers say they have acted swiftly in england, mask wearing in shops and on public transport will be a legal requirement once again a change that will come into force on tuesday. here s our health correspondent, anna collinson. some breaking news. south africa and the president addressing the nation. , , ., ., nation. scientists have also identified nation. scientists have also identified cases nation. scientists have also identified cases in nation. scientists have also identified cases in countries. nation. scientists have also - identified cases in countries
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incident it has to be thoroughly investigated. treat everyone seriously and with dignity and respect. what you don t want this to be and this from the prime minister and the times and also in the telegraph from the home secretary is just words. we don t want to hear just words. we don t want to hear just words. we don t want to hear just words around conference time. we want them to follow through with this and want to make sure that the streets are safer within the story as well there is further criticism of the metropolitan police. it mentions that the three was identified for his indecent exposure a few days before but they didn t a chilly realise he was a police officer which again is going to be shocking to many people who didn t find that out straight away. also that two then were in a whatsapp group with them sharing races and various other offensive messages. they haven t been suspended as yet. there is clearly a lot to be done and clearly a lot of work for both cress