that s it from me. james will be here at the top of the hour. james will be here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news. hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. maybe we shouldn t be surprised that the gulf is opening up between covid vaccination rates in the richest countries and in the poorest, but still, the numbers are shocking. while the uk has given 27% of its population a first dose, many nations have yet to inject a single arm, and this vaccine inequality is rising fast. my guest today is seth berkley, head of gavi, the global vaccine alliance and the key driver of the effort to ensure the whole world gets covid protection. it is a great ambition is it achievable? seth berkley in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. i m going to begin, if i may, with some words from the world health organization chief, doctor tedros. he said recently that the me first approach to vaccine procurement that he sees around the world represents a catastrophi
now on bbc news: our world. welcome to europe. it s been a bad year for travel lovers. but the pandemic hasn t stopped everyone. we are here to meet some people who have been blogging about theirjourney to europe. they are not your typical travel bloggers. harraga , in arabic, means someone who burns through borders. they re undocumented migrants, passing into europe illegally. over the last few years, this group of unorthodox travellers have made a corner of youtube their home. a place where they can document their wild journeys for fans back in morocco. but are these stories of adventure encouraging other people to take a difficultjourney? or are theyjust providing a service, showing the hardships of migration so that others won t make a fatal mistake? it s may 2020. five years after the migrant crisis that led the eu to secure its borders. but that hasn t stopped anwar al hafidi. he s in greece without a visa, hiking through the forest so that the police will not find him
themselves. and one of the world s biggest bands k pop s blackpink urge their fans to take action on climate change after being inspired by a david attenborough documentary. and the pop superstar lady gaga offers a $500,000 reward to get her two french bulldogs back after a gunman shoots her dog walker and steals the animals. hello and welcome. joe biden has held his first phone conversation with king salman of saudi arabia since taking office in january. saudi arabia has long been a vital us ally in the middle east but the us president vowed to reset relations with the gulf nation, with an emphasis on human rights and the rule of law. the conversation comes ahead of ahead of the public release of a much anticipated declassified us intelligence report about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul in 2018. the report is expected to say the murder was likely ordered by the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. joseph westphal was the united states am
hello from greenwich park in london. now, while we all keep dreaming of the travel we will be doing when things get back to normal, today we are taking a look back at some of our best trips to south asia. over the years, we have had plenty of adventures there and for me, personally, one of the highlights was a trip to the beautiful country of sri lanka in 2020. on the streets of its bustling capital city colombo, the tuk tuk is king of the road. and with its numbers have jumped eightfold in 15 years, i went there to see what impact it is having on the city and how tourists are now jumping in the driving seat too. so there is actually over a million tuk tuks here in sri lanka and it definitely shows, because these things are everywhere. chuckles. that s a pretty high number for a country ofjust over 20 million people. the prospect of good money has prompted many young people and it is notjust the pros driving a rented tuk tuk is increasingly popular with tourists too. argh!
offers a $500,000 reward to get her two french bulldogs back after a gunman shoots her dog walker and steals the animals. joe biden has held his first phone conversation with king salman of saudi arabia since taking office in january. saudi arabia has long been a vital us ally in the middle east, but the us president vowed to reset relations with the gulf nation with an emphasis on human rights and the rule of law. the conversation comes ahead of ahead of the public release of a much anticipated declassified us intelligence report about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul, in 2018. the report is expected to say the murder was likely ordered by the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. earlier, i spoke to joseph westphal, who was the united states ambassador to saudi arabia under president barack 0bama. he told me what he expects the approach of the biden administration towards the kingdom will be. i think the president has a very, very experienced fo