now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, i m martine croxall. welcome to dateline london. my first time hosting the programme, which is very exciting! hold on to your hats. this week, we discuss the successes and failures of the worldwide vaccination programmes against covid 19, and the conflict between israel and hamas. our guests are the french journalist agnes poirier of the magazine, l express, the american journalist and broadcasterjef mcallister. and with me, suitably distanced still in the studio, the bbc s science editor, david shukman. we re welcoming you, david, yourfirst time back in the building for over a year. very strange feeling but very nice. and i hear your mum is an avid dateline viewer, so she will be especially pleased to see you here for the first time! she is a huge fan so i cannot make any mistakes. i can t make any mistakes. she will be so glad that you are here with me on the programme. in the uk and the us, the vaccination programmes against the pan
make any mistakes. i can t make any mistakes. she will be so glad that you are here with me on the programme. in the uk and the us, the vaccination programmes against the pandemic has been hugely successful, but what about elsewhere? have policymakers really listened to the scientists? vaccinations for some will be the key to being able to go travelling again. fewer planes flying over the last year did some environmental good, but, more flights are scheduled, what further damage are we going to be doing to our climate? this is another area where scientists and policymakers may not be on the same page. will this crisis be discussed at the upcoming g7 summit being held in the uk? and are there any signs that we are prepared to suffer inconveniences, or sacrifices, if you like, to avoid a global warming catastrophe? agnes, let me start with you. how well do you think european policymakers have followed the science when it comes to vaccinations? well, it s a balancing act if you
to go travelling again. fewer planes flying over the last year did some environmental good, but, more flights are scheduled, what further damage are we going to be doing to our climate? this is another area where scientists and policymakers may not be on the same page. will this crisis be discussed at the upcoming g7 summit being held in the uk? and are there any signs that we are prepared to suffer inconveniences, or sacrifices, if you like, to avoid a global warming catastrophe? agnes, let me start with you. how well do you think european policymakers have followed the science when it comes to vaccinations? well, it s a balancing act if you re a head of state or head of a government. of course, they ve been listening to scientists. they must be feeling as if that is all they have been doing for 18 months. but there is science and there s politics. and you have to make, in the end, political decisions. and actually, it s interesting to look at the different countries in euro
our guests are the french journalist agnes poirier of the magazine, l express, the american journalist and broadcasterjef mcallister. and with me, suitably distanced in the studio, the bbc s science editor, david shukman. welcome to you all. david, yourfirst time back in the building for over a year. very strange feeling but very nice. and i hear your mum is an avid dateline viewer, so she will be especially pleased to see you here for the first time! she is a huge fan so i cannot make any mistakes. in the uk and the us, the vaccination programme against the pandemic has been hugely successful, but what about elsewhere? have policymakers listened to the scientists? vaccinations for some will be the key to travelling again. fewer planes flying did some environmental good but as more flights are scheduled, what further damage are we doing to our climate? this is another area where scientists and policymakers may not be on the same page. will this crisis be discussed at the upco
weeks. after the catastrophic last two weeks, months i would say, and yesterday. weeks, months i would say, and yesterday, the french president announced that anyone from the age of 18 was announced that anyone from the age of 18 was now able to get vaccinated in france of 18 was now able to get vaccinated in france. surprise, surprise. i m sure in france. surprise, surprise. i m sure you in france. surprise, surprise. i m sure you remember the french were leading sure you remember the french were leading and sure you remember the french were leading and anti vaccine feeling in the western world, but it s not the case any the western world, but it s not the case any more. perhaps because they were denied case any more. perhaps because they were denied their vaccine, and as you know. were denied their vaccine, and as you know, they are quite contrary and as you know, they are quite contrary and as soon you know, they are quite contrary and as soon as there