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Wed, 08 Dec 2021 22:14:00 +0000
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WHO urges governments to act as Omicron spreads
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The World Health Organisation has warned that the Omicron variant could have a major impact on the pandemic and called on all governments to accelerate their vaccination campaigns. We also explore how vaccines have changed the course of the pandemic, one year after the first internationally approved Covid-19 vaccine was administered outside of a trial. Also in the programme: The party in Downing Street that may have flouted lockdown rules; and the new German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has promised a new beginning as he takes over from Angela Merkel. (Photo: A pharmacist prepares a dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) Pfizer vaccine amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron in Johannesburg, South Africa. Credit: Reuters). s of the day’s global events.
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 22:14:00 +0000
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Germany's new leader sworn in
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Germany enters a new era as Olaf Scholz is sworn in as Chancellor, replacing Angela Merkel after her 16 years in power. He was voted in by the German parliament, where his three-party coalition has a substantial majority.His centre-left Social Democrats will govern alongside the Greens and the business-friendly Free Democrats. We hear from the new chancellor\'s party about their plans for government.Also in the programme: A helicopter carrying the head of India\'s armed forces crashes, killing almost everyone on board. The British prime minister is under pressure after a video emerged that shows his staff joking about a Christmas party during last year\'s lockdown. And we find out more about Barcelona\'s strained relationship with one of the city\'s main sights.
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:48:00 +0000
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Biden and Putin talk amid Russia-Ukraine tensions
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During a videoconference meeting, US President Joe Biden voiced \"deep concerns\" over the massing of Russian troops near Ukraine, threatening \"strong economic and other measures”. Moscow earlier said talks were needed as tensions were \"off the scale\".Also in the programme: French police arrest of a Saudi suspected of involvement in the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi; and dozens of inmates have died in a fire at a prison in Burundi.(Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden videoconference on 07th of December 2021. Credit: Reuters).
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 22:14:00 +0000
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Ukraine invasion fears ahead of Biden-Putin meeting
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President Biden is expected to warn Vladimir Putin that Russia will be hit with severe sanctions if it invades Ukraine, in a video call later today.Russian troop movement on the border with Ukraine has led to fears and concerns that Moscow is planning on an invasion. Latvia\'s foreign minister, Edgars Rinkēvičs, warns this programme of \"huge bloodshed\" if the situation escalates.Also in the programme: A whistleblower says the British operation to evacuate people from Afghanistan was dysfunctional and chaotic; we speak to one of those left behind in Kabul. Mel Brooks reflects on decades in showbusiness and we find out why the United Arab Emirates is moving its weekend.(Picture shows a Ukrainian serviceman on the front line in Donetsk. Credit EPA)
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:14:00 +0000
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World reacts to Aung San Suu Kyi sentence
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Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules, in the first of a series of verdicts that could see her jailed for life. Her sentence has been reduced from four years to two years.Also in the programme: Ethiopia\'s government says its forces have taken back two towns from Tigrayan rebels; the story of the Palestinian jailbreak that rocked Israel\'s security establishment; and can Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin reduce tensions over Ukraine?(Photo: Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands in 2019. Credit: Reuters.)
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 22:35:00 +0000
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Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to jail
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Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to prison, the first in a series of verdicts that could jail her for life.Dr Sasa, a senior member of the National League for Democracy party and a spokesman for Myanmar\'s National Unity Government in exile, described it as a \"show trial\".Also in the programme: the World Health Organisaton says there has been a surge in Malaria with the pandemic disrupting health services all over the world and we hear concerns about a collapse in the Chinese property sector after a real estate firm defaults on its significant debts.(Photo: Aung San Suu Kyi in 2012, when she addressed the UK parliament. Credit: Dan Kitwood/PA)
Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:46:00 +0000
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Pope Francis has denounced those who use migrants for political propaganda
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The Pope made his remarks on a visit to the Mavrovouni refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.Also on the programme; the Gambian president, Adama Barrow, appears on course for re-election with results from most districts giving him a clear lead. And former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair calls for a globally focused response to the omicron variant of Covid 19. (Picture: Pope Francis at the Mavrovouni refugee camp in Lesbos. Credit: Reuters)
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 22:24:00 +0000
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Pope Francis visits Greek refugee camp
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Pope Francis has been on a visit to a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos where he urged better treatment of migrants in Europe.Also in the programme at least four anti-coup protesters have been killed when Myanmar security forces rammed a car into a protest in the main city of Yangon; protests are held in South African cities in opposition to oil company Shell’s plans to explore for oil and gas on the country’s wild coast.(Picture: Pope Francis greets two refugee girls at the Reception and Identification Centre in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, Greece, December 5, 2021. Credit: Louisa Gouliamaki/Pool via REUTERS)
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 14:27:00 +0000
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Michigan school shooting: Suspect's parents deny involuntary manslaughter
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James and Jennifer Crumbley are accused of ignoring warning signs before their son\'s alleged rampage.Also on the programme, the French President Emmanuel Macron has become the first major western leader to hold in person talks with Mohammed Bin Salman since the Saudi crown prince was implicated in the murder of the Saudi journalist, Jamal Kashoggi, three years ago. And we hear the story of John Eddie, the first person to die of Aids in the UK, 40 years ago.(Picture: James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of Ethan Crumbley Credit: EPA)
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:29:00 +0000
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Scientists say Omicron variant spreading twice as fast as Delta
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Researchers looking into the Omicron variant say it appears to be spreading twice as fast as the Delta variant.Also in the programme: Voters are heading to the polls in The Gambia to choose a new president and in UK the first person to die of AIDS is chronicled in a television documentary.(Photo: A health worker tests passengers for coronavirus at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on December 2, 2021 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Credit: Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 14:32:00 +0000
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Covid-19: Omicron cases surge in South Africa
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The new variant drives a sharp increase in infections at an unprecedented rate - so will it become dominant worldwide? Also in the programme: Who appears to be gaining the upper-hand in the war in Ethiopia? And Stephen Spielberg decides to make another film adaptation of the US musical West Side Story.(Photo: A woman wears a protective face mask as the new Covid-19 variant Omicron spreads in South Africa. Credit: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 22:58:00 +0000
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Covid: South Africa battles Omicron variant
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South African health officials say coronavirus cases are surging at an unprecedented rate, as the Omicron variant takes hold. The World Health Organisation says all nations must prepare for a surge in infections.Also on the programme: Environmental campaigners welcome a decision by the energy giant Shell to pull out of a new oil project in the North Sea; why China\'s version of Uber is switching its listing from New York to Hong Kong; and little-known story of the 18th century slave rebellion that nearly succeeded.(Photo credit: Getty Images)
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:44:00 +0000
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Covid: Germany announces restrictions for unvaccinated
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Germany\'s national and regional leaders have agreed to bar unvaccinated people from much of public life in a bid to fend off a fourth wave of Covid-19. Only those who have been vaccinated or who\'ve recently recovered from Covid will be allowed in restaurants, cinemas, leisure facilities and many shops.Also on the programme: the South African intensive care doctor seeing the effects of the Omicron wave; and how \'atmospheric rivers\' are behind the extreme weather in British Columbia, Canada.(Photo: Germany\'s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a rose after attending a Grand Tattoo of the German armed forces Bundeswehr at the Defence Ministry in Berlin, Germany, on 2 December 2021. Credit: Reuters / Bensch)
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:23:00 +0000
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Omicron drives major surge in South Africa Covid cases
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South African health officials say the emergence of the Covid variant, Omicron, appears to be leading to an increase in the number of people contracting the disease for a second time. We speak to the director of an Intensive Care Unit in Soweto and to an advisor to the Africa Centre for Disease Control. Also in the programme: the deterioration of Venezuela’s health system; and the United Nations is today calling for a record $41 billion to fund its humanitarian work next year. We will focus on Syria.(Photo: A Soweto resident walks in front of an informative graffiti artwork educating local Soweto residents about the dangers of the coronavirus, Johannesburg, South Africa. Credit: EPA.)
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:16:00 +0000
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Covid: Will current vaccines be effective against Omicron variant?
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As global concern mounts over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the biotech firm Moderna says it\'s racing to develop a new vaccine -- and should know soon whether its current jab is still effective. We have an interview with the medical director of the US pharmaceutical company Moderna, Dr Paul Burton.European ministers are meeting in France today to discuss how to deter migrants from risking their lives by trying to reach Britain in small boats. Also, the film director Ridley Scott on his new film based on the dramas of the Gucci family. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Sun, 28 Nov 2021 14:43:00 +0000
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Belarus's Lukashenko tells BBC: We may have helped migrants into EU
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The president of Belarus has admitted to the BBC that the security forces beat protesters in a notorious detention centre in Minsk, in the aftermath of last year\'s elections -- which were widely condemned as rigged. Alexander Lukashenko promised to continue a crackdown against what he called \'scum\' -- referring to civil organisations he alleged the West had been financing.Also in the programme: A US teenager, Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot two people dead and injured another during racial justice protests last year has been found not guilty of murder; and Austria is imposing a national coronavirus lockdown and making Covid vaccinations compulsory.(Photo: Alexander Lukashenko (left) and Steve Rosenberg of the BBC (right). Credit: BBC)
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 22:15:00 +0000
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EU increases sanctions against Belarus for its alleged use of migrants for political purposes
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Hundreds of migrants are at the Belarus Poland border, hoping to gain entry to the EU. We hear from the Lithuanian Foreign Minister.Also on the programme we go to the English city of Liverpool to hear about the aftermath of the bomb outside the women\'s hospital which has caused the UK to raise its terrorism threat level to \"severe.\" And we look ahead to the long delayed, albeit virtual, meeting due to take place between President Biden of the US and President Xi of China. (Picture: Migrants at the Belarus / Poland border. Credit: Manchuk / Reuters)
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