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Would be whether it actually would be impact their rights to do bilateral deals with other countries and Companies Like astrazeneca. There is a wider concern, susie, about four countries that may not be able to get in front of the line as quickly as the richer one. Yes. As we saw in donald trump this week, there are richer nations doing everything they can to buy up global stock in various treatments of remdesivir. But what is shocking is eu is doing what any sort of large block of nations would...

For a trade deal with the eu, saying theres no need for the uk agreement to involve accepting eu to follow rules laid down by brussels. Rules on competition policies, subsidies, social protection, the the eus chief negotiator says the uk will have to make concessions. Environment or anything similar. Any more than the eu should be obliged to a cce pt more than the eu should be obliged to accept uk rules. We know that there will be strong we know there will be strong competition between the uk, o...

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Now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. Hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament. The headlines from westminster the Prime Minister announces new measures on sick pay to encourage people to self isolate if they suspect they have coronavirus. If they stay at home, the house will understand that they are helping to protect all of us by slowing the spread of the virus. Borisjohnson says hes sticking by his beleaguered home secretary priti patel, following bullying allegations. But one mp has ...

If they suspect they have coronavirus. If they stay at home, the house will understand that they are helping to protect all of us by slowing the spread of the virus. Also more allegations emerge of bullying by the home secretary. We ask a former permanent secretary for his thoughts. One mp has her own take on the issue. With this government, it seems that allegations of bullying orjust being incompetent get you promoted, whereas standing up to it, you lose yourjob but first the chief medical off...

Hello and welcome. And its been a week dominated by coronavirus. Englands chief medical officer says the nhs could face huge pressures in the worst case scenario. But he does have some reassurance. Its easy to get this perception that if youre older and you get this virus, then youre a goner. Absolutely not. The great majority of people will recover from this virus. The Prime Minister announces new measures on sick pay to encourage people to self isolate if they suspect they have coronavirus. If...

With fears that lockdown restrictions may be making violence in homes more frequent and more severe. New zealands Prime Minister says her country has stopped Community Transmission of covid 19, effectively eliminating the virus. And a stamp of approval for captain tom, as he prepares to celebrate his 100th birthday the royal mails special tribute to the nhs super fundraiser. And in sport, there will be no fans at the british grand Prix Silverstone are in talks with the government over whether th...

Now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. As the global effort to control covid 19 continues, so arguments about culpability for the spread of the virus intensify. And at the heart of the story, china, where the outbreak began. Did the Chinese Governments impulse to cover up the truth cost the world dear, or did beijing respond with admirable determination . Well, my guest today is chinas ambassador in london, liu xiaoming. Is china the villain or the hero of th...

Thank you. Thank you to be with you again. We are delighted to have you on our programme at this difficult time. Let me start, actually, with a very simple, direct question do you accept that covid 19 has its origins in china . It was first discovered in wuhan, but i cant say it originated from wuhan. You know, according to many information, many reports, including bbc, it can be everywhere and anywhere. You know, it can be in aircraft carriers. It can be found even in the submarine and it can b...