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Europes slow start: How many have had the jab? A global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU. Member states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - that would give the EU nearly half of the firms global ou...

BBC News Published image captionA 78-year-old French woman received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in France A global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU. Member states decide individually who to vaccinate, when and where, but the EU is coordinating strategy and buying vaccines in bulk. On Friday, the EU Commission agreed to buy an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer...

BBC News Published image captionThe Crewe family in Austria are expecting a quieter Christmas this year Its no surprise that this Christmas will be different. With coronavirus restrictions affecting everyone, plans have had to change and the usual traditions postponed or altered. But there can be comfort in knowing others are going through something similar. Thats why the BBC has spoken to five families in five different countries about how their festive celebrations have changed, and how they...

The law does not give you what you want you can oppose a little you can work to change the law but you cannot ignore the law. meanwhile catalonia its leader has vowed to declare independence within days that you might shed its caution if the situation continues to deteriorate but for the moment it is in a bind hoping a compromise will emerge and lets get more now on this tense situation we are joined by correspondent guy hedgecoe who is there with the latest from the spanish capital madrid good ...