Sir tony, thank you for speaking to me. It s very good to see you. Let s start with some feelings before we get to plenty of facts. Labour s back in power after 14 years. Very, very few people know what it feels like to actually be the prime minister of a new government, to be a country s leader. What does. . . What did it feel like as you walked through that door and into power in 1997? well, for me, the feelings were less those of elation. I mean, everyone around me was. . . . . Was, you know, celebrating, but i was very conscious immense burden of responsibility that comes with power, or should do. One of the fundamental challenges that notjust britain but lots of western democracies face today is populism. And i would say, tell me if you think differently, i would say populism is broadly that mode of politics in which charismatic leaders claim to represent the will of the people against a ruling elite. In your view, should populism be, as george orwell said of saints, always consid
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For most companies, making a product for which theres guaranteed demand Around The World sounds too good to be true, but a successful covid 19 vaccine promises to be just that. One vaccine shot, or a couple as your first booster, is not going to provide lifetime immunity to the virus, so the manufacturers are set to reap the profits for years to come. Drug maker pfizer reports its earnings later today, the question is which of the drugs firms are going to come out on top, and how lucrative Will Making Vaccines actually turn out to be . Joining me now is Sunaina Sinha haldea, managing partner, cebile capital. Thank you for being on the program. First of all, pfizer, when it comes to its news today. This will obviously not have in todays earnings, profits it is going to make with this vaccine it has come up with this vaccine it has come up with biontech . M0 with this vaccine it has come up with biontech . With this vaccine it has come up with biontech . No it wont. There will up with bi
but the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again doubled down, saying israel will not be satisfied with anything other than total victory over hamas. we ll talk through where this leaves the possibilty of an agreement. also tonight, on the eve of general elections in pakistan, two bomb explosions near candidates offices in the pakistani province of balochistan kill at least 28 people. islamic state have claimed responsibility. and one of the world s biggest superstars, taylor swift, threatens to sue a student who tracks her private jet. the us s top diplomat, secretary of state antony blinken, says. this is at the end of mr blinken is wrapping up his fifth tour of the middle east on wednesday meeting with both the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and president isaac herzog. he also met with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. the talks coming after hamas, on tuesday, put forward a counter offer to a cease fire proposal backed by israel and the us and me
of humanitarian assistance. aid agencies can t get to them. diseases are rife. what are you and others trying to do to help them? thank you for having me. this war is entering its ten months with no end in sight. we are passing through probably the worst humanitarian crisis in the recent history of the country, with displacement, refugees, loss of life, shortage of everything food, medicine, shelter. ..destruction of infrastructure, property. ..collapse of the economy, collapse of the state. the un organisations like ocha, the who, unhcr. ..put the death toll atabout 13,000. ..which is a very conservative estimate, injuries, about 33,000. i think that this is far much higher than that. and i would like to believe we might spend years to be able to know the exact figure. as you said, there is huge displacement, over 11 million displaced refugees, around two million scattered all over the region. egypt hosting the highest number of refugees, close to 800,000, chad, over half