Now on bbc news. Its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 2020. And he said that
Situation with the growth of virus it was. Even. The polish president on course to not only secure another. Race but there are claims that neighboring germany meddling with voters minds got a report on that coming up. Plus 2. Decades old mystery over the deaths of 900 kids in russia. Investigators may have finally established i think how those men really. Good morning from russia. With the latest from the international world. Of 1st the chilling echo of the George Floyd Killing which led to resurgent black lives matter. A riot new videos emerged showing another officer restraining a man on the ground by leaning on his neck the Police Department says it was because the man was behaving erratically it happened in the state of pennsylvania where an investigation is now under way and there were fresh protests after this disturbing video of the arrest spread rapidly online. We dont merit broke. The law is announcing his next move. And tempers flared elsewhere the weekend too is black lives
A state exit. The motor trial of john the show has begun in turkey without the 20 saudi defendants. Found a desperate response following a desperate journey migrants from the mediterranean threaten suicide off their rescue vessels refused permission to dock. U. S. President donald trump has vowed to punish those who deface statues by sending them to prison for at least 10 years he referred to the people who are campaigning to remove statues of those associated with slave trade and clearly exploitation as a mob a number of statues were brought down in the wake of the anti racism protests last month trump addressed a big crowd at Mount Rushmore the american Independence Day celebrations thats despite warnings from Health Experts about avoiding large gatherings due to the pandemic. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of Violent Crime in our cities many of these people have no idea why theyre doing this but some kno
Is the overall market. This is really helping. The dow industrial will open with a 500point gain. We were up 500 yesterday, youre up about 1100 points in 24 hours. The s p to the upside big time and the nasdaq up 76, it is a rally. Travel related going straight up as well, if there is a vaccine that works, people can take it and be safe on planes and cruise lines, we could get out and about more on a mass scale safely. Backtoschool might get help as well from the vaccine news. Hold on we are not done with big winners. Apple one a 14 billiondollar tax fight with europeans. They won, that stock is back almost, its at 394, 395 a share. Straight up this morning. Goldman sachs a big jump in profit, watch the stock grow. If the dow stock helping overall market. Your money is often running, we will have a grand old time following it for you. That is not all on the show, trump guy one in alabama beating Jeff Sessions while a wide margin. He will be on the show. Joe biden reveals his economic p
Of pete peterson. Holding its plan to fill up on the nile ethiopia is now keeping for deal with egypt and sudan within a week. And joining us now with the sports and warning the n. B. A. Season maybe will take the significance spread of coronavirus up to 16 players tested positive. So then the enormity of the Creative Arts crisis is triggering fears about the ability to treat patients in some parts of the world india now has more than half a 1000000 infections driven by another record daily increase in us just a few hours ago the Capital Region in new delhi alone expects that many cases by the end of july and thats led to worries about a shortage of medical equipment and it scramble to build temporary facilities on friday the United States reported its highest increase in cases since the pandemic began florida and texas among states delaying efforts to reopen and increasing restrictions and europe is forging ahead with reopening but it struggling to reach consensus on how to do it e. U