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Stockpiles with poorer nations to bridge the scale of the vaccine gap. its become a question of global concern — will countries waive intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines? the us has backed a proposal to do so, and the european union is set to consider it, too, but germany has now voiced opposition, as have some biotech firms, saying patent rules dont hinder production of the jabs. matthew kavanagh is from georgetown university law centre. i asked him if waiving patent ru...

It felt like spring in brighton, as polling stations opened this morning, while winter reappeared near the scottish town of aviemore. across britain, halls, leisure centres, churches, even a car are being used for voters to cast their ballots. about 48 million people in england, wales and scotland are eligible to vote, and polls will stay open until ten o�*clock this evening. in scotland, voters are electing the 129 members of the scottish parliament. in wales, all 60 senedd seats are up for e...

Quality is a huge issue. we want high—quality medicines, vaccines, the time. the people have confidence in these. it is a mistake to think companies are able to do that in these countries. if we look at india, south africa, thailand, brazil, there are billion—dollar enterprises that are engaged in making and manufacturing fantastically high quality products. we need them in the game, so not having enabled those folks to do that, not having gotten them from the start means were now stuck in a...

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With januarys attack on the us capitol. but the oversight board told facebook to re—consider whether the ban should be indefinite. james clayton has more. trumps use of social media is almost impossible to disentangle with trumpism itself. it was his way of communicating directly with americans, bypassing the mainstream media that he so loathed. but did he also use that platform to radicalise? were his posts, in part, responsible for these deadly riots? facebook boss mark zuckerberg thought tr...

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Directly with americans, bypassing the mainstream media that he so loathed. but did he also use that platform to radicalise? were his posts, in part, responsible for these deadly riots? facebook boss mark zuckerberg thought trumps posts could lead to further violence and suspended donald trump indefinitely the day after the riots. twitter went one step further, and banned mr trump forever. hell never be allowed back onto that platform. however, facebook asked its decision to be reviewed by its n...

We have to get the patent rules wave quickly. in the past, this has sometimes taken months, but it could happen in weeks. what we want is to rapidly move to a moment where he got production happening, and thats down to do the companies themselves review or sing these drugs. companies tomorrow, pfizer, moderna, astrazeneca, they could all share their cannot technology with a handful of companies around the world and we can have production in months —— their fantastic technology. we still are ...

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The headlines. india has once again reported a record number of cases and deaths. a new variant of coronavirus — discovered in india in march — may be linked to the massive surge. after the big cities rural health facilities across the country are coming under increasing pressure. polls in britain have closed for elections to the devolved parliaments in scotland and wales, and to local government authorities in england. a parliamentary seat in hartlepool in northeast england is also being co...