annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it � lies and disinformation�. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar� s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provide better protection than having the same one twice. It comes as the uk yesterday passed the milestone of giving 10 Million People their first jabs. Dominic hughes reports. With more than ten Million People now having had their firstjabs across the uk, the Vaccination Roll Out is well under way. But could mixing doses of the Oxford Astrazeneca and the Pfizer Biontech vaccines offer the body even more chances to develop defences against the virus . Thats whats behind a new trial being unveiled today. The study will involve 820 volunteers, none of whom have yet had the vaccine. All will be aged 50 or over, part of the group to be vaccinated in the next priority wave. The trial will run initially at eight sites across england. What were doing here is we are looking to see how well peoples Immune Systems respond if you give the first dose with one covid vaccine, the second with another. And the reason we want to do that is to build flexibility into the uk Immunisation Schedule for covid vaccines, and even globally. It makes it much easier to administer these vaccines if you dont have to worry too much about always giving the second dose the same as the first dose. That also brings resilience into the Immunisation Schedule. If there were to be Supply Problems with one of the vaccines, then you are protected against that by being able to immunise with the other vaccine as an alternative. Researchers believe there are good reasons to think it may work. For example, exactly this process was used in the fight against ebola. Introducing flexibility in the Vaccination Programme could also help, should there be disruption to vaccine supplies, and it may be of huge benefit to developing countries that have yet to get Vaccination Programmes up and running. The first results should be known by the early summer. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Lets pick up on this with our chief Political Correpondent adam fleming At Westminster. We saw the grass at the Press Conference yesterday in that the number of vaccinations is shooting up number of vaccinations is shooting up rapidly, the number of cases is falling rapidly and the number of hospitalisations and deaths is slowing down and following but not as rapidly as the other indicators. Some conservative mps will be looking at this and asking if we can go faster with lifting the lockdown in england. Good schools open earlier than the 8th of march . The government is sticking to its approach which it describes as cautious rather than a slow and that is, look at the data on the 15th of february, published a plan on the week of the 22nd and the schools on the eighth. The Prime Minister has| made it very clear that, on the 22nd of february, there will be a road map for how we intend to reopen the economy, beginning with schools on the 8th of march and then gradually the rest of the economy. You have to set yourself targets. And you hope everything goes well. Scientists seem very cautious at the moment and chris whitty said there are hints in the data that the Vaccination Programme are starting to work and effect the progress of the virus in the over 80s but they are only hints and he has not convinced and it will be two weeks before that happens. In the Scientific Community some people are starting to talk about how bright the future might be fairly soon. This is the professor from University College london on the committee which advises the government on new respiratory viruses. Once the most Vulnerable People, and particularly those over 50 and those with chronic illnesses, are vaccinated, then, yes, i think we can see a significant return to normality. And that, you know, in addition to the fact that coronavirus is a seasonal disease, i think will make a big difference and allow us to open up. And i think what we will see is a phased opening up as the Vaccination Levels increase. And then we will be more or less back to normal for the summer, i would imagine. Another part of this complex equation of opening up is stopping people potentially bringing their virus in in the first place. We have been looking at Hotel Quarantine over the last two weeks. What is the government saying . It is over the last two weeks. What is the government saying . Government saying . It is getting confusin , government saying . It is getting confusing, the government saying . It is getting confusing, the prime government saying . It is getting confusing, the Prime Minister i government saying . It is getting i confusing, the Prime Minister said matt hancock, they help secretary would make a statement today. We were then told that the Prime Minister had misspoke in and that was not the intention. If you look back at the recordings of parliamentary proceedings last week, the Home Secretary said matt hancock would be making a statement this week. There was an expectation and government that something would happen and something has not happened yet. The Chief Executive of the best western hotels group was on the best western hotels group was on the radio this morning and he is frustrated because he says his hotel chain has a plan ready to go to implement the quarantine for returning travellers but he has had very little engagement from the government. I think we are going to have to wait and see although they have to wait and see although they have pointed out to me it is a big logistical challenge and sometimes whitehall takes a little while to get its head around big logistical challenges. The United States has condemned china after bbc reports of allegations of systematic rape and torture of women in so called Re Education Camps for the Uighur Muslim minority. The state Department Says it is deeply disturbed by what it called the atrocities outlined in the report broadcast on this channel. And its demanding a powerful response urging that chinas actions, which it says shock the conscience, be met with serious consequences. A group of republican senators has joined human Rights Groups in calling on the International Olympic committee to move next years winter games out of china but the Biden Adminstration says it wont stop us athletes attending. But the Chinese Foreign ministry has dismissed the bbc report as � lies and disinformation�. This from the ministrys weekly Press Conference. Translation there is no socalled systemic Sexual Assault and abuse against women. China is a country ruled by law. Our Constitution Guarantees and protect human rights and it is embodied in our legal system and the governments work. The education and Training Centres strictly abide by constitutional laws to guarantee the students basic rights and forbids any insult or abuse. Matthew hill is the reporter who did the bbc story. He says the piece was thoroughly researched. We spent a long time, over a year, really, looking at this in greater detail. Weve spoken to several women outside of xinjiang, intensively interrogated them to make sure what they are telling us is credible. And we have also, you know, we have done a lot of checking of our sources on this one. And so, yeah, it has had a big reaction internationally. Ipac, the International Parliamentary alliance on china produced a statement saying that 50 leading politicians Around The World, from 19 Different Countries, had all signed a letter, a joint statement of concern of genocide on the back of the report. Including senator menendez, chair of the Senate ForeignRelations Committee in the usa, and also australia, they have done a statement. Marise payne the Australian Foreign minister, has made a statement where she is calling on china to allow international observers, including the Un Commission of human rights, to be allowed access, and get access to the country of the back of this. We will have more on this story where an urgent question is going to be asked in the House Of Commons about uighur women in camps. The uk and eu have said they will work hard to resolve these checks were agreed as part of the brexit trade deal. Talks last night described as constructive are continuing between the governments after Border Controls were stopped this week. Our europe correspondent explains. It was a Oint Correspondent explains. It was a joint statement correspondent explains. It was a joint statement and correspondent explains. It was a joint statement and a correspondent explains. It was a joint statement and a virtual joint statement and a Virtual Meeting that a0 minutes last night, the Deputy Minister for Northern Ireland and the first minister from the dup, and ultimately, it is a history of last weeks trouble with the catastrophe in which it has admitted by the eu intended to trigger article 15 to suspend its usual application meaning there could be a border between ireland and Northern Ireland with the vaccine checks happening there. They had stopped that, but a letter yesterday morning published by michael gove was sent to the eu saying after that problem, we have seen threats to eu Northern Irish staff at the board, staff being suspended from work since tuesday, still off work at the moment, those checks not in place on certain foodstuffs, we need some resolution. There is a grace period for certain products, supermarket products, meat and medicines, we need to continue this scenario up until 2022. It was a a0 minute meeting, the end result was it would be a constructive way of finding solutions, the ego will come to Northern Ireland next week. The eu will continue to impose fully these checks and the uk are still pushing for a grace period to extend it. In the last few minutes we have had bbc radio ulster, the Foreign Ministerfor Ireland and he said that the idea of the grace period now, we will look to put in place and possible to extend some of the grace period, i think it is under consideration but nothing dramatic in terms of protocol. Perhaps some very small room for manoeuvre but the eu wants assurances now for the staff to go back to work at the port safely. Lets talk to stephen kelly, Chief Executive of manufacturing Northern Ireland, a trade body that has been helping business adjust to the new trading arrangements. I spoke to glyn roberts a while ago and i was asking him, we talk about jargon like article 16, what does it actually mean on a practical level . How is the situation affecting on a practical level the people you represent . Practical level the people you reresent . ,. ,. ,. , represent . There is no doubt that janua represent . There is no doubt that january was represent . 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