Thats a lame excuse they say there is a clear commitment and that is why they hope the company will publish the this particular contract today for everyone to see that the promises that have been made to the e. U. Are unfulfilled so that the e. U. Not know that the u. K. Would have priority and is was the lack of Due Diligence on the on the use part or should i have told them. There from from the perspective of the e. U. There is a lack of information though the key issue for them is that if you cut the vaccine supply that was promised by contract by more than half by 60 percent you need to come up with some some really good reasons for that and those reasons have been given apparently there is a problem in the supply chain on the european side in effect 3 in belgium but from the perspective of the e. U. Arsenic as a club a company theyre producing as far away as india and if they have supply problems that bug needs to be shared by all the countries that they are at handing out their vaccines to and it cant be that the biggest customer which is the e. U. Only carries the burden well new measures are now being introduced it is being discussed today that could see an export ban of dozes from the e. U. Its not a tit for tat move well 1st of all that that would be the most radical step if you want what the e. U. Is currently doing is its basically flexing their muscles to show astra zeneca that they do mean mean business when it when it comes that theyre not taken for fools if you want well well still have to see whether it will lead actually to an export ban and for the moment officials here rule that out what they want is not vaccine nationalism as some in the u. K. Of put it but what they want is to fair treatment and to monitor whether the treatment is fair and according to the contract that is why they will introduce this transparency mechanism today where the e. U. Can monitor to what extent vaccines that are being produced on european soil are leaving to the e. U. Go want to stay in brussels thank you go. Germanys Health Minister against spahn has welcomed the astra zeneca of a further 8000000 vaccine doses to the e. U. But speaking this morning he also on the line that the European Union has paid for and isnt title to the originally promised 80000000 doses. Started over you in the European UnionMember States have invested jointly in the preproduction of these vaccines. So they also have a right to profit from not support but this is not about europe 1st its about a few arrows came from the European Union you know showing you one german Health Minister and spawn speaking then our chief Political Correspondent linda crane is in berlin we had the german Health Minister what else did he say well he just spoke to a press conference and said that he knows that germanys rollout of the vaccine has been problematic and he understands peoples impatience but the fact is that difficult weeks still do lie ahead he also mentioned the vaccine summit that the government will be holding on monday saying that that would be looking to improve coordination on the vaccine between the federal states and the federal government here in berlin he said nonetheless progress is being made especially in the vaccination of vulnerable groups and that the government still hopes to reach its target of offering the vaccine to all people in care facilities Elderly Care Facilities by the middle of february and finally said that as of march he expects the situation will ease not only because of the astra zeneca that scene then becoming available but also to further that scenes that are in the pipeline so that he Still Believes germany can meet its school of offering vaccines to all who want them by the end of the summer so thats national being one side of the story of containment is another germany is planning to close the borders now for some countries tell us more about the. Thats correct germanys interior minister said yesterday that as soon as today the government may announce a plan to essentially shut down travel from 5 countries where the new mutations are known to be prevalent so that would be brazil britain ireland portugal and south africa there had been talk earlier this week possibly shutting off air travel altogether that is not the case it would be limited to these 5 countries and apparently there would be exceptions for german citizens returning from those places as well as for people who work in the freight industry there was it obvious chief Political Correspondent linda crane reporting results from large scale trials in the u. K. And suggest another new vaccine could soon be available to us from a signal company nova said its corona virus vaccine even in 2 doses is almost 90 percent effective as applied for Regulatory Approval in the u. K. Nova scientists began working on a covert 19 q r one year ago rapid progress meant it wasnt long before human trials were in no way no efficacy tests have shown the hard work has paid off with a vaccine that is 89 percent effective even against the new uki variant of the virus. I think the other bit of news that comes through is that there is slightly Different Levels of sea against the different strains of the variant so youve been hearing about thats not surprising but it is just a little message that we are going to see some degree of variation in protection against these variants a separate trial in south africa showed the inoculation had just under 50 percent effect against the new variant not is rampant there novak says its already working on a push to try and improve that. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson welcomed the Headline News and said the u. K. Had ordered 16000000 doses beautifully and union has ordered 200000000 hits the 4th vaccine to seek approval from western regulators low doses are not expected to be ready until later this year. The time to have a look at some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic the makers of russias sputnik 5 vaccine have said they can provide 100000000 doses to the e. U. Hungary is the only country on the block to approve the russians mexico has surpassed india as the country with the 3rd highest covert 19 death toll over 155000 have died and the United Nations has called 2020 the worst year in tourism history with global losses of more than one trillion euros. United nations secretary general is calling the distribution of covert 19 vaccines quote global emergency secretary general antonio terrace said more than 70000000 doses have been administered worldwide but fewer than 20000 vaccinations were on the african continent he wants that while every country has the duty to protect its own people no country can afford to neglect the rest of the world for this is a Global Crisis cd. Is free you get does its about Fair Distribution not only about money when you flog a fund good fair access to corona virus vaccines around the globe thats what the European Union promised the world even before the 1st vaccine was approved the who has invested heavily in research and development and Member States have put millions into helping poor nations acquire vaccines in the future but as the world scrambles to produce and distribute enough japs india and seems europe come 1st if you cant help thats fine rundowns former host minister and years be a long while want tells me but then dont cast yourself as a savior be frank and say my people 1st dont lie to me and say we will be quote with so so because we stepped. In that we uplift it but we just see that youre not and thats not. While the corona virus continues to spread rapidly in africa only few countries there have begun immunizing their citizens egypt ordered vaccines from china for example and guinea is rolling out a russian vaccine these 2 world powers were quick of the mark of that deal they are practicing vaccine diplomacy for 2 army did they are Foreign Policy object but in the meantime we need to look at the outcomes why you know you feed right to mitigate you know the access gap between poor and the rich nations why not even the europes closest neighbors in the western balkans have here to see the block deliver on pledges to help here to chinese and russian vaccines are filling the void the European Union have that they wanted their Global Public good they wanted to ensure a quick block that but were just saying even today and yesterday then you know suggesting or threatening that there might be export bans on the current of our thought in the e. U. And so obviously thats very concerning sign of buckie nationalism here and brussels Officials Say humanitarian vixen donations will be exempt from tougher export controls they promised help will come soon to say that the e. U. Is not doing anything i think its its is really not correct that we are actually in discussion both with the Member States but also with the pharmaceutical companies in order precisely to help this advance the e. U. Was quick to call for Global Cooperation against a pandemic but so far its been too slow to live up to promises of global solidarity. Time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world at this hour experts from the World Health Organization have visited a hospital in the city a chinese city of one it was one of the 1st places to treat patients with a corona virus the team also set to visit the citys food market which is suspected of being the origin of the global pandemic. At least 4 people have died in a fire one of the main hospitals in the romanian Capital Bucharest the blaze broke out early on friday and forced the evacuation of the building its not known how many people were injured firefighters have managed to put out the flames. A gay couple has been caned in indonesias conservative province for having sex each of the men received nearly 80 lashes archies the only region of indonesia that imposes islamic sharia law which outlaws homosexuality. And their total ban on abortions has come into effect in poland sparking nationwide protests the move means terminations will only be allowed in cases of rape and incest and if the mothers life is at risk the polls suggest more than half of the population opposes the new legislation. In lebanon over a strict coronavirus lockdown is continuing to spark unrest clashes between residents and police in the city of tripoli now in their 4th day protests are spreading to other parts of the country total lockdown is leaving many people without an income in a country that was already on the verge of economic collapse for. Protest is out on the streets of tripoli again for the 4th day running demonstrations appear to be intensifying in lebanon 2nd largest city. Many residents have been struggling with extreme Economic Hardship for some time but the country in deep recession. The lockdown imposed earlier this month to halt a surgeon covered 19 is too much for many to bear. The life im living is horrible then i came out to die and so i dont have to live through this horror enough poverty and hunger the lebanese people are living in pain and. Those days protests came just hours after the funeral the man who was killed the night before. The 30 year old reportedly sustained a bullet wound on wednesday when protests turned violent with demonstrators trying to storm the citys government building. Witnesses and local media say police fired live rounds hundreds of protesters were injured. Lebannon is currently struggling with a massive surge in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebannon. You want to close the country then you have to provide for people its not acceptable to lock the. Well in their houses and leave them hungry theyre a day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who cant earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials that. The government is providing some Financial Assistance 2230000 families but with half of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. China has announced that it will no longer recognize the British National overseas passport that many hong kong residents hold passports have been in use for decades and are a legacy of former british rule over hong kong beijings move to revoke the documents of the liberty comes after the British Government recently announced it would opened open its doors to hong kong residents following chinas clampdown on the territories freedom starting sunday many hong kong us can apply to live and work in the u. K. For up to 5 years and eventually see for british citizenship. Joining us now for more on that is our correspondent phoebe kong for me how significant is this what kind of impact is it likely to have on hong kong as wanting to emigrate to britain. So the chinese policy is specifically targeting people who are troubled at Mainland China with the fear of passports so but as a matter of fact its pretty rare for home residents to enter chinas border with that special foreign passport so in reality its not likely to impact much as many imagine because like hong kong as a semi autonomous region it has an open immigration policy so the key question is whether the new or chinas policy can be applied on hong kong turtoni and if so how. They play will this they clearly people want to be stopped at the border immediately because theyre not using the passport to enter china but in the broader south the new policy send a message if not an alert to people who are considering to move to the u. K. If there were a new pm knows this and ships offered by the u. K. That beijing is trying to tell those people that they may face consequences 5 doing so. So is it possible for sorties to keep hong kong as from leaving when they eventually show up at the airport. As i mentioned i though this is not going to stop people immediately after 4 to send the message to people that they will feel even more urgent to leave the country maybe earlier than planned that since 29000 the protests broke out in hong kong many restons residents on the ground like considering to leave the city and emigrate to a foreign country and many of them chose u. K. P. Cuz of the Historic Place and also they have to be an apostle if more convenient for them to do so and. According to statistics that the hundreds of thousands have already it we knew to be in our passports so this could be run more fat they will feel more pressing and urgent to move faster and for activists and politicians because many of them there are whole spots have already been. Stated by the home Port Authority to pay if they face charges or court case that hong called the latest move can effectively shut the fact that i am one of the most convenient exits for them to flee the city. Board from hong kong where thank you very much for. The david versus goliath battle on wall street the game stop frenzy seen a group of small investors buying a surge of stock and creating losses in the billions for her trunk professionals but now there is anger on the online forums where this rebellion was coordinated after many brokerage shops took action to stop it. Theyre placing their bets a group of small time speculators not professional traders have been coordinating the purchase of game stop stocks in online forums even though the retailer is virtually broke this has been causing share prices to skyrocket at the peak of the frenzy the stock had risen 2500 percent from its price at the start of the year played out that those who are pushing this year Prices Higher are on the winning side but those hedge funds that are short the stock. Leave that the price will be going down are getting squeezed and so concerned is that we maybe we end up with some hedge funds that have financial difficulties. Game stops rising share price has already caused problems for hedge funds and major investors who were banking on the firm stock dropping in value now every penny it increases by no means a loss for the short sellers but on thursday the surgeon share price was halted when brokerage apps like robin hood barred users from buying game stop stocks a move thats left many small investors furious. More on that fury from robots from the w. Business what have you and brokers like really not been saying why are they blocking trades in these companies now you know theyve been very clear to point out that they havent been you know got to buy dark Market Forces that want to stick it to the little guy i mean actually robin hood for a statement saying to be clear this was a Risk Management decision and was not made on the direction of the Market Makers we root to so whats behind this is the fact that brokerage apps like robin hood at times of market volatility particular particularly were seeing with with game stock are required to give more money to what are called clearing houses these are the organizations the coordinate the transfer of cash between the buyers and sellers and also the movement of the shares the money that the brokerage has to put forward is kind of like a Security Deposit security against the fact that maybe down the line the people whove been buying the shares wont be able to pay up from them is robin hood was running out of money to be able to do this because it requires liquidity so it froze sales of these shares and in the meantime what its done is its been s