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This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden announces plans to share the first batch of its unused coronavirus vaccines — three—quarters will go to the covax global programme. and why exiled uighurs are in london to put pressure on the international community to act against china. portugal is removed from the uk's safe "green" travel list — a bitter blow for travellers hoping to get to one of the very few options for european holidays. with 50 days to go to the tokyo olympics, the head of the organising committee tells the bbc t...

And public health needs, and helping as many countries as possible who've requested vaccines. gavin yamey is the professor of global health & public policy at duke university, and gave me his reaction. covax, the global sharing mechanism, has only distributed about 76 million doses so far to low income and lower middle income countries. this 19 million doses donation from president biden is a good first step. it's churlish to complain, right? on the other hand, it's not commensurate with the size of the problem and the need. it's like putting a really tiny band—aid on a giant gaping, bleedin...

It's an important step, a small one, and let's not forget that the reason covax has so few doses is nations like the us, like the uk, like israel, new zealand, canada, they hoarded doses, they cleared the shelves and there were none left for covax. you have a hoarding nation like the us finally donating some doses. a few crumbs from a rich person's table, if you like. in which case, how do you make those vast numbers of doses available? is it waiving the intellectual property rights? is it making the manufacturing processes, helping poorer countries set up production to make their own vaccines...

This is bbc news. our top stories... president biden announces plans to share the first batch of its unused coronavirus vaccines — three quarters will go to the covax global programme. why exiled uyghurs are in london to put pressure on the international community to act against china. portugal is removed from the uk safe green travel list. a bitter blow for travellers hoping to get to one of the very few options for european holidays and twitter introduces a new subscription service — but will users want to pay?

The COVAX global programme, which has relied heavily on AstraZeneca vaccines, said on Monday it has struck a deal to buy 500 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 jabs.The doses will broaden the portfol