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after europe s medicines authority says the jab is safe and effective. in france, the prime minister announces a new month long lockdown for paris and surrounding areas, warning the country is suffering a third wave of coronavirus. a decade after the war in syria began, the misery inflicted on a nation. we look at the role of president assad during this brutal conflict. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it was billed as a chance to re set relations between the world s two biggest economies, but there s no indication so far that these two giants are warming up to each other. america s top diplomat, antony blinken, is meeting his opposite numberfrom china, against the snowy backdrop of alaska. but in their opening remarks, the two sides leveled sharp rebukes of each others policies. today, we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, both domestic and global, so that china can better understand our administration s intentions ....
with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. millions of readers all over the world are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. horror sells, and no one does it better or more prolifically than my guest today, stephen king. he s written more than 60 books, sold close to 400 million copies. he is the master manipulator of dark places and the paranormal. if you re not a reader, you may have seen the shining, carrie, stand by me all films based on his stories. he s been writing for half a century. how has our appetite for fear evolved? stephen king in florida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s nice to be here. i wish we could do it in person. me too. but nonetheless, it is a pleasure to see you on my screen. and let me begin by asking you about the threat that we all, all over the world in florida, in the uk, all over the world are living with, and that is covid 19. has that invisible threat of the virus in any way dimmed your enthusia ....
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. several leading eu states say they ll re start the roll out of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine after europe s medicines regulator concluded the jab was safe and effective . the european medicines agency has been conducting a review after 13 member states suspended use of the astrazeneca vaccine, over fears of a possible link with blood clots. now the ema is saying that while it cannot definitively rule out a connection, these cases are very rare , and the benefits of using the astrazeneca vaccine outweigh the risks: every injection, every vaccine given is another person protected. half a million people a day here are getting immunised at present. many eu countries suspended using the oxford astrazeneca jab pending the outcome of today s safety review. in hull, there was no sign of vaccine hesitancy. i was waiting a long time. i m in my 60s, and i ve only just really got mine, so i was just happy it s finally ....
after europe s medicines regulator says the jab is safe and effective. meanwhile, the us has announced it will release four million doses of the astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine to its neighbours, canada and mexico. we start with those first top level meetings between the us and china. it s a chance to re set relations between the world s two biggest economies under a biden presidency. but there s no indication so far that things are improving. america s top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite number against the snowy backdrop of alaska. and in their opening remarks, not too many warm words. (sots today we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, both domestic and global, priorities, both domestic and global, so that china can better global, so that china can better understand our administration s intentions and approach administration s intentions and approach. we will also discuss our deep approach. we will also discuss our deep concerns w ....
the week in parliament. hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, a week when mps hoped the killing of sarah everard would be a watershed moment to help prevent violence against women. too many of us have clutched our keys in our fist in case we need to defend ourselves. and that is not ok. but ministers face complaints about police tactics and a lack ofjustice. i have parliamentary privilege. i can name the men who have hurt me. but millions of women in this country don t even have that. a victim of stalking shares her experience. he dropped the letters through my letterbox, just so i knew that he knew where i lived. and elsewhere in westminster, a controversial figure returns to haunt the government. in spring 2020, the situation got to where the department of health was just a smoking ruin in terms of procurement to ppe. but first, sarah everard s killing prompted widespread public anger and calls for action to do more to protect women and girls. hundreds g ....