tv The Papers BBC News January 27, 2021 10:30pm-10:45pm GMT
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auschwitz today. no rituals of remembrance in the time of the pandemic. violin plays. but for the survivors, a dwindling generation, commemoration is taking place in small groups. here, at a london retirement home run by the charityjewish care. behold, god of abraham, god of mercy. open your eyes, as you have opened mine. open your eyes and see what i've seen. singing. memory does not live within the boundaries of a single day. my father, who was not a religious
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man, he took me by the hands — i'll neverforget this, what he said to me. "god will protect you." so then i kissed my brother and they were already there with their bayonets trying to push us apart, and i saw them leaving. and you never saw your brother again? that was it. yeah. holocaust memorial day remembers the dead, but it's also a warning for all times about the price of extremism, the bloody cost of promises built on hatred. after auschwitz, when we came back, people said, "we've learned our lesson. never again, auschwitz." that was the motto. but look around. i think there is more discrimination, more hatred than ever before. this is a day of great absences. it took me 50 years, 5—0.
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i kept on and on, "i want to see a photograph of my mother." i don't know what emotions i have, really. sad. especially on days like holocaust memorial day, when families are together, and i sit there alone. genocide begins with the plans of powerful men. but always ends in the ruin of individual lives. millions upon millions of them. fergal keane, bbc news. reflections in britain and around
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the world on holocaust memorial day. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political strategistjo tanner and chief executive of demos, polly mackenzie. tomorrow's front pages, starting with: the financial times leads on the eu's call for astrazeneca to supply member states with vaccines from uk factories. the ft�*s leader cautions that vaccine protectionism by the eu will backfire. the mail also focuses on the demand for astrazeneca vaccines rolling off uk production lines, saying the eu is demanding up to 75 million doses — which it describes as a bid
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by brussels to "snatch" them. the telegraph features the prime minister's three step plan to release the country from lockdown, with schools staying closed until march. the guardian looks at bereaved families hitting out at the prime minister over the government's response to covid—i9, calling it "a kick in the teeth". and the metro front page tells the story of a nurse who has finally met her baby daughter, after giving birth while hospitalised with covid—i9. so let's begin. lovely to have you with us. coronavirus of course dominating the front pages but one particular aspect of it, a row that has been brewing today in particular and dominating most of the front pages. let's have a look at the daily mail.
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took us through what the issue is when it comes to the european union and the astrazeneca vaccine. we when it comes to the european union and the astrazeneca vaccine.- and the astrazeneca vaccine. we are all very fractious _ and the astrazeneca vaccine. we are all very fractious about _ and the astrazeneca vaccine. we are all very fractious about this - all very fractious about this because were desperate to get out of this hellish lockdown and the vaccine is the pathway out. astrazeneca, who are producing the slightly easier to distribute vaccine developed at oxford university, which has had investment from both the uk and eu governments in design, development and distribution, they have had manufacturing problems outside of the uk which means they say they are unable to fulfil their promise of 100 million doses in the first quarter of this year to the eu. and that they can only deliver about a quarter of that. meanwhile, they are going to deliver the 100 million they plan to deliver for the uk and
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they plan to deliver for the uk and the european commission is saying it isn't fairfor you to the european commission is saying it isn't fair for you to give them all of theirsjust isn't fair for you to give them all of theirs just because they ordered first. what you should do is take this shortfall and spread it out between all of your customers, because we all need the vaccine and there's a war of words, talk about contractual obligations, moral obligations. none of us have seen the contract so we don't really know what the legal situation is. but it seems astrazeneca is holding its ground and they are going to give the uk the uk manufactured vaccines and then distributed the eu after we've got our 100 million. don't forget the eu has pfizer vaccines, loads of them, which they can distribute. it's not the eu go without, and they are threatening to put export controls on the fives ——
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on the pfizer vaccines. put export controls on the fives -- on the pfizer vaccines.— on the pfizer vaccines. pfizer also exneriencing _ on the pfizer vaccines. pfizer also experiencing delays _ on the pfizer vaccines. pfizer also experiencing delays as _ on the pfizer vaccines. pfizer also experiencing delays as well. - on the pfizer vaccines. pfizer also experiencing delays as well. this | experiencing delays as well. this disagreement is dominating all of the papers, the financial times has got this as well, the uk demanding the vaccines from astrazeneca. —— the vaccines from astrazeneca. —— the eu demands the vaccines. it's getting to the extent where the eu has asked that the astrazeneca release for details, the confidentiality clause they signed between the eu and the company, to release the details. it's pretty much getting quite messy. there was a stranue much getting quite messy. there was a strange situation _ much getting quite messy. there was a strange situation today _ much getting quite messy. there was a strange situation today where - a strange situation today where there _ a strange situation today where there was— a strange situation today where there was talk of whether astrazeneca was coming to the table for the _ astrazeneca was coming to the table for the eu _ astrazeneca was coming to the table for the eu meeting. astrazeneca was coming to the table forthe eu meeting. there has been this talk— forthe eu meeting. there has been this talk about best efforts which for many— this talk about best efforts which for many of us in other roles we do,
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the tegatese — for many of us in other roles we do, the legalese and the terminology are beyond _ the legalese and the terminology are beyond us _ the legalese and the terminology are beyond us. there seems to be a dispute — beyond us. there seems to be a dispute about what that really means — dispute about what that really means. the astrazeneca boss implied that they— means. the astrazeneca boss implied that they would do their best to fulfil_ that they would do their best to fulfil the — that they would do their best to fulfil the order but they may not be able t0~ _ fulfil the order but they may not be able to. the reason that the astrazeneca vaccine is crucial is that the — astrazeneca vaccine is crucial is that the pfizer vaccine is the one that the pfizer vaccine is the one that has— that the pfizer vaccine is the one that has the low refrigeration temperature, it means that once those _ temperature, it means that once those patches arrive they have to be sent to _ those patches arrive they have to be sent to often quite specialist centres _ sent to often quite specialist centres because of the way it has to be handled — centres because of the way it has to be handled before the injection. the astrazeneca one doesn't have that attached _ astrazeneca one doesn't have that attached to it so it's a far simpler vaccine _ attached to it so it's a far simpler vaccine to— attached to it so it's a far simpler vaccine to distribute around the eu in terms _ vaccine to distribute around the eu in terms of— vaccine to distribute around the eu in terms of its storage and transportation. there are benefits to the _ transportation. there are benefits
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to the astrazeneca vaccine which obviously — to the astrazeneca vaccine which obviously probably come into play in some _ obviously probably come into play in some of— obviously probably come into play in some of the discussions. the telegraph — some of the discussions. the telegraph also _ some of the discussions. tie: telegraph also looking some of the discussions. tte: telegraph also looking at this, some of the discussions. t'te: telegraph also looking at this, the headline is that the eu demands british vaccines and the way the telegraph is stimulating it is that borisjohnson is refusing to relinquish uk made bases. what is your understanding of the position, we talk about legalese and clauses and all the rest of it but in a nutshell, do you think, going forward, how can this get resolved? it does seem to be a decision of astrazeneca, although i guess if the uk as a customer was to happen to say, don't worry, give some to our mates in germany, perhaps they would do so, who knows? the way this has to be resolved is to try and lower the tone. i don't think it actually
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helps for the uk to be picking this up helps for the uk to be picking this up as some sort of vaccine trade war. saying those nasty europeans are trying to get ourjobs. the reality is we are going to be able to have real freedom reality is we are going to be able to have realfreedom in the uk until we have freedom in europe as well, this is a global pandemic. it is in all of our interests to de—escalate. trying to support, whether it's trying to support, whether its infrastructure, whatever it is. if we end up with a vaccine trade war, given that i don't really know what you put in a vaccine, i imagine you throw in everything but i'm guessing it's more technical than that. all the stuff you have to put in the vaccine, all of that, it's all made in different places, those distribution networks are really fragile. so we do need to collaborate and work together. trying to say, isn't it great we did brexit and your screwing up, that
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really doesn't help, does it? it’s really doesn't help, does it? it's caettin to really doesn't help, does it? it's getting to that point that it's quite, pinpointing details, our europe correspondent was saying that jib?" have been pointing out eu officials have been pointing out to him that eu money went into upgrading facilities in the uk and eu now expects those facilities to be fully operational. not being an expert on vaccine we comes it so much at gets it but ultimately so much is at stake. , . �* , gets it but ultimately so much is at stake. , ., �*, ., , ., stake. yes, and there's lots of complexity _ stake. yes, and there's lots of complexity is _ stake. yes, and there's lots of complexity is about _ stake. yes, and there's lots of complexity is about vaccine i complexity is about vaccine production and the supply but also even the _ production and the supply but also even the work that goes into coming up even the work that goes into coming up with— even the work that goes into coming up with it. _ even the work that goes into coming up with it, there are lots of pots of money— up with it, there are lots of pots of money that come from all over the world _ of money that come from all over the world it _ of money that come from all over the world it was — of money that come from all over the world. it was very interesting that when _ world. it was very interesting that when the — world. it was very interesting that when the vaccine breakthroughs happened, there were lots of talk
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about— happened, there were lots of talk about different networks and saying how well _ about different networks and saying how well we had done because we had approved _ how well we had done because we had approved the vaccine very quickly and we _ approved the vaccine very quickly and we had obviously been so instrumental in the work of creating it. instrumental in the work of creating it there _ instrumental in the work of creating it there is— instrumental in the work of creating it there is a — instrumental in the work of creating it. there is a degree of, we've only 'ust it. there is a degree of, we've only just exited — it. there is a degree of, we've only just exited the eu and now we've got this row— just exited the eu and now we've got this row and — just exited the eu and now we've got this row and its front page of many of the _ this row and its front page of many of the newspapers. it's been dominating the news today. even the fact that _ dominating the news today. even the fact that the discussions and the media _ fact that the discussions and the media commentary is involving the prime _ media commentary is involving the prime minister, really senior people in the _ prime minister, really senior people in the eu, _ prime minister, really senior people in the eu, it — prime minister, really senior people in the eu, it showsjust how significant this is. polly is right, we do _ significant this is. polly is right, we do not — significant this is. polly is right, we do not get our freedoms until other— we do not get our freedoms until other parts of the world are also vaccinated. that is a huge challenge for all— vaccinated. that is a huge challenge for all countries. everyone needs to -et for all countries. everyone needs to get their— for all countries. everyone needs to get their economies back on their feet, _ get their economies back on their feet, they— get their economies back on their feet, they need to get children back to school— feet, they need to get children back to school and it is a huge pressure. the prime — to school and it is a huge pressure. the prime minister is trying to de—escalate the war of words. but let's face — de—escalate the war of words. but let's face it. — de—escalate the war of words. but let's face it, these are big firms.
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pharma — let's face it, these are big firms. pharma is— let's face it, these are big firms. pharma is a _ let's face it, these are big firms. pharma is a big industry and i'm not sure they— pharma is a big industry and i'm not sure they will go to this level of disagreement with a customer like the eu _ disagreement with a customer like the eu unless they felt relatively confident. it's probably going to be a lot of— confident. it's probably going to be a lot of lawyers making a lot of money — a lot of lawyers making a lot of money out of this process but the most _ money out of this process but the most thing is need to most important thing is we need to -et most important thing is we need to get those _ most important thing is we need to get those in peoples arms -gt,,th,ose 'obs in inlesar. n gzetgthose jobs in peoplesarms the world. it cesium “7 acrossthe wo j m are ii? aregoing j are going to are going to move schools. we areageing—tomove away~— this schools. we areageing—tomove sway~— this row, from this disagreement, this row, will stay with the daily but will stay with the daily we've got a bit more telegraph. we've got a bit more detail to schools, and many of us with children working at home, had hoped that schools may open after february half term. it won't happen
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now, the prime minister saying that isn't the case. talk us through what we are hearing. isn't the case. talk us through what we are hearing-— we are hearing. yes, it really is movin: we are hearing. yes, it really is moving the _ we are hearing. yes, it really is moving the goalposts _ we are hearing. yes, it really is moving the goalposts further i we are hearing. yes, it really is i moving the goalposts further and further away. moving the goalposts further and furtheraway. parents moving the goalposts further and further away. parents are desperate, struggling with home—schooling, feeling like originally we were told it was untiljanuary the 18th, then it's half term and now it's march or maybe it's easter. so, it's incredibly stressful and difficult. the conversation today has been about whether teachers should be vaccinated so that schools can go back earlier, which seems to me to miss the point because of course, it's notjust about protecting teachers. it's very important, but it's that schools and peoples act as a vector for community transmission. picking it up at school, taking it home to theirfamily. picking it up at school, taking it home to their family. having kids at school is incredibly challenging if you're trying to keep community
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connections and infection rates under control. we are in this race with the jabs but i think everyone is so exhausted by school that the government is trying to say that there is light at the end of the tunnel. we had head teacher saying that we should just write off this year and allow all kids to repeat the year, which is basically a nightmare, because you've got to find enough space for another 700,000 kids. we can't possibly do that. it reminds you of the scale of learning loss our kids have been through and we can't put an extra 700,000 kids in school next year. we must find a way to capture that learning loss. it’s must find a way to capture that learning loss.— must find a way to capture that learnin: loss. �* , . , learning loss. it's incredible, when ou think learning loss. it's incredible, when you think about _ learning loss. it's incredible, when you think about it. _ learning loss. it's incredible, when you think about it. march - learning loss. it's incredible, when you think about it. march the - learning loss. it's incredible, when you think about it. march the 23rd| you think about it. march the 23rd 2020 we went into lockdown and now we are talking about kids not
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