james cleverly speaking to us earlier today.g to increase access to immunisation in poor countries. he is also the former prime minister of portugal and a former president of the european commission. earlier he explained why sharing vaccines is both a moral and practical necessity for tackling the pandemic. 0h, we very much welcome this initiative of prime minister borisjohnson, convening his first g7 under his presidency. the first where we have the new american president, presidentjoe biden. we expect very important results in terms of global solidarity because, in fact, no one is safe until everybody is safe. and best, i would say, the single global effort we have now in place is precisely covax. so it's a cooperative, global effort to reach all the world. we have already 190 countries part of covax. in fact, i should say, 190 plus one because the united states justjoined covax now with this new administration. and i think we are on track to deliver this year more than 2.3 billion doses of vaccines, at least 1.8 billion of th

james cleverly, we thank ou communities. james cleverly, we thank you for— communities.rom a bit of a wobble. so i do say this with some nervousness. captainjoe root is leading engand's recovery after their wobble just before lunch on the first day of this opening test against india in chennai. england had been going well, until a crazy few overs in which dan lawrence was out for a duck. rory burns had been caught moments earlier so with two wickets down, the stage was set after lunch for root to plant himself for what he hopes will be a big innings in this, his 100th test. he's building slowly on 11 so far, supported by dom sibley who is approaching a half century. he survived the earlyjitters. england 91—2. jose mourinho remains optimistic that tottenham can soon turn their form around, after they lost at home to his old side chelsea last night. the only goal of the game came from a penalty scored byjorginho. it's now three premier league defeats in a row for spurs, and believe it or not, this is the first time injose mourinho's entire career that he's lost consecutive

james cleverly.he first time have been called "disappointing" by opposition mps. they said the armed forces bill failed to address some of the needs of service personnel and veterans. but the ministerjohnny mercer who served in the army said it would provide a "tangible tool" to help them hold service providers to account. as someone who beat a path to the door of this parliament to force this place to honour the nation's responsibilities to our veterans, i can genuinely say that i can feel the sand shifting under my feet. but we have further to go, and so today is a historic day, as we legislate to put the armed forces covenant, that promise between the nation and those who serve, into law. because what is still evident is that some members of our armed forces community are still suffering disadvantage in accessing public services. often, the provision you get to something of a postcode lottery, and when disadvantage occurs, it's often because there is little understanding of the unique nature of se

we are talking to mark - drakeford today and james cleverly drakeford today and james cleverly as wellad maps being laid out on the 22nd of february so we should be able to bring you some news and dates on when schools may, in a phased manner, return. it is 12 minutes past six. and we need some weather, some extraordinary figures about how mild it is. i was almost sweating in my winter coat. i it is. i was almost sweating in my winter coat-— winter coat. i thought it was 'ust me! what a change! last saturday we saw temperatures, a week ago, around freezing or below for summer. it will be a weekend where we see temperatures in the teens but it is a mixed picture into the weekend. it will be very mild and some will see the sunshine, but lots of heavy rain to come for some. that is a concern. the rain is piling in across the western half of the country, it has been a wet night in northern ireland, pushing into scotland, wales, western fringes of england. in the eastern areas, dry and a cooler morning than it has been. the south—east will stay dry but the rain is thereabouts all day for so

well, this morning the foreign office minister, james cleverly, has said that the uk would never use through the international body, covax, to ensure equitable distribution. he said the government had to ensure uk citizens were vaccinated, as well as focus on being a good player on the global stage. we made the decision earlier on in this pandemic to spread our risk and buy vaccine doses from a number of vaccine providers. that means we know that we are going to have surplus, we don't know exactly when and we can't say exactly how many, because that will be dependent on which vaccines ultimately get the green light from the regulators. but it does mean that we will be able to both protect british people, which is our first duty, but also be a good player on the international stage, be a real force for good and help make sure that we are collectively, internationally, vaccinating as many people as possible to keep us all safe. we know that we have been very effective in the roll—out of our vaccination programme, one of the most speedy and effective in the world, and we can be incredib