ramaphosa the 're happening now. ramaphosa they're talking _ happening now.king about - they're talking about technology transfer is critically important, obviously. what is your best guess, then, as to how long it might be before a move like this actually bears fruit? 50. this actually bears fruit? so, what we are _ this actually bears fruit? so, what we are seeing - this actually bears fruit? ’sr, what we are seeing overall is, the who and the african union are agreeing to work together to make mrna vaccines, which are proving to be by far the most effective vaccines. study after study is showing that these vaccines are really good at fighting the variants, they are able to do a lot. they are also relatively quick to scale so the core question of how long it is going to take is, how cooperative are some of the countries out there, right? (crosstalk) sorry to interrupt you, that is the point, isn't it? because there's a lot of good talk and not a huge amount of good action in terms of handing over the necessary. this good action in terms of handing over the

cyril ramaphosa there.h is the professor of global health at georgetown university in washington. i asked him why africa has recieved so few vaccines so far. a year ago we saw governments around the world coming together, promising vaccine equity, that vaccines were going to be available to everybody, then come december of last year vaccines are approved but none of that equity actually happened. so now i% of all vaccines have actually reached sub—saharan africa, meanwhile in the wealthy world we are talking about vacations and getting young people and healthy people into vaccination, african countries really don't have enough vaccine and so they've got to take some moves. i wish this had happened months ago but it is really good to see it happening now. right, cyril ramaphosa there talking about technology transfer as critically important, obviously. what is your best guess, then, as to how long it might be before a move like this actually bears fruit? so, what we are seeing overall is, that what the who a

the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, welcomed the move. now that we just cannot continue to rely on vaccines that are made outside of africa, because they never come. they never arrive on time and people continue to die. and we have therefore called on technology transfer. you can hear the frustration - technology transfer. you can hear the frustration of - technology transfer. you can hear the frustration of cyril l hear the frustration of cyril ramaphosa there. matthew kavanagh is the professor of global health at georgetown university in washington. i asked him why africa has recieved so few vaccines so far. a year ago we saw governments around the world coming together, promising vaccine equity, that vaccines were going to be available to everybody, then come december of last year vaccines are approved but none of that equity actually happened. so now i% of all vaccines have actually reached sub—saharan africa, meanwhile in the wealthy world we are talking about vacations and getting young people and healthy people into vaccination, af

amy: ramaphosa's remarks came as covid-19 cases and deaths across the african continent surged by more than 40% over the past week. meanwhile, cuba's health ministry says its threshot abdala vaccine showed over 92% efficacy against covid-19 in a late-stage clinical trial. the announcement came days after promising initial results from another cuban vaccine candidate, soberana 02. health officials in indonesia are tightening public health measures as the world's fourth most-populous nation recorded a record number of new covid-19 cases monday. authorities are blaming the fast-spreading delta coronavirus variant, though the explosion of new cases follows a surge of travel at the end of the month of ramadan when many indonesians ignored travel restrictions to visit their hometowns. in colombia, covid-19 deaths have passed the 100,000 mark amid a devastating third wave of cases. this is colombian epidemiologist andrea ramirez. >> certainly this is the worst moment of the pandemic from the perspective of positive cases, 40% positivity,our out of 10 pele infected. also the collapse of the ic

the president, cyril ramaphosa, of south africa, has talked of vaccine apartheid.recognise and that you share that sentiment? i share that sentiment because, clearly, again, the statistics you indicated at the start of this conversation speak to that, there's clearly been a vaccine apartheid that we need to end for the collective interests of humanity so that we vaccinate everybody almost at the same time. there are three principles that should guide a vaccination programme — fairness, speed and skill. unless we do those three things simultaneously, we are not going to succeed in winning the battle against this pandemic. all right. well, one other way to win it is, why doesn't africa make its own vaccines? i'll tell you what patrick soon—shiong, a south african—born medical practitioner and entrepreneur, is pushing for vaccine manufacturing on the continent. he says, "it is very clear that until africa builds "capacity, that it will always be dependent as second—class "citizens of the world for vaccines." he's right, isn't he? he is absolutely right. absolutely rig

the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has imposed strict new measures to tackle an alarming risections, which he says poses a grave challenge. for the next two weeks alcohol sales are to be banned and all gatherings, including political and religious ones, are not allowed. there have been frantic scenes at airports near portugal's vacation resorts as german tourists scramble to get home in time to avoid a two week coronavirus quarantine on their return. the german authorities have just added portugal and russia to their list of restricted countries, and anyone arriving later than monday night must go into isolation for fourteen days. official figures from russia show there've been nearly 4000 covid—related deaths there over the past week — a new record. both moscow and st petersburg have registered their highest ever daily totals and st petersburg is due to host euro 2020 quarter final match in the coming days. in france, exit polls indicate that marine le pen's far right national party has failed in its attempt to win its first ever regional election. it did worse than expected

africa is to set up the continent's first covid—19 vaccine production facility, as president cyril ramaphosaaid africa now understood that doses would never come from elsewhere in time to save lives. the project will take time to get started, no vaccines are expected until next year. voting has been taking place in ethiopia's general election, billed as a major test of the country's new democracy. prime minister abiy ahmed has told the bbc there is no hunger in the war—torn tigray province, but admitted there are problems, and the government was capable of fixing them. the details of a coronavirus booster programme for the autumn will be revealed next week after seeing a doctor said planning forward should be split up stopping it comes as the parameter borisjohnson the parameter boris johnson said the parameter borisjohnson said it was important to look at opportunities for people who have been double jabbed to avoid self—isolating. to downplay suggestions that could be applied to people coming back from abroad as fergus walsh reports. your vaccine is being prepared now. the prime minister w

the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has imposed strict new measures to tackle an alarming riseions, which he says poses a grave challenge. for the next two weeks alcohol sales are to be banned and all gatherings — including political and religious ones — are not allowed. there have been frantic scenes at airports near portugal's vacation resorts as german tourists scramble to get home in time to avoid a two week coronavirus quarantine on their return. the german authorities have just added portugal and russia to their list of restricted countries, and anyone arriving later than monday night must go into isolation for ia days. the pharmaceutical giant johnson &johnson has agreed a $230 million settlement with the state of new york to resolve claims it helped fuel the opioid crisis there. johnson &johnson still denies any wrongdoing. the company is facing similar lawsuits all across the country, with trials currently underway in california and west virginia. joining me now is the medical directorfor joining me now is the medical director for opioid policy research and co—founder

africa is to set up the continent's first covid—19 vaccine production facility, as president cyril ramaphosaaid africa now understood that doses would "never come" from elsewhere in time to save lives. but it will take time — no vaccines are expected until next year. united nations cultural body unesco says australia palme great barrier reef should be on the list of world heritage sites that are in danger. it has called for more action from australia to address the effects of climate change. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. inevitably, we associate artists with the times in which they emerge and the work which brings them widespread acclaim. so it is with my guest today, michael stipe, lead singer of the american band rem, who were pioneers of an indie rock sound which emerged from a georgia college campus in the �*80s and won worldwide acclaim in the 1990s. now, he's a visual artist who records new music sparingly. he says the best art is about bravery, confronting fear. so what has he been frightened of? michael stipe in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. thank

first covid-i9 is to set up the continent's first covid—19 vaccine production facility as president ramaphosaaid that africa now understood that doses would, as he put it, never come from elsewhere in time to save lives stopping the project will take time to get started. vaccines are expected until next year. voting has been taking place in ethiopia's general election billed as a test of the country's new democracy. the parameter says there is no hunger in the tigray province but has admitted there are problems. now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in parliament. is a shake up of planning rules the way to solve england's housing crisis? we need to take bold steps to provide enough homes in the places where people and communities need them. these proposals are nothing less than a developer's charter that silences local communities so developers can exploit local communities for profit. as convictions for rape hit a record low, thejustice secretary is put under pressure. enough is enough. will he reverse these failures within a year or will he resign? also in this

the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has imposed strict new measures to tackle an alarming rises a grave challenge. for the next two weeks alcohol sales are to be banned and all gatherings — including political and religious ones — are not allowed. official figures from russia show there've been nearly 4,000 covid—related deaths there over the past week, a new record. both moscow and st petersburg have registered their highest ever daily totals and st petersburg is due to host euro 2020 quarter final match in the coming days. parts of the us and canada are seeing a severe heat wave which forecasters say could mark the start of one of the most extreme and prolonged high temperatures ever recorded there. in the us, one large region including all of washington state and oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california will see temperatures soar dramatically throughout the region well into next week. and a heat wave stretching across western canada, from british columbia into southern saskatchewan and up through yukon and the northwest territories, is set to break daily and all tim

the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has imposed strict new measures to tackle an alarming risewhich he says poses a grave challenge. for the next two weeks alcohol sales are to be banned and all gatherings — including political and religious ones — are not allowed. there have been frantic scenes at airports near portugal's vacation resorts as german tourists scramble to get home in time to avoid a two week coronavirus quarantine on their return. the german authorities have just added portugal and russia to their list of restricted countries, and anyone arriving later than monday night must go into isolation for fourteen days. official figures from russia show there've been nearly 4,000 covid—related deaths there over the past week, a new record. both moscow and st petersburg have registered their highest ever daily totals, and st petersburg is due to host euro 2020 quarter final match in the coming days. in france, exit polls indicate that marine le pen's far—right national rally has failed in its attempt to win its first ever regional election. it did worse than expected in it

the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has imposed strict new measures to tackle an alarming rise says poses a grave challenge. for the next two weeks alcohol sales are to be banned and all gatherings — including political and religious ones — are not allowed. official figures from russia show there've been nearly 4,000 covid— related deaths there over the past week — a new record. both moscow and st petersburg have registered their highest ever daily totals — and st petersburg is due to host euro 2020 quarter final match in the coming days. parts of the pacific northwest of the united states are experiencing a record heatwave. the us national weather service has issued warnings of excessive heat across nearly all of washington and oregon states. parts of california and idaho are also affected — along with southwestern canada. classified british ministry of defence documents — including details about the warship hms defender — have been found at a bus stop in south east england by a member of the public. after the papers were passed to the bbc, the government acknowledged a seriou

we look ahead to the qatar economic forum with the gentleman from south africa, cyril ramaphosa, speaking in a moment. this is bloomberg. good morning. ♪ ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. national security advisor jake sullivan says the u.s. is working on additional sanctions on russia for the poisoning of opposition leader alexei navalny. president biden said he raised the case with president putin and made it clear that russia would face concert and his if navalny died in prison. spain's prime minister says he plans to pardon nine catalan separatists put in jail for their role in the illegal independence referendum in 2017. he will recommend that his cabinet approve the pardons when it meets tomorrow. backlashes expected from conservatives opposed to any kind of reconciliation with the separatists. the two main contenders for the french presidential race fared worse than expected in the country's regional elections. marine le pen's national rally got 19%, almost 10 points behind her score in the last election, with president macron's party taking 11%. a survey showed m

in south africa, president cyril ramaphosa announced new restrictions to deal with its surge. >> along witmany other countries on our continent africa, south africa is seeing a massive resurgence of infections . a curfew will be a pla from 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. and all nonessential establishments will need to close by 8:00 p.m. the sale of alcohol, both for -site and off-site consumption is prohibited. amy: here in the united states, coronavirus cases and daily deaths continue to drop. the daily death toll now averages around 300, nearly all of them among unvaccinated people. according to an associated press analysis, just 0.1% of covid hospitalizations in the u.s. in may were due to breakthrough cases in vaccinated people and vaccinated people accounted for around 0.8% of covid deaths. president biden has promised to support afghanistan's central government even after the u.s. completes its troop withdrawal by a september 11 deadline. biden made the promise to afghan president ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah, chairman of afghanistan's high council for national reconciliation, as t

is significant in its own right — but it's also significant because the current president, cyril ramaphosabout corruption. here's andrew harding again. this is not just this is notjust aboutjustice, there's a huge political element to this. jacob zuma is at the centre of a campaign within this for control of the party and therefore, control of the party and therefore, control of the party and therefore, control of the country. but in recent months, we have seen those forces oppose to the president losing ground, the secretary—general forced to stand aside in his own corruption allegations. micro and also facing trial already on trial for an older corruption case. i think this is very encouraging news for the forces allied with them of the sceptics will still say that we need to see a lot more action, a lot more people injail, a lot more trials lot more action, a lot more people in jail, a lot more trials finishing before cultural impunity and high—level corruption is in the backslidden south african. jacob zuma is a politically weaker these days and his legal options have now run out. he's

president cyril ramaphosa issued a stark warning: >> we are in the grip of a destating wave that by all indications seems like it will be worse than those that have preceded it. >> brangham: this variant - originally identified in india, is highly contagious, much more so than the original coronavirus, and it's now on track to become the dominant global strain. the centers for disease control and prevention says it's already been identified in at least 77 countries. >> why should we act like there is no solution when there is a solution? >> brangham: the solution is vaccines. public health officials say most protect against this delta variant, but only ten percent of the world's population has been vaccinated, and in some nations, the rates are far lower. many countries are desperate for more supply. >> the problem now is supply problem. just give us the vaccines. >> brangham: and given delta's spread, this week, the world health organization recommended masks even for those who are fully vaccinated. >> until the vast majority of our population is vaccinated, we will have to live differ

and here's south african president cyril ramaphosa. he was a guest at the g7 summit.raised the issue of giving capacity and capability to countries in the developing economies, so that they too should be able to produce their own vaccines say that it should not continue to be the preserve of the g7 countries. the economist also argues the g7 is missing the investment opportunity of a lifetime. it says there would be an almost 18,000% return on funding the vaccination of the whole world. here's how it worked that one out. the imf calculates that to get 70% of the planet's population inoculated by april would cost just £50 billion. that amounts to just 0.13% of the g7's gdp. in its article, the economist points out that the cumulative economic benefit by 2025, in terms of increased global output, would be $9 trillion, as well as many lives saved. that means a 17,900% return in the investment injust four years. for all these reasons, some agree with gordon brown that this is an "unforgivable moral failure." clearly, the g7 doesn't agree — arguing it's making unprecedente

this is south africa's president ramaphosa.fer. to which wealthier countries may say they are asking. —— acting. you might rememberfrom last week — g7 leaders and guest countries promising to donate 1 billion covid—19 vaccine doses for the world. 500 million of those will come from the united states, and just yesterday, the biden administration pledged an additional 55 million vaccine doses. in addition to sharing doses from our vaccine — in addition to sharing doses from our vaccine supply, the biden—harris administration is committed to working — administration is committed to working with manufacturers to produce — working with manufacturers to produce more vaccine doses to share with the _ produce more vaccine doses to share with the world. we purchased half a billion— with the world. we purchased half a billion pfizer doses to donate to 92 low and _ billion pfizer doses to donate to 92 low and middle income countries, and members _ low and middle income countries, and members of— low and middle income countries, and member