let's delve into this story now with simon clark simons a microbiologist from reading university good to have you on the program good evening can i just say maybe in the bigger picture here if this is the 3rd lockdowns i mean wouldn't science suggest they're not proving particularly effective well that's all dependent of course on what you want to do with them if you think the lockdowns are going to rid society of the virus no they won't do that all they will do is provide some breaks in the chains of transmission and reduce the number of number of people that are infected move them out of the virus circulating in any given society but they will not kill it off entirely that's just not what lockdowns you know much of the country was ready in a high state of restrictions i think it's right in saying yet infections were going up and people said that's not just because of winter or why do you think or will this work now. well it's been part due to winter it's part due to a new strain if the numbers of the infections aren't going up by definition restrictions on all working because at the

dr simon clarke microbiology professor at reading university and dr and on global health and bioethics researcher and former president of the international association of bioethics. almost half of school teachers in france are self centering on religious issues according to a new poll the holocaust and evolution are among the most contentious topics we spoke to a history teacher who says that simply doing his job has become a mine. also so we all must be affected by this problem because i personally teach in a department that's experiencing a serious increase in islam is an awful lot and where there is also a large muslim community for example when we talk about the events like the holocaust some students might say we're talking about the jews again what's going on it's always the same it's their power we never talk about muslims did this holocaust really happen when we go through the palestinian israeli conflict has extremely difficult for us to talk about specific facts because students of muslim origin of c. take a very pro palestinian and deeply anti is zionist position we consciou

ireland they have had stricter measures in place since late december to microbiologist that reading university in the u.k. simon clarke says because of the continually rising figures of late questions must be raised over the effectiveness of lock down if the numbers of infections are going up by definition restrictions on all working because the very minimum they should cause them to level off ideally you want to drive them down so if the numbers are going up then they're not working so really there are only a few leavers left to paul and they are. closing schools and universities. and restricting the amount of people who go to work on a daily basis that those really really have. another story we're closely following today the european union has voted to ramp up efforts to solve the 2015 nuclear deal with iran it comes after to run stepped up its uranium enrichment on monday to levels not seen since before the agreement. not on we are highly concerned by the steps taken by iran to start and which new rhenium to 20 percent and we will redouble our efforts to keep the agreement. the arena and go

microbiologist that reading university sonic clarke believes the situation has not been heading in the right direction if the numbers of the factions are going up by definition restrictions on all working because of the very minimum they should cause them to level off by ideally you want to drive them down so if the numbers are going up then they're not working so really there are only a few leavers left to pull and there are. closing schools and universe to. restrictively amount of people that go to work on a daily basis that those who really really have. the means on germany's expected to extend its current slog down the final decision will be announced after chancellor angela merkel's meeting with regional heads some german states have seen protests against the current anti pandemic regime into all of it has more well angle of merkel will be meeting with the heads of germany 16 states later on tuesday almost certain that there will be an extension of the current lockdown measures that are in place what we are expecting to see is an extension until the end of this month however one s

lockdown in england and the new rules are going to become law from wednesday microbiologist ted reading university simon clarke believes the situation has not been heading in the right direction. if the numbers of the defections are going off by definition restrictions on a working because of the very minimum they should cause them to level off ideally you want to drive them down so if the numbers are going up then they're not working so really there are only a few leaders left to pull from they are. closing schools and universities and restricting the amount of people who go to work on a daily basis that those who are really really have. a british court has rejected washington's extradition request for julian assan studio concerns about his mental health the u.s. says it will appeal the decision and still wants to try the wiki leaks founder on espionage charges let's take a look at the reaction of assad just supporters outside the courthouse where the verdict filtered through i mean by what you eat i mean it's true it was you know was i was. a white. thank you. as long as julian has to enter suff

microbiologist at reading university in the u.k. simon clarke police of the crisis has not been heading in the right direction but the numbers of 3 factions are going up by definition restrictions on all working because it was very minimal they should cause them to level off ideally you want to drive them around so if the numbers are going up. then they're not working so really there are only a few leaders left to pull from there are. closing schools and universities. restrictively amount of people that go to work on a daily basis that those who are really really half. a mile in india have medical experts are sounding the alarm over what they say is the country's rushed decision to approve 2 vaccines on sunday india approved a drug based on the astra zeneca vaccine another created by an indian biotech company a senior health official said both shots are totally safe but it does seem that not everybody shares that confidence. based on the full goes regimen for both shots that got approved astra zeneca had chances to 2 percent efficac

and northern ireland have had stricter measures in place since early december microbiologist reading university in britain simon clarke ses because of the continually writing figures questions that have to be raised over the effectiveness of lockdowns if the numbers of the factions are going up by definition restrictions on all working because that very minimum they should cause them to level off ideally you want to drive it around so if the numbers are going up then they're not working so really there are only a few leaders left to pool and there are. closing schools and universities. restrictively amount of people who go to work on a daily basis you really really have. the european union has vollard to ramp up efforts the selvage the 2015 nuclear deal with a role that comes after to run stepped up its uranium enrichment program on monday to levels not seen since before the agreement. we are highly concerned by the steps taken by iran to start a bitch and you really need to 20 percent and we will redouble our efforts to keep the agreement the iranian government confirmed this week that it has

northern ireland have had stricter measures in place since late december microbiologist at reading university any case i mean clarke believes that the crisis has not been heading in the right direction. if the numbers of infections are going up by definition restrictions on a working because it is very minimal they should cause them to level off ideally you want to drive them down so if the numbers are going up then they're not working so really there are only a few leaders left to paul and there are. closing schools and universities. restricting the amount of people that go to work on a daily basis to those who really really have. not the european union has vowed to ramp up with us to salvage the 25th a new clear deal with iran hey comes after taran increased its uranium enrichment on monday to levels not seen since before the green no not on topic we are highly concerned by the steps taken by iran to start a niche in uranium to 20 percent and we will redouble our efforts to keep the agreement. well the iranian government confirmed this week that it has increased iranian richmond to 20 perce

microbiologist that reading university simon clarke believes the situation is not be heading in the right direction if the numbers of actions are going up by definition restrictions on all working because the very minimum they should cause them to level off ideally you want to drive around so if the numbers are going up then not work you really there are only a few leaders left to paul and there are. closing schools and universities . restrictively amount of people that go to work on a daily basis that goes really really have. a health worker in portugal has died 2 days after taking the pfizer vaccine against coronavirus according to her relatives she suffered no serious side effects after getting the job and the cause of death has yet to be established my specs anation with the pfizer drug started in december in a number of countries cases of severe allergic reactions of a registered in israel and the us and the u.k. has warned people with a history of allergies against taking the job. well in day when germany registers always the 1000 destinations expected to extend its current long dow

to the program simon clark simon is an associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading in the u.k. simon always good to see you can the london minister use the covert situation as i'd have control in london hospitals are running out of capacity how dangerous is the situation as you see it. will it if the hospitals do run out of capacity and it looks like change short order they're going to do that there won't be nasty to treat it will you have heart attacks strokes perhaps you know involved in a road traffic accident or have come through some misfortune in some other way never mind the routine replacements the replacements cancer treatments that you would normally expect so that's the real danger we've touched in this before but i think it's more pertinent than ever are you surprised to be seeing such a rapid surge in coba deaths in spite of ever tightening restrictions are they working in other words. oh well i think it's too early to. say that given the. new strain which is moving fast of the most if not all of us expected certainly faster than i expected the numbers

here at the university of reading archaeology professor stephen myth has been researching how early humans learn to develop survival skills and adapt to their environment. i think in many ways you know intel's were wild people but i mean wild in a way in the best sense of the word they were very sensitive emotional caring people but they were engaged in the wilderness wilderness voices tundras of into place of forests of coasts and had a great understanding of nature and were very much part of nature in the way there were not today so much. rivers and streams were vital to the neanderthals survival. they used these bodies of water to help find their way through dense into glacial forests they also hunted animals who gathered there to drink. excavations that cow who are in northern france revealed evidence of big game hunts that took place there an estimated 123000 years ago. experts from france's national institute for archaeological research in rap have been working at the site for more than a decade is a new mood. the animals were probably killed on the riverbank at that time the river w

in her despair she published a letter to president on social media asking him to read open the university's she signed the letter heidi support a zombie visit environmental i had been talking to a few friends about this how sick i was of the situation i had the impression that people had forgotten about us young no one understood what it's like for us even among students it was too boot to talk about it so i wanted to get through to the government but also to other students people in general. and she succeeded hundreds of other students contacted her to share their own similar stories across the country thousands of students took to the streets. president personally wrote back to heidi asking her to hold out then he announced new measures of support only to young. the students have the same needs as workers so they will also be allowed to come. back to university for one day per week women are needed he did before the prison here heidi is glad that her cry for help was heard but she remains realistic division says that it's a start at least certain student escalations can offer activities a

in her despair she published a letter to president on social media asking him to read open the universities she signed the letter heidi support zombie there's even many i had been talking to a few friends about this how sick i was of the situation i had the impression that people had forgotten about us young no one understood what it's like for us even among students it was too boot to talk about it so i wanted to get through to the government but also to other students people in general. and she succeeded hundreds of other students contacted her to share their own similar stories across the country thousands of students took to the streets. president personally wrote back to heidi asking her to hold out then he announced new measures of support and the 2 young. students have the same needs as workers so they will also be allowed to come back to university for one day per week women immediately did before the prison. heidi is glad that her cry for help was heard but she remains realistic visuals that it's a start at least certain student s. stations can offer activities again as some studen

the university of wisconsin has a reading list that it claims students are wanting to see these kindlibraries and library-ship was quote. with whiteness, micro-aggression, as well as neutrality in library information studies. while some students see efforts like this one as raising awareness about racism, others say it is creating even more division on campus. creating an environment where students are free to ask questions or challenge any of the ideas being pushed out. >> i think that we are moving towards a place where we can no longer have that free exchange of ideas and i think that that is really dangerous to our society. speak of the unified school district in burbank, california is taking it a step further banning classic books like to kill a mockingbird, of mice and men, and adventures of huckleberry finn over a handful of complaints that the books are racist. titles will still be available in school libraries, but the move sets a dangerous precedent. it's also worth pointing out that books like "to kill a mockingbird" and "huckleberry finn" have always been controversial, b

reading also in the u.k. simon clarke is associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading welcome to the program then let me start with you today i want to talk 1st about the tokyo olympics why is the prime minister in japan insisting that the olympics will go on what are the potential financial costs and the political costs at play if the olympics were to be canceled. well 1st of all thank you for having me the potential costs of not holding the olympics as schedule look the significant surge and which has spent billions new 'd infrastructure in terms of the news that he is preparing to receive tens of thousands of athletes coaches specials and of course fans this was supposed to be the centerpiece of what has been a massive effort over the last decade to really get the countries tours of infrastructure into gear to create these new sports facilities to modernize a lot of things so to not have the olympics happen it would be a significant blow to the economy and to the nation's morale gayle as a former olympian i want to ask you about the effect that this is having on the athletes h

here at the university of reading archaeology professor stephen mithun has been researching how early humans learn to develop survival skills and adapt to their environment. i think in many ways you know intel's were wild people but i mean wild in a in the best sense the word they were very sensitive emotional caring people but they were engaged in the wilderness wilderness voices tundras of into place of force of coasts and had a great understanding of nature and were very much part of nature in the whether or not today so much. rivers and streams were vital to the neanderthals survival. they used these bodies of water to help find their way through dense interglacial forests they also hunted animals who gathered there to drink. excavations at kalgoorlie in northern france revealed evidence of big game hunts that took place there an estimated 123000 years ago. experts from france's national institute for archaeological research in rap have been working at the side for more than a decade is a new move to a bit too poorly mobo the animals were probably killed on the riverbank at that t

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. >> after reading my stanford university memos it's really not going to be academia.don't think there is any right now. remember the left, as soon as donald trump was inaugurated, hillary clinton said she was a member of the resistance and that was a deliberate invocation of the french who were fighting in 1940, 41 and 42 against the gestapo. [inaudible] the left deliberately use that term as if trump was a occupier and they were resisting all of them he reacted to the public differently, what are republicans to do when they feel the head look wind is on relenting when it comes to the media? it's the reality that we've lived with. you go back to ronald ragan and calling for dan rather to be fired. this is as old as the conservative movement. it's not a new phenomenon. it's taken a new level remember how it outrage the left and the media were when president trumps that i'm in a send in the national guard and then all of a sudden during the riots and capitol hill he's like he didn't send the national guard fast enough. there's no depth of hypocrisy that they're not capa

here at the university of reading archaeology professor stephen mithun has been researching how early humans learn to develop survival skills and adapt to their environment. i think in many ways you know intel's were wild people but i mean wild in a way in the best sense the word they were very sensitive emotional caring people but they were engaged in the wilderness the wilderness of voices tundras oath into place of forests of coasts and had a great understanding of nature and were very much part of nature in the whether or not today so much. rivers and streams were vital to the neanderthals survival. they used these bodies of water to help find their way through dense interglacial forests they also hunted animals who gather there to drink. excavations at kalgoorlie in northern france revealed evidence of big game hunts that took place there an estimated 123000 years ago. experts from france's national institute for archaeological research in rap have been working at the site for more than a decade is a new more. mobile the animals were probably killed on the riverbank at that time

countries and taiwan simon clark is an associate professor of cellular microbiology at the university of reading in england he says the main concern about this variant is its ability to spread quickly. it is unlikely that the v. taishan will effect the sensitivity of the virus to the vaccine ok but even if it is even if a strain does come along in the future where that happens it shouldn't be too much of a problem for the vaccine scientists to to tinker with it to reengineer it so that vaccine so that it fights any new version that should be a big problem the problem is its ability to spread rather than its susceptibility to the vaccine. problem such as they are on not because of the anted unicity of the new strain it's been it's a general question about whether the new dosing regime will work toward or work as well as it would have done previously the data for the ox that zeneca vaccine we are told exists i don't think we've seen it yet certainly when journalists are story the press conference the other day they were treated in a rather dismissive manner and pfizer have said they do not recomme

$33.00 countries in taiwan simon kark is associate professor of cellular microbiology at the university of reading in england he says the vaccines are effective against all strains of the corona virus. it is unlikely that if you take a shit will effect the sensitivity of the virus to the vaccine ok but even if it is even if a strain does come along in the future where that happens it shouldn't be too much of a problem for the vaccine scientists to do tinker with it to reengineer it so that vaccine so that it fights any new version that should be a big problem indonesia has one of the world's longest coastlines but yet its salt farming industry fails to meet the needs of the domestic markets millions of tons of salt are imported each year and that's threatening the livelihoods of the salt farmers in indonesia that as jessica washington reports from india my you on the island of java the government hopes investing in technology will save jobs. in indonesia's west timor this is the process behind harvesting one of the world's most common minerals these men have found felt this way for years it's low

cellular microbiology at the university of reading.delve into this idea that the german regulators in uk regulators, they have been working on the same data when it comes to the oxford astrazeneca vaccine for top yet they've come to very different conclusions. can you help us to understand how that's possible. goad understand how that's possible. good evenina. understand how that's possible. good evening- the — understand how that's possible. good evening. the german _ understand how that's possible. (emf. evening. the german body has understand how that's possible. (ef>;f>f. evening. the german body has looked at the protection data only and decided that frankly, not enough people over 65 were included in the study to be able to get any meaningful data, any meaningful indication as to whether it actually protects those people from infection and disease. it seems that what's happened in the uk is that while the regulators here have looked at that, they've also looked at data taken into account the fact that the vaccine does induce a ro

here at the university of reading archaeology professor stephen mithun has been researching how early humans learn to develop survival skills and adapt to their environment. i think in many ways you know intel's were wild people but i mean wild in a way in the best sense the word they were very sensitive emotional caring people but they were engaged in the wilderness wilderness voices tundras of into place of forests of coasts and had a great understanding of nature and were very much part of nature in the whether or not today so much. rivers and streams were vital to the neanderthals survival. they used these bodies of water to help find their way through dense interglacial forests they also hunted animals who gathered there to drink. excavations that kalgoorlie in northern france revealed evidence of big game hunts that took place there an estimated 123000 years ago. experts from france's national institute for archaeological research in rap have been working at the site for more than a decade is a new move to go back to paula mobile the animals were probably killed on the riverbank

reading at a distance. as involving their country on both sides. and until, universal tail of reading and using books is a manual for life. i want to go into two different questions. i will ask them one after the other . tell us a little bit about the characters in your book . the founder and the director and lives . you do have one militant, omar, the fight. tell us a little bit about them in a different books they liked and personalities and there also played in the book. and also at the library. delphine: was fascinating for me. first of all those guys were very young. there barely in the 20s when the revolution started. and some of them both in the avenue was dictatorship. what one leader, one ruler, one party. that's all they knew. this was a generation in which was raised with censorship in fear. fear was their daily companion. even their parents was telling them about what happened in the past. the massacre that happened. another city in syria. these guys. there was no library in the area. even the public library previous of those guys, the only library that wou

post-covid-19 vaccination the money ball number of the week potentially january preliminary read on universityis is a bit of a miss. and since this is the january preliminary in a couple of weeks we will see the advance and this could -- orthe final, this could definitely change. it is following a final read on december that was 80.7 so definitely we are not looking as good here should it stay at this number, 73 -- excuse me, 79.2, it would end up being the weakest since november here is something fascinating. if you look at the ip flakes numbers here, the one-year inflation, 3%. literally a half a point higher than the last look and the five, ten-year look 2.27 points. on the current conditions that's 87.7 down from 90 and on expectations 73.8 down from 74.6 everything eased back except for the inflation hotter than expected david faber, back to you. >> thank you it is a big morning for bank earnings let's go to wilford frost. you have all three of the big ones for us. i note, shares of wells fargo down 7.5%. i know they just began the conference call there. i don't know if it's people diggin

father isn't absolutely my father i mean my father in the house was a father for us he read many books he study in university and he was a professor at university and the only goal in his mind was keeping a war the world a place safer for the children he'd go and fight in syria to help she children in syria he go for them to save them and you know what's happening what happened in syria i can't talk about it right now because things happen in syria was are so so make it makes me sad to think about it and a person how how my father can be a person who wants to kill an american people and people in europe how he was saving them from i says he was saving them so don't let anyone to hurt them he was fighting for them how he can be a terrorist to kill people he was saving children in yemen that they were dying from hunger how a human how a person that called himself human can watch the children doesn't have food how they can watch this and they are saying that my father is a terrorist my father fight for all people. to make the world a place safer and i think the history the future will judge of all. and they wil

it's about a tale of reading as resistance against this extremism that is engulfing their country on both sides. and a universal tale of reading count of using books as a manual for life. tell us about the characters in your book, about ahmad the founder and director, you have -- you do have one militant, omar, a fighter. tell us about them and they're different, the different books that they liked and their different personalities and the role they play in the book and in the library. >> kim, what was really fascinating for me, first of all those guys are very young. they were barely in their 20s when the revolution started. one leader, one rule, one party. that's all they knew about. this is a generation which was raised with propaganda, censorship, fear. fear was their daily companion. even their parents wouldn't dare tell them about what happened in the past about, for instance, the terrible massacre in another city in syria. these guys, these guys didn't, i mean, there was no library in daraya. even the public library. the only library he would've visited in the past was a library of damascus, which was fu

countries and taiwan simon clark is an associate professor of cellular microbiology at the university of reading in england he joins us live on skype from there good to have you with us when information 1st started to come to light about this new strain the word was that it's not more deadly is just more contagious is that still the medical thinking. well yes it is and those now are quite some some quite good data which tells us that that's in fact the case we see it transmitting much more readily people are much more likely to get it than they were that the versions that were circulating were been circulating and it previously but when they do get it no more likely to be seriously and symptoms are no more likely to be bad. are the vaccines which have been developed still at the same level of of effectiveness containment when it comes to this new strain. we don't know that for sure at the moment but i think that is still being worked on but it will take that would not be a quick and easy thing to discover but given the nature of the mutations where they are on the target for the the vaccine whic

professor at the chinese university of hong kong, and professor of virology ian jones from the university of readingirst of all, for people who are housebound, because heather contacted us and said, what provision will be made for people who can't leave their homes? herfather for people who can't leave their homes? her father is 87 and housebound. i can reassure you heather that the local planning will ta ke heather that the local planning will take account of your father's situation. the gps are working together in networks supported by volu nta ry together in networks supported by voluntary groups and local authority and they are very aware that some people especially older people will not be able to get to the surgery or to the centre for immunisation, and will make arrangements for a visit just as they probably have done for a flu jab just as they probably have done for aflu jab in just as they probably have done for a flu jab in the past. do we know how many people are in this category? it is difficult for gps to make home visits. it is notjust housebound people but there are many other groups