sarah raynsford, _ escalate. sarah, thank you for being with us. sarah raynsford, live - escalate. us. sarah raynsford, live in - with us. sarah raynsford, live in central moscow. the uk's international trade secretary, liz truss, has said she's confident there will be no hold up in supplies of the pfizer biontech vaccine, coming to the uk from its factory in belgium. last week the uk became embroiled in a row about the supply of vaccines to europe. the eu was accused of an act of hostility when it announced, then withdrew, a threat to use border checks on the island of ireland to protect its supplies. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker is with me. this has been an absolutely extraordinary few days in the history of relations between the uk and the eu. where are we now with it? to what extent is conciliation and peace broken out between the uk and peace broken out between the uk and the eu? {lit and peace broken out between the uk and the eu? .., , and peace broken out between the uk and the eu? _, , .,, and the eu? of course, it was the first minister _ and the eu? of cours

sarah raynsford in moscow, thank you. s soon as we get any more details on the protest as it develops but the picture in moscow which is two hours ahead of gmt, so it is lunchtime in moscow, just after one o'clock in the afternoon, significant numbers of people gathered in protests that they were told were illegal and would be broken up. signs of individual protesters being removed, no sign yet of an attempt to break up no sign yet of an attempt to break up the demonstration. we will keep our eyes on it here on bbc news. here in the uk, senior doctors have called for a shorter gap between the first and second doses of the pfizer—biontech covid vaccine. health officials extended the wait from three to 12 weeks so as many people as possible could be vaccinated. but the british medical association wants that halved. dr chaand nagpaul is the group's chair. it is a very difficult decision and i do understand the rationale that's been put forward, but, at the same time, what we do need to be assured of is that people are properl