and the u.k. at present a really, really dangerous sigil -- that presents a really, really dangerous situation for the u.k. astrazeneca is way below what it committed to the eu, it has only met one third of the dosage delivery commitments for the first quarter, set to meet less than half for the second quarter. pfizer and moderna are meeting their delivery commitments fine. so existing mechanism would have only allowed astrazeneca shipments, which could not have harmed the u.k.'s rollout very much, but with pfizer, it is a different story. we know that 10 million doses of pfizer vaccines went from the eu to the u.k. just in the six weeks between january 31 and march 17. that is about two thirds of the jabs given during that period. if the eu were to act on this and ban experts of pfizer to the u.k., it would throw the u.k.'s vaccination program into a tailspin. there are calculations made that it would delay vaccination rollouts by two months in the u.k. and it could endanger people who are waitin

the u.k. is under fire as it announces any a plan for asylum seekers it says the goal is to crack down on illegal immigration critics say it's a breach of international law so how will this affect those who seek safety in the united kingdom this is the inside story. hello welcome to the program. it's been described as the biggest overhaul in the u.k. asylum system in decades the government says it wants to stop people smugglers from bringing in thousands into the country illegally every year but those who advocate for migrant and refugee riots say the changes are unjust they insist refugees should not be punished for taking all available routes as they seek safety by the british government insist people should do all they can to enter the country through legal means and it will make it harder to obtain residency for those who shores illegally including limiting their ability to sponsor family members and apply for benefits while asylum seekers who enter the legally we're now big given an immed

to the u.k.. a pledge to use the u.k.'nt balance sheet, the fiscal firepower to protect jobs and livelihoods in the annual budget statement. he will also signal the need for future sacrifices to pay down the huge debts accumulated over the past year. >> we keep alternating between moments of pessimism and optimism. >> people don't want a shocker in terms of increases in taxes. they all except that we have to get back to a more reasonable state. >> it's too early to judge by how much taxes will need to go up or spending cut. >> if you take money out of people's pockets, they will tighten their belts and spend less. >> the right thing to do now is keep options open, not to commit ourselves to a precise path or measures. >> all the things that previous generations benefited from, high levels of social spending, lower house prices, are not there. the pandemic has only made that worse. manus: let's get a little bit more from lizzie burden. what exactly can we expect from the chancellor in six hours time? lizzie: good morning. t

the u.k. government going to say what you know what france is a safe country should have stayed in france therefore you would be removed why are we punishing people just for this transit when the ideal would have been to corporate between the french and the and the u.k. to sort to sort out this whole problem. that's a very good question and the reality is that is nothing in the refugee convention that obliges asylum seekers to claim asylum in the 1st country in which they arrive a really important point as well to bear in mind this is a very important point central to this debate is that there really are no ways of claiming asylum in the u.k. legally and that's for the simple reason to claim asylum in the u.k. you 1st have to reach the u.k. there's no asylum visa so what you must either do is arrive clandestinely perhaps by small boat crossing the english channel was stolen away in a lorry or by coming to the u.k. on a visa for some other purpose which is a student visa or tourism and then cla

the u.k. and the us have imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines or vaccinate components produced on their territory but the e.u. has never stopped exporting the thing is the u.k. says they haven't got any such ban in place whatsoever the u.k. foreign secretary dominic robb rejected those claims and says that he's written to sharm michel for clarification on the e.u. council president's comments the british government has never blocked the exposed to a single vaccine any references to a u.k. export ban or any restrictions on vaccines are completely false clarification may well be necessary because later on tuesday evening michelle puts out a tweet always a way to make sure that the message gets across without any misunderstanding whatsoever in that tweet he didn't repeat the claims that britain had a ban on export of vaccines he also didn't retract any of the statements he made earlier on what he did was. essentially say that his statement it prodded the u.k. towards transparency whe

another pillar of that is what the u.k. wants to do. the u.k. is set to perform exchange rules to boost the attractiveness of london after brexit. part of that is special purpose acquisition company's. they are going to reduce flow requirements, provide more retail participation with the goal of revising the city of london. walk us through what jonathan hill's report on this recommended and when we might see something come through. >> the u.k. is looking at overhauling to bring more tech ipos to market and attract. financial services before brexit has been leading a review. the recordations that have been removed would level the playing field between london and other markets. the big problem in london now is a stock is suspended. even if they do not like the target. in new york -- if the acquisition is not to their liking. allow uninterrupted, fast trading in london. it is going to take some time, but bankers have already good news. it goes beyond spac, as you said before. the u.k. wants to reverse a trend. this is seen. guy: we are going to lea

and u.k. is incredibly proud of its vaccine rollout there has been a lot of reason it says and if the u.k. could strategy as test and trace program it's extremely high death toll but the vaccine scheme is something that it's proud of i mean almost 23000000 people have been vaccinated so far it's been an impressive logistical scheme so the u.k. have great thing on the success of that yeah in the european union's vaccination rollout is been painfully slow and continues to be slow is this because britain has more vaccines or is there more to it than that i don't think of the fed to simply pick the u.k. success down to a supply issue or the sense that the u.k. and in a way putting vaccines there is a lot that's going into the u.k. strategy namely it was the 1st to approve the president's and that astra zeneca vaccine is rollout started in december but it also differs from other countries in its strategy when it came to dosing u.k. decided early on that it was going to leave up to 12 weeks between

the u.k. saying just because we're doing well with our vaccine program you're bitter about it you need somebody to blame and you're blaming us and you can just look at some of the headlines in the british newspapers that we've had the daily star accusing each other leaders of vaccine nationalism and terrifying people into an early grave while the daily express and london's metro going for a mix of cheers and tears off to britain vaccinated nearly 600 sorry 850000 people on sunday alone and even the broadsheet the times says british leaders are warning the e.u. don't stop. not a vaccine war so you can just see that just how how much feeling there is about this and in the u.k. for the numbers they do tell the story right the u.k. is doing an impressive job of vaccinating its population the european union cannot claim that no it certainly can't i mean look at the u.k. it's more than half of british adults have had at least one dose of the vaccine in the e.u. it's just over one in 10 so a very ver

the u.k. budget. we could point to sectors that are always in focus, from housing to banking stocks and many beyond. it could be about the furlough, but what else is going to be a standout -- of standout importance to you? mark: i think my memory of u.k. budgets, having spent 12 years living there and also watching it closely since i have left, is that even though a lot of the details tend to be leaked, there always tends to be great surprises. i don't know whether they are macro surprises or not, but mainly are keenly watching this, and part of it is that the u.k. does look like it will be a leader in terms of signaling that it will not continue the fiscal excess forever more. i think the plan for any tax rises on a forward-looking basis, when we all kind of raise taxes and to what level, and what areas of the economy they are going to target, and i guess many are concerned, our viewers are concerned about the idea of, how relevant is the idea of a wealth tax coming into the conversation, and

however,here are reports that u.k.ared to share vaccine supplies in order to prevent a blanket eort van on vaccines. this is not the only facility in the eu that makes vaccines used in the u.k. that is not confirmed yet but it is expected. let's hear what the spanish foreign minister is saying. >> what is at stake is vaccinating. it is not about being nice or not to other countries, it's about making sure all of our citizens get the jab. ros: another important development relating to astrazeneca. results from america's trial have been released and confirm vaccine is safe and effective. given the doubts we have seen in europe, there were no safety issues regarding blood clots. the study followed more than 32,000 volunteers in the u.s., chile and peru. it found the vaccine was 79% effective in stopping all forms of covid-19, and 100% effective in stopping serious illness. these results mean the u.s. is very likely to approve the vaccine's use. we know that american health officials wanted their own study before taking a

we have a u.k. civil service with u.k. ministerial oversight. given the turmoil in scottish politics, will he then confirmed that any civil servants who feel pressure to behave inappropriately have a measure to seek redress, beyond the minister, to whom they are immediately answerable. p.m. johnson: of course. thank you, my right honorable friend. we will support all civil service -- by the way, i thank them for their work up and down the country, that they've done throughout the pandemic and i think everybody in this house would agree that now is the time , really for our civil service to focus to build back together, rather on measures that might divide our country. [indiscernible] >> can i associate myself with the mark of the prime minister on the horrible atrocities two years ago in the town of salisbury. mr. speaker, the situation in yemen has been called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. 100,000 people have been killed. 16.2 million are at risk of starvation. 2.3 million children, prime minister, on deaths door facing , acute malnutr

u.k. is branded russia its number one threat london has vowed to deter and defend against a wide array of apparent dangers of merging from the country but russia's ambassador to the u.k. hit back claiming london is simply trying to justify plans to shower money on the british military used to sort of knew you were to blame abuse if you look at the you case 2015 strategy you can find the same aggressive rhetoric towards russia alongside calls for cop aeration on global issues but this year the version reads only about russia's threat status and doesn't say a word about dialogue between the 2 countries if you ask why well in my view the u.k. government is going to spend immense sums of money to modernize its military despite also trying to overcome the financial hardships triggered by the covert crisis and to justify these british authorities are seeking for a solid excuse so the menace of russia speak as an excuse for why you think that britain would have its hands full of dealing with cove

and u.k. over vaccine supplies the european council president is accusing britain of blocking all exports of covert shots prompting angry denials from london our europe correspondent peter oliver has more on the standoff. where we would and did what the relationship post breaks it was going to be like between london and brussels the u.k. in the e.u. the pandemics meant we've got to see that speeded up faster than real time and it looks pretty messy for mayor on out at the moment the latest incident involves a you council president child michelle he put out a statement and what she seemed to accuse the united kingdom of having an outright ban on exploiting any kovacs scenes that among your function. on u.k. territory i am shocked when i hear the accusations of vaccination elysium against the e.u. the u.k. and the us have imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines or vaccinate components produced on their territory but the e.u. has never stopped exporting the thing is the u.k. says they h

-u.k.nt on vaccines where they both rugged dependency inside they are trying to work on concrete steps in the short, medium and long-term on how they can better cooperate on the jabs. >> let's get more on the coronavirus in europe. yesterday germany announced plans for a lockdownver easter. 24 hours later it has reversed course. here is the chancellor. >> i have decided on a short press briefing, because i decided this morning not to go ahead with the necessary regulations for the additional easter rest that was approved on monday. that is the holidays on holy thursday and holy saturday. to say very clear, the idea of an easter shutdown had created with the best intentions, because we have two put on the brakes on the third wave and turn it around. however, the idea of the circle easter rest was a mistake. >> the five-day lodown would have been the strictest in germany since the start of the pandemic. it will not happen now. is here from our course went whether chancellor changed her mind.

it's been described as the biggest overhaul in the u.k. asylum system in decades the government says it wants to stop people smugglers from bringing the thousands into the country illegally every year but those who advocate for migrant and refugee riots say the changes are unjust they insist refugees should not be punished for taking all available routes as they seek safety but the british government insists people should do all they can to into the country through legal means and it will make it harder to obtain residency for those. shores illegally including limiting vet ability to sponsor family members and apply for benefits while asylum seekers her interview legally we're now big given an immediate right to say well bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report from nadine baba in london. well pretty patel is saying the aim of these proposals is to fight people smugglers and to save lives it boils down to a 2 tier approach really the government saying that refugees who arrive here in the u.k. through what they call legal routes

the u.k. saying just because we're doing well with our vaccine program you're bitter about it you need somebody to blame and you're blaming us and you can just look at some of the headlines in the british newspapers that we've had the daily star accusing each other leaders of vaccine nationalism and terrifying people into an early grave while the daily express and london's metro going for a mix of cheers and tears after britain vaccinated nearly 600 sorry 850000 people on sunday alone and even the broadsheet the times says british leaders are warning the e.u. don't stop. not a vaccine war so you can just see that just how how much feeling there is about this and in the u.k. by the numbers they do tell the story right the u.k. is doing an impressive job vaccinating its population the european union cannot claim that no it certainly can't i mean look at the u.k. it's more than half of british adults have had at least one dose of the vaccine in the e.u. it's just over one in 10 so a very fair ver

the u.k. saying just because we're doing well with our vaccine program you're better about it you need somebody to blame and you're blaming us and you can just look at some of the headlines in the british newspapers that we've had the daily star accusing either leaders of vaccine nationalism and terrifying people into an early grave while the daily express and london's metro going for a mix of cheers and tears off to britain vaccinated nearly 600 sorry 850000 people on sunday alone and even the broadsheet the times says british leaders are warning the e.u. don't stop. not a vaccine was so you can just see that just how how much feeling there is about this and in the u.k. by the numbers they do tell the story right the u.k. is doing an impressive job vaccinating its population the european union cannot claim that no it certainly can't i mean look at the u.k. it's more than half of british adults have had at least one dose of the vaccine in the e.u. it's just over one in 10 so a very very differ

at the end of last year the u.k. has been eager to expand its influence globally the johnson government has bet its hopes on this report to show britain still has clout on the world stage and tries to define a new era for the country yet in the eyes of some observers such ambition reveals london's overconfidence in its current international status and national strengths so neal is the u.k. overestimating its own power and reach particularly when it comes to china. i don't. think it's better in the government just recently it announced it is going to greatly review security and defense just came out on tuesday this week and then it's it takes i think quite a nuanced approach to china as it is looking at charter kosky 3 dimensions as a threat but we see that in different areas both in terms of a threat to keep you case economic security which is which is a question for working with other partners on things like emerging technologies but also the u.k. would like to i think to contribute to this coalition of countries wh

the u.k. announces a plan to tackle illegal immigration rights groups say it will leave refugees in limbo. the weather's looking to be settled across central parts of europe at the moment we've got a big area of high pressure in place here but i would say was the southeast we've got a lot of pressure in charge asked drawing some cool air down across southeast side of year got some snow flurries over the high ground there certainly there into turkey i was also northwest this is where it's a little more spring like because the weather's coming in from the atlantic that south westerly wind dragging in a fair old rash of showers it's the truth be told in one of 2 of those showers will be wintry in nature generally over the high ground level sales just in glasgow 13 self's in london for planet with athens 9 degrees in athens glasgow is woman's in greece which you played in the freezing there in ankara so we've got so so when she weather continues across the southeast and colder but not too bad into

s moves now this of course is in response to the actions that the u.k. took with along with along with the e.u. the u.s. and canada sanctioning government officials that they say are responsible for enforcing human rights abuses in shin jiang which includes the interning of up to $1000000.00 we go muslims in forced labor camps now china has deny that this is happening so that they're spreading lies that this is based on incorrect information and therefore they have put these reciprocal actions on these 9 individuals which includes a travel ban and the freezing of any assets on china's mainland as well as hong kong and macau and we all seeing this trend of the chinese government becoming more aggressive in its criticism of other governments you mentioned not just governments but also corporations china also taking action katrina against the u.k. of hong kong the british national overseas passport. that's right so we've heard that the hong kong government has written letters to 14 states saying that they should not use that this british national overseas p

to the u.k. the americas asia south africa and australia. the u.k. alone got 10000000 of those dozers yet the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed what europe's vaccination program needs is a shot in the arm. now ahead of the e.u. tightening export rules today it's a good time to look at the implications of such a move joining us now to that end is thomas and schmidt is a procurement advisor from care cost consulting while going to the program doesn't on the one hand it seems that the countries that put their own citizens 1st they're obviously obviously vaccinating faster while those thoughts are to share their vaccines more widely are scrambling what would you have done differently from the e.u. . hello general the difficulty and mistakes done by the e.u. are primarily located in reference to the preparation of the negotiation steps itself such an important goal she ation such time critical set up the e.u. should have elkader and guaranteed themselves a p

the u.k. brands russia as its number one danger and values to deter and defend against the full spectrum of threats and merging from moscow our major piece states include him from spain and italy suspending the astra zeneca jab over the course is blood clots creating another headache for the blocks vaccination program and all this while the book struggles for the 3rd coronavirus way many countries are now being forced into lockdown once again to battle rising infection. 5 in the afternoon here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. department of health claims it used diplomatic ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia's sputniks the coronavirus vaccine is that increasing russian influence in the region could threaten u.s. security revelation came in an annual report when i discussed this with our senior correspondent would have guessed this is the united states department of health health and human services that is boasting that it is managed to deny potentially hun

the u.k.rning -- had this morning about its vaccine rollout. >> vaccine supply is always lumpy, we regularly send out technical matters to the nhs to explain ups and downs of the supply over the future weeks. >> the european union is proposing a new digital passport. we will have a look at who may be eligible. it is unclear whether it's shooting at three massage parlors in atlanta was racially motivated but the suspect may have been a sex addict. six of the victims were asian women. ♪ what are you watching on the bbc news channel, world news or pbs in america, welcome. the uk's vaccine rollout has been a major success, it has reached were people more quickly than any other major country. things could be about to change. the national health service has told world health organization's to expect a significant reduction in the supply of vaccine doses from the end of this month. the reduction is being blamed on the amount of vaccinations coming into the country. let's learn more. reporter: every j

the u.k.sed aspect pharmaceutical company has under delivered on vaccine deliveries to the bloc. friday, the commissioner for internal markets set astrazeneca doses produced in the you must stay in the eu. >> i remind you we were expecting to have 120 million doses in the first quarter and we got 30 million. so we had a problem with this company. now if put in more strict regulation beginning to control what was leaving the continent. >> in response to the slow vaccination rollout, that you set it can count vaccine exports to the u.k. and other well supplied countries. the u.k. is concerned this can hamper its successful inoculation program, and is seeking an export agreement. the foreign minister of france said it would be astonishing at the eu and u.k. got into a vaccine more. -- war i. hope an agreement can >>, a relationship of cooperation, so astrazeneca fulfills its agreements with you and everyone is well served. >> friday, the european medicines agency approved and astrazeneca producti

speaker, my constituent allocate has third high fest kowt in u.k. to make defending this u.k. government has enough providing and with the u.k. spending that is needed to level up. 11 years with the public service to withstand the pandemic. and now -- linda has a question for the prime minister. what will it take to stop ignoring south values -- >> mr. speaker i'm afraid i disagree profoundly with the implication of what she's saying indeed request what our stwengt linda is -- asking. because this government continues to give massive support through barr let alone 2.4 billion pounds and now more coming mr. speaker, through the leveling up fund and other means, and it is thanks to the ox government that the fellow scheme has supported 3400,000 jobs in her constituency alone this is one of the advantagings of the united kingdom. >> andrew. thank you very much mr. speaker once again demonstrated to energy in the jobs in northeast of scott land as a wholing over 30 million pounds committed to creating a green energy transition during a global underwater hub we might write there fo

at the end of last year the u.k. has been eager to expand its influence globally the johnson government has bet its hopes on this report to show britain still has clout on the world stage and tries to define a new era for the country yet in the eyes of some observers such ambition reveals london's overconfidence in its current international status and national strength. so neal is the u.k. overestimating its own power and reach particularly when it comes to china. i don't. think it's better than what the government just recently announced its in its integrated review of security and defense just came out on tuesday this week and i think it's it takes i think quite a nuanced approach to china as it is looking at charter kosky 3 dimensions as a threat but we see that in different areas both in terms of threats to keep you case economic security which is which is a question for working with other partners on things like emerging technologies but also that the u.k. would like to think to contribute to this coalition of c

out of the u.k. but i'm sure the u.k. would point to the fact that it is a major contributor to copaxone scheme designed to supply a poor countries with vaccines it would point to the hundreds of millions of pounds that it is donated to that scheme coming out very strongly against the allegations go but it's in brussels i britain has had a very successful vaccination drive and polls across the europe show people are deeply dissatisfied with a you efforts this has the look of a destruction tactic from brussels. look for the brussels as ministration here and for the institution still deeply frustrating the e.u. as in many cases is blamed for all the decisions sometimes wrong decisions that member states have taken like administering the 2nd dose in exactly the time recommended and not prolonging that time for instance while they at the same time have to take down swallowed all the strategic criticism that comes their way while at the same time they see the u.k. basically other government there from the perspective of brusse

the u.k. has branded russia as its number one danger zone to deter and defend against a full spectrum of threats and merging from moscow reporting nexts saskia type. why you'd think that britain would have its hands full dealing with covert 19 the country's still in lockdown the economy has taken a huge hit as doctors are furious off to a tiny one percent pay rise and its astra zeneca job is in the midst of a p.r. storm on top of all of that the e.u. has just taken legal action against the u.k. over alleged breck's that breach has in short the u.k. has got a lot on its plate but it's made room apparently for one more thing and what appears to be a post breck's it show of strength london has come out with a foreign policy report that sets out what role it will pay over the next decade which countries it wants to be friendly with which one it needs to be wary of and it's a throwback to the cold war because russia has resumed its pace as public enemy number one russia is the most acute threats in

how closely followed you think the u.k. budget is going to be? to be honest, the u.k.get is not normally the most riveting event. alix: guy has been talking about this for like two months. guy: but it feels this time around that it is going to be genuinely interesting. here's the reason why. if sunak decides he is going to start raising taxes, he raises capital gains tax, be the corporation tax, humming that could potentially the -- capital gains tax, maybe the corporation tax, something that could potential he be happening in the united states, does that give the impetus for the united states to start doing this as well? or does the u.k. look isolated after this? marvin: that is a really interesting question. i think there is a difference in political ideology here. there's also a difference in electoral cycles. so i wouldn't look for this to immediately translate to other countries, particularly the united states. in terms of your focus on it as an issue this week, i think it definitely is an important issue. it clearly does have the potential to have a significant e

paying the way, the u.k.'s chancellor will keep spending big to help the economy whether the pandemic with a plan to raise taxes to the highest level since the 1960's in the medium term. it's a big earnings day and germany. lufthansa says record losses. the airline dials back capacity. the ceo's of merck and another company join us on bloomberg tv. very good morning, everybody. plenty of interviews with german corporate leaders coming up through the morning. i wonder what they think of the reopening plans we have heard about from germany. let's start the hour with the futures as we like to do and see where we are expected to open. futures to the downside. u.s. futures also to the downside. nasdaq futures down by .4%. yesterday, we saw another day where tech leadership called into question. the nasdaq down by more than 2.5%. surging yields once again, the headline grabbing story that seems to be leading markets around. we are not seeing that in this morning's session in europe. those yields coming down just a l