and we shouldn't forget the university of oxford astrazeneca develop their vaccine on it. and on a pro bono basis on a non profit basis, while the others biotech, pfizer, for example, make a lot of money with vaccines. it's true. this new technology, this m r n. a technology developed here in germany by biotech, in the united states by madonna is really fantastic, but it's also very expensive calling for thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other business stories making headlines around the world. trying to as replace germany as britain's biggest import market. this came after the trade with you fell sharply in the 1st quarter as the exit from the blocks came into full effect, imports and exports between and aeroplane. union fell 23 percent compared to 2018 years. the british government is considering rules to block certain companies from going public if they pose a risk to national security. this could take if this could affect the london stock exchange i p o, for the tech sector, infrastructure and defense, the treasury says it is currently drawing a plan. cust

he's a research group leader at jenny institute at the university of oxford. welcome to both of you. hello, elizabeth. if we can start with you, we got this vaccine in record time. would that have been possible without payments? i would say yes, it would have been possible because the pace the rec scenes have not yet been protected by the parents in the past year. it takes about 18 months for this protection to start, and we saw that it wouldn't have been possible without the massive amount of public funding that has actually gone into the 16th. so yes, we say this could have been possible, and therefore it should be a global public good because of all the public funding that have had a gone introduce vaccines. we'll get to the funding in a moment. sandy, what do you think on payton's, the tool that the drives innovation? i think in the case of our back up to the universe agree with elizabeth. would it be possible to develop this when i hastens, although it may have been hauled, bring on board after seneca or another pharmaceutical company partner in a future p

he's a research group leader at jenny institute at the university of oxford. welcome to both of you. hello, elizabeth. if we can start with you, we got this vaccine in record time. would that have been possible without payments? i would say yes, it would have been possible because the pay, the vaccines have not yet been protected by the payments in the past year. it takes about 18 months for this protection to start and we saw that it wouldn't have been possible without the massive amount of public funding that has actually gone into the 15th. so yes, we say this could have been possible and therefore it should be a global public good because of all the public funding that i've had a gone into the 16th, we'll get to the funding in a moment sandy, what do you think? payton's, the tool that the drives innovation, i think in the case of our back up to the university also. i agree with elizabeth that would have been possible with hastens, although it may have been hard print on board after seneca or another pharmacy company. if they didn't see a future product wher

on the faculty of ryerson university before going on to serve as provost of trinity college at the university of toronto and warden of saint anthony's college at the university of oxforduthor of "war: how conflict shaped us" which was published this past fall and a previous books include paris 1919, the one that ended peace, nixon and mao, dangerous games, and others. joining us as moderate this philip bobbitt, wechslers professor of jurisprudence at columbia law school. professor bobbitt is a leading constitutionaldi the rest who hs an extensive history of government service. he served in all three branches of s government during six administrations both republican and democratic including most recently as director of intelligence programs come senior director for critical infrastructure and senior director fortt strategic plannig at the national security council. tonight program will last an hour including 15 minutes for questions and answers. your questions can be submitted via q&a function on your zoom screen. any interest of simplicity we have disabled the chat function so please do remember to use the q&a. our speakers will get to as many questions as time allow

he's a research group leader at jenny institute at the university of oxford. welcome to both of you. hello, elizabeth. if we can start with you, we got this vaccine in record time. would that have been possible without payments? i would say yes, that would have been possible because the paste. the vaccines have not yet been protected by the payments in the past year. it takes about 18 months for this protection to start, and we saw that it wouldn't have been possible without the massive amount of public funding that has actually gone into the 16th. so yes, we say this could have been possible and therefore it should be a global public good because of all the public funding that had gone into the 16th, we'll get to the funding in a moment sandy, what do you think on peyton's, the tool that the drives innovation, i think in the case of our universe, i agree with elizabeth. would it be possible to develop this when i hastens, although it may have been called bring on board after that or another pharmaceutical company in the future in the product where they have so

kailey: joining us for more is a professor of law at the university of oxford. r, great to have you. we are hearing a deal may not be announced until next week. the more difficult parts of global tax agreement, the minimum tax rate, or is it the digital side of the equation? >> both have challenges of their own, but this is one reform package. they are linked politically. we have to have agreement on both parts of the deal. guy: so this is pillar one and pillar two. can you walk me through how these fit together. pillar one on the rates, pillar two in terms of where companies are ultimately impacted. are these two separate entities or are they intertwined. walk me through the process we are going through. john: is one package. there is pillar one. pillar one changes the way we share corporate tax revenue among countries. pillar one would allow market countries to collect more tax. pillar two is lower taxes we heard about. this ensures a minimum level of tax regardless of what jurisdictions they operate. pillar two is there to increase the size of the cake and pil

i talk about the academics, got to agree a new member of our team out of the university of oxford -- eet a new member of our team out of the university of ox or -- the university of oxford. his degree was in the philosophy of tele-prompting. [laughter] four years at oxford. jonathan: can we scroll to the next bit? thanks, kieran. [laughter] we are going to talk about the walt disney company next. thank you. we appreciate that. people think we are joking, tom. from new york city, this is bloomberg. tom: it's friday. ♪ ritika: with the first word news , i'm ritika gupta. israeli warplanes have now been joined by ground forces in their attacks on hamas targets in the gaza strip. tanks and artillery are firing into gaza from the israeli side of the border. hamas militants continue to launch rockets into israel. so far, more than 100 people have been killed in gaza and seven in israel. the cdc is signaling a broad return to everyday life in the u.s. the agency says fully vaccinated americans can get rid of their masks in most settings, even indoors or in large groups. the biden adminstrati

he's a research group leader at jenny institute at the university of oxford. welcome to both of you. hello, elizabeth. if we can start with you, we got this vaccine in record time. would that have been possible without payments? i would say yes, that would have been possible because the pace of the vaccines have not yet been protected by the patients in the past year. it takes about 18 months for this protection to start, and we saw that it wouldn't have been possible without the massive amount of public funding that has actually gone into the 16th. so yes, we say this could have been possible and therefore it should be a global public good because of all the public funding that have gone into the fix, you will get to the funding in a moment sandy, what do you think on payton's, the tool that the drives innovation, i think in the case of our vaccines university, i agree with elizabeth, would it be possible to develop this with patients, although it may have been hard bring on board after that or another pharmaceutical company partner in a future products where

speak now to jason mosley who's a research associate of the african studies center at the university of oxford joins us by skype from oxford now just welcome to the program how significant is it that the head of the orthodox church in ethiopia has said what he has. it is very significant he's quite an influential figure understand these comments were made a few weeks ago and the recording was taken out of the country before it was released. the orthodox church is very influential organization with in ethiopia and society previously historically it's been very closely allied with the state changed with the overthrow of the imperial system in the seventy's and the relations between the state and the church been much more uncomfortable since then but. as your correspondent noted quite a substantial orthodox christian population in the country and in particular the orthodox church is. very strongly in the tikrit region and our region which are both quite central to the conflict there and to politics in the country right now do you think his words will bring any influence to bear on how events go o

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products can prevent the brain from shrinking, and its efficacy is based on a study at the university of oxfordhat says that matter will really be helpful because there is nothing else out there that people can take that really works. however, the product is a combination of b vitamins and omega 3, which have both been readily available for years. what's new here is the dose, it's higher, and the right combination of b vitamins. and as for anyone claiming a healthspan miracle drug, well, joel kramer says he is sceptical. i think would call it premature science. we are a long ways away from being able to identify any of those molecules, so that any companies that are out there touting the efficacy of some of these compounds are really selling you a bill of goods, it's more snake oil medicine at this point. now we are working on a trip to new zealand in february, a 3.5 week hiking trip. we do know lots of things about why some people live longer and healthier lives than others. but many of the answers may not surprise you. probably the strongest recommendation is to choose your parents very well.

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well as the allison institute for transformative medicine and a team of scientists at the university of oxford. also with us is ambassador mark reid, the president and director and ceo of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars which is a nonpartisan policy forum on global issues. independent research helps them inform congress, the administration, and the international policy community. ambassador green brings to the discussion his background as a former administrator of the u.s. agency for international development, as the former president and chief executive officer of the initiative for global development, and ambassador to tanzania and a former member of the board of directors -- directors for the millennium challenge corporation. mr. blair, how does that how did this report come about and what are your findings and recommendations? pm blair: thank you and everyone at the center. this report is based on a very simple concept which is that as we can see from what has happened in india, you have a variant of concern from south africa, california, the u.k., the greatest risk we

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he's a research group leader at jenny institute at the university of oxford. welcome to both of you. hello, elizabeth. if we can start with you, we got this vaccine in record time. would that have been possible without payden's i would say yes, that would have been possible because the pace, the vaccines have not yet been protected by the patients in the past year. it takes about 18 months for this protection to start, and we saw that it wouldn't have been possible without the massive amount of public funding that has actually gone into the 16th. so yes, we say this could have been possible and therefore it should be a global public good because of all the public funding that have gone into the fix, you will get to the funding in a moment sandy, what do you think on payton's, the tool that the drives innovation, i think in the case of our vaccines university, i agree with elizabeth, would it be possible to develop this with patients, although it may have been hard print on board after that or another pharmaceutical company partner. if they didn't see a future i

well as the allison institute for transformative medicine and a team of scientists at the university of oxford. also with us is ambassador mark reid, the president and director and ceo of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars which is a nonpartisan policy forum on global issues. independent research helps them inform congress, the administration, and the international policy community. ambassador green brings to the discussion his background as a former administrator of the u.s. agency for international development, as the former president and chief executive officer of the initiative for global development, and ambassador to tanzania and a former member of the board of directors -- directors for the millennium challenge corporation. mr. blair, how does that how did this report come about and what are your findings and recommendations? pm blair: thank you and everyone at the center. this report is based on a very simple concept which is that as we can see from what has happened in india, you have a variant of concern from south africa, california, the u.k., the greatest risk we

well as the allison institute for transformative medicine and a team of scientists at the university of oxford. also also with this today is ambassador mark green. the president, director and ceo of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars which is a non- partisan non- policy forum on global issues. that produces independent research that helps inform policy through congress, the administration, and the international policy community. ambassador green brings to today's discussion his background of course as a former administrator of the u.s. agency for international development as a former president's chief executive officer of the initiative for global development, a former ambassador to tanzania and a member of the former member of the board ofar directors for the millennium challengeco corporation. so mr. blair, let's start with you. how did this report come about? what are your findings and recommendations? suspect thank you everyone at the wilson center it's great to be with you today. this report is based on a very simple concept which is that as we can s see what happened in

>> after appearing university of oxford that aging was the most important scientific challenge of our time and with computational biology using machine learning to predict heart attacks as a full-time science writer appearing on discovery and the bbc with a journey on the work being done to understand of human suffering of aging itself with the physical and mental deterioration of that inevitable part of growing older. [inaudible] and then to target those biological factors for own frailties. fascinating stimulating practical guide and how we could been those arrows to improve and then says to be few issues can be more important for future to explain the extraordinary achievement and research along longevity. we are so pleased without further ado the digital podium is your. >> thank you so much take you for having me. and then to raise the profile of the issue of aging. and it taking this through computational biology before deciding that aging was so important under recognized even in biology i had to write a book about it. as you heard my book is ageless. the thesis of the book is j

welcome martha mcmillan, professor of history at the university of toronto narrative professor of the international history at the university of oxford. doctor mcmillan previously was on the faculty of ryerson university, going on to serve as provost of trinity college atthe university of toronto . and warden of saint anthony's college. at the university ofoxford . he's the author of war, how conflict shapes us which was published this past fall and her previous book includes harassment in 19, civil war entities, books including dangerous games and women of the lot. joining us as moderators is a bother, professor of jurisprudence at columbia law school. professor bobbitt is a leading constitutional theorist who has an extensive history of government service . he served in all three h branches of government , during six and instructions both republican anddemocratic . including most recently stas director of intelligence programs, director for critical infrastructure and senior director for strategic planning at thenational charity council . the next i will ask an hour including15 minutes for questions and answers , so those questions

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according to our world in data which is affiliated with the university of oxford just over 2% of japan's population is vaccinated. >> thank you thank you >>> gov. newsom wants to spend record $2 billion for california's firefighting and prevention efforts in this comes ahead of what is expected to be a challenging season made even worse by the drought we are seeing. california has already spent, scene thousands more fires compared to the same timeframe last year, funding will be used to hire hundreds more seasonal firefighters including hand crews, seven new c-130 aircraft and state-of-the-art helicopters. >> the state is up to the task we are resilient and have remarkable grid and capacity and now with historic investments we will have more resources as well. >> state lawmakers still have to approve the proposal. >>> terrifying attack in the east bay, we are hearing from a man who was dragged down a street causing him to lose 17th. why he is sharing the story. >>> and lindsay lohan's return to acting in a starring role, what we know about her new gig with netflix. and here is a live loo

researchers at the university of oxford say there is no safe level of drinking.eer, liquor. all affects harm to the brain. this is not news that i like to report on a friday, christine. >> friday happy hour news, no alcohol is good for you. >>> look at the markets around the world. to diminish this week on that note. you've got asian shares closed mixed, europe opened slightly higher, wall street futures are up a little bit. on thursday investors pushed inflation fears aside for the day at least. the dow closed up 188 points, the s&p and nasdaq also higher. weekly jobless benefits a new pandemic era low. this trend is very clear, everybody, the economy is continuing to dig out of the labor crisis. investors will see earnings reports today from foot locker and deere. for a sense of how the economy is doing. invest ers will see existing home sales data for april that comes out about four hours from now. the housing market is red hot. the median home price record high in march and homes are selling faster than ever before. >>> the wizards advance to the nba playoffs

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. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> after obtaining a pd in fix simms from the university of oxford andrew steele decide aging most important challenge or our times and he was at the francis kirk institute using machine learning to decode our dna and -- he was thank you fewtime describes riter and presenter beared in london and appeared on discovery and the bbc. will be guiding us on a journey to understand the cause of much him suffering, aging. i come to accept that physical and mental deterioration is inevitable part of growing older not all of the species on earth decline with age at the same way we do. andrew's work introduces us to the scientist attempting to understand what thy mat might be develop theories that target the biological processes involved in our own age based traits. it's a pressingly practical good to aging and bend our time to improve our health and andrew scott says, two issues can be more important for our future than ensuring we age as well as possible. andrew explains the extraordinary achievements and promise of current research around longevity. we are so pleased to be hosting him

. >> professor lam works at the university of oxford. of the world's preeminent centers for infectious disease research. >> the vaccines trickier body into thinking you have an infection. so you want a vaccine somewhat to mimic, to copy a natural infection. >> facing infection, our bodies naturally fight back. with antibodies. antibodies are a powerful defensive weapon against invaders. when a coronavirus attacks antibodies bind to the spike protein, blocking the virus so it can't invade cells. as our bodies fight off the virus, our blood becomes filled with these antibodies, which also helps protect us from being infected again. with the vaccine, the aim is to induce these antibodies without getting sick. >> they are almost like a trained army. so when they see a real virus, they're ready to spring. they're ready to fight. they're ready to clear a real infection. >> different antibodies fight off different pathogens. but the oxford team already had a vaccine technology that could be tailored to meet a specific new threat. >> we had desig

scientists from the university of oxford and our own dr.ison institute for th is just the fi projects for the partnership which they're calling the globa now at the table. he's in my chair because of covid protocols. >> yes. >> having a little distance here. we're very happy to welcome you. >> a milestone. in the same room. >> yeah. >> i know. >> but this is what gets me -- we've all been vaccinated. but we still can't all be together. >> these are the cdc rules, right? the. >> no. these are the cbs rules. not necessarily the cdc rules. four people who are vaccinate today get together -- >> you're more powerful than the cdc -- >> at leas in this building -- >> we've got the abundance of caution going. >> this is a big chair if you want to sit down. >> what can you tell us about the new partnership? >> it's exciting to work with the group at oxford and prime minister blair to follow the variants across the globe. getting countries to share data -- historically countries said i don't want you to know my variant data because it's a checkmark a

of health. within the pentagon oxford university of course the other side of the atlantic many science bodies publicly funded science bodies and universities have been part of this giant effort to develop these vaccines and then of course there was operation was a spate which had very generous contracts just as regardless of whether the vaccines would cost regulatory approval that gave huge commercial confidence for these companies to ramp up then of course liability waivers so you know the idea that this is sort of pharmacies going to quit the genius in his garage just having a light bulb going on in his head and now we're punishing him for being a genius is not really how this process works there are brilliant people in the private sector there are also brilliant people in the public sector funded by taxpayer money and taxpayers don't tend to claim patents you know at the end i have this famous spike protein that's a key part of the vaccine it gave it to me it didn't pay isn't it so the taxpayer is not getting any dividends from the shareholders of madonna and i i don't think that's balanced by taki

first of all, where we are allowing that to happen whilst in many countries vaccines are being rolled out to younger populations at very very low risk. professor andrew porter from oxford universityle of gas boilers from 2025 has been proposed by the international energy agency. it's part of a new study exploring how the world can achieve net—zero emissions by the middle of this century. the recommendation is one of 400 proposed by the agency in a new report. this afternoon, we'll be answering your questions on these recommendations in �*your questions answered'. jane hill will bejoined by our energy and environment analyst roger harrabin and the deputy editor of the carbon brief website, dr simon evans. you can get involved by tweeting your questions using the hashtag bbc your questions or by emailing yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. that's coming up at 3.30. the headlines on bbc news... as surge—testing for the indian covid variant continues — borisjohnson says that at present, plans to unlock are on track. police prepare to excavate at a cafe in gloucester, searching for mary bastholm — a suspected victim of the serial killer, fred west. violence between israelis and palestinian mil

oxford, tom fletcher. he is principal of hartford college at oxford university and foreign policy advisor to three u.k. nisters. in brussels, teresa fallon, she's the director of the center for russia-europe asia studies. and yousef amarani, morocco's ambassador to south africa. welcome to the program. tom, we are all trying to adapt to the new realities following the spread of covid-19. how has it affected global diplomacy? >> well, in massive ways, as with every other industry. most diplomacy has been happening online. just like this, by zoom, by skype, over the last year and a half. and covid knocked out a number of big international conferences that would normally have taken place in 2020. you have to remember, diplomacy is one of the last crafts that depends on the handshake, literally the handshake at the end of a peace deal. and so, with the last three feet, that human contact is incredibly important, and that is what diplomats have been lacking in the last year. >> teresa, the handshake, the opportunities, the gatherings, those were landmark events particularly in places like brussels, with nato

let's bring in our guests in oxford tom fletcher is principal of hartford college at oxford university and foreign policy advisor to 3 u.k. prime ministers in brussels there is her fall and she is the director of the center for russia europe asia studies from pretoria use of armani morocco's ambassador to south africa welcome to the program tom we're all trying to adapt to the new realities following the spread of covert 9000 how has it affected global diplomacy . well in massive ways as with every other industry most diplomacy has been happening online just like this by zune by skype over the last year and a half and coverage knocked out a number of big international conferences that would normally have taken place in 2020 you have to remember that diplomacy is one of the last crafts that depends on that handshake literally your hand of a peace deal and so the last 3 feet that human contact is incredibly important and that's what diplomats have been lacking in the last year terrorists or as tom has just said the hand shakes the photo opportunities the gatherings those were landmark ev

crestwhitesmile.com >>> leading the news a new study from oxford university is pouring new information on how the brain is affected by alcohol. the study of00 people in the u.k. found that even moderate drinking is linked to lower gray matter density. oxford university found that any alcohol consumption affects nearly every part of the brain and lower brain volume is found in those who drink more. the study still has to be peer reviewed. >>> residents of nashville have to raise a glass indoors the city's indoor mask mandate which was in effect for nearly a year was lifted friday along with all capacity restrictions on bars and restaurants. now businesses are seeing a surge in customers nbc's cal perry has more. >> reporter: francis, what a difference five days has made here in nashville. friday we saw a lifting on the mask mandate the bars have been packed. for people like bartenders across the city, it's literally been life changing listen. >> i think it's going to be wild i think it's going to be one of the busiest summers we've seen in a while people are ready to go out and have everything back to normal my favorite part about being a

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welcoming the public was the museum of natural history in oxford. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito went to have a look at one rather familiar object on display. oxford universityor today's grand reopening and its new work of art. an object that's affected us all. we're here face to face with the thing we've all been trying to avoid, the virus. it is some 8 million times bigger than the real thing. but it does allow you to get up close to something that is both terrible but also strangely beautiful. it's made up of tens of millions of pieces of scientific data, crunched and slowly assembled to reveal this. and the moment of revelation came, i was just taken aback cos i thought, i'd been working for months and months and months during lockdown on my own listening to radio, television, hearing about this dreadful, evil virus and it was just strangely beautiful. it was kind of hauntingly beautiful, and that kind of took me aback. and unveiling it was someone who knows it all too well, the lead developer of the oxford vaccine. it's quite a chilling thing to look at because this is the virus that's been our enemy for the last 17 months now. we've been trying to defe