eu commission president ursula von der leyen said it was an illegal hijack that would face consequencesan killed by a white police officer in minneapolis — are holding a rally to mark the upcoming first anniversary of his death. the lead singer of the italian band that won the eurovision song contest says he will take a voluntary drugs test on monday. the glam—rock band — maneskin — denied taking drugs afterfootage showed their singer leaning over a table. he said he was clearing up a broken glass. now on bbc news, dateline london.

ursula von der leyen described it as an illegal hijacking and said belarus would be punished.his is not where flight fr4978 was supposed to be this afternoon, on the ground at minsk airport. the ryanair flight with about 170 people on board left athens this morning bound for vilnius. butjust before the aircraft entered lithuanian airspace, it suddenly headed east. according to ryanair, the crew were warned of a potential security threat and ordered to land at minsk. for good measure, a belarusian warplane armed to the teeth was dispatched to escort the aircraft in. but no bombs were found on board. instead, this man was taken off the plane and arrested. roman protasevich is a well—known belarusian opposition journalist and is wanted by the authorities for organising protests last year. according to the belarus state news agency, the operation was ordered personally by the country's authoritarian president alexander lukashenko, who has faced growing opposition since disputed elections last year. belarus's exiled opposition leader said mr protasevich�*s life was in danger. trans

the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen said... yes, we have been waiting for the reaction from the united states on top of the reaction from european states which has been very strong and powerful. and actually, determined to be practical this time around, notjust condemnation and concerns, but doing something practical to address the dismal situation in belarus. what are the practical steps you'd like to see happen now? it is to address the aviation industry regulations being violated by the belarus government, to close the airspace of belarus to international flights but also to probably ban the flights from belarus to european union... but at the same time recognise that all these measures are targeting just a very narrow aspect of the situation in belarus, while the problem now is more comprehensive. 0k, we will get onto the wider situation in a moment. because i know there are pressing issues, but on the issue of the flight, i hear you when you say, close the airspace... what specifically would you like to see happen with the

ursula von der leyen. our correspondent devina gupta is in delhi. lifting the patent continues, in this part of the world, it's literally a race against time because many states have been looking at vaccine shortage. currently it has two doses, oxford—astrazeneca covishield and indian—made covaxin, which are available for the public. it's also testing the russian sputnik v vaccine, to roll it out in the coming days, but the struggle to even book an appointment is so real. i've been trying through the day, and i've been talking about this. look at this — at least five days in a row are booked, be it a government school turned into a vaccine centre or a private hospital. in india's capital delhi, i couldn't get a vaccine appointment, and delhi's chief ministerjust today has said that the city needs at least 230 million doses if it wants to vaccinate everyone within the span of three months. i've also spoken to several people who have been luckier than me to book an appointment, and they say the struggle just begins from there, because they have to ste

ursula von der leyen, the eu president and also nato condemning what has happened here.e how quickly the eu and others react and what sanctions they put in place. that will be crucial or this brazen action will then be followed by other countries who may be emboldened to do the same. interesting take from our correspondence saying that state media in belarus say it has opened a criminal investigation into a hoax bomb for and the fact that the journalist was on board is a coincidence. their version has minsk acting to save european lives. it doesn't sound very credible given what's _ doesn't sound very credible given what's gone before. when we see people. _ what's gone before. when we see people. as — what's gone before. when we see people, as my colleague has mentioned, condemnation coming from across_ mentioned, condemnation coming from across europe and across the world to these _ across europe and across the world to these events already suggests that people are taking this very seriously — that people are taking this very seriously. and the fact that they went _ ser

manus: no, very strong words as you say from ursula von der leyen.hat was the very latest on the belarus situation with europe. my guest is still with us as my guest host. geopolitics is something we deal with on a daily basis, and we will see what happens with regard to belarus and the eu. i want to get back to the market aspect, a growth rate in europe of 4% for 2021. goldman sachs say they could be one of the biggest candidates for global growth. how much european risk are you taking and in what way? supriya: we have taken a bit of risk in europe this year and parts of what i described earlier as being tilted toward areas of value in the market. european markets, the valuation argument is not as clear-cut as before, that we are exposed to areas of earnings growth and where it had been underestimated, catching up and the fact is that in europe, you have increasing vaccination program and reopening and you have upside surprises when it comes to activity data. we saw a clear height in the recent pmi driven by services so we have a handle on the servi

ursula von der leyen says there will be severe consequences.foreign secretary says international law has been breached it represents a danger to civilian flights everywhere and it is an egregious and extraordinary departure from the international law and international practice that

and ursula von der leyen's announcement is certainly going to help that. restart the north atlantic that will certainly help. tomorrow we will get rates. for ari -- ferrari will be out with numbers. interesting how this stock performs. having a fairly solid pandemic so far. the car sector has come back strongly. ferrari's business model working. management starting to stabilize. manufacturing pmi is where i want to finish. let's talk about the data. today's data is superstrong. this is the strongest number, this is the final read we have had in the entire series of this data. the data had been getting stronger. today the print we saw come the strongest number we see -- europe is starting to come back. interesting to see -- certainly from an industrial point of view the numbers look good. guy: -- alix: let's pivot off of that. how are you going to leverage that in the catch-up trade? joining us is blair jacobson, cohead of european credit at are s management. ares has raised 15 billion euros to create europe's largest direct lending fund. it is interesting

., but european commission president ours evolve on the lion -- are still abundant lion -- ursula von der leyenays rich countries can do more. >>we call on vaccine producing countries to allow exports and avoid measures that disrupt supply chains. >>the patent waivers are not expected quickly. un's trade representatives say negotiations at the wto could take some time. >>i am joined by a senior scholar at the johns hopkins university center for health security. it is good to have you on. what do you make of this idea of waving patent protection? is that the way forward? >>i do not believe this is the way forward. i believe this is the way backwas. patent protections and intellectual property rights are the engines of innovations. when it comes to biopharmaceutical products that our lives depend on. if you do this, you will remove the ability for companies to plan, to invest. because, there will be a worry that if something is successful, all of that could be taken away and the will not be reward or incentive at station. when the next pandemic emerges, what company will want to engage with gover

the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen said: the outrageous and illegal behaviourgime in belarus will have consequences. those responsible for the #ryanair hijacking must be sanctioned. journalist roman protasevich must be released immediately. here's our diplo corrjames landale. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. this is not where flight fr4978 was supposed to be, on the ground at minsk airport. the ryanair flight with about 170 people on board left athens this morning bound for vilnius. butjust before the aircraft entered lithuanian airspace, it suddenly headed east. according to ryanair, the crew were warned of a potential security threat and ordered to land at minsk. for good measure, a belarusian warplane armed to the teeth was dispatched to escort the aircraft in. but no bombs were found on board. instead, this man was taken off the plane and arrested. roman protasevich is a well—known belarusian opposition journalist and is wanted by the authorities for organising protests last year. according to the belarus state news agency, the operation w

speaking after the eu summit in portugal, european commission president ursula von der leyen said boosting rather than waiving patents on vaccines. i think we should be open to this discussion. but when we lead this discussion, there needs to be a 360—degree view on it, because we need vaccines now for the whole world. and in the short and medium—term, the ip waiver will not solve the problems, will not bring a single dose of vaccine in the short and medium—term. so what is necessary in the short—term and medium—term? first of all, vaccine sharing, secondly, export of vaccines that are being produced, and the third is investment in increasing the capacity to manufacture vaccines. 0ur correspondent, devina gupta, is in delhi. she explained how hard it is to get a vaccine in india. and even as the debate over lifting the patent continues, in this part of the world, it's literally a race against time because many states have been — 0n the plus side, india is the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines. currently, it has two doses — 0xford—astrazeneca covishield and indian—made covaxin, which

eu commission president ursula von der leyen said it was an illegal hijack that would face consequencesrelatives and supporters of george floyd — the black man killed by a white police officer in minneapolis — are holding a rally to mark the upcoming first anniversary of his death. the lead singer of the italian band that won the eurovision song contest says he will take a voluntary drugs test on monday. the glam—rock band — maneskin — denied taking drugs afterfootage showed their singer leaning over a table. he said he was clearing up a broken glass. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, i'm martine croxall. welcome to dateline london. my first time hosting the programme, which is very exciting! hold on to your hats. this week, we discuss the successes and failures of the worldwide vaccination programmes against covid—19, and the conflict between israel and hamas. our guests are the french journalist agnes poirier of the magazine, l'express, the american journalist and broadcasterjef mcallister. and with me, suitably distanced still in the studio, the bbc�*s science editor, david sh

but this is notjust about holidays, of course, at the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyenon twitter it was time to rekindle cross—border friendships, a reminder that so many of us are still separated from family and people we love. indeed. thanks forjoining _ family and people we love. indeed. thanks forjoining us. _ the latest government figures show there were 1,649 new coronavirus infections, recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means on average, 2,129 new cases were reported per day in the last week. there was a single death recorded in the latest 2a hour period, that's of someone who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test, and that's the lowest number since august, but the figures are often down after the weekend. on average in the past week, 15 deaths were announced every day. the total number is now 127,539. on vaccinations, more than 34.5 million people have now had their first dose of a covid vaccine, and more than 15.5 million people have had two doses. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, and his american counterpart, antony blinken, have been h

and ursula von der leyen.this is a move to hold pharmaceutical companies feet to the fire, to try to speed things up in some way, get facilities up and running more quickly? is it about trying to push your members to strike more partnerships? can this move things along? can this add speed to the process you described? >> it is in our interest to ramp up productions. it is not necessarily to hold our feet there. it is in everybody's interest. there is no need for extra political pressure. as many deals are being done as possible. they need to be deals where we are sure the manufacturing companies are able to do it to the quality and safety standards we need. what she said yesterday was she was ready to consider anything that would increase manufacturing. she also urges that the eu has donated as many vaccines as it has given to its population. i think other parts of the world need to look at what they have a need to share as quickly as possible. anna: interesting comments, thank you very much, nathalie moll. no

ursula von der leyen says there will be severe consequences. there there will be severe consequences. will be a very s because there will be a very strong answer because it is out rangers behaviour and the lukashenko regime has to understand that this will have severe consequences. here, british flights are told to avoid belarussian air—space and the uk foreign secretary says international law has been breached it represents a danger to civilian flights everywhere and it is an egregious and extraordinary departure from the international law and international practice that guides international civil aviation under the chicago convention. max mosley, former boss of the formula one association, who took the news of the world to court, for invading his privacy and won, has died aged 81. a vigil is held for the black lives matter campaigner sasha johnson after she was shot. she remains critically ill in hospital. a bbc investigation reveals how some children with special needs are being failed by a school charging over £50,000 a year per pupil. and

eu commission president ursula von der leyen said it was an illegal hijack that would face consequencesrelatives and supporters of george floyd — the black man killed by a white police officer in minneapolis — are holding a rally to mark the first anniversary of his death on tuesday. the lead singer of the italian band that won the eurovision song contest says he will take a voluntary drugs test on monday. the glam—rock band maneskin denied taking drugs after footage showed their singer leaning over a table. he said he was clearing up a broken glass. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament. going anywhere nice for your holidays this year? a health minister has some travel tips. travelling is dangerous, and that is why we tell people, "don't travel." also in this programme: angry exchanges as labour accuse boris johnson of breaking the rules. time and again, ministers act like the rules are for other people — none more so than the prime minister himself. a charge rejected by ministers. it is based not on fact, but on speculation, . innu

we sent a letter, our prime minister sent a letter onjanuary 12th to ursula von der leyen saying that order to underpin our return to normality. and this is something that has, you know, progressed a lot and it's on the brink of actually being implemented. so this is a very, very important step on the way. isn't it true that the pandemic has ensured that tourism will never be quite the same again? not in the foreseeable future, anyway. i mean, the truth is, when people get to greece, and you're proclaiming how open you are, they will still have to act in a different way. there will be social distancing. of course. there will be masks in public places. nightclubs won't be operating in the way they used to across the greek islands. all sorts of things will be different about people's vacations, their holidays. are you convinced people want to go on holiday in that situation? yes, i am convinced, because we saw it last year. so this is not... if you asked me that question a year ago, i would have many doubts. but we saw this in practice last year. so... and this is, if you like, the core

eu commission president ursula von der leyen said it was an illegal hijack that would face consequencesrelatives and supporters of george floyd — the black man killed by a white police officer in minneapolis — are holding a rally to mark the upcoming first anniversary of his death. the lead singer of the italian band that won the eurovision song contest says he will take a voluntary drugs test on monday. the glam—rock band — maneskin — denied taking drugs afterfootage showed their singer leaning over a table. he said he was clearing up a broken glass. now on bbc news, it's a special edition of hardtalk from the natural history museum in london. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. now, this has to be one of the most distinctive museum spaces in the world, the main hall of the natural history museum in london. for more than a century, this space was dominated by the vast skeleton of dippy, the diplodocus dinosaur. but dippy has gone, to be replaced by hope, the blue whale. and that is perhaps a symbol of this museum's desire to focus not so much on the deep past and more on the fragi

with the head of the belarusian opposition, and yesterday the head of the european commission ursula von der leyenaid we have 3 billion euros for belarus in direct investment the moment it turns democratic again. that is a complex situation because the european union cannot force a vote in belarus. this is a decision they cannot make. they have already said they don't recognize lukashenko, that they don't believe he is legitimate, and that the people of the owners -- the people of belarus should vote. there's money ready to go over the country, but they cannot force an election. that is not something the european union can do, or any other country. guy: in terms of where russia fits into this narrative, there is concern that russia is influencing what is happening here. i think most leaders of the eu would agree with that. but the line between what is happening in belarus right now and what is happening in moscow appears to be dotted. just in terms of how this is going to affect eu-russia relations, and we now have this summit coming up in geneva between biden and putin, i am wondering how this is

in a tweet, the commission's president, ursula von der leyen, says it is time to revive the tourism industry. the proposal should get an approval from a majority of the block but could be adopted as soon as the end of may. president biden announced he is raising the cap on refugees who can enter the u.s. this year to 62,500. the move is a course correction and comes two weeks after biden face bipartisan blowback for his delay in lifting president donald trump limit of 15,000, but biden says the u.s. will not reach the cap this year. only 2000 refugees have been processed as of mid april. it is a question that has been -- has intrigued berkshire hathaway investors. the vice chairman, gregg gable, would take over if buffet work to step down. he runs the noninsurance businesses and had been seen as the most likely candidate. buffett is 19 years old. those are your first word headlines. yvonne: emerging-market investors are heading into the first week of may with as many reasons to be cheerful as gloomy. worries over india's deepening covid-19 crisis and china's debt saga may give buyers pause.

ursula von der leyen was very clear on this yesterday.aid now is the time to revise our tourism industry. we know that european countries, and particularly the southern european countries, have been pushing for this for months. this is a big industry, a big moneymaker for southern economies. there's still a lot of questions. one is consumer behavior. will people want to go on a holiday abroad, will they want to travel this year? second has to do with the politics and reciprocity if the european union was to allow visitors from the u.k. or the u.s. you could argue they would expect reciprocity. if that does not happen, in this could become much more complicated. manus: maria, thank you are much. maria tadeo on the ground in brussels with the very latest on vaccines and freedom. yogi dewan of hassium asset management is still with us. if you have a vaccine, you will get special privileges. a hodgepodge of policy from different countries is what we have seen over the past year. is this part of the reason why you remain underweight europe? an

if you look at ursula von der leyen, some are saying this is unprecedented. how high will they ratchet sanctions and to what scale? what is available to them that could really deliver a high-impact message? maria: manus, there is already talk that today more sanctions will be announced. when you look at the reaction from some countries in europe and particular eastern europeans, they are already saying there needs to be sanctions on something that amounts to state terror. the question is whether or not lukashenko would be targeted himself. the eu has tiptoed around that idea and what measures will be taken against belarus. the other question is what reaction should we get from russia? until now, the major backing from vladimir putin helped lukashenko stay in power. manus: maria, thank you very much. let's see what the news is from the ministers meeting today. joining us now is our guest. thank you for joining us us this morning -- joining us this morning. it is hard to choose a core direction but let's start where we started the show, china sending a clear me

biontech and covax see their stock dropped sharply as ursula von der leyen says she's willing to discussresident biden's proposal to waise vaccine ip protection. let's talk about where we are with the markets. equity markets here in europe going nowhere today. the stoxx 600 under a little bit of pressure, but not by much. -- alix: off the lows of the session, but underperforming because of that biontech -- -- or persistent. and bond yields and the dollar did not care at all. the 10 year yield which 1.5% is where we stay. expectations continue to heat up within the market. for your commodity fix, oil might be trading a little heavy, but iron ore trading at $200 a ton. more on what that means for steel and for companies as well. guy: that inflation narrative front and center for central bank's around the world. let's talk more about what is happening with the bank of england. no change in interest rates. no surprise there. as i mentioned, basically it is going to elongate that process must slow down the bond buying, and let it last a little bit longer. economic forecasts have been sick for

joined the call to waive patent rights on covid vaccines, while european commission president ursula von der leyensaid the 27-nation bloc was open to debate on the issue. >> the european union is also ady to discuss any proposal that addresses the crisis in an effective and pragmatic manner. and that is why we are ready to discuss how u.s. proposal for waybright intellectual property protection for covid vaccines could help achieve that objective. amy: in brazil, at least 25 people were killed thursday as heavily armed police raided onea of rio de janeiro's largest favelas. the assault by anti-narcotics officers came despite a brazilian supreme court order prohibiting such raids during the pandemic. it was the deadliest single police assault in rio's history. residents of the jacarezhinho favela said police arrived with guns blazing. >> thepointeagain me om a rle. isked whe my son's bodyas. >> your child die today? let's die. amy: human rights groups condemned the raid as a massacre with clear signs of execution-style killings, citing video showing bloodstained mattresses and blood-soaked stairwel

ursula von der leyen took a swipe at the u.s. u.k., saying while both cases keep production for themselves, the european union is slow to -- is the main exporter worldwide. the eu suffered a setback because of supply issues, but the bloc vaccination push has picked up pace. japan will reportedly extend its data for emergency until the end of may, according to kyoto. the restrictions covered tokyo and three other ones. they are set to expire next week. kyoto says the prime minister will make a final decision later on friday and is considering expanding curves currently in place and seven other regions. tokyo athletes and delegations for the olympics will be able to receive covid-19 vaccine doses donated by pfizer and beyond tech. as organizers push ahead with preparations for the delayed games the summer. in a statement, the drugmaker signed an agreement with them for the shots. the first delivery is expected at the end of the month. the ioc has not made vaccinations mandatory for athletes to participate in the games. global news,

biontech and covax see their stock dropped sharply as ursula von der leyen says she's willing to discuss waise vaccine ip protection. let's talk about where we are with the markets. equity markets here in europe going nowhere today. the stoxx 600 under a little bit of pressure, but not by

. >> reporter: so there you have ursula von der leyen really i have to say the european union movingy, very swiftly considering it's a 27-member bloc with that new action that they want to take. of course, the biden administration also calling for roman protasevich to be released immediately. looking at the flight situation over belarus there are not many airlines flying over it anymore. you can see the european carriers, most of the european carriers already avoiding belarusian air space. >> our thanks to fred pleitgen bringing us up to date. >>> the ryanair incident has alarmed the aviation industry with growing calls into an investigation into the belarusian government's actions. there is an urgent meeting on thursday and they are being asked to avoid belarusian air space but there may be obstacles. >> the challenge is the information about the people on the airplanes is shared through this chicago convention and that's a security fact that was put in place within the chicago convention one of the annexes. now they have information about every person that's on that airplane that c

this is european commission president ursula von der leyen. >> this is an attack on freedom of expression and an attack on european sovereignty. his outrageous behavior needs a strong answer. amy: president joe biden applauded european union sanctions and said he ordered his administration to hold belarus accountable. this comes as the downing of the ryanair flight by belarus is drawing comparisons with the u.s.-backed downing of a flight by european union ficials in 2013 carrying bolivia's then-president evo morales. morales' plane was forced to land in vienna after taking off from moscow amid rumors that nsa whistleblower edward snowden was aboard. ed snowden tweeted monday -- "downing aircraft to pursue the arrest of dissidents has always been outrageous. it is the modern expression of bush-era 'extraordinary rendition,' and should be opposed no matter the flag under which it occurs. a top secret study leaked to "the new york times" by famed pentagon papers whistleblower daniel ellsberg reveals the u.s. military pressed then-president dwight eisenhower to prepare a nuclear first strike

but european commission president ursula von der leyen dismissed that claim, and accused the government of“ outrageous and illegal behavior” and a “hijacking”. and today at a e.u. summit, she warned of severe consequences. >> schifrin: lukasnko's been fighting for his political life since he arrested leading opposition figures last year ahead of what the international community called a stolen election. his regime arrested many protest leaders and reporters who covered the uprising, are in exile or jail. but the ryanair incident, is unprecedented. >> not just as the committee to prott journalists, but a lot of belarus watchers realized how far lukashenko can go. >> schifrin: gulnoza said is the europe and central asia program coordinator at the committee to protect journalists. pratasevich founded the nexta forum on the telegram app. it shares user-generated content from protests, with millions of subscribers, and helped demonstrators avoid state censorship. >> the protests erupted and then the free and very timely, very quick information, practically live information and videos also th

the commissions president ursula von der leyen said it is time to revive the tourism industry. proposal requires approval from a majority of the bloc countries. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. >> back to the news about bill and melinda gates, divorcing after 28 years of marriage. do we know what the impact will be on the foundation and the family? >> what we know so far is that this is not going to impact the foundation. they are seeing their going to keep their roles at the foundation and nothing is going to change. in terms of the fortune and the money they hold together, that is less clear. they are in washington which is a community property state. whatever was acquired during the marriage belongs to both of them under law. it does not mean it is going to shake out that melinda gets 50% and bill gets 50% of their enormous fortune. that is what could be. >> what are the components we are talking about here? >> obviously the fortune is rooted in microsoft, he cofo

yesterday, ursula von der leyen set our new goal is to have enough doses to achieve herd immunity byey are moving forward their target by almost two months. the idea was initially that they would have to wait until september 21. now, they believe vaccinations will speed up and the distribution will also picked up. that is being reflected in numbers across the european union. this week, the commission expects almost 46% of european adults to have received at least one dose of the vaccine. when you look at a country like germany, they are now already at 40% this week. you see the big acceleration. this has big implications going forward for germany in particular. that is good news for the cdu, that they are able to say right before the election we were able to handle the pandemic will. if we do achieve herd immunity by july, it will validate our approach to do joint vaccination across the european union. it would prove the commissioner right, to some extent. anna: thanks very much. maria tadeo joining us in brussels. some breaking news coming through in connection with forced grounding

we take you to a life press conference from the european commission president ursula von der leyen, at end of the first and the eu summit in brussels. she is talking about economic sanctions against belarus for the forced landing of orion airplane. -she says- ryanair plane. she says the eu will deny access to airports for belarus, as 27 leaders are meeting in brussels, and discussing economic sanctions against belarus after the forced landing of that airplane. you can continue watching the press conference on liv if you are bloomberg subscriber. also coming up this week, other events you may have missed earlier. do check it out. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. a firm in india caught up in a label dispute --workers to stop work on fears of covid-19. workers challenging exemption granted the auto industry from lockdown rules. the company says it is taking precautions including the number works just -- work shifts. they maintain they need to keep the factory running to meet orders. nio surged after its production partner will double m

and now the european union has said it will consider it, too, with ursula von der leyen suggesting shet objective. in the short run, however, we call upon all vaccine—producing countries to allow exports and to avoid measures that disrupt supply chains. we have some more statistics through about the vaccine programme in this country, although i understand we only have figures for england. the number of people with both vaccine, the figure for that has just come in. an estimated 90% of people in this age group had received both jabs as of may two, meaning they are fully vaccinated against coronavirus. nine in ten people in england aged 70 and over have had both doses of covid—19 vaccine, nhs england figures suggest. 50% of those between 50 and 69 are estimated to have had the vaccine. new data about the number of people who have now had both doses of covid vaccine. so 90% is the figure for people who are 70 and over. so 90% is the figure for people who are 70 and over. a court in hong kong has given the pro—democracy activist, joshua wong, an additional ten months�* in prison. he was pr

but the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, indicated that she might look one us proposal for a waiver on intellectual property protection for covid vaccines could help achieve that objective. in the short run, however, we call upon all vaccine producing countries to allow exports and to avoid measures that disrupt supply chains. thomas cueni is director general of the ifpma, the global association of pharmaceutical research companies. thank you forjoining us. what do you make of the us move? it is disappointing — you make of the us move? it is disappointing and _ you make of the us move? it 3 disappointing and it doesn't really address the real problems. i can only echo what the president of the european commission said, what we need now is a willingness of rich countries to walk the talk and show solidarity because i can only agree that right now we have seen hugely in equitable access, rich countries have excess bases. they are vaccinating the young and healthy and poor countries get almost nothing, particularly when we see what happened in india because of

were here" is the headline in the daily mirror, which quotes european commission president ursula von der leyen". the daily mail reports on claims that calls are growing for a quicker end to lockdown after the number of daily deaths reported in the uk fell to one yesterday. the caveat is they are generally low at the beginning of the week and it was a holiday weekend. news that a 3d scan that can diagnose heart disease injust 20 minutes makes the front page of the times. the paper says that the technology will be used on around 100,000 patients over three years. and the most—read story this morning on the bbc news website is the announcement from bill and melinda gates that they are divorcing. the couple have been together for 27 years. we will be talking about that more in the programme. the inside pages. we have weather—related stories. this is a familiar scene. why would you want to think about going abroad? may bank holiday in london and cambridge yesterday. huddled around menus under umbrellas and blankets. no problem with bookings being cancelled there, it looks. it shows how keen people