does von der leyen survive this? does she get the boot because of this? fair to say that this is a huge crisis for von der leyen. this is almost a perfect storm that is hitting the head of the european commission. you have the vaccine rollout, which at this point has been very criticized. you also have the fallout from the astrazeneca saga, and then you have all of the political implications that come with it. there has been a lot of speculation as to whether or not this means perhaps that bond or lien could be in the final days -- that bond or lien -- that bond or lien -- that von der leyen could be in the final days of the job. the fact that she has been unable to delegate, but also in the past few days, this idea that she has deflected response ability and actually blamed everyone else, the health commissioner, the trade commissioner for issues that fundamentally fall on her remit. again, pointing back to your question, she did do a series of interviews in the morning today where she said it is too early to judge whether or not it affects the european

meanwhile, the commission president, ursula von der leyen, trying to deflect blame for a controversialrelate -- joining us from brussels is maria tadeo. first of all, good morning to you. ursula von der leyen facing her biggest crisis yet. do people believe when she said it was not really me, it was someone else's, or does it make her look worse? maria: they don't, and it makes her look worse. and that is a problem for ursula von der leyen. you could say this is almost a perfect storm hitting her this week. a lot of this is not new. there has been criticism that her communication style is problematic. this is someone who is very controlling about the way she comes across, but in a way that perhaps doesn't help her, it hinders her because it makes her look attached from everyone else. there is the criticism that she is still looking at european politics from a very german perspective, and the reference that you mentioned about a trade commissioner, a friend of the show who is very well respected and very well-regarded in brussels, a comment that was made not by ursula von der leyen, by

the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen —— the president of the european commissionpanies that problems with the supply of coronavirus vaccine have to be addressed. astrazeneca has now agreed to increase the number of doses it will supply the bloc before the end of march. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley has more. keeping the border between northern ireland and the republic open was a priority in brexit talks, so the eu faced intense criticism after drawing up plans to introduce controls on vaccine imports. ministers in london and dublin intervened to tell brussels it had made a big mistake. the commission should've spoken to you first, should it not? yes, and we've had that conversation. and i think there are a lot of lessons to be learned from how all of this transpired, because it took four years to put the protocol together. people were blindsided by the decision that was taken and its implications for the protocol. the vaccine roll—out in the eu has been slow, with tension over supply delays. the under—pressure commission president held talks with pharma

ursula von der leyen said astrazeneca had agreed to deliver 9 million additional doses. with - borisjohnson last night precisely about this. it makes sense to work together during the pandemic. i was pleased to say that he said the two plants that manufacture astrazeneca also deliver to europe. this is the spirit in which we have to approach the pandemic. but in the uk, hundreds of thousands are being jabbed daily — with a record number yesterday. and ministers have even suggested that eventually, spare doses could be given to other countries. i hope that once we do have those most vulnerable in britain vaccinated, when we're on track with our vaccine programme, we will be able to look at helping the developing world and of course our friends and neighbours, because we need everybody to be protected. that's the way we're going to grip this disease. for all the criticisms of government policy, the vaccine roll—out here has been one of the speediest in the world. the situation in europe shows that that wasn't guaranteed. and despite those tensions with brussels, the fact t

ursula von der leyen said astrazeneca had agreed to deliver 9 million additional doses.peration. translation: i had a very good conversation with boris johnsonl last night precisely about this question. it makes sense to work together during the pandemic. i was pleased that he said that the two plants that manufacture astrazeneca also deliver to europe. this is the spirit in which we have to approach this pandemic. but in the uk, hundreds of thousands are being jabbed daily, with a record number yesterday, and ministers have even suggested that eventually, spare doses could be given to other countries. i hope that once we do have those most vulnerable in britain vaccinated, when we're on track with our vaccine programme, we will be able to look at helping the developing world and, of course, our friends and neighbours, because we need everybody to be protected — that's the way we're going to grip this disease. for all the criticisms of government policy, the vaccine roll—out here has been one of the speediest in the world. the situation in europe shows that that wasn't g

ursula von der leyen and saying astrazeneca will deliver an extra 9 million vaccines to the eu, only taking the eu to have to wear it expect it to be with deliveries on the shot. equity markets are bouncing back after being battered last week. we are up by around 1.2% on the stoxx 600. silver one of the big narratives, off its earlier highs, but still up nearly 7%. some of the big mining stocks really getting a big boost from this, still up by 8.8%. alix: here in the u.s., it is still a tech story. nasdaq 100 was downwind futures opened overnight. then it rallied, came off its highs, and now up by over 1%. i also want to mention tesla, up by 2.5%. it did get a street high from an analyst, but also, elon musk put a chip in a monkey to play video games. i just want to put it out there how crazy that sentence actually is. in the market, we are seeing some short covering and gamestop, that stock halted, down 34%. this may not be over yet. guy: i was wondering how you're going to get the monkey into the show. alix: i've got it. [laughter] guy: let's get back to that emergency meeting that

the reality is, we don't hear from ursula von der leyen.y does videos on twitter or goes on german media, but when you are at the head of the european commission, you are not just speaking to your domestic audience. this is not just about the election in germany, this is about the european union and we don't hear her on a european basis. this is very focused on german media so far. anna: thanks very much. maria tadeo with the latest on that developing story. we will consider some legal actions -- the legal context behind what we have been covering between astrazeneca and the european commission later in the program. coming up in the immediate future, we will bring your stocks to watch, including julius baer as the bank boost its share buyback program. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: the european open." we are six minutes away from cash trading now. let's get to dani burger with your stocks to watch this morning and ryanair could be one of the big movers. dani: reporting earnings and the aviation sector has bee

ursula von der leyen last night called it "a step forward on vaccines."he added that astrazeneca would deliver the doses one week earlier than and. esty dwek is still with us. i want to get into your thoughts on the e.u. vaccination campaign. the numbers say the e.u. administered 2.6 doses per 100 people, compared to the u.k.'s 12.5 and the u.s.'s 8.8. we know the u.s. is talking about a big stimulus plan. you were addressing that earlier. what does this mean for the european union? they are the last in line out of these three big economies. esty: absolutely. we are talking fiscal stimulus, talking about biden's. you know he has two packages in mind. as we move on from this conversation, some of the european countries, there's talk of starting to pull back fiscal stimulus as the economy reopens. given the vaccine situation, this reopening will take longer than expected or will start later than expected, but you know, beyond the e.u. recovery plan that was finally approved at the end of last year and that should dart to disperse funds in the coming months,

ursula von der leyen, having to weather the storm around vaccine fallout, maria. how is she doing?orning and pretty much on a media blitz across european newspapers. this was an interview i understand was organize yesterday out of the blue by her team that decided to call out the correspondent from big newspapers because she wanted to send a message to the european capitals. she's coming under pressure over the astrazeneca fallout for taking an offer many ink is not good enough. she's taken heat -- essentially taking responsibly. many criticize she doesn't get the full implications of the dog she has, the situation that happened on friday that could have triggered a diplomatic issue on the irish border. something she should have taken responsibility and there is an idea she is trying to deflect every thing away from her and perennial criticism that when it comes to ursula von der leyen, there is not a lot of scrutiny over what she does or says because we never see her. she never tends to speak to the press and when she does, in a way that is controlled by her and this is coming to

this seems consistent with president von der leyen's remarks.he noted that the unitestates has an export man -- export ban on vaccines. she said that the eu's approach is just to monitor the export right now, but during his press conference, mccrone said -- macron said astrazeneca will be meeting less than half its obligation in the first quarter. today, astrazeneca's ceo appeared before the european parliament and tried to l.a. nerves, just tried to allay nerves. he did not come out and say astrazeneca would meet its second-quarter promise. national leaders want the commission to get tough with astrazeneca and use the threat of a potential export ban but not yet pulled a trigger. mark: it is a remarkable state of affairs. let's talk about the borders again. the eu councile president says eu borders could close. tell us more about the implications of th. >> six countries have already gone ahead and closed their eu internal borders. belgium is the most extreme example. it has a blanket ban on anyone coming in and out of the country except for ess

but, we are getting reassurances from ursula von der leyen that she will have achieved a 70% coverage end of summer. the key is adults. what is an adult these days, over 35? anna: they probably mean those able to have the vaccine. we need to talk about another theme, legal and general investment is launching the first hydrogen etf, designed to give investors exposure to global growth of hydrogen as a low carbon energy source. the asset manager made the fund available to european and u.k. investors. howie li, head of etf's, legal & general investment management joins us. why have you launched a hydrogen etf? howie: good morning. it is time for hydrogen because there is a lot of exciting opportunities. we think about reducing carbon emissions, hydrogen can reduce this 20% going forward. the reason it is so exciting is because from gray to green hydrogen transition means 99% of hydrogen currently made using fossil fuels are moving down toward the green solutions. this is a key pillar to reduce carbon emissions and carbon eyes sectors where electrification is not the answer. if you look a

commission president ursula von der leyen this week admitted we were late in buying vaccines. government's deadline for giving jabs to be to the most medically vulnerable, including all people aged 70 and over. a week later, borisjohnson will decide whether and how to lift pandemic restrictions, but this week he said people should not book a summer holiday yet. steve, nobody is expecting a holiday from coronavirus. indeed, judging by the health secretary this weekend, we are going to have to learn to live with this virus for a long time to come. but how much political pressure is borisjohnson under? he is under huge political pressure, because there is a significant section of the conservative parliamentary party, and more widely amongst its membership, who cannot bear these kind of restrictions, this exertion of state power, and in a way, part of borisjohnson is with them. he was well known as a columnist for being pretty libertarian, but he has got to follow the data on this one, because i gather you will have heard the same, he is determined that this is the last lockdown,

northern ireland but subsequently backed down in the meantime european commission chief ursula von der leyen has the fended the block slow rollout saying it would not compromise on safety but even her predecessor juncker has done. i believe it all went too slow it hasn't all been done with the maximum transparency even though that would have been a difficult task the e.u. vaccination program is widely perceived to have moved at a glacial pace we heard john claude younker there saying that he thinks it could have gone faster the person it seems that doesn't think it's moved far too slow is the current incumbent of the job of e.u. commission president on the line she says that it's being purposeful that it's moving in the right direction she certainly doesn't think that it's being slowed that any delays have been because the e.u. didn't want to compromise on safety some country stary to vaccinate a little before europe it is true but they resorted to emergency 24 hour marketing authorization procedures the commission in member states agreed not to compromise with the safety and efficacy of req

vaccine roll out in europe is being plagued by delays with the european commission president ursula von der leyen admitting for the 1st time that the block has fallen short in its response and should have approved vaccines earlier. don't know if this is an attack just for the fact is that today we're not where we want to be in combating the virus we were late in granting authorization we were too old to mystic about mass production and maybe we also took for granted so the doses audit would actually arrive on time so we must ask ourselves why and what lessons we can draw from meant. while acknowledging that the e.u. overestimated its production capacity vanderlei and defended in the joint u. vaccine strategy as the right way of dealing with the pandemic we spoke to a w.h.o. advisor who told us in occupation efforts need to be coordinated across borders. it's not a matter of race between countries who should get 1st and which block should get earlier i think we are all fighting this race against the virus so i think we will have to be. realistic in all these vaccine available 80 plus vaccine to al

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has told the heads of six pharmaceutical companies that problems with the supply of coronavirus vaccine have to be addressed. astrazeneca has now agreed to increase the number of doses it will supply the bloc before the end of march. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. president biden has reportedly paused arms sales to saudi arabia as his administration reviews relations with his long—time strategic ally. not long ago, candidate biden described the kingdom as a pariah, but is there any prospect of external or internal pressure challenging the authority of saudi arabia's de facto leader, crown prince mohammed bin salman? well, my guest is exiled saudi opposition activist, madawi al—rasheed. what next for saudi arabia — reform, repression or maybe both? madawi al—rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. hello. you have become one of the highest profile saudi critics of crown prince mohammed bin salman. i just wonder how you felt a couple of weeks ago when we saw the crown prince so warmly we

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has told the heads of six pharmaceuticalpply of coronavirus vaccine have to be addressed. astrazeneca has now agreed to increase the number of doses it will supply the bloc before the end of march. paul hawkins reports. he finally, some good news of sorts from the under pressure president of the u commission. widely criticised for mismanaging the eu wide vaccine rollout, commission as that following a meeting with maxime the —— manufacturers, astrazeneca would now supply an extra 9 million doses by march. translation: we extra 9 million doses by march. translation:— translation: we want 70% of adults in europe _ translation: we want 70% of adults in europe to _ adults in europe to be vaccinated by the end of the summer and when we have fulfilled that it will be a tremendous achievement. but that seems — tremendous achievement. but that seems a _ tremendous achievement. but that seems a long way off. the extra 9 million doses bringing the total expected doses up to 40 the total expected doses up to a0 million, that is still o

the european commision president, ursula von der leyen, struck an optimistic note about speeding up theme. we are confident that we are able to reach our goal, that by the end of the summer we will have offered to 70% of the population, the vaccination, the adult population. these are 255 million people in the european union, and if we look at the planned figures, this is a goal that we are confident we will reach. in the uk, more than 18 million people have had a first vaccine dose, equivalent to one in three adults here. the queen has spoken for the first time about having it. she urged others to do the same, saying anyone who is nervous should think of others. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. they both had their vaccinations last month, though the duke is now in hospital being treated for a non—covid infection, the queen — unperturbed, was earlier this week on a video conference with health officials from across the uk. the vaccination programme had stirred memories. well, having lived in the war — it's very much like that, you know, when everybody had the same id

the european commission president ursula von der leyen struck an optimistic note about speeding up theut programme. we are confident that we are able to reach our goal that at the end of the summer, we will have offered to 70% of the population the vaccination, the adult population. these are 255 million people in the european union, and if we look at the plan figures, this is a goal we're confident we'll reach. as well as supply issues, some frontline medical workers in several european countries have been reluctant to take the astrazeneca vaccine. this was after germany's medicines agency declined to approve it for use on the over—65s, citing a lack of trial evidence that it was effective on that age—group. but now, the french president emmanuel macron has offered his backing to the astrazeneca vaccine, saying he would gladly have the jab himself. our europe correspondent jean mackenzie reports. none of the queues they planned for. inside, chairs sit empty. belgium's largest vaccination centre finally opened last week, but there's barely a person in sight. they have the capacity to v

coming up later in the program, we will step forward as ursula von der leyen announces extra doses froms the bloc tries to get its vaccination drive on track. ♪ francine: economics, finance, politics, this is "bloomberg surveillance." >> ryanair expects to lose up to 950 million euros in the year through march. governments have imposed new restrictions on travel. europe's biggest discount airlines has passenger numbers will be under 30 million. it previously expected up to 35 million. nintendo is raising its outlook for switch sales after strong holiday sales. pit now expects to sell 26.5 million units of the consul from 24 million -- the console from 24 million. that is on the back of a surge in sales brought on by the pandemic including a new animal crossing game. an online retailer is buying one of britain's best known clothing brands. arcadia is selling the labels. it follows a rival last week. that is your bloomberg business flash. francine lacqua -- francine? francine: we have a number of reporters manning the live blog looking at what is underneath what we see. we have numbered s

the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, struck an optimistic note about speeding up are confident that we are able to reach our goal, that by the end of the summer we will have offered to 70% of the population, the vaccination. the adult population. is a 255 million people —— these are 255 million people —— these are 255 million people —— these are 255 million people in the european union, and if we look at the planned figures, this is a goal that we are confident we will reach. here in the uk, more than 18 million people have had a first vaccine dose — that's equivalent to one in three adults here. the queen has spoken for the first time about having it. she urged others to do the same, saying anyone who is nervous should think of others. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. they both had their vaccinations last month, and though the duke is now in hospital being treated for a non—covid infection, the queen — unperturbed, it would seem, by her husband's absence — was earlier this week on a video conference with health officials from across the uk. th

the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, struck an optimistic note about speeding up rollout programme. we are confident that we are able to reach our goal that at the end of the summer, we will have offered to 70% of the population the vaccination, the adult population. these are 255 million people in the european union, and if we look at the plan figures, this is a goal we're confident we'll reach. as well as supply, some frontline medical workers in france and germany have been reluctant to take the astrazeneca vaccine. this was after germany's medicines agency declined to approve it for use on the over—65s, citing a lack of trial evidence that it was effective on that age—group. but now, the french president emmanuel macron has offered his backing to the astrazeneca vaccine, saying he would gladly have the jab himself. our europe correspondent jean mackenzie reports. none of the queues they planned for. inside, chairs sit empty. belgium's largest vaccination centre finally opened last week, but there's barely a person in sight. they have the capacity to vaccinate

annemarie: ursula von der leyen announcing the eu has secured hundreds of millions of additional covid-19 shots. the eu is racing to ramp up its vaccine rollout across the block. eric is still with us. one thing that is a worry right now, and we got data overnight, the pfizer-biontech vaccine had fewer antibodies against the south african variant. angela merkel talked about this being the elephant in the room that could wreak havoc when you look at nation success. you have analysts looking at what european equities could be, calling it the roaring 20's. some portfolio managers see 9.5% upside. is this the biggest risk to what portfolio managers are saying about the upside in european equities? eric: possibly. the honest answer is we don't know. it is a reminder in the current environment that just as momentum is making it feel like a lot of these trades are one way bets, we can very easily get something from that field that causes -- left field that causes price momentum to reverse. to me it makes sense in the context of a portfolio i have. i have diversification, i have cash, i have i

. >> european commission president ursula von der leyen is taking responsibility for the vaccine roll- rollout. russia has jailed opposition leader alexey navalny for two years and eight months. he was arrested last month for his return from germany where he had been recovering from a near fatal nerve agent attack. in a statement to the court, he said someone did not want him to return to russia a free man, referring to president putin. the legal team of former president donald trump says his impeachment is flawed and should be thrown out. lawyers have filed their initial response ahead of a senate hearing saying president trump's speech before the riots is protected by the first amendment. 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. this is bloomberg. annmarie: thank you for that recap. back to our top story, end of the era at amazon. founder and ceo jeff bezos will step down from his post in a third quarter 25 years after founding the company in a garage in seattle. many people thou

the situation has really comes down for von der leyen. alix: what does she .2 to make us think that that percentage is doable? maria: where is the commission getting that information, what makes them think the current rate is when to get us to the summer. what they point to is that in q2, this will open up to the mass public. they think they can guarantee 200 million vaccines to be delivered to the european union. that would be enough to get you to around 60% of the population vaccinated and perhaps even closer to heard in unity. they bet on those 300 million doses by q3, but we know that targets have been missed and the commission is still repeating. if we do all of this, all will be forgiven and forgotten. alix: maria tadeo joining us in brussels. we want to get to how all this plays out in markets. we want to welcome imogen. if you were holding long bonds, you had a really terrible six weeks. we have seen a stronger rise in the backend in the united states than we have in europe. i wonder how you correlate that with vaccine distributio

european commission president ursula von der leyen is taking the blame over the recent gaffer vaccine next ports. sources say she made the comment that a private meeting after facing a barrage of criticism. she was forced into a u-turn over controls a vaccine shipment between ireland and northern ireland and the eu's commitment to keep the eu's borders open. and russia has jailed alexey navalny for two years and eight months. he had been recovering in germany from a near fatal nerve agent attack. and a defiant statement, of course, he said someone did not want him to return to russia a free man, referring to president putin. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg @quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am leigh-ann gerrans. this is bloomberg. francine? francine: leigh-ann, thank you so much. it is the biggest change at amazon since jeff bezos founded the company. his replacement will be andy jassy, who runs amazon's cloud computing unit, a fast-growing division that changes the way companies buy what actually powers th

ursula von der leyen is urging them to worry, saying that apple and google may step into the back roomthere is support for a vaccine certificate of no sort. no agreement on what type of privileges it would grant. brazil has hit 250,000 coronavirus test as it struggles with the shortage of vaccines. it comes days after the nation became the second in the world to record 10 million cases of the disease. in the u.s., the number of hospital admissions is plummeting. the u.s. intelligence report is expected to say that saudi arabia's crown prince approve the killing of washington post columnist gamal khashoggi. it may be declassified as soon as today. the prince has denied any involvement but says he accepts responsibility as the countries ruler. global news 24 hours a day on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ annmarie: thank you. let's take a check on asian equities this morning. as well as u.s. equity futures. red across the entire board. there's the benchmark, down 3%. the worst session since march 23. nowhere t

ursula von der leyen is currently briefing mep's on what went wrong with the vaccine rollout plan.make a rare tv appearance later this evening. we will be live in rome later on in the program. let's talk about what we are seeing in terms of the equity

guy: european commission president ursula von der leyen speaking in brussels a little earlier today. just think about this. europe is in some ways so far behind in terms of the way the market is pricing in recovery and the return of inflation. let's just take a look at this chart. europe being left in the dust by the united states. the data today really speaking to that reflationary frenzy we are seeing across the atlantic. the u.s. very much outpacing what is happening in the euro area, the most in over a decade. the question for europe, will this historic divergence help deepen what already looks like is becoming a double-dip recession in europe? as you can see, they continue that spread, it continues to track lower and lower. joining us from london is jane foley, head of fx strategy at rabobank. we've got $1.2030 on euro-dollar at the moment. the data out of the states is sensational. europe is struggling to catch up. do you think the euro deserves to be at $1.20 in the near term? jane: i have been looking for one dollar 20 cents, but to be honest, i think the euro has had some go

ursula von der leyen and saying astrazeneca will deliver an extra 9 million vaccines to the eu, only to wear it expect it to be with deliveries on the shot. equity markets are bouncing back after being battered last week. we are up by around 1.2% on the stoxx 600. silver one of the big narratives, off its earlier highs, but still up nearly 7%.

commission president ursula von der leyen this week admitted we were late in buying back since.g all people aged 70 and over. a week later, borisjohnson will decide whether and how to lift pandemic restrictions, but this week he said people should not book a summer holiday yet. steve, nobody is expecting a holiday in front coronavirus. indeed, judging by the health secretary this weekend, we are going to have to live with —— learned to live with this virus for a long time to come. but how much political pressure is borisjohnson under? he political pressure is boris johnson under? , ,., .., under? he is under huge political ressure, under? he is under huge political pressure, because _ under? he is under huge political pressure, because there - under? he is under huge political pressure, because there is - under? he is under huge political pressure, because there is a - pressure, because there is a significant section of the conservative parliamentary party, or more _ conservative parliamentary party, or more widely amongst its membership, who cannot _ more widely amongst its mem

ursula von der leyen, european commission president, and german herself, has admitted mistakes were maderanslated ): it is also a fact that today, in the fight against the virus, we are still not where we want to be. we were late to authorize vaccines. we were too optimistic when it came to massive production. and perhaps we were too confident that what we ordered would actually be delivered on time. >> reporter: it's led to a stand-off between the e.u. and pharmaceutical giants, with delays set to continue for at least two months while production capacity on the continent is ramped up. tensions reached breing point in january when astrazeneca cut its deliveries by tens of millions doses in the first quarter, due to manufacturing glitches at one of its european production sites. meanwhile, there appeared to be a smooth roll-out of the jab in the united kingdom, recently divorced from the e.u. and and forced the e.u. to turn increasingly inward. europe is a major vaccine manufacturing hub, and exports millions of doses each month; but the bloc has now placed export controls on vaccine del

area where boris johnson looks like a heck of a heck of a more serious professional than ursula von der leyenbiana: it is very important, the vaccine, when it comes to the pace of the economic recovery. we saw many bumps in the road when it comes to supply so the u.k. has been doing pretty well so far. we have gotten to see the economic recovery is not going to be a straight one. we saw yesterday how the oecd put out the economic forecast as well for europe and what the economy and the u.k. has done last year. even though the recovery in q4 was not as much as here, we -- the contraction was higher than in other countries, for example, in germany and the u.s. although mitt you can -- the economy can open faster than other places, we have to think that u.k. is coming from a lower place already so it needs to work a bit harder as well than other economies that did not do that last year. anna: just briefly, the reopening trade for the u.k. economy, when do you see that kicking in or have we missed some of that? sibiana: we open stocks well at the november rally and propel the u.k. and the market

ursula von der leyen told us of the good they've done.he companies must deliver. but didn't the eu tie those investment to guarantees of vaccines? the eu also thinks astrazeneca has promised to deliver millions of vaccines by the end of march — but astrazeneca doesn't. and either those guarantees aren't in the contract — or it's cut a deal that the other side has misunderstood. neither explanation reflects well. peter tiede is the german tabloid bild... the european union takes pride in competence. but faced with the greatest crisis for decades — it hasn't got the vaccines it needs to save as many lives as possible. worse, some of the reasons why are of its doing. and the sense of people losing their cool is palpable. plenty more on the european union's efforts on the vexing robot on the bbc news website. also a reminder that president biden in one of the first foreign policy challenges he has since taking office has them to take action against the burmese military after they seized power in a coup that is seen the detention of military —

laura: european commission president ursula von der leyen is taking the blame for the vaccine exportsomments at a private meeting after facing criticism. she was forced into a u over controls over vaccine shipments between ireland and northern ireland, undermining the commitment to keep the irish border open. mario draghi has been approached to become italy's next prime minister. the head of state will meet draghi today to produce a new coalition for the outgoing premier. the euro climbed on the news that the veteran policymaker may be about to take charge. legal team of former president trump his impeachment is flawed and should be thrown out. they filed their response ahead of the senate hearing, saying trump's speech inciting the capitol riots is protected by the first amendment's. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. anna: it is the end of an era at amazon, founder and ceo, jeff bezos, will step down from that post in the third quarter, 25 years after foundi

ursula von der leyen says it is important to find a solution or else big tech will.e will get the latest from brussels. good morning to you. just coming up to 7:01. breaking news from iag. we will certainly return to our top story. let's get to iag. the adjusted operating loss, no surprise that we are getting a loss from an operator in the aviation space. full year adjusted operating loss, 4.3 7 billion euros against an estimated loss of 4.43. that's a bit better than expected. it is not providing -- this business is not going to provide profit guidance for 2021 at this stage. perhaps they just lack of visibility. we know the ongoing conversations about opening up various european economies, which will be so crucial to the iag story. they are giving us revenue numbers as well. passenger capacity plans for the first quarter of 2021 are around 20% of 2019. that gives you a sense of how much smaller this operation is compared to pre-pandemic. that is the corporate story when it comes to iag. we have seen a pickup in bookings, notified by the markets to competitors of ia

here's president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen. also down by 19%. and look at this graph. this shows new cases — in the green bars and deaths which are marked by the black line which peaked at record highs in in earlyjanuary have fallen since then. but that isn't the full picture. we know several countries are particularly struggling. we're going to look at spikes in germany, portugal and the czech republic and first poland. last week the government eased restrictions. since then cases have risen sharply. nearly 8700 new cases were recorded on wednesday, the highest daily figure for a month. officials fear the situation could worsen. that's because of events like this. this was the scene at one ski resort over the weekend. more than 20,000 people rushed to visit as it reopened. and as you can see — there wasn't much social distancing and not many wore facemasks — despite them being mandatory. next, to neighbouring czech republic. it's seeing a spike in cases linked to the spread of the more contagious uk variant. and that's putting

ursula von der leyen has come under pressure over the slow roll—out of vaccines across the eu.ing to a reliable schedule. indeed, industry has to match the ground—breaking pace of science. we fully understand that difficulties will arise in the mass production of vaccines. but europe has invested billions of euro in capacities in advance and we urge the member states to plan their vaccine roll—out. so now we all need predictability. hundreds of thousands of people living in buildings deemed unsafe since the grenfell disaster will find out this lunchtime how the government plans to help them. an estimated 700,000 people are still living in high—rise blocks with flammable cladding. the government announced £1.6bn building safety fund in 2020 to help. a committee of mps estimating the total cost of the crisis could run to £15bn. here's presenter of the bbc�*s grenfell tower inquiry podcast, kate lamble. the government has already agreed to pay for the removal of aluminium composite materialfrom pay for the removal of aluminium composite material from the outside of buildings, the

the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has admitted that the eu was too late orderingcine checks between ireland and northern ireland, a policy that was quickly scrapped. allow me a word on the island of ireland. the bottom line is that mistakes were made in the process leading up to the decision, and i deeply regret that. but in the end we got it right. and i can reassure you that my commission will do its utmost to protect the peace of northern ireland, just as it has done throughout the entire brexit process. a woman who was shot in the head while protesting against myanmar�*s military coup is in hospital, in a critical condition. she was hurt at a protest yesterday which saw police trying to disperse protesters with water cannon, rubber bullets, and live rounds. tens of thousands of people in myanmar are protesting for a fifth day against a military coup that has placed the country's elected leader, aung san suu kyi, and members of her party, under house arrest. heineken has announced it's cutting 8,000 jobs worldwide. the dutch firm said it had suffered a sharp dr

commission president ursula von der leyen said it was a step forward.as been involved in a row with both the uk and astrazeneca over who gets access to vaccine supplies. a world health organization team sent to china to investigate the origins of the coronavirus is visiting two centres for disease control today. one of them is close to the wuhan food market which allegedly was at the centre of the initial covid—19 outbreak in the city. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonnel sent this update from wuhan. so the team has just arrived at the centre for disease control, and inside there will be speaking to local experts about the early stages of the outbreak here, same as they did at another disease control facility this morning. so talking about how, in the early stages, they identified cases, how were they able to treat the early patients, and were there any similarities between the conditions of different patients and the potential for how they caught the disease. but also, crucially, inside this facility there is a lab, just like there is in the other facili

commission president ursula von der leyen said it was a step forward.f what it had hoped for. the commission has been involved in a row with both the uk and astrazeneca over who gets access to vaccine supplies. a military coup has been carried out in myanmar, with the arrest of aung san suu kyi and other political leaders. the army's declared a one year state of emergency. state radio and television are off air, and telephone and internet connections have been cut. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is in bangkok. talk us through the overnight events. well, in the early hours of the morning, the military went all the key centres of power across the country and attained everyone of significance in authority including aung san suu kyi and her government, which won a resounding election victory in a general election back in november, and that is the grievance for the military. the military has its own party which did very badly in the election, aung san suu kyi's party won 80% of the seats in the parliament, real landslide and the military has been complaining