and that includes developing countries, says the new head of the world trade organisation.nce? and all these have to be done, bearing in mind that poor countries and developing countries that will need time to transition and also the resources they need to transition to low carbon emission economies has to be found. the challenges may be huge, but bill gates says he's optimistic that the world can succeed in avoiding a climate disaster. i'm hopeful, because young people care about natural ecosystems. they care about people's livelihoods. but it's not going to be easy. and my optimism requires every year that this be a huge priority, and that with the innovations, you know, we get a bit lucky and some of them really do solve the hard areas. ending the pandemic isn'tjust easy compared to fixing the climate, says bill gates. it is very, very easy. that's why he believes if we do manage to solve global warming, it will be the most amazing thing humanity has ever done. justin rowlatt, bbc news. that's it from us. i'll see you soon. hello. well, it's frost free out there again, s

nigerian finance minister ngozi okonjo—ewalla — has been confirmed as the new head of the world trade organisation first woman and the first african to hold the job. microsoft founder bill gates says finding a solution to the covid pandemic is easy compared to solving climate change. speaking to the bbc he says it will take the biggest innovation effort the world has ever seen to do it. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me to give their views and opinions are kate andrews, economics correspondent at the spectator and sienna rodgers, editor at labourlist. few more papers have come in since we last spoke. the final lockdown — the front page of the telegraph reports the prime minister's words at a press conference earlier — as he announced a roadmap out of this lockdown will be set out on monday. the metro repeat�*sjohnson�*s words — that the path out will be �*cautious but irreversible�*. the times looks at new figures which suggest vaccination is already reducing hospital admissions, deaths and transmission of coronavirus. �*border farce'

the world trade organisation will announce its new leader ngozi okonjo—iweala is the only candidate — would become the first woman and the first african to lead the trade body. is bitcoin bad for the environment? a study finds so—called mining for the cryptocurrency uses more electricity in a year than argentina! and in sickness and in health — as the pandemic hits the wedding industry we look at what can be done to save it. later this monday, the world trade organization will hold a special meeting to discuss who will be the organisation's new director general. unless anyone objects, there is only one candidate on the shortlist: nigeria's former finance minister ngozi okonjo—iweala, who is expected to be confirmed unanimously and would be the organisation's first female and first african leader. whoever gets the job faces a major challenge — to prove the wto is still relevant in a world of trade battles between the us and china. the wto sets the rules for global trade and adjudicates in trade disputes between nations. it is also, according to its website, supposed to "open trade for

the new head of the world trade organisation has told the bbc that when it comes to vaccines, protectionism top jobs in global trade, nigeria�*s doctor ngozi 0konjo iweala told our correspondent nancy kacungira her organisation could help accelerate vaccine rollouts. protectionism, with respect to vaccines, which we call "vaccine nationalism", is something that i don�*t think really works. because the nature of the pandemic and the mutation of its many variants, makes it such that no one country can feel safe until every country has taken precautions to vaccinate its population. so, with respect to that, the wto can do two things, number one: there�*s some wto rules that can be looked at to see how can you flexibly allow countries to manufacture more vaccines? developed countries feel that this might impinge on intellectual property. and i feel that within wto rules we can find what i call a "third way", in which we can license manufacturing to countries so that you can have adequate supplies, while still making sure that intellectual property issues are taken care of. and it�*s happening r

and that includes developing countries, says the new head of the world trade organisation.xes, for instance? and all these have to be done, bearing in mind that poor countries and developing countries that will need time to transition and also the resources they need to transition to low carbon emission economies has to be found. the challenges may be huge, but bill gates says he's optimistic that the world can succeed in avoiding a climate disaster. i'm hopeful, because young people care about natural ecosystems. they care about people's livelihoods. but it's not going to be easy. and my optimism requires every year that this be a huge priority, and that with the innovations, you know, we get a bit lucky and some of them really do solve the hard areas. ending the pandemic isn'tjust easy compared to fixing the climate, says bill gates. it is very, very easy. that's why he believes if we do manage to solve global warming, it will be the most amazing thing humanity has ever done. justin rowlatt, bbc news. cricket — and england are heading for defeat in the second test against

meanwhile, the newly appointed head of the world trade organisation has told the bbc that when it comesgozi 0konjo—iweala told correspondent nancy kacungira her organisation could help accelerate vaccine rollouts. protectionism, with regards to vaccines, which is something we go vaccine nationalism, is not something that really works with the pandemic and its many variants, it makes it such that no—one country can feel safe until every country has taken precautions to vaccinate its population. so, with respect to that, the wto can do two things, number one: some wto rules exist that can be looked at to see, how can you flexibly allow countries to manufacture more vaccines, developed countries feel that this might impinge on intellectual property. ifeel that impinge on intellectual property. i feel that within wto rules we can find what a call a third way, in which we can license manufacturing to countries so that you can have adequate supplies while still making sure that intellectual property issues are taken care. and it is in play right now. —— intellectual property issues are dealt

the world trade organisation will announce its new leader ngozi 0konjo—iweala is the only candidate —study finds so—called mining for the cryptocurrency uses more electricity in a year than argentina! and in sickness and in health — as the pandemic hits the wedding industry we look at what can be done to save it.

nigeria's ex—finance minister looks set to become the first african and first female to lead the world trade organisationd it's a glass half full for the non—alcohol drinks industry, as sales fizzle to new highs during the pandemic. the possibility of giving people "vaccine passports" to allow a return to international travel is being debated in the uk and elsewhere. the uk government is yet to say it would support such a move but sweden is already developing a digital vaccine certificate to enable people to show they have been inoculated. so how will this be resolved and for those countries already taking action, how will it work in practice unless all countries sign up? joining me now is from stockholm is anders ygeman, who is sweden's minister for energy and digital development. so in sweden you are going ahead with vaccine passports. talk through how it will work. we want to have an easy and safe verification that you have done your vaccine and for example airline carriers or other countries could verify the vaccine towards a digital register so you can have an app or you can have an api that can che

nigeria's ex—finance minister looks set to become the first african and first female to lead the world trade organisation

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has become the first woman and the first african to be appointed as the new head of the world trade organisationpulation and poor countries have to wait behind.— their population and poor countries have to wait behind. scientists have found life 900 — have to wait behind. scientists have found life 900 metres _ have to wait behind. scientists have found life 900 metres below- have to wait behind. scientists have found life 900 metres below the . have to wait behind. scientists havej found life 900 metres below the ice in antarctica by accident. we will speak to one of the geologists who made the discovery. let's turn to india and the latest on the ongoing farmers' protests there. this is 22—year—old climate activist disha ravi who was arrested on saturday. she's accused of making a toolkit document to help the farmers with their protest against agricultural reforms. she was detained in her home city of bangalore and flown 2000 kilometres to the capital delhi. she was then accused of sedition and sent to prison for 5 days. it's caused outrage. our demand is to allow us to protest peacefully witho

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organisation altogether. a self—declared duo with a track record of taking on problems, she will have her work cut out in that historic announcement coming from the world tradeondon, where they say about 150 people had gathered. guests fled the orthodox jewish school in stamford hill when police arrived. now, the bbc has obtained pictures of another wedding party involving dozens of guests, again taking place in london. a senior rabbi is warning that some are overstepping the mark, despite this part of society suffering particularly high covid rates. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has been looking into it. music plays. in london's strict 0rthodoxjewish community, a wedding celebration. sources say it happened in early january. they are worried about what's been going on. and now there's a plea from one of the area's elders. segments of this community have sadly overstepped the mark, where things should not go on under these circumstances. one study of a london 0rthodox community found 64% had been infected. london's average is 11%. social distancing is difficult here. a culture of large families, often in crowded accommodation. a culture of praye