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    Mar 25

    "We have to pull back from a vaccine war" Former European Commission President says the EU and Britain must avoid a damaging row over vaccines and "there is room for dialogue"

    Jean-Claude Juncker – Former President of the European Commission
    The Covid 19 pandemic has presented the European Union with an unprecedented test of its cohesion and competence. Can the bloc avoid a row over vaccines?
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  2. 17 hours ago

    Former IMF Chief Economist Ken Rogoff says policy makers in the rich world don’t care enough about the dangers of growing global inequality. “We are seeing things go into sharp reversal and there’s barely a whisper about it in the debate in Washington,” he warns.

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    Mar 26

    Still being shared and still relevant after the EU’s latest statements on vaccine export restrictions. 6 minutes on how the UK, US and the EU are all, in different ways, ensuring their own vaccine supply.

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    Mar 25

    Former European Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker tells that the EU should step back from waging a "stupid vaccine war" with the UK. He warns that threatening export bans could cause "major reputational damage" to the EU.

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    Mar 25

    Jean-Claude Juncker criticises EU over Covid vaccine spat with UK

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    Mar 25

    Good to see my interview with now the lead story on website... watch the real thing

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  7. Retweeted
    Mar 25

    1/ Ex Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker says he's 'not a fan' of Ursula von der Leyen's export ban and 'I don't think this is the right way to do it'. He fears it will create 'major reputation damage' to the EU as a champion of free trade, in an interview with

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  8. Mar 24

    "Our democratic experiment has been a downward spiral" Hong Kong lawmaker supports greater control from Beijing and says the protest movement has undermined democracy in the territory 📻

    Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee - Hong Kong Legislative Councillor
    Regina Ip is a Hong Kong lawmaker and prominent backer of Beijing’s crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in the territory. Is the concept of one country, two systems finished?
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  9. Mar 23

    "There is no repression of minorities, definitely no genocide, no forced sterilisation" in Xinjiang Hong Kong legislative councillor accuses the West of "hypocrisy and fake moral superiority" in imposing sanctions against China

    Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee - Hong Kong Legislative Councillor
    Regina Ip is a Hong Kong lawmaker and prominent backer of Beijing’s crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in the territory. Is the concept of one country, two systems finished?
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  10. Mar 21

    “I speak loudly because I am angry” Egyptian feminist firebrand Nawal El Saadawi told Hardtalk’s Zeinab Badawi in 2018. Listen again here 

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  11. Mar 19

    "People enjoy horror stories because it allows them to express their anxieties... It's a kind of catharsis" Bestselling author on why we can't resist a good scary story 📻

    Stephen King - Author
    Stephen King has written more than 60 books and sold close to 400 million copies. He's been writing horror stories for half a century – how has our appetite for fear evolved?
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  12. Mar 19

    After decades in journalism and high society living with husband Conrad Black, says she ‘knew nothing of glass ceilings’ and her gender was as ‘much a help as a hindrance’ watch HARDtalk with on Monday

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  13. Mar 19

    "Justice will be done only when Serbia repents... they are still in a state of denial" Kosovo's acting president says a peace deal with neighbouring Serbia will only be possible after a reckoning with the past 📻

    Vjosa Osmani - Acting President of Kosovo
    Stephen Sackur speaks to Kosovo's Acting President Vjosa Osmani. She promises clean government and a fresh start for her country, but can she deliver?
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  14. Mar 18

    "I was born with a big imagination... I was able to... harness what had terrified me as a kid and start to write stories that would scare other people" Author on his mastery of the horror genre

    Author Stephen King
    Stephen King has written more than 60 books and sold close to 400 million copies. He's been writing for half a century – how has our appetite for fear evolved?
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  15. Mar 15

    “If other countries don’t open up their economies and reach a certain rate of vaccinations, then even India can’t fully open up its economy” Serum Institute of India CEO – Adar Poonawalla – says it’s right for India to export vaccines as well as inoculate its own citizens.

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  16. Mar 15

    “I had an ethical choice and dilemma to make – it wasn’t just a pure business decision” Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute in India tells us how he ramped up vaccine manufacturing capacity at the beginning of the pandemic.

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  17. Mar 11

    Does Myanmar have a democratic future? Special envoy to the UN for Myanmar’s Parliament ⁦⁩ speaks to ⁦⁩. Podcast here

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  18. Mar 11

    ‘We will not die of starvation but we will die if we have no freedom’ says Special Envoy to UN for Myanmar’s Parliament

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  19. Mar 11

    ASEAN countries will be ‘shamed’ if they don’t tell Myanmar’s military ‘enough is enough’ and end the violence according to UN Special Envoy for Myanmar’s Parliament

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  20. Mar 9

    "Georgia has a European future... and I don't think this crisis... will stop that" Amid accusations of authoritarianism and Russian influence, Georgia's President has called on all political parties to avoid provocations that could destabilise the country

    Salome Zourabichvili: Crisis in Georgia
    Stephen Sackur speaks to Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili. Is the dream of EU and NATO membership over?
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