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As a controversial new voting law in the US state of Georgia is passed, companies are under pressure. But should corporations take a stand when it comes to social and political issues? Political commentators @AishaMoodMills and @ericbolling debate #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/LoH3MNdPnh

“People don’t do this if there are any other ways possible of protest for them.” Vladimir Ashurkov, a close ally and aide of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, says he is doing “everything possible” to ensure Navalny survives but adds he is enduring “a torture” #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/UW5CvC3ZsQ

“In the younger age groups it’s been a higher proportion of women that have been vaccinated.” JCVI member Prof Jeremy Brown says we don’t yet know if more women are at risk of developing blood clots as they are more likely to have had a jab than men due to their jobs #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/TTpzBdK11a

“If today you had an AstraZeneca vaccine it was probably the safest thing you did… it was safer than having breakfast.” Prof @ReicherStephen, who sits on SPI-B, says “there is more reason to believe you are protected by the vaccine than you might be harmed by it” #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/0tA4z15Yl4

“In terms of the rollout, the big issue for us is that the cupboard is bare. We need more doses.” The @WHO’s @DrMargaretH says today’s AstraZeneca blood clot announcement is not the main hinderance affecting the rollout of the vaccine in developing countries #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/iTdiIX1VJY

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TONIGHT: As a controversial new voting law in the US state of Georgia is passed, companies based in the state are coming under pressure to speak up about voter suppression. But should corporations be made to weigh in when it comes to social and political issues? #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/94A77OgY9G

TONIGHT: With a month to go until the Scottish elections, what does the electoral map look like on the ground? In a vote which could prove crucial in the independence debate, how do the parties’ chances fare? #Newsnight’s @Lewis_Goodall reports at 22:45pic.twitter.com/N74vTCgfj0

TONIGHT: Amnesty International claims Russia is slowly killing Alexei Navalny through incarcerating him in conditions that amount to torture. https://bbc.in/39UdwQq  We speak to Vladimir Ashurkov, a close ally and aide of the jailed Kremlin critic, at 22:45 #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/RFmSj6Q285

TONIGHT: As the under-30s are offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca jab, what impact will the policy change have? And could the vaccine roll out suffer? JCVI member Prof Jeremy Brown, the @WHO’s @DrMargaretH and SPI-B member Prof @ReicherStephen join us at 22:45 #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/B4CowL670d

“She was a one in a million… she was our sunshine.” 150,000 hearts have been painted on London's South Bank by families of those who died of #Covid19. https://bbc.in/3dJbvrs  Phoebe and Alice remember their Nan Bet, who died last year #Newsnight | #CovidMemorialUKpic.twitter.com/QI0X0bzBlN

A trial of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on children has stopped giving out jabs while the UK's medicines regulator investigates a possible link with rare blood clots in adults. https://bbc.in/3wzWSiH  But what do we know about the risks? https://bbc.in/3moiB8E  #Newsnightpic.twitter.com/64JbLOZAZA