The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says inhumane sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran prevent the country from purchasing coronavirus vaccine.

The United Nations says there is no vaccine for poverty, hunger, inequality and climate change.

As the deadline for the UK and the EU to come to terms on a trade deal, without which Britain may be obliged to follow WTO rules, fast approaches, it would appear the EU is on the verge of giving London one last chance.

Iran's defense ministry said the top scientist was seriously wounded after attackers targeted his car and exchanged fire with his bodyguards in Absard, to the east of capital Tehran. Fakhrizadeh later died from his injuries in hospital.

US sanctions imposed on Iran by the Trump administration have led to children with cancer needlessly dying in Iran from lack of medicine; thousands of adults are also dying each month from COVID-19.

The prospect of individual nations entering a second lockdown will create a heavy burden on the governments of each country, as well as the EU as a whole, to pick up the pieces left over from pandemic ravaged economies.

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country is ready to increase global COVID-19 vaccine cooperation, and calls for better international coordination on policies to facilitate the movement of people.

The scientist behind the BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine claims it can end the pandemic.

Interview with Andrew Leung, political commentator, Hong Kong