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1.18pm GMT
Secretary of state Mike Pomeo has tweeted to support the decision of some European governments to withdraw co-operation with Iran over the execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam. Pompeo says “The Iranian people deserve a free and diverse media, not censorship, arrests, and the execution of journalists.”
The international community must continue to hold the regime accountable for its unconscionable actions. We applaud steps by European governments in this regard. The Iranian people deserve a free and diverse media, not censorship, arrests, and the execution of journalists. https://t.co/vfcqf1XoHf
1.05pm GMT
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff members did not raise new concerns over data on Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine in documents made public on Tuesday, preparing the way for the US authorization of a second, easier-to-handle vaccine.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine currently being rolled out has to be stored at ultra-low temperatures.
