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After an e u cial accuse the u k. Of vaccine nationalism, the two sides are trying to reduce tensions over access to vaccine supplies. A massive container ship has run aground in the suez canal and is blocking one of the world's busiest shipping passages. And we'll take you to the himalayas, where climate change and hydro electric power plants are adding to the region's instability.

British and European officials on Wednesday issued a joint statement saying they’d discussed developing a “reciprocally beneficial relationship” to tackle Covid-19, after a top official in Brussels accused the UK of “vaccine nationalism”; a grounded container ship has blocked traffic in one of the world’s most critical shipping passages; and the rush to produce hydroelectric power in the Himalayas is adding to a crisis already exacerbated by climate change.

UK and EU move to calm tensions over access to vaccines

https://www.ft.com/content/da800a0d-cd27-48d1-a06f-d0c49599c5d2

Suez Canal blocked after huge container ship runs aground

https://www.ft.com/content/eec9f3a6-2817-45f5-b007-a290f3e530c6

Facebook says Chinese hackers tried to spy on Uyghur dissidents

https://www.ft.com/content/70b94c78-474a-475a-b242-924f6b11929f

Crisis in the Himalayas: climate change and unsustainable development

https://www.ft.com/content/387f5b4d-69cd-45f6-b0fc-69d659381109

Nationwide to allow all office-based employees to ‘work anywhere’

https://www.ft.com/content/b4692568-0f60-4a32-9f86-fad222f319ff?

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