BHP announces a record half-year dividend payout after soaring iron ore prices pushed the mining giant’s results to a seven-year high. Oil prices, meanwhile, rise after a cold snap across Texas and northern Mexico leaves millions without power, shutting wells and refineries across the region. In virus news, the WHO has granted the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccination emergency use approval which will allow for wider access of the drug in low and middle income nations. We hear exclusively from Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra who is confident that the vaccine rollouts will take Europe out of lockdown soon.   

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