Secretary of states unprecedented visits to an illegal israeli settlement and the occupied Golan Heights. Welcome to the program. We begin with the latest on the current virus pandemic and the race to find an effective vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. It says that people over 70 whove been tested have shown a strong immune response to the vaccines being developed with oxford university. And its in the final stages of human trials. In the last 10 days to other drug makers finds and modernity reported. There vaccines are more than 90 percent effective in the late stage trials. Globally, cases have surpassed 56000000. There have been more than 1300000 deaths worldwide. And 250000 of those are in the us, make you the worst affected country by far, charlie or july has been following developments from london. Just published its phase 2 results, which were based on a group of 560. 00 volunteers. Is it not . Its phase 3 results which will be coming in the next few weeks. But the initial results showed that this vaccine is generating a strong immune response, an adult over 1617. This is a very crucial age group because vaccines dont tend to work as well in older people because as we get older, our immune systems deteriorate. This vaccine is different from the other 2 that weve been reporting on because it is made from a weakened version of the common cold virus found in chimpanzees, which is then modified to make sure that it cannot grow in humans is given in 2 doses. And so far is reporting a 99 percent efficacy rate. All participants have been gente generating neutralizing antibodies. So is knocking out the virus in their bloodstream with no reported side effects. And that is very good news here because this is the vaccine that britain is betting on. It has bought 100000000 doses of it so far, and so we are eagerly awaiting the phase 3 result. Whats interesting is that initially this vaccine was one of the front runners, and we thought wed be getting results much earlier. But as we know in the last 10 days, the pfizer bio and tech and the medinah vaccines have pulled ahead and, and have shown that they are more than 90 percent effective. And was in thing is that those vaccines use a technology that is completely new, that known as messenger r n a. But their results are not for vaccine results are very promising for all the other vaccines that are still in development. Now doctors in syrias last rebel stronghold are warning of catastrophic consequences of covert 19 in italy province. The u. N. Says daily inspections have increased by 300 percent in the last month. The reports it province has been battered by the syrian conflict. Now in its 10th year, the last rebel controlled glave in the northwest is home to nearly 4000000. People most depend on aid to survive and many live in makeshift shelters in camps for the displaced it live reported its 1st Coronavirus Infection in july. Since then, the number of people infected has increased rapidly to 11 and a half 1000 a day. This on my last 5 to 10 years of dealing with bombing casualties and the targeting of health facilities. The coronavirus pandemic has really increased the burden on us if cases of cover 19 continue to increase. The Health Sector will completely collapse it live has 8 hospitals that can treat 1000 patients. But the u. N. Says 7 are already overwhelmed. And each one is desperately short of the quick meant. There are 142. 00 i. C. U. Beds and 155. 00 ventilators, to cover the entire region. The names of the beds in the intensive care unit are completely full. We have around 30 pads, all of which are occupied with patients upstairs. We have another department with 30 beds and we have 30 patients in that department to. 6 the outbreak has mostly affected adlib city safe, but the fear is the virus could spread to overcrowded camps where social distancing is difficult to be reconsidered. The situation is very worrying that it didnt want to stand too that we have, we are in 90 percent of better company. It is very, very hard to be doing because you know, they have a system to increase the number of but they dont really know for the patients and critically patients is very, very reduced. So we are really worried about the issue. And in the end, the grade of r. s pandemic has severely tested the worlds best health care services. Syria is destroyed by years of sure. Its facing its biggest challenge yet to be 0. Or more than a quarter of a 1000000, people have died from covert 19 in the u. S. , and thats highest number of deaths in a single country. As we mentioned, infections are still rising more than a 1000000 cases of in reported in the past week and situations situations so bad that states and cities are imposing new restrictions. New york city has decided to close schools to prevent more infections. Election officials in the u. S. State of georgia are due to announce the outcome of a recount of the votes as a press conference at the Republican Party headquarters soon to detail what the u. S. President tweeted in the past few hours as a very clear and viable path to victory or president elect, joe biden is the projected winner with 360. 00 electoral votes while trying to pass 232. 00. So the very latest on this from our white house correspondent, Kimberly Halkett in washington d. C. When we talk about georgia and the recount there. Kimberly, are we really going to get a final conclusion there . Are we looking at the courts again . I think this is finally going to be the conclusion in that state that has been too close to call for, for quite a long time since november 3rd. In fact, whats going on there is that the race was so close between donald trump and joe biden, that it triggered an automatic recount. Now what we expect is that the secretary of state is going to release a report of this hand count that has taken place, that would essentially confirm what is expected. And that is that joe biden has a narrow lead by about 14000 votes. Now how this could change is that there were some votes that were uncovered that had not been counted. And they believe that these favored donald trump. But even if all of those votes that were discovered did go into the column for donald trump, it would still leave joe biden. We understand with a lead of about 12800 votes. So watching this very carefully because what this means is that it could settle this issue of who won the state of georgia definitively, but i should say there is the opportunity for a if this is very close, that there could be one more count of these votes. But were looking ahead to friday when thats the deadline, apparently for the certification. So this is coming to a closure, but it is working itself out through the nash natural process. That doesnt involve the courts, but it does involve state election officials. Lets also talk about this sort of viable, tough to victory that present trump is talking about. We are expecting a Republican Press conference. What more do you know about bout well, what the president has been saying on social media is that this is going to unveil new evidence and give him this path to victory, his sort of long shot effort to overturn the results of the 2020 frezza to chill action that have joe biden right now as the president elect. So watching this one very carefully and with some skepticism because weve been hearing these claims for quite some time. But many of these cases have not been held up in court. In fact, the latest example of that the Trump Campaign has dropped its legal lawsuit challenge in the u. S. State of michigan. So as a number of these have been, weve been told a hastily assembled a not well researched and have been dismissed as either in consequential or simply not having any validity. Having said that, while there have been isolated claims of voter fraud, this hasnt been enough overall to impact or overturn the results of the election. Still, donald trump promise saying that this press conference will change, all of that will have to see. Indeed, we will come back to for more analysis when it happens. Thank you. Now at least 16 people have been killed in uganda during protests, sparked by the arrest of opposition. Politician, bobby wine 350, were arrested in the unrest and security forces, short of supporters of the pop star turned politician as they demonstrated after wind was detained on wednesday, officials have accused him of violating crime virus restrictions while campaigning for the upcoming president ial election. Michael ware has the latest from my very being says hes in a high Security Police facility, which is in the eastern city of ginger. Thats not so far from where he was arrested when he was campaigning. Police havent confirmed where he is, but the winds lawyers and the spokesman of complaining as and being given access to legal representation or to his medical team. Theyre worried that he might be injured. Theyre waiting to see if or when he might be produced in front of a court. Yesterdays wife shared on social media media want to appear to be a charge sheet saying that hed be charged with offenses relating to spreading, causing the spread of disease that refers to the rallies that have been holding which visibly have much larger crowds than the ministry of health and limit of 200. 00, which is ostensibly to prevent transmission. All the other thing that might happen is that probably one might be taken back to his home discretely. Hes been arrested several times before and often the Security Services in with bobby wine and with other prominent opposition, politicians in an attempt to quell the unrest. Try to take those people home, maybe late in the night, so that people dont continue protesting on the streets. But they certainly face between with a couple of tough options. Now theres nearly 2 months to go before this election. And if they allow these rallies to continue, that says well local calling to the government will be problematic for covert 19, although his supporters believe these restrictions are simply to stop people. Seeing how popular a year is. Ethiopias military says its neighboring to graze main city of water, it calls its final offensive. After more than 2 weeks of fighting with the regions leaders, the prime Ministers Task force says its close to ending the conflict. But the capital and the government are still working. People have been affected by the fighting. I dont think, given the government knows the true extent of the humanitarian situation on the ground. Thats why they said today that they are sending a task force to look into the gravity of the situation on the ground. Even before the war started, there were hundreds of thousands of people who depended on food aid into region. They had to be fed by the charities. The charities have been unable to replenish their talk of relief, food in the past 2 weeks. Vehicles laden with relief and food supplies. Us talk at the border that you created in the house with them how to region. Weve been informed of long queues for bread, not just mckenna, but all the other towns in the to get a region that they are also of the thousands upon thousands of refugees from the trail who live within the takeaway region and the humanitarian sources. Tell us that this is, this was the peter, the fighting has been going on and its only bound to get worse. And then that call of people to the ton. I dont know how theyre going to cut it out, but these people fresh out of their homes. Theyve seen the amount of, you know, impunity and a toxic out of the gate is the neighbors. The must like of people, particularly in small towns like my country, where hundreds of people were beheaded with knives and machetes. So its highly unlikely that those people of the trucking all the way to saddam would be able to return soon as the government is putting it well. Still ahead here on aljazeera, a necessary counterbalance over an occupying force. We look at how people in iraq feel about the presence of u. S. Troops. I will be live from bottles colombians path to commemorate the anniversary of large antigovernment demonstrations those stories after the break. Hello mostly the Arabian Police use quite, quite at the moment. But in the arabian sea, it is a circulation forming that might increase the shower likelihood insert or the whole of iraq, or even want to shout in amman. More likely and rather more widespread is whats happening in the eastern med yet another circulation is developing here. So thatll bring rain into the event across syria and across iraq in the shadow spread dancer, saudi arabia with snow on the heights of iran. This isnt unusual weather that is not going to be repeating weather for the next few months. Now said the arabian sea was active, so is the indian ocean. Currently, we are free from circulation. The might turn into hurricanes, but its been wet recently in northern madagascar. And weve seen a fair amount of rain spread, dance around, go to then towards namibia as well as for south africa, once again, were generating showers in the east. So nato has johannesburg, and cape towns warmed up to 30. That will not last the wind directions change, it will cool down again. I would like to see the forecast a proper write in the puter, but weve just got ses of these coming in. So the next couple days there will be some rain in some parts of mozambique, but the concentration is fairly, obviously botswana and then again in south africa, frank assessments look at checkers dont. Anyway, the protesters are going any way either, but the bullet will get liberalism and indepth analysis of the days global headlines because it gets really out there on the street inside story on aljazeera. Some have been jack some but simply disappeared. Others have been found jack. One on one east investigate the plight of thailands districts on which is the rule book about to watch. I was there with me sell romney. A reminder of our top stories that are promising results from a crane, a virus vaccine developed by the university of oxford. And astra zeneca, the latest phase to finding sherry strong immune response was triggered in those aged over 70. At least 16 people have been killed in uganda during protests, sparked by the arrest of Opposition Leader poppy wine, 350 people were arrested in the rest. Security forces shot at supporters of the pop star turned politician. And if he had, his military says its now going to graze main city of macaulay in what he calls his final offensive. After more than 2 weeks of fighting with the regions leaders, the Prime Minister, its tough for says its close to a degree conflict. But pompei a has become the 1st us secretary of state to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank. And to step foot in the occupied Golan Heights in israel as part of a 10 day tour of the middle east and europe. Earlier, he met with the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said illegal settlements can, and we quote, be lawful and proper. Also said that the u. S. Would be stepping up action on a boycott, movement against israel. We will regard the global any israel b. D. S. Campaign is anti sematic. You know, the sensible to you, mr. Prime minister. See this. It seems like a statement of fact, but i want, you know, that we will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful b. D. S. Gondor can withdraw our u. S. Government support for such groups. Protesters are gathering in colombias capital to mark one year since massive antigovernment demonstrations. Now theyre being led by unionists, students, teachers, and members of colombias indigenous communities. Last year, plans for a labor strike escalated into widespread protests against president even do case. Social and economic policies. Sundram p. S. A. Is live for us in the capital. Another, some driving of the people are protesting. What are they hoping to achieve this year . So i say if we had really been through demand and sections of the government, theyre hoping that this will be the 1st demonstration. Well see you at least another 3 days anything on saturday, on the anniversary of the blasts you wrote that some of the largest protests that the country at the good day. Now the navy and proud that we have a number of other cities across colombia, decent crowd by general colombian standards when it comes to demonstrations and protests. But were clearly not even close to what weve seen. Obviously a lot of that had to do with the point that make that everybody wants to throw this at this time in that context that that definitely dont there. That might be that it will be difficult. No 40, some people she mad, this is what theyve been hoping to do for now over a year, which is to sit down and start formal negotiations with the got serious reforms, social and economic reform. So they think on the government or when it comes to a story, feel that they have to be with by rebels. The reality is that the government has not nearly enough to keep pace with the kind of reforms that ford and also the fact that there has been a lot of violence to remote areas of the country. Finally, another major issue here is the Police Brutality 7. People have died in number of from back in september. Take a piece of a listen to listen to the forced. Everybody talking to the u. S. Has a drawdown of troops in iraq, from 30022500, as part of president to fulfill a Campaign Promise to end 4 walls. The news has drawn mixed reactions from iraqs capital bank, which once again is dealing with the aftermath of rocket attacks. Some of the 14 this is the latest victim of a geo political struggle playing out on iraqi soil 18 year olds. The one has about a number of man was killed when rockets targeted the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Shes the 8th civilian to die in iraq as a result of attacks between u. S. Forces and iranian backed groups in recent months. So i dont know where we dont know where these rockets are coming from, but the civilians are the victims. The problems are between america and iran and residents are the victims. During tuesdays attack of the u. S. Deployed a recently installed air defense system, also known as to protect its fortified embassy, but civilians in nearby areas were not spared. This is the moment, suffered fatal injuries just outside the entrance to a popular park in the center of the capital. The attack came minutes after the Trump Administration announced a drawdown from 30022500 u. S. Soldiers, who have been stationed here since 2014 to fight eisel. We will finish this generational war and bring our men and women home. We will protect our children from the heavy burden and toll of perpetual war, but the relatively minor troop reduction isnt enough for pro Iranian Armed groups. We demand the withdrawal of all u. S. Troops. We dont accept a single soldier to stay us attempts to maneuver around directly demand the resolution of the iraqi parliament, which is part of the socalled Islamic Resistance has been accused of targeting u. S. Interests in the past. Last month, the group began a unilateral truce to give the us a chance to meet demands for full troop withdrawal. The type hezbollah denied any involvement in tuesdays attack. While most shia groups are keen to see the u. S. Leave iraq, kurdish and sunni politicians want them to remain car them. Is part of a sunni bloc in parliament which boycotted a january vote to expel foreign troops. In iraq. The iraqi army is not ready to confront all possible attacks from others because of that, when it came to a vote for the ousting of foreign troops, we believe that this resolution came in a rush. The Iraqi Government has said it wants to continue to cooperate with the u. S. On training and intelligence. Sharing. Iraqis are divided about the presence of all for u. S. Troops. Some see them as an occupying force, but others regard them as a necessary counterbalance to irans influence here. Others again, fear that without the air surveillance and intelligence support from the u. S. Led coalition, Iraqi Security forces could face difficulties in containing isis resurgence seem awful to you al jazeera. Along the way to inquiry into the conduct of Australian Special forces in afghanistan has uncovered a culture of secrecy, deceit, and cover up if found what it called. Credible evidence of multiple war crimes, including the unlawful killing of 39 civilians and prisoners. Nicholas cage has more on the investigation from australias capital. Nearly 2 decades after the 1st destroy in troops were deployed to afghanistan. Astray is military faced up to some brutal truths, 23 incidents, of alleged killing of 39 people in inquiry commission. Defense force contains what it says is credible evidence of war crimes in afghanistan carried out by elitists dryly and special forces soldiers, including initiation executions with junior soldiers, were encouraged to kill prisoners and planting weapons on bodies to conceal unlawful behavior. I sincerely and unreservedly apologize for any wrongdoing by australian soldiers. The inquiry says none of the killings took place in the heat of battle. The victims were unarmed and has recommended. 19 soldiers be investigated. The responsibility lies not only with those who pulled the trigger. They respect the laws of these training government, successive governments who taken a very short term approach, thinking about what should have been a long term strategy. The report also outlines a culture of secrecy and deceit within a stray special forces. It found no evidence that say new leadership knew of any alleged offenses, but it was a failure of higher command to not correct the toxic culture. Well before your investigation or a special investigator would be appointed to prepare evidence for any possible war crime prosecutions. A process that will walk the inquiry recommends compensation be paid even before the findings end up in court. A move welcomed by families of victims in afghanistan also want at the victims to be eventually participating in the legal proceedings. And not only in this investigation, but also more importantly in the legal proceedings, and ultimately in the justice of all the wars this trailer has been involved in afghanistan with the longest. These new revelations will no doubt cast a shadow. What versed really is role in the conflict . We can gauge. Cambra. Canadas vast arctic territory of nineveh towers gone into a 2 week lockdown after a surgeon covert 1000 infections. Now the 1st case was reported at the beginning of november, but this week the figures doubled overnight, reaching 70 on wednesday, alexandra bias spoke to the premier to find out how bad things could get. For months, it was one of the few places in the world untouched by the pandemic. Well, everyone in the new world is a little scared, wary about darkover right now because weve kept it out for all of the new work or 8 months, but now its here. Its a territory. The size of western europe sparsely populated with just 25. 00 communities, only accessible by plane. But despite its remoteness, new to hasnt been spared by the coronavirus. The majority of cases are in the hamlet of r. V. At a community of just under 3000 people. Most of nineveh citizens are indigenous and you eat. Theyve faced a legacy of canadas colonial policies and are already vulnerable. Jobs are scarce and a housing shortage means homes are overcrowded. Something thats especially dangerous during a pandemic and a lock down. Nothing good comes out of overcrowded house. You have Mental Health issues. You have health issues, you may have Family Violence issues. There are only 2 hospitals in the territory, and residents are regularly flown to southern canada for medical treatment. No ones been flown out because of coded 19 yet, but the Health System is nearly at its limit. Thats the rationale for bringing these orders in place because everything that newly and do to reduce their contacts, to reduce the size of their social bubble. That helps that helps reduce the impact of covert 90 gatherings are restricted schools and nonessential businesses are closed. Theres extra focus on students Mental Health. Its a young population which for years has struggled with high rates of suicide and depression. Theyve been given take Home Learning packages, and teachers and support workers are regularly checking in on of the new york care for each other. Theyre going to make sure someone is or is alone in the house. Theyre going to make sure that youre going to make sure that they have enough food. Were a very Caring Society and we will be to each other and looking out for each other. Its believed many of the cases are linked to isolation hubs in southern canada, where infections are surging. Premiers of eco tosses, the territorys isolation is one of its strongest assets right now. And we are going to stop the spread of this virus and we are going to prevail. It may take a little while, but we will. This is a region thats used to being snowed in and cut off. Coded 1000 may have gotten in, but the new are confident it wont stay for long. Alexandra buyers, aljazeera politicians in japan are voted to declare a Climate Emergency warning that the world faces a crisis. The symbolic declaration will increase pressure for action to combat global warming. And send a message that japan is serious about the campaign. The vote comes just weeks after the government committed itself to slash its carbon emissions. To that sara, by 2050 youre chief of desert and these are all top news stories. Theres been promising results from the current virus vaccine developed by the university of oxford and astra zeneca. The latest phase to finding show a strong immune response was triggered in those aged over 70. Donald trumps legal team is again making allegations of voter fraud without presenting any evidence. His lawyer, Rudy Giuliani is speaking live at the republican
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