Led to green forces refuse to step aside. And china launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon with ambitions to eventually set foot on the surface. U. S. President donald trump has accepted that a full transition can begin for joe biden to take office. The head of the General Services administration, told biden the process can begin. Trump said in a tweet, hes directing his team to cooperate, but hes promising to keep up the fight. Joe bidens Transition Team has welcomed the move. It frees up millions of dollars for the president elects new administration. And bidens team can now work with federal officials on the Pandemic Response and National Security has the latest from washington. This is the letter president elect. Joe biden has been waiting for, giving him the federal resources he needs to begin putting his administration in place. Trump loyalists, emily murphy had delayed for weeks, but monday in this letter, she says she decided on her own, not the biden was going to be presi
A Coronavirus Vaccine by mid december Top Health Officials in the u. S. Look to fast track their immunization program. So israeli media is reporting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a secret visit to saudi arabia. According to these reports, netanyahu met the crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon, and the u. S. Secretary might pay 0. Who himself was in israel in the last week. As follows. Recent washington brokered normalization deals between israel. The u. A. E. And bahrain are a force thats following this one from ramallah today in the occupied west bank. Any confirmation olten or denial, either way, harry no denial and no official confirmation, but the lack of denial is pretty telling, especially given the fact that this isnt just one report. It has been pretty widely sourced by a number of israeli political journalists. And indeed, the Prime Ministers own social media comment advisor put out a tweet saying that while netanyahu has a Coalition Partner was playing politics
Being forced from their homes as serious head back to rebuild their lives, to revive a culture. So hong kong prodemocracy activists, joshua wall has pleaded guilty to Unlawful Assembly during last years mass protests. He was joined in court by 2 other activists, agnes chow, and ivan lam. The 3 will be held in custody until sentencing nest next week. Im sorry and could face 5 years in jail. Last years protests outside of hong kongs Police Headquarters were triggered of course, by the introduction of the controversial extradition bill. Well ahead of his appearance in court one promised to continue his fight for freedom. Perhaps apologies. Wish me to stay in prison, but im persuaded that neither person balls the election bias nor any other arbitrary power will stop us from activism. What we are doing now is to explain the well of freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love. So much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of the court now in hong kong. So he says, de
President elect joe biden, is set to announce his cabinet anthony blank in a former Obama Administration official is expected to be appointed secretary of state. And ethiopias government gives northern forces 72 hours to surrender. Its needed dismisses the ultimatum and in school walnut before Danielle Medvedev has won the last big title of the mens tennis season, the russian beat dominic to claim the a. T. P. Finals as the term and says goodbye to london. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this news hour with promising results in the search for a corona virus vaccine. Astra zeneca says late stage testing of its covert 1000 treatment shows. It can be up to 90 percent effective without any serious side effects. The company has been developing the vaccine with Oxford University and says it can be stored at fridge temperatures, making it easier to distribute the u. K. s health secretary, matt hancock, says 100000000. 00 doses are on order and could start to be rolled out from nex
Along the border with sudan is worsening, and u. S. President elect joe biden is set to announce his 1st cabinet appointments and tony blinken, a former Obama Administration official, is expected to be named secretary of state. An unschooled, the head of african football has been handed a 5 year ban a by the sports world governing body fifa. Ahmed ahmed was found guilty of financial misconduct following an investigation. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this news hour with a promising breakthrough in the global race to find a vaccine for corona virus. Raising hopes of an end to the pandemic could be within reach the u. K. Pharmaceutical company, astra zeneca and the university of oxford have said they have caught a vaccine for the world. They say that on average have seen is 70 percent effective, but that may increase to 90 percent depending on the dosage at 2. 50 is the cheapest potential vaccine so far with no serious side effects. This is the 3rd Major Company to report