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
Of people. The top story this half a russian opposition politicians to come up skier has left the country shes now in a few wanita it follows a 2nd nights of violent clashes over disputed Election Results demonstrators have been rallying in the capital minsk since the countrys Election Commission reported that the long time president Alexander Lukashenko had won sundays election by a landslide the police in both the roof say a protester died after a bomb exploded in his hands the outcomes being rejected by his main rival she describes whats going on as a sham step vasant joins us live from minsk step this is such a complex political story now just unpack it for us where are we now. Yes it is very complex and very difficult to report on because the internet has been blocked for 3 days already its quite a miracle you can actually see me right now a very dramatic statement has come from a subplot at the kind of sky just an hour ago in which she explains that she made a very difficult deci
Passed a resolution that will extend the term of hong kongs parliament by another year. The head of the Un Food Agency says hes worried lebanon could run out of bread in about 2 and a half weeks David Beasleys in beirut assessing the impact of last weeks catastrophic port blast he spoke during a un briefing on the humanitarian situation 85 percent of lebanons grain came through the devastated port area the World Food Program says its sending 50000 tons of wheat flour to beirut to stabilize the supply beesley says some of beirut port could be reopened quickly to restart imports christensen him in new york explains what else was discussed during that briefing. This was a chance for the humanitarian affairs chief to brief members states on the situation on the ground in lebanon and the International Response so far secretary general antonio terrace called it a huge catastrophe coming on the heels of the socioeconomic problems the coded pandemic and now this explosion and while he was call
A kid and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are critics have called the president s plans the space fars but many analysts say the new command isnt just ambitious protecting u. S. Interests in space they say is necessary chinese could disrupt our g. P. S. System that we rely on space for now because even aside from no its our problems it would cause problems in all of our lives and in our economy. And im this Space Command also gives trump the chance to one up some billionaire rivals for the public spotlight as the u. S. Has cut nasa as a budget for civilian Space Exploration Jeff Bezos Richard Branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren aljazeera washington. Another u. S. City is urging people to stop using east cigarettes or vaporing products some to 16 people who are committed to hospital with severe lung disease the walkies Health Department says that the patients have chemical pneumonitis their lungs be