Supporting the occupation and pakistans Prime Minister visits afghanistan for the 1st Time Since Taking Office and pledges to help promote peace there. And joining us go with sports, as leno messi returns to spain and says hes tired of always being blamed for the problems of oslo. No thank you very much for joining as we start this news hour with the coronavirus pandemic and the race to find a vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those aged over 70. The vaccine is being developed in partnership with oxford university, and its now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings that a positive news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to rise. More than 2000000. 00 cases have been before today in africa, but low rates of testing means the caseload is thought to be much higher across the continent. In the past cases of increased compared to
Settlement. Americans are advised not to travel for thanksgiving. As covert inventions continue to surge, but theres more positive news on the vaccine front. 16 People Killed and 350 detained in a crackdown on protests triggered by the arrest of ugandan pop star turned politician bobby wine class. I sincerely and unreservedly apologize. Australias military finds credible evidence that it elite soldiers unlawfully killed 39 afghans Election Officials in the us state of georgia set to announce the outcome of a painstaking manual recount a vote. Its expected to confirm that joe biden is the 1st democrat to win the state in nearly 30 years. But President Trump maintains he has, quote, a very clear and viable path to victory in the state. Hes treated thousands of uncounted votes discovered in georgia, counties where the much more important signature match takes place. The state will flip republican and very quickly get it done. Tagging, brian kemp, the states republican governor. Well, Trum
In the u. S. State of georgia raje to announce the outcome of a recount of the votes. President elect joe biden is the projected winner with 306 electoral votes. While trump has 232, has become the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank and to step forward in the occupied golan heights. Earlier he said settlements cumbia, we quote, lawful and proper in israel as part of a 10 day tour of the middle east. And europe also said that the us would be stepping about action against an anti israel boycott. Movement. 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 to know that we will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful b. D. s got or can withdraw our u. S. Government support for such groups. Ethiopias military says its neighboring to graze the main city of mikalah, unwanted calls
People because as we get older. d 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 gently generating neutralizing antibodies. So it 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 madonna vaccines have pulled ahead and, and have shown that they are more than 90 percent effectiv
A close result between donald trump and joe. Biden, that this will confirm the lead of about 14000 votes. Now, it is possible that that lead could be reduced even further because there has been some reporting that there were some uncounted votes that were discovered in georgia. But the general consensus has been that this still wont overturn the narrow lead the joe biden. Hows, of . Or donald trump might compare, has become the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit the occupied Golan Heights and an illegal israeli settlement in the occupied west bank or pay a visit israel as part of a 10. 00 day tour of the middle east and europe. Earlier. He met israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, and said illegal settlements can be quote, little full and proper. More americans are currently in hospital with corona virus than at any time during the pandemic. So far, 79000 people are currently admitted as infection rates climb. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control have advised against travel ov