A dutch court finds shells nigerian subsidiary responsible for multiple pipeline leaks and or does it to pay damages to farmers. And we look at why namibia is government is auctioning off 170. 00 elephants despite the pills by conservationists im 7 asked with sports event is that cage and perrier refuses to criticize christiane around his top scorer faces a Police Investigation for breaching coded 19 rules by going on a ski trip. Alone welcome to the news hour we begin with the race to vaccinate the world against 19 and fears the poorer nations are being left behind and richer countries are rushing to secure supplies johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says its vaccine is 66 percent effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms of covert 19 and plans to seek emergency authorization in the United States next week thats just a day off the American Company novaks said its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u. K. Trials b
And we are pleased to have with us senator tammy duckworth. Needs nouckworth introduction. She is an iraq war veteran, former assistant secretary at the department of Veterans Affairs and now u. S. Senator for the state of illinois. Illinois. And i think for those of us working and National Security, certainly for those of us who are women and National Security. We think about people are breaking down barriers, et cetera duckworth is at the top of the list. One of the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom. First u. S. Energy given birth while in office. And particularly in todays event the first member of congress he was born in thailand in the first asianamerican he was elected to congress and the state of illinois. So in addition to the work shes done on defense and Veterans Affairs, et cetera duckworths spent a lot of time thinking about the military challenges we face in the pacific. She has really been an advocate for the alliance
To retype civilians in syria, it was among the worst crimes to take place in the conflict. Now human rights organizations are hoping that a court in germany will deliver justice for the victims and argentinian a football legend is laid to rest at a private ceremony and went inside as tens of thousands of fans lined up to pay their final respects at argentinas president ial palace thank you so very much for joining us. And sadly, we start with a grim milestone here in germany that has been hit in the coronavirus pandemic. The country has again recorded more than 22000, new daily cases pushing its total to beyond the 1000000. 00 mark. And thats according to figures from the robert costa institute for disease control. Germany largely contained the spread of the virus during the 1st wave in the spring, but its been hard hit hard by the 2nd wave of infections. And we can take you now to our chief Political Correspondent melinda crane, to get more on these very disturbing numbers. Melinda, g
Testimony from the dhs regarding its decision to ban residents of new york state from trusted Traveler Programs like global entry. Like global entry. On february 5, senior ghs official chad wolfe wrote to new york officials to inform them of the ban, without notifying congress and the members of the new york state delegation who sit on this authorizing committee. Mr. Wolf cited new yorks green light law, a justification for the ban, stating that the law, quote, compromises cbps ability to confirm whether an individual applying for ttp membership meets Program Eligibility requirements. Mr. Wolf then stated, quote, because the act prevents dhs from accessing new york dmv records in order to determine whether a ttp applicant or reapplicant meets Program Eligibility requirements, new York Resident wills no longer be eligible to enroll or reenroll in cbps trusted Traveler Programs. After that announcement, this committee continued to receive inaccurate and misleading testimony that repeated
Declared winner of pennsylvania, a state certified by victory, by more than 80000 votes. Earlier this week, the ruling is another blow to trumps bid to overturn the results of the president ial election french president among them, michael has condemned video images showing Police Officers beating a black man in a social media post. Mccall said the violence against the music producer was unacceptable and shameful. The officers in the video have been suspended and are under investigation. According to the paris Prosecutors Office. Follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website. Or germany has just passed the grim new milestone. The number of corona virus infections is now past a 1000000. So how bad is the situation in a country once . See, thats the european poster child for a pandemic control. And this of patients ready to take the medicine and this is the day i may be myself from popular measures should be stricter. But i think we shouldnt allow too many people together