Also in ethiopia, where the government says its moving forward on its final offensive against fighters around to graze main city and palestinian leaders condemn the u. S. 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 coronavirus pandemic and the race to find an effective vaccine. British, a pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2, trial show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. It says people over 70 who have been tested have shown a strong immune response. The vaccines being developed with Oxford University and its in the final stages of human trials. Now in the last 10 days, 2 other drug makers, pfizer and madonna, reported their back scenes are more than 90 percent effective in late stage trials. Well, globally cases have surpassed 56000000. There have been more than 1300000 deaths worldwide. 250000 of those in the u. S. Making it the worst affecte
Worse preventative measures. Has been the hardest hit of the region iran has been the hardest hit in the region. A postbrexit trade agreement were abruptly disrupted today when one European Union official involved in the talks tested positive for the coronavirus. Michelleief negotiator barnier said he would suspend talks with u. K. For a short period. The two sides are trying to reach an agreement by next week to allow time for a deal to be ratified before the end of the year. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london, and 2 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following on the bloomberg and from around the world. Transition to the white house. Members of the president elects team are set to be contacting staff of the congressional app
That informationar too long and engaging with Northern Ireland and the Irish Government and fcal policy of Northern Ireland and come back to the house, this has to be sothing done with the support and engagement witthe engagement of Northern Ireland. That completes the questions for Northern Ireland and i starwith chris green. I am proudly working for disabled people, next year we will publish our National Strategy for disabled people which will be most ambitious intervention in this area putting fairness at the heart of the government and leveling up so everybody has the opportunity to participate in the life of this country. I know the whole house will want to join me in welcoming fantastic news the nhra authorize the fisa pfizer vaccine, to be made available across the uk for next week and i would pay tribute to all those who made this possible, the protection of vaccines will ultimately allow us to reclaim our lives and get our economy moving again. This morning i have met with min
The information is not coming from the people who matter most. Plus, six months in space. Tonight meet the astronaut whos been there, done that. And good evening its rare that we get from the government an unfiltered uncensured true view of whats going on with coronavirus. Nbc just got one the White House Coronavirus task forces latest report delivers a sobering assessment of the pandemics trajectory. It describes aggressive, unrelenting, expanding, Broad Community spread across america thats getting worse, not better the task force reports efforts to stop covid are inadequate and the curve must be flattened to sustain the Health System for both covid and noncovid emergencies. In short, the virus is out of control, the Emergency Health care system is in danger of collapse and the white house knows it the task force is alerting thanksgiving can make things worse urging the states to warn their people not to gather, to wear face coverings and socially distance, the report dated on sunday
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, mccall 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. From berlin, follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website, w dot com. Germany has just passed a grim new milestone. The number of Coronavirus Infections is not passed a 1000000. So how bad is the situation in a country once seen as the european poster child for pandemic control . And is a patient ready to take the medicine . And this is the day when i will be making myself and popular, and i think the measures should be stricter. But if the we s