Hello, everyone. Thanks for joining us. In the race for a covert vaccine, the European Union does not appear to be first in line in the race for a covid vaccine. It may need another month to decide on granting approval for a shot. Meantime, the United States and britain are aiming to get the green light to a vaccine before christmas. The eu is not far behind with a meeting scheduled for december 20 92 consider approval for the shot developed by pfizer. Our correspondent dave keating has more on how the process will play out. It certainly is not the normal process. These processes could normally take years, but, obviously, exceptional circumstances call or exceptional measures. All along, we have known that the eus regulatory bodies, just like those of the u. S. , u. K. , and other countries, would perform a special authorization process for these vaccines. Basically, the regulator would approve the vaccine, but the maker of the vaccine would continue conducting tests to make sure they
The republican lear refusing to accept defeat. More from our correspondence in washington, d. C. After recent bloodshed in france and austria, eu leaders put their Heads Together in a videoconference to find ways to tackle terrorism. President macron says the bloc needs to focus on tightening external borders and the internet. Thomas first this hour, the turkish and russian president s have spoken by telephone or tuesday with president gerd again telling Vladimir Putin that the moscowbacked Peace Agreement is the right step towards lasting peace. As people in azerbaijan celebrated the breakthrough, protesters in armenia have been far from jubilant as they called for the resignation of their Prime Minister who accepted the terms of the deal. With more on the details of the accord is our correspondent. These soldiers are en route to the front line as part of the russianbrokered ceasefire signed by the armenian Prime Minister, some military personnel will be peacekeepers in the disputed r
Because of health issues. Former ldp secretarygeneral Ishiba Shigeru, chief cabinet secretary Suga Yoshihide, and ldp policy chief kisishida fumi are vying for the leadership. But Campaign Activities are being confined to major cities becacause of the coronavirus. Translator i will once again devote myself to regional revitalization. I want to achieve a great reset to rewrite japapans bluepririn. Ototherwise, our country wont able to survive the next era. Translator i vow to keep on pushing forward the policies of Prime Minister abe. The top priority is coronavirus countermeasures. At all costs, i will stop an explosive spread like wewe saw the u. S. And europe and protect the lives and health of the people. Translator i will listen carefully and turn the voices of the masses into political energy. Disparity and division have been growing in japan and around the world. I will tackle this modern issue and foster cooperation. 535 votes will decide the winner next monday. 394 of those wil
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The e. U. President says the bloc is ready to work with johnson to deliver brexit next month. We will hear from our correspondents in brussels shortly. And algeria gets a new president. Abdelmadjid tebboune elected with less than 40 of the vote. This after millions of algerians boycott the polls. Good to have you with us for this hour live from paris. Also coming up in the program, in business we will take a a lo at how the markets are respondiding to that big conservative win in the United Kingdom as well as taking a look at some social media reaction. Do stay with us for this hour of live from paris. So britain has woken up to a new politics today. Boris Johnsons Conservative Party has won a resounding victory in the general election picking up the most seats its done since the era of margaret thatcher. The win gives the Prime Minister a clear mandate to get brexit done leaving the United Kingdom on course to lead the e. U. Next month. While johnson today has already been to Buckingh