Im rebecca it is welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel is due to deliver a speech in parliament this hour as the nation faces a decisive period in its fight against the coronavirus germanys regional governments are considering imposing a Strict Lockdown over the christmas and new year period as infection rates remain stubbornly high officials warn hospitals could be overwhelmed the countrys infectious to saint diseases agency says 509000 people have died in germany from the illness in the past day marking a record high since the start of the pandemic. As we wait for that talk to take place im joined by chief Political Editor michelle occur behala thanks for joining me what can we expect from anglo michael today well reese shes certainly here to defend the budget which means 180 bill. When your is a new debt some 350000000000 euro is to tackle this corona crisis but reading the whole nation is watching her to hear some kind of indication on whether she will once again c
This for use of the wall. The final push. And theyre saying that the government Defense Forces are saying to finish the wall, all the mountainous surroundings of the capital mckillop. They will have to use tongs and to knock out the defenses. There have been differences that the to have mounted on top of the hills and mountains surrounding the capital of the ticket region. A federal judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the Trump Campaign that sought to exclude millions of mail in ballots. The judge says the lawsuit failed to provide evidence of voter fraud. The u. S. Military says its deployed bombers to the middle east. The big 528 planes took off from north dakota on friday. It wasnt specified where they went, but the aircraft have previously been based in qatar, opposition parties in pakistan, a gathering for a major rally, calling on Prime Minister imran khan to step down. Thank you so much. Bringing the election, the calm one to yes, again, tomorrow. Hi, there h
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
Of the American People and supporting our like minded allies and partners worldwide. The military leaders, u. S. Allies and senior figures in trumps republican policy have warned of the dangers of putting too many troops out before conditions are right. Others are extremely important here in the next couple of months. Not to have any earth shaking changes with regard to defense and foreign policy. I think a precipitous drawdown and either afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake. Lets get the view from iraq al jazeera, simona fulton, is in baghdad. The reduction of u. S. Troops in iraq to 2500. 00 is not that significant in light of the drawdown that already took place earlier this year. In january, there were 5000. 00 troops present in country that number was reduced to 3000 as of september. And of course, the political and security context that precipitated this reduction was rather complex. Back in january, we had the us assassination of iranian general custom still in miami, as well
We dont know exactly what happened in the meeting, but the statement afterwards from the 2 Senior Republicans from michigan certainly indicate that they heard nothing from donald trump. That would change the result of the election in michigan. And that they are going to press ahead. The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis in northern ethiopia. Says more than 2000000. 00 children are at risk from the fighting in t. Great aid agency in neighboring sudan are planning for as many as 200000 refugees. If european government forces, meanwhile, say theyve taken to major towns, mohammed and in the capital, addis ababa says the battle for mccain will prove decisive in the conflict. If they cant hold the cup at all, it means they are defeated. And mackellar is considered the ultimate prize by the if European National defense forces, who are now said to be roughly about 100 kilometers from the cup at all. And they are saying they will launch attacks on mackinnon from a place for dif