Without follows the ultimatum. It was given by the federal side on sunday, calling for the ground fighters to lay down their arms and render. A statement did 30 that thousands of to grain fighters had surrounded just a couple of days ago to raise leadership with disputing these claims. They said that their fighters werent surrendering, and they also disputed the the governments claim that the city was in fact surrounded. Health experts have raised doubts about the covert. 19 vaccine produced by British Drug Company astra zeneca, an oxford university. They say a manufacturing error during the trial process makes it difficult to assess its effectiveness. German chancellor Angela Merkel says coronavirus restrictions could remain in place and well into next year. Bars and restaurants are closed, but schools and some shops remain open while still be mandatory and busy public areas. The football world is mourning. The death of argentinian Diego Maradona who has passed away at the age of 60.
Stocks into value encyclicals keep up . Havens are bringing back some ground. The Federal Reserve warns there could be major downside for asset prices if the Economic Impacts of the virus is not mitigated. Will a vaccine or stimulus come soon enough . Welcome to the program, happy tuesday. Picking news from the u. K. , jobs data giving us a picture of the damage done or avoided on the u. K. Economy. The unemployment rate, a three month figure, we get an ,nemployment rate of 4. 8 exactly what was anticipated. It was on the rise. Very cushioned by the furlough scheme over the summer, and the end of september. Where we are on the jobless claims number, we have i go to this because we do not have survey data but it is interesting because it is october data, a little more impactful. The jobless claims change down by 29,800. , that looks lower than the prior period. Some of the data seems an improvement on the previous period. I go to that redhead line on the u. K. Unemployment story. 164,00
Government in a coup. Flooding in southwestern china forces hundreds of thousands from their homes at the. World heritage site. Also ahead how the us Vice President ial candidate heritage is becoming a strength for her campaign and a target for opponents. And sport inspiring munich are taking young lady all for a place in the Champions League final but winners will pave p. S. G. In European Club footballs biggest match. The European Union says it rejects the results of the disputed elections in belarus that have kept the president Alexander Lukashenko in power and after an emergency Virtual Summit the e. U. Has also announced targeted sanctions against those it deems responsible for brutally suppressing protests against the question because landslide victory. Today here we gave them 3 clear messages. Firstly we stand by the people of belarus who won fundamental freedoms and democracy. Secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and force if occasion of the r
To expand its territorial ambitions. Big oil gets ready for a post covert world with billions in White Nigeria gets ready to export gas to europe. But no money to send home families struggle to pay for food and rent its global witnesses to the pandemic. In the himalayas in disputed territory china has been exerting its presence to deadly effect 20 indian soldiers were killed in hand to hand combat the standoff between the 2 Nuclear Neighbors is just the latest move by an aggressive beijing to use its growing economic might in territorial disputes from taiwan to its control over hong kong but its president xi is reach across the South China Sea that we want to look at closely this week to do that its defense spending is inching higher and higher from 143000000000. 00 in 2010 to 261000000000. 00 in 2019 aljazeera alex go topless takes a closer look now at chinas naval ambitions. This is a photo of a shipyard in china so it shows night watch ships a Missile Defense system an Aircraft Carr
Year beginning of this coming 2021 we will have one in maybe more i hope more than one vaccine that would be available. Fountains of scientists are now working on more than 150 vaccines but none is approved for use so just how close are we to getting an effective Coronavirus Vaccine in. The. Past the big question welcome to your coverage 19 special and news i want to johnson berlin good to have you with us the fight against the pandemic is gaining momentum the u. S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track Designation to 9000 vaccine candidates on the development by pfizer and its german patna by own take now this is an important step towards getting approval for a vaccine in the world is desperately waiting for. Things are moving quickly at by on tech the companys search for a vaccine began in january by april it had already begun Clinical Trials research at record speed. Production has also been racing ahead. The European Investment bank has pledged a 100000000 euro loan i