We begin in the u. S. So which is navigating its way through a president ial transition as well as a worsening coronavirus situation so a record 100000 people were admitted to hospital on sunday with more than 2000 americans dying from the disease every day the president elect joe bidens reportedly made his pick for Health Secretary one of the incoming administrations most consequential jobs so hes eyeing californias attorney general have yet to sarah for the position in his home state some 33000000 californians are now under sweeping new restrictions private gatherings will be banned as intensive Care Capacity there continues to shrink and members of congress whove been deadlocked for months over another coronavirus aid package could on vallely bipartisan proposal as early as monday its expected to be some 908000000000. 00 in funding our White House Correspondent kelly halkett has more on bidens pick for Health Secretary. Its been a combination of surprise and controversy lets start w
Minister to quit says foreign minister, resigns, of a growing outrage at the loss of territory. Youre going to cut about and the worst time for in this year, in the philippines, the area that bore the brunt of the cause has been another step forward in the search for a vaccine. For corona virus that killed more than 1300000. 00, people all of the world since the start of the year u. S. Pharmaceutical firm, madonna says early results from trials show that its vaccine is 94. 5 percent effective. Its a really important milestone in the fight against the penn demick. Because it demonstrates that our very senior morning to all 73 is able to prevent covert 900 disease including severe disease. And its really just a milestone though, we have a lot of work ahead of us knowing the vaccine is going to be effective is great news, but we still need to complete a regulatory process which involves completing the study, generally more to follow safety. And then of course, we need to get busy manufact
Aviation agency, reports of fatalities in ugandas capital after clashes over the arrests of, opposition. Politician bobby why. And u. S. , secretary of states mike from baylor touches down in israel, planning to become the 1st top diplomat to visit any legal settlement in the occupied west bank. The s. U. S. Strike make a fire as a crime survey, quests emergency approval for school with 1000 vaccine in the coming days. This after results from his trials show that its safe around 95 percent effective in old age groups. The vaccine develops with its german partner. Biotech has shown consistent results across various demographics with no major side effects that speak to in wilmington, delaware, heidi, so what more is pfizer saying about the effectiveness of the vaccine this week . Last week they were talking about 90 percent effective. Now weve moved on to 95 percent. Whats changed . Whats improved . Whats improved fully. Whats changed is that the stage 3 Clinical Trials have completed. T
To restore the u. S. Position as world leader at a time of unprecedented crisis. Government must make tough choices. The u. K. Treasury chief cuts foreign aid looking for savings to support the coronavirus ravaged economy. And people around the world protest to end violence against women as the u. N. Highlights what its calling a shadow pandemic. We begin in northern ethiopia, where after nearly 3 weeks of fighting a deadline imposed by the Central Government 40 Ground Forces to surrender is said to expire. No, around 30 minutes. The federal army has surrounded to Grace Capital and this threatening the use of artillery on the city of 500000, people to gray and lead, deny allegations that fighters have begun surrendering. If you piers Prime Minister ahmed is asking the world not to interfere. He says, while we appreciate and understand the interest of the International Community to assist the ongoing Law Enforcement operations, we would also like to underscore that this must be dire acc
Greece and italy. Their embassies are put out a statement condemning what they call a cowardly attack. Now they are some of the countries that were represented during this Remembrance Day ceremony that took place injured at this cemetery for non muslims. It is almost this day, it is the day that marks the end of world war one. What happened was an explosive device went off during that ceremony. We understand that several people were wounded. We dont have any more details, though, about how gravely they were wounded or their identities. President elect joe biden has attended a ceremony in philadelphia to mark veterans day. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has made his 1st public appearance and days. At an event in arlington, virginia, he was joined by 1st lady melania trump, and Vice President mike pence protesters in armenias capital voicing their anger about a deal to end fighting with azerbaijan. The nagornokarabakh there posed to the agreement which sees land handed over to a very