Head of the u. N. Heralds the role sputnik we can play in the battle against time damage. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our church here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. The simmering spat over covert Vaccine Supplies has seen the European Commission publish its contested contract with anglo swedish drugs maker astra zeneca their disagreeing over definitions the firm says its of hearing to the specified best reasonable efforts while the e. U. Insists the supply volume is a binding number you members earlier met to decide whether nations should be able to ringfence their own local production charl devinsky explains. This ra is really heating up in brussels made the threat that it will look to ban exports of the 19 vaccines from the blog thats going to have massive implications not just for the but also other countries in the world and this comes amidst a huge shortage of the curve in 1000. 00 vaccine here in the e. U. Now leaders are meeting on frida
Confirmed friday. Osaka has signaled its entering a local state of emergency due to the strain on the medical system. Authorities there are calling on people to avoid all nonessential outings until december 15th. Translator the number of people in serious condition will not decrease unless the number of infections falls. We need to practice selfrestraint in the shortterm to save lives. The governor of neighboring kyoto prefecture is urging people to refrain from traveling to osaka as much as possible. The death toll continues to rise in japan. Over the past three days, more than 30 people a day have died. In the week up to thursday, a total of 196 people died. Translator basically, the difference between the virus that spread in july and the virus that is spreading now is not large. I think december and january are really crucial times. Japan recorded over 1,800 infections on friday, bringing the overall tally to more than 158,500. Over 2,300 people have died. Prime minister suga i sho
Of battle. None were alleged to have occurred in circumstances in which the intent of the perpetrator was unclear, confused or mistaken. Its alleged that some patrols took the law into their own hands. Rules were broken. Stories concocted, lies told, and prison is killed. The Prime Minister of ethiopia says Government Troops are close to victory over local forces in the tikrit region. Its beginning to arrive at refugee camps in sudan for those who fled the violence. Thousands of crossed the border in the past 2 weeks. The number of coronavirus related deaths in the United States has now surpassed a quarter of a 1000000. Infections are also rising with more than a 1000000 cases reported in just the past week. U. S. Drug firm says it will apply for emergency authorization for its Coronavirus Vaccine within days, pfizer says a late stage trials of its candidate showed it was 95 percent effective. An improvement on initial results published last week by a police in chile used water cannon
Away. Knife edge. Brexit talks near a compromise on fishing, leaving the level Playing Field the biggest obstacle. Can the side to get a deal through today . Sanctions hit sentiment. Stocks and futures flip as the u. S. Is said to add more chinese officials to a blacklist and the rollout begins. Coronavirus vaccines start in the u. K. Tomorrow. The u. S. May follow suit by the end of the week if the fda gives emergency and approval emergency approval. I have been away for six weeks on paternity leave. It has been fantastic. Not much seems to have changed in terms of markets. We are still in crunch time. We are still looking at covid infections rising to alltime highs. We are still looking at u. S. Stocks rising as well. I guess the vaccines is the hopeful sign. Maybe this week, the good change we have all been waiting for in 2020. On return, everything has changed and yet nothing has changed. Certainly new information. That has been a real game changer. But we are still as you say at c