A situation a former Prime Minister is described as apocalyptic and 70 is on to they were driven to local extinction jack you as a bank in their natural habitat in argentina. We begin with the race to vaccinate against covert 19 johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says its vaccine is 66 percent effective and plans to seek emergency authorization in the United States next week or last just a day off to the American Company novak said its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u. K. Trials meanwhile the European Union which is already secured 2 vaccines is now approved astra zeneca job for all adults this while it tussles with the company of a delayed supplies and faces criticism of a slow rollout there is dominic kane has more now from the german capital ballin. This is the astra zeneca vaccine in use available to british patients most at risk from covert since late last month and from now on officially so too for many e. U. Cit
A dutch court finds shells nigerian subsidiary responsible for multiple pipeline leaks and or does it to pay damages to farmers. And we look at why namibia is government is auctioning off 170. 00 elephants despite the pills by conservationists im 7 asked with sports event is that cage and perrier refuses to criticize christiane around his top scorer faces a Police Investigation for breaching coded 19 rules by going on a ski trip. Alone welcome to the news hour we begin with the race to vaccinate the world against 19 and fears the poorer nations are being left behind and richer countries are rushing to secure supplies johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says its vaccine is 66 percent effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms of covert 19 and plans to seek emergency authorization in the United States next week thats just a day off the American Company novaks said its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u. K. Trials b
Along the border with sudan is worsening, and u. S. President elect joe biden is set to announce his 1st cabinet appointments and tony blinken, a former Obama Administration official, is expected to be named secretary of state. An unschooled, the head of african football has been handed a 5 year ban a by the sports world governing body fifa. Ahmed ahmed was found guilty of financial misconduct following an investigation. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this news hour with a promising breakthrough in the global race to find a vaccine for corona virus. Raising hopes of an end to the pandemic could be within reach the u. K. Pharmaceutical company, astra zeneca and the university of oxford have said they have caught a vaccine for the world. They say that on average have seen is 70 percent effective, but that may increase to 90 percent depending on the dosage at 2. 50 is the cheapest potential vaccine so far with no serious side effects. This is the 3rd Major Company to report
This because i directly dealt with the biden family including joe biden. Does more headlines in about 59 minutes it was our 2 international. You will or if youre seeing this later you already did fall back an hour at 2 am november 1 Daylight Saving time and its saving not savings artificially moves an hour from morning to evening during the months of the year when the days are longer is started during world war one the goal was to save energy if for instance the summer sun set at 8 pm rather than 7 we might spend that hour outdoors not at home consuming electricity but science journalist Joseph Stromberg notes that studies that evaluate the Energy Impact of daily. Saving time are mixed it seems to reduce lighting use and electricity consumption slightly but may increase heating and air conditioning use as well as gas consumption its probably fair to say that energy wise its a wash and theres a growing push to stay on daylight time rather than shifting to standard time and floridas 2 u.
At 90 just 72 hours into the diagnosis now the 1st week of it in a particular day 7 to 10 of the most critical in determining the likely course of this illness at this time the team and i are extremely happy with the progress the president has made there is a he had a mild cough and some nasal congestion fatigue all of which are now resolving improving support to note the president spent fever free for over 24 hours we remain cautiously optimistic but hes doing great. Well given that news we did all wonder when the president might tweet and now he has and he says doctors nurses and all at the great Walter Reed Medical Center and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them are amazing a tremendous progress has been made over the last 6 months in fighting this plague he says with the help im feeling well the president continuing by his confirming what the doctors say by his favorite form of communication and staying with the United States of former new Jersey Govern