Trials so its jobs to be nearly 90 percent effective against covert 19. A dutch Court Orders Oil giant shell to pay compensation for contaminating communities in nigeria. And china says it will no longer recognize a special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u. K. Of political interference. With a small 12. 00 to 14. 00 days of quarantine the wools took to the stalls are back on cooled him astray and firms were allowed to. Welcome to the news hour the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca covert 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the coming hours thats despite a growing dispute between the block and the company about a shortage of supply so the e. U. Has released a redacted copy of a contract which it says proves the vaccine maker is obliged to meet its promise supply it was expecting at least 80000000. 00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues now on thursday brussels warned that it ma
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
Compliance under the 2050 Nuclear Agreement u. S. Will also come back to the deal. The u. S. Has temporarily frozen arms sales to saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Antony blinken says its typical for new administrations to review pending arms sales dont trump said mr a should have been doing deals down to the wire including one for 50 f. 35. 00 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin to the u. A. E. To a biden has signed executive orders to address the Climate Crisis it includes cutting fossil fuel subsidies and pause in oil and gas leases on federal land biden says Climate Change is at the center of u. S. National security and Foreign Policy. And just like we need a unified National Response to cope with 19 we desperately need a unified National Response to the Climate Crisis because there is a Climate Crisis we must keep we must lead Global Response because neither challenge can be met as secretary kerry has pointed out many times by the United States alone we know what to do we just got to do
Coming up next hour cant beat another deadline to stay alive in the United States as a judges blossum measured a bar the video sharing it just ahead will dive into the ongoing saga and where the tech showdown stands and later we take you to london where goober has won its right to operate in the city yet again well break down how the companys stock is reacting and take a look at the overall state of World Markets with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with a big win for tic toc in the battle over whether the company will be allowed to remain on u. S. App stores now a ruling by judge carl nichols of the u. S. District court in washington d. C. Blocked the trump administrations attempt to ban take downloads in the u. S. With the ruling coming less than 4 hours before the ban was officially set to take place now a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the judges decision early monday. We have taken note of the relevant repor
And its being hailed gatherings we have come to expect in as a game changer in the global the trump area. Democracies falling fight against typhoid a new Vaccine Programme is launched in pakistan. Out with him and, frankly, any sort of world order under a great deal of pressure. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come christmas around the corner, well hear how one little shop in wales has taken the internet by storm with its own bit of humble festive magic. 3 experts in us constitutional law have testified to congress its quite clear that the worst that there is no doubt victims of this disaster President Trumps actions require him to be are the poor People Living removed from office. In the slums which have sprung up the 3 scholars, picked by the democrats, described around the factory. Mr trumps efforts to get i am feeling so helpless, help with re election from a Foreign Government that the childrens are dying as a crime, and accused him of obstructing justice. A fourth expert, pick