Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. As soon as he emerged from his coma, Alexey Navalny, the russian Opposition Leader, apparently poisoned by novichok nerve agent, expressed his determination to return to moscow. But what future is there for an anti putin Political Movement in a country where dissent is all too often seriously bad for your health . Well, my guest is leonid volkov, opposition politician and chief of staff to mr navalny. Is there any weakening of the kremlins grip on power . Leonid volkov in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. Good afternoon. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. You, of course, are in berlin because that is where mr navalny is still being treated in hospital. Give us the very latest information on his condition. His condition is getting better. Hes really understanding everything whats going around and hes able to, like, communicate with the outer world as you can see on his instagram and twitter. And hes really doing remarkable progress. And we
Hello and welcome. Its a sign ofjust how serious the coronavirus pandemic has become. The us center for Disease Control has urged americans not to travel during next weeks thanksgiving holiday, americas most important family holiday of the year. The number of patients hospitalized with covid 19 in the United States hasjumped nearly 50 in the last two weeks. In california, the States Department of Public Health has ordered an overnight curfew in most areas. Heres the head of Infectious Disease in the us, dr anthony fauci. Were not talking about shutting down the country, were not talking about locking down. Were talking about intensifying the simple Public Health measures that we all talk about mask wearing, staving distance, avoiding congregate settings, doing things to the extent that we can outdoors versus indoors. If we do that, well be able to hold things off until the vaccine comes. That News Conference followed one by the president elect joe biden in which he laid into President
Wins the International Booker prize for fiction. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Im kasia madera. Do stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Its a sign ofjust how serious the coronavirus pandemic has become the us center for Disease Control has urged americans not to travel during next weeks thanksgiving holiday, americas most important family holiday of the year. The number of patients hospitalized with covid 19 in the United States has jumped nearly 50 in the last two weeks. In the last couple of hours, the head of Infectious Disease has said this. Were not talking about shutting down the country, were not talking about locking down. Were talking about intensifying the simple Public Health measures that we all talk about mask wearing, staving distance, avoiding congregate settings, doing things to the extent we can outdoors versus indoors. If we do that, well be able to hold things off until the vaccine comes. T
That is not happening. Not today. Not yet. Not in any kind of way. Even with the president initiating what looks like a Pressure Campaign on michigan lawmakers extending an invitation to them to meet him at the white house. With that states electoral votes on the agenda, votes going to joe biden who won the state. A top michigan lawmaker will join us later. The president and his campaign are fighting that. Theyre fighting the results in georgia even after that state today reconfirmed bidens win there. This hour the partial recount they wanted in wisconsin is starting as we speak. And the president s team is fighting in court. And losing as his attorneys rail against a nationwide conspiracy against them that does not exist. Except in the fever swamps of the q akwanon internet. And President Trump is answering questions today about this and about the pandemic gripping the country with a huge step forward in the fight against the virus. Pfizer, any minute, expected to formally submit the
Americans prepare to leave for thanksgiving travel, which Health Officials are urging families to stick this year. Senior correspondent looks all of this, laura ingle starts us off tonight from melbourne new york. Good evening, laura. Good evening, bret. Here in new york, Governor Andrew Cuomo made an announcement today that the state plans to reopen an emergency facility on Staten Island to treat Covid Patients because cases there have not tripled. This, as news comes with yet another vaccine showing strong potential. The Drugmaker Astrazeneca announced it has produced a covid19 vaccine which shows a promising efficacy rate of 90 without the need for ultracold storage like some of the other vaccines in development. Its a very deployable vaccine and we need lots of people to be vaccinated. Astrazeneca, which has been developing vaccine with scientists outwards university oxfords university. The news coming up to the federal Drug Administration Advisory Committee set a date of december