President elect joe biden, is set to announce his cabinet anthony blank in a former Obama Administration official is expected to be appointed secretary of state. And ethiopias government gives northern forces 72 hours to surrender. Its needed dismisses the ultimatum and in school walnut before Danielle Medvedev has won the last big title of the mens tennis season, the russian beat dominic to claim the a. T. P. Finals as the term and says goodbye to london. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this news hour with promising results in the search for a corona virus vaccine. Astra zeneca says late stage testing of its covert 1000 treatment shows. It can be up to 90 percent effective without any serious side effects. The company has been developing the vaccine with Oxford University and says it can be stored at fridge temperatures, making it easier to distribute the u. K. s health secretary, matt hancock, says 100000000. 00 doses are on order and could start to be rolled out from nex
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New protests in hong kong against a proposed extradition laws thousands back on the streets after a deadline from protesters to withdraw legislation is ignored d. W. Is on the ground after the protests. Im dr thomas thanks so much for joining us officials in the u. S. Say washington called off an operation to launch airstrikes on iran just hours before the they were due to go ahead the strikes were planned or tally ation for the downing of a u. S. Spy drone earlier this week now iran says it has proof that drone while aided raining airspace which the u. S. The nice the drone was flying over the strait of hormuz a waterway that much of the worlds crude oil passes through. The Iranian Military released this dramatic video showing what it say is a surface to air missile shooting down the american drone. The footage cannot be verified but tehran says the u. S. Drone was clearly frying of iranian territory at the time of the attack the United States however has produced its own map proving
Coronavirus is 70 effective. The british Prime Minister calls the results fantastic, and we will have the details for you. yet but its reportedly 70 effective and we will have more on that in just a moment. But despite the pandemic, the current u. S. President remains focused on his election defeat. And Donald Trumps legal team is in disarray after a string of courtroom losses. Joe biden, meanwhile, is moving forward with his cabinet selections with several names set to be announced on tuesday. We are told one of them will be antony blinken, a longtime Foreign Policy adviser in the obama administration, who will be nominated to serve as secretary of state. Details now from cnns arlette saenz. Reporter president elect joe biden is set to roll out his first cabinet picks on tuesday and the announcements are shaping up to be Foreign Policyfocused. Cnn has learned that secretary of state is expected to be among the first jobs that biden announces for his cabinet. An
Fraud. Good to have you with us. We begin this hour with breaking news from the United Kingdom. The government has announced that it has accepted the Pfizer Biontech covid19 vaccine for use. The u. K. Regulator has concluded that the vaccine, quote, has met its strict standards of safety, quality, and effectiveness. A Health Department spokesperson said the vaccine will be made available across the u. K. Starting next week so lets get the latest on this. Selma abdel azeez joins us from london. This is such exciting news. All of these weeks, these months weve waited to hear this and its in the United Kingdom that the first vaccines will start getting distributed and by next week. What more are you learning about this . Reporter its extraordinary, rosemary. I cant over emphasize just how big of news this is. I mean, we have been talking about this deadly pandemic for months saying if a vaccine comes. If a vaccine comes. Now we can say when a vaccine comes. For the u. K. , that is early n