A special session of the Un General Assembly focused on covert 19 it coincides with the release of a u. N. Study showing that over 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long term effects of the pandemic. Firefighters in australia a struggling to contain massive wildfires devastating a unesco World Heritage site Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world the fires have been burning there now for 6 weeks and have already affected almost half the island. This is doubly news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website w dot com. Or. Or it goes without saying that in this pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe and yet vaccine nationalism the race to be 1st in approving the vaccine if suddenly real what happens when nations race against each other hoping to beat the coronavirus with a virus usually wins in the United States almost 3000 people are dying every day from covert 19 more than 100000 hospitalizations
Congress chooses a former World Bank Official to be the countrys new president. Its 3rd this week, and al jazeera obtains recordings of one of the worlds most wanted men, trying to negotiate unison from prosecution. Hello, welcome to the program. There is more good news in the battle against covert 1000, but also warnings to the world, not to let down its guard as infections continue to soar. The u. S. Pharmaceutical firm modernists says early results from trials show its vaccine is 94. 5 percent effective, far exceeding expectations. We looked out about 20000000. 00 doses of the vaccine at the end of this year. And were looking forward to making about 500000000. 00 to a 1000000000. 00 this next year. But that is going to be a 247 operation. It will be maternal alone solves this problem. Its going to require many vaccines as weve been saying for a while, but we ought to be able to do our part from here for. This is really important. Well, its just a week since pfizer by own take announ
Cope with 19 disease is possible to make and its possible that we will have a number of different vaccine candidates that can be used in the fight against this disease. And has been discussed in the act accelerated today. I think this is very relevant because people like to provide access to as many efficacious and safe vaccines as possible. So we can cover the population around the what u. S. President elect, joe biden has named the 1st members of his governing team. Anthony blinken will be appointed secretary of state a former number 2 in the Department Also served as a National Security adviser for president obama, former president ial nominee john kerry has been named as a climate and void with admiral haynes the 1st woman to be director of National Intelligence biden is still waiting for donald trump to concede, to concede, while the president s team, still doubting the election results. The Saudi Foreign minister has denied reports of a secret meeting between the kingdoms crown p
Everyone here is really waiting with baited breath on who the president of the United States is. We understand through the counting that joe biden could win it. It is razor thin, but we dont know for certain. The markets dont expect some kind of surprise, which is why they are stable and up. The other story is the bank of england, talking possibly about negative rates. Although, not for now. Guy johnson in the conversation with the governor talking about the Downside Risk. I think we have learned earlier this year with thoughts of covid, that we act both andkly and we do at clearly scale. We have a very substantial genocide risk on the forecast, and a lot of that relates to how covid itself will evolve. The bank ofernor of england. Extensive comments on this. Really important interview, mr. Johnson, with Nestor Bailey on the bank of england. I should note, sterling rallies nicely. Some of the headlines this morning are pretty shocking. Let me do a data check. Jonathan ferro just emaile
Cases the legal team was ill prepared. Now, even as the president continues to say that he will prevail, that he is working to reverse the election results. What we know is that the president is continuing to also undermine the electoral process. At least thats what his critics will argue. Ethiopias government says that the grand Regional Forces have started to surrender. It follows a deadline by Prime Minister. Ill be on that for them to lay down their arms by wednesday or face an attack on the main city of mccully. But to graze leadership says theyre fighting back at a destroyed Ethiopian Military division, including a helicopter, and 2 turns its national travelers, choosing to fly on a straight is qantas, will need to be vaccinated against 19 in the future. The companys chief executive says that theyll look to enforce the measure once a vaccine is made available to the public. The European Union has reached another deal to secure millions of corona virus vaccines. E. U. Leaders will