To the qatar blockade within the next 2 months. And just their exclusive investigation unveils recordings of one of the worlds most wanted men attempting to negotiate immunity from prosecution in the nation. And this hour president elect joe biden is expected to be a big deal in his plan to revive an economy ravaged by the pandemic, we will carry it live. The World Health Organization is warning the world not to relax its guard as the push for a Coronavirus Vaccine shows signs of progress. This is not the time for complacency. While we continue to receive encouraging news about coffee of 19 vaccines and remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for the new tools to start to rise in the coming months. Right now, we are extremely concerned by the surging cases we are seeing in some countries, particularly in europe and the americas. Us pharmaceutical firm says their results from trials show its vaccine is 94. 5 percent effective. Its really important milestone in the fight against
Coronavirus as the trumpet ministration is accused of doing just that. French products pulled from shelves turkey backs a boycott on the telly ation for president s comments about islam. And a surprise discovery on the moon frozen water on the sunlit surface could be just the tonic from manned missions. Donald trumps pick for the u. S. Supreme Court Justice has been sworn in. Do you. Think. Amy Connie Barrett took the oath of office an hour ago at the white house shortly after the Senate Confirmed her nomination for appointment to gives the top court a conservative majority no nominee has ever been confirmed this close to a president ial election democrats were against a replacement and wanted it to happen after next months poll she replaces Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last month alan fisher is joining us live from washington d. C. Donald trump had promised that he was going to do this and this gives him a victory so close to the election. 30 days from nomination to confirmation and r
Being closely watched as the clock ticks down on the ballot count clicks up before we go any further lets go to come out has the latest on the numbers come up thank you adrian yes so 300 hours g. M. T. It is now which means 10 pm on the u. S. East coast and these are the polls that are closing at this hour 4 of them for you montana nevada utah and iowa im not going to go through any projections just now because we dont have any at the moment too early to call in all 4 of those states the one swing state will be keeping an eye on is iowa in the midwest so with that in mind its a good chance just to step back and have a look at some of our swing states as well so lets start in ohio with nearly 60 percent of precincts reporting donald trump is edging further and further away from joe biden his latest 130000 out of 4. 4 almost 4400000 votes counted so its close but the gap widening for donald trump in ohio lets move on to michigan one of the important ones that donald trump picked up. 4 ye
The east coast so its actually no longer election day there isnt its moved on to november the 4th but in other parts of the country and in fact way out in the Pacific Ocean is the state of hawaii with 4 Electoral College votes going to joe biden of course the home state of his old boss barack obama. So were just adding that to the total mostly the total later on right now though i want to talk about North Carolina 15 Electoral College votes still too close to call but when we break down the numbers we start to get a little bit more of the picture. 100 percent reporting i believe its just short of that actually at the moment and donald trump has a 75000. 00 vote difference but once again North Carolina its the story of the night in so many states that rural urban split there is maybe still a little bit of a runway left for joe biden in the urban areas but it would only be a very small amount and remember in this sort of part of the United States when it goes North Carolina you could pos
Paris. 5 years off to the movember 2015. A turks, there are still painful memories and deep divisions. Welcome to the program, our top story, this hour. The United Nations saying that its concerned war crimes might have been committed in ethiopias more than 10 gray region where Government Forces are battling local leaders. Its when the fighting could spiral out of control leading to heavy casualties. A 10 day conflict has already killed hundreds of people and sent thousands more. Fleeing across the border to sudan. Prime minister has accused the tigre, a Peoples Liberation front of treason and terrorism, and says the offensive will not end until its removed. Amnesty International Says scores of civilians have been massacred, jaring the fighting, some of them hacked to death. Well, the conflict is threatening to draw in ethiopias neighbors as while, and there are fears that it could destabilize the entire horn of africa. Sudan has offered to mediate the crisis and its had been woken rep