A possible breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 u. S. Drug giant pfizer says its vaccine candidate is 90 percent effective. Also in the news there i mean to end a decade of chaos and bloodshed in libya u. N. Backed talks have begun paving the way for a political transition. And uncertainty in peru is the president faces a 2nd impeachment trial in just 2 months coming up a live update from the capital lima. And bumpy december the legal sports news 27 seen masters champion Sergio Garcia withdrawals from this weeks tournament of the testing positive for corona virus. But were starting with breaking news this hour 1 pm in washington d. C. And literally in the last 2 minutes the u. S. President donald trump has fired his secretary of state. In his words. Has been terminated straight to kimberly how could a White House Correspondent cant believe its begun. Yes thats right mark else for is the secretary of defense or at least he was until this announcement by the u. S. President on twi
Leads tributes at a memorial for a teacher who was beheaded in paris last week. A round the clock curfew in the nigerian city of lagos after reports demonstrators were shot on tuesday. And they calling on the year of a special need for Young Workers at the polling stations for this years us president ial election. Hello everyone there is a crisis that has overcome so many communities in the United States in addition to the corona virus pandemic it is the fight against opioid addiction and the u. S. Justice department has in the past few hours announced that the drugs manufacturer. Has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys epidemic in a deal with the u. S. Governments the company is pleading guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 the owners of the wealthy family have been ordered to pay 225000000. 00 in civil penalties. They lost control and ownership of a company that was worth very significant amounts of money they will have no future involve
Government forces seized control of 3 cities from the world cup before half time. Fears of a 2nd wave of coded 99000 infections in some parts of asia over 100 survivors in south korea have tested positive again. For the 1st payments from the us stimulus package of set to reach americans but will it be enough to get them through the crisis. More than half of the 115000. 00 people who have died worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic a from europe but the rate is slowing in parts of the continent and some countries are cautiously starting to ease restrictions in spain some workers in the construction and manufacturing sectors returned to their jobs on monday Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez though is warned that his country is far from victory with strict rule still in place for most people. Italy is allowing some Small Businesses to reopen including bookshops stationers and Childrens Clothing stores they should wide lockdown there though will continue until at least may 3rd and the World Heal
Could risk you escalation. Volcanic trenches parts of the philippines as calls grow to move up to a 1000000 people to safety. Im going to top stories from europe including desperate journeys with tragic ends bandages the enemy treatment for the Mental Health crisis among greeces refugees. And im peter stem to go to supporters the bush why a crisis fix the australian tennis open one player having to pull out of her qualifying match with breathing problems as smoke lingers over the practice courts in melbourne. So today Security Forces of firing the capital khartoum. Believed to be disbanded Operations Unit of the general Intelligence Services has broken out of an ultimatum. Or join the Rapid Support force so that its military have deployed special forces to contain the violence lets go now to heber borgen who joins us live in situation now. Well honestly no its not over yet and we can still hear heavy artillery from the northern parts of. To tension in the air along the airport road and
Italian. Head yet another milestone. The longest u. N. Climate conference has come to a close in the dritte with a partial agreement but the worlds biggest polluters couldnt agree on some of the most contentious issues out the talks dragged on 2 days past the deadline countries at the cop 25. 00 summit will improve their current pledges to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement but those new commitments will be presented at next years summit but the whole issue of global and Global Carbon markets has been put off until next year but concepts allows those who exceed the pollution levels to buy credits from those who dont the u. S. Brazil astray india and china have all been blamed for stalling talks on that issue for the past 2 weeks that in protest. Across the world many led by students unhappy at the lack of action on Climate Change on saturday members of the Group Extinction Rebellion dumped horsman outside the conference to air their frustration nick clock