To start pulling the country together. Donald trump continues to claim the us election was stolen from him and refuses to concede despite a lack of evidence. Now hes sacked his defence secretary, mark esper. Hello to you. Leading scientists are cautiously welcoming news of a new vaccine against coronavirus thats proved more than 90 effective in early results. The vaccine, developed by pharma giant pfizer and its partner biontech has been tested on nearly a4,000 people in six countries, with no safety concerns being raised so far. Some experts though point out that the announcement was made on the basis of very early analysis, with the vaccine not yet formally approved. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. This is a huge day for science and perhaps the world. For the first time, a covid i9 vaccine has been shown to protect against the disease. Plenty of caution is needed but the preliminary results of the Pfizer Biontech trial a highly promising. There were more than 43,000 voluntee
Administration, says joe bidens transition as president elect can formally begin. Donald trump has tweeted saying that in the best interests of the United States hes told his team to cooperate with protocols. Mr bidens team will now begin meeting with government officials to discuss the Pandemic Response and National Security issues. Joe bidens team welcomed the decision, saying in a statement todays decision is a needed step to begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, including getting the pandemic under control and our economy back on track. In the days ahead, transition officials will begin meeting with federal officials to discuss the Pandemic Response; have a full account of our National Security interests; and gain a complete understanding of the Trump Administrations efforts to hollow out government i. Lets head to washington now and speak with out correspondent nomia iqbal. It has to be said, a lot of people are picking this up in the statements, nowhere other concessio
A personal note from his predecessor. It was a very generous letter and because it was private, i wont talk about it. The democrats take control of the Senate Swearing in new members giving President Biden a narrow majority in both chambers of congress. Music. The inauguration ofjoe biden has taken place in remarkably different scenes to those previously. It took place about the public and amid intense security thanks to the storming of the capitol two weeks before, calling for unity and an end to the nations on civil war, ending unconventionally with a grand fireworks display. We look back on a different inauguration. Music. So far, so normal. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, the president elect of the United States. This is what america does every four years, but everything about today was exceptional, given the last two weeks, given the pandemic and the security situation, given the presidency at first glance, the west front of the capital looks much as it always does on inauguration
The uk government guarantees Financial Support for holiday makers seeking refunds for trips that that were cancelled because of coronavirus. Now on bbc news audiences from around the world question their leaders on global issues. Hello, and welcome to london for this edition of global questions, with me, zeinab badawi. Has coronavirus become a political crisis for President Trump, dealing a major blow to his chances of re election in november . His handling of the pandemic has their own criticisms, even derision. Drawn criticisms, even derision. And covid 19 has also laid bare inequalities in american society. Thats global questions Coronavirus Crisis focus on america. Well, im now inside bbcs headquarters here in central london, and as always, to bring you this edition of global questions, our questioners and also our two panellists join us via video link. Dont forget that you too can join the conversation its bbcglobalquestions. But let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week gi