the military takeover there. we start in the uk, which has seen the biggest day of strike action in more than a decade, according to the unions, with up to half a million people walking out in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. among those striking are train drivers from the aslef union impacting most train companies across england. bus drivers in london about 100,000 civil servants from over a hundred government departments. thousands of university staff from 150 universities across the uk. and teachers from the national education union. these aerial images show demonstrators marching past the bbc s headquarters in london. 0ur employment correspondent was with them nearby at whitehall. the scale of this. this is the biggest straight for more than a decade. there has been some sort of talk about, could this be the general strike? it is not that. there are unions who have decided not to strike today. it certainly could be a lot bigger. what s interesting is there are un
government and , blood grown in a laboratory has been given to people , in a world first clinical trial. the un secretary general antonio guterres has told a major climate conference that humanity has a choice: co operate or perish. over 120 world leaders are attending cop27 in egypt. we ve got lots of clips to play you. first this warning from mr guterres. the clock is ticking. we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing. greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. global temperatures keep growing. global temperatures keep rising. and our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will meet climate chaos irreversible. we are in a highway to claimant tell. with our foot still on the accelerator. with our foot still on the accelerator. cop is an annual event where governments meet to agree steps to limit global temperature rises. many of the world leaders here are from developing countries demanding greater accountability from the richest, most polluting nations. abs
hello, i m christian fraser. hello, i m ben thompson. you re watching the context on bbc news. tim scott becomes the latest republican to quit the race to be president as a new poll shows joe biden trailing to donald trump. we ll talk about that poll in just a moment. donald trumer has returned to the witness stand for a second time in a civil fraud trial in new york. former us president donald trump and his two eldest sons are accused of fraudulently over stating the value of their real estate empire, to obtain favourable loans. the defence has argued that banks made money from mr trump, and they didn t rely on his financial statements. they also say prosecutors have failed to prove that banks wouldn t have loaned him the money even if they had known about inflated assets. our correspondent nadia tawfik joins us from new york. today more quotes. interestingly donald trumpjunior describes his donald trump junior describes his father as donald trumpjunior describes his father
To evacuate their homes. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. We could all do with some good news at the moment and there is more in the search for a covert vaccine. Covid. After Clinical Trials in the United States, the firm moderna says its vaccine is almost 95 effective. Its one of around 50 vaccines now being tested on people worldwide, and its success, along with sziers announced last week, raises hopes that others could also be effective. However, the World Health Organization has warned that with cases surging in europe and the us, now is not the time to be complacent. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Another dose of hope and further evidence that vaccines will provide a way out of this pandemic. Thank you. Stunning early results from this trial, from Us Firm Moderna, have eclipsed the strong ones just a week ago from pfizer biontech. I broke into an ear to ear grin when i heard the numbers. It really exceeded our best hopes, and it is an incred
Transfer of power . More people may die if we do not co ordinate. Light at the end of the tunnel the postponed Tokyo Olympics and paralympics will go ahead, according to the ioc. A british diplomat is hailed as a hero in china after jumping into a river to save a woman from drowning. Hello to you. Well, we all need a bit of good news at the moment. We begin with more good news in the search for a covid vaccine. After Clinical Trials in the United States, the firm moderna says its vaccine is almost 95 effective. Its one of around 50 now being tested on people worldwide and its success along with pfizers announced last week raises hopes that others could also be effective. But the World Health Organization has warned that with cases surging in europe and the us, now is not the time to be complacent. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Another dose of hope and further evidence that vaccines will provide a way out of this pandemic. Thank you. Stunning early results from this trial, fr