A coming Vaccination Programs possible treatments and rapid testing. Do you think do you feel that these solutions will be spread out to distribute it in an equitable way. Well i think that as you say these are encouraging news especially on the vaccines i think we still need to look at that they dont we need to rely on more than press releases we need to look at very good publications of the results but in the meantime our regulators here in europe and the United Kingdom and the United States are proceeding with emergency authorization process is and thats important and understandable in terms of i could have the access i think its reasonable to assume that wealthier nations those with those advanced deals with companies will be the 1st to get the vaccine and distribute to their populations followed by resource constrained countries professor how long a way is there still ahead of us i mean people are so encouraged by this use of vaccines now are being approved but realistically are w
A warning from one of the Top Health Officials in the u. S. After reporting the highest daily death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began also this hour and crisis in syria the cold of winter is putting millions of people at risk. To their schools to n. B. A. Players get back to training as the Houston Rockets trade on store point god Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in hong kong where the proDemocracy Movement has suffered a huge setback another prominent activist is facing time in prison media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jamie law is the latest to be taken into Police Custody hell be held until a court case in april next year jimmy law is accused of. Fraud and this comes just a day after 3 other leaders were sentenced Joshua Wong Agnes cha and ivan lamb will serve 1310 and 7 months in jail respectively the Hong Kong Government says all those activists broke the law protesters say that trumped up charges t
Life changing exam during the life or turning pandemic thousands of south korean students take the National University entrance exams of the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. Im british manager welcome to news asia glad you could join us for the 1st time in 19 yeahs the taliban and the Afghan Government have come to a written agreement just 3 pages long it is a document that lays out the rules of procedures for negotiations between the 2 sides aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of wall the Development Ends and impasse after nearly 3 months of talks in doha nato is one of a number of organizations to welcome the move saying theres no one ton of 2 such talks. Im not underestimating the difficulties on the risks for setbacks on disappointments on to move forward but im absolutely certain that the only way is. Going into the afghan negotiations and therefore we support them and knowing that it will be difficult from john but that is the only option for all of those who want peace in afghanis
A decision be made on which to take and what data to trusts also this hour a hong kong prodemocracy activist and media mogul jimmy lie is denied bail as he faces charges of fraud and a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in their academic calendar. And on peoples temple the school says n. B. A. Players get back to training the Houston Rockets trade old stalled home gold Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this hour with the coronavirus pandemic in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic theyve been more than sea. 34000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there but the Health Minister
Say is dangerous. And people in indian administered kashmir accuse soldiers of wild scale abuse which the army denies. But we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start so of the pandemic there have been more than 64000000. 00 confirmed cases nearly 1500000. 00 deaths the United Nations is currently holding a special session of the General Assembly on coronavirus diplomatic editor james bays is at the u. N. In new york and james that session is still ongoing but we understand the secretary general has addressed the meeting what did he have to say. Well secretary general was the 1st to address the meeting one of only a couple of speakers who were actually in the room at the General Assembly because of covert 19 most the leaders have submitted their speeches recorded speeches theyre being played out from all of them for