A u. N. Team visiting the tiebreak region is shot at stopping 2 checkpoints. And Officials Say theyre imposing Strict Health measures at polling stations as around 100000000 people vote in local and Regional Elections in tunisia is experiencing the worst covert 19 outbreak in Southeast Asia recording more than 580000 cases and 800000 virus related deaths some Health Experts awarded a large voter turnout will make matters worse the election has already been delayed once because of the growing infection right well just of washington joins us now live from south. Just to just tell us whats happening there where you are. Can you can imagine even in normal circumstances these elections are logistical challenge let alone in the midst of covert 19 but here we do see that there are some thank you protocols in place trying to seek out a state who have sanitizer and. Compulsory in this area but there is no concern from doctors that a large turnout could lead to a spike in infection. There has be
A dutch court finds shells nigerian subsidiary responsible for multiple pipeline leaks and or does it to pay damages to farmers. And we look at why namibia is government is auctioning off 170. 00 elephants despite the pills by conservationists im 7 asked with sports event is that cage and perrier refuses to criticize christiane around his top scorer faces a Police Investigation for breaching coded 19 rules by going on a ski trip. Alone welcome to the news hour we begin with the race to vaccinate the world against 19 and fears the poorer nations are being left behind and richer countries are rushing to secure supplies johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says its vaccine is 66 percent effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms of covert 19 and plans to seek emergency authorization in the United States next week thats just a day off the American Company novaks said its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u. K. Trials b
Company Purdue Pharma appears before congress to answer for its role of the buick crisis. We begin in the u. S. Where covered 19 cases have now passed 50000000 with no slowdown in size the rollout of the 1st Pfizer Vaccine across the atlantic and the u. K. Offers hope but relief in the states is still a long way off on tuesday president elect joe biden and his plan to bring an end to the pandemic mike hanna has a story. President tran convened what was billed as a proxy summit just days before the f. D. A. Is q. To decide on whether to grant an emergency use authorization for the 1st of 2 vaccines and it appears the president is intent on claiming credit for the unprecedented keeps up the fact seems development were just days away from authorization from the f. D. A. And were pushing on the heart that which point we will immediately begin mass distribution before operation warp speed the typical time frame for development that approval has you know. Could be infinity and we were very v
Incumbent leader and his predecessor a facing off and in an election thats being called a battle of 2 giants and iran really says more details about the assassination of its Top Nuclear Scientist saying he was killed by a satellite controlled machine gun. The air. Millions of people across the u. S. State of california are now back on to a sweeping coronavirus lockdown roles the stay at home order places restrictions on the opening of restaurants cylons and stores while also limiting gatherings the measures are being implemented as a state reports its highest ever number of infections more than 30000 in a single day there is some hospitals could run out of intensive care beds while the virus is now killing more than 2000 americans a day thats 2 people every minute its helped the food and Drug Administration will approve a vaccine soon but it will still take months for it to be fully evolved out reports from washington. New walk downs are being put in place in a number of regions amid t
A few weeks left in office. The us secretary of state to gives his backing to israels illegal settlements. Forced from their homes, remains the ethiopians who fled to sudan and are not desperate for help. But begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and the race to find an effective vaccine. But its chemical company, astra. Zeneca says its phase 2 trials are promising when it comes to protecting groups most at risk. It says people who are over 70 whove been tested have shown a strong immune response. The vaccines being developed with Oxford University and its in the final stages of human trials, but some parts of the world are still battling the virus infections across africa have not so passed 2000000, but with low rates of testing, the real number is thought to be much higher worldwide, there are now over 56000000 covered 1000 cases, and more than 1300000 deaths. The United States has the highest number of cases and the highest mortality rate. Tony angela has been following