Along the border with sudan is worsening, and u. S. President elect joe biden is set to announce his 1st cabinet appointments and tony blinken, a former Obama Administration official, is expected to be named secretary of state. An unschooled, the head of african football has been handed a 5 year ban a by the sports world governing body fifa. Ahmed ahmed was found guilty of financial misconduct following an investigation. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this news hour with a promising breakthrough in the global race to find a vaccine for corona virus. Raising hopes of an end to the pandemic could be within reach the u. K. Pharmaceutical company, astra zeneca and the university of oxford have said they have caught a vaccine for the world. They say that on average have seen is 70 percent effective, but that may increase to 90 percent depending on the dosage at 2. 50 is the cheapest potential vaccine so far with no serious side effects. This is the 3rd Major Company to report
Theyre good eating just gone 6 oclock in moscow you watching r. T. International now france is advising its citizens living or traveling to muslim countries to exercise caution after protests erupted over the french Governments Defense of the right to show controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammed. As more details. It is recommended to exercise the greatest vigilance especially while traveling and in places that are frequented by tourists or expatriate communities this warning has been issued for those traveling and living in some muslim majority countries and it comes as there are rising tensions between france and those countries over comments made by president in the wake of that terror attack the beheading of teachers patti president said that he would defend the right to show controversial cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed now there is this huge anti sentiment that is is sparked up in the wake of that with protests now in many majority muslim countries with some of burn
On a ceasefire in the going to karabakh. Unrest in athens after leaders of the far right Golden Dawn Party a found guilty of running a criminal gang. And for the 1st time in its history the nobel prize for chemistry is said by 2 women that were developing the ability to edit d. N. A. The 2 candidates to be the next Vice President of the United States are preparing for a showdown in Salt Lake City in the coming hour as clear plastic barriers will separate my pens and call me the house who both reportedly tested negative for corona virus but the virus is likely to dominate the 90 minute debate which will focus on president Trumps Health and has been astray sions handling of the pandemic. Amidst the head spinning events of the past week the Vice President ial debate on wednesday takes on unprecedented significance this is going to be a critically important debate usually v. P. Debates are side shows with the kids dates earnestly discussing issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger b
Facials has won the president ial voters. Shot burford women would you please like the. Why dont all terms Election Campaign needs a white suburban women to vote for him. Im going to go with sports as Lewis Hamilton chases a record 92nd waited for me to one and one of the biggest names in combat schools have known michael much of announces his retirement immediately after defending his u. F. C. Lightweight title. But we begin this news hour in iraq where thousands of antigovernment protesters are back on the streets of baghdad they had suspended their rallies because of coronavirus restrictions. The demonstrations against corruption and unemployment began a year ago now and in the months since. Hundreds of people have been killed or injured well lets go straight now talk or a spokesman a full 10 who is in baghdad for us so much to talk us through how turnouts looking today. Well by now we can say that thousands of people have come here to baghdad where which you can see behind me this
Candidates come in the harris suspends travel plans after a staff member contracts covert 19. And operation is underway to return more than a 1000 prisoners home across the front lines of yemen civil war planes carrying he fighters whove been held by the saudi u. A. E. Led coalition have been arriving in the capital sanaa the swap is a trust Building Measure aimed at reviving peace talks the coalition started facing the eightys in march 2015 well earlier a plane carrying say the u. A. E. Coalition forces left the whose you control the capital sanaa the rebels have also released 2 u. S. Citizens in exchange for 250 of their fighters white house says humanitarian workers under loli and business when she died there have been released and the remains of a 3rd american have also been returned or has more. You have planes carrying government and saudi detainees from the airport of sorrow all the way to the city of a pane saudi arabia of the same time who the president boarding planes from th