Ive told me a lot of well its good to have you with us covered 19 on the road to recovery thats the focus of a special session of the u. N. General assembly almost 100. 00 World Leaders are taking part in the 2 day summit coincides with the release of a u. N. Study that shows that more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long term effects of the corona virus now the german chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the assembly via video link and she stressed the need for Global Cooperation to ensure equal access to vaccines around the world through 200. 00 need we must never forget the pandemic can only be truly beaten in the long 10 when everyone in the world has fat access to effective vaccines. Oh the coming the pandemic in the long term also means doing everything we can to a much stronger with regards to future challenges and crises to this and we need to close the International Cooperation above all with strong the International Organizations the
Grey. They say its held to its enemies and good news from china about a possible covert 900 that seen as cases in europe and elsewhere. So im going to go with the sport as brazil make the best start to a world cup, qualifying campaign, the one victory against your reply to the news. The u. S. Says its pulling out additional troops from afghanistan and iraq by mid january. Thatll leave around 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country just before President Trump leaves office. But senior figures in the military and Trumps Republican Party say its a mistake and a risky move. Alan fisher has more from the white house. Donald trump campaigned in 2016 and ending americas wars abroad. In the final days of his presidency, hes acting to cut numbers in both iraq and afghanistan. From 4500 in afghanistan, the number will drop to 2500. It will be the same number in iraq where there are currently more than 3000 personnel. This is consistent with our established plans and strategic objectives suppo
Ethiopias conflict. Thousands are displaced and left without basic sanitation and what little food. The countrys Prime Minister describes International Calls for dialogue. As in the syrians and Domestic Affairs and the call for welcome to the program. One of irans leading Nuclear Scientists has been assassinated. It will be sunday has long been suspected by the west, and israel of masterminding, a secret Nuclear Weapons program, as car was ambushed outside the capital tehran, according to iranian media, he later died in hospital. The countrys foreign minister zarif has tweeted there were serious indications of an israeli role in the attack. Israel has not commented on the event. A country right in the heart of iran, transformed into a scene of horror. The images are too graphic for us to show. Body parts lie scattered in a bloody end to a controversial life top scientists mock suffocate. The day perished in what seems like a targeted attack. Homilies shows a car carrying him was shot a
Affect thousands of people and youre just referring to that specific region. But what does this offensive mean for the entire region . You know, there are those with me, but ive been saying, well, you know, its a huge country with 10000000. People likely our neighboring countries, neighboring countries know that people 43 estimated by these estimated because there are many people people when you move to a country complex from day one, since it depends in 2011. Lately, when this is, when you have this many refugees, you dont expect them to see if theyre coming to europe. Theres, theres going to be a migration the leaders need to take it seriously. Samuel gadgetry with his eyes on an evolving story there in ethiopia. Much thanks for your perspective. Thank you michael. Lets have a look at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour. The talks between the e. U. And britain over trade deal have resumed in london. They are being seen as a last ditch attempt to secure a formal ag
Congress chooses a former World Bank Official to be the countrys new president. Its 3rd this week, and al jazeera obtains recordings of one of the worlds most wanted men, trying to negotiate unison from prosecution. Hello, welcome to the program. There is more good news in the battle against covert 1000, but also warnings to the world, not to let down its guard as infections continue to soar. The u. S. Pharmaceutical firm modernists says early results from trials show its vaccine is 94. 5 percent effective, far exceeding expectations. We looked out about 20000000. 00 doses of the vaccine at the end of this year. And were looking forward to making about 500000000. 00 to a 1000000000. 00 this next year. But that is going to be a 247 operation. It will be maternal alone solves this problem. Its going to require many vaccines as weve been saying for a while, but we ought to be able to do our part from here for. This is really important. Well, its just a week since pfizer by own take announ