To double the countrys daily coronavirus Testing Capacity, by opening two new megalabs. A crucial week for brexit trade negotiations with eu leaders hope to sign off on a deal on thursday. And if you want to get in touch on any of todays stories, please do you can tweet me rebeccajonesbbc or with bbcyourquestions. The head of the International Olympic Committee Says hes confident the postponed tokyo games will go ahead in front of spectators next year. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. And coming up. Taxi for space . The new era for extraterrestial travel as the space x capsule heads into orbit hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Iam i am rebecca jones. The Prime Minister is to carry on working from downing street after being told to self isolate by the nhs test and trace system. Borisjohnson says he was pinged as he put it because of a meeting he had last week with conservati
And the careers being stopped before theyve even begun the number of apprentices made redundant during the pandemic was two thirds higher than in 2019. Hello and welcome to bbc news, im annita mcveigh. We begin today with further promising news this morning about a third vaccine. The oxford Coronavirus Vaccine shows a strong immune response in adults in their 60s and 70s, raising hopes that it can protect age groups most at risk of illness from the virus. Researchers say the phase two findings, based on 560 healthy adult volunteers, are encouraging. The outcome of trials into whether the vaccine actually stops people developing covid 19 in larger, phase three trials is expected in the coming weeks. The uk has already ordered 100 million doses of the oxford vaccine, a0 million doses of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine and five million of the moderna vaccine. If successful, the oxford vaccine is expected to be easier to manufacture on a worldwide scale than the other two, and oxford and astra
All right. Good monday morning, everyone. Glad you are with us, im poppy harlow. And im jim sciutto. We begin this morning with breaking good news in the hunt for a crust vaccine. Drug giant moderna just released the first analysis of its vaccine and says its phase three trial tested on tens of thousands of subjects shows the vaccine is a remarkable 94. 5 effective. We should note moderna is a joint project with the National Institutes of health. Its very similar to pfizers vaccine early data results, more on when it may be ready for the public, you and me, in just a moment. The promising news comes as the nation faces its worst days so far in this pandemic. Nearly 70,000 people were hospitalized with the virus on sunday, more than ever before in this country, 15 states reporting record hospitalizations, the nation just topping 11 million confirmed infections. Right. And when you think about that 11 million number consider this for context, it took the United States 98 days after the f
Nothing distracts us. Ill speak to a vaccine czar next. And Pressure Point. President trump goes to unprecedented lengths in his election fight, meeting with state officials in an unsuccessful effort to overturn the Election Results. Is the president damaging democracy . President trumps former National Security adviser, ambassador john bolton, and republican governor larry hogan, join me to discuss in moments. Plus, full speed ahead. President elect joe biden begins to stock his cabinet including the coveted treasury position, but will trumps transition blockade stop president elect bidens push forward . Ill speak to Senior Adviser to the Biden Transition Team jen psaki ahead. Hello, im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is suffering from a pandemic that is now spreading faster and more broadly than ever, according to Public Health experts, and suffering frankly from a severe lack of leadership as President Trump spends his fining weeks in office sulking and stewi
Officials to overturn the Election Results. Is the president damaging democracy . Trumps former National Security adviser john bolt owen aformer Maryland Governor larry hogan joins me next. Will trumps transition blockade stop president elect bidens push forward . Ill speak to the senior visor to the bidens Transition Team jen psaki ahead. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington. The state of on our union is suffering from a pandemic spreading more faster and broadly than ever according to Public Health experts. And suffering, frankly, from a severe lack of leadership as President Trump spends his final weeks in office sulking and stewing over an election he lost by more than 6 million votes in the popular vote and more than 50 in the electoral vote. Hours ago, the president faced a major blow to his efforts to undermine the election when a ferm judge in pennsylvania dismissed with prejudice with a key lawsuit. This morning, President Trump railed against the paris climate before the g20 s