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
Trevor well hello, everybody, welcome to the daily social distancing show, im trevor noah. Today is wednesday, the 27bd of december. Which means there is only 49 days left until trump is no longer president and start starts selling National Secrets on his only fan account, anyway coming up on tonights show, the queen has the vaccine y black people cant buy homes and Michael J Fox will join us on the show, lets do this, welcome to the daily social distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Lets kick things off with the coronavirus pandemic. You know, the reason why our nostrils arent virgins any more. Today the world hit a major milestone as great britan became the first country to officially approve a fully tested vaccine. So big congratulations britan, it is amazing how much you can get done when you dont waste time combing your hair. And you know this is really, really great new
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
About covert 19 vaccines. Fears for reading or refugees who are being moved to an island that aids groups say is dangerous. And people in indian administered kashmir accuse soldiers of widescale abuse which the army denies. Peter stammered with the sport says the Asian Champions League teams begin reaching the last 16 its childs play for so ill have all the details in the next hour. Where we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve facts scenes but in some parts of the worlds the picture is getting worse with case numbers on the rise so as winter approaches no since the start of the pandemic there have been more than 64. 00 a 1000000 confirmed cases worldwide and nearly 1500000. 00 deaths well the u. N. General assembly is holding a special session on the pandemic here in his Opening Statements secretarygeneral antonio good terrorists emphasize that governments must be united in their response. For the 1st time since 145 and world is confr
Say its an attempt to gag the media and iraq protests in cubas capital. Dozens of odd historian, a demonstration calling for the release of a jailed, spotless government has begun what its calling it final assault on the regional capital of t. Great leaders of the Peoples Liberation front say the city of mckenna is being bombarded by heavy weapons and artillery. But the government rejects allegations and says it is carrying out that allegation that is carrying out indiscriminate shelling the u. N. Has appealed for access to the area as concern grows about civilians and thousands of refugees from eritrea who live in tikrit in neighboring sudan. Meanwhile, authorities are struggling to help more than 43000 refugees who fled the fighting and up to 200000 more i expected in the coming days as get the latest from aljazeera. As malcolm webb who is monitoring developments from neighboring kenya, malcolm, what more 1st say to hearing about the situation currently in tikrit and these reports of