Truce between armenia and azerbaijan is pushed to its limits as russia warns turkey will not have a place at the negotiating table. For more and more migrants are risking a dangerous new atlantic route from africa to europe via the Canary Islands. And a planets transformed into an uninhabitable hell a un report says World Leaders are failing in their duty to stop climate disaster. I know we start in the United States where divided senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Kearney Barrett just 3 weeks before the president ial election she was nominated by President Trump and her confirmation would increase the conservative majority in the Supreme Court and fisher has been following events on capitol hill in washington d. C. The goal to have him equally bonneton the u. S. Supreme court before the president ial election the 1st step the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing kicking off 16 days after her formal nomination from the Committee Chair a
All backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our constitution and laws as they are written and i believe i can serve my country by playing that role helen fisher has more from capitol hill. Shes saying that she will judge the law as its written and that judges should not interpret the law in the way that they would like to see it written she will stick essentially to what is in the constitution she also said that any time she makes a ruling when she writes a very big she does so thinking of how it will impact those who will be in the wrong side of that those who would lose and not just that but how would that impact if it was our son or daughter on the other side that didnt stop both sides making their political points early on a Lindsey Graham who is the republican chairman of the Committee Said he expected the nomination to go through the committee very much on party lines lamenting the fact that in the past someone like Ruth Bader Ginsburg was confirmed by th
The vaccine actually protects the population. By conducting large scale trials we have 10000 people already vaccinated around the world we still see how the vaccine in older people more disease than the. That is so thats the subject of work and to be more public and. The oxford vaccine is adapted from a common cold virus found in chimpanzees spike glycoprotein a genetic material from the co with 19 virus was added the hope is the human body will develop immunity to the spike protein stopping the virus from entering cells and preventing infection tests indicate the vaccine produces 2 reactions by producing a defensive antibody response as well as t. Cells which attack the infected cells t. Cell response peaked just 14 days after volunteers were injected antibody response peak to 28 days and side effects were minor mainly just tiredness and headaches treated with paracetamol im hopeful ive got my fingers crossed but to say that im 100 percent confident that well get a vaccine this year o
And to govern the protesters once again descend on the madeon capitol determined to remove the president from power. And the u. K. Suspends its extradition treaty with hong kong in response to chinas controversial new security door. And it has been a breakthrough in the urgent search for a Coronavirus Vaccine here in the u. K. A candidate treatment developed at unprecedented speed by a team at the university of oxford as shown promising early results Scientists Say its safe for humans and triggered the critical immune response which could stop the virus in its tracks all the findings are encouraging larger trials still need to be done well brennan begins our coverage from oxford. Phase one really could have gone much better for the oxford team early positive signs now confirmed in the published research this is an important milestone on the park but were now moving rapidly forwards to try to evaluate whether the vaccine actually protects the population. By conducting large scale trials
The pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. 100000 cases the u. N. Is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic thats a syria has now confirmed its 1st case humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in the war torn country would be particularly catastrophic women and children and people with disabilities the marginalized and displaced by the highest price they also at the highest risk of suffering devastating losses from poor feed 19. 00. Lets not forget that in war ravaged countries now systems of collapse else professionals already few in number and often been targeted refugees and other these placed by violent conflict are doubly vulnerable the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war if you see why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is time to put Armed Conflict on