Transfer of power . More people may die if we do not co ordinate. Light at the end of the tunnel the postponed Tokyo Olympics and paralympics will go ahead, according to the ioc. A british diplomat is hailed as a hero in china after jumping into a river to save a woman from drowning. Hello to you. Well, we all need a bit of good news at the moment. We begin with more good news in the search for a covid vaccine. After Clinical Trials in the United States, the firm moderna says its vaccine is almost 95 effective. Its one of around 50 now being tested on people worldwide and its success along with pfizers announced last week raises hopes that others could also be effective. But the World Health Organization has warned that with cases surging in europe and the us, now is not the time to be complacent. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Another dose of hope and further evidence that vaccines will provide a way out of this pandemic. Thank you. Stunning early results from this trial, fr
Has uncovered upsetting evidence of babies being stolen from homeless mothers and sold on the black market forjust 400 dollars. Theres more good news in the search for a covid vaccine. Another one has emerged, which appears to be even more effective than the first. Its after Clinical Trials by the us Company Moderna. Interim results from its phase 3 trial show the vaccine is 9a. 5 effective at stopping infections. The trial is still going on and involves more than 30,000 people. 42 of them from high risk groups such as elderly and black, asian and ethnic minority adults. That was not the case in the trials of the Pfizer Biontech jab that announced positive results last week. The data on how safe the vaccine is hasnt been released yet. But early indications are promising, according to this infectious Infectious Disease expert. We know that a lot of people, myself included, are really very interested in the safety results. I think the preliminary results from moderna are very promising.
We were doing about 14 hour days, seven in the morning until seven at night and then wed have a couple of hours preparation in the evening. And the majority of that is science activities. And then at the weekend, the crew willjust try and drop the tempo, because you are up there for six months, its a marathon. You cant go all out all of the time. When this crews Marathon Mission is done in 2021, their private space taxi will be waiting to bring them home. Victoria gill, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres stav da naos. Good afternoon. We are sticking with the mild fina can, very mild for the time of year across much of the country but it is quite breezy and rather cloudy. It is not completely dry, the weather front is bringing wet weather to western scotland, lots of ice about indicate that breeze, warm weather from the azores, hence it is so mild. You can just about make out the outline of the british isles, lots of cloud, heavy rainfall western scotland, light rain for pa
Choices. The Scottish Government is set to announce whether the toughest covid restrictions will be imposed across west scotland. Ministers indicate its too early to say what restrictions will be in place once the lockdown in england ends at the beginning of next month, amid reports the tier system could be strengthened. And if youd like to get in touch about this or any of our other stories then you can contact me at annita mcveigh, bbcyourquestions. Easyjet posts pre tax losses of £1. 3 billion its first annual loss in the airlines 25 year history. Fears for thousands fleeing ethiopia as the Prime Minister says a military operation in the Northern Region of tigray is entering its final phase. Indian factory workers supplying some major british supermarkets say they are being routinely exploited. We have a special investigation. And coming up this hour. 27 hours after blast off, the dragon spacex capsule successfully docks with the International Space station. Hello and welcome if yo
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