A possible breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 u. S. Drug giant pfizer says its vaccine candidate is 90 percent effective. Also in the news there i mean to end a decade of chaos and bloodshed in libya u. N. Backed talks have begun paving the way for a political transition. And uncertainty in peru is the president faces a 2nd impeachment trial in just 2 months coming up a live update from the capital lima. And bumpy december the legal sports news 27 seen masters champion Sergio Garcia withdrawals from this weeks tournament of the testing positive for corona virus. But were starting with breaking news this hour 1 pm in washington d. C. And literally in the last 2 minutes the u. S. President donald trump has fired his secretary of state. In his words. Has been terminated straight to kimberly how could a White House Correspondent cant believe its begun. Yes thats right mark else for is the secretary of defense or at least he was until this announcement by the u. S. President on twi
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Are killed. Im barbara sara in london with news from europe. Thousands protests on the streets of ukraine. Stepping into history, the chances to buy one of the original staircases from the eiffel tower. Well, a date has been set now. International peace conference to end the fighting in syria is scheduled for january the 22nd. The u. N. Hopes it will bring the syrian deposit to the negotiations table for the first time. This is how the u. N. Secretary osecretarygeneral. The aspirations of all the Syrian People, which guarantees safety and protection to all communities in syria. Well, the u. N. Ais arab leage lachtar brahimi very Important Role in forming the delegation. But i have always said that the delegation has to be has to be credible and representative tiff aas possible. Not all the people who want to come to geneva will be able to come. But they should know that this is not an event. This is a process. And in this process, im sure that everybody who wants to participate in rebu
Companies to larger companies. We are starting to think about welcome to countdown. It is 6 00 youre in london on getting back from the asian emerging markets. This friday morning. Bloomberg reporters standing by across the world, ready to we are just thinking about the deliver the stories that will value that might be coming drive your day. Through asian markets rather than trying to be so country specific about it. There are two big things. Can we move geographically a little bit over the next quarter manus cranny is gauging the appetite for ipos, plus big data or so. The first rate hike in the u. K. , what do you think, or big mess . Caroline hyde has the story. November, december . We did say november. Immelt is making of the one was laughing at us. His case to french leaders. The Inflation Numbers that came out this week were not strong, he sweetened the deal. So it could be delayed a little will france be satisfied . Bit tired november is where our money is at the moment. Carolin
Leadership close at 2. 30 this afternoon some of the contenders are likely to be knocked out of the race. And in sport, Rugby League Legend rob burrow reflects on an emotional fundraiser match following his diagnosis with motor neurone disease. The support, absolutely unbelievable, i will remember it forever. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. The queen is holding talks at sandringham later today to try to map out a future path for the duke and duchess of sussex, following their announcement that they want to step back as senior royals. Prince charles, Prince William and prince harry will be at the meeting and meghan is likely tojoin by phone from canada. There are plenty of questions that might be discussed. How will harry and meghan fund their new lives . They say they want to become financially independent but what does that mean for them . Will the couple keep their royal titles . At the moment theres no suggestion they wish to renounce them. The cost of