To the qatar blockade within the next 2 months. And just their exclusive investigation unveils recordings of one of the worlds most wanted men attempting to negotiate immunity from prosecution in the nation. And this hour president elect joe biden is expected to be a big deal in his plan to revive an economy ravaged by the pandemic, we will carry it live. The World Health Organization is warning the world not to relax its guard as the push for a Coronavirus Vaccine shows signs of progress. This is not the time for complacency. While we continue to receive encouraging news about coffee of 19 vaccines and remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for the new tools to start to rise in the coming months. Right now, we are extremely concerned by the surging cases we are seeing in some countries, particularly in europe and the americas. Us pharmaceutical firm says their results from trials show its vaccine is 94. 5 percent effective. Its really important milestone in the fight against
Peace deals. Heres a look. Jerry good morning and welcome. Im pleased to welcome you all to todays event, election 2020, president elect joseph biden. Following a contentious u. S. Election, joe biden will be the next president of the United States. Leaders in the middle east have mixed emotions about that result, especially those who have prospered throughout Donald Trumps presidency. The entire region undoubtedly will be following the biden team closely as it articulates its policy leading up to the inauguration in january. While there is a theory that the new administration focused on domestic problems needs to push back against major challenges from china will want to put the middle east on the back burner but it is not clear they can succeed. Major questions about the u. S. Approach to the ongoing in conflicts in syria, tensions with saudi arabia and turkey and what to do about israel and the palestinians will confront Vice President resident elected biden whether or not he seeks
Across the u. S. Announce more restrictions as the country hits a new high of daily covert cases. And President Trump supporters take to the streets, backing Election Fraud claims, but he makes little progress in the courts. We begin with breaking news in a dramatic escalation in the civil war. In ethiopia, at least 3 rockets have been fired from ethiopia into eritrea, adding a regional dimension to the conflict. Diplomats in the region say 2 of the rockets hit the eritrean capitals, airports. It comes on the 11th day of fighting between Ethiopian Government forces and leaders in the 2 gray region. The to grand Peoples Liberation front had earlier threatened eritrea. Where fighting between to grain Ethiopian Forces has killed hundreds, and to grand leader has admitted its forces struck 1st, prompting ethiopia to launch an offensive in the region. The t. P. I. Left also said it was behind rocket attacks on 2 airports in the neighboring region. There are reports of massacres and both sid
In as many questions as possible. It is my great pleasure to introduce todays speaker, philip gordon. He is a senior fellow at the u. S. Foreign policy here at cfr. For joining the council fill a special assistant to the president and white house coordinator for the middle east, north africa in the gulf region under president obama. He previously served the assistant secretary of state for european affairs. He is responsible for the relations of more than 50 countries in europe and eurasia along with nato, eu, and the organization for security and cooperation in europe. Phil has also had a distinguished scholarly career having written and coauthored numerous books on u. S. Policy and foreign affairs. Today we are here to recognize his newest book, losing the long game, the false promise of regine change in the middle east. Former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers hails it as an examination of u. S. Regime change efforts in the middle east. The journalist robin whit
Ministrations desire to end caspars blockade by 4 arab nations could happen in the next 2 months to 0. Tains recordings of one of the worlds most wanted men trying to negotiate immunity from prosecution. Ethiopias government has launched airstrikes there to graze capital following through on its promise of more attacks. If rebels refused to surrender, the air force says it carried out what it calls surgical attacks in the city of mccalla. Its the main base for the 2 great Peoples Liberation front or tee p. L. F. Which governs the northern region. Hundreds have died in the conflict which began nearly 2 weeks ago, but as pulled in neighboring eritrea. Prime minister, ill be ahmeds federal government deploy more troops on monday, despite international and regional calls mediation. It says that the conflict will end when the t. P. S. Is brought to justice al jazeera, how it is on the line now from dutch in ethiopia. To tell us more about these asteroids, that in their strikes have been hit