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
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
Going to feel it not only going to be the rain were going to see some strong gusty winds as we get a real cold front that is headed our way tonight though even today was kind of quiet day out there. We have lots of sunshine we have some warm temperatures tonight starting to see some clouds moving in the winds begin to pick up along the coastline. Thats the first hand some changes on the way but today you can hardly tell were talking about a storm off the coastline. Weve got 70s mid 70s in oakland 74 in san jose and 71 in santa rosa, but everything is about to change look what off the coastline is this area of low pressure deepen this ridge was able start to strengthen across park, the west coast, but its moving quickly now and were starting to see that little swirl off the coast that is live in our direction. Thats whats going to bring the rain right now tracking your skies were not seen any raindrops just yet most of us just high level clouds out ahead of the main cold front. Its not
President elect. Joe biden is to announce his 1st cabinet appointments. And he brings in a former Obama Administration official is expected to be secretary of state. So this promising news this monday in the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine astra zeneca has said that late stage testing of its covert 19 treatment shows it can be up to 90 percent effective without any serious side effects. The company has been developing the vaccine with oxford university. Importantly says it can be stored at frigid temperatures, making it easier to distribute the u. K. Health secretary, matt hancocks, is 100000000 doses are on order and it could start to be rolled out next month. John, how in london to talk us through that when it all sounds pretty good. Just one about the word and it can be up to 90 percent effective if you got more data. Yeah, its important that astra zeneca, the British Pharmaceutical Company that partnered with the university of oxford said this morning when they announced these res