President elect joe biden, is set to announce his cabinet anthony blank in a former Obama Administration official is expected to be appointed secretary of state. And ethiopias government gives northern forces 72 hours to surrender. Its needed dismisses the ultimatum and in school walnut before Danielle Medvedev has won the last big title of the mens tennis season, the russian beat dominic to claim the a. T. P. Finals as the term and says goodbye to london. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this news hour with promising results in the search for a corona virus vaccine. Astra zeneca says late stage testing of its covert 1000 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 and says it can be stored at fridge temperatures, making it easier to distribute the u. K. s health secretary, matt hancock, says 100000000. 00 doses are on order and could start to be rolled out from nex
Along the border with sudan is worsening, and u. S. President elect joe biden is set to announce his 1st cabinet appointments and tony blinken, a former Obama Administration official, is expected to be named secretary of state. An unschooled, the head of african football has been handed a 5 year ban a by the sports world governing body fifa. Ahmed ahmed was found guilty of financial misconduct following an investigation. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this news hour with a promising breakthrough in the global race to find a vaccine for corona virus. Raising hopes of an end to the pandemic could be within reach the u. K. Pharmaceutical company, astra zeneca and the university of oxford have said they have caught a vaccine for the world. They say that on average have seen is 70 percent effective, but that may increase to 90 percent depending on the dosage at 2. 50 is the cheapest potential vaccine so far with no serious side effects. This is the 3rd Major Company to report
The situation for refugees worsens. And another record high for Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere is still growing in spite provirus shutdowns. And i suppose the president s of african football ahmed ahmed has been banned for 5 years. Governing body is found guilty of breaching its code of ethics. Those behind a major covert 19 experimental vaccine could be up to 90 percent effective and cheaper than the other 2. Its being developed by also university and manufactured by astra zeneca. The drug company has pledged not to make a profit from the vaccine. During the pandemic fellow pharmaceutical firms find and one berner have reported about 95 percent efficacy from the late stage trials of their experimental vaccines. The Oxford Astra Zeneca announcement is the latest dose of hope for a world waiting for a breakthrough against covert 19. The virus has killed most 1400000 people so far. Jonah, how reports now from london. Its being hailed as a vaccine for the World Pharmaceuticals firm as
A standoff in northern ethiopia. Government forces prepare for a final assault on the city of mckenna. To grant forces refused to step aside. And the president s of african football ahmed ahmed has been banned for 5 years. Footballs world governing body farming amid guilty of breaching its code of ethics. Begin here in the u. K. Where theres more good news in the race to find a Coronavirus Vaccine. This time from the drug company astra zeneca working in partnership with Oxford University. They staged testing shows. Its candidate vaccine is on average 70 percent effective in protecting against code 19, but that increases to 90 percent depending on the way its administered. Russias and it has vaccine is the least expensive so far. And crucially, it can be stored in the fridge, which makes it easier to distribute on the vaccines need to be stored at much lower temperatures. The firm says it can have up to 200000000 doses ready by the end of the year. Possibly 3000000 by 2021. Turn how rep
Human presence in space we look back at the International Space stations past and what it has ahead. Well its all down to the battleground states ahead of tuesdays u. S. President ial election donald trump is on a world win blitz of 5 of them and just as finished a rally in georgia earlier in iowa he painted more gloomy pictures of what a biden presidency could look like. The biden herons plan would outlaw American Energy you would at least economic misery for iowa wisconsin pennsylvania michigan and every other state in america your energy costs would go up at a level that youve never seen he wants to raise your taxes and you know its not him he has no clue hes shot ok hes got the guy has total you know it i know it were all trying to be nice but i know im also for a while hes got a nice guy joe bidens been focusing on pennsylvania well trump won the all important swing state by less than half a percent in 2016 selection by people to come out and vote against trump this time last time