Prodemocracy activists sentenced for their part in last years hong kong protests the latest crackdown on dissent in the chinese rule territory warning to others are jailed for between 7 and 13 and a half months. Western german city of tears left in mourning after a man plows his car into pedestrians killing 5 people including a 9 week old but. As welcome to the program britain has authorized the emergency use of the covert fax in jointly produced by the us. And German Company by aunt speaking at a press conference by a chief medical officer said the rollout of the vaccine in the u k. Will happen in the next couple of days meanwhile pfizer is calling it a historic moment in the fight and the coronavirus. Booze and is headquarters in mines part tell us more about what the scientists say. Well it was a very impressive press conference impressing i think because dr. Who is you know the founder one of the 2 founders and heads of research here at biotech together with his wife dr as. He desc
If you get caught with covid 19, the closest hospital is probably one hour away for most people here. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this has been a day for honoring americas military veterans, of peace and war, amid the political war over the president ial race. President trump still shows no sign of conceding to president elect biden, or
The palestinians pay respects to their chief negotiator cybernetic out as he is laid to rest. And joining with the sports they head of english football, resigns out to using a racist slur. And there are calls for more diverse representation in top levels of the game. So it was out in this hour in hong kong where more than a dozen lawmakers resigned in solidarity after the territories government disqualified 4 of their opposition. Politician, colleagues. Yet there we go. So china is Legislature Passed a patriotism resolution, which allows the removal of lawmakers who were to challenge beijings rule. Hong kongs democracy says it amounts to the end of the one country 2 systems principle, which has been in place since 1907, when hong kong was handed back to china from the united kingdom, with a decision made by the Central Government in the state. That all this time, those are all tolerant will be taken away and all the problems we will be settled by steve. Good to make 2nd tier of cost to
If you get caught with covid 19, the closest hospital is probably one hour away for most people here. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this has been a day for honoring americas military veterans, of peace and war, amid the political war over the president ial race. President trump still shows no sign of conceding to president elect biden, or
Sparked by a regulatory crackdown. Tencent earnings are out later today. Kongs of hong prodemocracy lawmakers resign as beijing tightens control. Carrie lam supports banning those not deemed sufficiently patriotic. Lets look at how things are shaping up when it comes to the start of the session. It continues to get some of that rebounding onring concerns might want to stick to. Rade could berecovery somewhat stop start. It did not move on rates and did at stimulus and effectively pushed back expectation for the timing of relative rates aired the kiwi market not pricing that in all of 2021. The nikkeis little bit negative but the top x are wiping out all of its losses for the ear and looking like that momentum could be sustained. Take a look at futures up about s p hittingsaw the the 10 week i. High. Prodemocracy lawmakers in hong kong are set to resign en masse after beijing passed a to ban politicians not sufficiently stock. I would not say that for members remaining in a Legislative