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
Tension between the u. S. And iran. Also ahead one of the largest evacuations in a strangely as history is under way with hot weather and strong winds expected to worsen already devastating wildfires. Well its 18 gnc 9 pm in baghdad on at 10 stay a cross the middle easts iran has vowed to retaliate strongly after the u. S. Killed the commander who spearheaded to hans military operations across the region Major General qassam saw him on a no the air strike targeting solo money occurred on a road at Baghdad Airport just a day after pearl iran protesters ended a siege at the u. S. Embassy in iraq near the pentagon says President Donald Trump ordered the attack to protect u. S. Personnel abroad the u. S. Embassy in baghdad has no urged all americans to leave iraq immediately irans Supreme Leader has called for 3 days of National Mourning ayatollah ali how many warned of harsh revenge and said the attack would double sounds resolved to resist the United States. Ates iraqs Prime Minister say
For a jailed separatist leader spains state Attorney Says catch one politician. Should be free. A state of emergency in parts of australia as bushfires burn out of control forcing a rethink for new years eve celebrations im paul race with all the days sport including Le Bron James celebrates his 35th birthday he wakes them all starting on the court as well. Unacceptable and vicious is how iraqs Prime Minister is describing u. S. Airstrikes in both the rank and syria however washington is warning of further action to protect its personnel if necessary the strikes targeted 3 camps of an iranian backed group in iraq 2 in syria as well at least 28 fighters were killed and 51 injured. We are warning the United States as we warned before that their legal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance. Plenty of reaction as you can imagine iraq has warned of dangerous consequences iran says its a terr
Says a new italian law all targeting n. G. O. S migrant ships could be in danger of. Sport former england captain wayne really is leaving the United States but 33 year old has saw him as a player coach with 2nd tier english side dalby county. Hello the us says its still open to negotiations with china in the hopes of reaching a trade deal further talks in washington are planned for next month but hopes are fading they will be fruitful on monday the u. S. Government formally declared china a currency manipulator something beijing has denied well the move came hours after china devalued its currency the one which caused volatility in the Financial Markets and that was after the trumpet administration announced an increase. Tariffs on a further 300000000000. 00 in chinese imports last week when not fully comes into effect next month it will mean virtually every product china exports to the u. S. Will be subject to extra taxes lets cross over to White House Correspondent can really help jo
Democratic republic of congo are meeting to decide how to stop the spread of ebola and out of School Former england captain wayne rooney is leaving the United States the 33 year old has signed as a player coach with 2nd to english side darby county. Hello the trade war between the u. S. And china appears to have accelerated dramatically over the past 24 hours on monday the u. S. Government formally declared china a currency manipulator thats a mostly symbolic action but it is likely to raise tensions between the 2 economic giants and the move came hours after china devalued its currency the one which caused the main u. S. Financial indices to fall by more than 3 percent that was after the Trump Administration announced increased tariffs on a further 300000000000. 00 in chinese imports last week and when that. When he comes into effect next month it will mean virtually every product china exports to the u. S. Will be subject to extra taxes lets bring in our White House Correspondent kel