Welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. We begin in the u. S. , where the death toll from the coronavirus has passed 60,000 people. Hope with glimmer of the preliminary results of a trial conducted in the u. S. And europe showing thehe antiviral remdesivirere helping patients recover more quickly from covid19. American officials plan to make it available to patients as soon as possible. It is set to become the new stanandard of care for patients with covid19. Early results from a study conducted by the u. S. National institutes of health found the antiviral drug remdesivir cut Recovery Time from 15 to 11 days. It caused even the measured u. S. Health officials to show excitement. Although does not seem like a knock at 100 , it is an important proof of f concept. What it hahas proven is that a drug can block this virus. Remdesivir is produced by gilead scienceces, which created it over a decacade ago. The drug actually virus directlyly, blocking enzymes tht allow it to replicate. E. An
What was bomb cyclone yesterday is an area of widely scattered showers. Let me give you another look at live doppler 7. The Santa Cruz Mountains we have scattered showers moving on shore. You can see the pinks and whites will. Some snow in the Higher Elevations and around mt. Hamilton as well. In the east bay, we have showers near concord, antioch. Real vista farther south, in fremont, livermore area. The storm is not over yet. Whats left of it ranks 1 on the storm impact scale for the remainder of today and tonight. Well see scattered showers and possibly some hail, isolated hail or thunder, widely scattered of course and theres a chance of more snow in the higher peaks. A full forecast in a few minutes. Thank you, spencer. The rain is coming as lots of people are hitting the roads for thanksgiving. Thises a live look from sky 7 over 680 this afternoon. You can see all those cars on the overpass trying to get on to the freeway. They are just slowly crawling along. You can see some of
Activists in sudans war torn darfur region meanwhile say that at least 8 people were killed there on monday for refusing to open their businesses as part of the strike videos which havent been independently verified show homes and shops being burnt down the allegations in the forthcoming as Amnesty International says it has new evidence of Human Rights Violations there the Rights Group Says satellite pictures and testimonies confirm that Government Forces and militias attacked 45 villages between july 2018 and february this year aljazeera as Mohamed Veliz more now on the talks between sudans military and the opposition. The 2 sides have suffered from the events of last week the military council has apparently felt that it has lost the moral high ground because of those killings more than 100 about 130 People Killed so there was a lot of condemnations from the International Community and also from inside they have seen how the people have turned against them inside the country that civi
Could to take back to them. A lot of them dont drive, they dont have gas, im just hoping and frankly let me through the line. If you cant get their insulin, they are going to die. And the diabetes medication, high Blood Pressure medications. This is yeah. We are following that, along with this investigation into the death of a three year old migrants being bused out of texas. By Governor Greg Abbott. And the cavalcade continuing in iowa, as candidates make their case at the state fair. We will take you there live coming up as well. We want to begin, though, with this Breaking News we have been following all afternoon. What could be could be a Major Development in the donald trump Georgia Election investigation, with a possible indictment coming as soon as tuesday. Text messages uncovered may public filing showing members of a firm hired by Trump Lawyers coordinated a visit to the Coffee County elections office. The Text Messages, they are part of a Long Running Lawsuit filed against Ge
A treasure trove of surprises. In this video, lets get to the bottom of it all with m gab. Again, thats spokeswoman for the transport for london authority. Theres so much that makes the to buy conic. Every time i take a journey on the to something about it makes me smile. Parents originally from philadelphia in the usa, and shes been a to send since her 1st visit to london. Shes been working for transport for london or t, f, l for short. Since 2012, the, the Maiden Voyage took place on january 10th, 1863. Back then Steam Powered locomotives pulled the gas lead carriages through the tunnels. In the beginning they were only barely under the ground. A welcome to baker street station. Its one of the oldest stations on our network. It was opened in 18. 63 as part of the original root of the metropolitan railway, the old list metro system in the world. The metropolitan railway, originally at 7 stations running from paddington to ferrying didnt baker street was one of them. And these platform