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Activists are attacked trial trying to get into chechnya. And barack obama welcomes Justin Trudeau. And ill be here with all of the days sport, including liverpool face Manchester United in the Liverpool League if what is being called the mother of all football games. The european refugee crisis has claimed more lives. Five people including a baby drowned as the boat they were in capsized while they were trying to make the dangerous crossing interest turkey to greece. This latest tragedy and so many others have been on the minds of the European Union interior ministers. They say they are worried about the decision by some europe ran countries to close their boarders completely. Leading to this sprawling greek camp. Up to 14,000 people are stuck there, and condi ....
Theres more good news about the Coronavirus Vaccine being developed by pfizer and biontech. Final trials show it is 95 effective in people over the age of 65. Whats more, it has passed safety checks, making it ready for approval by authorities around the world. Its due to role out later this year. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Yet more good news on vaccines. Last week, Pfizer Biontech were the first to show their vaccine protected against covid. Now we have more detail. Pfizer says the vaccine is more than 94 effective among the over 65s and showed the same consistent protection among volunteers from different ethnicities. There were 170 cases of covid 19 across more than 40,000 volunteers. 162 of those were among the volunteers who got dummy or placebo jabs, and only eight in the vaccinated group. There were no serious safety concerns, but a small minority o ....
Might have on the outcome. Theres credible evidence that Australian Special forces unlawfully killed at least 39 civilians, farmers and prisoners in afghanistan. Thats the conclusion of a long awaited investigation by the Australian Defence force into misconduct by its forces. The inquiry investigated 57 incidents and heard from hundreds of witnesses. It uncovered a shameful record of a warrior culture by some soldiers, according to the chief general, angus campbell. He apologised to the afghan people. To the people of afghanistan, on behalf of the Australian Defence force, i sincerely and unreservedly apologise for any wrongdoing by australian soldiers. Ive spoken directly with my afghan counterpart, general zia, to convey this message. General campbell also outlined a culture of toxic competitiveness within ....
Were quite rightly asking us to make that effort. If you want to get in touch with me about any of those stories or anything else on todays programme tweet me Annita Mcveigh or use the bbcyourquestions. Uk doctors leaders warn hospitals will be overwhelmed with Covid Patients unless tough new restrictions are imposed after lockdown ends in england, amid reports of rules easing to allow families to get together over christmas. None of us want to see a situation over christmas where youve got the mixing of generations of people, grandparents mixing with grandchildren, and then finding that some of the most vulnerable in our society end up becoming infected. And coming up this hour the toll of the coronavirus pandemic. The uk sees its highest levels of loneliness this autumn as a result of the disease. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay w ....
Will have the latest on the us election for you and also coming up, new research on dinosaurs suggest they were thriving right up until they were thriving right up until the moment that meteorite wiped them out. Lets begin with some good news. Us pharmaceutical giant, pfizer, says latest data suggests its Coronavirus Vaccine is even more effective than we first thought. Pfizer and biontech have released preliminary data which suggests the vaccine is 94 effective in people aged over 65. Last week, the Companies Said the vaccine was more than 90 effective. And earlier this week, there was impressive data on another vaccine, made by us company moderna, suggesting nearly 95 protection. Heres our medical editor fergus walsh. The us New York Times has created this vaccine tracker. They include vaccines russia and china ha ....