For weeks off to nationwide at least pretended she protests in nigeria. Hello, im christine one. Boy, its good to have your company. I was off to being handed a 72 hour deadline to surrender. 8 is off. Thats a gripe. Peoples liberation front showed no signs of giving in. At the weekend, ethiopias Prime Minister made gave the t. P. A. Live until wednesday to hand themselves of face a final assault. A spokesman for the ethiopian ministry, one civilians in the besieged to grab capital mechanic. That there will be no mercy if they dont save themselves before a final offensive to flash else defiant, regional leaders. The hundreds and possibly even thousands have been killed in fighting in a strike. And it is strikes that he brought early this month about 40000. 00 people into neighboring sudan. And for more on the story im joined by adam. Its all a man from chatham house. Hes a research on the wall, hold off africa. Welcome c. D. To every news africa. So what is the most likely outcome . Fo
And more promising news in the fight against covert nineteens, the drug maker, astra zeneca says the vaccine its developed with Oxford University is up to 90 percent effective. And that its cheap to make it easy to store and publish only us welcome to the program. Chinas space agency launched its Ambitious Mission to the moon to bring rock samples back to earth. Chang, who 5, named for a chinese goddess of the moon, took off successfully from the space center on chinas Southern Island. Its the, 1st mission by any nation to retrieve lunar samples. Since 2970 s. , the probe is expected to bring back 2 kilos of rocks and soil to help scientists learn more about earths nearest neighbor, including how it was for arms. And the mission also showcases the advances that china has made in Space Exploration technology. This spacecraft has towered above the Southern Island province of hina and 5 days a symbol of chinas technological prowess. And its military might a source of pride for many chines
Morticians. Welcome to do that. You could join us. China launched a rocket today to the moon seeking to bring samples of luna rocks and dust back to the john 5 name for the ancient chinese moon goddess. Took off successfully from china. Its the 1st mission in 4 decades. And if successful, it would make china only the 3rd country to bring back samples from the moon after the u. S. And the former soviet union. And for more on this launch, im joined by mark mccall cohen, Senior Advisor for science, an exploration of the European Space agency. Marc welcome and rocks have been brought back from the moon before. What is the scientific importance of this mission . Well, as you know, the Apollo Missions and also soviet Unmanned Missions brought back rocks in the sixtys and seventys. But where the Chinese Mission is going is actually interesting. Its a much younger region of the moon than the Previous Missions have been to the top of a volcano, a very smooth, flat volcano, not a spike, but its
Devastated the worlds labor force with new n numbers showina dramatic reduction in work hours. The International Labor organization suggests that 17 of the worlds working hours were wiped out in the Second Quarter of this year. The Un Agency Says thats the equivalent of nearly 500 million fulltime workers losing their jobs. It compared the hours worked with last years october to december quarter. North and south america saw the largest drop at 28 . Working hours contracacted 17. 5 in europe and central asia. Other regions had hours shrink by around 15 . The ilo projects global labor income between january and september decline by 10. 7 from thee same period last year, a decrease worth 3. 5 trillion. It is clear that suppoport f jobs and labor income will need to be maintained and sustainine and continue into next year. Thats required to keep employment, businesses and incomes afloloat. He ilo director general stressed the need to continue economic measures over the long term. Japan cou
Corona has taken a toll on the cultural sector including on the summer festivals back in still rocking in germany. And whats it like in venice where there have been more fish than overseas tourists. How is moscows art scene reviving after the strike lockdown. And how cells work celebrating the 100th anniversary of its festival a cultural tour of europe and the time. It may seem as if bill is normal on stage in salzburg austria with some of us performing Richard Strauss opera electra but there are strict safety rules in place at the festival and its hardly normal outside salzburg is not as it was the city is almost empty the atmosphere in subdued. This was not have a summer Music Festivals 100th anniversary was supposed to be. But its a minor miracle that the festival is happening at all with the pope at 19 pandemic 1st of all president hegar harbors starved law made it possible. To insist i would have been ashamed of our current us if weve not had a festival this year. After all it was