Astrazeneca is to resume vaccine trials amid questions about initial claims and the level protection with Global Buyers numbers on the up. But thanksgiving travelers defy warnings to stay at home. New data shows china is likely to miss targets this year. Imports were slow last month after septembers high, leaving the full year targets out of reach. We are seeing australian stocks starting off on the back after snapping three days of gains yesterday, just falling short of being able to erase those 2020 losses. But we are still on track for the best monthly gain on record, about 13 on november. Further positive news for the country when it comes to 28 consecutive days of no coronavirus cases from victoria. Looking at u. S. Futures right now, initial jab, if you will, cash markets were shot overnight. Not a lot of price action. Down about six points on your s p futures. Dollaryen, 104. 24. Limits to the upside. New york crude below 45. We will talk about opecplus later on. The outlook for
A cease fire in syrias last rebel stronghold plus returning to the streets workers in france continue their protests against pension reform plans with the transport strike entering its 37th day. Top story iran is denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crashing at tehran on weapons day its calling the allegations against them psychological warfare video posted by the New York Times does appear to show the moment a missile hit the plane near tehran airport the video shows a small explosion when the airliner was purportedly struck but the jet did not immediately explode the aircraft did continue flying for several minutes and turned back towards the airport whilst it was at the same time on fire alan fischer has more. This was taken seconds before a ukrainian passenger jet crashed near tehran security cameras captured the dramatic moment of impact on the ground 176 people died including 63 canadians that countrys Prime Minister says it was down by in
Violence towards women. And a question for many museums should former colonial powers return artefacts they took from the countries they once occupied . Hello and welcome to bbc news. Lets start in hong kong, where polls have just opened in local elections. The authorities have threatened to suspend voting if theres serious trouble, but pro democracy campaigners have told their supporters not to cause any disruption. This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro democracy and pro beijing candidates. The poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. More than a thousand candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the citys 18 districts. A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates, butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Det
I am lee wellington. Sports news. A big debate in australia. Unpopularity or outright racism. The indigenous sportsman being booed at every match. Yemens Vice President made what many say as a highly symbolic visit to aden the port city in the south afterrow Houthi Rebels were driven out. He is the most senior official to visit aden since the city was recaptured. There has been a defendant civil war. Southern forces loyal to the exiled government are fighting Houthi Rebels loyal to the former president. The u. N. Says 4,000 people, half of them civilians, have been killed and around this extraordinary number 16 Million People are in need of some kind of aid. Several members of the cabinet, he promised normal life would return to the city. And the government spoke to al jazeera about how bad the situation is there. What happened in aden are inconceivable crimes. Residents will never forget these horrible scenes or the level of the widespread destruction this city has faced. From here an
Traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays breaking news. North korea says it conducted its fifth test of a Nuclear Warhead today. Several countries are now condemning the actions from pyongyang as tensions rise on the korean peninsula. Angelica joins us now with the latest. The white house says president obama has been briefed about the matter. And has consulted with the south korean president and japanese prime confirm if it was actually a nuclear bomb. They were able to detect a powerful explosion. The latest nuclear test caused a five pointthree magnitude earthquake. Which was detected by south korean and International Reporting agencies. North Korean State Television says the latest test is in retaliation to recent sanctions by western nations. State media also said the warhead could be mounted on ballistic rockets and would enable north korea to produce a variety of smaller, higher strike power. Some news from overnight here in milwa