lockdown. this is not a political issue this is not an individual rights issue this is a public health issue the united states top coronavirus expert tells. they ll be more suffering and unless people wear masks and continue just social distance also hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jimmy lying is headed back to jail after his bail was revoked. and in sport it was a record breaking a night in basketball s top league the n.b.a. baccy hammond stepped up to the san antonio spurs to become the 1st woman to coach again. welcome to the news are for many 2020 is a year they d rather forget dominated by the devastating current virus pandemic and the twin health and financial crises that continue to grip of the world but much of the social distancing going on the restrictions will mainly be muted celebrations to usher in 2021 this is the view in sydney. as you can see the fireworks have just begun a 1000000 people would have gathered here to watch this spectacular fi
microsoft admits that it s the latest victim of a highly sophisticated hack by suspected russian operatives. to begin with news of the release of hundreds of school boys kidnapped by an armed group in nigeria 6 days ago the government under mounting pressure over its handling of the crisis has been negotiating for their release protesters politicians to increase security while the large social media campaign labeled bring back our boys has been launched at ciena state government says that it s not yet clear if all of the schoolboys have been freed. we have so far. given 340. schoolchildren later on we also understand 4 have joined so we have to leave 344. children that we need to cut and now they have surrendered or that is with them so we will find out from. parts. still some left like i said even the figure we gave was not to stick because we were looking at doing city $30.00 to $400.00 and now we have gotten $344.00 so we will know exactly about tomorrow the boys were take
a lack of satellites could leave us blind to vital changes in the arctic and antarctic for years. hello, ethiopia s prime minister says the military operation in the northern tikrit region is over. after government troops entered the original capital mccully, the national army s chief of staff says they re now in full control of the city. earlier to grain leaders said the city was under heavy bombardment. has about today the city of mecca, i was subjected to artillery, shelling and airstrikes targeting the city. the regional government announces that the attacks against the city and its residents are a violent attack. and we pledge to respond to it, and we will hold out despite the ferocity of the aggression. the un s commissioner for refugees appealed for access to the area. as concern grows for more than half a 1000000, people who live there entry to the region has been tightly controlled and phone and internet links cut since fighting began 3 weeks ago. in neighboring suda
theo piers government says to ground forces are giving up the fight, but they re adamant. battling on the u.s. president elect joe biden plans to reveal more of his cabinet choices within hours after his transition to the white house formally began, the head of a government agency responsible for this process is finally acknowledged by then as the apparent winner of the election have reports from washington d.c. . this is the letter president elect. joe biden has been waiting for, giving him the federal resources he needs to begin putting his administration in place. trump loyalists. emily murphy had delayed for weeks, but monday in this letter, she says she decided on her own, not the biden was going to be president, but that he can start planning in case he is us president deltron tweeted out. he gave her permission to move forward, adding their own case strongly continues, we will keep up the good fight. but almost all of his legal cases have been quickly thrown out of cou
on kong s pro-democracy activist joshua wang is back in court to face charges for his role in protests against the controversial security bill. the u.s. says it s hoping to begin a program of vaccinations against calls at 19 is early as december 11th, the head of the white house vaccine task force plans to vaccinate 20000000 people before the end of the year. now this one comes during the surge of new infections across the u.s. . mike hanna reports from washington d.c. hundreds of thousands of americans are heading home for the thanksgiving holiday. and health officials view these long lying to me as ominous predicting that the already calamitous co good figures could rise even further. as the consequences of this mass travel are measured. despite an urgent call from the centers for disease control, for all americans to stay at home, more than a 1000000 passengers traveled on friday alone. not didn t stop me now and i am nervous. but i want to be with my babies. i feel safe t