Democracy. On the spicer welcome to the Program Police in the capital minutes kava arrested more than 100. 00 antigovernment protesters who were demanding that president Alexander Lukashenko step down. Police accuse them of take make taking part in a legal mass protests and thousands of people had taken to the streets again 3 weeks into demonstrations that started after lucas ranko claimed an overwhelming reelection victory observers said the election was not free or fair now says he will soon meet with russian president Vladimir Putin was offered to send in Security Forces to quell the protests. And for more now we are joined on the phone by nicholas call and connelly in minsk nick how did the demonstration go today. Well you want to ordinary pouring rain and then Tropical Heat as the sun came out again people very distribute across city today that was the Police Strategy blocking roads prevent preventing demonstrate from gathering in one group marching as they had in previous weekend
Florida cases soar past 100048 6th straight day. And finding a new way to Show Team Spirit this College Football season the pandemic is forcing campuses to adapt. We begin with the fight against covert 19 and a breakthrough in the race to develop a vaccine the Lancet Medical Journal has published encouraging results from scientists at Oxford University whove been conducting early human testing well they found their vaccine appears to be safe and produced a strong immune response right now its being tested in large numbers in the u. K. South africa and brazil there are more than 250. 00 different vaccines being worked on around the world with 23 of them already in human trials the World Health Organization has welcomed the progress but says that any viable vaccine must be available to everyone we split you can call me them and of course. Thats the only way you can get you know Fair Distribution but. One of the warring part of this we see is. Some countries moving the other direction of
10000 people already vaccinated around the world we still need to see how the vaccine in older people more is the disease than the. That is so thats the subject of work and to be more public and. The oxford vaccine is adapted from a common cold virus found in chimpanzees spike glycoprotein a genetic material from the code with 1000 virus was added the hope is the human body will develop immunity to the spike protein stopping the virus from entering cells and preventing infection tests indicate the vaccine produces 2 reactions by producing a defensive antibody response as well as t. Cells which attack the infected cells t. Cell response peaked just 14 days after volunteers were injected antibody response peak to 28 days and side effects were minor mainly just tiredness and headaches treated with paracetamol im hopeful ive got my fingers crossed but to say that im 100 percent confident that well get a vaccine this year or indeed next year is a last just you know an exaggeration were not
Politicians divided over a new covered 19 aid bill there as the number of cases in the country edges closer to 4000000. 00 plus. Im going home reporting from the island which used to be the largest exporter of life in the world well tell you why the numbers appeared to do it before. But theres been a breakthrough in the race to develop a curve a 1000 vaccine the Lancet Medical Journal has published some promising results from scientists at Oxford University who have already been conducting early human testing Scientists Say its safe for humans and also triggered the critical immune response which could stop the virus in its tracks while the findings are encouraging larger trials still need to be done and has more from oxford. Phase one really couldnt have gone much better for the oxford team early positive signs now confirmed in the published research so this is an important milestone on the par but were now moving rapidly forwards to trying to evaluate whether the vaccine actually pro
He was arguing the governments position he was saying that the advice that was given to the queen was given as you say in good faith that the government is disappointed that this Supremes Court decision went against it it disagrees with it but it will respect it he did defend the judiciary the independence of the judiciary unlike some of his conservative colleagues whos called what happened in the Supreme Court a constitutional crew geoffrey cox doesnt take that opinion but he had very harsh words for parliament itself calling it a dead Parliament Saying that the opposition were essentially like turkeys who were trying to get away from christmas coming but christmas would come. He is basically saying that the government is going to push again for a general election now we can talk now to kevin craig who is a labor party a councillor a businessman to give us something of the. The inside track from the opposition in any normal time if you had a minority government that last decision of t