A standoff in northern ethiopia. Government forces prepare for a final assault on the city of mckenna. To grant forces refused to step aside. And the president s of african football ahmed ahmed has been banned for 5 years. Footballs world governing body farming amid guilty of breaching its code of ethics. Begin here in the u. K. Where theres more good news in the race to find a Coronavirus Vaccine. This time from the drug company astra zeneca working in partnership with Oxford University. They staged testing shows. Its candidate vaccine is on average 70 percent effective in protecting against code 19, but that increases to 90 percent depending on the way its administered. Russias and it has vaccine is the least expensive so far. And crucially, it can be stored in the fridge, which makes it easier to distribute on the vaccines need to be stored at much lower temperatures. The firm says it can have up to 200000000 doses ready by the end of the year. Possibly 3000000 by 2021. Turn how rep
A live update from the nicaraguan capital for not one plus paris. Thank you. Were looking at exclusive d. W. News footage of an air strike in ethiopia is tikrit province. The rebellious region has ignored a government ultimatum to surrender. Ethiopias defense minister tells us he expects the military offensive on to grad to be over within a week. And play richardson welcome to the show. The United States has announced it will be, bringing some troops home from iraq and afghanistan by made in january u. S. , President Donald Trump had earlier suggested he wanted to accelerate the troop withdrawal from both countries by the end of his charm and office. The pentagon says it just to choose hours and 500. 00 troops will remain in each nation respectively. These conflicts have lasted through 3 american presidencies, with u. S. Troops stationed in afghanistan since 2001. And in iraq since 2003, National Security adviser, Robert Obrian says, the troop drawdown fulfills an election pledge impor
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
Has vowed to keep up his legal challenges though saying that he will never give up fighting for the nation. Act as his supporters continue that protest outside Voting Centers elsewhere vote very different scene celebrations are broken out in anticipation of a final result. Well joe biden is edging closer to that crucial number 270 Electoral College votes needed to make him the next president of the United States 3 days after americans voted the democratic candidate has overtaken donald trump in 2 key battleground states pennsylvania and georgia so where do we stand right now there are just a handful of states that are still being counted and biden is leading in most of them based on projections from the Associated Press he has secured 264 Electoral College votes so far donald trump has 214 and needs both children pennsylvania to reach 270 but it is extremely close in georgia right now most of the remaining votes are from atlanta and its suburbs which tends to lean to the democrats and
Issues that are before him to to the base and really i think most importantly is expanding the map and when we look at this map the fact that we are having a conversation about georgia a state that has not gone through since 99 and 2 means that the lesson here is that all of the states matter and that we had to have a ground that is looking at states that have otherwise been just written off and that entire map is our map in this country and i think that that is going to be one of the most important lessons is that when you organize and that we focus on a strategy that lead to 5 that that we actually. To take found and see if the full cycle strategies many thanks for speaking to us not just their. Youre watching out as a reminder of where we stand with the u. S. Election and the race for the white house remains too close to call with the outcome resting on just a few battleground states the democratic candidate joe biden has taken the lead in pennsylvania georgia and nevada donald trum