Held by saudi arabia is being overshadowed by questions over the kingdoms human rights record. Bubbles far from bursting. The acclaimed travel writer and historian, welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Donald trumps efforts to overturn the result of the us president ial election have suffered further setbacks. The state of georgia has certified its results showing thatjoe biden beat mr trump by over 12,600 votes. And after meeting mr trump at the white house, Senior Republicans from michigan said they had seen no information that would overturn mr bidens victory in their state. The bbcs nomia iqbal is in washington. She says that despite them confirming victory for joe biden, President Trump will still want to pursue any recounts. Thats not stopping him from still pushing ahead so today, we saw that georgia had certified the votes, confirmed that it will go tojoe biden. But donald trump can still demand a recount, that is still his right because, in terms of n
Saudi arabias minister of state for Foreign Affairs rejects calls from human Rights Groups for the release of detained activists in the run up to this weekends 620 summit. We dont allow people to or dictate we should or should not do. Just like we dont tell people in the uk or america or other places what they should or should not do. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The world could be one one step closer to a usable covid 19 vaccine, with the Drugs Company pfizer and its partner biontech filing for emergency authorisation of their vaccine in the us and countries around the globe. The uk government has also asked the medicines regulator to formally assess the Pfizer Biontech vaccine. If approved, it will begin to be rolled out from next month. Lets speak to our north America Business correspondent michelle fleury. Exciting times if this goes through. How difficult would it
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. And of course here in the uk. Starting in the us. Donald trumps efforts to overturn the result of the us president ial election have suffered further setbacks. The state of georgia has certified its results, showing thatjoe biden beat mr trump by over 12,600 votes. And after meeting mr trump at the white house, Senior Republicans from michigan said they had seen no information that would overturn mr bidens victory in their state. The bbcs nomia iqbal is in washington. She says that despite them confirming victory for joe biden, President Trump will still want to pursue any recounts. That is not stopping him from still pushing ahead so today, we saw that georgia had certified the votes, and confirmed that it will go tojoe biden. But donald trump can still demand a recount thats still his right because, in terms of numbers of votes thatjoe biden had, it does fall within that margin, and donald trump today had a press confere
Hello, its me solo today because our washington colleagues are having a well deserved thanksgiving break. In a normal year a holiday message from the american president in which he encouraged people to gather together at homes and places of worship, to give thanks, would hardly raise an eyebrow. But this, of course, is no ordinary year. And the president s thanksgiving message last night was in direct conflict with the advice issued by nearly every Public Health official, moreover the advice of his own wh task force, which has called for a significant change in behaviour by all americans. The concern amid spiralling infection is that this thanksgiving holiday will supercharge the spread of the virus. Yesterday, hospitalisations hit record numbers for the 16th day in a row. Earlier today the president elect joe biden issued his thanksgiving message, again reiterating the message that americans should follow his lead, and forgo a big family get together this year. Thanksgiving has always
Hello and welcome. We have a packed programme for you but, first, President Trump has pardoned his former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn. The retired army general served three weeks in office at the start of the Trump Administration before pleading guilty to lying to the fbi during the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election. 0ur correspondent in washington nomia iqbal reports. I hereby grant you a full pardon. It is Donald Trumps final weeks in office and like all president s before him, he is granting concept reversal hardens as he heads out the exit door. It is former National Security advisor who we fight before its prosecution that get the full pardon. Lock herup that get the full pardon. Lock her up thats right lock her | her up thats right lock her up Michael Flynn matt problems began in 2016 where donald trump won the election and he had private conversation with the Russian Ambassador over interference with elections and later lied to t