Has announced his resignation. We know that we can do this. We can vote back talks on libya, wrap up with rival groups, agreeing on a date for national elections, but not now. And his 4th, Dustin Johnson has won the 2nd major title of his career, the american claiming the masters with a record breaking score. So in the last hour or so, weve had some more encouraging news on the corona, virus vaccine front with news from another major drug Company Currently in clinical trials. It is the us pharmaceutical firm, modernity, which is early results from its vaccine show. It is 94. 5 percent effective. Remember donald trump made a deal with madonna back in august to purchase 100000000 doses of the vaccine when it was ready. But then is the 2nd candidate with a shot at getting approval. Pfizer announced last week that its vaccine was 90 percent effective in the late stage trials. So promising news of course, infections continue to climb this man, the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson, himself having a bit of a scare hes now in self isolation. After coming into contact with an infected person, so well get more on that shortly with me of barker in our london news center in the situation across europe as well. But were going to start with castro, who is in wilmington, delaware. Tell us more good news. Thats right, this is a, thats very good news for the drug makers were durnovo who announced that the efficacy of this vaccine candidate is 94. 5 percent. Now that is greater than the majority of drug makers biggest dreams. And of course this is on par. And in fact, better than the news we got last week when its competitor, pfizer also announced a successful vaccine candidate with a 90 percent efficacy rate. Now, both of these vaccines work in similar manners. They use the messenger r. N. A. Delivery mechanism. They both entail 2 shots, and although of course, this is still early on and were not certain how long the immunity lasts. Journal has said that among the few volunteers who did receive the drug and still got kovan 1000. 00 of course with this 94. 5 percent efficacy level. But among those few who still got the virus that it was less severe in those individuals, which is very significant as well. And we also know another major benefit for this vaccine is that its more easily stored and transported, it doesnt have to be as cold as the pfizer vaccine. So all of these, of course are, is good news for the fight against the pandemic in the United States. Of course, facing the daunting figures, come all of 11000000 cases and approaching 250000 deaths in the United States. And with those numbers in mind, heidi, im reluctant to politicize this, but well, to me, what isnt politicized these days . I dont know. Trump said 100000000 vaccines. He wanted to buy up back in august, so he will be saying, yes, this is great. I told you so. But actually maybe a good thing for joe biden is the incoming prison. Well, you know, its interesting. Youre right, everythings politicize. The President Trump spokeswoman just tweeted, she said that this was due to the success of President Trumps operation warp speed. But she ended her tweet by saying this is a big win quote for all. And yes, this of course means that this vaccine is a very successful candidate, but really its efficacy depends on how many people in the United States are able to receive these 2 shots. And that is almost entirely dependent on the outcome of this president ial transition. That is, that we are not really seeing happening because as you know, president trying to ministration has been very reluctant to coordinate with the incoming biden administration. Not even coordinate, much less, not even communicate really. And of course, that makes this challenge all the more daunting. Ok, so thats reporting from wilmington, delaware. Im a correspondent in london now european news into the hymies maybe take us through. I just mentioned it briefly before british Prime Minister going into cell phone solution there was absolutely royal Boris Johnson is very good. I hope. Skipping and jumping is a way around awkward situations, but no matter how much you rotate this, it definitely doesnt look good. Because for the 2nd time in 7 months, Boris Johnson has been forced to beat a hasty retreat up to the flat, above number 10 downing street to run the country over soon, despite claiming to be brimming with antibodies after his brush with corona virus in april, that left him in intensive care. He said the rules are rules. It follows a 35 minute meeting with a conservative m. P. Who later tested positive for corona virus. And we now know that at least 4 other conservative m. P. s there was also at the meeting in downing street, have been forced to self isolate as a precaution, as well downing street, the center of power. Its meant to be covert, secure, marsa meant to be mandatory social distancing in force, but rather awkward pictures surfaced on the m. P. Facebook page this morning showing Boris Johnson and him stood yes, far apart from each other. But neither of them have gone already. The Prime Minister facing some tough questions over what kind of example that sets for the rest of the country, forced to face a whole raft of restrictions. Very, very briefly from Boris Johnson to johnson and johnson. Because the u. S. Actually owns a firm in belgium. Theres a pharmaceutical, they have come up with a vaccine, they are in the late stages of trying that. And that trial actually begins here in the u. K. This week. And the hope is that on top of the other good news would be hearing elsewhere in the world. Within a few months time, we may get the 1st results of that too. Thank you. I wouldnt usually say this, but we keep our fingers crossed and we need barca in london. Thank you. Lets look at the crisis in northern ethiopia now, and the government is sending reinforcements to the rest of take a region despite International Calls for mediation, aljazeera has filmed a convoy of troops in the bus, heading up to the front line, where fighting is now into its 13th day, this hour, we have an exclusive report from a government base that was attacked by took your own forces and actually sparked the crisis. To guys later has called on the u. N. And the African Union to condemn ethiopias offensive. Ugandas president yoweri museveni, also met ethiopian ministers and urged negotiations. But the Ethiopian Government says uganda wont be playing any sort of mediation role. And as the crisis continues, thousands of more people are fleeing there over the border into neighboring sudan. And in a moment, we will have a report on the humanitarian crisis there, but 1st, muhammad, a job, hes in the city of gonda, which is on the border of that region. There is no letup in the fighting between the few appears. National defense forces, somebody destruction of the, to great region. And no funny theo, people here in the city or where we are. Weve seen buses full of troops as well as vehicles carrying food and medical supplies headed towards the border. Them out of eden, has with a to great region. Weve been told they are enforcement for the troops and Government Troops who are already engaged in the fighting, which is now day 12 with the to go right Peoples Liberation front. The government has been claiming huge victories and in the past 24 hours have said they have taken over the town off and say, now they have their sights on mckillop a couple of the region. This is of course something that has been constantly denied by the to gray administration, misleader, the brazilian government kyle has been speaking in the past few hours and he has called on the United Nations and the African Union to condemn what you call those attacks on civilians. By the Ethiopian National defense forces, including the use of drones, something thats been denied by ideas in the past few days. To grab Peoples Liberation from tough taken that war to a new level, using missiles, not just against towns like where we also bought the couple of the region where they targeted the airports. But ive also sent missiles across the border to us model, something diplomats say, could grow at a train and make this war international. So this conflict began after an attack on a federal military base in to cry, province by the regional t p l f. Force officers has got an exclusive access to that base. Now we are now inside the northern military base, located into great region in northern ethiopia. It was the attack here which sparked a current between the federal Government Forces and the 2 great Peoples Liberation front. This military base is the largest in ethiopia, houses massive military gear, chiefly tanks, simply because it has been for 2 decades. The epicenter of ethiopias war against every trail. According to the federal army, p. L. F. Fighters launched an offensive in an attempt to seize the base along with the weaponry and here they were met with fierce resistance. And as a result, this base has recently witnessed ferocious fighting the mahdi. But you will be at the border and i learned that i, that you would be a behind the in the wake of these developments. If your peers pm avianca declared war against the t. P. L. F. On the member force, saying that their assault on the base crossed the red line, the un had to deal with that northern military base. Great province. So thats the latest on the fighting. Now were going to have a morgan who is in sudan, near the european border. This humanitarian situation, where we have to know in the, in the region of 25000, people heading over the border. Yes indeed, come out and the numbers that were talking about is just whats happened or rather, has increased just over the past 12 days that weve seen refugees still continuing to flow into sudan coming in by the hundreds they are stopped at the gates of the Reception Centers their search for weapons because sudanese Authorities Say some of those who fled from if you appear include combatants who participated in the conflict and decided to give up and run for safety. So they are searched for their, of, or for the safety of the refugees. At the Reception Centers before they taken to shelters, which they say is really just a concrete buildings here in the body of an open space in the state of arkansas, which is not far from about. If so, refugees are saying that theyre still lacking humanitarian access. They say that no Aid Organization has come out to provide them with assistance. They say they still suffer from access to clean water and proper nutrition. And they say that is affecting on their health, especially after walking for days. After walking for 5 days in my matthew has finally reached in sudan. He escaped fighting in his hometown of home in ethiopia, stigler a region. Hes exhausted and hungry. When the fighting started, people were being killed, i left everything behind in flood. I walked for days and became weak, but i had to continue. Now im suffering from for to you and ive been diagnosed with malaria. Get in my is one of more than 20000. People who fled to sudan seeking safety. Some have chest infections, raising concerns that they may be infected with the coronavirus. The refugees include pregnant women. Like i said behind it, and ive been there. When the bombardment started, i took my children and ran, even though im pregnant, i carried one on my back and one on my arm. And i started running away without a sense of direction until i arrived at the river and crossed into sudan. I have not had food for days and my belly is hurting, even though ive got a month before giving birth. The Reception Center here at home day it has one health clinic, but lacks proper medical equipment. Doctors say more and more patients are arriving every day. We get wounded people because of explosive materials, like grenades, gunshots and fractures. Some people have diabetes. We try to handle the cases we can, but where we card, we were further to the county hospital. But we are quite concerned about the possibility of spread of Communicable Diseases amongst refugees, because theyre all close together in a small space. So dan, aspiring to transfer people here to another camp. Those at least who are well enough to move, but more refugees are expected. And the pressure on this clinic will remain morgan aljazeera, how date need to sudan if youll be a border. Very pleased to have john with us now a specialist on east africa and a professor at bard college in the open Society University network. Mr. Rob, thank you for joining us. So weve heard there from here about the, the humanitarian side. Weve heard about the acute fighting going on. I want to do some big picture stuff where all this conflict has actually come from in the 1st place. And why . Why no . Well, i think its long in the making. Certainly even then, just a couple of weeks, ethiopia is a very unique country, its famously the only country in africa that was never a kohen, honest by european imperial powers. And thats because ethiopia itself was citizen and bought some land based upon it can be compared to the former soviet union u. S. S. R. And in a way, you know, after the end of the about was only 976 and 200. So nazi was deposed by the who were starting this regime for the next couple of decades. It was instead, it seemed working out its way. There are many who think with that group and these are recognize the need to get a constitution in 10 regions. One of which is to go to great, it has a very unique historical row. It has a deep historical role as one of the, the major thing was to compete for power. And it has a more recent role and see the liberated ethiopia from the this is a very long war which ended in 1902. Since then, the grahams, warm and cool on the government. And he was until 2 years ago when a crisis simon said at the, i dont mind my saying so, given you describe the country as regional 10 regions. I think you said is the situation we see in unique to that region or is it worryingly the kind of thing which could be replicated in other areas . We already hear about people like the they are almost for example. Well though, in a way, this crisis has been triggered by the new ascendancy of army. It is the biggest mess of populace region and you see ok, but a story could be marginalized, but the current Prime Minister is a normal man. And in a way, he came to power in an attempt to quell how, what was really a rising wave of dissent from or, i mean, but then he proceeded to marginalize the grandes in the government who had that control. It was government despite the fact that the buckleys 10 different regions and its resistance of that which is escalated into this conflict between the Central Government and this single region. So then what are your thoughts on that . So theres an acute crisis right now which needs to be resolved in investigated and well, we dont quite know how thats going to happen. But really it sounds to me like there is a longer term issue which needs to be addressed. If you think that can be addressed and satisfactorily to all sides. Well, i mean, ethiopia, border war from in 1988 there were a tiny strip of land actually on the border because to go on borders and a trail to the north. And then a trip was the 1st part of the ethiopian empire to secede. This was a divorce in the mid ninetys, but it was followed by this very bitter war and expect 50000 people die even though the spoils of war was tiny bits of a man without any resources that, that a wall. Although it ended after a couple of years was not result until 2 years ago when one year ago, just why i mean a man won the nobel peace prize, resulting book creating peace between his country and eritrea. Now every trade has been itself attacked by the grey and certain city. So its already actually a regional war, if you like. Its already spent beyond the borders of ethiopia. John ryle, thank you so much for your time. Its really good to get that Historical Context to put all of this, as i say, in context for us. Thank you. Thank you. 18 minutes past the hour. Lets have a look at whats coming up. The worst typhoon this year, in fact, showed the scale of the destruction caused by storm damage in the philippines and in sport, rafael nadal, them to win. One of the few titles missing from his collection. And well have that story. A little later developments from mania where the foreign minister has resigned the most significant political casualty since the deal to hand over parts of Nagorno Karabakh was signed. However, the Prime Minister they called question ya is refusing to back down. He gave his 1st address since the deal with others. As about johnny, he did say he takes full responsibility for the loss of territory because hes faced protest and outrage about the concessions he made to get there. On the ground, russian peacekeepers have been deployed in areas where land has been handed over to azerbaijan, 2000 of them monitoring the region that will go on for at least 5 years, burned buildings and destroyed facilities as they left the district syriza set to return there after being forced out by armenia in the early nineties and update now with a bill he choose in the armenian capital a few hours ago how to we were talking all about the pressure on the Prime Minister. And now the foreign minister without make any difference. Well i think that each time the Prime Minister tries to explain to them selves, he gets into more trouble. So earlier this morning, when we were chatting, he said that he was taking full responsibility for what happened in the border, and that immense loss of land from the armenian point of view. That took a while for him to