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Aviation agency, reports of fatalities in ugandas capital after clashes over the arrests of, opposition. Politician bobby why. And u. S. , secretary of states mike from baylor touches down in israel, planning to become the 1st top diplomat to visit any legal settlement in the occupied west bank. The s. U. S. Strike make a fire as a crime survey, quests emergency approval for school with 1000 vaccine in the coming days. This after results from his trials show that its safe around 95 percent effective in old age groups. The vaccine develops with its german partner. Biotech has shown consistent results across various demographics with no major side effects that speak to in wilmington, delaware, heidi, so what more is pfizer saying about the effectiveness of the vaccine this week . Last week they were talking about 90 percent effective. Now weve moved on to 95 percent. Whats changed . Whats improved . Whats improved fully. Whats changed is that the stage 3 Clinical Trials have completed. That is a rushed completion to this trial, actually made possible, sadly by the spike in infections in the u. S. With 11400000 cases now. And pfizer broke down the study this way, 44000 participants, half of them got the vaccine. The other half did not among the group that did not get the vaccine. There were 162 cases of coded 9 of which were severe. Now compare that to the other half of the group that did get the vaccine. Well, only 8 cases of coded in that group, only one of which was severe. And that is how pfizer got to this 95 percent efficacy rate, which is really a standing and beyond the biggest expectations of these drug makers. This, of course, piggybacks on other good news from another drug. Major maker of the journal of which we also heard is close to a 95 percent efficacy rate. I should say that the Pfizer Vaccine in particularly appears to be just as effective on older people as it is on the young. So certainly this is positive news, even as cases are continuing to peak in the u. S. With deaths. Now approaching 250000 in this country alone and sizes, requesting emergency approval, what some mistake timeline for people to be vaccinated in the u. S. Well, pfizer says that it will request the emergency approval from the f. D. A. Within a days time. And the plan up until this point has been to have some 20000000 people back for native in the u. S. By the end of this year. That is still a very optimistic timeline. But another good, good positive news is. The gallup poll shows that an increasing percentage of americans are believing in these vaccines and have said theyre willing to get it taken b. Of a of course the, that thing doesnt work until people are vaccinated. It used to be that only 50 percent of americans back in september said they were willing to get the vaccine. Now that number has pushed up to 58 percent fully heidegger cassar in delaware. But theres growing concern mass, spying of any vaccine by the wealthiest nations could result in the exclusion of the worlds poorest. The campaign called global justice, now has warned that up to 85 percent of the global population wont have access. Thats because pfizer and buying tech have already sold 82 percent of the 1300000000. 00 doses they can produce by the end of next year. Its the same case with the pharma company. Medinas vaccine is a race sold. 70 percent of its 780000000. 00 doses have been snapped up by the worlds richest nations, which make up around only 14 percent of the worlds total population, and that leaves very little room for aid organizations to help poorer nations. Simon clark is an associate professor in setting the microbiology at the university of reading in the u. K. Says only time will tell how long the vaccine will be effective after its administered. I expect well be getting to vaccinate millions of people. Even hundreds of millions of people for the numbers day will change, but not substantially. I mean, it will still be a very effective vaccine. But the big question behind it really is how long will it affect . We can only know that we point. We only have data 5 think im right in saying 28. 00 days at the moment. We need months and years and we will find that out in due course. Really. Its not too, its not really much of a surprise that immunity hasnt waned though all over a month you would expect it to last at least a few weeks. But so we will find out in the coming months how effective it is sort of in the medium and longer term. I imagine that it will start at some point in december, nowhere over halfway through november. I think the beginning of december is probably to very earliest that we will see if we, we see it by the end of the month. And thats still an achievement. Still a very good place to be. People in germany have been protesting against the governments new coronavirus rules and hes tried water cannon and arrested several people in downtown blame. Thousands demonstrated as Parliament Debated a bill which would allow the government to impose even stricter coronavirus measure us and other world news. The u. S. Aviation regulator has given the approval for boeings troubles 737 max jet to fly again. Its fleet has been grounded world wide for nearly 2 years after a pair of crashes killed nearly 350 people. The planes will now be allowed to take to the skies, but only after theyre fitted with new software and pilots. Sabri trained rob mcbride reports its been one of the worst crises to face boeing and its damaged trust in the aviation industry. As a whole, the 737 max, the latest generation of the worlds best selling aircraft, was grounded in march last year after 2 crashes within months that killed 346 people. The 1st was a lion air flight from indonesia in 2018, followed by an Ethiopian Airlines flight 5 months later. Both crashes were traced to a fault that caused the Plane Software to fight against the pilot and put the plane into an uncontrollable dive. Subsequent investigations blamed boeing for technical failings and a lack of transparency which it has struggled to overcome. We absolutely have to rebuild competence in your plane and that starts with getting it certified, bringing it back to service. Given us regulator, the f. A. A. Is influence. This is an important step for boeing, but it still has to convince other International Aviation or thirtys, and convincing passengers the plane is safe to fly, will likely take some time. Just as we or yes, i think alerts that its safe passage and with compensation claims still being pursued in indonesia, relatives of victims there. Believe its too early to allow the 737 max to fly again. And tonsil hardy lost 2 brothers in law in the lion air crash. So you could be someone, you know, we want to be absolutely sure that the 737 max, the safe, dont let it be just about profits and money and put human considerations aside. And for boeing and the airlines who fly its planes, this crisis is now being overtaken in any case by the global pandemic. Robin bride al jazeera and i speak to seth kaplan about this, his transportation on this for the National Public Radio Program and joins here now and joins us via skype from pennsylvania. Thank you very much, mr. Kaplan for being with us. So as you can imagine, a lot of people say a plan to send about bowling 737 max. How safe is it not to fly . Would you get on one . If you cant play them, can you awful history that rob told us about their i personally would get on one right now. I believe that this is at this point, the most scrutinized aircraft probably in the history of aviation, which is to take nothing away from the gravity of everything thats happened. But there are some basic changes this plate of the laws that would give me enough competent me something as simple as requiring the system to those 2 sensor failures, not just one. The chances of she was sensors failing at the same time before something happens just far less than the chances of just one sensor failing which were in can happen quite commonly. So yes, i would get on one, you know, well, you or anyone or really otherwise. And im glad that this plane has gotten the kind of scrutiny with skepticism that its got from regulators around the world that they didnt just accept. The f. A. A. Were broke a and precisely on that, why was it important for the u. S. Aviation regulators to give the ok and do you think other countries will easily agree now and accept 2. To find this a line, i think ultimately though, agree, but they wont do it as it would have been in the old days because the f. A. A. And boeing lost credibility. Really good. Hes been backed to events that predated the crashes, but after the 2nd crash and realized that there were indeed all kinds of flaws in the initial certification process in the design process before that. And so in the past, it would have been almost a rubber stamp. They would have looked at the f. A. A. As the regulator in the country where the plane that manufactured the get the all clear, it would have been proposed 30, almost right. They were in the clear and i think in the end they will talking about regulators like the f. A. A. Counterpart in europe. But, but theyre going to do their own reviews in a way that wouldnt cost. So what then is the f. A. A. And fisting . Boeing got change before the plane can fly again. You know, well, at this point, theyre basically accepting that boeing has made those changes. What you had was a plane that essentially had some aerodynamic issues with an update of it, older aircraft that wanted to put new engines on the old aircraft. Their boss had done the same thing with, its a 320. 00, its getting product. The other single aisle or a narrow body aircraft, a, you know, short haul flights 2 or 3 hours across the world, anywhere in the world. You know, youre probably fly a one of these 2 aircraft. Airbus basically got lucky, it could just put you engines on the old aircraft and not have to make many other changes for the aircraft by boeing just because of the way the wings were. The new engines were too big. It had to move the point of this system was the kind of overcome that sort of the system was too aggressive. And as i said before, relied on just one sensor of 2. It could have relied on and that if there was a faulty reading, well, we all saw what happened. So a lot of that now is going to dress throughout the 2 sensors. So youre bad reading and the system itself not as aggressive and something that highlights a should be able to override as those pilots on the jets that crashed were not able to do. Thank you so much for talking to us about this, seth kaplan transportation on this fall and are joining us from pennsylvania. Thank you, billy. Uganda now and were getting reports fatalities where clashes have broken out between protesters and Police Supporters of the pops, politician known as bobby weinberg, ties in the streets after he was arrested. Once more, officials have accused him of violating coronavirus restrictions while campaigning for the upcoming president ial election. Come a web this keeping an eye on the situation for us from nairobi, kenya muslim, what more are you hearing about whats been happening . And where is bobbie . Why might what we won was campaigning in a district called luca, which is just over 100 kilometers from the capital. Come. He drew a large crowd of significantly more than 200 people and 200 people is the limit that the ministry of health and the Electoral Commission have said, is the number of people that are allowed to attend rallies, ostensibly because of restrictions to prevent the spread of 19 theres a strong sentiment among opposition, supporters that the government and the Security Forces are simply using this as an excuse to stop their Political Activities with but not into a Police Vehicle and taken away no news reached news of this reached the capital campolo where bobby wine has a lot of supporters is widely supported by young people by people in urban areas in the towns in the cities, people took to the streets. There were burning roadblocks. This prompted a crackdown by police and Security Forces. Theres been tear gas being gunfire. Local media reported that some people have been shot dead waiting to hear the polices response to this. And youve got the red cross has said that its moved throughout the different areas of all the rest within the capital document saying injuries, and any killings. And it said that information will be 100 over to the Uganda Police in uganda. Police said that is going to give a statement shortly, so will bring more or not as soon as we hear it. Bobbie why has always been a thorn on the side of the 70 government markham . What exactly is being charged with right now . The why is wife was published on social media . Are you going to Police Charge . She says that on this occasion then its certainly not the 1st time hes been arrested on this occasion. Hes been charged with actions that could cause the spread of disease. So this is related to those coded 19 restrictions that the government has laid out where hes been taken. Police have said that they dont know he was taken by counterterror police. His wife says that she believes hes being held at a Police Station in the eastern city. Of ginger. Security forces often find themselves between a rock and a hard place in these kind of situations. They appear to be under instructions to off and prevent opposition. Political activities from taking place in european theres been legislation to prevent that for almost 10 years now in uganda. But on the other hand, when popular opposition figures are arrested and detained, that can cause on rest itself can bring people on to the streets. Thats exactly what weve seen happen today with where we were in campaigning in one part of the country, his arrest leading to protests and on rest in the capital, which is more than a 100 kilometers away. So the police at this point have the choice of either blocking those Political Activities or releasing, releasing their captive and to prevent the armrest getting any worse. What they often try to do is bundle that captive into a bar and take the back roads and try and take them home so that the opposition figures are taken away and released from detention, but without attracting any further crowds. Marcum would be nairobi. Thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera a not a setback in president Donald Trumps fight against u. S. Election results fast claiming wins both sides in ethiopias conflict say theyre nearing victory. Yes, fighting intensifies in the northern take revici however, seen some really big downpours recently just around the korean peninsula. Spilling out of the northeast of china to a pair of low pressure here, and it will continue to feed some very heavy rain across north korea. Initially, going on into south korea, slides across the sea of japan and it will bring some very heavy rain into japan by the weekend. Behind that will temperatures at around 18 celsius to seoul. But as a system makes its way further races look, we lose a 10 degree drop on our temperatures there as you go on through friday. So just 8 celsius in seoul, at that stage, very heavy rain coming right in across japan, snow on the northern flank, but clearer weather does come back in behind. With some sparkling sunshine, i see sunshine meanwhile, across central and northern parts of india, some showers down towards the south once again, possibility of some localized flooding. Once again, affecting parts all sri lanka will be seeing the heaviest of the rain down towards carolus and big downpours. And that wetter weather now starting to pull away as we go on through friday into the open waters of the arabian sea. And thats one to watch. Actually, you can see this circulation just making its way across. See a radius, a thats pushing over towards the horn of africa. Could bring some flooding right into somalia by saturday. 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The fleet has been grounded worldwide for nearly 2 years after clashes kills nearly 350 people. And they are unconfirmed reports of fatalities in uganda where clashes have broken out between protesters and police. Supporters of the pop star turned politician bobby windburn, ties in the streets after he was arrested. Once again. U. S. Secretary of state Michael Imperioli is in israel on whats said to be his last tour on behalf of the trump administration. In the past hour, he held a joint press conference with israeli Prime Minister benjamin its now and visiting Bahrain Foreign minister, whos also in israel today to praise the normalization of ties between israel and, bahrain. The u. A. E. As well as sudan all deals brokered by the u. S. , is expected to become the 1st top u. S. Diplomat to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank. That sparked anger among Palestinian Protesters who see the settlements as a major obstacle to peace. The trumpet, ministration has broken with decades of u. S. Foreign policy in its support of israel, including saying it does not see israeli settlements to be illegal under international law. Live Terry Fossett in jerusalem for is so significant visit also a controversial one. Theyve held a News Conference from pale the baron, the foreign minister, and the israeli leader. Whats come out of it . Indeed, it is a significant visit. In the last weeks of the trumpet, ministration might pump a 0 here and saying fairly normal things in his press conference, but obviously later doing something pretty extraordinary. With this visit 1st, the press conference we heard from Benjamin Netanyahu welcoming the bahraini foreign minister here the 1st time. An official ministerial visit had taken place, saying that these normalization deals were proceeding with real pace and unleashing economic force, thanking donald trump once again saying that it would not have been possible without the u. S. President s leadership. There was similar language from pompei who also mentioned iran, which is a very much alive issue after those reports that donald trump was looking at military options in regards to Irans Nuclear program in recent days of those reports also suggesting that from payers what pompei was one of those who argued against taking such an option, but the israelis are very concerned about what might happen under the Biden Administration with regard to potentially taking the u. S. Back into the iran nuclear deal. As for ability, if any of the bahraini foreign minister, he also welcomed the warming ties talking about the very soon to be formalized establishment of embassies in each country reciprocally. He also was the only of the 3 men to talk about the palestinians at all, saying that he had emphasized the need for israel and the palestinians to get back to the negotiating table and for a viable 2 state solution to be reached. But as you are saying, the real controversial element of this visit will be my compos visit to a settlement the 1st time. A u. S. Section of state has done that in the occupied west bank. He was the u. S. Official who changed the u. S. Approach to the whole settlement enterprise, saying that last year that the u. S. No longer viewed them as per se illegal. That is a breach with near unanimity, in terms of the international community. He viewing the whole enterprise as illegal under international law. His Statement Last year came very soon after European Court ruled against a winery, an israeli winery, in a west bank settlement, which was trying to label its product is israeli, as opposed to coming from settlements. He will be visiting that very winery in this controversial visit, seen very much as a final the parting gift by the trial of ministration to that of Benjamin Netanyahu,. Harry fawcett in jerusalem, thank you. In the u. S. , donald trump has fired his chief of Cyber Security just days after he rejected the president s games of electoral fraud. Chris krebs and his agency are responsible for election security. He said the poll as the the most secure in American History accused him of making inaccurate statements. But president trumps legal challenges to the Election Results have suffered another setback. Pennsylvanias Supreme Court rejected his campaigns arguments that for Republican Party observers did not get close enough access during vote counting. President elect joe biden is for jack to, to have won the state. But trump is insisting and contesting the result there and in other battleground states. Evan resnick is a u. S. Foreign policy expert, an assistant professor in International Relations at 9 young technological university. He says trumps actions could dent the un ited states reputation on the global stage. Hes becoming more reckless and the consequences of both of these moves. I mean it, in normal circumstances, you would imagine a president would, would be quite happy to hear that there was no foreign interference in the president ial election. And who would reward a bureaucrat that was able to help guarantee the legitimacy of that election. But this is donald trump, were talking about. So this is a whole different type of beast. A good part of Americas International interest derives from its longstanding position as the worlds oldest democracy. And the old lure that the United States generates around the world as a result of bits, a liberal democratic constitution and political process is invaluable. And so trump is basically undermining american soft power in the eyes of the world. And thats a critical asset that the United States is going to be going to happen. Its arsenal as it sort of enters into geopolitical competition with an authoritarian regime in china. So if trump is undermining american democracy, that really is undermining a swan. Intangible source of american power. In ethiopia, the leader of the take, great Peoples Liberation front has admitted his find is have lost ground. And Government Forces have been advancing as the conflicts in the north continues to escalate Peoples Liberation front has refused to surrender, and both sides have claimed they are nearing victory. Here at morgan is across the border in sudan with more on the humanitarian crisis unfolding. The number of refugees that continue to arrive to sudan has been rising over the past few days. The United Nations High Commission for refugees. Thats the Refugee Agency said that on sunday, more than 5000 arrived on a single day more than 2300 arrived in the next day. And they say that those numbers are much higher than what they were expecting. They said they were expecting. And the numbers of hundreds of thousands to be arriving. Now, as you can see behind me, these are refugees receiving aid. This is the 1st time that refugees are receiving aid since they arrived to this refugee camp here. And a lot of not far from the border. Most of them say that theyve been going hungry for at least 3 days. Other thing that theyve been going hungry for more and that they have children that they need to tend to. Authorities obviously that the numbers have been rising. Weve got nearly 350000 refugees, numbers that are expected to go up to 250000 over the coming weeks and sudanese authorities have been pleading for aid organizations to step up. So weve seen delegations from the United Nations agencies such as the World Food Program and the United Nations childrens Agency Unicef visiting those refugee centers. The Borders Center is this refugee camp and other refugee camps to look into the needs and assessments of what those refugees need. They say that they have produced talks food for about a month for about 60000. 00 refugees. But then again, those numbers are not what are expected. Theyre expecting more than 100000. So more demands by refugees and by authorities for aid organizations to step up in hong kong 3, former prodemocracy politicians have been arrested for disrupting a Legislative Council session. And government says the politicians acted illegally, but the former politicians say its yet another attempt by china to silence its critics and hong kong reports for the prodemocracy legislated to head home. He was arrested at his home early on wednesday morning, also under arrest for 2 other legislators, right chan and eddie chu. Theyve been chants for this incident. The prodemocracy politicians true book, was described as a foul smelling liquid at the president of the citys legislature. It was during a 2nd reading of a controversial bill which criminalizes the mocking of chinas national anthem. Emergency services were called and the chamber was shut down. As a result, delaying the passing of the legislation, police side are intended to cause harm. The politicians say their arrest is unfair and unexpected. I condemn the other 3 arrests of the police and i condemn what the regime is doing. I just have people with democratic values, people who speak for the whole battle of home. These latest arrests, a part of a citywide crackdown on opposition and dissent in hong kong. Its intensified since the introduction of beijings National Security law in july that legislation targets what it calls acts of terrorism and penalizes critics of the mainland. November 8 legislators were charged for their role in a violent confrontation in the Legislative Council. In may, police is using public power as a criminal procedure to regulate a politician, legislative what they speak, what they do in fire, a lot of which are. This is ridiculous. This only shows all how people and to the that this regime is of truly goans. Legislature has now been left with no effective opposition. After 15 prodemocracy politicians quit last week, they resigned in protest against beijing to citizen, to allow the citys executive here sacked legislators without going through the courts. 4, have been disqualified so far. There may be no prodemocracy legislators left in the citys parliament, but they could still face a wrist outside the china. But aljazeera hong kong. Again, im fully back to go with the headlines on aljazeera. U. S. Strike. Make a fire plans to request emergency approval for its call, the 1000 vaccine in the coming days. This after results from its trials show that its safe and iran, my 95 percent effective in all age groups has more from delaware, these advocacy rates of 95 percent. Theyre really beyond what the drug makers had