Condemned the u. S. Secretary of states unprecedented visit to an illegal israeli settlement. And the occupied Golan Heights. He stammered, and all your support returns to spain and says hes tired of always being blamed for problems at barcelona. Welcome to the news i could have a Company British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its a vaccine is showing promise and protecting those groups that are most at risk from the coronavirus working in collaboration with the university of oxford. The vaccine shows a strong immune response in those aged over 70 in its phase 2 trials. Its the 3rd western drug maker to report positive news on the vaccine front. In the last 10 days, even as cases continue to rise. Charlie angela reports more good news in the fight, to get corona virus this time from the u. K. , after 99 percent of volunteers, given the oxford astra, zeneca vaccine developed antibodies to cope with 19. These are the results from the phase 2 trials using 564. 00 in tis result in the largest phase. 3 trials will be published in the next few weeks, but the powerful immune response is generating an adult over 60 is particularly promising as typically vaccines dont work as well. You know, older people, the editor of the scientific journal that reviewed the data, says this vaccine is different to those produced by madonna. And pfizer, by antec, about scenes are based on a technology called m. R. N. A. This vaccine is different because the spike protein, which provokes the immune response, is by recombinant novarro vector, a virus which the cell its hates entry, protein into the human. The oak said that scene had been a front runner in the global race, but was overtaken by rivals, madonna, and pfizer. Their phase 3 trials showed more than 90 percent effectiveness and are now pressing ahead with distribution plans we have of course to create or to his vision approval. If, if everything goes down quick start to mix in, kill your and United States in the 2nd half to stand. And, and you can see that, of course, as a christmas present, even once approved, there will be huge challenges in manufacturing and supply chains. Pfizers vaccine needs to be stored at minus 75. 00 degrees celsius, which could hamper distribution asked for what does my feeling. Meanwhile, countries are scrambling to sign contracts to secure doses for their population. Chinas sign novak is already arriving in brazil. The country hit hard by current virus is importing some 46000000 doses to be used if it is approved aljazeera. Globally cases of the past 56000000, there have been more than 1300000 deaths worldwide. 250000 of those in the u. S. Making it the worst affected country by far africa has recorded more than 2000000. 00 cases so far. And there are fears that the actual figure could be much higher as testing rates are quite low across the continent. The World Health Organization blames the rise in infections there on family gatherings, interaction at work, and election campaigns and interests has more now from abuja in nigeria, theres seems to be some for tea or some kind of fatigue. In the past 2 of africans. We just came back from an election in ivory coast and what you notice there and across many subsaharan african countries is that people where very few people wear masks this days. Social distancing is still a problem, and crowds gather in large numbers. Most of the people you see in such crowds dont wear a face mask. Experts are warning that as the how much dusty season kicks in. In a few weeks or a few days. We were going to see we are going to see a lot of cases of covered 19 for example in nigeria for the last 2 months, only a few dozen cases were reported each day. But today, the center for Disease Control yet released its results, saying that in the past 48 hours more than 200 cases were recorded and it warned that this could increase as people abundant safety precautions use of trees lost and of course, social distancing the issue of vaccines is good news for many africans, but remember, this is a very, very hot continent. Most parts of the continent is very hot. The storage of these boxes is a problem with a shortage in electricity supplies and all that could be a problem delivering such data storage areas. Hard, accessible rural areas will also be a contributor, a factor too. Are these boxes may not necessarily which people quickly professor bloom is a Regional Representative for at the center of africa, the research arm of doctors without borders. He says, despite 2000000 cases, the continent has seen a relatively lower death toll. Yes, actually 1st of all we need to define what because at just a few what you see in kenya, for example, the number of kids are not done during the 1st wave, but does for free the number of kids are no more death. So despite a higher number of kids, so knowing the stupid laws not of yet, and we dont really expect to have mention all done previously because the actual target population worked with the people listed in africa. So how are your population in my still be advantage for the country in africa . Those are 54 countries. So like that because it is what we esteem that country or south africa are still having an order number of cases as well. Are those countries that are quite close to europe, moral core 70000 kids for the last 2 weeks . Seem to be for needy, are for algeria and so on. But what is interesting us has been mentioning nigeria and how countries like kenya and kenya, i think last week you have 4 doctors, one died because they were north because in the hospital to the countdown e. T. , an important increasing number of cases that whether country like uganda doctors and syrias lost rebel stronghold are warning of the catastrophic consequences of covert 19, it led province. The un says daily infections of increased by 300 percent in the last month. Rhetorical big as the story. It province has been battered by the syrian conflict and now in its 10th year, the last rebel controlled glave in the northwest is home to nearly 4000000. People most depend on aid to survive and many live in makeshift shelters. In camps for the displaced it live reported its 1st Coronavirus Infection in july. Since then, the number of people infected has increased rapidly to 11 and a half 1000 a day. This on the last 5 to 10 years of dealing with bombing casualties and the targeting of health facilities. The coronavirus pandemic has really increased the burden on us if cases of cover 19 continue to increase. The Health Sector will completely collapse. It has 8 hospitals that can treat cave in 1000 patients, but the u. N. Says 7 already overwhelmed and each one is desperately short of the quick meant. There are 142. 00 i. C. U. Beds and 155. 00 ventilators, to cover the entire region. The name of the beds in the intensive care unit are completely full. We have around 30 pads, all of which are occupied with patients upstairs. We have another department with 30 beds and we have 30 patients in that department to. 6 the outbreak has mostly affected adlib city safe, but the fear is the virus could spread to overcrowded camps where social distancing is difficult to be reconsidered. The situation is. Ready very worrying and it didnt in 100 percent true that we have, we are in 90 percent of better company. It is very, very hard to be doing because you dont have a system to increase the number of beds you dont really know for the patients. And critically, patients is a very, very reduced. So we are really worried about this negotiation in india, the grade of r. s pandemic has severely tested the worlds best health care services, serious destroyed by years have, who is facing its biggest challenge yet to be there. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention is recommending americans do not travel during the thanksgiving holiday next week to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. The c. D. C. Says its alarmed by the exponential increase in cases hospitalizations and deaths. More than a 1000000 cases have been reported in the past week. The situation is so bad, states and cities are imposing new restrictions. New york city has decided to close schools to prevent more infections. Well, Election Officials in the u. S. State of georgia, iran due to announce the outcome of a recount of the votes. The top campaign lawyers also holding a press conference to detail what the u. S. President tweeted a few hours ago as a very clear and viable path to victory, president elect joe biden is the projected winner with 306 electoral votes. While trump has 232 of the very latest on this from our white house correspondent, kimberly how it in washington d. C. Lets begin with the vote count in georgia. Its a recount that, kimberly, what are we expecting . And really will this be a time when we can draw the line under the georgia vote . I think we can do that on friday. That is when the state will officially certify its results. Right now, whats happening is there we are awaiting a report that should be out any time on a hand count that was triggered because the race between joe biden and donald trump was so close. What we are expecting is this report will confirm the narrow lead for joe biden of about 14000. 00 votes. Although of interest to some republicans are the reports that there were at least more than 2000 votes that were not counted initially for donald trump that could be factored in, potentially reducing that lead by joe biden. But still expecting it to be at least 12800. So this is something thats being watched very carefully because donald trump would certainly need to win georgia for this long shot effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election that currently has joe biden as projected winner. But right now what were understanding and hearing in terms of this report is that it is unlikely to do what donald trump is hoping it will achieve. And indeed, hes also hoping that his press conference really being headed up by Rudy Giuliani can certainly tell the public at large what they sort of path to victory will be. Theyve been speaking for about an hour or so now. Yeah, and at times its been a sort of unwieldy news conference, but the have line of it there seem to be 2. Number one there is going to be a lawsuit filed on friday in georgia. And again, as weve been talking about it, timing is everything because thats the day the votes are supposed to be certified by the trump campaign. And the 2nd thing that this press conference has been calling for is a criminal investigation by the department of justice. Now weve not seen any of the evidence presented by the trump campaign, but what it says is that its a mass to evidence that there is a coordinated or on election day. There was a coordinated effort by a number of different cities that it was spearheaded in one place to challenge the votes that were being cast. In other words, it was done in a number of ways, whether it was people voting multiple times whether it was a manipulation of voting machines. Many of the allegations that weve heard already from the truck campaign, but now it says it has evidence of a coordinated effort, even alleging that this was funded by prominent democrats as the clinton foundation, and even the flat 3 pissed george soros. Again, we have no way to verify these claims. They will have to be put forward in a court of law or investigated by law enforcement, which today this has not been done. But what i can tell you is that this is been an Interesting Press conference to say the least because the allegations are that much of this was even coordinated outside the United States, through the influence of communist money as the Campaign Calls it in cuba. In venezuela and even they say potentially china again, unproven, the evidence has not been shared. So theres going to be a big burden of proof on the campaign to do so. When it says it reveals all of this in a lawsuit on friday, because up till now, these allegations by the trunk campaign have not stood up in court. Can we count that with the very latest for assault from the want to toss that strenuous well plenty ahead here on the aljazeera news hour, including moving forward on the final offensive. The Ethiopian Government says its closing in on grays main city. Plus colombians commemorate the anniversary of large antigovernment demonstrations and a Major League Baseball star forfeits his 24000000. 00 salary. After failing a drugs test thats coming up with peter in sports at least 16 people have been killed in uganda during protests. By the arrest of opposition, politician bobby wine, 350 people were arrested in the unrest and Security Forces shot at supporters of the pop star turned politician. As they demonstrated, after wind was detained on wednesday, officials have accused him of violating coronavirus restrictions while campaigning for the upcoming president ial election and the un has called for bobby once immediate release. Malcolm webb has more from nairobi in neighboring kenya. His Spokesman Says hes in a high Security Police facility, which is in the eastern city of ginger. Thats not so far from where he was arrested when he was campaigning. Police havent confirmed where he is, but the winds lawyers and the spokesman of complaining as and being given access to legal representation or to his medical team. Theyre worried that he might be injured. Theyre waiting to see if or when he might be produced in front of a court. Yesterdays wife shared on social media media want to appear to be a charge sheet saying that hed be charged with offenses relating to spreading, causing the spread of disease that refers to the rallies that have been holding which visibly have much larger crowds than the ministry of health and limit of 200. 00, which is ostensibly to prevent transmission. All the other thing that might happen is that probably one might be taken back to his home discretely. Hes been arrested several times before and often the Security Services in with bobby wine and with other prominent opposition, politicians in an attempt to quell the unrest. Try to take those people home, maybe late in the night, so that people dont continue protesting on the streets. But they certainly face between with a couple of tough options. Now theres nearly 2 months to go before this election. And if they allow these rallies to continue, that says well local calling to the government will be problematic for covert 19, although his supporters believe these restrictions are simply to stop people. Seeing how popular a year is nearing to grays main city of mccarley in what it calls its final offensive. After more than 2 weeks of fighting with the regions leaders, the Prime Ministers chance for says its close to ending the cold slicked. Berman says, the government is still working out how badly people have been affected by the fighting. I dont think, given the government knows the true extent of the humanitarian situation on the ground. Thats why they said today that they are sending a task force to look into the gravity of the situation on the ground. Even before the war started, there were hundreds of thousands of people who depended on food aid into region. They had to be fed by the charities. The charities have been unable to replenish their talk of relief, food in the past 2 weeks. Vehicles laden with relief and food supplies. Us talk at the border. The ticket a region has with them how to region. Weve been informed of long queues for bread, not just mckenna, but all the other towns in the to grey region. There are also of the thousands upon thousands of refugees from at a trail who live within the ticket, a region, and humanitarian sources. Tell us that this is, this has gotten worse. The peter, the fighting has been going on and its only bound to get worse. And then that call of people to the ton, i dont know how theyre going to cut it out, but these people fresh out of their homes. Theyve seen the amount of, you know, impunity and a toxic out of the gate is their neighbors. The must like of people, particularly in small towns like my country, where hundreds of people were beheaded with knives and machetes. So its highly unlikely that those people of the trucking all the way to saddam would be able to the ton, soon as the government is putting it, my pump has become the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank. And to step foot in the occupied Golan Heights from players in israel, has part of a 10 day tour of the middle east and europe. Earlier he met with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and said illegal settlements can be, and we quote, lawful and proper not. Pompei also said the us would be stepping up action on the boycott, movement against israel. We will regard the global any israel b. D. S. Campaign is anti sematic. I know this is simple to you, mr. Prime minister seems it seems like a statement of fact, but i want you to know that we will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful b. D. S. Gondor can withdraw our u. S. Government support for such groups. How we force it, has this update from ramallah in the occupied west bank . We palestinian reaction has been pretty strong. Senior members of the palestinian leadership saying that the United States through this action is now not just a sponsor of the israeli occupation, but an active partner in it. This was a visit to the sangatte settlement opposite the palestinian town of algeria in the occupied west bank just very close to ramallah. Its an area where there are a lot of us Palestinian Joint nationals who say that this visit has taken place on the stolen property. What he was visiting was a winery which was involved in a court case last year in the European Court of justice, which ruled that all products coming from israeli settlements, including the wind from this settlement, had to be labeled as such. Not simply as israeli. It was shortly after that that declared a change in u. S. Policy that it would no longer automatically look at settlements in the occupied west bank as contrary to international law. And so as well as being the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to make such a visit itself a very controversial and surprise. At the same time, the u. S. State Department Said it would now mandate