Of fighting and being forced from their homes as aries, head back to rebuild their lives and revive their culture. Thank you for joining us. We begin with a Promising Development in the race to find a vaccine against corona virus. The u. K. Pharmaceutical company, astra zeneca and Oxford University say their vaccine is on average 70 percent effective. But depending on dosage, we can increase to 90 percent. At 2. 50, its the cheapest potential vaccine so far with no serious side effects. And it can be stored at normal french temperature for 6 months, making it easier to distribute. Last week, u. S. Based company modernists. It is the experimental vaccine had proved to be 94. 5 percent effective. It can be stored in a normal freezer for 6 months or fridge for 30 days earlier. Americas pfizer and germanys biotech said there vaccine is 95 percent effective, but it needs to be kept at specialists deep freeze temperatures. Pfizer has already asked u. S. Regulators to allow emergency use of its vaccine. Early i spoke to dr. Peter drawback whos an Infectious Disease doctor and as scoble health specialist, he says the vaccine is promising, but more analysis of the data is needed. The race thats on is not a race against competing companies. The race is against the virus. Were going to need all of these vaccines to turn the tide of this pandemic. Now with regard to the they are expert, astra zeneca vaccine results announced today i think theyre really encouraging. Obviously as preliminary data, we need to understand more about the different dosages and the Different Levels of effectiveness. But what we do have is clear, preliminary evidence that this vaccine appears to be safe and effective in this large scale trial. And as i was just outlined, there are some real advantages for this particular vaccine in terms of global access. That there was a commitment upfront, not to profit from this vaccine during the pandemic. So the price is about a 10th of some of the other vaccines that there already is a large scale manufacturing in about 10. 00 countries around the world. Particularly a very Large Manufacturing partnership in india. In the fact that the, the Cold Chain Storage is pretty typical for a lot of vaccines that this is the sort of vaccine that could get into a fairly wide distribution and be administered at a primary Health Care Level in just about any setting world. And we have to remember all we have now are sound bites from press releases. No, and none of us have actually seen the data from any of these trials yet with the oxford vaccine. There are actually 2 different trials within the trial at different dosing levels. And 11. 00 dose regimen produced a 62 percent effectiveness rate, and the other was about 90 percent. So we really need to understand the details about how large that 2nd cohort wasnt. You know, if indeed that, that lower dose thing actually produced a higher effectiveness, even 60 percent is a nuff to make a significant difference. Obviously 90 percent would be much better if theres one other thing thats really important that most of these vaccines have actually been looking at whether you can prevent symptomatic infection. But thats, theres a difference in preventing illness and preventing infection. And actually the oxford results they were the 1st to report that they actually prevented or reduced asymptomatic infection. That has big implications for how we control this pandemic. In other world news, saudi arabia is denying that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman met with israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. The Saudi Foreign minister tweeted this response after these really public broadcaster reported a meeting took place. It was said to have included the head of Israeli Intelligence agency, mossad, and the u. S. Secretary of states mike on bail. Lets speak to harry fossett in a forest. So harry, a denial from the saudis and no official confirmation. Mr. Abbott media reports all day this saying this meeting did happen. Whats going on here . Thats right. And as well as the media reports which have been sourcing, its 2 unnamed israeli officials. And this is a country where usually such things could easily be kept out of the media by pretty powerful censorship law if needed. There is a presumption that the Israeli Government has wanted this to be leaked and weve heard from ministers as well. The Education Minister saying that despite the semi official nature of its coming out, it was a great day for israel, essentially confirming that it had happened as well as that the Coalition Partner and erstwhile rival and potentially imminently future electoral rival of Benjamin Netanyahu. Benny gantz, the defense minister, he was chiding at and you know, for allowing this to be leaked in this way. Weve also been watching and you know himself at the israeli parliament, the knesset. He was asked directly about this saying that i havent talked about this kind of thing for years and im not going to start now. He said, but he also said that he had been working for years to expand the circle of peace. So again, tipping his hat to the fact that as far as the israelis are concerned, it seems they want to put the message out that yes, there was this meeting between netanyahu been some on the crown prince of saudi arabia. And the u. S. Such a state might compare. Theres often been talk harry of hostile relations between israel and saudi arabia, between the jewish state and the home of islams holiest sites publicly at the top. But what about privately . Well yes, i mean, privately, it is been reported and its pretty much generally accepted. There have been high level clandestine meetings for some time. This would be the highest ever acknowledged level of such a meeting though, between the crown prince and the israeli Prime Minister. Especially given that it took place reportedly on saudi territory in this way. As for the saudis and the americans might compare has been doing, giving been doing a sort of a goodbye tour of the region in the last weeks of the trial of ministration. Its very clear that he wants the u. S. Administration, wants to try to shore up some of the accomplishments as far as theyre concerned of the 4 years of the Trump Presidency and very high among those. As far as theyre concerned is the normalization agreements that israel has already signed with other arab states. Saudi arabia is obviously the big one, given the fact that the foreign minister has denied this meeting ever took place. That shows how sensitive this still is the same foreign minister was saying just a couple of days ago that there could be no normalization with israel without 1st there being a palestinian state established. Weve spoken to some Senior Palestinian officials here. One says that if this happened, it would have been heartbreaking and other pointed to those remarks by the foreign minister saying that that remains as far as theyre concerned, the saudi positional though no guarantees Going Forward that that would continue. But it could be that all of these parties, the saudis, the americans, and the israelis all for their shared interests, are trying to get together in this semi public way ahead of an incoming biden ministration. In order to try to continue that progress towards normalization, to continue the pressure on iran. Of course, Benjamin Netanyahu in self recently giving president elect biden, a pretty public warning about the iran nuclear deal, saying that as far as hes concerned, United States shouldnt go back to that. So it may be an attempt to try to bring this out from under the covers a little bit to try to nudge the next u. S. Administration. Had a faucet in ramallah. Thank you. And israels cabinet has approved a mutual v. C. Extension agreement with the United Arab Emirates ministers ratified the treaty, which was signed in tel aviv last month. Prime minister netanyahu says he hopes the, development will strengthen, economic ties with the u. A. E. , the normalized relations with israel in august. So were starting to get an idea of who will take the top positions in a Biden Administration. The us president elect is expected to announce Anthony Blinken as the new secretary of state, making his long served as a Foreign Policy adviser to biden reports also suggest Jake Sullivan is being lined up to take on the role of National Security adviser sort of and has served as a longtime adviser to biden and former u. S. Democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton that speak to our White House CorrespondentKimberly Hall care about this. So kimberly, what do these choices say about where u. S. Foreign policy is headed under joe biden . It says a lot. We expect of these announcements will be formalized on tuesday, and what this suggests is that a priority for a Biden Administration in the early days will be to reassemble global alliances. These 2 names. And both of these picks not only talk about experience as being valued by the president or for incoming president , but also that Foreign Policy establishment in terms of the relationship is critical. As the incoming president looks to forge some of those relationships that may have been affected by Donald Trumps policies, namely the america 1st policies which were very insular. What this could look like is, and weve already seen the signal from joe biden, that he intends to try and forge these relationships in terms of rejoining the paris climate accord. Again, reviving the Iran Nuclear Agreement and also the world health organization. So this seems to be a priority and in terms of these picks, these are the type of people that will already have some established relationships globally, as they try to push ahead with resetting if you will, american Foreign Policy on the global stage. In the meantime, the outgoing president , Companies Giving up, but more republicans seem to be breaking away from him and his claims a victory. Is it just a matter of time before . Well, you know, theres the possibility. He may never and will just be an administration that marches towards the inauguration where joe biden and calmly, harris will take over. What were looking at here though is a president that refuses to concede, continues to try to exhaust all legal challenges, even as hes been failing quite significantly. What we know is that there is going to be another certification of votes, pennsylvania today as well as michigan. We know tomorrow will be nevada. Next week itll be arizona, wisconsin. The really are very few options left for this president. Still hes pushing ahead with some of these challenges, requesting a recount in wisconsin, for example. But youre right, even members of the president s own Republican Party loyalists like former new jersey governor chris christie, saying this is a national embarrassment, the president should concede, and that these challenges are futile. Committee, thank you very much for that company. White house correspondent hi. Still ahead on aljazeera, i coulda went to wave be coming to south korea. Officials impose new coronavirus restrictions to try and stem it. The man behind the ice bucket challenge, patrick wayne, has died after a battle with look at the impact hes had in the search for a killer. Hello, weve got sir. Clear, a crisp weather pushing into japan at the moment. Clearing skies coming in, we have got a little bit of cloud just pulling away from that east, the side of japan, 16 celsius in tokyo freshening up here. 7 nights there for beijing and also for red. So well see some attempt is bigger 13. 00 wednesday, perhaps a touch warmer in seoul, but great difference, a fair amount of sparkling blue skies there and some sunshine. Then weve got at 14 celsius, the chance of showers into the northeast of honshu, but nothing too much to speak of. Well, the more the way of shabby rain is the central parts of china. Kolarov to the north of that. When off down to the south, hong kong at 27. 00 celsius, decent spells of sunshine, sunshine too, into central and much of northern india, down towards the south, down towards the southern sections of the go. We do have a developing system here thats throwing a lot of heavy rain pushing across into under pradesh that could lead to some flooding as we go through the next couple days. It may well develop into way of cyclists. We want to keep an eye on further north, other end of the spectrum here, cold wet and wintry weather coming in across northern parts of india and cold enough to fill the pakistan. Is there a risk, realistically, how can you do it instead it was corruption in the disc country. We listen if this breaks up and gone for good bugs on an india, this has implications for the rest of the world. We meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter from 0 to 0. There is no channel that covers world news like we do, we revisit places, mistake. Others are really invested in that and thats a privilege. As a journalist is welcome back. Every couple of our top stories on aljazeera, a Pharmaceutical Company, astra zeneca, an oxygen or versity, say, late stage testing of the 1000. But seen, show all says its highly effective. They say that can be stored at fridge, temperature, making it easier and cheaper to distribute. But there are questions over how effective the vaccine will be in the long term. Saudi arabia is denying that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman met with israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. The Saudi Foreign minister tweeted in response after the israeli public broadcaster reported a meeting, took place in neon saudi arabia and u. S. President elect joe biden is set to make key cabinet appointments. In the coming days, his longtime adviser, Anthony Blinken, is expected to be named secretary of state, while Jake Sullivan is lined up as National Security advisor. There both obama era of fish now to indonesia, where more than half a 1000000 people have been infected with the coronavirus daily cases are now passing 4000. 00 only this month. President joker, we dont know, announced mass vaccinations will be rolled out by the end of the year. Indonesia has a regions highest number of cases and deaths. South korea, meanwhile, is introducing new restrictions to try and stem a 3rd wave as winter starts. Daily cover 1000 infections have topped 300 for much of the last week and officials here, they could rise further. Rob mcbride records himself on south koreas 5 tier scale for social distancing restrictions, are being raised to level 2 for the sole metropolitan area which is home to around half the countrys population. The spike in new cases has officials here worried understand youre in a cocktail. If we do not stop this trend, the number of patients will rise as if a dam had broken. The new measures will mean cafes can only serve takeout in restaurant dining will end earlier each evening while theyll be tighter restrictions on class sizes in schools and numbers of spectators at sporting events. Nightclubs will also be closed. The last time nightclubs were closed was in the 2nd wave that happened during the summer. The 1st wave was in the southeastern city of daegu at the start of the outbreak here in february. But what worries officials about this wave is how widespread it is of preemptive testing in isolated were effective for the previous 2 waves as they happen around main clusters. In contrast, this time there are various sources of infection. Its led to the government calling for a redoubling of efforts. This coordinated drone show pushing the message that the virus can be overcome by people working together as they have for so many months with the promise of a vaccine on the other side of a difficult winter. Robert bride aljazeera sole Health Authorities in the gaza strip say the recent rise in infections could overwhelm the medical system within a week, they warn critical patients will soon be turned away as intensive care units near capacity. Gases recorded more than 14000 cases and 65. 00 calls in 1000. 00 deaths to libya now where rival parliaments are due to meet in morocco for reunification talks in a separate event. A 2nd round of United Nations that talks have resumed in a virtual format. This comes after the warring sides held their 1st round of meetings last week in tunisia, they agreed to hold elections late next year. But negotiators failed to name a unity government. The leader of ethiopia, Peoples Liberation front is denying that Government Troops have surrounded the city of mckenney. The government says its military is within 50 kilometers of the city. A Spokesman Says to graze, forces are fired rockets are the city of buy here dar, but didnt cause any damage from mr. Abu ahmed told the left to lay down arms by wednesday or face a final assault on may. Kelly, malcolm webb has more now on the groups refusal to surrender. Well, theyve refuted that demand for them to lay down arms. The