A huge spike in targeted attacks on afghan state officials journalists and activists spreads fear and insecurity in the capital. And in sports south africas one Day International cricket series with england has been called off follows a positive cope with 19 tasks and breaches to the teams bio secure environment in cape town. We begin this news hour and pakistan west 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital and push allah off the oxygen supplies there are hundreds of other patients who also left for hours on reduced oxygen because of a delay to deliveries pakistan has so far a total of more than 400000 factions and over 8000. 00 deaths from car that 19 well our correspondent is in is on about for us to come out what more do we know about this incident and just who might be responsible here. We only know preliminary to call it send the preliminary reports be systematic take. For example. To capacity to have. Cubic meter of oxygen however. Only. Cubic meters was delivered to the hospital yesterday when they said incident happened the operating experience shortages in the oxygen supply system they tried to cause a Concern Department within the hospital including the biomedical engineer who is responsible for maintaining the optimum level of oxygen and the supply system there was no. Later on as we finding out about this report. Thats come out basically that there was. Oxygen for several months nobody. Issues regarding renewals contract so its a failure. To achieve minister. From a saying and independent inquiry a number of people have already been suspended and everybody have will be watching to see whether that is a property and whether this again is brushed aside. That with all the latest for us from islamabad well be speaking to a little bit more about this throughout the day thanks so much kyra. Well millions of people across the u. S. State of california now back under a sweeping lockdown rules the state home order places restrictions on the opening of restaurants cylons and stores while also limiting gatherings the measures are being implemented as the state reports its highest ever number of infections more than 30000 in a single day there are fears that some hospitals could even run out of intensive care beds well the virus is now killing more than 2000 americans a day that works out as 2 people every minute its hopes the food and Drug Administration will approve a vaccine soon but it will still take months for it to be fully rolled out how does your caster has more for us from washington d. C. New lock downs are being put in place in a number of regions amid the ongoing surge in Infections Health officials are considering ending even al door dining and in most of california stay at home orders have been imposed this far from Festive Season for the Small Businesses that rely on holiday trade. Chrisler temple mean thats how people get the now no mortgage no get beautyful holiday and now they sit down again the food and Drug Administration is set to review a new vaccine this week its a process that in the past would have taken months but in what amounts to a life or death situation hell the fishes are hoping it will take a matter of hours based on the data that i know i expect the f. D. A. To make a positive decision but of course its their decision and as you probably know they are totally separated and fired from the operation they would make their own judgment based on the data and i hope that the decision would be positive but even when they are approved it will take months before the vaccines are widely available to the general public be thinking in the february march timeframe that youre going to see more general vaccination and by the 2nd quarter of next year will still have enough vaccine for every american that wants it as Health Officials continue to call on americans to follow social distancing measures and no other member of trumps inner circle who hasnt followed that advice has fallen ill to the virus Rudy Giuliani personal attorney was reportedly hospitalized sunday after he tested positive he traveled the country last week trying to help the president overturn the election it was trump who announced his lawyer has coded 19 on twitter calling it the china virus meanwhile the pandemic is claiming the lives of 2 americans every minute. Castro aljazeera washington. Now u. S. President elect joe biden has chosen californias attorney general to serve as health and Human Services secretary now if confirmed by the senate javier basara will be the 1st as a teenager to head that department but there is also known for leading a series of lawsuits defending obamacare when that speech our White House Correspondent came to health it now in washington d. C. Can be it does seem that mr basara was a bit of a surprise pick can you tell us a little more about. Yes thats right he was a surprise pick and i can tell you that as the top Law Enforcement official for california many are questioning his background in terms of the choice because he was one of the succeeded the Vice President elect come a harris in the state of california he was a fierce defender of the Affordable Care act so it does indicate joe bidens priorities when it comes to what he hopes to accomplish as president but there is another point to all of this and that is the fact that as you also mentioned that is a latino he would be the 1st to lead this very Large Department at a very daunting time the fact that we have mentioned that more than 281000 americans have died now of covert 19 we also know that this disproportionately affects communities of color so having somebody of color to lead this department is also a clear priority at a very challenging and daunting time but we should point out that not everyone in the United States is happy with this pick in fact just last week a number of prominent medical associations including the American College of physicians the American College of pediatrics sent a letter to joe biden saying that they felt what was important was not to have a politician in this role but instead someone with Public Health experience still we know that he is getting the blessing of the top Infectious Disease specialist specialist dr anthony found she has just spoken saying that he is an excellent pick i want to pick up on Something Else and. Report that can be given that Rudy Giuliani was the man who is essentially spent heading trying to push to get the Election Results have attend and he is now in hospital with kovan where does that leave president trumps efforts. Well obviously not in a very good state in peril in many cases but it was already in peril given the fact that most of these legal challenges have failed. Campaign continually says that it has overwhelming evidence of widespread fraud but even some republican appointed judges have thrown these cases out saying that theyre flimsy at best so even if donald trump says that the campaign will carry on with these challenges he insisted over the weekend that he will Never Surrender that he does see a 2nd term in his future the problem with having Rudolph Giuliani the man spearheading this campaign in the hospital is obviously going to complicate matters as still he has tweeted that hes doing well and his son said hes getting excellent care but the fact of the matter is is that he appeared massless for a number of these hearings causing the Arizona State legislature to now have to shut down temporarily and in michigan theyre also watching very carefully another place that he was another state rather where he was carrying out these arguments not wearing a mask so obviously this is a major Public Health concern and both of those states house correspondent there with all the latest for us from washington thanks so much coming on lets go back to pakistan now when 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital and as we were saying off to oxygen supply is that iran today we can now speak to hes a political analyst and also the former secretary of home and tribe on the fan as he now joins us from islamabad mr shaw thank you for being with us here on out of there and let me start by asking you is this the situation this incident that were seeing an indication of just how overwhelmed the Health System in pakistan is at the moment. 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People and donna verging to choose their president and members of Parliament Incumbent president is facing 11 challenges but his main rival is the man he replaced 4 years ago John Dramani Mahama gonna as regarded as africas most stable democracy both men have even signed a pact saying they will accept the officially declared wenna 275 parliamentary seats are also up for grabs in mondays polls but im going to tryst has more from the lawn just polling station in the country in the capital across. Voter turnout for this election has been very very impressive. Thousands of candidates or rather thousands of voters 2 hours before polls open here and. To choose their next president and of course members of Parliament Although there are 12 candidus running for this election. Not only choices down to 2 personalities of the 2 dominant Political Parties in this country that are all the other 275 parliamentary seats up for grabs now a lot of people tell us that they are excited about voting in this election because they believe this is a crucial moment in history and for its development they need to make a choice to elect a leader they feel or trust can move this country forward im here with one of the voters on cue can you tell us your name. Are you voting for the 1st. Time and talk to us about why you are voting today and are you are you excited about you know you just doing your Civic Responsibility im really excited about seats i mean my Civic Responsibility will also. Be across 6. 00 to 3000. 00 Security Officers that include the police the military immigration and military organizations have been deployed across thousands of sports including of course the volta region where a few months ago there were incidents that the Security Forces put down because of separatist concerns and right now the Election Commission is telling us that we won we will be receiving the final verdict of the people and by by that they mean the Election Results will be announced in 24 hours after the close of vote today. Lets now take a look at some of the challenges that facing the west african nation a situation between the ivory coast. And became a fast so and is also a major cocoa and gold producer and then over the past decade the discovery of oil has also raised prospects of an energy boom in such a multiparty democratic system since 1902 and is strive towards fair and Transparent Elections but its fast growing economy has also suffered its fast major downtown and for decades because of the corona virus pandemic and lockdowns in april ghana received one 1000000000. 00 in emergency funding from the International Monetary fund and all their debt remains a major concern leading president ial candidates a coup for under the hama have both promised to improve infrastructure gone as finance ministry has projected the economy will grow by almost 6 percent next year while debts will be reduced well i spoke to quip chukwuemeka is a he is the executive director of the west African Network for peacebuilding he says the elections have been peaceful so far. The beauty of the current action is that the 2 leading candidates one point on the ive been depressed at end of the conflict and bad gives the need for the electorates to access them on the basis of the up to 4 months of the leader and be needed so much from a Democratic Congress was the former president one last election to be around president. And President Park 5 so the citizens have. To go find them to make their choices that part of what the candidates signed up to that and show that. Elements brought them to be in the proper process you has been at consent in the past but so far since the elections that theyre in the morning weve not had the need. Up from the. Election like the indelible link that complain about seats on onslaught on so faults but so far i think the security agents have been on top of the news and we have not had any company of. The season which. Might be an issue today. Well more people are fleeing ethiopias Northern Tier a region every day even though the government has declared that the fighting there is over refugees are crossing to neighboring sudan and the hope of trying to build a new life has their story. Your job your refugees at the camp getting ready for a long stay they use these plastic sheets to top the ceilings of their new homes the u. N. Distributed 480 of them on sunday it also provides these bumble sheets to be used aside was Just Creative ways to cook food are tested here as well solo over designed to do the job with no Environmental Impact the Norwegian Refugee Council distributes cash amounts equivalent to about 20 5. 00 per individual if we give them cash they can buy whatever is. Slim cards baby milk formula new clothes none the work because theyve been in the same clothes for 3 weeks now. They can borrow that from from local traders who are coming into the camp. Instead of us. Who are spending a lot of money with logistics importing items from different parts of the world robin and his wife canobie soft drinks and biscuits or sweets for their children i am happy. Any chink have a chain if you have no food. They money it will. Become the eat your brave past any chink. The camp is spreading and slowly turning into a village with about 10000 refugees this place is already crowded and ours more people are still coming the numbers are expected to grow the main concern now is that there seem to be no Protection Measures here to prevent a potential outbreak of the coronavirus in the camps. There is 0 social distancing here no masks and no covert tests whatsoever but there are also nobody ported cases of severe illness that looks like the coronavirus much more concerning for people like you other than his wife is food and shelter for the 19 days old