maybe half a trillion of u.s. dollars. and u.s. growth and global growth still would recover next year in that case, china's growth will be mainly led by domestic consumption, but also robust exports. so in that case we expect 7.5% growth so either way i think china's growth recovery will continue next year. >> china only recently unveiled their 2035 growth plan and their target is to double the economy by that time frame that equates to an average i believe economists are averaging about 4 pp.7 growth. is that achievable >> the been officially set president xi mentioned that some people proposed it and they will leave to the executive branch to set the target so it is a little unclear whether that is the total size right now 100 trillion rmb so to achieve 200 drill i don't think by 2025, that only means a nominal growth and that achievable but real times i think would be challenging. but i think the government is focusing more on sustainability, as well as, you know, quality and structure of growth. so i think that they will set a

u.s. president orders u.s. troops to come home from afghanistan. the move is drawing fire from america's nato allies including germany. plus, two fatal crashes kept it grounded for two years. after months of scrutiny, the boeing 737 max has been cleared to fly again. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers in pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome shade we begin with politics and the pandemic. lawmakers in berlin have voted to give the german government new powers allowing it to introduce restrictions to tackle the coronavirus. the german president signed the bill into law this evening. it takes effect tomorrow. thousands of demonstrators took to the streets today to protest as politicians debated the legislation. >> water cannon and pepper spray deployed by paris -- by police to disperse demonstrators. thousands gather near the german parliament building. many in the crowd not wearing masks or maintaining social distancing. they were protesting against coronavirus restrictions,

the u.s. has seen 4 straight days of new coronavirus infection records more than 126000 cases and about 1000 deaths were reported on saturday at least 230000 people are known to have died from cove in 19 and the u.s. is total infection count is nearing 10000000. iraqi security forces a searching for attackers who killed at least 11 people police a gunman in 4 vehicles opened fire on an army pace in western baghdad they used grenades and automatic weapons at least 8 other people were injured if europe is prime minister has sacked 3 of his top officials the foreign minister the head of intelligence and the army's top commander were removed it comes as troops fight with a regional government and its armed backers in t. gray in the north as he had lines here in august there coming up next inside story . back to the white house joe biden has been declared president elect of the united states he says he's seeking to unify a divided country but can he do some of donald trump's controversial policies

u.s. president donald trump inherited a strong economy during his time in office we saw a record breaking numbers in the stock market and the unemployment rate but the coronavirus pandemic changed everything boom bust several months as they oka takes us through the economy president. in us history presidents are either praised or criticized for the state of the country's economy during their time in office this happens even though circumstances may change during their presidency that are well beyond their control over the last 4 years president trump well he's had no problem telling the state of the country's economy particularly when it comes to the stock market even under the pandemic recovery. we will double our growth and have the strongest economy anywhere in the world oregon to be is doing great number one in the world with number one economy right now in the world it is not even close i am true to report to you tonight that our economy is the best it has ever been the unemployment r

u.s., secretary of state's microamp ale is in israel and was said to be his last tour on behalf of the trumpet ministration. he sailed a joint news conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and bahrain's foreign minister. they praised the normalization of ties between israel and battering the u.a.e. and 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 settlement as a major obstacle to peace. the trumpet, ministration has broken with decades of us foreign policy and its support of israel, including saying it does not see israeli settlements to be illegal under international law. al-jazeera as harry fossett is in question has led many explains what's expected from michael bales. last visit to israel as u.s. secretary of state. there's a significant visit in the last weeks of the trump administration. might pump a 0 here an

the u.s. goes to the polls and the world is watching millions of americans are voting for the next president so how is the election being viewed by other countries this is inside story. hello i'm wrong on off to one of the most divisive campaigns in years americans finally have their say on who should be the next president millions choosing to either give donald trump another 4 years oh put joe biden in the white house but no matter who wins on tuesday the news will reverberate across the globe it's often said that the u.s. president is the most powerful person in the world so in this special episode of inside story we'll speak to correspondents in china russia the u.k. iraq iran and israel to see how those countries and their regions viewing the u.s. election. donald trump has had a tense relationship with china a trade war led to both countries imposing billions of dollars in tariff washington has criticized beijing's national security law in hong kong here in rights violations and territori

tobacco u.s. not seeds u.s. soups u.s. sources u.s. spirits and u.s. tractors and proteins going into europe so what a lot of this is though is that the e.u. trade commissioner lattice drum bosky he is actually quoted as saying we will no longer and as soon as the u.s. stops imposing that are so you can tell the reason for this is they haven't come to an agreement because they want leverage and both sides are playing brinkmanship you know president trump has been a hard liner on trade especially when it comes to situations where he sees as unfair and as we just heard there in the setup was basically there are subsidies on both sides how the dubby cio sees this situation now if their election results hold up and joe biden becomes the next president in january do we see this relationship mending and maybe the u.s. backing down off of their tariffs and a deal being made to do to undo these or to undo the penalties for that better well but yes i do see if you listen to robert reich houser the current white house trade representative he's even already said.

by them promises to change the way the u.s. handles global affairs as leaders from across the world applaud his victory. and the news of biden's win brings the supporters out to celebrate in cities all over the united states and outside the white house. but it's donald trump and his supporters on defiance the president showing no sign of conceding as he prepares to challenge ballots counts in several states. joe biden has declared victory in the u.s. and elections he and his running mate harris addressed the nation from his home state of delaware he spoke of unite. a country that has seen deep divisions with racial unrest and a pandemic often dominating the headlines a white house correspondent kimberly hall reports. addressing the nation for the 1st time as president elect joe biden spoke to a divided america and appealed for unity. people of this nation have spoken. they've delivered us a clear victory we've won with the most rooms ever crash from presidential ticket and the 1st to the nation $74.00 america. he promised to be

the u.s. making amends for the tragedy in laos was built to the people need in that little land on by than from the streets of paris, france debates a bill to ban publishing, images of police for malicious reasons. our correspondent was caught up in the trouble. we ourselves were forcibly shocked out by the police, my cameraman, who robbed by offices while he was filming, while we were trying to do an interview with the world anti-doping agency blasts, the u.s. for double standards after the senate, their backs appeal to jail sports except in the u.s. itself and donald trump rushes to carry out an action promises including getting troops out of afghanistan and iraq, as he continues to question the result of the u.s. presidential election. and also to russia's president says the bloodshed in qatar back could have been stopped. weeks ago before the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan took so many casualties, reports on the work of russian peacekeepers in the region. one of the benefits of th

oh, the u.s. announces it will withdraw thousands of troops from afghanistan and iraq before, president donald trump leaves office. in january u.s., senate passes an act that could be seen as that could see huge fines or even jail for those involved in sports doping. but the world anti-doping agency warns it excludes american sport while allowing international prosecutors to go ahead and avoidable hostilities. russian president vladimir putin says the bloodshed between armenia and azerbaijan could have been halted weeks ago before the conflict in the government or a box had reached the breaking point. i managed to convince president aliyev that it was possible to stop the hostilities. but he simply khatri condition was the return of refugees, including to sue, show, then unexpectedly for me, the position of romanian pawn. this was formulated in such a way that it was on the acceptable for them any time of the day, anywhere in the world broadcasting live from moscow, it's r t international. i'm dow

u.s. foreign service non-resident senior flow at carnegie endowment for iernational peace and a former ambassador to afghanistan. and dr. steven bitle, professor of aairs in columbia university and advocate for foreign relations. here in person dr. seth jones, the harold brown chair, director transnational threats project and senior advisor for the international security program at center for strategic and international studies. now, as mentione this is an incredibly and importantimely topic, just out 19 years ago we went into afghanistannd at the time we had a very clear mission, having just been attacked on 9/11, by usama bin lan and al qaeda out of afghanistan the we went in there and made sure that it never happened again, to sto the threat and to contain it and i think that continues to be the top mission, we faced a threat from transnational terrorist groups. we can debate how large that threat is, where exactly it comes from and how best to contain it, but it' not debatable that the

u.s. election. the u.s. dollar index marginally down, the rate decision coming expecting a 0.15% cut in the base rate and we do have in anticipation of all that move slightly higher than that, and that's down to a commodity related currency and the crude price helping that along. let's head over to new york and join karina mitchell. >> we start with the latest headlines on the pandemic. starling fell to its weakest in the month, with an economy already reeling from similar measures earlier this year. france reports record new infections and germany isn't -- urging people to abide by the rules. italy with new plans to halt the spread. new york says hospitalizations a newder control with curfew. at least one person is dead and several more wounded in a shooting in vienna. security officials are describing it as a terror attack. police a several gunmen were involved. one person was killed and at least one person on the run. people are being told to avoid and trams and buses are not picking up

the u.s. will be welsh and tons of human rights and. all the political rights weapon. all the weapons purchase and. we. know. the u.s. or be more of god's will so all of this will change but ultimately saudi arabia plays a crucial role in u.s. foreign policy in the region and the u.s. will not be. the will into relationship so there will be. there will be changes but those changes will not. the will not lead us to see a rupture between saudi arabia and the us or not lead us to see a u.s. far more confrontation with saudi arabia far from that but there will be changes and the very warm relations personal relations between. the between trump and the royal family the will not be the same under a by the administration. we know that matthew what about what about america's relationship with turkey where does that go now. in the beginning it's going to be a bit rough president trump and president carter on has had a special personal bond just just like as we just heard muhammad been summoned in the r

the u.s. president has repeated unsubstantiated claims that there were major issues with voting and ballot county georgia is one of several states where republicans are filing legal challenges over the election. or trump's claims of voting irregularities this protest in arizona and in other places police offices in phoenix could be seen preparing inside a counting center where crowds would govern outside in other news as swearing in ceremony is taking place in tanzania for president john mica food secured a 2nd term in last week's elections michael fairly was declared the winner by the election commission with 84 percent of the vote the u.n. is calling for a deescalation of tensions in ethiopia's northern tigre a region after the federal government launched a military operation the prime minister had declared a 6 month state of emergency and accuse the region's ruling party of attacking federal troops but local authorities accuse him of plotting a conflict. with all the headlines turned out to

u.s. media reports a say some of trump's closest aids and family members have approached him to concede. outside the white house, booide supporters celebrated his victory on sunday. but some trump supporters have not given up. with their backing trump's legal team to continue what could prove a messy legal battle at home. one of the major challenges biden face when is he becomes president is the growing rivalry between the u.s. and china. which has intensified during trump's time in office. to find out more, our colleague spoke to nhk world's senior correspondent from beijing. >> what does china make of the election results. >> the chinese government hasn't issued an official comment yet, but we do have some indications how top leaders may feel. on monday, china's communist party affiliated newspaper, "global times," published an editorial about the results. ch it said beijing shouldn't have any illusions that biden's election will dramatically ease china/u.s. tensions. but it also said th

u.s. ambassador to afghanistan ryan crocker warned lawmakers that the recent announcement by the trump administration to withdraw troops from the country would give up leverage their. members of the armed services committee asked him and others about the drawdown, relations with nato, and advice for the incoming biden administration. this is 2.5 hours. >> call the committee to order. >> call the committee to order. our full committee hearing today is on the u.s. military mission in afghanistan and the implications to the peace process on u.s. involvement. we are doing this hearing both with some members present and some members remote. remote. we also have two of our witnesses that will be remote. so we are-- it's the first time we've been back for a full committee meeting, house armed services committee since the covid outbreak so i urge all of you participating and watching be patient as we work out the bugs and give everybody the chance to say what they need to say and run the committee

the u.s. secretary of state mike brown, pale, was also present. and this follows washington brokered normalization deals between israel, the u.a.e. and bahrain. a senior political analyst says this is all about the legacy of the trumpet ministration. certainly it's part of the race with time. i think everyone understands the spiked his trenches and the trump and mrs. sheehan will come to an end january 20th. and i think that top administration is trying to cement whatever legacy he's leaving behind in the middle east, especially in terms of the so-called deal of the century. that basically underlines potential normalization between arab states and israel. now,, despite all the hoopla about the rain or the u.a.e., normalizing relations with israel, everyone understands that without saudi. this is all just thin air, hot air in the end of the day without riyadh coming into the fall. this will be true or this will remain shaky and weak and i think it's important for sicko to bumper. you and the to

demand that u.s. government would turn the shah of iran it was their receiving cancer treatment now it's been over for decades and those feelings of hostilities and lack of trust are still visible on these walls and he showed just how little has changed between iran and the united states since the revolution of 979. dollars such a bari al-jazeera tell. us much rests on this election about to call santa maria for the latest on where we stand with the numbers as. well as all of 930 g.m.t. that is 4 30 am in washington on the vendor the 4th this is the state of the race joe biden at 238 donald trump at 231 it is very tight and even though joe biden is clearly in the ascendancy there are still parts for both men to win this election we just don't know when the reason well we've still got 5 states that are too close to call starting up in what we've known as the blue belt pennsylvania with its 20 electoral college votes important for either candidate if they want to win the white house also michigan up in

the u.s. death toll in the coronavirus pandemics now topped a quarter of a 1000000 the highest in the world. many state governors and mayors are imposing stricter measures before next week's thanksgiving holiday. but in fact, but with infections soaring to new highs, there's little relief for hard pressed health workers. another day on the front line, doctors and nurses are doing all they can to help the growing number of covert 1000 patients. but the death toll keeps rising. 250000 americans lost to the pandemic. that exceeds predictions by the country's top and experts say hundreds of thousands more could die in the coming months. health care workers are pleading with people to take the virus seriously. we're understaffed. we have so much on our plate as nurses, there's not enough. we have been one of those is just a place where man and i hope i don't see you as the pandemic keeps sweeping, the u.s. the midwest has become the latest hot spot. the dakotas and neighboring states have some of t

the u.s. presidential motorcade weaves its way to trump national golf course for the 2nd day in a road. donald trump taking a shot at forgetting that i lectured los. he spent the morning in stopping to know of his defeat refusing to concede to democrat joe biden and giving air to disproving theories of election fraud several prominent republicans in congress have made supportive statements saying the elections not over yet. there's a lot of shenanigans going on here if our president trump i would take all this to court fight back and from a republican point of view mellon balloting is a nightmare for us the post office is now the new election center now more than all the republicans have expressed more confidence in the electoral process while saying trump's legacy will endure. he is without question the most powerful voice in our party. he will have an enormous impact on our party going forward. i believe the great majority of people who voted for donald trump want to make sure that his princ

so the u.s. underwent a very long investigation to catch this guy there who arrested him a few weeks ago. and now they have less and go. why is that? and what's the reaction been from mexico? yeah, this is been a huge shock when the news broke about an hour ago in the 1st place when general same for eagles, who was the former head of mexico's armed forces for 5 years under the previous president enrique pena, nieto. he was arrested in los angeles airport because the big shockwave at the time, also because mexico's government were informed before he was arrested by the u.s. authorities. and on the advice of that, the way they seem to have a really strong case against him. when you read in the indictment, the prosecutors were saying that they had messages between general see him for he goes, remember the former head of mexico's armed forces and an actual cartel called the hate to cartel. and he was named in some of the messages, apparently as you know, which translates as the godfather. so it seeme

u.s. election officials are released a statement describing the presidential votes as the most secure in u.s. history, and deny any form of fraud. donald trump has still refused to concede and claims without any evidence that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. ellen fisher has more from washington d.c. . this is going to make happy reading for donald trump and me well to the pressure to him to concede the election. if not concede the election at the very least. eggnog.

is moving to a more traditional u.s. policy u.s. leadership in the world a more traditional type of president i don't think the 4 years of president trump are going to be forgotten and i think it's going to be in everyone's mind because going forward in 4 more years you could have don't trump back in the white house you could run again or you could have another champion can do that so i'm not sure entirely that it's business as usual as it has been since the founding of the united nations at the end of world war 2 with the international order which very much had the u.s. in a global leadership role yes europe and others will like to see the u.s. back in that role but i'm not sure they're going to be able to rely on them the same way they have in the past good stuff james by that diplomatic editor at the united nations in new york. i want to talk about the peaceful transfer of power now because that is the whole mark of american democracy that now joe biden has won the election what if as it is at the moment donald trump refuses to a

u.s. story with u.s. dimensions and periodically will pause to sort of reflect on questions of comparison, historical comparisons, differences and similarities. recently i organized a round table of some of the top historians working on this subject. we don't always agree but i was surprised by how much consensus there is about the lessons you can learn from this. i'll give you a quick, brief rundown of exactly what happens in the pandemic, 1918, and we'll telescope in and out. keep your questions coming. one thing that's most important to consider, when we go back to the 1918 moment -- and here is where we need to look at social history, the human suffering, the human cost. we talk a little bit about the numbers. one of the crucial things to understand in this moment is the story of the people like victor vaughn. vaughn was a fascinating figure, distinguished leader of american medicine in 1918. dean of the university of michigan medical school. he becomes the person in charge of the army medical service

so i think the u.s. can play a much more positive role in latin america and we need to hold administration accountable now. i think -- it is a global far-right movement that bolsonaro and trump are part of. i think the election here in the u.s., the result of the election will have a positive impact not just in the u.s., but other parts of the world. in terms -- yes. nermee please, go ahead. >> in terms of the coronavirus response, trump and boonaro have very similar policies. they really don't believe in science. they don't promote any type of protection. they put the population at risk. they don't express the solidarity for the suffering of the millions of people who have been affected and so many people who have died. also, bolsonaro h even played down -- he is doing everything incan to postpone a vaccine brazil. brazil actually has a very good infrastructure for mass vaccination. historically, the country always has mass vaccination campaign. bolsonaro is even trying to avoid the brazilian science of

the u.s. is the largest force presence there. it also has another unilateral deployment in afghanistan. and this is very important for all the allies. there are 3 other framework nations, turkey, italy, and germany who are dependent on the infrastructure the u.s. provides. and it, it's up to them now to decide what they're going to do. if the u.s. troop presence is in fact slashed. but let's remember, it may not happen. ok, terry, thank you so much for now. that was our correspondent, teri schultz in brussels. take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. president trump has fired his top cyber security official, chris crepes, twitter in a tweet, trump accused of making an inaccurate statement. when he confirmed the security of the november 3rd election continues to claim the election was marred by fraud, but has yet to provide evidence. argentinians took to the streets to celebrate the country's president sent congress a bill to legalize abortion. will fulfill a campaign pledge, which was previously

sticking with the u.s. and u.s. equity story, we heard just overnight that tesla is set to join the s&p 500 december 21, i think. what sort of effect will that have on the benchmark? .ani: tesla is a huge it is said to be one of the biggest companies at $390 billion of market value. to be added into the s&p 500, and of course, that's a disruptive event. asset managers who tracked the benchmark would have to sell about $40 billion of other equities to make space for tesla. have gone out to investors and said, hey, should we do this in two phases? of course, with that index comes about $11 trillion of passive investment. that's part of the reason why we saw tesla have this huge move overnight once the news was announced, because investors will have to track that index, will have to buy into tesla. it could also help the s&p 500. look how much better tesla has benchmark.the i should say, with that, elon by $15wealth gets higher billion, surpassing mark zuckerberg to become the third richest person in the world. what a

i think the u.s. reputation was already harmed by the fact that they do not universally require voter id things like that the fact that mail in ballots as as a system were so widespread use this past election even though it has so many followers if you ask me that is where the real undermining of the american democratic system is happening and it's funny issues like voter id are so contentious in the united states people who want them want that as a policy are labeled racist and bigoted you all know the drill by now i think even though when you look at other countries canada included many european countries it is completely the norm so i think when it comes to american politics voting as as an activity itself has become politicized and i think these are flaws in the american election system that have existed long before now it's only now that we're really seeing them come under the microscope and i hope as a result of the lawsuits whether trump is declared victorious or not that the american people re

u.s. election results continues. come "daybreak asia," "daybreak asia," to i'm sherri -- welcome to "daybreak asia," i'm shery ahn. haidi: our top stories, joe wisconsin and michigan. the trump campaign sues over access to vote counts. uncertainty gives wall street its biggest rally in months. investors see less chance of new regulations, equity futures writing -- rising in tokyo and hong kong. in china tries to reassure the business world that it is open to trade. concern of the moran sealer approach. shery: breaking out of south korea. we are getting the current-account surplus in south korea for the month of september, widening to $10.21 billion. we had seen a previous surplus at around $6.5 billion. this has widened to over $10 billion. the goods surplus coming in at above $12 billion. we have seen continued surplus for the current account in south korea. consecutivee a five months surplus, not to mention exports in october contracted a little, but in september they rose for the first

because the u.s. interest is a huge market for the vaccine with a huge demand given how hard it was battered. how hard with all the life loss from covert 19. so the f.d.a. they have been looking into it and also members of the so-called operation would speed. this is an american kind of, it's not in operation of course, but it's like a group that is responsible for making any vaccine available and spreading, spreading it among the u.s. population. so they looked into, so they started breaking down this vaccine and they started asking astra zeneca for more information about it. and that's how they learned about this additional information about the difference in effectiveness and the difference in effectiveness in different age groups. so also they also also revealed that apparently some people were given only half the dose of the vaccine during the trials have a listen. this was a change in the way the quantity of vaccine the amount of vaccine was tested. and when they, when they realized that there w

we are at an unprecedented low between the u.s. and china, lows not seen since diplomatic relations were established in the nixon area from tech, trade, hong kong, the fated future of the territory here. the list goes on. because of the stakes, china has been watching the outcome of the u.s. election very closely but also because of the thee yachtics and perceived on sundayty. recently donald trump took to twitter and said he won the election by quote, be a lot. that is not true. "the people's daily" in china responded to that on twitter by trolling the u.s. president with a crying with ears emoji and the word, quote, ha ha. that post has suns been taken down. >>ing interest. we'll continue to wait for that official reaction. kristie lu stout joining us from hong kong. many thanks. >>> someone who hasn't reached out to the u.s. president-elect, russian president vladimir putin. frederik pleitgen joins us live. russian state media is repeating the unfounded claims and president putin remains silent at this time. what is the latest o

u.s. and the wider picture with the atlanta fed president, who joins us this hour. haidi: let's look at the sydney staggered open, the friday session muted compared to the street we have had in asian stocks, asia-pacific stocks seeing 13 consecutive days of gains broken by the thursday session, the longest winning streak since 1988 coming to an end. a flat stock -- a flat start in sydney, kiwi stocks up, muted start in japan spite heavy inflows of foreign buying. we are seeing a further downside when it comes to trading in the futures session. getting secretary mnuchin speaking at the moment. he is speaking in an interview with bloomberg news, saying financial conditions are quite strong, that companies that are need grants,covid not that. we heard secretary mnuchin earlier asking the fed to return unused coronavirus money. we will get you more as we get those comments. this is coming at a time when we are seeing increasing warnings about the state of the global economy. the imf and g20 na

u.s. with the disease spreading the next few months could be challenging. >> approach with caution. jay powell warning over economic challenges, despite the prospect of coronavirus vaccine. treasury yields fall amid growing concerns around the pandemic. california joins texas reaching one million infections. u.s. election officials say the vote was the most secure in u.s. history. bandss president trump investment in firms controlled by china's military. what a week. clarity in the u.s. election. a hope old date on a vaccine. we are ending the week with a surge in covid cases. a push poll between the euphoria of a vaccine versus the pandemic. we wake up to french hospitalizations breaking a record. california joining texas surpassing one million infections. chicago, the latest u.s. to issue a stay-at-home advisory. the mayor saying, this is literally a matter of life or death. let's take a look at how this is playing out into markets. a stunning week. we have covid weighing on equities. in

when u.s. forces withdraw from afghanistan, creative power vacuum and the taliban will escalate the violence to seize more political power in afghanistan. and that as u.s. troop numbers have fallen, extremists have gained in strength. this attack on kabul university earlier this month killed 22 people. it was claimed by the so-called islamic state, which is emerged as a rival to the taliban. the taliban themselves have stepped up their attacks on security forces and civilians violating an agreement that foresaw the withdrawal of all u.s. soldiers by may next year. speaking in the afghan parliament, after the news of the drawdown broke the acting afghan defense minister played down the move. i wonder how much my own eyes don't talk about 1st of all. i don't have a sense that anyone is leaving. it could only, they might be ups and downs and numbers, but we are not worried about it. we have ready to defend afghanistan independently of him, but the point was that colonial understand, but many world

u.s. relations with turkey and lebanon and peace deals. here's a look. jerry: good morning and welcome. i'm pleased to welcome you all to today's event, election 2020, president-elect joseph biden. following a contentious u.s. election, joe biden will be the next president of the united states. leaders in the middle east have mixed emotions about that result, especially those who have prospered throughout donald trump's presidency. the entire region undoubtedly will be following the biden team closely as it articulates its policy leading up to the inauguration in january. while there is a theory that the new administration focused on domestic problems needs to push back against major challenges from china will want to put the middle east on the back burner but it is not clear they can succeed. major questions about the u.s. approach to the ongoing in -- conflicts in syria, tensions with saudi arabia and turkey and what to do about israel and the palestinians will confront vice president --

the u.s. secretary of state has urged ethiopia's prime minister to bring a complete end to the fighting in the northern region in a phone call. my comp aoe urged it to hold a constructive dialogue with the to grains to resolve the crisis. have you ordered a military offensive on the northern region more than 3 weeks ago, accusing t. gray's leaders of attacking federal forces. earlier he told ethiopia's parliament that government forces have not killed a single civilian during the conflict, and he insists that the army will not destroy the regional capital makelele after capturing it on saturday. but the tikrit people's liberation front say that there are still fighting government soldiers near the city. hundreds of people have died and up to 1000000 have been displaced by the fighting. that the other person to get with the not the most important, every target has been signed and approved. the house can see that every missile launched is backed by a signature of authority. 99 percent of them hi

u.s. . politicians are more than happy to put foreigners behind bars for doping while the bill gives american athletes. a free pass. duping agency wishes to understand why this legislation excludes the vast areas of u.s. support. in particular, the professional leagues and all college sport. it is not good enough for american sports. why is it fine for the rest of the world? considering how the us has treated domestic doping in the past? the log book could probably use of updates take julian edelman, the patriots shining star and super bowl m.v.p. . his career seen some great achievements with a little help from dope patriots wide receiver julian edelman is facing a 4 game suspension for performance enhancing substance a 4 game suspension is quite a long leap away from 10 years in the can. for edelman, though the cushy treatment didn't end there. he was still showered with awards at the years and even sealed advertisement deals. there are no rules in basketball, it's a similar story. last ye

the u.s. says it's pulling out additional troops from afghanistan and iraq by mid january. that'll leave around 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country just before president the office. but senior figures in the military and the trunks, republican party, say it's a mistake and a risky move. al-jazeera has an official reports from the white house. donald trump campaigned in 2016 on ending america's wars abroad. in the final days of his presidency, he's acting to cut numbers in both iraq and afghanistan. from 4500 in afghanistan, the number will drop to $2500.00. it will be the same number in iraq, but it will come clean more than $3000.00 times. so now this is consistent with our established plans and strategic objectives supported by the american people and does not equate to a change in u.s. policy or objectives. in the stern is the us is longest war. it's lasted 1000 years, more than $2300.00 soldiers have died. it's cost more than $193000000000.00. earlier this year, the u.s. with the he

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 it's 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 we've moved on to 95 percent. what's changed? what's improved? what's improved fully. what's 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 wer

with the u.s. being in doubt without a deal, does europe need to compromise at all? >> i would not overstate that. i think europe once a deal. i think also it is in our interest. manus: micheal martin speaking at the new economy forum. moderna one ups pfizer. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it is daybreak europe from our middle east headquarters. moderna's vaccine is shown to be 94.5% effective during late stage trials. we talked about this extensively yesterday. you have had 24 hours to think about the vaccine. what does it mean, in addition to pfizer? does it set the stage for multiples to come? thing is that people should not assume the moderna vaccine is better than the pfizer one based on very early data we have seen. the second thing is obviously the company, the product moderna has developed appears to have an easier logistics requirement with regards to the cold change, the lower temperature it needs to be kept at than pfizer's. the reality is we are going to have so many requirements that th

u.s. advisers are ready to lead the way. they jump and the trainees follow. an introductory briefing before exercise sky soldier testifies to the emphasis placed on combined training and forces. u.s. troopers from okinawa and chinese air unit will combine in a counter-attack. the exercise begins as chinese paratroopers ready to take off at the drop zone have their chutes checked by the jumpmaster. the plan for grc and u.s. troops to jump at widely separated drop zones and counter-attack on foot in a pincer's movement. within a few minutes aircraft from the air force arrive at the drop zone. they find the chinese are unusually quick to master jumping techniques. throughout the exercise island civilians are highly interested spectators. as the grc airborne move out, the heavy drop of equipment is released. miles away u.s. aircraft completing their flight from okinawa arrive over the secondary drop zone. they move off the drop zone to carry out their half of the movement. the main objective o

at a u.s. senate hearing democratic party senate has grayle to mom and jack dorsey about hate speech and incitement of violence. while republicans question them about a perceived bias against conservative voices. an opinion. in particular, how to have blocks an article by pro trump newspaper, the new york post. i believe this was the largest election integrity i've heard by any private company in recent times. this is what people expect of us, and i'm glad that from what we've seen. so far, our systems performed well. election interference remains an ongoing threat that will never fully be solved. so we continue to improve with each i watch it. but our integrity work is really only half the story. we also ran an unprecedented civic engagement program to encourage people to take part in our democracy. we made a quick interpretation using no other evidence that the materials in the article, were changed. and according to our o.c., we block them from being spread. further consideration, we've made

elections and u.s. democracy are we do not interfere in the internal affairs of the united states and we hate it when they pretend to give lessons in democracy to the world these beauts kerio and refusal of election results were supposed to only take place in developing states things have changed over this have occurred in the us which is no longer synonymous with a stable civilized and consensus based society now just for a good go let me read out one tweet as an official one country a calls on country b.s. leaders to show commitment to the democratic process and rule of law we urge all parties groups and individuals to engage in inclusive dialogue to find peaceful solutions to their disagreements to heal national divisions full stop it's a tweet by the u.s. embassy country a in ivory coast country b. from the 4th oh the irony. now time for a little recap of the u.s. media has named joe biden the new president elect topping $270.00 electoral votes with the addition of pennsylvania but vote counting and

the u.s. has a history of complicated and heated presidential election what's different this time is that the biggest political events of the last 4 years is happening amid the coronavirus and the rest of the level of civil unrest sparked by the death of george floyd and the lies of the radical groups on both sides of the political spectrum. right there with your. say. these groups attract. members who have taken to the streets may control tasks look like full scale what you hear we're going to do you know what it's about. this demonstrators are sometimes heavily armed and they are not afraid of violence or law enforcement. if you will of war let it begin with us. or go into trouble across the u.s. over the next week to meet those groups and their leaders to find out how far they're ready to go to fight for what they believe to stupid for this country. we are in virginia members of a group called the boogaloo boys the boogaloo boys have been around for several years now but the recently came i

the u.s. story with international dimensions and we will pause to reflect on questions and historical comparisons. differences and similarities. recently, there was a roundtable working on this subject. we don't always agree, but i'm surprised at how much consensus there is about the lessons you can learn from this. i'm going to give you this reef brief rundown of what happened in the pandemic of 1918 and then we will telescope in and out, so please keep your questions coming. one of the things i think is most important to consider when we go back to the 1918 moment, and here's where we need to look at social history -- the human suffering and human cost. i will talk a little bit about the numbers but one of the crucial things to understand is the story of people like victor vaughn. vaughn was a fascinating figure, a distinguished leader of american medicine in 1918, the dean of the university of medicine, in charge of the army medical services, founding editor of the journal of laboratory and

the u.s. has officially left the paris climate accord, even with the full election results still unclear. president trump initiating the process a year ago. the exit took effect wednesday. trump would be likely to spend a second term promoting fossil fuels and rolling back environmental regulations. joe biden will rejoin the paris agreement immediately if he wins. in the u.k., the house of commons voted in favor for a new lockdown in england. that as reported coronavirus infections continue to search. all nonessential businesses, venues, and stores will close until the second of december. the u.k. has europe's highest number of deaths at more than 47,000. boris johnson warned of a mortality on a previous scale. that's a look at the first word headlines. no problem, equity markets are on the up. asia tracking the strong gains we saw in the u.s.. the play is technology. back in favor as investors turn on defensive plays, the less less likely stimulus. the msci asia pac index inching upwards, mor

the u.s. election front. breaking news on the bank of england. maintaining its benchmark interest rate at 0.1%, entirely expected. the bank of england saying that was the news amount -- around maintaining its interest rate. they are raising the total bond target. unanimousf england's on this interest rate and bond purchasing story. we will speak to the governor of the bank of england at 11:00 this morning london time. stay tuned for that interview. pound toor a in the this announcement. a pairing of losses coming through. get some analysis. dani burger is outside the bank of them went for us. there had been an expectation that as lockdown measures are extended, implemented in england, even if it is less strict than march, we would see more coming through from the bank of england. more is what we got today. how does this number compare to what we were expecting? there is a larger than expected increase in their bond purchases. in some ways, that is not a surprise. the government is likely to an

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