a lifelong search for answers and keisha finding silent witness on al-jazeera. pharmaceutical firm pfizer an ounce is that its corona virus vaccine is 90 percent effective as w.h.o. calls for scientific solutions and solidarity to end the pandemic. hello there oracle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. is also at the top of u.s. president elect joe biden's agenda he's just announced his task force to confront the virus even as donald trump continues to refuse to concede the election. u.n.

talks on libya get underway in june as with the aim of preparing for elections after last month's signing of the cease fire agreement. one of the 7 wonders of the world reopens but under strict coronavirus measures after being closed for 8 months . the race for vaccine that could end the coronavirus pandemic has taken a significant step forward u.s. drugmaker fine says its vaccine has proven to be more than 90 percent effective pfizer says it's on track to ask for permission to sell a vaccine before the end of november but u.s. health regulators have indicated they will take time to review potential vaccines the news comes as the head of the world health organization called for scientific solutions and solidarity to end the pandemic you made the comment says the decision making body meets in

a largely virtual conference the deepening public health crisis is showing no signs of abating with more than 50000000 cases recorded globally and at least 1200000 deaths. dominic k. is live for us in dominic what more do we know about this is a vaccine what we know about this vaccine is that pfizer has been collaboration with the german elements have been pursuing trials there at the 3rd phase phase 3 of the important stage of the trial of this fax seen it so to do is faxing hasn't yet been approved that's what this last latest phase is going through now but the suggestion the strong suggestion coming from pfizer is that the people who this has been trials on as it were 90 percent effective 90 percent immunity is coming from this vaccine and so some of the people involved in this from pfizer are saying this is great news from their perspective and they

hope very much to be able to spread this out as far as possible they're talking about being able to create in the rest of this year in the 10s of millions of doses and then in the course of 2021 potentially more than a 1000000000 doses this is a 2 dose vaccine so that means that perhaps 50600000000 people might be able to be vaccinated with this provided of course it gets the authorization from the relevant to authorities but we know that many countries have already tried to acquire a certain number of doses because clearly they believe that there is very much in this new development that can take them further down the line towards a vaccine that can work for the vast majority of people and of course this news is going to be welcomed by countries battling coronavirus across the world what's the k.

that situation there in germany where you are. well we seem to be breaking records in so far as stock rises in numbers virtually every day every week so for example the number of new infections on monday is the highest number on a monday since the start of the pandemic and last monday was the highest on a monday the same metric being applied in so clearly when you have so many people coming down with the virus the suggestion that something is out there that could inoculate 90 percent vaccinate 90 percent of the and therefore reduce the numbers of new infections by 90 percent is clearly something that authorities right around the world want to latch on to and if we really drill down into the stats here in berlin for example we know now that one in 5 of all the intensive beds in the entire city states of that is occupied by

a covert patient and while people have said the narrative in germany is that germany has not been as bradley effect as other european countries the numbers keep on rising which explains why so many people here and around europe want this pfizer vaccination to be a success absolutely kate dominic many thanks rance places that from then on dr gloria tally on the as a professor of infectious diseases at the n.z. university and ramsey says 5 as a vaccine candidate it is more effective than most people had hoped for. this is an incredible breakthrough because we expected the vaccine to be match match less effective than what i consider to be. we don't consider the possibility of the vaccine to be effective in 75 percent of subjects meaning that any vaccine open nation that who that children back to nation who

prevent 75 percent of the not who are curing infections and it appears that this vaccine after just one month after the 1st of ministration therefore in a very full time is capable of preventing 90 percent 90 percent of infections which is an extraordinary result the next step would be to examine exactly will develop that's in the way or other words we have to know who received a vaccine in this 1st try yo and evaluate if this is some task could be extended also to have the population match more in needs for being vaccine the 2 that i mean oldest people people with co-morbidities who are at risk of severe infections and probably were not included

in the 1st trial you know. well u.s. president elect joe biden has described the vaccination progress as excellent news saying i congratulate the brilliant women and men who helped for just this breakthrough and to give us such cause for hope at the same time he said it is important to understand that the end of the battle against cave at 19 still months away and president donald trump has reacted tweeting the stock market is up big vaccine coming soon 90 percent effective such great news he says. so the transition to a joe biden presidency in the united states is gathering pace with some key decisions already being made the president elect announced his task force to tackle what he says is his top priority the current virus pandemic it's co-chaired by dr david kessler who served under the bush and clinton administrations on sunday biden

visited a church cemetery where family members buried including his late some little trump is still refusing to concede defeat and is escalating his legal offensive his campaign says it's about to launch challenges in states where he's disputing the counting of votes and world leaders including israel's benjamin netanyahu and saudi arabia's mohammed bin salmond have congratulated biden was former u.s. president and republican george w. bush also sent his best wishes. to standing by for us at the white house but 1st let's mike hanna is in joe biden's hometown of bloomington in delaware and mike you've got biden's team putting the current virus at the top of its agenda what preparations is it in making. well in the next few hours we expect the president elect to be meeting virtually

with members of his new task force the composition of which has been announced in the course of the morning that will be headed by vic murphy now he's a former u.s. surgeon general along with david kessler who's a former commissioner of the food and drug administration including as well dr rich bright a former director of the biomedical advanced research and development authority that's significant because he was a whistleblower in may complaining that he was removed from his post after complaining that the trumpet ministration had not taken his warnings about the pandemic seriously enough but it's a long haul to get through this transition period and the key issue here is the general services authority now this is the body that determines when the translation process for me begins now there's nothing outlined about what is the basis for this decision a spokesperson for the administration says and i quote to duty is to ascertain the

apparent successful candidate once the winner is clear based on the process laid out in the constitution now this is significant because previous transitions began when it was decided generally that the projected person was going to be the winner here piers to be the implication that the administration authority is waiting for the certification of the vote now that comes on the 1st wednesday after the 2nd monday in december which is december the 14th when the electoral college formally ascertained who's the winner of the election now this would be a massive delay and would really really hinder the adventist the biden administration's transition plans now complicating the issue very finally is that the. general services administration is headed by emily murphy a controversial figure a trump appointee she's been already criticize. for action court cases against the general services administration regarding the trump hotel in d.c.

and its attempts to take over the old f.b.i. headquarters so this is a real political issue which has got to be resolved absolutely ok mike a moment many thanks indeed let's cross over now to kimberly at the white house and give you we're going to know more about the election or suits that donald trump has says he'll moans today. there's certainly pressure on the president to at least have his campaign reveal the evidence of widespread voter regularity over the weekend it was alleged that particularly in nevada and other states that there is evidence of ballots that were submitted by people who are just sees to or have moved to another state and there are concerns that more than one ballot have been filed or cast in the ballot in the election and as a result there is concern that these results are not 100 percent accurate now critics would argue that this will not change the outcome of the election because

the number of votes are in consequential but the campaign is insisting for election transparency that it was to continue to pursue this so as a result once again no plans for the u.s. president to concede and this is interesting that the president once again does not have anything on his public schedule having said that what we do know is the vice president is meeting with his coronavirus task force and what is also interesting is that as we report the news of the vaccine we are learning that pfizer the drug company behind this vaccine is saying it had nothing to do with operation warp speed which is the program that this administration put forward to try and accelerate the vaccine and well donald trump is claiming credit on twitter in some sense talking about how this is something to celebrate the bottom line is that in fact the drug company is saying they had no connection whatsoever to operation warp speed headed up by the vice president mike pence that it feels it needs to distance

itself from that kimberly for the moment thanks very much. ivory coast president others on water has been officially elected the constitutional court has endorsed the results of october's votes. position members disputed while running for a 3rd term well and 30 people were killed and post election violence committed just joins us from abidjan so i was getting a reaction yet to these final results being announced. actually laura the reactions came even before the constitutional court lost its verdict there were incidents reported you know we vary it to all neighborhoods of abidjan we who are pro-choice hearing about how the incidents outside of the economic capital but for the time being things are calm on the streets of abidjan here right now the incidents. earlier in the day was put down by the police when

they fired tear gas to disperse a group of protest protestors opposition supporters in fact were out on the streets a similar incident just reported in your program on another section of your vote and then trying to one ok just reporting there from abidjan on the latest from the ivory coast. still ahead there has been heading off to. backing off to his ally won the election. and making landfall in florida storm hits the u.s. leaving a trail of destruction and its way. how

the weather remains set fire across a good posture of asia china for the korean peninsula it will become increasingly settled across japan as we go through the next couple of days if we still get a few on she'll show us is some wintry flowers coming into the northern half of honshu stretching up into whole caught as a fresh a filter things here 16 celsius there in tokyo as we go on into wednesday sim the temperature of the the the shallow as the sleet and snow showers becoming fewer and further between some more in the way of sunshine and hopefully the winds falling light so it will feel a little more pleasant in the process 16 so it's just a solid also for beijing plenty of dry weather there across a good parts of china pushing all the way down towards the southwest of the country but it's right by the across south asia certainly for india it's looking settled pakistan settled in sunny dry to into bangladesh and the good part of myanmar but you see this area cloud and rain that's making its way towards eastern gets as we

go through the next couple of days already seeing some very heavy rain into parts of sri lanka with the possibility of some flooding localized flooding here as we go through the next day i'll say why just i say the showers long spells of rain pushing it to eastern parts of india all the way down into tom i'm not. told to al-jazeera winners realistically how can you do with institutionalized corruption and this country we listen if this breaks up until conflict between august on and india this has implications for the rest of the world we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera. be the hero the world needs. washing.

and there again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. drugmaker says it's coded $1000.00 vaccine candidates has proven to be more than 90 percent effective the company says it's on track to seek regulate your approval to sell the vaccine by the end of november. the us president elect joe biden has announced his transitional cave in 19 team he says tackling the pandemic will be one of his 4 big priorities the u.s. continues to report a record day number of infections. and ivory coast president allison watcher and has officially been reelected after the constitutional court endorsed the results of october's election more than 30 people were killed in post election violence.

peaceful transfer of power has been a whole mark of american democracy the biden harris team is already in the process of filling $4000.00 government jobs after each state signs off on its results members of the electoral college will meet in december to cost ballots reflecting the state's vote the results are then certified by the new congress in early january and according to tradition trump would be expected to attend the swearing in ceremony of joe biden and come on harris on january the 20th but if trump's lawyers are able to nullify the election or delay its results the speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi would step into the presidency scott lucas is a professor of american politics at the university of birmingham in the u.k. he says the lack of cooperation is a problem for the biden team but not an unexpected one. if you cannot get access to the offices and equipment if you cannot get access to the personnel to make the handover it's like buying

a new house and then having someone lock you out and being unable to get into it the question is how long can the trumpet ministration whoever is handed down the order to the head of the general services administration how long can they maintain this blockade on cooperation i think it's not unexpected however to the by the paris transition team so what they're focusing on is look we go ahead and set out what we're going to do anyway i do use extremely important today that they announce the coronavirus task force with public health experts medical experts technology experts because they can be putting the measures into place that they want to pursue from day one to handle the pandemic and additionally as your correspondent noted by signaling the executive orders protecting the dreamers the young children of undocumented immigrants from deportation rejoining the world health organization protecting environmental regulations that at least sets markers down. a new round of talks on libya is getting underway in tunis is capital $75.00 libyan

representatives have been invited symbolizing the 75th anniversary of the united nations which is leading discussions last month both sides announced a permanent cease fire which has largely held the talks are a way to set up the groundwork for possible elections in the presence of snazzier address the gathering saying peace in libya and the region relies on unity between all libyans are the people of. libya as unified nation some people talk of western and eastern libya but we tell them that libyans are one people this kind of rhetorical could lead to the division of libya's the tunisian people refuse this because they know that all libyans refuse it to us it's a danger in the region as a hornak as it could open the door to division in other neighboring nations claridge is engineers is capsules he says delegates of focus on producing a roadmap to hold national elections in libya. so what's happening in tunis is the 1st in paris a meeting of the libyan political dialogue forum these are talks brokered by the

united nations and the u.n. has inflated 75 delegates from libya to take part but that number 75 doesn't actually have anything to do with libya the u.n. chose that number because it's the 75th anniversary this year of the saying of the u.n. charter so these 75 people are broadly representative of libya according to the acting u.n. special envoy stephanie williams and she's an american diplomat who's address the conference this morning in arabic seeing we are on the very edge of a new libya so what is the aim for this new libya well in a word it's elections these delegates are tasked with devising a road map the un's word essentially a blueprint for a specific set of mechanisms to allow elections to happen as soon as possible and these elections are to result in a single unified libyan government so fractured is libya that there are 2 rival

administrations each claiming to be the legitimate one indeed in president case aid has called these talks historic by old measured measures and of caution against the splitting up of the country so the hope therefore is that these elections are the best means to address the crisis in the just mysie of the current institutions and the long period of transition and the cycle of violence that has accompanied it. one of president obama's most senior boys has arrived in israel reportedly to prepare more sanctions against iran special representative for iran elliott abrams is meeting senior officials including israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu then travel to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates media reports suggest he's trying to impose as many science shows on iran as possible before joe biden's inauguration in january. turkey's finance minister says he's resigning because of

health reasons barak who is also the son in law of president reject made the announcement on his instagram account and it comes 2 days after the central bank governor was sacked currency the lira has lost 30 percent of its value against the u.s. dollar since the start of the year officials in the disputed region of the go to say the key city of shusha has been taken by azerbaijani forces their claims had initially been denied of armenians a fleeing a long line of traffic was seen on the outskirts of the reasonal capsules toponica as people tried to escape the fighting the leadership in ethiopia's northern t. grey region says the area's been hit by at least 10 government as strikes 5 days ago promised daughter of the offensive against forces in the region he accuses them of trying to break up the country he says the operation will end soon and those responsible will be brought to justice after

a year in exile bolivia's former president is on his way home a 61 year old lands in argentina and has been driven across the border into the bolivian town of. iran has left the country last november amid violent protests and ickes ations of the nettlefold. well as to the played the same day one of his former cabinet members was sworn in as the country's new president who was also has promised to rebuild bolivia but critics fear his policies could be influenced by his former boss as about. a new precedent for bolivia after a year filled with unrest and violence resurfacing was sworn in on sunday surrounded by members of the country's indigenous communities and foreign representatives and assist says he wants to govern an inclusive bolivia. we want a government for everyone with no discrimination we will stick you need to live in

peace in this road democracy is crucial so we can get people's vote free and fair elections for everyone. accusations of fraud in the elections last year. ended with the resignation of bolivia's 1st indigenous leader in one alice it whatever it is returning from on monday after being in exile here in argentina for almost a year it's not clear yet which role if any he's going to play in the new government of we thought of who will have to show he think charge and not have a puppet of the still popular and influential morales outgoing interim president and 9 years who took office after more than his resignation last year was not present at the ceremony but out of made clear his view of her leadership. the 2 objectives of the defector government were to pacify and call for elections that did not fulfill them instead to begin persecuting and kill political opponents

. during the now you ration the president called for a minute of silence for those killed in the protests last year. bolivia is deeply divided between poor and rural sectors in the highlands and the rich are low lands indigenous communities play a. role in the new administration of lucetta saying. my usefulness when we are mayans grania my approach is we were i model and picture was we are people of the culture of life that sparked our wise rebellion now there is a new dawn in our history were empathy for others and collective good replace individual isn't resurfacing will rule a divided country that is struggling with the impact of call with 19 he was economy minister why mandalas was in office and responsible for the economic growth that empowered millions of people in the country but only say the situation is different now. when the mass party was in power in the past there was an economic boom that

gave money to help the population latin america and bolivia are in crisis bolivia has a 13 percent deficit so it's not going to be easy and there are other problems like concerns over racism and regional rivalries have remarriages in the past year small protests have been on the rise in recent days but our says presidency is viewed as a guarantee for bolivia's indigenous majority the baby will be left behind. and to cedar. the streets of southern florida are flooded as storm meter makes its way through the state and made landfall in the u.s. early on monday coronavirus testing sites and public transportation have been completely shut down. it's a left dozens dead and mexico and central america rescuers in guatemala still looking for bodies after landslides triggered by the stall and in giver is

a cause widespread damage and flooding the storm brought heavy rain 100 kilometer an hour winds authorities say $25000.00 people have been moved from low lying areas . hundreds of tourists and visitors are trickling back into much u.p.a. 2 after the heritage site finally reopened for those government made it off limits in march due to coronavirus solid reports. much of picchu is not like any other place in the world as global covered 1000 cases surge and lockdowns cascade into effect it's in can ruins have reopened. much a big tournament but the 1st to enter much of peachy really is a thrill all i can tell all peruvians and all the world is to come we have all the security measures it is very safe to be here and you will be well received. the units go world heritage sites closed in march because of coronavirus restrictions

it officially reopened to this week but with health checks and capacity limited to 30 percent or $680.00 terrorists a day the 1st visit was just the yama in october the japanese tourist received a special exemption to into early after waiting for 7 months in a nearby town much you picchu sits 2400 meters above sea level where the peruvian andes meet the amazon basin archaeologists believe it was built in the 15th century as a century front in can empower it remains one of the most significant portals into inconsiderate eyes ation as peru's top tourist attraction the local economy relies on the travel as it draws especially foreigners its closure affected nearly a quarter of a 1000000 workers shopkeepers in nearby cusco say they lost more than 2 thirds of their income and yet it has been super terrible because there were no tourists you can only see resident tourists who live here who live nearby and nothing else. peru

is closing in on $1000000.00 cases of covert 19 with nearly $35000.00 deaths for a country of $32000000.00 people that's the highest per capita mortality rate in the world but cases are now decreasing and restrictions easing. it's been quite complicated for all of us who work in tourism the city basically lives off it and it's been a. very hard blow many shops are closed many people lost their jobs now the gates have reopened proving so hot food prices day are here shelob fellas al-jazeera. go way down to 0 these are our top stories u.s. drug from pfizer says its corona virus vaccine has proven to be 90 percent effective in late stage trials pfizer and its german partner biotechs aid.