this is the tip of the news live from perth a turning point in america's struggle against the coveted 19 pandemic the u.s. food and drug administration has approved the fine take pfizer vaccine the decision clears the white for an unprecedented vaccination campaign expected to begin in the coming days. meanwhile soaring coded 19 infections and fatalities confront germany with decisions will go far he's a tough a lot down to including closing retail stalls in the middle of the christmas shopping season. and the u.s.

supreme court rejects a texas law suit to overturn america's presidential election president donald trump has called the suit the big one that would keep him in office the question now being does this decision finally put an end to his hopes. i'm anthony howard welcome the american drug regulator the f.d.a. has approved the buy and take pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the u.s. readies itself to move forward with mass immunization the vaccine was shown to be 95 percent effective in preventing cope with 19 in a light stage trial health care workers and elderly people in long term kids are expected to be the 1st recipients the vaccine gives cause for heart made the struggles with soaring in fiction rights and coded fatalities a president don't trump and now. the decision in

a video released light on friday he neglected however to mention by antic the german company that played a key role in developing the vaccine i have really good news today our nation has achieved a medical miracle we have delivered a safe and effective vaccine in just 9 months this is one of the greatest scientific accomplishments in history it will save millions of lives and soon end a pandemic once and for all i am thrilled to report that the f.d.a. has authorized the pfizer vaccine we have given fives and other companies a great deal of money hoping this would be the outcome and well joining me now is dr pay to chin home he said an infectious disease specialist at the university of california san francisco good to have you with us dr the f.d.a. was on the real pressure from the white house to hurry up and approve a mage and see use of that bond take fossil vaccine should we be concerned about the political influence here well this is not

a new anthony dreamed summer we were concerned because a current administration was trying to use the vaccine as a car in a political year and many folks in the public will worry that it was sped up too fast and actually hit back hard so the fact that the president was rushing you know on the director of the f.d.a. today was again a step probably in the wrong direction and not very reassuring for americans who are worried around influence of politics and vaccines already so dr we had the green light from the f.d.a. what will a vaccination program look like now particularly one that i'm to a no kill like 20000000 people by the end of december. well it's going to be very slow sure i think it's a beacon of hope for showing a metaphor of success in science and we need to end the pandemic but it probably

won't have much practical use in the beginning because again it's a numbers game. health care workers and nursing home residents will be the 1st in line but even that wouldn't be able there would be enough vaccine immunize all of that group so we're right now in the middle of a surge and unfortunately i don't think the vaccine will make much of a dent in that i guess the obvious counter to the beacon of hope that you talk about of the vaccine is that they the deaths in the u.s. topping out 3000 now as an infectious disease specialist how wiring at these numbers. very very worried anthony you know it seems heartbreaking that we have daily records that exceed 911 deaths every day and i think you know it's very difficult to go to work every morning

knowing that hospitals are being filled i'm most concerned the ice use and being filled out on the streets people are disillusioned because they have been for teeth they have been doing this for months and their freedom seems to be taken away with move playgrounds no are doing dining there was a some of the beats that are going on right now it's easy to get the impression that there are equal measures perhaps of excitement and some skepticism around the world when it comes to the vaccine what's the attitude there among the american public. like you open with anthony i think skepticism and there was drawing this summer for sure around politics speeding up the science but what i've really tried and many of my colleagues and try to think about is really the bureaucracy being sped up the red sea being dismantled as the part of operation wants to beat but the americans a still not fully on board as

a community in august it was 50 percent acceptance in november with 60 percent a little bit lower than the 70 percent we need for herd immunity to pitch in home thank you so much for a time thanks so much well spike in corona virus deaths here in germany is alarming authorities and stocking coals for a strict a lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic gemini's death toll per capita was one of the lowest among countries countries rather with the 2nd wife however the picture looks more bleak on saturday german health authorities recorded nearly 500 related deaths and the numbers continue to trend upward and meanwhile the country's disease control agency also bridge just did more than 28000 new infections in a single day now those figures suggest weeks of a pasha lockdown have not slowed the spread of the infection indeed tough of

restrictions same almost inevitable now something chancellor angela merkel and state latest will discuss in emergency talks on sunday. here the record infections are not just a number german hospitals like this one in mannheim are struggling to treat the rising number of patients with covert 19 yet out on the streets you might not know that the country is in crisis the so-called lockdown light restrictions mean shops and schools are still open the german said of baton veteran back is not waiting for the federal government to take action you fire up. from december 12th on we are imposing a general lockdown for all of baton written their guns. from saturday residents there may only leave their homes with a valid reason such as going to work or school the situation is dangerous all lawmakers seem to agree on that several other german states are urging action at

the national level. if we can see it getting away from us slipping from our hands we have to make a decision that's clear more resolute and more understandable and try to live is good this is a matter of life and death to put it clearly it's a matter of ethical responsibility that we in the government have chancellor angela merkel is also in support of stricter measures on sunday germany's federal and state leaders will meet once more to discuss the crisis meanwhile germany schools are preparing for more restrictions or possible expansion of the vacation period get education ministers are asking for as few cuts to schooling as possible. in our opinion make ation should not be extended but rather we should introduce remote learning or even a lifting of compulsory attendance or

a combination of both. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and germans may only have a few days left for christmas shopping before stricter measures are put in place it looks like this holiday season will be even quieter than usual ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world and iran has executed a dissident journalist for encouraging anti-government 2017 protests in the country . criticized iran's government with a website and internet news channel while living in exile was captured in 2090. a police officer in albania who shot a man date on tuesday for violating a coronavirus curfew has been remanded in custody the shooting of the 25 year old man has triggered violent protests in the capital tirana and led to the resignation of the interior minister. well the us supreme court has rejected

a lawsuit filed by the state of texas to overturn the results of last month's presidential election president trump and scores of republican officials and lawmakers had supported the suit which challenge president elect joe biden's victories in michigan georgia pennsylvania and wisconsin the justices ruled that texas didn't have the right to challenge how other states run their elections the fake marks a huge setback for trump in his bid to seize electoral victory from joe biden. so is this the end of the road for don't trump's campaign to stop joe biden from taking office next month we put that question to michael morley he's an election law expert at florida state university. well this one of the things that made the texas suit so unique and again the court held they didn't even have jurisdiction a lot of commentators had pointed out the numerous procedural and jurisdictional

hurdles that it faced but one of the the unique aspects of the texas suit is that it essentially sought to bring the entire election before the supreme court that it identified is a 4 different states where texas claimed it had statutory and constitutional problems and invited the court to to handle the issue in one fell swoop they're still read there are still cases pending in the lower courts as a matter of fact the wisconsin supreme court has just agreed to hear an appeal brought by the trump campaign tomorrow there are other cases where the trump campaign has lost in the lower courts where it can still ask the supreme court itself to hear those cases so over the upcoming days and potentially even weeks i expect to see continued litigation i think it's extraordinarily unlikely that any of those lawsuits will succeed but the the short answer is no this is this case while it presented one unified package that would have allowed the court to consider all of the objections being raised right across at least in most of the

states across the board the court's rejection of this case doesn't shut the door on all these other cases that remain pending in the lower courts. i was election boy expert michael ball the in florida or world leaders will gather today for a virtual u.n. summit on climate and bishan report on what they've done since the paris climate accord was agreed exactly 5 years ago progress toward achieving the deals goals is not so encourage that goal the problem was 5 years ago the historic paris agreement was adopted at the climate conference called 21 the goal is to keep the global temperature rise well below 2 degrees celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. since then 100 in 1009 nations have ratified the agreement but 5 years on progress has been slow. the biggest emitters have yet to submit goals that will put them in line with the accord. some countries have committed to becoming company neutral by

2050 you'll have. that includes the world's 2nd biggest emitter the united states which had withdrawn from the accord but to set to rejoin under president elect joe biden. the world's biggest polluter to china promises to follow suit by 2060 but no nation has yet outlined details for how they will meet these climate goals. carbon dioxide emissions declined by around 7 percent this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but nation's plans for an economic recovery still have really focuses on supporting sectors burning fossil fuels. nation should be looking instead toward investment in green jobs and infrastructure says u.n. secretary general antonio terrorists making peace with nature that is the defining process of the 21st century it must be the top priority for everyone

everywhere. the u.n. estimates that if countries continue as they're doing there could be a temperature increase of over 3 degrees celsius this century leading to impacts far more devastating than we've witnessed this year even with the pandemic. sport on a friday as bundesliga action on bacon was spurred hosted on truck frankfurt the visitors took the lead but a double from vert vic horst won the game for the hosts 1st the dutchman levelled things up from the penalty spot sending the caper the wrong wife or his goal of the ses and then in the dying minutes it proved a saucy striking game to seal a $21.00 victory specs on the run now stretches to 11 games and the win also puts them into champions league contention.

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