That was other than a well new special correspondent andy koponso from cleve in germany let's go in for a short commercial break more world news on the other side welcome back to world news tonight u.s president joe biden is not on the high road it seems as barricades re-emerged in preparation for his state of the union address however the nation is uneasy with his terms in office as inflation and other pressures rise exponentially u.s capitol police increasing security ahead of president biden's state of the union address concrete barriers 12-foot black fencing and enhanced police presence out of an abundance of caution a major uptick in security for an annual tradition in a post january 6 era in last year's address to congress a newly inaugurated and optimistic president we can do whatever we set our mind to,
we do it together so let's begin to get together a year later the country is deeply divided a stalled democratic agenda a chaotic exit from afghanistan inflation at a 40-year high and coveted frustration all contributing to sagging poll n bers just 37 percent of respondents approve of biden's handling of the presidency and 55 percent disapprove his handling of the economy kovit and the russia crisis all underwater the speech was supposed to be a reset but now a major rewrite is underway to address the war in ukraine and the global response and certainly what we're seeing on the ground in ukraine,
The fact that the president has built a coalition of countries around the world to stand up to russian aggression to stand up to president putin to put in place crippling sanctions that will be a part of what people will hear in the speech meanwhile the president's predecessor teasing another run for office and breaking the cardinal rule for former presidents don't criticize the current president on foreign policy the problem is not that putin is smart which of course he's smart but the real problem is that our leaders are d b d b so d b there is news tonight on the kovit vaccine a new study casts doubt on the effectiveness of fisa biotexcovaid vaccine on children aged 5 to 11.
For parents of young children unsettling news new data from new york state shows the only covid vaccine children 5 to 11 can take made by pfizer offers almost no protection against infection the findings have not been peer reviewed but researchers found the vaccine's effectiveness in that age group dropped from 68 percent in mid-december to just 12 percent by the end of january as omicron was spreading five to 11 year olds now less protected than teenagers today's news coming just days after the cdc relaxed its guidance on mask wearing california oregon and washington today saying mask mandates will soon end in schools new york's governor announced the same yesterday today some connecticut students returned to class maskless just two weeks ago pfizer said it was postponing seeking fda authorization for a vaccine for kids six months to four years,
Old after trials showed it didn't work well now today's news about the vaccine for five to 11 year olds not being as effective pfizer says it's now evaluating a third dose for children 5 to 11 years old and vaccine makers are already developing new formulas more effective against omicron as parents try to economically pressured cuba has exceeded all expectations by producing five effective vaccines for almost all age groups within the country with its significantly lower price point it may be hope for all developing countries cuba the small island country which has long stagnated under heavy u.s sanctions is finding out-sized success in covid vaccine development defying the odds cuba has quietly developed not one but five of its own covert 19 vaccines inoculating children as young as two years old,
He is the director of the finally vaccine institute which has developed three of cuba's five vaccine candidates which according to the cuban government has allowed it to tackle the pandemic differently than most countries cuba after mass vaccination of children end of november zero deaths of children did you compare the delta wave 18 children died from that that effort has led to one of the highest vaccination rates in the world over 90 percent of cuba's population vaccinated with at least one dose well above where the u.s and most european countries rank,
So how is this country pulling it off cuba's investment in biotechnology began in the 1980s former president fidel castro envisioning cuba as a nation of science massive state investments in public health have been paying off for decades with a national immunization program eliminating many diseases from the island cuba's vaccines use different technology to the mrna vaccines developed by pfizer and moderna they're protein-based and do not require special refrigeration they don't need to be stored at minus 70 degrees which for global south countries is really important,
Because it means that they don't have to also purchase their specialized refrigeration equipment that's good news for the unvaccinated in poorer countries but with just two problems cuba has yet to ask the world health organization to approve emergency use of its vaccines and few of their results have been published in peer-reviewed journals we are preparing to file a in order to get recognition with the world health organization that is a lengthy and very c bersome process cuba has said it will submit for who approval by the end of march however the country is already exporting its vaccines to at least four countries including vietnam syria venezuela and nicaragua offering up the technology as well to countries like iran to produce the vaccine domestically,
The united nations climate panel released a report with stern warnings that climate change may drastically change lives far sooner than the world would expect and insisted that h anity began preparations to fend against looming threats climate change is upon us and h anity is far from ready a report from the un climate panel warned on monday whilst calling for drastic action on a huge scale the major report is impacted and what they can do to adapt u.s climate envoy john kerry lamented that too little has been done to adapt to climate change and said the report offered a blueprint for action the ipcc said nearly half the world's population is already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts,
And a third to half of the planets needs to be protected to ensure future food and fresh water supplies adding that coastal cities need plans to keep people safe from storms and rising seas but in some cases the report acknowledges the cost of adapting will be too high governments drastically curbing emissions and adapting to a warmer world will take a lot of money spent on financing new technologies and institutional support un's secretary general antonio guterres says it is worth it the report's release comes three months after global leaders highlighted the urgency of efforts to contain global warming to within 2.7 degrees fahrenheit of pre-industrial temperatures,
This latest warning says limiting global warming to close to 2.7 degrees fahrenheit may not prevent losses to nature societies or economies but will substantially reduce them welcome back to world news tonight for more news let's take you around the world in a minute a man shot and killed his three children and a fourth person before taking his own life in an outburst of gun violence that unfolded in a church near california's capital investigators were seeking clues to a motive for the bloodshed but believed the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute airlines braced for a potentially lengthy sanctions war after the eu banned russian airlines and moscow pledged to retaliate the closure of eu airs faced russian airliners,
And the prospect of
russia shutting out airlines in response knocked airline shares u.n member
states are meeting in nairobi to agree plans for the first global treaty to
tackle plastic pollution hong kong's leader carrie lan called for calm after
residents emptied supermarkets stocking up on produce ahead of plans for
compulsory moscow with 19 testing and amid r ors for a city-wide lockdown
toyota has hit the brakes on production as the company fears a possible cyber
attack may have affected the company in charge of supplying electronic
components to the manufacturing process and that's all the news we got for you
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