Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show over 6 a 1000000000 euros more to help a Vulnerable Countries battle the coronavirus pandemic thats the figure raised at a Virtual Summit organized by the e. U. And the International AidGroup Global Citizen the goal is to make any future vaccines tests and treatments available worldwide. It was a slick Digital Production and as much the symbolic show of Global Solidarity as an initiative to gather funds to fight girls with 19 my own. The task of this size can only happen if the unites. Of 19 threatens not just people still but our common humanity. No one is safe until everyone is safe to me most help people in developing countries to cope with the impacts of this pandemic. Someday were covered 19 years behind us. We would like cute to be said that we the nations of the world or the peoples of the world stood together and acted as one can do like for more than 2 hours Global Leaders and influencers delivered their video messages with one clear message at the center of it all acknowledge act together act to end code 19. The event appealed to the world who its brain power and resources to bring an end to this pandemic that means richer countries should tap less privileged countries to ensure equal access to tests treatments and above all vaccines the summit also focused on the need to reduce the impact on the most vulnerable by providing Food Sanitation and maintaining access to education this is the 2nd pledging marathon spearheaded by the European Union leaders it has been championing Global Cooperation in the face of this pandemic in contrast to the worlds 2 biggest superpowers countries china and the us. Also relying on star power to the initiative with a digital concert featuring called play and she could hear on the broadcast around the world. Well 5 out of the 6 a 1000000000 euros pledged are coming from the European Commission and the European Investment bank earlier we spoke to d. W. Chief International Editor in brussels Richard Walker to ask whether the money raised will be enough certainly these few 1000000000 euros are not going to solve the problem to be fair was love underlined the president the European Commission is quite open about that i mean she has said many times that you know this is a step by step process and tens of billions will be needed over time. But still i mean here in brussels in a couple of weeks time theres going to be a summit of e. U. Nations trying to find agreement on a Recovery Fund to get e. U. Economies moving after the pandemic as they as they emerge from it and theres talking of raising 750000000000 euros so more than 100 times what has been raised today so i think many of our viewers watching perhaps from poorer countries in the global south might be watching this and thinking well ultimately you know the west you have rich countries that are more interested in helping out other rich countries than than helping more Vulnerable Countries so i think it is going to be a really interesting test in the next few months if the pandemic really continues to get more severe in the global south how far richer western countries are going to be prepared to go to really step up. Well the number of confirmed corona virus cases in the u. S. Has topped 2500000 according to Johns Hopkins university the state of florida has reported a record daily high of nearly 10000 new cases and 4 other states also report record rises infections are surging in a handful of southern and western states that made an aggressive push to lift the lockdowns but the spike has led several state officials to now reverse their reopening plans. And there are concerns here in europe as people whove been cooped up in cities because of the corona virus are now flocking to the beach for summer vacations authorities in germany closed roads to popular baltic sea resorts on saturday to stop new arrivals as crowds overwhelmed every available centimeter of sand. Tourism officials fear the beaches could become coated 19 hotspots if tourists arent careful. And belgium however is trying to get ahead of the problem authorities there have developed innovative ways to welcome vacationers while keeping them safe. Towns along belgiums almost 100 kilometer long north sea coast have turned to technology for crowd control on the beaches city dwellers can consult an em before leaving home to find a resort that still got space on it sends the crowd bramah to uses colors to indicate how crowded different destinations are. Dont green means no crowds light green means sociable yellow means its busy and orange that its very busy every coastal zone is included on the anonymous data is collected from mobile phones to do the counting but thats not all a network of 250 smart cameras along the coast will calculate the influx of people each day. Its a service that we want to give to vacationers to tell them listen were doing everything we can to inform you you have tools you can consult before coming here to the coast. So. You can go to the beach with a fair degree of certainty that the sea air youre inhaling really will be fresh and not the stale breath of some stranger sunbathing way too close. Well lets go now to some of the other stories making news this hour the Opposition Leader of malawi lazarus chuck where has one of the president ial election a rerun with over 58 percent of the vote voters went to the polls earlier this week after the initial may 2019 election was discredited by the Constitutional Court due to mass fraud. Ireland has a new Prime Minister more than 4 months after going to the polls fianna foil leader hold martin was elected in a special parliamentary setting he had an Unprecedented Coalition with our tribal from a gale and the smaller greens the alliance was forged to keep the republican shin fein out of power for comfort. The African Union is reporting progress in 3 way negotiations to build one of the Worlds Largest downs it says over 90 percent of the issues among egypt ethiopia and sudan have been resolved they you is trying to broker a deal to end a dispute about the dam which was begun on the blue nile river ethiopia in 2011 but you theo and your government said it would start filling the reservoir in a few weeks to produce hydroelectric power sudan hopes to benefit from the dam as well by egypts fears it could face massive water shortages. The project has triggered a decades long dispute b. T. O. Pia began construction of africas largest dam 9 years ago it will cost more than 4000000000. 00 euros now the grand ethiopian renaissance dam is almost completed and ethiopia hopes to benefit from huge amounts of cheap electricity but egypt insists its Water Supplies must be protected you have been needed for the construction of the dam from the flesh and blood of their own citizens and for egypt it is their own life 90 percent of egypts water comes from the nile if the renaissance dance reservoirs fill too quickly 30 percent of the countrys fertile land could be threatened by a lack of water triggering disaster for egypts already struggling economy the talks between egypt ethiopia and sudan have dragged on for years but top negotiators reached a breakthrough Early Saturday Morning during a Virtual Meeting the talks had to be concluded within 3 weeks according to a tweet by ethiopias water minister until then the renaissance dance reservoir will not be filled in contrast to the ethiopian governments original plans for egypt that would dramatically raise tensions the 3 countries are relieved to have avoided a major escalation for now. Oh people here in berlin have staged. 2 separate protests against 2 forms of intolerance about a 1000 rally to support the black lives Matter Movement and draw attention to racism here in germany nearby thousands more gathered to highlight discrimination against the community to help use jolt all right went to both demonstrations. Apparently in pride march unlike any other smaller but still strident political instead of commercial with the official parade canceled juge of the coronavirus some activists still sore cause to demonstrate. Just because her own eyes stare at pandemic we dont have a break for transport beyond homophobia and thats reason what we all denies of right today Rights Groups say the number of attacks against the Queer Community in berlin increased in the past year same sex public affection is still sometimes met with violence even in billund as many crimes against gay people here and so we are here today to say that we want to live if you look around the world to countries like poland but also russia. Or thought where the rights are nonexistent in some areas and thats why its very very important to stand up even in these times quoted to write them but most participants will mosques some little else yet police order the march to end early citing overcrowding. Nearby a different rally with another urgent message over a 1000 gathered under the black lives matter bana to call for an end to every day racism. What connects these 2 demonstrations is a concern that intolerance is continuing even in the middle of a pandemic these communities have come out despite the difficulties of demonstrating under strict hygiene rules to make sure their voices continue to be heard. Even after. A wave of anti racism demonstrations globally in recent weeks participants say little has changed. And that now the trend is not something that love. Is going to be sold like for them its a problem that always been and weve always been fighting for because hes gotten more with us that this one in one or 2 he has something happen again with a black person i dont know so its not really helping this is that its a big part of my life this injustice in the world racism discrimination were constantly confronted with it all. Even when you grow up in germany it doesnt matter where you grow up Police Violence is everywhere racism and injustice are everywhere and im here to add my voice calling for change and then sometimes on the through and the. Mosques have not muffled the demand for equality and justice. Well its a sports now and it was the final match day of the bundesliga season with the title decided the big battle was for 4th place Champions League qualification the spot was boris here mention glad backs to lose as they played hard to berlin meanwhile 5th place laver coups and hopes that a cloud back slip up might let them sneak ahead in the table. Leave a cause and began the afternoon with arguably their best player on the bench i have its made way so it was up to kevin full and to strike the right told. That he did just 2 minutes and have. A look at deflection setting him up for a cool finish and his tentacle of the season. But for laver couzin it was soon but news from glaad for the whole scots off the mark on 7 minutes by your last post my last home after good work from below and below to make it one nil which is have both games student. It looked like liver couzin had turned up the heat on glovebox in the 2nd half. But fallen was denied a 2nd on 67 minutes when the video assistant referee spotted a photo in the build up. 10 minutes later and glad the hosts had 4th place so when up by the press it amble easier than ours was. Im have to score the consolation go through captain feet of the piece of it playing perhaps his last game for the club. Because the result filtered through to live a coups and the disappointment was stark but they can comfort themselves with europe elite qualification after a decent campaign. Meanwhile celebrated their Champions League spot as well as anyone could expect in an empty stadium. Here watching to doubt their news from kelly thanks so much for joining us. 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