Hackles, vice becoming the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. And a different kind of emergency on Spains Canary islands. As growing numbers of migrants arrived by boat from africa, critics accuse the e. U. Of turning a blind eye to a burgeoning new migrant crosspost. Welcome to the program. Germanys Public Health authority says that the rate of corona virus infections is still too high, even though theres been a stabilisation in taste of this. There were more than 22000. 00 new coronavirus cases in germany over a 24 hour period. But there are signs that the latest measures to curb the pandemic are working with case numbers. Seeing a plateau, despite hopes that the positive trend will continue, the chief of Germanys Health authorities said the pandemic situation in the country was still very serious. But because of the overall case, numbers are much too high. The number of civilian cases and the number of patients in intensive care are
Welcome to the program. German carmakers will get more money from the states in a meeting with top executives of the industry. German chancellor Angela Merkel promised companies another 3000000000 euros in state aid. The sector is grappling with plummeting sales in the pandemic. The prospect of Higher Mission standards and accelerating shifts towards electric mobility. The incentives include 1000000000. 00 euros to extend a 2 a 2025, a consumer rebate rebate for buying electric cars that had been planted and next year another 1000000000 euros will be used for a scrapping program for older trucks. And the government will also established a 1000000000 euro fund to finance innovation and transformation and germanys leading export industry. Now the Automotive Industry also wants more support for charging stations to make driving in the car. More convenient, right now when it comes to talking stations 400000, drivers in europe, germany is and 3rd place still far behind nations such as norwa
And im a citizen of the world thats certainly because of my own biography. Well, i fled from breslau during the bombardment, including i grew up in a small town. And libraries were how i got to know the world. I visited north africa as a schoolboy. I was 17 or 18 and we drove folks who are going to band through all the north african countries. I was always drawn to Foreign Countries because i had this curiosity about how other people live, think and work. And it was always worth it. Yes, im a citizen of the world, and this is the story of a the story of the final year in the korea of detail a man. He has shaped the german Cultural Landscape of the last decades like few others with his incredible ability to grasp the right moment. Hes been head of the gemma National Library, the driving force behind the lens Famous Museum island, and president of germanys cultural powerhouse. The good to institute, but his last 12 months didnt go as planned. A final official trip to the african continen
Its good to have your company if you pay as Prime Minister made insists his country will not descend into chaos thats despite reports of heavy casualties in fighting between the military and Regional Forces in ethiopia is to grab a region thats in the north of the country near the border to eritrea ethiopias federal government launched the offensive against forces of the to gripe Peoples Liberation front last wednesday blaming them for and its haq on a military base now the t p l if dominated ethiopian politics for decades that was until major came into office in 2018 since then the leadership has claimed the federal government is unfairly targeting their its new group in corruption crackdowns for his fox be accuses the t. P. M. If off attempting to destabilize the country. Intent on perpetrating a culture of impunity and restoring. The un do people its they were great in the past the t. P. A. Live Border Guards have continuously mounted was covert and overt the pence from the mine the
A look at the markets which reflect the dynamics of the u. S. Election asian share scaled a mere 3 year peak as democratic challenger joe biden picked up wins in some closely 4 states and republicans looked set to hold onto their majority in the senate because analysts believe a divided u. S. Government would make tax increases and tighter regulations on business unlikely but lets keep in mind this still counting votes in the United States. Because the uncertainty continues its time to cross over now to our Financial Market correspondent rhonda bruson who keeps an eye on the Trading Floor in frankfurt for us chrono hows the day unfolding in europe. Well i can show you the uncertainty it looks like this its a very jittery sideways german share index dax today of course everyone here continues to discuss what to expect from the United States very slowly also a few european factors are shifting back into focus for example german factory orders which have increased since september which gi