Also coming up, the u. N. Calls it the shadow pandemic. Rising reports of Sexual Violence against women and girls under lockdown. We need a woman in kenya who they are working to shed the social stigma around survivors and helps heal each other. And the world gets to know us president elect joe bidens 1st cabinet choices. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world. Not retreat from biden is moving quickly to fill all key positions in his administration. Now that donald trump has stopped blocking the transition. Im sorry, kelly, welcome to the program. We have some breaking news coming in here in the german capitol of car has been seen crashing into the gates of german chancellor Angela Merkels office complex. Just a short distance from our studios. Youre looking at pictures there where there have been no reports of casualties. Police say that they have taken the driver into custody now. Merkel was scheduled today to host a Video Conference with 16 st
Welcome to the program. Leaders of the worlds 20 wealthiest nations have pledged to quote, spare no effort in ensuring that all countries have access to covert 19 vaccines. Comments came at the end of a virtual g. 20 meeting hosted by saudi arabia. The summit was dominated by the pen demick, amid concerns for countries will be left behind as wealthier nations reserve, nearly all of the expected supply of the most promising vaccine candidates. G. 20 leaders also reiterated a commitment to extend debt relief for developing countries until at least 2021 as many governments risk default due to the economic shock caused by the virus. Lets get more now from alexander phenomenon our Brussels Bureau chief. Shes been following the summit for us on xander. Welcome. When g. 20 leaders pledge affordable and equitable access to covert vaccines. What exactly does that mean . Well, in theory, a death means that everyone should have access to achieve that. Seeing whether you live in berlin, in brussel
95 percent effective. Its the 2nd company to announce successful trials after fires there and biotech last week, and still take time for the actual vaccine to be certified. But already there is the question. Will there be enough to go round taken pfizer and madonna are both hoping to distribute a 1000000000 or more doses this year. Huge numbers when you compare it to the likes of germanys cure back with just aiming to produce up 240400 1000000 doses in 2021 and the prices well, theyre very massively u. K. Based astra zeneca is planning to charge the e. U. Perhaps as little as 3. 00 per dose. Johnson and johnson is a bit more expensive, but the 2 frontrunners pfizer and madonna are expected to charge significantly more. Mostly because there are more expensive to produce is yet to say how much the can do that will cost. Now despite positive preliminary results from a 2nd covert vaccine candidate, medical experts are urging for caution and patience. Many, many questions still remain. d ab
Were going to keep you informed on all of our platforms. Were all in this to get on together to make it stay safe, ever going to stacy stay safe, stay safe. Increase is facing a just 3rd largest economy, staying on a dollar word. Slope will announce fresh Economic Data later today was analysts expecting the contraction to have slowed, but the economy economy still to have shrunk significantly while ive lived in office, also coming up as its called, a vaccine needs further research eating away at optimism on Financial Markets and after the weeks of endemic locked all nonessential, shops in france will be allowed to reopen on saturday, just in time for the holiday season. On chris colfer. Welcome to the program with more than 9000000 corona virus infections and in particular, a worrying surge in the capital. New delhi, india has the worlds 2nd highest number of covert 900 cases after the united states. In march, the government had imposed strict lockdowns after lifting them in most areas
Ukraines underfunded Health Care System stretched to breaking point by the pandemic. With that firsthand account from a doctor whos kind of covert 19 and is back at work fighting to give others the best possible government says protesters who set fire to the countrys Congress Building are guilty of terrorist acts. The demonstrators are furious about cuts to education and health care in the latest batch. I mean the business leader, all eyes were on mine strike up his side, paid for the bush visit on trash day. Im good. How the office, welcome to the program 3 prominent hong kong activists have been detained after pleading guilty to that involvement in last years proto ocracy program. Protests joshua warm ivan, lamb and agnes chao are all expecting jail terms for inciting and organizing an authorised assembly. The charges are related so a protest outside of Police Headquarters in june of last year on punts prodemocracy movement has faulted since beijing imposed a sweeping National Securi