That is a memorial. She will be for the artist working to one of the hundreds of thousands of americans who died from covert 19. So the ethiopian Prime Minister has ordered a final offensive on the Northern Territory region and says that a humanitarian corridor will be opened to help those fleeing the conflict. It has warned residents to stay indoors after ordering the army to move in normally regional capital of mecca. The government imposed deadline for to Ground Forces to surrender expired on wednesday. That has been nearly 3 weeks of fighting with hundreds killed and tens of thousands displaced. Well, the u. N. Is warning of critical aid shortages in the region. It says that fuel cash and food are all running out. And many of those displaced have already fled over the border to neighboring sudan, where him or his right now, where we are is a camp thats not far from the sudan, is here border. And its where more than 15000 refugees have arrived over the past 3 weeks. All of them sayi
Im going to go into Battle Royale in frankfurt after byron slip up, the lights take a look to draw level on points with the League Leaders, no easy task against a fiercely committed home side. Welcome to the program. Leaders of the worlds wealthiest countries have been meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. A virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic and deal with its economic fallout. A draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for a Fair Distribution of covert 19. 00, vaccines and testing. So that poorer countries arent left out. That relief is also likely to be extended denied the opportunity for a face to face pageantry. This was how so dia rebiya opened the g 20 a 7 plane fly over of riyadh to mark the 1st ever summit hosted by an arab country. On the grown king solomon beckoned the worlds most powerful leaders, bureaucrats, and despots. To meet the challenge of their generation, it is unfortunate that we are
P. M. Eastern on cspan, online at cspan. Org or listen live with the free cspan radio app. Next, look at what u. S. Foreign policy will look like an abiding administration. This Brookings Panel talked about afghanistan peace talks, americas role in the middle east and the impact of the troop withdrawal ordered by President Trump. This runs one hour and 10 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to this brookings and Charles Koch Institute event. We are going to be talking today about the socalled forever wars in the broader middle east region and what abiding presidency along with the 117th congress should do about them. I am joined by a distant wish group of scholars and friends from numerous institutions all around washington but nonetheless, reflecting a real divergence and breadth of thinking experience and approach in thinking about these kinds of things. Lots of handson expertise. Americanat the new initiative at the Atlantic Council. He is a longstanding scholar. Any of yo
Secretary of states unprecedented visits to an illegal israeli settlement and the occupied Golan Heights. Welcome to the program. We begin with the latest on the current virus pandemic and the race to find an effective vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. It says that people over 70 whove been tested have shown a strong immune response to the vaccines being developed with oxford university. And its in the final stages of human trials. In the last 10 days to other drug makers finds and modernity reported. There vaccines are more than 90 percent effective in the late stage trials. Globally, cases have surpassed 56000000. There have been more than 1300000 deaths worldwide. And 250000 of those are in the us, make you the worst affected country by far, charlie or july has been following developments from london. Just published its phase 2 results, which were based on a group of 560. 00 volunteers. Is i
Have want to heal with less time. Amy the u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 250,000 as the number of infections soar across the country. Nearly 2000 deaths in one day. But President Trump is all but missing in action. He has not attended a Coronavirus Task force meeting in five months. He continues to have no Public Meetings on his schedule. We will speak with the atlantics ed yong. Then to iran. As President Trump installs loyalists in a shakeup at the pentagon, is the president laying the groundwork to attack iran . Plus, we will look at why climate activists and progressive democrats are protesting president elect joe bidens decision to tap congressman Cedric Richmond to a Top White House post. He is the leading democrat recipient of fossil el money in congress. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The official u. S. Death toll from covid19 has passed a quarter of a Million People as the virus rages