From this moment onwards dutch multinationals will be held accountable for their activities and their actions in developing countries and thats an enormous victory for for for that the rights of more globally. By degrees has been following proceedings from a boozer. This is not the only case in court either in the netherlands or in the u. K. Where hundreds of people have queued up to shell for contaminating the niger delta i spoke to an actor is a short while ago he said this is just the beginning and a lot of analysts also believe that it will open the floodgates into so many late editions against all producing Company Production companies that have been operating in nigeria some of these cases have been there for a very long time and they were unsuccessful similar communities up and successful to try call a shell in nigeria and courts for example in this particular case today in the netherlands 2 of the people who filed that case have died have already died but again activists are sa
The European Commission has approved astra zeneca as corona virus vaccine for use across the e. U. After medical regulators gave the go ahead for use with people i think years and over astra zeneca is vaccine is the 3rd to win Regulatory Approval the e. U. Is facing widespread criticism for the slow pace of its vaccine role that. After a 13 year legal battle a dutch court has ordered the energy multinational shell to pay compensation for oil spills in the niger delta the case was brought by 4. 00 nigerian farmers whose land was polluted the amount of compensation still hasnt been set shelter not as the allegations and has blamed the leaks on 7 touch. This is data news from but then you can follow us on twitter and instagram at the deadly news or visit our website to be found at data dot com. The rabbits were in the European Union and vaccine manufacturer astra zeneca took an ugly turn today as the Worlds Largest trading bloc gave Member States the power to ban the export of vaccines so
The fate of this company. And not what we expect but. If we hoard and if we have not sharing. There will be street major problems that aim. To provide immediate leet was full time staff and c one i save it would be a catastrophe more than failing as a protection and safety of our citizens piece of it and. It keeps the funded me better. Very mindful of. Commitments and 3. Very slow economic Global Economic recovery. Also coming up the battle between Small Traders and the giants. Of wall streets but can anyone really win thats what it is the regular joes versus wall street and when i put money into it i said even if this goes to 0 and i lose everything i like being a part of it that sentiment is shared amongst a lot a lot of people. Welcome to the day will regulators have approved astra zeneca as corona virus vaccine for use in the European Union the European Medicines Agency gave the go ahead to begin in occupations in people over the age of 18 the approval comes amid a bitter dispute b
Saying rich nations need to show solidarity towards the global south face the consequences. Plus the game stop friends ends the week with fuel thats outrage on small investors also on line growth has restricted the buying of the companys shares so what will happen next in this wild ride on wall street. Has welcome to the show the president of the year European Commission also a fund a line has urged Pharma Company astra zeneca to stick by its commitments to supply the e. U. With its covert 900. 00 vaccine comments come after the british swedish firm said it was cutting the number of doses for the e. U. By 60 percent because of production problems. The drugmaker also said it was not contractually obliged to deliver on the line said the contract is quote Crystal Clear the controversy comes as the bloc faces pressure with many countries countries failing to meet their vaccination targets. Other w. s correspondent mark martins joins us now from brussels hes following this ongoing story the
Tallied. In other news the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation intentions as ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops into the tikrit province following an attack on a military base. Welcome to the program democratic candidate joe biden has extended his lead in the closely fought race for the white house after flipping michigan and wisconsin which donald trump now only won 4 years ago by now has a projected total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214 now remember that the magic number to become president is 270 here in yellow you can see the state still in play nevada in the western georgia and North Carolina in the south and up here is pennsylvania donald trump has launched a legal action in several states over the votes still being counted. Lets look at georgia 1st in extremely close race bear Donald Trumps initial lead has been certainly falling now its just over 30000. 00 votes and thousands of absentee ballots are still to be counted were expecting more d