And will take you to the war torn region, or no care about where Ethnic Armenians are being forced to leave behind their homeland. Correspondent, and we shall want reports on the mixture of grief and defiance there. Welcome to the program. Leaders of the worlds wealthiest countries have been meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia, the virtual gathering, as dominated by efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic, and deal with its economic fallout. A draft exploration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for Fair Distribution of covert 90. 00 back sales and testing. So that poorer countries arent left out. That relief as 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 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
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty ka i ay kay in washington and this is bbc world news america. The centers for Disease Control in the u. S. Meets to decide who gets the first doses of a covid vaccine. It is a highlyue sensitive iss indias capital suffers its deadliest month from coronavirus, with huge pressure as overwhelmed hospitals rea the u. S. Attorney general says he has seen no evidence of fraud that could affect the election results. Itta is a stement very much at odds with his boss. Katty welcome to world news america on pbs and aund the globe. Complicated vaccination roll out in u. S. History. Health officials are working out how to distribute a covid19 vacce as several Drug Companies inch closer to approval. Experts say the first batch could be available by christmas, but supplies will be limited. Since hospitals a
Highest daily death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began. At a different type of exam season hala for 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in the academic calendar. We begin this news in hong kong where the prodemocracy movement has suffered a huge setback yet another prominent activist is facing time in prison and media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jimmy lie is the latest to be taken into Police Custody hell be held until a court case in april next year hes accused of fraud it comes just a day after 3 other leaders were sentenced joshua was this child ivan lamb 1310 and 7 months in jail respectively the Hong Kong Government says that all those activists broke the law protesters say that trumped up charges to silence critics of Mainland China to view the pollen reports now from hong kong. This is a very significant move here thats being seen against hong kongs prodemocracy movement jimmy la is in jail at the moment he on wednesday night reported to pol
Abuse but the army says theyre making it up. Thank you for joining us we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to pull vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic have been more than 64000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there are the Health Minister says the actual number of deaths is probably much higher iran introduced tougher restrictions to counter a 3rd wave of infections which included closing nonessential businesses russia has reported more than 28000 new infections. On thursday the highest spike yet the 2nd largest city St Petersburg has announced restrictions around the new Year Holidays indonesia meanwhile is seeing a record daily rise in cases reporting more than 8300 on thursday and several
Confirmed more than a 1000000 cases of call that 19 is the hardest hit country in the middle east that is easily killed almost 50000 people their Health Minister says the actual number of fatalities is likely to be much higher at that big has more from tehran many people werent tested or in Critical Condition and ended up dying before a test could be administered now the country is in a partial lockdown the figures are slightly down the death toll has decreased from come down from just over 400. 00 true around mid 3350. 00 and the new infections every 24 hours around 13000. 00 now who has to be noted is that iran is experiencing its feared wave of the krona virus or as many countries are still on the 2nd wave. Russia reported more than 28000 new cold in 1000 infections on thursday that it says highest spike yet the 2nd largest city St Petersburg has announced restrictions around the new Year Holidays meanwhile in the u. S. More than 3100 people have died from cold in 19 in a single day