A president ial election in west africa mobbed by extremist violence. People in kenya faso, head to the polls today that a growing Islamist Insurgency means many voters wont be able to cost the american held welcome. Leaders of the worlds wealthiest countries are meeting on mine for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. The virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic and deal with its economic full that a draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for Food Distribution of coverage 19. 00, vaccines and testing. So that poor countries are not left out debt 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 flushed 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 ar
Administration is helpful to the Incoming Administration in terms of making available materials from the departments and agencies. In modern times, has there been a president who resisted participating in the transition . No, they have not. You have had the, the president ial transitions act, which made it very clear that the federal government had a role in transitions. And with the coronavirus still raging, the stakes for a smooth transfer of power are extremely high. There are thousands of officials all across the government i can thely the pentagon and the department of health that want to get the vaccine out to 300 million americans and the sooner the biden team can start working with those officials the more ready they will be on january 20th. The General Services administration is usually an obscure government agency. But with the president s permission, it has now given the Biden Transition Team access to six Million Dollars in transition funds. And that the means they dont hav
Often taking place on the sidelines. To what extent do you think a video summit can really replace these face to face meetings . I think its really difficult for a virtual for much to replace what a normal g twenty summit. Even if you just talk about the textual in case you, asians, on the final declaration, you cant just walk around the table and suggest a different formulation. Its really difficult to get to the same clear where youre working to get any virtual forward. And of course, if donald trump calls possibly the most important figure in the room, still place go for most of the time that makes it easier. Right . Christan third from the bench as one foundation. Thank you very much. Well, the g. Twenty summit certainly wasnt the first for uncle americal. The german chancellor, known internationally for her diplomatic talents, is marking fifteen years at the countrys how today, when the countrys crisis manager in chief or wraps up her final year in office, she will have equalled t
When you look at the rate of arrivals with at least 3000 people arriving every single day, according to sudanese authorities, theyre expecting the number of 200000 refugees to reach 2022 to reach that figure. Much earlier sudanese Authorities Say that could happen in as soon as 3 months, if not sooner. And theyre worried about the capability or their capacity to handle this influx of refugees. Theyve already opened 2 border. Its report a reception point to receive the refugees. And there are 3 camps, one of them in the neighboring state of the center, and 2 of them hearing about it. And there are already plans to open a 3rd camp here and go out of state, but they say that the biggest concern is how to provide for these refugees. Most of them have walked for days to be able to make it to the border before theyre being transported to the refugee camps here. And about if most of them have been separated from their families. Children specifically not sure where their parents are. And of co
That the accepted the lead role in german politics, despite the many crises shes faced with throughout her career. The socalled mother of germany remains highly popular. Im Claire Richardson. Welcome to the show. Leaders of the wealthiest countries have wrapped up an online summit with a pledge to supply covert nineteen vaccines and testes affordably to all the worlds people. A virtual gathering of the g. Twenty, a group hosted by saudi arabia, aims to ease worries that poor countries could be left behind. As the pandemic, a deepens, divisions between rich and poor for Climate Change and the environment are merged as the other main. A seam on day two of the summit, u. S. President donald trump defended his decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord. Meanwhile, german chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the need to help poorer countries deal with the economic fallout from the crown of virus crisis. Lets have a listen. This is Something Else that for the first time in a long time, we