Welcome. Today i want to discuss a theme that deserves far more attention and that is america is a force for good in the world. Last week the Food Bank Program was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to improve conditions for peace around the world. The wfc is run by executive director david beasley, former governor of softer line who deserves along with his team a huge amount of credit for the organizations success over the past few years. W fp depends completely on voluntary contributions and hes grown his budget from about 6 billion in 2017 to more than 8 billion and 2019. That money translated to real lives saved is what the Nobel Peace Prize reflected w fp now helps feed more than 100 quadrillion people in 80 countries and the United States in the United States has supplied 40 of the w fp budget and by far the greatest contribution from any nation in the world. More than 700, 700, or than 700 times what china has in more than two and half times the second largest co
Them she doesnt have an agenda and wont let her religious views influence her decisions also coming up tracking garbage in space before it causes any damage we take a look at a new radar tool design here in germany thats helping spacecrafts navigate their way around all the temporary affair. Im hearing from a stun welcome we begin was a pandemic in Europe European Union countries have agreed a common strategy for restricting travel from coronavirus hotspots e. U. Ministers meeting in luxembourg want a traffic light system showing regions as green orange red depending on the number of corona virus cases mrs hope to avoid the kind of confusion that disrupt. To travel across the e. U. At the height of the initial outbreak earlier this year. Earlier d. W. Brussels correspondent barbara visa explained in more detail how this traffic light system is expected to work but countries are not trying to do is use the same data and use the same criteria to determine whether you can travel from poin
Into a camp thousands of refugees are relocated on the greek island of less boss but there are new fears for their health and their safety. She was a pillar in the fight for womens rights and a liberal leader in the United States now the death of the long serving Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is poised to trigger a significant political battle just weeks ahead of the u. S. President ial election even as the 87 year old was dying from pancreatic cancer she passed on a plea that there should be no rush to fill the vacancy in horses americas highest legal body alan fischer looks at her legacy. They started to gather on the steps of the Supreme Court in washington as news of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death broke it brought flowers and candles the number swelled people marking a loss they felt personally. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was physically small but her presence loomed large on the court she was a blunt talking liberal who often challenge her conservative colleagues on the bench born
Scourge of war which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to men kind to unite our strength to maintain and National Peace and security there all of the United Nations and standing for our shared values throughout the Peace Process is absolutely critical and we tank the United Nations for their support so far 2 of this are due us crosses we thank the u. N. For their call for a global ceasefire. That all of the way and our International Partners and allies will continue to be extremely important as our negotiating team sits across from the taliban in doing it those stocks that one people have a clear in urging a cease fire an urgent end of the violence will more than anything goes give us a chance to progress i would like to keep this up the need to call on every member of the General Assembly. And the permanent members of the Security Council to help us achieve that instate of a sovereign united in democratic of once that it peace with itself in the region capable of preserv
This is shaping the United States its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on aljazeera. Alone welcome again to remind im elizabeth purana since we launched aljazeera english over a decade ago we havent been afraid of tackling difficult and sensitive stories through powerful Award Winning documentary us to day we rewind into 2010 and a film that examines an unintended consequence of the continuing israeli blockade of gaza is growing opioid problem the gaza strip at points just 10 kilometers wide is an hour piece of land along the Eastern Mediterranean coast thats palestinian population a sealed behind a separation barrier and tightly controlled checkpoints gaza is home to more than 1500000 palestinians maybe half of them under 15 unemployment is among the highest in the world and every day is a struggle to survive. Its not surprising therefore the thousands of young people risk their lives by protesting against the occupation by israel