Jobs there is every day. U. S. President orders u. S. Troops to come home from afghanistan. The move is drawing fire from americas nato allies including germany. Plus, two fatal crashes kept it grounded for two years. After months of scrutiny, the boeing 737 max has been cleared to fly again. Im brent goff. To our viewers in pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome shade we begin with politics and the pandemic. Lawmakers in berlin have voted to give the German Government new powers allowing it to introduce restrictions to tackle the coronavirus. The german president signed the bill into law this evening. It takes effect tomorrow. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets today to protest as politicians debated the legislation. Water cannon and pepper spray deployed by paris by police to disperse demonstrators. Thousands gather near the German Parliament building. Many in the crowd not Wearing Masks or maintaining social distancing. They were protesting against corona
Says libyas warring sides have agreed to hold elections within 18 months aimed at uniting the country under one government and anger in armenia over a deal with us or by john to end. The fighting in the going to occur about the Prime Minister says it was about preserving whats left. Welcome to the program, europe has been called a cautionary tale of the dangers of easing krone virus restrictions. The World Health Organization issued a warning as the continent is witnessing an aggressive surge and infections more than 50000. People have now died from covert 19 in the United Kingdom and in italy. Once the epicenter of europes outbreak, 623 people died in the past 24 hours. Andrew symonds reports for the u. K. Its another landmark in the spread of covert, and its causing a lot more than 50000. 00. People who tested positive have died. Britains total of dead is now the highest in europe. Nearly 600. 00 deaths on wednesday overtakes figures since may in the 1st wave. Every death is a is a,
Access to the vaccine be part of these discussions . I think leaders are very much going to be focused on cooperation to finding a way to distribute the vaccine and not necessarily on competition. Those may well be conversations held between countries that have announced that they are competing to become the 1st. But remember, the United States is the one most notably who has said it will not participate in an international effort. Now there has been a letter addressed to the g. , 20 by several leaders, including the head of the w. H. O. , the world health organization, and signed by commission. President Ursula Vander lion asking g. 20 leaders to make up a funding shortfall of 4500000000. 00 in a w. H. O. Program that would ensure equitable, equitable distribution around the world of a vaccine. So i think that thats what, what the push is going to be not to focus on the competitions, the, the, you know, sort of horse race that weve seen, but rather on getting everyone on the same page
Trust. So i think certainly the message from my pay was of course, the outgoing secretary of state is to try and get these sides to, to get the technicalities out of the way and start negotiating on the really difficult point. The resurgence of covert 19 has many countries tightening restrictions. Canadas largest city toronto is going back into lockdown. The pandemic suspected to be the main topic of discussion at the g 20 summit, which saudi arabia is hosting. And then i, and i mean, this is been an extraordinary year. The cove in 1000 pandemic has been an unprecedented shock that affected the entire world within a short period of time, causing Global Economic and social issues. Our people in economies are still suffering from the shock. However, we will do our best to overcome this crisis through international cooperation. The United Nations says a full scale humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in northern ethiopia. The un has called on warring sides to halt fighting. So more aid
Hello and welcome to this special edition of conflict zone on the crisis in hong kong. Over the last year, weve interviewed several probate janan prodemocracy figures, and we challenge them all to justify what theyve done and said some of their arguments have clearly failed to stand the test of time. Nathan law, a leading prodemocracy activist, fled to london in june after a warrant was issued for his arrest. This week i asked him if hed ever believed his movement could take on beijing. And when i think we have already achieved a lot of things where demonstrate the courage and bravery of how come people and making sure the well knows that well received staying and collaborating in combating the authoritarian expansion of china. So i think we have awakened the world, but the result isnt in doubt, is it, china will get its way, will get its way, wont it . Well, beijing has been suppressing hong kong people at the cost of our basic freedom. And as a matter of fact, the world has been reac