German politics. Despite the many crises shes faced, the often called mama of germany is now more popular than ever. And a president ial election in west africa mobbed by extremist violence. People in bikini faso head to the polls today. But a growing Islamist Insurgency means many voters want to be able to cost of ballots. A math and how would welcome leaders of the worlds wealthiest countries are wrapping up their online g. 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. A virtual gathering has been dominated by efforts to win the coronavirus pandemic, and the global recession. A draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for Fair Distribution of coded 19. 00 vaccines and tasting so that poor countries. Im not left out. Climate change and the environment have emerged as another theme. As the summit draws to a close, and u. S. President defended his environmental record and justified his decision to pull out of the International Paris climate agreement. I withdrew the United S
Together with other leaders. You know, the president talked about his thoughts on climate. The hosts the talking climate. What chance is there though, of any Real Movement toward Climate Action here . Well, Climate Change is a very important topic was on top of the agenda today. And its of course, very important from the european perspective. The leaders today talked about how important it is to reduce emissions, to use green energy and to choose economic models that are not only standing for growth, but also are sustainable is so great a word. So we can say, however, in the past, it was always difficult to find in the agreement here, and this was because of the lack of leadership. So now i think many leaders hope that it can change when, when they will Work Together with president elect joe biden. The other big topic was, of course, the same pandemic, particularly distribution of a vaccine. Have any agreements, any decisions been might well, we expect expect their leaders to sign a jo
Under 50 years after its founding, americas more diverse than ever before. However, stereotypes are beginning to fade, significant barrier still exist. Justice, equal opportunity, continue to be out of reach for many black, hispanic, lgbtq and other minority populations. This is a real problem. Were policy initiatives can be put in place to address these gaps and barriers. With politic for the rapper a should have pisces, perceptions, and bigotry in our institutions. Fair and equitable opportunities opening up across the port and across institutions. Were going to discuss all about it more and im going to discuss with some of my colleagues in the hills room. The heel staff writer is keeping me company this hour. Hes a great guy and i look forward to him intervening any way he wants. You can tweet us at at the hill, events using the hashtag, has tug hill diversity. Has to kill diversity were broadcasting live. Well take your questions for the program and if you spurs any problem reflect
Is now more popular than ever. And a president ial election in west africa mobbed by extremist violence. People are headed to the polls today, but a growing insurgency means many voters wont be able to cost their math and held welcome of the worlds wealthiest countries, wrapping up their online g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. The virtual gathering has been dominated by efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic. And the global recession. A draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for distribution of big 19. 00, vaccines and testing. So that poor countries left out Climate Change and the environment have emerged as a novel. As the summer draws to a close, u. S. President , donald trump defended his environmental record and justified his decision to pull out of the International Paris climate agreement. I withdrew the United States from the unfair and one sided, Paris Climate Accord, a very unfair act for the United States. The paris accord was not designed to sa
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