We are satisfied. We have approved an ambitious plan appropriate for what we need right now. It will allow us to confront this crisis with strength and effectiveness. It is an historic moment for europe and italy. The vision we have been developing for months, and our determination to pursue it has been rewarded. Joined d in the ststudio byy our European Affairs ededitor. Wewe keep hearining the e word historic about this deal. It is his stork in the fact that there has never been joint eu borrowing on this scale. Members of money to states. You know Angela Merkel is not one for exaggeration, and she is calling it historic. Expressing traders their confidence in terms of the bond markets. The size of the fund is the norm us, but also this demonstration of solidarity and debt sharing. He was asked if he wanted to use the word historic. He said that is a term i would not use. He was very much isolated throughout the entire summit, Standing Firm against it, but obviously worn down at some
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A border clash in the himalayan region Prime Minister Narendra Modi blames facing the violence and wounds of his military capabilities. And a new latest to hold a Virtual Summit to debate plans for a 750000000000 Euro Coronavirus Recovery Fund there are deep divisions about how best to spin the blocks of economic recovery. Im rebecca riches welcome to the program millions of people in the United States commemorating the end of slavery on this day and 865 the news that president Abraham Lincoln had declared all slaves to free some 2 and a half years earlier finally reached texas june 19th also known as. Tamed is not only a day of celebration but also a moment of reflection on enduring Racial Injustice in the u. S. This year it comes amid a period of National Soul searching following the death of george floyd under the name of a want Police Officer President Trump was forced to postpone a Campaign Rally originally planned for june 19th after widespread outcry. Black lives matter proteste
Council, this is 30 minutes. It is wonderful to have this opportunity it is wonderful to have this opportunity at the time of the alliance is facing a large array of challenges from china to cyberattacks and Climate Change and the pandemic what we need to make today is ensure there will be relevant and effective over the coming decade. And then to begin from the secretaryg general. Working with the alliance for securing democracy will moderate a conversation with the secretarygeneral. At a time when we are looking for leadership where the secretary general is my pleasure to welcome the secretarygeneral to the stage. Mr. Secretarygeneral over to you. Good afternoon from brussels and good morning and welcome to all of those on the line. Asking me to make the Strong Alliance even stronger. To make sure we are affected and then to tackle the challenge challenges, and it is our opportunity where we see the reliance ten years from now and how that will continue in a more uncertain world. I a
Will not. He made maybe that will happen, maybe it will not. ,s you rightly mentioned francine, today the pandemic is again front and center. It is without question a different thursday than it was a week ago thursday, even two weeks ago. Once again the pandemic worldwide, and in selected states in america, really is front and center. Francine it certainly is, and that will be the main themes running through our program. Thats get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. A second wave of coronavirus cases is in the u. S. Texas reported its highest oneday total since the pandemic emerged, and a month into reported, florida 85 new cases, the most in a sevenday period. Still, surges cannot be linked to reopening. A powerful message from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, saying the central bank will keep pumping stimulus into the economy until the labor market is healed from the coronavirus pandemic. The fed is not even thinking about raising Interest Rates. Policym