Finished were going to see a runoff in particular there in the state of georgia thats right all of our salary pouring for us from wilmington delaware thank you so much. Back here to europe where many leaders are hoping joe biden will help repair transatlantic ties that have been strained under the presidency germanys foreign minister today hails bidens election victory as a chance for a new start so what would a biden presidency look like for europe. He says he views you rope as a park now 1st resort and has pledged to work more with allies joe biden and leader with long standing ties to europe here in brussels e. U. Officials are hoping that joe biden the will rebuild Transatlantic Relations and restore trust. Trust they are expecting a friendlier tone towards europe but will there be real change in terms of substance fabrice put on the. Official is skeptical he believes its keno to focus on issues important to both i think its more about finding those global issues that where really
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The coronavirus pandemic has hit europe hard, but now that most eu Member States have curbed the rate of infection and begun to ease their lockdowns, does the eu have a coherent recovery strategy . Well, my guest today is mario centeno, finance minister of portugal and head of the eurogroup of ministers. Has this pandemic exposed the eus greatest weakness, economic divergence . Mario centeno in lisbon, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen, thank you for having me. We saw deep divisions within the European Union at the beginning of the covid 19 pandemic. Have those divisions been healed . Well, if you look back, you may see that these divisions have played a role in all the debate. But at the end of the day, we were able to act fast in a very flexible way. And for me, as president of the eurogroup, which is very important in a very pragmatic way, we had a few goals to achieve, to react quickly in a sizeable way and in a way that prev
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A half 1000. And india changes the way it counts coronavirus cases now including those who test positive for tough no symptoms. Welcome to the program more than 4000 people in the u. S. Have now died from corona virus the u. S. President is warning americans to prepare for the hard days that lie ahead the country saw its highest single day death toll with more than 800 deaths on cheese day White House Health experts say the virus could kill up to 240000 people but without Government Intervention the number could rise to 10 times that my kind of reports from washington d. C. For the 1st time the task force presented its predictions of where this pandemic may be heading saying this could now be done because of a more detailed flow of information from across the country thank you very much the Scientists Say the virus could kill between 100240000 americans but without if its like social distancing Counter Measures like shutdowns the toll could go far but modeled the worst Case Scenario of
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