Welcome to the program. Leaders of the worlds 20 wealthiest nations have pledged to quote, spare no effort in ensuring that all countries have access to covert 19 vaccines. Comments came at the end of a virtual g. 20 meeting hosted by saudi arabia. The summit was dominated by the pen demick, amid concerns for countries will be left behind as wealthier nations reserve, nearly all of the expected supply of the most promising vaccine candidates. G. 20 leaders also reiterated a commitment to extend debt relief for developing countries until at least 2021 as many governments risk default due to the economic shock caused by the virus. Lets get more now from alexander phenomenon our Brussels Bureau chief. Shes been following the summit for us on xander. Welcome. When g. 20 leaders pledge affordable and equitable access to covert vaccines. What exactly does that mean . Well, in theory, a death means that everyone should have access to achieve that. Seeing whether you live in berlin, in brussel
Zimbabwes president defends the crackdown on protests against his government will be live in her. And in sports the l. A. Lakers have secured top spot in the n. B. A. s western conference for the 1st time in a decade but bron james his Team Clinching the number one seed with the win also did you. See. We begin this news hour with the continuing battle against the coronavirus countries around the globe are grappling with the surgeon cases the u. S. Remains the worlds epi center with at least 155000 people dead and of a 4700000 people infected and despite the ads President Donald Trump is insisting that schools reopen a call he once again made on twitter on tuesday but that push has attracted a lot of criticism teachers marched through new york on monday they are angry at a plan for mayor bill de blasio to open schools even with restrictions. Well democratic president ial hopeful joe biden has tweeted attacking trumps handling of the pandemic he said that at the beginning of july donald
The more common peter w. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up finally home over 100 South African nationals arrived back from china. Where the outbreak began. Was. Also heard singing in solidarity of people are doing their bit to ensure social distancing doesnt lead to loneliness during this pandemic. Has now become much harder for most europeans to enter the United States with a one month long travel ban on people arriving from 26. 00 countries now in affect the u. S. President donald trump took the drastic measures saying the e. U. Was too slow in reacting to the Virus Outbreak hes also declared a National Emergency freeing up billions of dollars to fight the pandemic. To unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of very importantly very important and large about of money for states and
Spread. The u. S. President s travel ban on 26. 00 european nations comes into effect hours after he declared a National Emergency. China says the worst of the Virus Outbreak is over as the number of fatalities dips and life starts to return to something approaching normal. On a virus that wipes out most of the world that may just Sports Events the English Premier League the Boston Marathon a formula one all off try in the global sport calendar into chaos. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing countries around the world to take extreme measures affecting all aspects of life for billions of people in iran theres been a spike in new deaths with 97 reported in one day that brings the total death toll there to 611. 00. There are more than 12700. 00 infections colombia is shutting its land border with venezuela its a crossing used by thousands of venezuelans every day looking for food and medicine during the devastating economic crisis there in the u. S. A travel restriction affecting 26. 00
Spreads a little holiday chiara. Very good holiday for this one name all right. Thats not obviously all thats going on today so let us begin with the latest developments out of washington, d. C. , we are looking at the live look at the house floor. Lawmakers are closing in on a vote to impeach President Trump. Kayla tausche has the latest details. And the likely time line for you now, kayla. Brian, there is roughly two hours left of debate and remarks from Party Leadership before the house takes up a vote on two articles of impeachment against the president of the United States we just heard from the two congressman from texas moments ago. Republicans have lebron jamesly argued that President Trump is falsely accused of wrong doing by a party who doesnt like him. Democrats tried to argue that history will be on their side. A few moments ago we from justin amash who left the Republican Party earlier this year and may have president ial ambitions. He is going to be voting for impeachment