The u. N. His bio is Available Online so let me be very brief in introducing him. Mark has more than 30 years of experience in both humanitarian and development context. Most of it spent with the u. K. s department for international development, which he eventually led as permanent secretary. He had led their humanitarian responses to such context as iraq, syria, nepal, several cases in africa, and haiti. He was also their directorgeneral for policy and corporate performance and finance. An extraordinary wealth of experience both in the context working where operations occur and on the infrastructure that helps to manage them. So were delighted to have sir mark with us today. Mark, there are innumerable humanitarian crises under way right now and at large scale. I know you Just Launched the u. N. s consolidated humanitarian appeal for the funding to support that effort. But today we want to focus on covid. And what the pandemic has meant for the crises that you helped to manage and for
The gloom crew. They have been wrong, wrong, wrong. We will reassess. We start strong with james bevan in a moment. Francine we have a lot of Economic Data that could support the rally or not a little bit later. Consumptionat price and other things we need to watch out for. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Joe biden ritika joe biden wants to change the slogan from America First to americas back. Restore u. S. Ties with International Organizations that President Trump spurned over the last four years. President trump heads to pennsylvania in his campaign to overturn Election Results there. He will meet with state republican lawmakers examining accusations of voting impropriety. Pennsylvania has already certified that joe biden won the election. Trump supporters complained that observers were not allowed to be close to virga two workers counting votes. U. S. Health officials are working on guidance to shorten the 14 day quarantine period if they are exposed
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
Rally has fed into crude. Propelled thates price. People look beyond the covid to a look beyond to a returned to normal. Gold pretty much stable appeared bitcoin at record highs. Up about two thirds of 1 . We have a u. S. Dollar index unchanged. Lets have a look at the copper price. Copper advancing. The highest price and a more than six years. It is under president elect joe bidens formal transition. The hope is there will be a move toward a Lower Carbon Energy future. That britain the outlook for its demand. As has what is going on in china up. Joining in all of that. Lets have a look at the transition in more detail as we get over to new york and join Karina Mitchell for the first word news. Introduced biden has his foreignpolicy and Security Experts as he seeks to calm relations with International Friends and foes. The president elect is promising a multilateral approach, reversing the America First tragedy of the Trump Administration. He will prioritize ending damaging executive o
Helping other women heal. Thats the cape town restaurant that holds the world record for having the widest variety of milkshake flavors will give you the scoop on how many they have. Hello, im christine wonder. Its good to have you company. If you, his Prime Minister made is rejection. Growing International Calls for dialogue and today the fighting in the northern to grind region. This as a 72 hour was surrender ultimatum. His government gave the t. P. O. If leadership expires, Communications Remain almost completely cut off to the to grad region, which is home to about 6000000 people. But we have a look inside of the tunnel, which bears cause off the fighting. Its not what a farming town should look like in the middle of harvest season. In ethiopia, region is largely deserted. And this is why heavy shelling hit the town. As the Ethiopian Army rule in forcing out fighters loyal to the to grab Peoples Liberation front. Most civilians fled during the clashes as their homes were peppered