Of battle. None were alleged to have occurred in circumstances in which the intent of the perpetrator was unclear, confused or mistaken. Its alleged that some patrols took the law into their own hands. Rules were broken. Stories concocted, lies told, and prison is killed. The Prime Minister of ethiopia says Government Troops are close to victory over local forces in the tikrit region. Its beginning to arrive at refugee camps in sudan for those who fled the violence. Thousands of crossed the border in the past 2 weeks. The number of coronavirus related deaths in the United States has now surpassed a quarter of a 1000000. Infections are also rising with more than a 1000000 cases reported in just the past week. U. S. Drug firm says it will apply for emergency authorization for its Coronavirus Vaccine within days, pfizer says a late stage trials of its candidate showed it was 95 percent effective. An improvement on initial results published last week by a police in chile used water cannon
U. N. Secretary. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Were delighted to have you both. So, let me start with you, if i may, doctor. Could you give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected and what kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that are most affected. Thanks again for having us. I think to just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary munoz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. And as you ask, and rightly so, what is the global landscape. Let me start with my own continent. Africa accounts for only 2. 3 of the 270,000 hours of electricity generated. Asia is only 7. 8 . Its africa but also south and central america, its 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa, 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and Central Africa america are just 4. 9 , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy
Faced throughout her career. The socalled mother of germany remains highly popular. Im going to richardson welcome to the show. Leaders of the wealthiest countries have wrapped up an online summit with a pledge to supply covert 1000 vaccines and tests affordably to all the worlds people. The virtual gathering of the g. 20 group hosted by saudi arabia, aimed to ease worries that poor countries could be left behind. As the pandemic deepens, divisions between rich and poor Climate Change and the environment emerged as the other main themes on day 2 of the summit. And 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 the poor countries deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis. This is the 1st time in a long time. We see an increase in global poverty. We need to act resolutely against this in our meeting today, we therefore stressed the importance of private inves
Rising inequality, we ask, what can be done about it . And discover that we can learn a lot from europe. Why . In many societies today, theres a sharp divide between rich and poor, between those who have and those who dont. And despite living in the same country, these different groups often feel little connection to each other. U. S. President elect joe biden voted like this. This gap is its having the effect of pulling us apart. The numbers say it for themselves. The worlds richest 10 percent own 83 percent of global wealth. And the wealthiest one percent owns an amazing 44 percent of global assets. Nor is there much hope on the horizon. In many countries, the Global Pandemic has widened. The gap between rich and poor, around half of the worlds 3300000000 workers have either already lost their jobs or are at risk of doing so. For unlike thinkers, it goes without saying that all people are morally equal, but that appears naive or even cynical in light of the vast and enduring inequali
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