From this moment onwards dutch multinationals will be held accountable for their activities and their actions in developing countries and thats an enormous victory for for for that the rights of more globally. By degrees has been following proceedings from a boozer. This is not the only case in court either in the netherlands or in the u. K. Where hundreds of people have queued up to shell for contaminating the niger delta i spoke to an actor is a short while ago he said this is just the beginning and a lot of analysts also believe that it will open the floodgates into so many late editions against all producing Company Production companies that have been operating in nigeria some of these cases have been there for a very long time and they were unsuccessful similar communities up and successful to try call a shell in nigeria and courts for example in this particular case today in the netherlands 2 of the people who filed that case have died have already died but again activists are sa
Ethiopia prepare for a long stay in neighboring sudan. Full the hope of imminent Vaccination Programs is doing little to reduce the devastating Global Impact of the coronavirus Record Numbers of people are being admitted to hospital in the u. S. And tougher restrictions are coming into force around the world on monday more than 33000000 people in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley where it was stay at home or does restaurants are now closed to in person dining many other places including hair and nail salons museums and playgrounds have been shot completely in germany the chancellor Angela Merkel has hinted that harsher regulations will be required there she told Party Officials the existing measures of partial lockdown and social distancing rules would not be sufficient to get the country through the winter period and then theres been a 3rd wave in south korea and thats forced new regulations as well vera fear is that people are becoming fatigued by the restrictions on tra
But is accused of turning a blind eye to egypts human rights record. And lives torn apart by war poverty and the pandemic and the urgent appeal for funds to help millions of children in the middle east and africa. The hope of imminent Vaccination Programs is doing little to reduce the devastating Global Impact of the coronavirus Record Numbers of people are now being admitted to hospital in the u. S. And tougher restrictions are coming to force around the world on monday more than 33000000 people in Southern California are in the San Joaquin Valley were hit with stay at home or does restaurants are close to in person dining and other places like hair and nail salons museums and playgrounds have been completely shot in germany the chancellor Angela Merkel has hinted that harsher regulations will be required she said existing measures of partial lockdown and social distancing rules wouldnt be sufficient to get the country through the winter and then theres been a 3rd wave of infections i
Human Rights Groups are pressuring macron to take a hard line on human rights abuses. Hello and thank you for joining us. It is crunch time for a post brexit trade deal. At this point the prospects are looking tenuous at best. A transition period ends december 31. Boris johnson says he will travel to brussels this week after a phe call tonight with the European Commission chief ursula v der leyen failed to produce a breakthrough. Main Sticking Points on fishing rights and business rules remain. Meantime the British Parliament is voting on a market built tonight that could allow britain to allow certain requirements on Northern Ireland and other issues. For more we are joined by our correspondent in london. As we mentioned, johnson is headed to brussels this week. What does this indicate . Yes. Interestingly we have learned after this 90 minute phone call, the second in 48 hours between the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Eu Commission president ursula von der leyen, that t
American singer songwriter bob dylan sells his entire song catalog and whats being called one of the biggest ever publishing deals. The u. S. Has seen its deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic since april and Health Experts are warning the worst is yet to come nearly 2000 americans have died each day in the past week the countrys top Infectious Disease expert says the winter holidays surge hasnt even hit yet as people prepare to travel and get together for christmas. What we have now is a challenge ahead of us of the bleak months of december in january where we have a baseline of inspections that literally is breaking records every day with the guts of number of infections number of hospitalizations and numbers of deaths the numbers are really stunning we can do something about it but thats something right now is Public Health measures i mean hospitals in california could run out of bags in their intensive care units thats why the governor there has imposed lockdown in parts of th