Good people, what ever it takes people are running. No. Let me go down the road. Nothing. W. A man made for mimes. The world gets one step closer to its 1st covert 19 vaccine. U. S. Drug maker, pfizer and its german partner biotech. Seek a green light from regulators for their products. They say distribution can begin hours after approval. Also on the show. Farmers in east africa are battling new local swarms. Talk of the u. N. Expert who says Climate Change means that insects plagues could become a more frequent problem. And china offers generous debt really to developing 2, developing economies. 2100000000. 00 in payment extensions covers only a tiny fraction of what african countries go and welcome to the show. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. Its good to have you with us. Drug maker, pfizer and its german partner biotech said friday that they were asking u. S. Health regulators for emergency approval of their covert 1000 vaccine. Putting them on track for distribution beginning in d
Promote them to vote. What we want is for the elected president to help us get peace back. So we can go back home safely. Hello, im christie. Its good to have your company. The number off coronavirus cases in africa has surpassed 2000000. 00, including 48000. 00, deaths, africas infections and deaths make up less than 4 percent off the global total. But the World Health Organization has warned the continent is heading toward a 2nd wave of infections. Africa has not experienced covered 19 infections on the scale that experts had predicted. But the threat of a new wave has raised fears that the continent is not out of the woods. Yet. 20 countries have had coronavirus spikes in the past month. And thats for a range of reasons in most of the affected african countries, the rise in new cases is coming from workplaces and family gatherings. And of course, we know that there are several political elections coming up in a number of countries campaigns going on and gatherings as far as is conce
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This arson that is taking place puts many people at risk are firefighters the u. S. President ends a special deal with hong kong over a Chinese Security law look at the impact it could have on one of the worlds financial hubs. Destroying crops and livelihoods swarms of locusts in india and pakistan caused billions of dollars in damage. And ordway after female athletes are being allowed behind due to a coronavirus top level football in germany to resume but every other Womens League in europe has found cant follow. Lets get going just past 5 in the morning in the u. S. State of minnesota with the death of a black man who was pinned to the ground by a Police Officer spot anger not only their butts. Across the country that policeman derek shivan has now been charged with George Floyds murder but in minneapolis where floyd died on monday demonstrates is the fight a curfew and a large deployment of the National Guard a bank was set on fire under Department Store looted in the Nations Capita