Christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as you said in the beginning here its really no surprise to anybody the economy did not do well contract at 3. 5 percent as you said the worst its done since 1946 so its been a long time since the economys contracted that much in a single year and that came off of the 2. 2 percent growth that we saw the year before in 1900 the bottom line here is this is basically every sector was down because of the coronavirus with th
Citizens. Welcome to the program the president of the European Commission ursula fund a line is urging drug maker astra zeneca to stick to commitments to supply the e. U. With its 1000. 00 vaccine the british Swedish Company has said its cutting the number of doses by 60 percent because of production problems astra zeneca also says it is not contractually obliged to deliver but funnel line said the contract is Crystal Clear many e. U. Member states are still failing to meet their vaccination targets. Correspondent. In brussels so the president of the e. U. Commission says their contract is Crystal Clear what does it say about the livery. Look ive been looking into this contract which i have here with me for the past couple of hours and i have to tell you its its a little bit difficult to tell what it says on the delivery schedule because if you go through the Relevant Pages they they look like this so a lot of the parts are blackened out and so they do not provide the Crystal Clear few
Demick exacerbates a guy situation. Vironment groups face off against Oil Giant Shell that a dutch caught in a bid to force it to meet emissions targets and install a liverpool manager calls to introduce a concussion following the horrific clash of heads between war and us arsenal. Now we begin this news round where the parliament has passed a draft motion to halt, unrestricted access by the National Atomic Energy Agency to its nuclear science. The proposed changes could allow iran to resume uranium enrichment at levels of 20 cent under the 2050 nuclear deal that the United States, of course, pulled out of iran was limited to below 4 percent. I said, joins us now from tehran. This is quite a Significant Development in the relationship between iran and the absolutely. So the conservatives that hold the majority in parliament passed this with 251. 00 votes. They want to restrict the i. A. E. A. Inspectors. Kerney i. A. E. A. Inspectors have access to Iranian Nuclear sites without any pri
And responsibility commitment needs to be kept and contracts are binding advance Purchase Agreement needs to be respect today we have developed a system that will allow us to know whether vaccines are being exported from the e. U. This increase transparency will also come with the responsibility for the e. U. To authorize with no Member States these vaccine exports us drug from johnson and johnson is the latest Pharmaceutical Company expected to apply for emergency use authorization for its vaccine in the u. S. Next week they said single dose job appears to be at least 66 percent effective in preventing coronavirus the dutch court of appeals has ruled that Oil Giant Shell was paid compensation to a group of nigerian farms cuse the company of destroying their fishing villages as a result of 3 or spills. Memos military is refusing to rule out the possibility of a coup in the aftermath of last years election it says it was fraudulent and sense that shes governing party won a majority of s
In the next 30 minutes a low turnout as polls close in venezuelas general election which the opposition has dismissed as a fraud and crunch time for brett sick talks the e. U. And the u. K. Push for a trade deal to prevent chaos at the borders next year. Welcome to the program millions of people across the u. S. State of california harbor pairing for harsh new lockdown rules to come into place in the next few hours the stay at home borders places restrictions on the opening of restaurants salads and stalls while also limiting gatherings the measures come in as the state reported its highest ever number of infections more than 30000 in a single day the recent surge in infections and prompting fears some hospitals could run out of i. C. U. Beds while covert 19 is now killing more than 2000 people a day in the u. S. Health officials are hoping the approval of a new vaccine will happen quickly the food and Drug Administration is set to meet on thursday to review it how did you castro how s