Prodemocracy lol. Mike has resigned on mass for they called exists act under a new Chinese National security lol. Germany meanwhile has criticized by jean, accusing it of undermining freedom in hong kong. American held welcome. The European Commission has signed the deal to secure up to 300000000 doses of a coded 19 vaccine developed by germanys beyond tech and us pharmaceutical giant pfizer. A vaccine is seen as the best chance to break the chain of coded 19 infection beyond take says it could start shipping the vaccine to a new countries. By the end of the year. The e. U. Health commissioner says the us sitting up a healthy union to improve the response and coordination of Member States in future Health Crises or to talk some more about the critical issue of global distribution. Were joined now by Rigel Silverman in miami. Shes, a policy fellow at the center for Global Development in washington. D. C. , thanks to you just published an article titled vaccine breakthrough to refute new
Amid growing fears that the conflict there could escalate. Further. Central government is accusing Regional Forces of firing rockets into the neighboring amara region. Fighting began last week after this of a, by the forces attacked National Military bases. Austrian chancellor sebastian kurtz, has announced a 3 week lockdown to stem, a sharp rise in to run a virus infections that is set to begin on shoes day. The country hit a record 9600 infections on friday. Austria hopes its latest measures will ease the stress on its health care system. This is day to billy news from berlin. You can follow us on twitter and instagram at de deadly news, or visit our website to be found at d. W e dot com this week on world story. Beijing, joe biden causes a boom for a noodle bar. Berlin, bidding farewell to take the airport. But we start in finland at the capitals airport in tel sinking dogs are helping to detect coronavirus and infected people. The dogs can accurately snip out the virus as early as
I have to mean how it work. Im. Germany has criticized china for the dismissal of 4 prodemocracy opposition. Politicians in hong kongs parliament. Several of their fellow lawmakers also resigned in solidarity after the Chinese Parliament passed a law allowing the islands chief executive to expel legislators without going through the courts. Budging has defended the legislation as necessary to uphold the rule of law. Opponents say it spells the end of the territories fight for democratic rights. Who stand out way back. They were the last remaining prodemocracy lawmakers in hong kong. Now they are resigning in solidarity with their colleagues who were deemed threats to National Security by beijing. It is yet another blow for their prodemocracy movement or to go that they got all part of the decision made by the National Peoples congress today. It is extremely ridiculous, it shows that the Central Government has completely given up the basic law and given up one country 2 systems. Dennis
Update there are two i want to start with. One is this monumental biography of Frederick Douglass, probably the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass especially with what is going on in the United States in terms of the fight for Racial Justice nobody was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america than Frederick Douglass, way ahead of his time. He was not only in abolitionist and passionate abolitionist as a former slave but he insisted from the earliest time in the 1840s right through his death toward the end of the Nineteenth Century that equality was the goal and he would brooke no deviation from that. Very clear what the goal was. So many of his words ring true today and i really recommend the biography. It is a long read but really powerful. Guest one of the things i learned about Frederick Douglass is he was also a very active suffragist. Absolutely. Very consistent and had a distinguished career and was able to talk to a mixedrace
Was the palace of justice in nuremberg. After the 2nd world war, nearly 200. 00 defendants were brought here to be held accountable for 12 years of dictatorship, military aggression, tera and mass murder. At the heart of proceedings was the International Military tribunals which trying to keep a war criminals from germany. The 4 victorious powers responded to the nazis once in a millennium crimes. With a once in a millennium trial, on nov 20th, 1945 some 20 high ranking nonsi leaders were brought by elevator to the court in room 600. 00. The former rights mashal Hermann Goering willingly took on the role of most senior nazi. He was followed by grand admiral col dunnetts, whom hitler had appointed as president of the reich in his will. And rudolf hess, hitlers former deputy defendants never showed the slightest remorse. It was part of their stults, their pride to insist that they were right all the time and would do it again. As they stood accused of conspiracy to carry out wars of aggr