this is 2 to 3 years long from berlin. the coronavirus pandemic dominates the g 20 summit and a virtual meeting hosted by saudi arabia. world leaders focus their efforts on finding covert 19 and its economic consequences. countries are reportedly drawing up plans to fund a fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines around the globe. also coming up 15 years ago today, i love battle accepted, believe role in german politics despite the many crises she's faced. the often a nickname to the mother of germany is down more popular than ever and will take

you to the war torn region of nagorno-karabakh work ethnic armenians are being forced to leave behind their homeland. correspondent, emily short one reports on the mixture of grief and defiance. there welcome to the program. leaders of the world's wealthiest countries have been meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. the virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic and deal with its economic fallout. a draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of cope with $19.00, vaccines and testing. so that poorer countries aren't left out. that relief is also likely to be extended denied due opportunity for face to face pageantry.

this was how saudi arabia opened, the g 20 a 7 plane fly over of riyadh to mark the 1st ever summit hosted by an arab country . on the grown king solomon beckoned the world's most powerful leaders, bureaucrats, and despots. to meet the challenge of their generation. it is unfortunate that we are unable to host you in person due to be exceptional circumstances we're all facing. as he spoke, flanked by the all powerful crown prince, some participants were running late, the russian and turkish delegations, and particular when vladimir putin did arrive, he backed the summits, calls for the poorest to get access to a vaccine. but yours with russia, supports the draft key decision of the current summit aimed at making effective and

see facts available to all. there is no doubt that drugs for immunization are and should be accessible to everyone. those new york him and he's the numbers. the saudi arabia's human rights record had lead to awkward questions the faces of jailed female activists projected on the louvre in paris. but many leaders concluded that working together with the gulf kingdom to tackle covert 19 was a matter of arjun singh. that's a good thing to descend. we need to sustainably strengthen the world health organization. we need reliable funding, better cooperation, greater independence. and the g 20 can provide important indeed crucial support in this area. in lieu of the traditional family food to the whole project in a more complex they ruled on june 18th century polish. it seemed to capture what may well be one of the strangest and most important g.

20 summits ever. now, while the pandemic and its economic repercussions are dominating the summit, concerns over saudi arabia's record on human rights are casting a shadow over the proceedings, especially here in europe. our correspondent, teri schultz reports from brussels. the european parliament urged e.u. leaders not to take part in the g. 20 summit due to the saudi government says human rights record that european commission president has lived under lyon and council president, shall michel said they simply couldn't sit out a meeting of the world's most powerful countries when there are so many crises that need global coordination. they did promise to bring up the human rights record, including specifically the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi at the hands of agents links to the saudi regime. now what's on the table is very much focused on getting a vaccine for the coronavirus. ursula vanderlei and wrote a letter along with some other leaders to the g 20 meeting urging leaders to make up a $4500000000.00 shortfall in one of the w h o's programs that would ensure an equitable

distribution. it's not clear what the answer to that will be, but vonder lyon and other leaders are very much pushing for the entire world to come together behind this effort. as teri schultz there 2 years ago, saudi arabia allowed women to drive for the 1st time. the step was part of a series of sweeping reforms. the kingdom carried out. images of such changes were broadcast widely for the world to see during this weekend's chain 20 summit, the country is going to great lengths to further flaunt progress regarding women's rights. but human rights groups say saudi women are still oppressed and often subjected to imprisonment and torture. it was this video that got jane. i have flu thrown into prison the 1st time around back in 2014, she was driving a car, something that was then still illegal for women in saudi arabia. that it didn't.

men who want to stop us from driving are doing us an injustice by our oppressing us . after she was released through continued to campaign for women's rights at home and publicly while abroad. that's why in 2018, she was put in prison again. there she's been tortured and raped according to a sister who lives in exile. now live jane has apparently gone on hunger strike. they want to say, and the only way to do it is to make it but mission family. and i think they, they're not able to eat a strong woman who will be willing to speak about everything that had happened to her. maybe think that would contradict the image of saudi women. the royal family wants to portray woman who do business travel, sports, and yes, since 2018 are even allowed to drive some believe. these are simply cosmetic reforms by crown prince mohammed bin sart man. to get more women into the workforce

rights activists say, the reality is very different. what makes saudi arabia extremely hypocritical on this front is the fact that they detained, went after the entire saudi women's rights movement, arresting dozens of activists beginning in may and 20. nevertheless, the saudi royals have put women's rights high on the agenda at the g. 20 summit to train themselves as open and liberal minded leaders through says the west should confront riyadh on this contradiction. how the radio refuses to engage with us. so it's their duty of their allies of the international community to just stand by us and to ask where you jane is and to ask for her. and perhaps this is her last chance. because until now, riyadh has rejected any external intervention. on november 22nd of 2005, exactly 15 years ago today,

america was 1st sworn in as germany's chancellor now as the country's crisis manager. and she wraps up her final year in office. she'll have tied with her late mentor him, of course for the longest serving chancellor in german history. and after a challenging decade and a half, she looks poised to end on a high note. the president accepted the vote in 2005. she has been rated by forbes magazine as the world's most powerful woman, 9 times since being sworn in. during her time in office, she has become known as a diplomatic powerhouse working to build relationships with world leaders. boss watching. many of them come and go through what merkel has built up her reputation as a crisis manager from the 2008 financial crisis to this year's global pandemic. the

2015 refugee crisis was perhaps the most emblematic moment of marcos chancellorship . when she allowed almost a 1000000 asylum seekers into germany, the controversial policy exposed deep rifts in german society, but she justified terry decision. we can do this, we can do this. this so called eternal chancellor says she will step down from her role when her 4th term comes to an end. next year. a recent poll shows more international confidence in angola, marco's leadership, than in any other world leader right now. take a look at some other stories making news around the world, working out faso heads to the polls to vote in a general election. and with a rising jihad threat, there will be no votes cast in the one 5th of the country where she hardest strike almost daily president as expected to win reelection opposition. candidates say he

has done too little to end violence and improve security in the country. a federal judge in pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit by the donald trump campaign, alleging voter fraud in u.s. . president wanted to invalidate mail in ballots by the judge said the campaign presented quote, strained legal arguments without merit and spent selective accusations. official results show joe biden won the state by more than 80000 folks. thousands of people have protested against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem. demonstrators braved cold and wet weather to demand his resignation over alleged corruption and the government's handling of the pandemic. protestors and guatemala city have set fire to part of the country's congress building. amid growing demonstrations against the president and lawmakers, the demonstrators are unhappy with their leaders for approving a budget with cuts to education and healthcare spending. as a right,

john says its troops have begun entering areas surrounding the disputed territory of nagorno-karabakh, which was predominantly home to armenians for more than a century. that was before a russian brokered peace deal ended weeks of bloody fighting with separatists and giving up much of the territory in return for the deployment of russian peacekeepers. sure. when reports from nagorno-karabakh, she met with ethnic armenians there, facing the painful experience of saying goodbye to their homeland prayer for what is lost. armenians are saying that the house of worship is in one of several regions being handed over to azerbaijan, after a peace deal. here says he can only hope believers will still be

able to reach this holy site from armenia. we know that the negotiations about the road leading here are still ongoing, but we've been assured that the church will remain ours. this road should stay in service. we worship here. why should we priests leave the church? there's no reason for us to leave ancient dates from the 9th century. for days, armenians have been coming here to take a final book. the mood is a mix of grief and defiance. this is a holy place for us when we drive along this route, we usually always stop here. now we came to say good bye. we probably won't be able to come here any more. i hope this won't be a final farewell to come here again. i know that we aren't afraid of anyone

. why should we be scared? if this is the world know that this church is armenian, and will always be armenian. russian peacekeepers have been stationed here to guard the monastery. some of the armenian visitors bring them sweets to thank them. already the stands and the village around it is deserted. for days, many locals in the area have been burning their own houses, leaving only scorched earth behind for us or by john. the owner of this house was already gone when we arrived the peace deal that armenia and azerbaijan signed officially ended the war here. and now, but it's clear that people's anger burns on, in nearby villages,

people tell us they're still unsure which areas will ultimately be under control. for now is staying with relatives in the village of it in which will stay armenian . she says she's waiting to find out the fate of her town. i don't know what to do . my things are there and i'm here. i thought myself and was injured in the last war. i don't want them to take our land. if our house is taken, i'll go and burn it. the mountains of not may now be peaceful, but many of the ethnic armenians leaving say they would rather keep fighting than lose so much of their homeland sports now and a rare wobble from. but his legal leaders, byron munich that saw them draw 10 at home to avert a braman. some fine play from american josh sargent, set up moxie agast on. on the stroke of half time, the germany international school finished giving the visitors and unlikely elite

a pin point header from kingsley come on in the 2nd half helped the champion save face, but it was nonetheless a surprising step back for by i'll have more headlines for you at the top of the hour in the meantime,, there's always our website d.w., dot com for me and the entire team here in berlin. thanks for tuning it. and you hear me? no, no. yes, we don't need you in hard all steers, just one song. so that when you bring you, i'm going to a man called and you've never toto surprise you. so it was just supposed to smell cool. really what moves you took to play maurice and critics who joined us for metals last august.