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fifteen years ago today that until america except just believes role in german politics. despite the many crises she's faced throughout her career, the so-called mother of germany remains highly popular. player richardson, welcome to the show. leaders of the wealthiest countries have wrapped up an online summit with a pledge to supply, covert one thousand vaccines and tests affordably to all the world's people. now the virtual gathering of the g. twenty, a group hosted by saudi arabia and to ease worries that poor countries could be left behind. as the pandemic deepens, divisions between rich and poor climate change and the environment emerged as the other main aim during the summit. a first for an arab nation, has to give summits of the leading industrial countries, even if it was

a virtual gathering dominated, of course, by the pandemic group with the environment. also high on the agenda. grammar jane must be for not but in india and all is to me the g twenty should continue to take the lead in tackling climate change. we need to follow the guidance of the united nations and push for the full and effective implementation of the paris agreement on climate change. most of the leaders made the right noises about the need to protect the planet. but, in typical style, u.s., president donald trump defended his decision to pull out of the agreement. the paris accord was not designed to save the environment there was designed to kill the american economy. i refuse to surrender millions of american jobs and sentry

years of american dollars to the world's worst polluters and environmental offenders. and that's what would have happened. german chancellor angela merkel stressed the need to help poor countries to deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus. for the first time in a long time, we see an increase in global poverty. we need to act resolutely against this in alameda and today we therefore stressed the importance of private investments in particular, in africa. it was left to the host king solomon of saudi arabia, to close the summit with an upbeat message commitment to work together to meet the challenge of the covert nineteen. make to save lives, and livelihoods, and protect the most vulnerable. now the well must put its faith in the coronavirus vaccines in development. and in the g twenty leaders promise to distribute these

fairly affordably. straight to brussels and our correspondent, teri schultz, who is following this for us. terry, of the g. twenty summit is over the top of the agenda was of course supporting economic growth after the global downturn caused by covert nineteen. what steps can these leaders actually take? well, let's consider the fact that these are the twenty largest economies in the world. so if these leaders want to make something happen, they need to pull out their checkbooks, right? so they could make things happen and they do discuss very important issues that would have been important even without the coronavirus crisis. and that is debt relief reform of the world trade organization. but of course, there's a much, much stronger point on these reforms with the poorest countries being hit so hard by coded night team. so what they say does matter, but it still depends on each of these leaders to go back to their countries and

make policies happen. these statements that come out of the g, twenty and other multilateral organizations, like this often sound good and sound promising, but they aren't a policy in themselves. each of these leaders has to go back and make things happen at home. well, let's talk a bit more about that, because g. twenty leaders did call for vaccines to be distributed fairly and cheaply, yet with the intense demand for vaccines. and of course, the high political stakes that they come with to do that will be able to really be able to achieve equitable access. again, it is going to depend on each individual country, but they did commit to this, and that is an important signal in itself. certainly reassuring for the developing world who of course, can't compete like the richer countries do or like the european union can to get the vaccine first. and we have seen a lot of that, that horse race going on here in europe and in the united states. so it's an important signal coming out of the g twenty. and of course, if they work together,

they can, especially through the world health organization fund of vaccine excess ability for the whole world. that's something that commission president and was among the leaders signing a letter to the g. twenty, asking them to make up of four point five billion dollars shortfall in what's called the act accelerator program, with the w.h.o. . making sure that there is equitable distribution. once we have a vaccine, now climate protection was a major issue as well. what chance is there of any real movement toward a climate action? i would say that no one is looking to the g twenty to be the world's foremost climate action organization. primarily the paris climate accord is of course going to be more important. these are twenty economies. and the g. twenty is in the paris climate accord is signed by one hundred eighty countries. so i believe that that's where we're going to see real action, but they all did commit to sustainability. and that's really important when we know

that each of these governments is facing economic difficulties. and it's been, it's easy for climate to fall behind. teri schultz in brussels, thank you very much. of take a look now. it's movie other stories making news around the world. heads of the u.s. covert, one thousand vaccine program says he expects the first americans could be vaccinated by the twelfth of december. he told us media the vaccinations could begin two days. there proved by the food and drug administration, which is meeting between the eight and tenth of december human rights groups say a bell or police have arrested more than three hundred demonstrators in the capital . thousands protested for the sixteenth straight sunday, calling on president alexander lukashenko to step down as the president of rigging elections in august and at the people of burma, kenya faso have been voting in

a presidential election that has been overshadowed by a rising jihadist threat. president rock cabaret is expected to win reelection though opposition candidates have criticized his failure to contain the violence opposition parties have warned of massive fraud and threatens not to accept the results. but if the o.p.'s prime minister has given the leaders in the northern region of a seventy two hour also made him to surrender, threatening an all out assault if they do not. the military has also warned civilians to get out of the regional capital make a way before the deadline. commanders say they will show no mercy to the people's liberation front. fighting between the government and i for says, began over two weeks ago, a show of force on the field be on state t.v. . and as the army advances in the region in oman,

this warning to residents of its capital city may caylee is not just the looks. and we want to send a message to the public to make your life. save yourselves from any artillery attacks. and free yourselves from the hunter. after that, there will be no mercy. does half a million people live in mackay leg? after the stock words, many will swell the stream of refugees fleeing the conflict into gride. more than thirty five thousand have already crossed into neighboring sudan. after being registered of the border, they are sent to ramshackle camps. most arrive with little more than the clothes on their body. the most of it, when we heard the gunfire, we couldn't see it, but we could hear it. we just ran with only these clothes, we came to sit down with nothing. as long as the fighting continues,

people will continue to come. the u.n. is preparing for as many as two hundred thousand arrivals. it's well, germany's chancellor angela merkel is known around the world for her diplomatic talents. and today she is marking fifteen years at the country's help when germany's crisis manager in chief wraps up her final year in office, she will have equalled the record of her late mentor. how much call for the longest serving chancellor in german history. and after a challenging decade and a half in office, she looks poised to go out on a high note president anglo america accepting the vote in two thousand and five. she has been rated by forbes magazine as the world's most powerful woman, nine 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 two thousand and eight financial crisis to this year's global pandemic. the two thousand and fifteen refugee crisis was perhaps the most emblematic moment of marco's chancellorship. when she led almost a million asylum seekers into germany, the controversial policy exposed deep rift 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 fourth term comes to an end next year. a recent poll shows more international confidence in angola marcos leadership than in any other world leader right now. i'm joined now by days of news chief political editor, michelle, occur for michelle. are fifteen years of anglo-american, shaping germany. what do you think her legacy is going to be?

while her legacy will be the political brand? she herself say, which is stability? when you ask people around the world, what they believe she stands in for, it's for a stable germany, nonthreatening, the economic powerhouse of europe. and also someone who is very much power aware, but doesn't really see power as a means to an in power as a means to an end, but not an end in itself. well, looking ahead, as you say, the world will be watching who is in the race to succeed on go americal as the chief of the christian democrats and then potentially to the next german chancellor . well, she failed to really pave the way for you to come come by, you member that name you were practicing for so long that i think the leader and the success in that is now open is who will succeed her to then be first in line to become the next chancellor candidate. well, it's three men and they're all from north rhine-westphalia. one of them is a former party rival who actually left politics altogether because he fell out with

who then went on to become the german chancellor. then to see him as her wish to looks a bit like a male merkel kind of person and the head of the foreign affairs committee of the buddhist talk now about what is not really seen as someone who could ever become a front runner. but there are also unofficial candidates know to be the leader of the c.s.u. system, of the conservative party and the math will use their heads. and he's actually pretty much sitting on the fence. he's the one who's highest in the ratings, because a very, very long story short, we simply don't know yet. it's still an open race, but it's pretty sure to be a man. interesting, well, you did say earlier that america has been widely seen to be kind of a steady pair of hands. what else do you think awaits in germany after the era of american? well, it will be no longer a situation where every detail in the world knows exactly where they're out when they talk to germany. because angela merkel is the one they've been speaking to for

fifteen years. she held the stock together in the e.u. and she was a known figure. and she has had her high points. we noted the migration moment here, which is also seen as a high moment in her international perception. but she's also someone who stood firmly on those old bones of particular the transatlantic bond between europe and the united states. we're seeing more critical voices than now. so we'll see some uncertainty in what we will stand for in the future. but we did learn when she was elected the last time that germany pretty much functions on autopilot. it's a very stable country, indeed, even if it like last time takes months to find a new government. all right, and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations have pledged to make sure covert nineteen vaccines are fairly distributed. i think they will pay to make sure the port countries are not left out . that's a promise. they cannot afford twenty summit. that's

a news update at this hour. sports life is up next on this edition, how climbing is raising the bar from two of them to export more headlines at the top of the hour in the meantime. and of course, always get the latest on our web site, www. dot. com. and kyra, just been in berlin. i mean the whole team, thanks for watching the literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see. as the kids grow my own books on youtube. what's the secret of this classic is it to say?

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people have been climbing since the dawn of time. originally for practical reasons, on the lookout for food predators. today most people climb for recreational purposes in the great outdoors, artificial cliffs, and yet on plant, unless the so few of us were left in money, the lawyer will be going learn most of us money off in some fashion then to simply in his own test bring an infant's in on his guns and nicholas cut the fossil this international policing you almost best fatah has made the most of those possibilities. now twenty four. she was twenty nine thousand german champion in the olympic combined. twenty eight hundred national bouldering champ. and is always up at the top in world cup competitions. i'm now she has her sights set on a limb pick glory. bouldering is climbing without a rope or harness up to

a height of four and a half meters, where you can still detach safely without a real risk of injury. thanks also to those cushioned floor mats, the competitive variety is against the clock. the athletes are free to choose their path to the top, but there are pre-determined hand and foot holds at the start. the objective is to maintain the top hold for at least three seconds. that's what honestly i was funding to simply an employee. like a fixer to simply, you know, as an affable this is all fun and complex climbing as a sport really took off in the nineteen seventies. the international federation of

sport climbing was set up in frankfurt, germany in two thousand and seven, and currently has eighty one countries signed up. it's the organizers of the world championships and world cups. and in twenty twenty one. for the first time, the olympic meets picked up latinists on a youngish part of this program for the union and climbing is booming in popularity. germany, where it tends to be in the cities now has over five hundred indoor venues with around twenty five more each year. you can choose always new challenges. and when you, when you climbed, you focused only on, on the wallet, on your way. and you think about nothing else,

only your way climbing has a dizzying appeal to people of all ages and levels of ability. for some, it's an offer to work all weekend, whether indoors or outdoors, finish off the german alpine club has the hof, a million members. as it turns out, style of all i begin, i know how my best spots are as one of almost two thousand competitive climbers in germany. and one of the select few with hopes of featuring in the twenty twenty one summer olympics in tokyo. so to foster no fun,

olympia does him softly live what when i first met sophia he said yeah, he's ever lived chuffed and he stopped us. guns was one of those after the months. nice. ok. and also what was once this is among the irish, but even on this elitism, and it's not just climbing that set for an olympic debut in tokyo, skateboarding karate and surfing will also feature for the first time. continuing a trend, the international olympic committee has been trying for years to incorporate sports with bigger appeal for the younger generation, such as mountain biking, rugby,, sevens, beach, volleyball, and b.m.x., sports economist and former olympic rowing gold medalist boys gang many has been following the development of course it will help financially as well.

sports like climbing and skateboarding prng with a lot of attention media attention, and this will secure that c.i.s. . you have a high incomes that say from t.v. revenues, for example. also in the future. 'd the olympic premiere for climbing will involve a newly devised format, a limb pick combined with three disciplines. speed needs no explaining. the first of the top is the winner. the lead discipline involves different difficult levels on walls up to fifteen meters high. and bouldering all three, exactly. the ultimate dedication from the athletes. the training regimen has become far tougher. and the constant jump between the different disciplines is not just a major mental challenge

in london, where you i first got the climbing bug as a young girl from the wardrobes in her parent's home to trees and cliffs outdoors. she grew up in weimar, not a city with mountains close by, but she managed to find a productive training program by accident is going to come

or even told us we also and as she scaled new heights on the climbing wall. so did i almost career in twenty twelve. she competed in her first international youth championships, and three years later was invited to join the national team. she's climbing in international contests around the world. but together with a personal and professional satisfaction from climbing, the sport also comes with its set max as on the best part of found out in march this year when she suffered a serious elbow injury that meant surgery and then no training. and as for the olympics is a certain level of us a

lot of folks also got a lot of support from her fellow climbers who helped her overcome this difficult time and it would be a challenging road to recovery after the surgery. 'd first physiotherapy to get her muscles back in shape and then in may, i returned to basic a low stress climbing session. unlike other athletes, the postponement of the summer games to twenty twenty one provided an additional motivation for a cause that one might assume this type wasn't bensonhurst up as one where finished at home often for some of them. yeah, i felt in august i was able to put full strain on her arm again and

also enabling her to step up. her training, working with weights has been an important part of that. during one exercise session will lift a total of around four times together with her coach. she's been trying everything to make a swift return to her former level of performance. this november will be in moscow for the european championships, which is also her last opportunity to qualify for the olympics. cantered said the course money enough to call that cancel the sale and miss me doesn't fit us. each country can send two women and two men to tokyo for germany. alexander may

goes and the young who have already secured their tickets. both are highly experienced climbers. alexander came second in the league climbing discipline at the world championships and is a multiple winner of world cup event is a bouldering specialist discipline. he's already won a number of domestic titles in but taking part in the olympics has a very special allure to both of them. but i'm from the internet and it's been on that in the common its own grounds for intimate with the brass and out in the common its own importance. the upcoming european championships in moscow will see plenty of competition for the prospect of the olympics. is a massive motivating factor. there's only one spot left in the german squad for

tokyo and grabbing it will demand nerves confidence and perhaps a bit of luck. when i first extreme few in misty, had heard it is a moment or understand outside of after the license and spent a good start on the

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