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the jewish in europe, the 2 port documentary starts july 5th, long dw, the ah, ah, was, ah, this is the w news coming to the line from berlin. g. 7 leaders pledge, 1000000000 covered 19 vaccine doses for poor countries. at summit in cornwall, england veil, discuss the plan to vaccinate the world by the end of 2022 u. k. prime minister boris charles from the us president joe biden unveiled the 1st stage of the plan. also on the program famine in northern ethiopia, the united nation says 350000 people in the conflict it take. dr. region are
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already effected in millions more are at risk plus footballs. european championships are set for kickoff already a year late. 100. 2020. be held safely during the pandemic. and who are the tournaments biggest stars? ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with this world leaders gathering and southern england will announce a plan to vaccinate the world by the end of next year. at the g 7 summit in cornwall, they will pledge to provide a 1000000000 doses of covered 1900 vaccine to poor countries. the move aims to address criticism that wealthy nations have secured the vast majority of back scenes against read a virus for themselves. meeting u. k prime,
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mister boyce johnson, ahead of the summit, president joe biden said the us would donate 500000000 vaccine shots. it began with friendly elbow bomb, british prime minister, boris johnson. and us president joe biden's 1st in person encounter continued in a convivial and cheerful tone. romantic views and c, sidewalks. with the 1st lady's included. power finally here. and it's been, you know, it's a beautiful beginning. leaders made a point of highlighting the nation's famed special relationship and made it official by signing an updated version of the 80 year old atlantic charter bite and said the alliance would help the countries address global challenges such as cybersecurity, the climate crisis, and the clone of virus pandemic together at the begin osman came after the talks
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when the us president said his country would donate $500000000.00 pfizer vaccine doses to lower income countries. and the african union are values calling us to do everything that we can to vaccinate the world against coven 19. it's also in america self interest. as long as the virus rages elsewhere, there is a risk of new mutations that could threaten our people. we know that raging over 900 in other countries, holes back global growth raises in stability and weakens governments. but activists protesting the global inequality of vaccine access. believe that waving pharmaceutical patterns would be a more effective than charity, which is nowhere near reaching the what's amazing turns percent really billions of
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beans. and these are mr. companies own things in the produce enough for everyone. and that's why we're asking for the manufacturing to be global. like opening up the paintings and the rest of the sort of more qualified manufacturers come for just the with the key 7 leaders arriving. all eyes will be on the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations, to see how serious they are about helping the rest of the world. get a grip on the panoramic. and d. w. correspond alexander from nama, joint us now from car bay, england, where that g 7 meeting is taking place on the center. what issues are expected to dominate this gathering world leaders while front and center of the g. 7 meeting is certainly the corona virus pandemic. and the urgent need to provide more vaccines for low and middle income countries. and boris johnson,
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the british prime minister, who is hosting this meeting here, has already made clear his calling on the g 7 leaders to make a commitment to inoculate the whole world by 2022. other issues very high on the agenda. of course, the cannot make recovery climate change and through relations with china. in terms of systemic challenges that the world is facing. climate change is right up there at the top. you expect any major commitments by the g 7 they're i think that there are word that there is a lot at stake. according to a recent study, the g 7 nations could lose up to 80 percent of the g d p each year. if they are not going to tackle climate change and especially from the youth perspective, this is a very important topic on the agenda. they want concrete results. they are hoping
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that the needs to, to invest in economy a 40 cannot make recovery to cope with the full out of the crew that by with pandemic will need, will lead to more investment in green energy in green economy. and that is something that we are definitely going to find in the communicate after the conclusion of the g 7 summit. but it's still open. how concrete, those conclusions will be. g 7 members used to be thought of as the world's leading industrialized nations. that was case when i was covering g 7 summers. now they're described as the club of wealthy liberal democracies, which obviously excludes china. russia is effectively bored. is the g 7 becoming more ideological? alexandra? well i think that the g 7 has been facing a lot of criticism for years now. i also covered 2 g 7 summits when the
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form you as president donald trump was attending. and at this time, it seems that you, that you 7 nations are in real trouble. and i think that this meeting, he and cornwall is addressing some of the issues. because there is this notion to extend to 4 months to include all the democracies, india, south korea, australia, and south africa were invited guests to this summit to discuss the global challenges, and also may be to forge alliance to counter china, increasingly aggressive behavior. alexander, thank you very much, that was the w alexander phenomena. now, while climate change and the pandemic top the agenda at the g 7 summit, one group of artists and activists is hoping world leaders won't ignore the environmental threats caused by electronic waste. the 7 leaders have been
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immortalized in a sculpture made of electronic waste. the giant artwork looks out towards carpets. bait where the g 7 summit is taking place this week. jobs mount recycle more. it aims to highlight the growing threat of electronic waste. we have to deal with it as a human race. we have to do, we know as nations where one nation is pushing off to another nation to get rid of polluting while they are. this is why g 7 lead. this is why it is to get them all talking to each other and just say this sort this out as a human race. you know, the piece highlights not only the need for urgent political decision, but also more environmental awareness. i'm afraid your hoover or you know, could last 20 years, it doesn't have to be thrown away so quickly and hopefully this will draw people attention to the fact, especially the people over there. then the jury says that these things,
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something has to be done about this. everyone involved hopes to some it will finally lead to action and not just more empty promises. united nations and aid groups or warning that 350000 people in ethiopia is war torn to grow. region are facing famine conditions. the un also says millions more are an urgent need of food supplies. the european government, the if the open government probably disputes the assessment, the don mo, as should be an active 14 year old. but he struggled to breathe per month. a don and his uncle lived in a cave, hiding from the wall raging around their home in t cry. but without enough food, they were still in danger. by much done had grown so weak, his uncle brought him to the hospital. the mob needed to be very strong as strong as a lion. he was hoping to grow up and have a good life, but hunger has left him where he is. now. i'm the son of
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a don is an early warning of what the u. n. is now calling a catastrophic food shortage. and it is expected to get was very, very worried that there are indications that we have the worst phase phase 5, affecting 353000 people in te gray. those numbers expect to derive beyond 400000 over the next few months. if we don't get the access that we need to reach, reach those areas. the while the fighting has a, some parts of key cry remain cut off the math displacement across the region has left more than a 1000000 homeless and hungry. without more aid, this humanitarian crisis can only get was hidden from the rest of the world.
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say look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. me on mars military have opened new corruption cases against also the leader own phone . so cheap. the charges include misusing land and accepting bribes. so she's lawyer say the accusations are absurd. the army sees power in a coup in february, but counting is wrapping up in peruse presidential election. leftist federal castillo holds a slim lead over conservative kickoff. would you, maury? could you, maury claims there were voting irregularities, independent of service, disputed. an interim government was installed during political turmoil last year. supporters of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu have demonstrated outside parliament in jerusalem there opposing a possible governing coalition that could end his 12 years in power. or limit is to vote on the coalition, which was negotiated between right and left wing parties. a french court was the
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man to 4 months in prison for slapping manuel my home in the face. he hit the president during a walk about your in so east france, the court banned him from ever holding office and from owning weapons. for 5 years, i know euro 2020 is finally with us a year late because of the pandemic. the tournament is taking off in rome with italy taking on turkey. the biggest stars of european football will be showing off their skills, but there are also health concerns. euro 2020 means a lot of stars competing. like killing him, bob a, the friends wonder can, who could put his stamp on his 1st euros? germany's chi habits who scored the winning goal for chelsea's champions league title or robert levin, dusky of poland, who can't seem to stop scoring and don't forget ports, it goes christiana, rinaldo,
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who could become the euro's all time top scorer. the question is, how safe is a pan european tournament? europe's best players during a pandemic. despite the pandemic force delay your way for president alexander jeffery in has been insisting the tournament will be safe for players. officials and fans. there have been concerns over possible virus clusters. this led to your way allowing nations to expand squads up to 26 players and good thing. the netherlands already dropped goalkeeper ya specialists in from their squad because of a positive test. both spain and sweden have also had players test positive for covert 19. for the 1st time in its history, the tournament will be taking place across europe. each of the 11 host cities have been given clearance to host bands. 10 cities are shooting for anywhere from
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12231000 fans. budapest is aiming to have a full house. that would mean $61000.00 fans in the push costs arena. the semi final then the final will take place in london's wembley stadium. world cup winners, france enter your 2020 as the top favorites. but lay blur and their stars need to survive. the so called group of death, which consists of raining champions, portugal, as well as germany. if things go england's way, they could play all but one of their matches in london some serious harm advantage other nations to watch out for our belgium and italy who both won all 10 of their qualifiers and the tournaments dark horse could be cherokee who together with belgium had the best defense during qualifiers and might just surprise the top teams at the euros. well, ukraine is caught up in
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a dispute with european football officials over a controversial shirts slogan the ukrainians have been told to remove the phrase glory to the heroes from their euro. 2020 jersey. russia complained about the kit, the governing body wave a ruled ukraine could keep a map that includes crimea. but the slogan, glory to the heroes, a military greeting was deemed to be 2 political. you're watching d. w. news. thanks for being with us. the so many portions of turn out in the climate trade off the stores. this is more or less the way from just one week how much was can really get but we still have time to go. i'm doing all.
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