now anthony blinken is certainly no newcomer to the u.s. foreign policy establishment. he actually served as deputy assistant to president obama, as well as national security advisor to joe biden. and it appears that under a secretary of state state department leadership by anthony blinken, that trumps america 1st foreign policy will be a thing of the past. whether we like it or not, the world simply doesn't organize itself and until the trumpet, ministration of the united states, it played a lead role in doing a lot of good organizing and helping to write the rules. and joe biden starts with the proposition that we need to reassert american engagement in american leadership . now, when it comes to his record, antony blinken appears to be a strong advocate of u.s. military interventionism. he was an advisor to joe biden. at the time, joe biden voted in 2002 to support the u.s. unilateral invasion of iraq. furthermore, blinken argues that the situation in syria is the result of the united states failing to intervene quickly enough. this is what he has said about syria. w

is anthony blinken. now anthony blinken is certainly not a newcomer to the washington d.c. foreign policy establishment. he served as a deputy assistant to president barack obama as a national security advisor to joe biden, as well as a deputy secretary of state. he has indicated that basically under his leadership of the u.s. state, department trumps america. 1st foreign policy will most likely come to an end, whether we like it or not. the world simply doesn't organize itself and until the trumpet, ministration. the united states had played a lead role in doing a lot of good organizing and helping to write the rules. and joe biden starts with the proposition that we need to reassert american engagement in american leadership . let's examine his record to see what we can possibly expect to. now, blinken was a big supporter of the usa as unilateral invasion of iraq in 2002. he was advising joe biden, when joe biden voted for the resolution of congress to support george w. bush's invasion of iraq. furthermore, lincoln argues that the situation in syria is the result of a fai

anthony blinken as his secretary of state and of john kerry as his special envoy on climate change. and more promising news in the fight against covert nineteen's, the drug maker, astra zeneca says the vaccine it's developed with oxford university is up to 90 percent effective. and that it's cheap to make it easy to store and publish only us welcome to the program. china's space agency launched its ambitious mission to the moon to bring rock samples back to earth. chang, who 5, named for a chinese goddess of the moon, took off successfully from the space center on china's southern island. it's the, 1st mission by any nation to retrieve lunar samples. since 2970 s., the probe is expected to bring back 2 kilos of rocks and soil to help scientists learn more about earth's nearest neighbor, including how it was for arms. and the mission also showcases the advances that china has made in space exploration technology. this spacecraft has towered above the southern island province of hina and 5 days a symbol of china's technological prowess. and its military might a source of pride for man

. >> reporter: biden is expected to nominate anthony blinken as secretary of state.nnouncement comes as michigan is preparing a vote on whether to certify election results or delay the process to allow an audit. with at least one republican member of the state's canvassing board expected to delay the certification, if the other republican forces a tie, the issue could end up in the court. the house speaker tells fox news -- >> if there were to be a 2-2 split on the state board of canvassers, it would go to the michigan supreme court to determine what their response would be and order would be. >> reporter: some counties in pennsylvania will certify their election results today. pennsylvania is the latest state to dismiss a trump campaign lawsuit claiming voter fraud with the judge writing has the claims are haphazardly stitched together like franken si en ste monster. republican senator lisa murkowski saying a pressure campaign on state legislators to influence the electoral outcome is not only unprecedented but inconsistent with our democratic process. >> >> and wha

anthony blinken will be nominated as the incoming u.s. secretary of state. he is a close aide to ball. i've been a long time foreign policy adviser. jake sullivan has been appointed national security adviser and at 47 years old will be one of the youngest people to serve. in the role former secretary of state john kerry will make climate change his priority. as a special presidential envoy. let's bring in joel rubin. he served as a former assistant secretary of state in the obama administration. when tony blinken was deputy secretary of state, thanks for your time mr. rubin. so we're getting a clearer picture now of biden's plans for foreign policy, right? with his pick of anthony blinken who, you know, well for secretary of state, what does this appointment say about how a biden administration plans to approach foreign policy more generally? it's clear with sectarian blink and what we have is a nominee who is very close to the president. that's number one item that people at the state department care about. does the secretary have the ear of the president?

the, president elect is expected to announce anthony blinken. as the new u.s., secretary of state, clinton has long served as his foreign policy adviser and reports suggest jake sullivan is being lined up to take on the role of national security adviser. he's worked for both biden and former u.s. democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton white house correspondent, kimberly how is live for us in washington d.c. . let's start with the appointment of the secretary of state and that candidate it . what does that tell us about u.s. foreign policy? perhaps where it might go on the joe biden, or what is clear from these and ausmus that are to be formalized on tuesday is that it's a goal of the biden. it ministration to re frame america's relationships with allies, particularly after 4 years of donald trump's america 1st policies. what this will be is a resounding of some familiar global alliances, whether it be rekindled link to the iran nuclear deal, whether it's the united states taking part in the world health organization or even joining the

the us president elect is expected to announce anthony blinken as the new secretary of state, making his long served as a foreign policy adviser to biden reports also suggest jake sullivan is being lined up to take on the role of national security adviser sort of and has served as a longtime adviser to biden and former u.s. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton that speak to our white house correspondent kimberly hall care about this. so kimberly, what do these choices say about where u.s. foreign policy is headed under joe biden? it says a lot. we expect of these announcements will be formalized on tuesday, and what this suggests is that a priority for a biden administration in the early days will be to reassemble global alliances. these 2 names. and both of these picks not only talk about experience as being valued by the president or for incoming president, but also that foreign policy establishment in terms of the relationship is critical . as the incoming president looks to forge some of those relationships that may have been affected by donald trump's policies, name

anthony blinken will be secretary of state president. trump has agreed to allow the transition process to begin, but he hasn't conceded defeat germany's coronavirus measures. it looks set to be.

media say biden will nominate anthony blinken as secretary of state. and can serve as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the obama administration. ethiopia's military has given leaders in the northern people's liberation front, fighting between the government and t. . ground forces began more than 2 weeks ago. what amount of government has condemned unrest that led to the burning of the country's congress building on saturday? the protests were part of growing demonstrations against conservative president at a 10100 year matty for approving a budget that sparked outrage. most of the funds were in marks for infrastructure projects, while spending on education and health care was cut in the morning after workers clean up the debris. what demolish government says protestors who set fire to the country's congress building on saturday are guilty of terrorist acts. but a human rights group said the police used excessive force against them. at least 12 were injured and dozens of others arrested. it was both, i guess my hands

biden will nominate anthony blinken. as secretary of state, when he announces the 1st of his cabinet picks, lincoln served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the obama administration to try the foreign ministers of germany, france and britain have met in berlin to discuss the future of the iran nuclear deal, the 3 countries have spearheaded efforts to keep the 2015 agreement alive after u.s. president donald trump abandoned it. germany has expressed hope that the new u.s. administration might revive the your court. turkey has accused germany of breaking international law after german soldiers boarded a turkish cargo ship without requesting official permission. the soldiers intercept at the ship overnight on suspicion. it was carrying weapons to libya. they abandoned their search after turkey protested to the mission. we turn our attention to france now where the government there has proposed a sweeping new security bill following a series of recent terror attacks. while among other t

the announcement about anthony blinken is likely tomorrow.served as deputy secretary of state during the obama administration. plus, former hillary clinton aid jake sullivan is likely to be named bidens national security advisor. hasident trump's campaign disavowed a number of its postelection legal team. sidney powell has pushed some of the more extreme conspiracy theories around the boat. a statement from the campaign says they are not a member of the illegal team, even though president trump said that she was. secretary of state mike pompeo says the u.s. has withdrawn from the open skies agreement because russia isn't compliant. the treaty allows countries to flights over each other's territory. democratic senator bob menendez called the move reckless. -- heed the incoming urged the incoming biden adminstration to reverse the decision. all of the destinations require testing. passengers will have the option test thatmail-in meets local requirements. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 jo

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president-elect joe biden prepares to name his cabinet picks tomorrow with nbc learning veteran diplomat anthony blinkens the front-runner for secretary of state. ♪ >>> well, good morning, everybody and welcome to "street signs. we have some big news for this monday morning yet another breakthrough when it comes to vaccines. it's been the third monday in a row that we get some big news on that front and today the results from astrazeneca and oxford yet again proved to be positive showing efficacy rate of up to 90% that's giving a boost to market sentiment. there's a lot of green on the board. yet some more positive data coming out on the vaccination space and we have the uk health secretary saying they're looking to start rolling out the vaccination as soon as january, february, march. i think finally investors are beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel. looking to 2021 with optimism in the air and that is being reflected certainly way markets are behaving we have trading up .6 percentage point slightly in positive territory. let's into more detail what's happening in the individual countr

enforcement) >> ademÁs el equipo de joe biden adelantÓ otros nombres su secretario de estado serÁ anthony blinkener en inteligencia >> en forma paralela la batalla legal del presidente trump para impugnar la elecciÓn no avanza, hoy mÍchigan dio la victoria a joe biden, mientras el equipo del presidente sigue luchando en pensilvania por ejemplo, hay un juez desestimÓ un intento por bloquear la certificaciÓn de los votos sus abogados impugnaron, de los 36 casos que ha presentado trump al menos un tercio de ellos no han prosperado ♪ ♪ >> el coronavirus avanza a un ritmo que es de verdad alarmante, el paÍs reporta mÁs de 12 millones 400 mil casos, entre esos mÁs de 171 mil solamente en las Últimas 24 horas, los fallecimientos por encima >> mÁs de mil personas murieron en los Últimos dÍas por covid-19 tambiÉn siguen llegando noticias que dan esperanza, la vacuna de astrazeneca muestra esperanza segÚn datos preliminares tienen hasta 90% de efectividad, rogelio reporta, buenas noches >> ¿quÉ tal? julio buenas noches, pues efectivamente en esta semana de alto riesgo en tÉrminos de contagio por tanta gent

anthony blinken will be secretary of state president. trump has agreed to allow the transition process to begin, but he hasn't conceded defeat germany's coronavirus measures. it looks set to be.

anthony blinken will be secretary of state. president trump has agreed to allow.

he's picked a long time advisor anthony blinken to be secretary of state. john kerry will act as a climate czar, a leader of forces, an ethiopian grey region, is denying that government troops are in the process of surrounding the regional capital. the government though insists its soldiers are within 50 kilometers of saudi arabia is denying that crown prince mohammed bin salah man met with israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu. the saudi foreign minister tweeted this after the israeli public broadcaster reported the meeting taking place. he flatly declares in there happened. it was earlier speculated a meeting included the head of israeli intelligence agency, mossad, and the u.s. secretary of state mike. harry forsett has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank. the education minister said it was a great achievement, despite the semi official way in which it had come out. netanyahu rival and alternate prime minister and defense minister benny gantz was criticizing. and you know, for having this meeting leaked out in such a way, the israeli prime

veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named to secretary of state.he will be tossed with steering the country back to what the paris climate's agreement, the world health organization and the iran nuclear deal. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change envoy. former federal reserve chair janet yellen is to service treasury secretary policy, if confirmed she would be the 1st woman to take over this pivotal role and would face a difficult task of shaping u.s. economic policies at a time when the country is facing a pandemic. and the ensuing recession for the area biden appears to be making good on his campaign promise that his cabinet will reflect america's diversity. with his picks for the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and the department of homeland security. but confirmation in the senate where republicans still hold a narrow majority for now at least, but the transition process officially underway. some of the uncertainty and turbulence of the past weeks seems to be settli

biden has chosen anthony blinken to be secretary of state.linken was national security adviser during barack obama's first term as president. he served as deputy secretary of state during obama's second term. biden says former secretary of state john kerry will be his special presidential envoy for climate. kerry said on twitter that he plans to get america back on track, and that the issue requires all hands on deck. linda thomas-greenfield will be the ambassador to the united nations. jake sullivan, national security adviser. and majorkas, security secretary. hanes will be nominated as director of national intelligence. if confirm bid ted by the senat she'd be the first woman to hold that post. u.s. media are also reporting former central reserve chair janet yellen will be tapped to serve as treasury secretary. she'd be the first woman to hold that position, as well. >>> turning to the saga of former nissan chairperson carlos ghosn, who fled trial for financial wrongdoing. a panel criticized his detention in tokyo, describing it as an extra

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sit at the head of the table, biden's choices our policy veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named a secretary of state. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries, we need their cooperation. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state, john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, in this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. i expect that we are a former federal reserve chair. janet yellen is the service treasury secretary. she's trusted in the financial world, and different firms. she would be the 1st woman to take over this pivotal role with optimism about new coronavirus vaccine spreading and political uncertainty, seemingly diminishing. the dow surged past 30000 points for the very 1st time on tuesday. so i think people like the cabinet post we're seeing from biden, they like the idea that the sort of one period of uncertainty about how much difficulty weeks see and outgoing tromping ministration make. i think people like that that's over i thin

right along with us >>> president-elect joe biden is filling out his cabinet this week last night anthony blinken is the president's top choice for secretary of state he served as deputy national security advisor in the obama administration and deputy secretary of state citing three sources biden is expecting to nominate linda greenfield as a.m. bass so door to the united nations. tracie potts joins us with the latest >> it is going to be a big week. we expect that biden will make those announcements and maybe even some more tomorrow, but those individuals and the rest of his cabinet won't be able to get fbi background checks or security clearances until the trump administration signs off and that has not happened yet. meantime, the president's legal options to challenge the election results seem to be running out. he has now lost cases in pennsylvania, in michigan. both of those states beginning to certify their results today the trump team is asking georgia to do another recount. that's right, a second recount of the results they're not clear yet if that will happen. there's growing pressure fr

ros: weeard from the nominee for secretary of state, anthony blinken.r we have teedith confidence.ures of humily and humility, because as the president-elect said, we can alone.' is problems we need to be working with other countries. we need their cooperation. we need their partnership but also confidence,au b america ability than any other country on earth to bring others together to meet the challenges of our time. ros: juliet manchester of "the hill" was watching the event and this is what she made of it. >> we are these nominations were coming but i have heard a lot of washington strategists say this is a ret to normal, something we saw typically in washington before tio trump administr remember, number of these appointed officials still have to go through senminations to officially serve on the biden ,administrati but a lot of them served in the obama administration, so they are familiar creatures of washington, if you will come a trump appointees, many of whom came from outside the beltway, as we like to call it, so definitely a bit of a return t

biden's foreign policy team also includes anthony blinken for secretary of state, jake sullivan who will become national security adviser and linda thomas greenfield will be the next ambassador to the u n meantime the president's attempts to subvert the election results in several states continue to sputter out. >>thank you madam chair, you have for idol. that does michigan election officials certifying the results monday officially recognizing biden's 154,000 vote victory. >>a similar scene in pennsylvania where numerous counties have certified the results for biden the state supreme court ruled against the trump campaign effort to halt the certification, a verdict, the president's legal team says they'll appeal. team trump has failed to produce any evidence of widespread voter fraud and it's clear even some of mister trump's strongest supporters arden defending his baseless claims if you've got the evidence of fraud presented. >>and what's happened here is quite frankly the conflict, the president's legal team has been a national embarrassment. >>and it was john reporting for us tonigh

biden's choice is our policy veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named to secretary of state. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries, we need their cooperation. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state, john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, in this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. i expect that would grant, former federal reserve chair janet yellen, is to serve as treasury secretary, she's trusted in the financial world. and if confirmed, she would be the 1st woman to take over. this pivotal role with optimism about new coronavirus vaccine spreading and political uncertainty, seemingly diminishing. the dow surged past 30000 points for the very 1st time on tuesday. so i think people like the cabinet post we're seeing from biden, they like the idea that this sort of long period of uncertainty about how much difficulty weak see and outgoing tromping ministration make. i think people like that that's over i think people like ja

biden's choice is our policy veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named to secretary of state. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries, we need their cooperation. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state, john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, in this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. i expect that with great former federal reserve chair janet yellen, is to serve as treasury secretary. she's trusted in the financial world. and if confirmed, she would be the 1st woman to take over. this pivotal role with optimism about new coronavirus vaccine spreading and political uncertainty, seemingly diminishing. the dow surged past 30000 points for the very 1st time on tuesday. so i think people like the cabinet post we're seeing from biden, they like the idea that this sort of wong period of uncertainty about how much difficulty weak see an outgoing trump administration make. i think people like that that's over i think people like janet

to president elect is expected to announce anthony blinken as the new u.s. secretary of state. reagan has a long served as long served as a foreign policy adviser to biden and held here. olds under president obama reports also suggest jake sullivan is being lined up to take on the role of national security adviser sullivan has served as a longtime adviser to george to joe biden, and former u.s. democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton. to discuss this nom, joined by joseph, who is an associate professor of political science at texas a and m. university. here in doha, joseph, very good to have you with us. so anthony blenkin, a defender of global alliance is expected to be nominated as secretary of state. what do these for a support ments reveal to you about which direction biden is going to take you and for u.s. foreign policy? will traditional allies you think, be reassured? yeah, i think the names being floated for secretary of state, national security, advisor and u.n. ambassador seem to be a return to the sort of long standing principles of american foreign policy th

anthony blinken will be secretary of state president. trump has agreed to allow the transition process to begin, but he hasn't conceded defeat germany's coronavirus measures. it looks set to.

adversaries, and not reject our allies by good choices or policy veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named to secretary of state. he will be tasked with bringing the country back into the paris climate agreement, the world health organization, and the iran nuclear deal. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries. we need their cooperation. we need their partners. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state, john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change envoy. to end this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. and you're right to recognize that paris alone is not enough at the global meeting in glasgow one year from now. all nations must raise ambition together, or we will all fail together. i, former federal reserve chair janet yellen is set to service treasury secretary if confirmed she would be the 1st woman to take over this pivotal role and would face the difficult task of shaping u.s. economic policies at a time when the country is facing a pandemic. and its econom

to his nominations for 6 top positions in his administration, aim to to his longtime adviser, anthony blinken for the position of secretary of state. former secretary of state john kerry climate change envoy and janet yellen as treasury secretary well for more on this, so i'm joined by d.w. correspondent cut only night. she moyo who is in washington. i can only know now the transition to a biden administration is now officially underway. but what was it that led to president finally conceded? well, if i don't know, he also learned briefly after trump's tweet, that michigan has certified by it. and when that means these 16 electoral votes from michigan will definitely go to joe biden, this clearly erases any pathway for president trying to overturn the election results. we also know from last week that georgia certified by even as the winner of that state, after the recount and pennsylvania supreme court rejected the campaign efforts to block, to continuing to count certain ballots. so a considering this overview probably trumps a close advisors, told him to open the doors for a transition bec

his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, is expected to be named secretary of state. want jake sullivan is being lined up as national security advisor. both served in the a-bomb administration. the leader of ethiopia's tikrit people's liberation front is denying that government troops have surrounded the city of mckelway. the government says its military is within 50 kilometers of the city. a spokesman says, forces a fired rockets at the city of daraa here by a dob, but didn't cause any damage. and libya's rival parliament are due to meet in morocco for reunification talks in a separate event. a 2nd round of you know, united nations led talks have resumed in a virtual format. it comes after the warring sides held their 1st round of meetings last week in tunisia. those are the headlines coming up next. it's talk to al-jazeera, stay with us. dissecting the headlines in the midst of a pandemic. let's start with some of the on the ground realities affecting the news coverage. what's the lay of the land? there are challenging assumptions and the official line on out is the

the us president elect is expected to announce anthony blinken as the new secretary of state. lincoln has long served as the foreign policy adviser to biden. and reports also suggests that jake sullivan is being lined up to take on the role of national security adviser. sort of and has served as a longtime adviser to biden and former u.s. senator and presidential candidate hillary clinton. that's bring in our white house correspondent for more on this. kimberly hall, kate who is live in washington. kimberly, so it seems like the president elect is trying to rely on people with foreign policy experience. what does tony benn can say about where u.s. foreign policy has had it yet in terms of where this is headed, it's very clear that the focus of president elect biden is to rebuild global alliances and also restore america's prominence on the world stage. what could that look like? well, we've already heard from joe biden, and he's signaled that very quickly in the early days of it is the administration. he hopes you a number of things including rejoin the paris climate accord, r

biden is filling out his cabinet this week last night nbc news learned that veteran diplomat anthony blinken is the president's top choice for secretary of state blinken previously served as deputy national security adviser in the obama administration as well as deputy secretary of state. and citing three sources, "the washington post" reports that biden is planning to nominate linda thomas greenfield for ambassador to the united nations. she served as assistant secretary of state for african affairs from 2013 to 2017. >>> our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joins us with the latest and tracie, i big week ahead for biden. >> reporter: so, officially, frances, we're expecting to see those announcements on tuesday that's when biden said he promised it would come before thanksgiving so he's starting to fill out his cabinet despite the fact that the members of the cabinet will not be getting fbi security clearances until the trump administration signs off, and that has not happened yet. the president now really beginning to exhaust his legal challenges to the election results. he's askin

continuing refusal to concede the election media say biden will nominate anthony blinken as secretary of state when he announces the 1st of his cabinet picks. lincoln served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the obama administration. the foreign ministers of germany, france, and britain have met in berlin to discuss the future of the iran nuclear deal. the 3 countries have spearheaded efforts to keep the 2015 agreement alive after the us president donald trump abandoned its germany has expressed hope the new u.s. or its version. might we vive, be a cold. turkey has accused germany of breaking international law after german soldiers boarded a turkish cargo ship without requesting official permission. the soldiers intercepted the ship overnight on suspicion. it was carrying weapons to libya abandon after turkey protested to the e.u. mission. human rights groups say below as police have arrested more than 300 demonstrators in the capital, minsk, thousands protested for the 16th. straight sunday, calling on president of example of the schenkel to ste

biden's choice is a policy veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named to secretary of state. he will be tough to beat steering the country back to what the paris climate agreement, the world health organization and the iran nuclear deal. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state, john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change envoy from a federal reserve chair, janet yellen is to service treasury secretary policy if confirmed she would be the 1st woman to take over this pivotal role and would face a difficult task of shaping u.s. economic policies at a time when the country is facing a pandemic, and the ensuing recession for the area biden appears to be making good on his campaign promise that his cabinet will reflect america's diversity. with his picks for the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and the department of homeland security. he also names the 1st woman to become director of national intelligence wise. but many of biden's cabinet picks will require confirmation in the senate, where republicans still hold a narrow majority. for now at

president-elect joe biden is filling up his cabinet this week last night nbc news learned that veteran dpd anthony blinken is the president-elect's top choice for secretary of state previously served as national security adviser in the obama administration as well as deputy secretary of state and citing three sources, "the washington post" reports that biden is planning to nominate linda thomas greenfield for ambassador to the united nations. she served as assistant secretary of state for african affairs from 2013 to 2017. >>> meanwhile, president trump continues to try and discredit the election results garrett haake has more >> reporter: hey, frances, good morning. as we come up on three weeks from election day now, the president's arguments about overturning the election and his legal team are both falling apart. president-elect joe biden preparing to announce the first members of his cabinet. >> you're going to see the first of the president-elect's cabinet appointments on tuesday of this week meeting the pace -- beating, in fact, the pace that was set by the obama/biden transition, beating the pace s

some white house posts, he's nominated longtime adviser, anthony blinken to be secretary of state. while jake sullivan is being lined up as national security advisor, both served in the obama administration. the corruption trial of former french president nicolas sarkozy is being perspire on shortly after it began in paris. sarkozy is accused of attempting to bribe a judge hearings will start again on thursday. they've been disrupted by the pandemic. hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua warner's pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's protests. it was joined in court by fellow activists, agnes challen, ivan lamb 3, will be held in custody until sentencing. next week. it's inside story. now. the g. 20 summit has ended with a promise of fags, global distribution of covert vaccines, but no specifics on where the money will come from. and the $1.00 know all the major initiatives announced with the u.n. disengaged out as the rest of the world. sets an agenda. this is inside story. hello, welcome to the program. and it's, we're closing statement emphasizing the importan

president elect joe biden has confirmed he'll nominate anthony blinken as security secretary of state blinken served as deputy and out office and as deputy national security adviser during the obama administration. biden also confirmed former secretary of state john kerry as his special envoy for the climate. this is d. w. news from berlin. follow us on twitter and instagram or visit our website. dot com off of the world is starting the 3rd week in a row with news of yet another promising coronavirus vaccine. today, astra zeneca became the latest pharmaceutical to announce that its vaccine is effective at preventing covidien 19. astra zeneca vaccine has important advantages with a price tag of just a few dollars. it is now the front runner in the race to end the pandemic by protecting everyone everywhere. i'm burnt off in berlin. this is the day we plan to begin supplying by the end of the year and with hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine supply in 2021. days, once it is actually 12, not just for high income countries, the cost will be much lower than the n.r.a. . this could be v

a long time advisor anthony blinken for the position of secretary of state, former secretary of state john kerry as climate change on voice. and john together as treasury secretary, when it comes to well for more on this son joined by d.w. correspondent cut only night. you moyes in washington, i can only know now the transition to a budding administration is now officially underway. but what was it that led to president, finally conceding what if i don't know, he also learned briefly after trump's tweet that to michigan has certified by the nz win. that means these 16 electoral votes from michigan will definitely go to joe biden. this clearly erases any pathway for president trying to overturn the election results. we also know from last week that georgia certified biden as the winner of that state. after the recount and pennsylvania supreme court rejected the tram campaign efforts to block, to continuing to count certain ballots. so a considering this overview probably trumps a close advisors, told him to open the doors for a transition because there is obviously no real way of overt

anthony blinken will be secretary of state president trump has agreed to allow the transition process to begin, but he hasn't conceded defeat germany's coronavirus measures. it looks set to be ramped up in the coming weeks. regional leaders have drafted a proposal to tighten restrictions in a bid to then relax them over the holiday period, restrictions on hotels, restaurants and gyms are to remain in place. a final decision will be made later this week. international donor countries are at a conference in geneva have pledged more than $10000000000.00 euros in aid for afghanistan. the money will be delivered over the next 4 years, but some of it is conditional on progress made on human rights and peace talks with the taliban. this is d.w. news from berlin. follow us on twitter and instagram, or you can visit our website, w dot com or 3 weeks after the us election, the transition of power from president trump to president elect biden has officially begun the dal for the 1st time ever hit 30000 points, a jubilant wall street, while main street hardly noticed, trump continues claiming tha

biden's choices are policy veterans like his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, named to secretary of state. we can't solve all the world's problems alone. we need to be working with other countries, we need their cooperation. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state john kerry, poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, to end this crisis, the whole world must come together. you're right to rejoin paris on day one. i expect that with great form of federal reserve. chair janet yellen is to serve as treasury secretary. she's trusted in the financial world. and if confirmed, she would be the 1st woman to take over. this pivotal role with optimism about new coronavirus vaccine spreading and political uncertainty, seemingly diminishing. the dow surged past 30000 points for the very 1st time on tuesday. so i think people like the cabinet post we're seeing from biden, they like the idea that this sort of long period of uncertainty about how much difficulty weak see and outgoing tromping ministration make. i think people like that that's over i think people like jan

anthony blinken as his secretary of state john kerry as his special envoy on climate change.

the move comes as biden's cabinet nominees begin to take shape with foreign policy veteran anthony blinken as secretary of state and former secretary of state john kerry as his special climate change. and boy.

anthony blinken, state secretary was educated in europe, in paris.bly going to do a great job with climate. we are talking about the iran deal, but there is the hope that the us will rejoin the paris agreement. but it is not going to be back to 2016 or before. the relationship with china is going to be a tough test for the biden administration, but perhaps we should talk about europe and the us. i think there is need for fresh thinking on both sides of the atlantic. this is when germany and france have to agree, even though there has been some squabble recently, between the two, but basically of course we fear the collapse of nato, of course europe, we depend for security on the us and the return to more traditional us engagement in the world through biden is a good thing. but we should really work on being less dependent on having that strategic autonomy. and i think that is a huge topic for the eu to tackle. that defence policy. i think it is really of the essence, because trump has changed the world and america, not for the better. but it based...

process, the move comes as biden's cabinet nominees begin to take shape with foreign policy veteran anthony blinken as secretary of state and former secretary of state john kerry as his special climate change. and boy astra zeneca, to oxford university in the united kingdom say their new coronavirus vaccine could be up to 90 percent effective. it can be kept for refrigerator temperatures. unlike other recently announced vaccines. astra zeneca says it will have 200000000 doses available by year's end. china has launched an unmanned mission to bring back rocks and desperately from the surface of the moon., it's the 1st mission by any nation to retrieve a lunar samples. since the 1970 s., the probe is expected to return with material that will help scientists learn more about earth's nearest neighbor, including how it was formed. this is g.w. news from berlin, follow us on twitter and instagram or visit our website. dot com. the world is starting the 3rd week in a row with news of yet another promising corona virus vaccine. today, astra zeneca became the latest pharmaceutical to announce that its vacc