e.u. commission pointed out that about 43 percent still feel discriminated against. here is what the e.u. commissioner for equality had to say. this is a strategy about humanity, humanity in all its diversity. the way we are born, as you rightly pointed out, vice president is not ideology the way we are born, his nature, his biology, his signs. and despite this, the xperience of discrimination against bt i.q. people and you increased in recent years. we're now joined by german politician and member of the european parliament rasmussen, grayson. he also sits on the palm and l g b t. i intergroup mr. address and appreciate your joining us here in the w. . you tweeted about the strategy put forward by the e.u. commissioner commission, i should say saying this is huge. explain to us just how significant this is. well, 1st of all thanks for inviting me. i mean, the day has been historical, historical for european elton p.t.i. who are threatening a lot in their countries. right now you've been through kogut the situation for many l g b t. i have been wesson's and many activ

e.u. commission president, also off on the line and you mentioned that this is the most promising that scene at the moment, and it still has to be improved. and that's why the european commission is not relying on the, on this one sort of big scene. they have secured 3 contracts with different from a sooty coal companies. so there are in there with 2 other companies. so they trying to make sure that they're really in the end will have the axioms that are needed for europe and talking about the contracts already sealed. and the talks that are still ongoing. we're talking here about nearly 2000000000 of those as of potential shots or an exe and i thank you very much, alexander phenomena in brussels. let's take a look at some other developments in the corona virus pandemic. in the united states, the number of people with covert 98 in hospital has reached an all time high of more than 60000. newly confirmed infections are also running at record highs of, well over 100000 per day. or thora t.s.a., nearly $400.00 inmates at a prison in panama, have tested positive about 3 quarters of inmates are i

e.u. commission, president or the fund, the law and $4500000000.00 us dollars, are argentine needed by the end of this year to make sure that the programs aimed at making sure that everyone can get a vaccine can keep going. xander, we have to give in mind that the e.u. and other g 20 members have directly negotiated with pharmaceutical companies, meaning that the vast majority of the world's vaccine supply next year is already reserved. well that's, that's totally right. however, the leaders also said that they think that the global in is very important and they didn't answer the question how many doses they would reserve for their own citizens. and how many dozes they would give to the world health organization, or to be specific to its flagship vaccine distribution scheme. kovacs that is aimed at distributing $2000000000.00 doses by the end of 2021. but of course this program, as i said, needs money. and of course, you can arm a gram of occasions of this. pandemic are gigantic countries around the world are shouldering massive financial debt in order to conquer this pandemic. how was thi

e.u. commission president said ahead of the summit on thursday that there needs to be an overhaul of the way that migration is dealt with in the e.u. at. that's been pretty much evident since at least the heights of the migrant crisis back in 2015. the way it currently works is that it 1st nation, the 1st member state, somebody seeking asylum arrives in. that's the one that is obligated to look after them or see that's not particularly fair on countries like greece or italy on the line says the current system is not fit for purpose and needs to be overhauled in favor of something. farah, the current system no longer works. each member state without exception, must support member states under pressure. the idea of more burden sharing isn't agreed on by poland and hungary. they say no, they don't want lots of poland, hungary also not on side when it comes to the conditions of the e.u. budget for the next 7 years. now poland has found itself accused by brussels, of having undermined the independence of the g d surety, as well as having a row did some of the checks and balances of democracy whil

e.u. commission president said ahead of the summit on thursday that there needs to be an overhaul of the way that migration is dealt with in the e.u. at. that's been pretty much evident, since at least the height of the migrant crisis back in 2015. the way it currently works is that in 1st nation, the 1st member state, somebody seeking asylum arrives in, that's the one that is obligated to look after them or see that's not particularly fair on countries like greece or italy on the line says the current system is not fit for purpose and needs to be overhauled in favor of something. farah, the current system no longer works. each member state without exception, must support member states under pressure. the idea of more burden sharing isn't agreed on by poland and hungary, poland, hungary, also not on side when it comes to the conditions of the e.u. budget for the next 7 years. now poland has found itself accused by brussels, of having undermined the independence of the gita surety, as well as having a row did some of the checks and balances of democracy, while in hungary, those fingers pointe

e.u. commission. want to turn our attention now to east africa, where ethiopia has accused rebels forces of destroying the airports in the ancient town of a u.n. world heritage site as the 2 sides battle for control of the northern t. great region. if you set a wednesday deadline for the tikrit forces to lay down their arms or face an assault on the regional capital, mikhail 8 the people's the liberation front has vowed to keep on fighting the u.n. . now fears 200000 people could flee to neighboring, soon done because of the escalating conflict. i want to turn now to he is the u.n. h. c r's spokesperson and joins us now from geneva. a good day, sir. the ethiopian government warning civilians in the region that there will be, quote, no mercy if they don't save themselves before a final offensive. how concerned is the u.n. h.c.r. by these ominous warning? u.n. refugee agency on the sudan, east side, receiving thousands of refugees who are leaving and the latest count now is some 40000. so we're talking

e.u. commission's pinning its hopes on a game changing vaccine. negotiating deals with multiple companies, including pfizer, astra zeneca, and now madonna to supply millions of doses. europe's financial markets are watching closely to the something that will restore the continent's confidence. but some way off for the british prime minister barr it's johnson who for the 2nd time in 7 months is governing the country via xoom. forced herself isolated his flat above number 10 downing street until next week. after spending 30 minutes with an, m.p. he later tested positive for cope at 19 downing street meant to be coated secure. but in this picture, neither johnson nor the m.p. lee anderson, a wearing masks for other m.p.'s who attended the meeting are also now self isolating. johnson who spent several days in intensive care with coronavirus in april, said he was brimming with energy. and i'm going to feel great soon he would do in my circumstances. and he doesn't matter that i've had the disease. i'm bursting with antibodies, we've got to interrupt th

e.u. commission president live on delay and said as the world continues to change a new challenges and opportunities appear or a new partnership will be of particular importance let's go live now to andrew symonds he's in london for us so andrew where does biden need to start when it comes to repairing u.s. ties to nato. he certainly had a lot to do because donald trump really rocked the whole nato alliance with his actions you prefer to his threat to pull out of nato referring to it as obsolete back in 2017 stoltenberg did actually get him to row back on that remark however he continually has said to nato members that they he finds himself in a position this is trump that the situation is disproportionate in terms of funding what you also had was a unilateral approach the trump made to members of nato instead of the molten natural conclusory no really a. giving all members a fair share of of negotiating skills he actually for example in 2017 poland lot of talks with poland and he did in fact deploy the biggest u.s. troop deployment since the cold war so that was an example and then you had converse

e.u. commission proposal found widespread skepticism about the jump across the continent and ingress to the middle of the movement. so a dubious explains. they've been hailed as the miracles all of our time over successive weeks. home a surgical giants of war found the key word, covert or at least a vaccine. now while countries fill their boots with orders, one question remains. who will have the job? will you know, i will not go for the vaccine because usually it takes years to create a vaccine. yes, i think i'll defer to give vaccine. just me personally, if they see that the vaccine is good, i will get vaccinated. yes. if the vaccine will not be made mandatory by the government, i don't want to be vaccinated. i will not get myself vaccinated because i don't have trust in our government. i don't know if this vaccine is good or not. in france, a significant chunk of the population is a proxy wherry know much of that relates to a deep mistrust of the state. the anti vaccine movement in france is a more recent development than the anti vaccine movement in england. the small movement in france

e.u. commission. i for more now i'm joined by our political correspondent hans braun. good evening to you, hans. so what more can you tell us about this incident? what happened is that this german frigate to inform the ship concerned that they want to search it that stopped the ship and then gave it a couple of allas for the facts to sink in. as it were, once this waiting period had paused, german marines entered the ship and stopped at this search. until that point, everything went reasonably well and the crew of the ship caught paraded. but it was only once the germans had entered the ship that the flag stayed, which in this case was turkey. that took a protest set against this action. and as a result of international law, when such a protest is required, it, the action was broken off. the surge erman marines withdrawal from the ship until that point i had not found anything untoward on the ship on the ship was allowed to continue to libya. well, let me help customary for how you know, the usual is it for marines to board ships and conduct searches, and he's giving t

e.u. commission who said that the democratic process was still underway yet in that there was still chances things could change but we've also heard from munford verba who's one of the most senior peas in the european parliament saying that we should look here in europe towards the united states and if we don't sort out our problems in the e.u. we could end up as divided as america while your said the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs has been keeping it as diplomatic as you would expect from the e.u. top diplomat that's been pretty much the message as well for mayor in germany from one of the country's main tabloid newspapers good look mr president whoever it is on the front page of build saying that this was the most important vote in the world right now that was going on what we've heard from senior figures though here in berlin from angela merkel's cabinet is that whoever is in charge of the united states following this election the problems that are in existence between berlin and washington they aren't going to go anywhere. like the german government and defense ministry we

e.u. commission president of the vanderlei and said as the world continues to change a new challenges and opportunities appear our new partnership will be of particular importance. in paris as many your leaders will see the election of joe biden as a reset in u.s. relations. i think the several e.u. leaders will be now looking to joe biden to restart a more multilateral approach to foreign policy after years of donald trump's america 1st policy in his unilateral approach we saw trump for example pulling the us out of the palace climate deal out of the iran deal the j c.p.o. way both dossiers that a very close to the hearts of many leaders had worked very hard to achieve them so i think the e.u. leaders will be certainly celebrating last we heard from many of them the french president emmanuel mack role saying congratulations to biden the german chancellor talking about the irreplaceable relationship that there is between germany and the united states in the foreign minister of germany perhaps in a way summing it up because he said that he is looking forward to a reach set a new deal if yo

e.u. commission executive vice president said today about amazon. the concern is not about amazon retail, about the insights that imus and retailers has inches that sensitive business states of one particular set. rather, they are about the insights that amazon retail has about accumulates in this data a more than $800000.00 active service in the european union covering more than at 1000000000 products. in other words, this is a case about big data we have, there's will come to the preliminary conclusion that the use of these data and allows amazon to focus on the sale of the best selling products. and this motion i marginalize the 3rd party centers and caps, their ability to grow. so our consumers getting a bad deal when they buy or sell on amazon. let's pose that question tonight to our, goldstein is with the european consumer organisation b e.u.c., which lobbies for consumer interest and protection at the european union. it's good to have you on the show. i hope i got your your name right. is mr rate, is that correct? yes, let's go right to the g

e.u. commission executive vice president said today about amazon. the concern is not about amazon retail, about the insights that imus and retailers has inches, that sense it's in this instance of one particular set. rather, they are about the insights that amazon retail has about accumulates in this estate at a more than 800 sounds and active service in the european union covering more than at 1000000000 products. in other words, this is a case about big data we have. there's will come to the preliminary conclusion that the use of these data and allows amazon to focus on the sale of the best selling products. and this motion i marginalize this 3rd party centers and caps, their ability to grow. so our consumers getting a bad deal when they buy or so long amazon. let's pose that question tonight to our, goldstein view is with the european consumer organisation b e.u.c., which lobbies for consumer interest and protection at the european union. it's good to have you on the show. i hope i got your, your name right. is mr rate, is that correct? right. to

e.u. commission who said that the democratic process was still underway yet in that there was still chances things could change but we've also heard from munford verba who's one of the most senior peas in the european parliament saying that we should look here in europe towards the united states and if we don't sort out our problems in the e.u. we could end up as divided as america while you're sick but the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs has been keeping it as diplomatic as you would expect from the e.u. top diplomat that's been pretty much the message as well for mayor in germany from one of the country's main tabloid newspapers good look mr president whoever it is on the front page of build saying that this was the most important 'd vote in the world right now that was going on what we've heard from senior figures though here in berlin from angela merkel's cabinet is that whoever is in charge of the united states following this election the problems that are in existence between berlin and washington they aren't going to go anywhere. like the german government and defense mi

e.u. commission, president and the president of the european council child michel boycott, the event and outspoken critic of saudi arabia's government murder in a saudi consulate. blogger arrived by dar, we publicly flogged and sentenced to 10 years in prison. paul, legit, lee insulting islam activist troll, detained for seeking the right to drive. those are just 3 examples of human rights violations in saudi arabia. the country hosting this year's to 20 summit since assuming the g 20 presidency. the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. so there's a large public relations campaign underway in order to encourage investment in the country. and yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown being led by the saudi authorities against its own nationals. and that's the reason why european lawmakers are taking a stand. you cannot remain silent. last month they passed a resolution calling on the u. officials to downgrade their presence a patient in the summit, even though it's only a virtual event mark to rebe

e.u. commission chief also from the line said the the big platforms will mate be made responsible for better controls as soon as they get a tip that something illegal is happening or hate speech sure if things in that direction they have to take it down very quickly so when we see that this is of multi-faceted and very very difficult for the num and to fight and here libyan leaders are trying at least to look very busy with that proposal in brussels thank you. now russia has begun to deploy troops to this to the disputed territory of nagorno-karabakh to enforce a cease fire between azerbaijan and armenia the 2 former soviet republics of agreed to stop fighting after more than a month of bloodshed at least a 1000 people have been killed since this longstanding conflict broke out again in september. a peace deal signed but this was the reaction in armenia. protesters storming the parliament building in get over demanding prime minister nicole resign of the several government offices were ransacked and local media report the parliamentary speaker was attacked and beaten. amsa to the prime minis

e.u. commission said it will be deployed across europe once it's available. they are looking to procure 40 million by the end of the year. it was developed in partnership with a german company, biontech. he's confident it will be approved. cnn's fred pleitgen joins me live from berlin. what more can you tell us, fred? >> reporter: hi there, kim. i think one of the things the european union certainly wants to do is they want to make sure this vaccine is available, not just in large countries like, for instance, germany and france, but the smaller european countries and those that don't have the financial means as some of the larger down tris have. that's why they're buying this in bulk as an entire block. you can hear after the efficacy was approved, the germans say we need to make a deal with this company to make sure we get the vaccine. there has been a memorandum of understanding for several hundred million doses in place. it took until today for that deal to be authorized. we're hearing what the head of the u.n. commission had to say. >> in the past months

e.u. commission executive vice president said today about amazon. the concern is not about amazon retail. about the insights that imus and retailers has answers that sense it's in this instance of one particular sense. rather they are about the insights that amazon retail has that accumulates in this estate at a more than 800000 actives set is in the european union covering more than at 1000000000 products in other words this is a case about big data we have this will come to the preliminary conclusion that the use of these data and now is amazon's a circus on the sale of the best selling products and this march and i marginalized 3rd party centers and caps their ability to grow so our consumers getting a bad deal when they buy or sell on amazon let's pose that question tonight to argos steen rate v. is with the european consumer organisation b e u c which lobbies for consumer interest and protection at the european union it's good to have you on the show i hope i got your your name right is mr rate is that correct. yes let's go right to the evening

e.u. health commission commissioner rather says the e.u.'s, setting up a health union to improve the response and coordination of member states in the future of the process. or to talk some more about the critical issue of global distribution. we're joined now by right, jill silverman in miami. she's a policy fellow at the center for global development in washington d.c. . right. so thanks to you just published an article titled vaccine breakthrough to refute news for the west, but in low and middle income countries, terms and conditions apply. what do you mean by that? well, so it's great to be with you tonight. thank you for the opportunity to talk. so what we mean is that there's several issues that we see in terms of how this vaccine news will impact low and middle income countries. so as you say, the european union has in to deal for $300000000.00 doses of this vaccine the united states is entitle to up to $600000000.00 doses total of this vaccine. other wealthy countries have also deal to ensure their supply of this vaccine. but most l

e.u. commission that you also want to show to citizens.yeah, you will get this too, and we also heard that this vaccine is being produced by are being developed by a german company. so an e.o. company, so that you clearly wants to have its fair share of this fix seen as well. but health commissioner selig said accu-chek, he does also said today of the press conference, this vaccine, or any other vaccine, is not a silver bullet for coates with still have to will have to cope with this disease. even if we have it seems ok. so the e.u. puts in this order for $300000000.00 doses. how does it then get distributed within the block? if it gets approved? officials said today that each country will get its share and that it will be distributed according to population size. but there are also many questions that still have to be answered 1st. so for example, europe's own medical agency will have to accept this, this vaccine. and there are still a carrot. he just was very reluctant today to point out a clear time lunch is that if you look at it posit

e.u. commission president, live on the land, says that as the world continues to change and huge challenges and opportunities appear already, new papa ship will be of particular importance. let's get some reaction now from france. is live for us in paris is going to get an easier ride under joe biden. well, clearly you think so in his tweets a, he congratulated joe biden. he has said that nato is very important for north america or for europe, and he is hoping that the relationship with the new incoming a u.s. president will certainly be less fraught than it was with the outgoing president donald trump. because of course, under donald trump, relations with nato, with the rest, the lines were at a complete low, donald trump calling nato obsolete. he then changed his mind in 27000, after meeting install timbo, he said, look, and nato is not obsolete. however, he is actions and approach to nato really suggested that he had very little time for it. indeed, often favoring bilateral relationships with certain nato members like poland rather than taking a multilateral approach, which is the whole

e.u. commission wants to push ahead with up to $4000000000.00 in tariffs against the us in the dispute surroundingaircraft manufacturers and us and boeing you trade officials have yet to agree to this they are currently meeting in brussels to discuss a range of issues including w t o reform china investment rules on the blocks trading stands in the new global challenges german trade minister peter out maia who's chairing the meeting says that he hopes to see a return to multilateralism. let's bring in chelsea delaney who's keeping an eye on the trading floor in frankfurt for us chelsie how are investors reacting reacting to this tariff debate is now the time to move ahead with a dose of the e.u. wait. well it's not a total surprise to investors that the e.u. is not right yet yet ready to call a truce and this error line aircrafts. that's been going on for 16 years it's spanned many presidencies republican and democrat so investors aren't naive to think that that this could go away overnight we haven't quite seen yet how this is going to go with the e.u. finance minister the e.u. trade ministers ar

e.u. commission president us live on today and said as the world continues to change a new challenges and opportunities appear our renewed partnership will be of particular importance so let's start with natasha in paris for more on this one i mean it just must be a huge sigh of relief from european leaders that they will have someone who basically isn't going after them all the time. yes i think for leaders on the whole they are extremely pleased with joe biden as the next president of the united states has to be said the relations between the european union and the u.s. have been particularly strained over the past few years i mean i think that several e.u. leaders will be now looking to joe biden to restart a more multilateral approach to foreign policy after years of donald trump's america 1st policy and his unilateral approach we saw for example pulling the u.s. out of the paris climate deal out of the iran deal the j c.p.o. way both dossiers that a very close to the hearts of many leaders have worked very hard to achieve them so i think the e.u. leaders will be certainly celebrating

e.u. commission's pinning its hopes on a game changing vaccine. negotiating deals with multiple companies, including pfizer, astra zeneca, and now madonna to supply millions of doses. europe's financial markets are watching closely to the something that will restore the continent's confidence. some way off for the british prime minister bart's johnson, who for the 2nd time in 7 months is governing the country via xoom, forced herself isolated his flat above number 10 downing street until next week. after spending 30 minutes with an m.p. who later tested positive for cope at 19 downing street meant to be coated secure. but in this picture, neither johnson nor the m.p. lee anderson a wearing masks for other m.p.'s who attended the meeting are also now self isolating. johnson who spent several days in intensive care with coronavirus in april, said he was brimming with energy. and i'm good as butchers don't feel great. he would do in my circumstances, and he doesn't matter that i've had the disease. i'm bursting with antibodies. we've got to intro the