Thousands rally to mark polands independence. And hong kongs prodemocracy legislators resign en masse. Together, we stand. Brent 15 lawmakers walked out after four colleagues of theirs were sacked under a new law banning representatives deemed to be threats to National Security. Im brent goff. To our viewers watching on pbs in United States and around the world, welcome. The European Commission has signed a deal to secure up to 300 million doses of a covid19 vaccine. The vaccine, developed by biontech and pfizer. The eus health minister, saying today the eu is setting up a healthy union to improve the response of coordination of Member States and future health crises. The next scene is seen as the best chance to break the chain of covid19 infections. Biontech says it could start shipping the vaccine to eu countries by the end of this year. To talk more about this, im joined by the European Parliaments Public Health committee member. The eu has a population of 450 million people. This i
Ports of russians from the taliban strikes on u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan. And egypt says its dispute with ethiopia over its megaton project on the nile could lead to conflict if the u. N. Fails to intervene. But into the program chinas top legislative body has unanimously approved a National Security law for the territory that may crush Political Freedoms its the most far reaching development in hong kongs history ever since it was handed over to china in 1997 acts of subversion could now face a maximum sentence of life in jail critics say itll be used to stamp out all forms of dissent and it comes after months of mass unrest sparked by fears of chinas tightening grip on hong kong the legislation aims to cement beijings control over the semi autonomous territory and reshape the future of one of the worlds major sign. And szell centers adrian brown is standing by for us with reaction out of hong kong the 1st us cross over to beijing where katrina new is waiting for us in katrina real
Im told me a lot of welcome to the Program Thousands of people are in quarantine in the district of goods a slow in northern North Western germany with schools and Daycare Centers closed because of a new corona Virus Outbreak this latest hot spot centers on a Meat Processing plant run by the German Company tiniest more than 1500 workers have tested positive for the virus a local Officials Say they called a wide a lockdown. Activity has ceased at the term use meat packing plant in low. Road in town a frantic effort is underway mobile teams are testing factory workers 19 over 1500. 00 have tested positive so far. 6500 workers and family members have been sent into corinth teen fenced in their reliant on food deliveries to their living quarters many are eastern europeans who work long shifts and live in cramped conditions the turn his factory has turned the city of snow into a coronavirus hotspot. Local officials are ruling out a much wider lockdown. Coming. For i could see this happening
A popular satirical t. V. Show in hong kong is fueling fears of a creeping clampdown as china prepares to impose a new law targeting to say. Hello im terry martin good to have you with Us Health Experts in germany are warning that a new cluster of corona virus cases in the Western State of north rhinewestphalia has the potential to spread if action is not taken the warning comes after more than 1500. 00 workers have a slaughterhouse low test of pauls of pork over 19 so far regional leaders have resisted calls to reintroduce wider restrictions. Police medics and even the Fire Department have descended on the town of raid of eden brook to help stem a wave of corona virus infections over 1500 employees from the chinese meat packing plant have tested positive for covert 19 many of them Foreign Workers from Eastern Europe who live and work in dire conditions. Local activist in a butch needer has been protesting the situation for years she takes us to a building where 13 romanian factory emp
A heat wave hits siberia but its not all fun and games the higher temperatures in the Arctic Circle also causing forest fires and other disasters. As welcome to the program we start with some breaking news germany has ordered a district of almost 400000 people back into lockdown the middle widening corona Virus Outbreak this after germanys Top Health Experts warned that the new cluster of cases has the potential to spread quickly word of the new restrictions came from it is the premiere of the countrys most populous state north rhinewestphalia the new outbreak is centered on a massive 10 years Meat Processing plant near the city of meters for more than 1500 workers that have tested positive for corona virus. Police deployments will be used to ensure the home quarantines of thousands of 10 years employees with force if necessary. In the district of good is low we know dealing with the biggest individual infection or break in north rhinewestphalia and in germany. This specific situation