The show. A new Prime Minister for japan tokyos parliament confirms your shahid a sukkah as successor to shinzo all day the former Health Minister says his priorities are fighting the pandemic and strengthening japans whaling and cars. And israel signs historic agreements after the white house with bahrain and the United Arab Emirates establishing diplomatic relations present trump says theyre just the 1st of many such deals to come. Im brian thomas could have you with us today European Commission president to ursula fong the lion will shortly give her 1st state of the Union Address shes expected to unveil her vision for a more ambitious. Climate deal for the block migration also expected to figure prominently final line will also outline plans to relaunch europes economy which has been hard hit by the coronavirus and denmark. Lets go live now to the abuse of Brussels Bureau chief alexander phenomena whos standing by there for us where the speech is about to begin shortly this speech alexander is being held in brussels not installs burge where the parliament sits its a signal to signal that this pandemic is still very much with us. Yes indeed we are still in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and that has of course a huge impact on the work of the European Parliament of the European Commission and all the. Union institutions and i talked to many members of the European Parliament and they told me that they were really eager to go to strasbourg they were looking forward to being there because the atmosphere there and the exchange with members of the parliament is so important to their work but even despite the efforts by the french governments to present measures Health Measures to press the European Parliament to go there that the decision was made to do it not to that 100th im sorry hundreds of the members of the parliament and their staffers travel to trust because it was considered not not the right signal right now. Under did you give us an idea were all looking forward to the speech to hear so much policy theres going to be laid out what can we expect whats an overview do you think of whats going to be in the speech. Well i think that front and center of for the alliance speech will be indeed equivalent of virus pandemic however we expect her to look back to talk about the initial struggle to cope with the situation he she would talk we expect her to talk about whats in the future how the European Union can use this Current Crisis to emerge Even Stronger and committed to fund the alliance calls Digital Transformation Climate Change and that is supposed to be a very positive speech ok looking back what policy achievements on the line point to as she lays out a path for the future of the European Union will be covering of course this speech want to remind our viewers. Right now but what about the past what has she done up until now. Well funded will of course speak about the commissions achievements she will be speaking about more than 30 initiatives that the commission has put forward and that has been agreed upon however we have to say that maybe her biggest achievement so far was her support for germanys chancellor Angela Merkel and he repeated Council President and shell michele to convince. A u. Members to give depth rising powers to block to finance their Recovery Fund that was i would say her biggest achievement so far and of course we also have to say that because of the coronavirus pandemic a commission her commission had to postpone some important proposals like the european migration package that is due to be introduced next week for example alexander thanks so much well be getting back to alexandra later after the speeches coming up live in about 10 minutes we think so will be joining us live in brussels were going to japan now where your shahid asuka has been formally elected as the countrys new Prime Ministers comes after a vote in parliament he replaces the outgoing Prime Minister shinzo. Who resigned earlier this month for Health Reasons souk is expected to see closely the policies championed by his predecessor. So what can japan and the world expect of suger the man now at the helm of the worlds biggest 3rd biggest economy heres a brief look. Yoshida sukar may look like a traditional politician in a suit but theres more to him than meets the eye. For the last 8 years he occupied the powerful position of chief cabinet secretary. As such he was diffract to number 2 there are they and a key enforcer of government policy. As part of his effort to secure the top job he vowed to stick to those policies presenting himself as a safe pair of hands at a time of upheaval when not if you are not a court. I mean women in order to overcome the crisis and give the japanese people a sense of relief and allow them to lead stable lives we need to succeed in what Prime Minister army has been implementing this is my mission through the matrix that put a good new york. Hes not seen as a flamboyant or passionate person often described instead as someone who operates behind the scenes. Hes also said to be a pragmatist rather than an idealist here with some critics lamenting what they fear could be a lack of vision on his part. But in one respect he stands out for most other japanese lawmakers he does not come from an elite political family he grew up in a rural part of the country as a son of a strawberry farmer and has now worked his way to the countrys top elected position. For the very latest lets go straight to tokyo and journalist organ for all was a danger organ suger has promised to continue his predecessors economic policies what exactly would that mean for japan. Well mr super peeved shows in other words safe hands to continue with legacy because japan is now struggling with economic and strategic challenges mr siegel said he would work on bringing the current virus under control and get the economy back on its feet he plans to form the Health System and the Health Ministry because the agencies responsible for the pandemic handling of the pandemic were very good are correct and criticized as being actually not even communicating with each other with testing and tracing problems so he wants to form that he also has plans for a new agency to coordinate this digital policy he wants to consolidate as smaller regional banks to create several larger banking corporations and also hes a big supporter of competition and he wants to cut the mobile phone rates from its current levels to open arms industry to the price competition ok reforming at all levels domestically is a big list on his hands there what about in terms of Foreign Policy japan is among those nations in the region very concerned about chinas muscle flexing what is his Foreign Policy going to look like. Well. This is one area he might miss just to go might struggle only because his expertise is in domestic politics now and he admitted that he needs to learn a lot from mr abbott in terms of diplomacy because mr on the visit its almost 80 countries during his 8 years he did a lot of personal relationships with donald trump and playing golf with them so it will take time for mr sudan to develop this kind of intimacy and with relations with south korea north korea china its going to take some time and theres also the olympics of course next year. So having said that historys to go seems to want to continue throughout his legacy because he kept mr mo to the currents minister of Foreign Affairs and so he looks like he will depend on his bureaucrats to carry on his work ok its all about stability that sort of sounding like what will he be able to deliver the kind of stability the nations looking for. Were all going to see but hes a unifier lets not forget that there were some other names as candidates in this race and none of them got the strong. Corporation and collaboration and support that mystery super achieved now of course there are some other issues with his selection being. Supported by these strong factions which is a very important thing in japanese politics but i think with the strong support from the political at least from his own party it looks like he may be able to yes even win in this one year term that hes given as what i would call a caretaker Prime Minister thanks so much for that from tokyo. The Israeli Army Says it has struck some 10 hamas military targets in the gaza strip. Missile attacks early wednesday morning come in apparently telling ation for rocket fire from that mosque controlled territory the previous evening palestinians began firing rockets over the border at the same time a ceremony was being held in washington d. C. To mark the start of diplomatic relations between israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain u. S. President trump host of the white house ceremony placing himself in the role of International Peacemaker ahead of elections in november thank you very much please the decision by the United Arab Emirates rein to normalize ties with israel breaks decades of consensus within the arab world a peace deal with the palestinians has long been upheld as a prerequisite for establishing relations with israel. And trump and netanyahu are hopeful though that all the arab nations will follow suit creating a major shift in ties in the region. And the blessings of the peace we make today will be enormous 1st because this peace will eventually expand to include other arab states and old timidly it can and the arab israeli conflict once and for all. But the agreements do not address the core conflict between israel and the palestinians bahrains foreign minister also made it clear that it was too early to celebrate a just comprehensive and during 2 state solution to the palestinian israeli conflict will be the foundation the draw of such peace. In the palestinian territories the new agreements have been met with anger. Morning sirens sounded as several rockets fired from the gaza strip hit israeli territory. Hundreds rallied in the occupied west bank and the gaza strip. This agreement today is an agreement that betrays the palestinian cause and stubbs the Palestinian People and this rainy in agreement is a withdrawal from our of the nations of the arab unison with the new world or we say miracles normalization and this normalization is a betrayal of betrayal to the palestinian cause and pan arab ism of course the Palestinian People denounced this agreement and the palestinian leadership has made it clear that only israels withdrawal from the occupied territories can bring peace but as israel and gaza again Exchange File that seems as far away a goal as ever. Lets get the latest now from jerusalem and cramer did you tanya this breakthrough in washington d. C. Is of course being celebrated in the u. S. Where you are in israel as well but its a very different story in the palestinian territories. Yeah indeed and we saw it last night i mean with the during the ceremony with 2 rockets being fired from gaza into israel one of them intercepted and one landed and start and that made this new round of escalation overnight we still dont know whether this will grow into anything bigger or whether it will end with this but it shows actually that. Israel has signed this agreement with the u. A. E. And the declaration with behind aim that it hasnt signed agreements with its closest neighbors the palestinians now on the palestinian side there is a lot of anger and also disappointment that it has come to this but theres also a lot of concern that theres a shift in the region that nations that had until now at least publicly stated their position that they would not normalize ties with israel. And the occupation and we heard also the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas saying again last night that security in this region would only come if the Palestinian Conflict is solved talk about that shift in the region you just mentioned always see this as potentially the beginning of a new era of israel developing closer ties to the arab world moving forward. Yes definitely and it would also it is seen as a major Foreign Policy achievement for the israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu those ties had been there but kind of behind the scene theyre coming together also because they want to form an alliance against iran but of course for the israeli Prime Minister he could put himself in line with. Former Prime Minister Menachem Begin who made peace with egypt in 979 and also its been well made peace jordan in 9094 although with those countries israel had actually been at war and now these cooperation agreements are more about cooperating and different but at the same time for many israelis it also comes at a bit of an odd time because people here are preparing for a nationwide lockdown because of the severe crisis the infection rates goes up every day hospitals are turning away patients to other hospitals at the moment and i think there was a lot of criticism also directed at the Prime Minister and his government for handling this crisis so bad and i think this will take center stage once hes back home here. Thanks very much for that from. Lets get you briefed on some of the other stories making the news at this hour indias Health Ministry says coronavirus cases in the country have now surpassed 5000000 and the more than 82000 people have died Health Experts warn that the fatality rate could rise in the coming weeks as restrictions hes authorities have so far ruled out imposing a 2nd countrywide lockdown. Mexicos president Manuel Obrador has asked the countrys senate for a referendum on prosecuting 5 of his predecessors for widespread corruption is also accused them of presiding over a quote excessive concentration of wealth and monumental losses to the treasury. In the u. S. Hurricane sally has picked up steam as it moves toward the u. S. Gulf coast the slow moving category 2 storm is already hammering the Florida Panhandle and southern alabama with heavy rains storm surges and winds of more than 150 Kilometers Per Hour some 150000 homes and businesses have lost power. Were back with our main story right now thats happening in brussels this hour European Commission president on the lion is about to give her state of the union speech shes expected to outline a number of policy issues that are very important for the 440000000 citizens of the European Union the include a coronavirus Recovery Plan a new approach to moderation and new goals for. What were expecting that speech and just a few more moments with me now in the studio is Richard Walker our chief International Editor nice this year richard a fine line is expected to give a speech now at a time when the European Union is fragile we should say that certainly and one main goal is to reassure the bloc citizens that she has a solid pandemic Recovery Plan look at it look like you know well the centerpiece of this brian is the Recovery Fund which Alexander Just mentioned at the top of the show which funded line this is really pretty much the biggest achievement so far in you know less than a year in office now this fund is something thats already been agreed it was agreed back in july at a summit between all of the. Much haggling and it really is seen as something of a breakthrough and thats a breakthrough in 2 ways 1st of all in the e. U. Coming together and deciding to really kind of spend its way out of rices like this but also in the way that the money is being raised a real kind of sign of solidarity among Member States where Member States have agreed that the European Commission is going to go out and borrow this money themselves on the markets and that will be underpinned by all of the Member States that money will be guaranteed by all of the Member States this is something that hasnt happened before so i think she will be presenting that as Something Like the European Union came together to look to the future when the. Dealing with the economic fallout from the pandemic and now its time to look to the future and think about what are we going to do with that thought there is still some resistance though to taking on this level of debt to the collective is it a done deal that every nation is behind this right now yeah i mean it was a it was a it was a hard slog to get to that deal but that deal now stands and it was popular with some of the smaller sort of Northern European states is the shorthand for them states that that prefer not to borrow too much money but they did sign up to this and i think yeah on the lines message is probably going to be ok its time to look to the future and i think he for her is going to be marrying this effort to kind of get the economy going with the priorities that the Commission Already has for the European Union things like tackling Climate Change ok now along with tackling Climate Change on recovery we have migration of shaped up to be of a very big issue over the last week of course with the fire of the morea migration on lesbos the biggest migration camp migrant some 12000 people now homeless how could the plan that we might see being put forward today differ from what we have right now i mean it is really striking isnt it how Something Like migration has been on the backburner for a long time you know there was a real there was an intense crisis in 2015 but its kind of slipped back down the agenda it takes an event like this like this to whack it back to the top of the agenda now the migration pact that the e. U. Has talked about for a long time was something that looked like it was going to be shunted off again eclipsed by the pandemic but here weve seen it really come back onto the agenda now the plan was due to be announced on the search of the september theyve now pulled that back a week to next week. Well be talking about it today but we dont expect to go into detail but the challenge i mean the reason that theyve never managed to. Get through to an agreement on this is that it is such a difficult topic migration is one of the politically hottest potatoes that europe faces. And the kind of the key not to crack and theres very little consensus still on the issue when you look at hungary poland the Czech Republic were getting live pictures right now and i believe that that is fine line right there the Commission President just sat down with the pink top waiting for her were expecting to hear 1st from the e. U. Parliament president davidson is an italian parliamentarian there he is right now hes addressing the parliament 1st who made me some initial comments and opening the session after that well be hearing from on the line richard in terms of in terms of migration when we look at this issue you said it was on the backburner its very much front and center after this fire. It has as well as you know taking on all this debt been another issue thats made the European Union so fragile in terms of developing a common policy one of the big sticking points moving forward with migration regardless of what we hear from online well i think the tough nut that they fail to crack so far is is what really the you know supporters of some migration back really want which is basically a kind of protocol for distributing refugees among e. U. Member states according to the size of their economy in size that population now particularly the central and Eastern European countries what group called the vision grab for are opposed to that they say that they dont want to be taking in large amounts of migrant now the question is can the commission come up with some kind of plan that gets them on board either persuading them to say this is a we will sign up to that something or kind of coming up with some other solution and this is something that has been hinted at in the past ok well see if that comes up were going to go to the. Speech right now in brussels from the commission. You. Heard or cool the c. D. C. Down in well over 6 months. Has really shown the strength of spirit is when we have this with great care workers who moved into care to look after you were ill and elderly and we saw a place where his doctors and nurses who became family members for those who were grieving their last breath to lead and. Frontline workers day and night we do we took risks so we didnt have to. Courage and their sense of duty is an inspiration to is all and i would like to begin this speech by paying tribute to them thank. Their stories also reveal a lot of a lot about the state of our world and the state of our union they show the power of humanity and the sense of warning which will live long in our society and they expose to us. The fragility all around us if i was a 1000 times smaller than a grain of sand exposed how delicate life can be it laid bare the strains on our Health Systems and the limits of a model that values wealth. Of all of well being. It brought into sharper focus the planetary fragility that we see every day through melting glaciers burning forests and now through global pandemics it change the way we behave and communicate keeping our arms at length and our faces behind masks it showed us just how fragile our community of values really is and how quickly it can be called into question around the world and even here in our union but people want to move out of this corona world out of this fragility out of this uncertainty they are ready for change and they are ready to move on and this is the moment for europe the moment for europe to lead the way from this fragility towards a new vitality and that is what i want to talk about today. Honorable members i say this because in the last month we have rediscovered the value of what we hold in common as individuals we have all sacrificed a piece of our personal liberty for the safety of others and as a union we all shared a part of our sovereignty for the common good we turned fear and division between Member States. Into confidence in our union we show that it is possible and what is possible when we trust each other and we trust the european institutions and was all of that we choose to not only repaired and recover for the here and now but to shape a better world a better way of living for the world of tomorrow and this is the next generation e. U. This is our opportunity to make change happen by design im not by disaster or by dictate from others in the world too much stronger by creating opportunities for the world of tomorrow and not just building contingency contingencies for the world of yesterday we have everything we need to make this happen we have shaken off the old excuses and home comforts we have the vision we have a plan we have the investment it is now time to get to work this morning ive sent a letter of intent to president s a sollie and chancellor merkel on behalf of the german presidency outlining the commissions plan for the year ahead i will not present every initiative today but i want to touch on what our union must focus on in the next 12 months honorable members the people of europe are still suffering it is a period of profound in the society for millions who are concerned about the health of their families the future of their jobs or simply getting through till the end of the month but pandemic and the uncertainty that goes with it is not over and the recovery is still in that early stage. So our 1st priority is to pull each other through this and to be there for those that need it and thanks to our unique social market economy europe can do just that it is above all a human economy that protects us against the great risks of life illness ill fortune unemployment and poverty. It over stability and helps us better absorption us it creates opportunities and press
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