Attacks, even as peace talks drag on. And ethiopia says its forces are closing in on the capital of the rebellious teen grier region. In a conflict that has cost hundreds of lives and forced thousands more to flee. Im kyra trades and welcome to the show. Leaders of the worlds wealthiest countries are meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. The online gathering is dominated by efforts to end the covert 1000 pandemic, and to deal with its economic fallout. China has pledged to step up International Cooperation over the virus while russia is offering to make it sputnik vaccine available to countries that need it. Well, opening of the virtual summit, king solomon called for worldwide equal access to vaccines. We have a duty to rise to the challenge together during this summit and give a strong message of hope and reassurance to our peoples by adopting policies to mitigate this crisis. Theme of our presidency is realizing opportunities of the 21st century followed a covert. 19 pandemic has forced us to adjust our focus rapidly to face such repercussions. Lets bring in, correspondent, teri schultz for the view from brussels. Saudi arabia is hosting this weekends g. 20 summit. But lets talk about the elephant in the room. The kingdom has been accused repeatedly of major human rights violations, but even still taking part. What is their rationale different factions inside the European Union, different definitely had different views about this. You can see there on the screen that Many National leaders, chancellor merkel among them, are taking cards. But here in brussels, the European Parliament was adamant that the European Union as a blog should downgrade its participation over these violations of human rights. Noting specifically the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, now President Council president michel and Commission President , have finally answered that proposal that a demand by the European Parliament saying that they believe they have to be there to address these issues. They said that they would bring up the case, and they said that f. This time with the pandemic raging around the world, they absolutely have to be in the room. The virtual room, as it is to help negotiate access to vaccines, to negotiate equal equitable distribution. And they said they did not feel like they should sit it out. So lets talk more about the covert pandemic because we are at a crucial juncture. What discussions exactly have been taking place with regard to how to ensure their Fair Distribution . Thats something that, of course has been on the table since the pen to make surge. And the European Union is very much trying to gather in