unannounced family vacation in the mexican beatriz sort of can coon when outrage ensued he promptly cut his trip short and flew home the storm is now here over the north east of the us and its forecast to linger in till the end of friday but it is not expected to cause nearly as much disruption as what it has in texas a state there remains in a deep freeze crisis gabriel sandow al-jazeera new york. times a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the world health organization has called on 6 african countries to go on high alert for a bowler 11000 back scenes are having to guinea in an attempt to stop an uncontrolled spread of the disease and secure protesters in man mara fusing to back down despite fears of

a violent crackdown by the military thousands of people have joined demonstrations for a 14th day calling for the release of deposed leader. now says latest mars rover has touched down successfully and perseverance spacecraft has sent back the 1st images of the planet the mission's costing $23000000000.00 the un 70 general has appealed to world leaders to end what he called a suicidal war on nature and on a good terror spoke after the release of a u.n. report with a blueprint to deal with triple environmental threats we need to make these schoolish and truly global intern's formative if adopted by every country seat the financial institution and company around the world's global coalition for carbon alternately by 20 feet he can still prevent the worst the impacts of climate change but we cannot delay we are running out of time to meet temperature rise to $1.00 the resource use and build resilience to the impacts the. and they also need equal urgency and then be shipped with us so we produce all foods and manage our water

land in the oceans there's infighting in somalia's capital mogadishu between government forces and armed groups it's been going on in an area where the opposition plans to hold a rally late on friday in defiance of code 19 restrictions they want the president to step down qatar says it'll lift coroner struction for citizens and residents who've been vaccinated against covert 19 the ministry of public health says exemptions will apply when blacks native people are returned from abroad and georgia's opposition wants not elections called following the prime minister's resignation georgie good currier says he decided to quit because of disagreements with his cabinet about the arrest of opposition leader nick and many a car has been critical of the detention saying it'll only make political tensions worse so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the street station that so much of life and.

i have let me out ok today the stream team will be bringing you stories from 3 different countries from lebanon from ethiopia and from the united states it will be a fast moving show if you've got comments or questions for i guess get a jump into the comments section in iti can be part of this discussion we started in lebanon you may remember 6 months ago a huge blast at the beirut airport 200 people more than 200 people were killed thousands injured it so 6 months old house recovery rebuilding who's responsible for this disaster questions that we asked citizens from lebanon and this is what they told us. more of them plummet thousands of injured under the jewish sense of the sons are all suffering from p.t.s.d. and really wants somebody who can't even imagine being in beirut and yeah.

it must sign off just as a muslim thing is for sure. we will never forget who even for justice and all of that will forever be alive was. the survivors unbeliever and he said the votes. to date have reached more than enough relief to recovery or refurbishing damaged primary health care clinics and providing mental health services progress in disorders such as anxiety depression and 1st traumatic stress disorder. culmination joining us to explain more about what's been going on in beirut in the last 6 knots if anything has been going on in beirut in the last 6 months come good to see you introduce yourself to ask him what it's told him his while and what. i mean thank you so much for us ing us and for giving me the space show this is not

only a story this is a global story it is about citizens that live in the midst of connect government and artisan and sectarian driven this is a story of survivor this is a story of networks of sort of energy that came together and decided deserve better and we know how to live better and we are able to deliver in terms of people's health and well being and vitamin explosion was the epitome of what happens. when you need people who are going to or don't understand the logic of development they don't understand the logic of the quote is not the logic of human rights and then decided to learn at the same time this is a story of survival this is a story of multiple people coming together to say you know i want to live better and we are ready to live or are our so this is whatever i've done to you now i was you know and the midst of the middle of this desk when the explosion happened and here i am leagues and

a half months. later extraordinary coming out i'm i'm looking here at a headline from human rights watch lebanon through domestic blast investigation just been screwed up here just to remind people some of the images that became very familiar to us august 2020 this investigation what is happening what is the citizens of lebanon found out so far. the problem is that we have been allies 30 years later it is that the same rulers that make war cannot make. logic and their expectations and their model of governance has nothing to do with a 21st century 21st century that's a korea and that is about science and math and jobs and women and these things but what government also they did. 30 years ago and they say they're going to govern within the same not to have nothing to offer for our young

people or what our parents brothers are exposed so how did i just say invent your your politicians that the that the equal judicial system is not capable of committing out who was responsible for the beirut last. there is an extreme distrust in a delicious a stand that is not descended into the system is not capable but the people have major this trust and terms of all of that. and the full civil war period in terms of people. explosions that happened that ever indicate that there is a major this trust and there is also a major. divide between what young people desire to see terms of their country in terms of. equal rights investment and terms of what the country has to offer and you know by the end the right mind to graduate the money.

there is a manger and the other stuff. at last and the old century oh forget it all represent then and this also connects with good leases in absenting that gannett's that lead what what what was the governance system in the last 100 years and also govern a system for the next usually. are going to decide the not find themselves evil to offer solutions for the next 100 years let's talk practically thank you saying you a city in our office 6 months ago i'm wondering what the rest of beirut looks like . it's a comment that we got from a citizen who explains what the building what looks like what the reconstruction looks like have a listen to this common link come of the back wheel so it's. due to there as a construction site and since it is scaffolding the intention of very few options is the very much a hearse in

a night especially when there are no words done on large scale structures such as a morgue or high rises and soon there are no more ominous treatment you can feel and see and proof and then be considered residents of these areas are going through their trial on the basis on the street level a lot of sort of 1st a long time so a lot of them move a lot of them will never. sun has a rebuilding going. the lebanon is held hostage and the survivors of 8 say the same thing that everybody in beirut says we are living with our oppressors we see that pictures on t.v. they get to want bottles they are exude their children study abroad are big and need for life because you become acquirement down and never know you are like we are they think we're the great this living as a survivor of violence structured by and continue to be the power brokers and terms

of our system our banking sector our employment our jobs it is garbage on the street we are living with our assassins and we have to accept them because they were able to secure a banjo and see an ornament and that is. told. coming what we ever find out who was responsible for the beirut blast will you ever think i doubt it is not it's not the point that it's not important that's not important i mean what is important is that people end it all and let people it every part of the world deserve to live better and we know how to live better there was not is an important source of the you're not pleased it's near schools and hospitals and universities and mosques and churches there was no reason for that this is a safety issue and this is a human rights issue and not in the service of live near expose this and get for the well being and lives of their children and that is the fight that head this

systems the fair and same for everybody and that may cross a banner for everybody that is not let me say why not just start every night coming . it's obvious from this conversation we had and to be honest every conversation we have about the evidence it's always about the politicians and always about the ticks common thank you for helping us today get up to date with what's been happening for the beirut port investigation appreciate you we move now to ethiopia where some journey south printing is increasingly difficult to report on stories and news inside the country. and europe is in the press mogens of journalists there has already hired you due to its being the demand for credible information and use unsatisfied and usually exploitable by your responsible unreliable source from your sources of accountability have been given free rein to disseminate baseless allegations rumors only speech and in addition to

this a lot of journalists are scrutinizing ice and environment rape for the worldwide war and ask crime where state abuses to thrive unperturbed. and i welcome to see thanks for joining us to help us understand unpack some of the experience happening in ethiopia right now will say hi to tell them who you are and what you did. good evening i mean thank you my name is william davis a and i'm a senior analyst for international crisis group also have a history of working as a foreign correspondent based in. you are so used to following stories that come out of ethiopia reporting on stories from ethiopia how would you characterize the relationship between the current administration and journalists right now. and certainly one that is strained i think. i think you know with this

new administration came to power in 2018. after sort of 3 years of protests in ethiopia and that was sort of seen as a spring time in ethiopia lots of promises of democratic reform and one of the things that people were hoping for is that the some previous destructions on the press that we saw would be eased so in the past we've seen so jailing of journalists and all sorts of harassment of the press and there was this hope that this would be a new era and the certainly has been some positive achievements as with many parts of this transition some journalists who were previously exiled returned some new media sprung up but really if this is the unit you know troubled transition as you yourself have covered on this program and as the politics as dots are nastier and nastier and these various sort of power struggles have emerged during this sort of

this political opening we've seen unfortunately we've also seen something of a regression to these sort of planned downs on freedom of expression that has resulted in quite a fearful atmosphere for the press and so something to return. to these sort of your to the to what was experienced over the last decade or so. so it's good context to understand our conversation right now and understand the difficulty of getting the information and valid information i want to go that summer and had to go and read the back to the school crutcher new desk he was a roman activists famous aroma musician since his murder there have been tensions in prison and its government and the un its government and its a romance why is that happening and where are we today. de killing of a child though who was primarily a singer but you're

a singer who saw that some resistance alliterations songs from for the ormeau at times that was just a huge blow to the horrible people. there's all sorts of murkiness around his death your people are on trial for it's blamed on or i'm a rebels but that is really accepted by a large proportion of people in our media. and media the art to her child is death we saw mass protests they lead to violence and then there was this big crackdown on the r m o opposition so there's a sort of double whammy really for the aura mo or mo nationalist movement or the r m o opposition on the one hand their hero child who was assassinated and then subsequently their leaders were also jailed as a result of these violent protests so the situation has by no means really

significantly improved since then if any think the what was previously a very vigorous protest movement of really was a major factor in bringing political change in ethiopia and bringing prime minister abu ahmed to power in 2013 it's been relatively quiet since july but now we are seeing stirrings of renewed resistance there is an ongoing hunger strike about to enter its 4th week by some of those most well known or m o political leaders that has catalyzed stumm protests in our amir so although we see nothing like the disturbances that we saw 5 years ago 4 years ago that again you know catalyzed it could change in the theater there was thought to be a great deal of resentment brewing up about the job leaders about the assassination and also about what is seen as the sort of broader betrayal of that or a moment. where they felt like they brought this government and then the government

did nothing to really recognize their demands and just one final point femi we have an election coming up in june. and today are the sort of warnings one of these major arm opposition parties formally said. that it was not going to participate in the elections that could also trigger a renewed tensions protests unrest in the run up to the election well i don't do this very often during the stream but i want to show you my notifications because my extended ethiopia to it's a family and i say family in the media being an online family have taken over my notifications i only have a get notifications from ethiopians lobbying campaigning talking about hunger strikes a few weeks ago it was about the guy conflict now it is all about political prisoners how do you put what i'm saying and i know a lot of other journalists who cover it ethiopia are seeing in terms of this

campaign this lobby in the context of what is really happening on the ground. but i think as a crisis saying you know that we have this very constrained media environment in ethiopia's i was explaining that something of a lapse into repression and i think that leads to increased intensity in terms of social media activism. as we all know you know twitter is something of an elite game but you know politics is to a large degree about those elites struggles isn't it and i think you know certainly with the with it's a great crisis i think online activism is playing a major role in terms of trying to get you know fragments of information out of to gray where there is such restrictions on the flow of information and journalism and then i think as we've seen in the past you know these spaces can also be very useful for

a more activist in the past facebook be the place where protests were organized and information was disseminated and now we see more of these sort of twitter based campaigns perhaps trying to raise awareness of what is going on in our america so i think you know that we do have this problem of a light not really being shown on a lot of ethiopia's problems and so these online spaces are places that people go to try and do that and obviously that intensifies as political tensions increase and that is very much the case in our by right now with this ongoing hunger strike we'll decent 20 so much for joining us and really unpacking some of the political sense of the news that's coming out of ethiopia right now we appreciate your time and you fame. thank you very much. we move now to the united states in a very disturbing statistics about health care workers so we all know that coverage 19 has been impacting health care workers because they're leeching they were on the

front line but typically nurses but the biggest necessity and in america discovered recently from a study that so t. percent of all covert related deaths relating to nurses happened to filipino nurses why would that previous high statistic is only just about 4 percent of nurses in the american system come from the philippines or half of the peano heritage this is something that we really wanted to find out and we asked alexander idea to help us. these debts are being driven by doctors that 3 years prior to the pandemic have consistently failed to be addressed so this includes things like the history of us colonial dynamics stoush in the philippines that led to your says exports in today's world disproportionate working from my care settings and thus increase exposure cove it but then also deal systems that you know prevent us from actually having insight into many health issues faced by

filipinos themselves so the only way to really move forward here is to address these underlying issues including the gaps in data that really bred us from being able to identify when these issues are happening in real time. that this is some kind of the sound many kumi strain how it help us unpack it is jennifer jennifer thank you for joining us on the street can you tell our audience here what you did. i thanks for having me i am an assistant professor in brown university and i'm a co-founder and co-director of a filipino health initiative at our school of public health. what did you think when you 1st saw that the number statistically stakes of how many for the peano nurses had died coronavirus. i mean it's absolutely devastating and this is both personal and professional for me i'm a daughter of a filipino nurse my relatives are nurses around the country as well as in other

parts of the world so it's absolutely devastating i mean we're really underscore is that is that the invisibility of filipino nurses i'm in the u.s. health care industry that we don't hear about the dispersant number of filipino nurses that are part of the labor force they are our research is showing that they're on the front lines when they're in the i.c.u. use they're in the emergency rooms they're working in nursing homes and caring for some our force vulnerable populations but they themselves are gone out of all and we don't hear about them they've been here for it's not just recently filipino nurses have been in the united states for decades and some a cabinet is in a choice where she wrote the 1st book on the history of filipino nurses here in the united states we find that nurses filipino nurses who've been here for almost a 100 years working in our health care system and so this stitches stick is to hoping to center the contributions that they have made to the u.s.

health care system and to day to day to end the devastating. death tolls i mean speaks to their vulnerability speaks to them being on the front lines and it's about time we recognize their labor. i'm looking at the report that we've built the statistics about the filipino nurses and its citizens of a mission how common it is to have in 1000 data if you like to live and 700 health care workers desks and jeopardize public health really not saying for whom situation in the united states. yes definitely i mean a recent reports are still showing how devastating the hospital the devastating the toll is on hospital settings so what we're still seeing and. the numbers of coma and impacting hospital settings nursing homes and then so what i really want to point out particularly is that for 3 decades they've been on the front lines

working in these in these spaces but historically we don't talk about filipino nurses in the sense of when i get a literature of you a lot of the you know phobia that still exists around this population of workers where a lot of the research often in nursing journals as well as in public health journals and more focus on the current the question of the quality of care filipino nurses provide questioning whether they're taking their jobs away from other and nurses in this country without and focusing and big context to the u.s. and for being a history that actually brought them here to united states filipino nurses were recruited to work in hospitals and nursing homes that were particularly located in urban and rural settings where they had a huge shortages of labor and so filipino nurses were filling in the gaps in caring

for some our most vulnerable and sickest populations yet again and they're doing it now during a time of kobe but they've also been on the front lines of the hiv crisis and other crises that we have faced in this country and kohut is and is granting to bear the truths around. just the sacrifices they have made them throughout the years. some of our comment is on you she was saying that they haven't heard about this statistic of the nurses and they're really surprised to hear that to hear this story on the stream right now is something that's really important that i want to do and not just talk about the probably spoke to catherine in this was her suggestion is to listen. there are several things we can to help the situation 1st we should bring the filipino nurse leaders in the united states to the policy table 2nd we should disagree data so that researchers can investigate why this is

happening in the 21st century and there we should increase of visibility of filipino nurses in american culture so that americans have a better understanding and appreciation for the work of filipino nurses who are risking their lives in order to save us in the final minute of our conversation jennifer i just want to do this which is really important which is share a tribute gallery to some of the amazing health care workers. he's been lost in the past. and as i scroll through these faces the only members what do you want to do with the sense of nation what should we be doing now i mean even seeing these faces here it's really devastating to see these pictures and so we we can own longer be invisible we can no longer you cannot take filipino nurses programmers and decades we've taken for granted the labor that they've provided for

this country the sacrifices they made and we you know catherine is exactly right we need to desegregate data so when we think about asian americans and health we often make we have this stereotype that asian americans are have much better health outcomes and white americans and when she desegregate the data it simply isn't true peano's are facing some of the worst health outcomes and so one of the major findings and for our team around as well as i recall you know the partnership with aspirants into this in a choice over at berkeley is that we're finding that the look you know health paradox right is that those are just proportionately in the front lines of health care providing care to some of our most vulnerable populations and are also are part of the labor unions and our leaders have leverage and it's not just. average yes they're not just advocating for the rights of filipinos but now they're also some of the sickest populations in our country and so that we're going to eventually. thank you joining us thank you to sharon on reporting story that we

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