much higher than advertising researches say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close. extrapolate that across the country. and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than any one thought. ah 350000 now facing famine in ethiopia as t gray region a you and report reveals the scale of the disaster. ah, hello barbara, sarah, this is al jazeera life from london, also coming out a massive boost to the global vaccine effort. the u. s. 5 half a 1000000000 doses of the fines they're faxing to donate only to low income

countries for doing this to save lives and restrained that year. period. a razor thin margin separates the candidates in her rooms. election could claims of voter fraud, delay the result. ah, hello, welcome to the program. we begin in ethiopia. we're a new report by the united nations and other agencies as shown, new light on the situation in the northern region of t gray and found 350000 people are facing famine. fighting broke out in t gray in november when a few in government forces entered the region to confront the local leaders. and now they're being accused of blocking the passage of life saving aid mohammed a dove reports. now from this of a it's a good day, foster high goes on the hot sun. they've just received the shell relief food

brought in by the united nations world food program. it's the 1st delivery of aide that received in months, stare and family, among millions of pins, displaced by the conflict integrated to the families sheltering and on abundant construction site. a few kilometers from the village, others pulled where their home once stood, a stead enough family to pick up the pieces for you and i said they were about 20 armed men. they gathered around my house and thrashed all my crops. i constantly have nightmares about how brutal they were burning everything in no way. they kept getting closer burning, all of the harvested crops and straw. they burned my home and everything i had for the past 6 months, the united nations and 8. it is up repeatedly called for full humanitarian access, the to get a region in the face of growing fear of a truck, the conflict with devastating effects on civilians. so this is

a region that even prior to the conflict has been affected by shocks. in recent years, we had the desert locust this past year, hailstorm, some pockets of the region that are already chronically affected by drought. it means that this is an area that's already a bit on the edge. in a new report, the high level you and lead committee estimated that about 350000 people in the degraded jan facing form in conditions. the war is now in its 7th month and has hampered access to essential services, food, and water, and livelihoods in large parts of greater gym, putting the lives of millions at risk. un stuffing to continue to report block movements of aid as well as the integration assault and even detention of humanitarian workers at military checkpoints. the few up in government denies responsibility that out of sol, money, nice information, and the thing for the nation going or not because of concern about 2

rooms. but because of the vested interest, bad, who would like to present the situation as hoping that our courses will lead to so the government will do discredited their one to 10 of the one of the other govern matthews. the war in that degraded genevieve of this place to more than 2000000 people for the economy of the region along with businesses crop. some thousands of civilians also been killed or wounded agencies say now is the time to stop. follow those over the from having to death. how does it do some of a well, the us ambassador to the us has criticized the security council for not taking the situation in t gray more seriously. it's time for the security council to have a public meeting on this issue. it's time for the counsel to take meaningful action

to address the crisis. and it's time for the open government to respond responsibly to request for humanitarian access to in the fighting and hold those accountable for the violations that have occurred. it's time for the broader international communities to step up to and prevent another famine. joining us now as the fuel p, as in bass or to the united nations tie scarce, alas, see i'm the, i'm bassett, or thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera, very strong accusations from the un 350000 people facing 5000000 t gray, effectively 90 percent of the population of t great needing humanitarian assistance. so what is your government's assessment of the situation and t grey? one? first of all, thank you for having me here with the government has categorized. kelly rejected the full security analysis published today for 3

reasons. the 1st one is that it has never been transcribed. those who people who prepared, i believe fall, who prepared the put in sector with the analysis. you know, didn't give a chance for stakeholders, that dissipation that are the 1st limitation of the report. secondly, the midterm that has been, that will be used within the in, for shipment and instructions for that matter. because it was conducted by a more fun call in the, in the re, more to go for. so taking it as a vine, it's survey is, is very, very difficult for the government. second, probably that goes with the 1st one is that, you know, they're the technical working group members that are supposed are presumed to be

part of this survey. but they were not able to participate close to 3 reasons within an accept the capitalization of i p. c. i q put in security another, but having said that, we've heard it's clear and loud this morning, wasn't there? linda has said, we're not party to the meeting, but in general, what we said city that we had. some are trying to place that order for got heavier. we need to support buzzed on dignity and respect. ok, so let me just forgive me for interrupting say, obviously seem to have issues with the way the process, let's say of how these numbers were obtained by the un. but there have been countless reports, including the one that you just saw in our report just now of people who will say that their crops have been destroyed, that they've been moved the way from where they are,

that their livestock was killed. and there is obviously a situation there. so what i'm asking you is whether your government accepts that you may need help and that potentially the country could be facing a famine very, very soon. yes, it did. when it out. one of the limitations of the clearly put for why then this morning discussion was that from the u. n. o a child and all the participants for that mother they were calling for more international assistance. there is a resource limitation. so far, the government has provided 70 percent of the support, even closing down some of them. what critical infrastructure projects you give them . but, but having said that, crops of interest went from structured, i would have been, you know, looked at and how the services have been completely run down. that was squarely perpetrated by the insurgents, by the rebel. well,

there have been accusations of on all sides of numerous human rights abuses, including ethnic killings, mass rapes, in some ways, starvation, arbitrary arrests, beatings. so that accusation goes to all parties. but there is one accusation that's levy that your government specifically. and that is that you're not letting enough a deal that you're not granting full humanitarian access to the you and the you and the world food program said that they need greater access. they're being blocked by on groups from reaching areas of need. why are you not allowing full access when you yourself admitted that you need help? yes, of course, there's a blanket approval process. you know, these agencies are saying only they are completely wrong. they have, you know, there is a coordination mechanism that is up and running and that they don't know what are

the 3, can they look into this kind of problem whenever the arise, they underscore, they give solution. so there is unfettered access, no question about it. but are you saying that there are lines and that all these agencies in the u. n. are just lying about this? know what is, what is, what they are raising. i'm saying is that whenever there are, there could be some checking points for security purposes. because a couple of weeks ago, some any jo vickers where appended loading ammunition send. granted. that's something that we didn't expect from them government organization. so we were compelled to put in place some checking points. but when i got in the checking point, we just simply there is a military and civilian coordination committee that look into this matter. and then of course, clear on why we grant, well,

i think there is obviously clear is that divide of the fighting, that your prime minister said would be over very soon. it's not over at all. and it's still continuing. and the u. s. sam baset or to the un who spoke earlier, made it very clear that the humanitarian emergency in te gray is, is man made. now unfortunately, if you open the minds of many people around the world is often linked with the word fireman because of what happened in the eighty's, which was in part due to drought. but in part also due to actions or actions by the government. do you worry about history repeating as a representative of the ethiopian government? now, when you hear the word famine even being mentioned, do you worry that your government could be overseeing, yet another famine that would kill potentially millions of your people? yes, it did. we're very much wary. there's nothing that we fear except time that and then why aren't you doing more to try to stop it because that's what these agencies are effectively losing you or?

no, no, they're completely wrong. you know, that's always very much an island very subliminal approach. thinking that we're, we're not a decrease in realizing what is, is sweet best, not the right approach. i believe if they in the us are approaching that matter is completely completely wrong. and how we leave famine, we live through disaster. we don't want to be people that thing. so just thought, you know, i know point to then because some are accusing you of not granting full humanitarian access. the agency agencies are you now confirming that actually the e c o p, and government in the military in place in the t gray region will grant full access to agencies? yes. and did the do have, but initially to there were some security problems that's, that's done in abundance of portion of some of the non governmental organization

for that matter in the just because we don't want, they may have a way. so we access is fully grant touch. if there are some problems, we can sit down and discuss with a coordination, kind of them. they're working and functioning. a process that is up and running. that can be sort of true that mcdonough is the so the court is basically there is an all in a free source and did where grants went to yes, it was for the program. we're so thankful for those who recovered. i the 1st that's being made by the government. so we don't want to put ourselves under have you do is this is something that we're doing for our own people. well, they know in a chief mark, low coke has effectively already called that of famine. so it would be interesting to see if there will be more cooperation in the coming weeks. i'm back or tell you,

i guess the last see the speaking to us from the united nations on bus that are. thank you. thank you very much. thank you for having our the us purchasing half a 1000000000 cove in 1900 vaccine doses for lower income countries, vowing the united states will be the arsenal of vaccines in the fight against the corona virus. president joe biden made the announcement while on a visit to the u. k, where he will attend the g 7 summit starting on friday, or diplomat to get her james bass reports from the site of the summit in the south west of england. the leaders of 2 countries that often talk of this special relationship president joe biden, the prime minister boris johnston, examined a copy of a document signed by the us and u. k. in the dark days of world war 2,

the atlantic charter paved the way for the treaty that created nato. and the late to charter that now governs the un for the 2 leaders believe as a parallel with present times the world needing renewed direction. after the pandemic and they offered some fresh support for countries, have been struggling to get doses of vaccine the united states is providing these half 1000000 doses with no strings attached. let me say it again with no strings attached. our vaccine donations don't include pressure for favors or potential cassette concessions. we're doing this to save lives. great, great pleasure. to welcome you to call. despite the smiles, there was tension on one from northern ireland. present biden's officials have expressed deep concern about the growing dispute between the e. u and the u. k. about trading arrangements put in place after breaks it. they

fear it may derail the historic piece still signed in 1998. the good friday agreement. code 19 has changed the world since the last g 7 meeting in barrett's in france, almost 2 years ago. for this 1st in person, high level meetings. since the pandemic started the lead, as also will no longer have to deal with the trump back to the confrontational manner and unpredictability of the former president. a nerve, the u. s. is close to stylize. it's hard to overstate how significant that is. i've been talking about so i a deep sigh of relief. i think for 2 reasons. one is that it's a very different american president. it is in one sense, a return to america that want to lead that thinks diplomacy matters, that invests in it, the overall direction of president biden's foreign policy is clear. it's the buying close allies and partners, and then with the united position deal with problems. and those countries that

don't share the us his values, and that's exactly what he's doing with this trip meeting the g 7, nato, the e u, and then sitting down, face to face with the russian president vladimir putin. james bays al jazeera saint ives. a far right israeli politician who threatened to march through the alex compound despite orders forbidding his visit, has now left him or ben clear was the damascus gate in the old city to protest against the decision to bar him. several palestinians who demonstrated against the politicians presence were arrested and is really court has postpone the hearing in the case of for palestinian families facing forced expulsion from their homes and sale one neighbourhood in occupied east jerusalem. earlier israeli forces attacked palestinian protest. those who were demonstrating outside the court the case deals with homes in a building claimed by a jewish straw trust from the pre 948 era. and thousands of mourners filled

the streets in the occupied westbank city of janine for the funerals of 2 palestinian intelligence officers. they were killed along with another palestinian during a raid by israeli forces on thursday. the senior leaders have condemned that their stephanie decker is near janine and the occupied westbank the body of a seed. i saw 33 years old lives in his village, just outside of genie. and he is one of 2 members of the palestinian intelligence that were killed in a shoot out with israeli special forces. overnight the village come out to more than the body members of the palace being in forces. the other flags, the flag is been shooting in the air and the body is now going to be taken just further up here before it gets buried. we received the news with sadness,

and i can say we were desperate. a young man like him with his wife, pregnant in her 9th month. imagine the situation for us, his friends, we spend our lives with him and now we lost him. this is something that we suffer as past indians being arrested, getting killed all these things. thank god, we still have patience. we know that any of us can face a similar fate. pray that the most the body to the cemetery here in the village to be buried now kind of tell you that these kinds of things and other than usual streaming comments, they happen on a daily basis. what is unusual? it's an exchange fire with that there is something in place here, tight security cooperation when it comes to israel. and usually when you see these kinds of razor products you get involved, there's been condemnation from the government 1st and condemning the re quote on the nation community. to do more, israel said, trying to arrest him. does it mean for a shooting at his soldiers?

at a junction in the occupied west bank just a couple of months ago. so there is an investigation on going, but certainly a lot of anger hear people saying that they don't believe they'll be justice for the and when, when micron is confirmed, there will be major changes to frances bar cane operation in this a has region of west africa while calling for the formation of an international force in january 2013 french troops began operation and mission to read molly of rebels. the commitment was expected to last just several weeks, but lasted until july, 2014. that the next month realizing the need to provide stability and the why there is a region france committed, its military to operation. by con, the aim was to target on groups in marley, chad and new share. that mission continues. france last week suspend that, it's joined military operations with molly and forces following the 2nd qu,

within 12 months. and on thursday, present macro and said operations are con, would and, and the mission would be transformed. he said, plans would be announced in the coming weeks or correspond natasha butler is in paris with more on that. it sounds a bit like a bit of a rebranding exercise more than anything else. he didn't reduction over the true number. he didn't say the false necessarily pulling out, but what he did say was that we would learn more and do we would have a detail sense of what he actually will do in the file region at the end of june. nevertheless, the significance of this announcement now is very clear because it because it comes off a recent recruiter in molly from spending a joint operation with molly enforce is a former photo from also suspending of a to to the central african republic and military operations in protest as all

sorties, because process is helping to feel, and she sent them an anti for sentiment in the region. so that the, the presence of french troops and regional suddenly become a lot more tensile will difficult in recent months. but it's also interesting to learn public opinion the here in the fraud about the file, i suddenly turned again the operation more than 50 french soldiers have died since 2013 and many people in the fortune and why fall is getting down and what seems to be on, on with the conflicts in people's mind very far away the french president about michael would know that because of course, next year they're all presidential election. he would know very well that it would be more favorable to public opinion. has reduced presence in the region. a claim of voter fraud in peruse, presidential election is threatening to cause weeks of political wrangling, socialists pay their castillo, holds a very narrow lead over the conservative rival kaycie maury. after sunday's pole

was moria ledges that some 500000 votes, war quote, suspicious. but as offered a little in the way of proof, castillo meanwhile, has denied the claims go live. not 20th sanchez in lima. and marty is claiming fraud. what evidence has actually been given to back this up? well barbara, actually she has been really offered any proof of of fraud. what she's saying is that there are tables where 3 for where is not one volt, was given to her a where perhaps out of 300 a on every table. and, but the thing is that in the south of the country, she's very unpopular and there are areas where, where the 90 percent approvals have voted. not for her,

but for gas fields. now she, she wants 200000 volts and no other 300002 be pretty nice. she is behind the by just were 7000 volts. a large number of young lawyers, a very procedural law for are looking into the records into the ballots. are burns by law after they are counted, so they're looking into the records to see if they can find where they can challenge a result. now monitors have said that the election was transparent electoral official ross, there are people have been very well trained. and in fact, in all of the country, only one tables that is one record or minutes that has been an old which has about $300.00 volts alone. that's all that have been. and also far, but for you more do you have, there is evidence up to feels

a party wants to break as the will of the people. custio's party has responded by saying that the voting finished scrutinizing has finished and up the national electro journal. we seem to have lost mariana sanchez who was live for us in lima, giving us the latest of basically these claims of voter fraud in the peruse presidential election between cake for more imperial castillo. we will of course, bring you the latest on that. as we get it here announcing our policies for that that the you case health minister says the contagious delta. the very end of the corona virus comprises 91 percent of new cases there. the strain has spread nationally from clusters of infections in the north of england. prime minister boys, johnson said england full reopening, which was meant to happen on june 21st could actually be pushed back to curb

transmissions. experts have warned they could drive a 3rd wave despite britton's successful vaccine rollout. and chinese health officials are on high alert, had been an outbreak of new cove in 1900 cases in its southern one don't province. st. travel restrictions have been imposed as mass testing is being ramped up. but many patients they have already received at least one dose of china's vaccine raising questions about their efficacy. katrina, you reports the strict locked downs of infected neighborhoods, travel restrictions, and the mass testing of entire cities. chinese authorities have returned to the pandemic control strategies of last year. as the southern province of kwan don't harm to 120000000 battles, the country's most serious outbreak in months is seen say show to take the most resolute, the most decisive and the strictest measures to control gatherings and the travels in high risk areas to block the spread of the epidemic dozens of tested positive

with the delta variant of course, 19 a highly contagious form of virus. first detected in india. 30000000 people in the region have been tested since may police have detained 6 people for breaking virus prevention. roof officials say the outbreak has been traced back to a woman living in the provincial capital one, jo, food and entertainment. the news there have been ordered to close doors wanting to leave. the city must produce negative virus tests. taken within 48 hours, the neighboring cities of sion, gen 4 shot and mal mean are also on high alert. experts say it's the 1st local test of chinese faxing efficacy concerns raised after port workers who were already vaccinated. caught the virus to go up into the virus case evolving the so the older version to the vaccine and maybe not very effective for this new strain. but we are now saying the vaccine is useless against the indian strain. none of the infected people became serious ill. the protection isn't perfect,

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and russia. it formed what's called a ring of fire when the moon casts the shadow one earth by blocking sunlight, the upper regions of north america, europe and asia experienced a partially clips of or crescent sun because the sun, moon, and earth are not perfectly lined up while the next total solar eclipse is due to take place in december. that it looks amazing. more on the website, al jazeera dot com. ah, and now the top stories on al jazeera, the un is warning 350000 people are either living in or facing famine in ethiopia as war torn at t gray region, a group say the 2000000 people have been displaced from the fighting. and crops and livestock have mostly been looted, destroyed or slaughtered the years some vaster to the un has criticize the.