coming from the pop star wants to become president. he's a guy who said, we want to be a story you're watching. the news coming up today, attacks in kabul, have put a city already familiar with violence on edge with the rise in ice is terrorism due in part because extremists badly want to derail ongoing peace talks between the taleban and afghan government. more misery for filipinos as typhoon dam code sweeps through their countries north is the latest in a string of destructive storms that have hit the philippines over just a few weeks. plus the president elect and little diplomacy will see how soft u.s. power is impacting lunchtime in china's capital. i'm

melissa chan. welcome to g.w. news asia. thank you for joining us. afghanistan faces a greater threat than the taliban with an increase in the number of tax claimed by islamic state. its capital, kabul especially, has experienced more violence. earlier this month, gunmen stormed kabul university, killing $32.00 people. most of them students as g.w. reports, there's little confidence that the government can in short, civilian safety. and there is even less hope when it comes to seeing the government negotiate a deal to end years of fighting still finds it hard to go anywhere near the university of. he was taking part in a seminar when the attackers came for the 1st time since the attack. the only topic

of conversation is how to survive that day when they heard the shots, they knew something terrible was happening. everyone was screaming, but suddenly it was quiet and we heard someone saying a prayer behind the door that was the suicide bomber right before he blew himself up. it's only thanks to god that we got out alive. not everyone was so lucky. $32.00 people died in the attack and more than 50 were the attackers left a taliban. islamic state later claimed responsibility by jumping out of his physical wounds are one thing, but his emotional trauma runs deep changed my life completely. all the goals i had before. my life was carefree,

but it isn't anymore. i think about my friends at university who i couldn't make it across the country. there were similar attacks almost every day. there were more than 50 deaths and hundreds of injured. the spiral of violence is growing worse. and the islamic state is claiming the attacks their base of support is growing. and speaking out for a long time, the afghan people supported the taliban. they bought them ammunition and weapons. the taliban are negotiating with the invaders from the us. they are traitors. they don't want to kill americans any more. they act against devout muslims. this man isn't in a mosque outside of. he preaches the word of the islamic state. he says the group's

goal of a caliphate in afghanistan justifies its violence. afghans don't want democracy. that's a western invention. we need extremists and a dictatorship for this country. we are real muslims, and that's why we support the dictatorship and not the liberal elites. feminine democracy. like many of his generation said, that it was possible to negotiate with the radicals. he doesn't believe that any after all the attacks, people here have become very pessimistic. i don't believe that there will be peace anytime soon. to get a sense of what afghanistan was like as a peaceful country, such as it has to ask his grand brother. there's been nothing but war here for 40 years. he'd like to change that. but he has no idea how.

joining us is shammal shams, who has reported on the attempts for some kind of deal between the taliban and the afghan government and shell, the rise of islamic state in afghanistan. how serious is this? it is pretty serious, but we have to understand islam extended nice, big rounding up. got to start with quite some time and they have been gaining strength for many years. but they're not stronger than the dollar. the taliban are the strongest militant group in a constant. in my opinion, they are the main problem because they control who lost their careers in a constant. and they are the ones who all of the shops. so in my opinion, more than slimy state the international community, the united states, the of congo and needs to worry about the taliban have been doing since that deal

was signed between the us and the taliban in february. and let's talk about the americans. do we expect abiding administration to do anything differently? i believe that i do would also like newsgroups to be drawn from a constant drum loaded up in biden, but be more would be stricter and would probably listen more to the a cock up. i believe that biden would be different in a way that he would not give too many concessions to the dock and boxed up on it supports that. so i believe that biden takes shots when he comes to power. he would deal with box the box on establishment, the military stuff and in a script man. and that's what drug was not doing. trump gave too many concessions

to the taliban and a lot of what is still adopting are still adapting and afghanistan. so we see big assure like a slight change in the policy, but largely i believe it was, are meaningless. ok, and just sort of looking forward after 4 decades of war, it doesn't look like there will be a peace anytime soon. are we looking at another decade of conflict and suffering? i don't think so, because i believe all lobbies are tired of this war. this war it's been going on for 2 decades. all of them along the state, and they want peace in our government. so i believe that it will not grab on for another 10 years. it really didn't go well in drug negotiations are going to complicated. there are too many players involved in it. regional players and

domestic players, national players. so it is a complicated affair. but i believe god, it's not going to be coming months and next year it is possible. they have gone, gone, gone on to find a solution to this crisis. shammal shams. thank you so much for your time. storm battered philippines was hit by yet another one on wednesday typhoon vanco packed winds of up to 155 kilometers an hour and made landfall overnight. killing at least 2 people. the storm has triggered the worst flooding in the capital in yours. a flood that submerged the tallest trees, washed away countless households, and turned busy streets into reverse. torrential rains brought by storm.

vanco has cost major floods in the capital, manila and many other provinces in the north. hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated since wednesday, but many are still trapped. i think the only one i settling was left there on the roof along with 4 children. they kept going to other neighbors roofs because our house was completely submerged, and all our belongings were washed away. vanco was to 21st, so i clone to hit the philippines this year. it worsened to situation in a country still reeling from the world's most powerful typhoon. just a week ago, gone the coast, 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes as it used to be a complete house. that part was the launch and that part was the kitchen. but as you can see, it's all gone while and just as the last door went away,

rescue was already finding themselves in a new battleground. vanco has now weakened, but the half of that coast will take many days, if not months to hew from beijing has yet to congratulate joe biden for his presidential win, saying the outcome would be determined based on u.s. laws and procedures that makes it a holdout among major powers, along with russia and chinese media, and scholars have been relatively quiet on the future of the relationship between the 2 countries. but at one chinese restaurant, american voters have already made an impact. this noodle joint in downtown beijing has been popular for years with local residents and tourists. but recently a new group of visitors as shown up national and international media. all came here yesterday by accident. but today i've just this from any chinese that come here,

that's not a starbucks surprise. funny, actually, the reason is america's new president elect in 2011, joe biden, america's then vice president had lunch and then president, we felt very honored to say that he had his lunch and talk to our chinese customer, as to how i felt he was a very decent and easy going person, he just say, mrs. e., i was father opened this traditional beijing restaurant in 1909. since mr. biden's visit the restaurant has become well known beyond the city. this is how does not want to talk politics. but her preferences are clear enough to break down because biden king jr, restaurant many people in china got to know us. i was on the image of how they know he came to our place to try traditional beijing dishes and they wanted to try them out themselves on the only if it. yeah,

that's why we feel very positive about him. he might even say we are supportive to the restaurant serves traditional beijing dishes noodles, pork buns, and livest you. it's a simple neighborhood joined the chinese public quickly noted the modest choice at the time. biden paid just 12 u.s. dollars for a lunch of 5 people. this really shows how nice the food is here. it means chinese cuisine has already made it to the world. the u.s. and china may now be pitted against each other as rivals on the world stage when it comes to noodle diplomacy. and this is, you know, this restaurant is coming out a winner. that's it for now. be sure to check out our other stories on dot com for slash asia or on facebook and twitter. we leave you with more pictures of the aftermath of the storm in the philippines. thank you for watching. we'll see you next time and goodbye

to the fight against the corona virus. pandemic has the rate of infection been developing. what does the latest research say? information and context, the coronavirus update on t w. in a globalized world, where everything is connected. to set things in

motion, local hero show how their ideas can change the world. 3000 over 30000000 people have contracted, covered, and recovered. then up a leaf to have natural immunity that typically offers better protection than a back seen at the price is higher with so many unknown long term effects. vaccines may not be quite as effective, but they're also not as dangerous. not only not an influenza. and i was very well one, even in some compare it to

a hangover human trials of several vaccines now to positive results. but that doesn't mean life will go back to normal just yet. here in an old people's home in italy, the vulnerable can once again get close to their loved ones, but in a different way. we're making progress. the serum institute of india, the world's largest vaccine producer, says it's made 14000000 doses of astra zeneca, potential corona vaccine. it's a bold, 600 participants for late stage trials, and soon it will be making novak's rival shorter's both seek regulatory approval. india's vaccine is big service has always been important enough from donating blood since a young age to pointing treatment patients rapes. he was disappointed when he couldn't join the indian army to serve the country. but then another opportunity in

his not indian students only brought that came along. he volunteered for the clinical trials of over acts and a covert vaccine been developed in india. people told me it was risky, but for me it was an opportunity to be of service. i'm happy to dedicate my body to my country, my fellow country men, whenever i needed it was this enthusiasm to want until for the covert vaccine trials that stood out for dr. savage that we have now . in previous clinical trials talked about mark has led it to much more convincing to find volunteers for this one, she had hundreds calling in within days. so many people came forward because they wanted to do a greater good. and a coffee is one only within 34 days, we had to have people in with us. i'm just isn't just individuals in india who are trying to play their part to help deal with this. pandemic 1400 kilometers away.

the western city of 20 is home to the world's largest back seemed to do so. the settlements due to india produces over 1500000000 vaccine dogs every year for use in 170 countries. now, it is poised to play a crucial role in the global bid for the coronavirus acting. already, this facility is producing $13000000.00 doses all fuel for vaccine every month. it is set to stop by and she $100000000.00 do this by the end of the year. we rejigged our capacities, we sacrificed a lot of products that we were going to launch in europe us. and that's why we were able to, i have that much spare capacity available for making these 4 or 5 different covert vaccines. and only at a low cost of a few $100.00 rupees. just the $45.00 euros. with the help of the gates

foundation, the institute is investing to provide vaccines to over $91.00 middle income countries at an affordable cost. for other vaccines at different stages of trials are also being produced. none of these have been a food yet. but the company's c.e.o. or other novella is confident that starting production already with the support of the indian government is that i mean if and when the vaccine is licensed, we have a lot of product that we can distribute. of course, it's a risk of the product for whatever reason fails of the last minute, which now let me say looks very unlikely. now things are looking far better, at least for the oxford astra zeneca vaccine. we've been of all expects emergency approvals for the oxford vaccine to come through early next year back and drop back now to meet with tb going in for former tests next year that i'll check how well he is doing with the back. and he will not be alone by his father was at the fullest,

voted for the safety of his son. he has now been swayed by love, needs into the as it were, the spirit who is now of vaccine trial volunteer as well. and proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with his son in what he sees as a service to the country and to the world. while scientists continue to work on a coronavirus vaccine, let's talk about facts. seems purses natural immunity. so what's better getting infected, recovering or becoming immune or an actual vaccine when it comes to covered? well, at this point, it's hard to tell because we don't actually understand exactly how long lasting, how long the natural immunity is after the 2 infection. so far, the data indicate that antibody responses are quite durable,

at least over the course of 5 to 6 months. but we don't, don't know how long that will last. what we do know is that from, and any coronaviruses other coronaviruses that cause the common cold, that the immunity is not that long, that you can get reinfected after in one or 2 years. and the hope is that with the vaccine and used immunity that they will be able to produce more long and more robust immunity, the natural infection does. because for some other diseases, the vaccine actually does enjoy a better immune response than the natural infection. and then vice versa with others like measles. exactly. so there are examples from both. there are some examples where natural infection induces a much more robust and long lived immunity. then vaccines have been able to do and other examples. the back seams are better than the natural infection,

and that often has to do with the pathogen or the virus that causes the infection. if that virus has the capability to escape the new system, as in the case of h o, b, or certain herpesviruses, the viruses are able to hide from the immune system. and the hope is that you can create a vaccine that is able to bypass this property of the, of the virus to ha and, and this plate and use a more robust and more long lived in unity. there's also, there are many unknowns as far as the long term effects of covert go. i mean for young and old blood clots, heart damage, chronic fatigue, memory loss, fertility issues, seizures, temporary paralysis, increased risk of parkinson's alzheimer's. are there any out of any others that you'd like to add to the list? no, definitely. there will be long term consequences of 19. at this point,

it is still too early to tell how frequent they will be and how long these these consequences and long term effects will be. what we do see is that there's quite a substantial proportion of people that suffer from fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome. that is a very severe condition that basically dissent leaves, patients unable to were unable to go about their normal lives for several months. then there is other effects such as off the respiratory system, you see people that severely compromised for several months after the infection. and of course we have these neurological effects that you mentioned. so in addition to the quite high mortality and the strain on the healthcare system, we have to take into account those long term effects. and that makes it more important even to have is the fact of the accident. and what do you expect an

effective vaccine against cobra to be able to do so studies that are currently being carried out and also the 1st study where results have been reported have been designed in power to show every copy to infection symptomatic infection, but i would hope which is a secondary endpoint of many of the studies, but i would hope, and i also think that these teams will be able to do is to reduce the frequency offs of the equipment which means to reduce the frequency of failure. but people have to be into it and treated in the i.c.u. and also to reduce mortality from berlin's shot at a hospital life. thank you very much. finally, your questions is our science correspondent, derrick williams,

by on tack. and pfizer have developed a vaccine to provide coverage 19. are there pharmaceutical companies also working on therapies to cure patients who already have it? as we'll celebrate very promising interim vaccine candidate results and look forward to possible breakthroughs with others soon. it's kind of easy to ignore the elephant in the room, which is that covert 19 is going to make this winter in the northern hemisphere long, hard and likely very grim, even in a perfect world with a vaccine approved by the end of november. it will take many more months if not years to distribute it. and although doctors have gotten better at treating patients, thereby improving survival rates, we still don't have really effective drugs to treat those who become ill or who become very ill. in fact, a major disputed pre-print study released by the w.h.o.

last month. more or less said that most of what's in our medicine cabinet now, that can be produced at a large scale, basically doesn't really work. so why don't we have more compounds to help people who have the disease and are in dire straits? well, for a couple of reasons. in some ways, developing tailored treatments is a trickier process than developing a vaccine. because vaccines all do the same thing, they stimulate the immune system to fight off an invader, so we can judge end points pretty clearly. can it do that safely and can it do it effectively? but treatments usually have incremental effects, ime can affect the disease process in a lot of different ways, which is why in the search for therapies we focused on what are called repurposed drugs, treatments that we already have that work for other diseases. and most importantly,

that have already proven safe to take because it all had to go fast, right? so, so yes, thousands of drugs have been screened or are in repurchasing studies and some are promising. but as, as we approach a year of covert 19, we still don't have therapies that can knock it out effectively.

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