this is home massive churches the towers that pierce the clouds like skyscrapers or create a. contest of the cathedrals stars people 12th on t w. this is news asia coming up today 60 piece. the u.s. wants the india and its neighbors to discuss a road map for peace in the country. india bring to a table already beset with differences. on the eve of the fukushima disaster his 10th anniversary. of his long abandoned home. destroyed by the.

welcome to news asia glad you could join us the biden administration has begun an overhaul of america's of gonna sound strategy and it finally wants india at the table in a letter to president bush of gummy u.s. secretary of state antony blinken outlined a series of steps to jumpstart the stalled peace process one of them was a u.n. backed conference of regional powers and stakeholders. we intend to osce the united nations to convene foreign ministers and on boys from russia china pakistan iran india and the united states to discuss a unified approach to supporting peace in afghanistan. has a troubled history with its neighbors in a complex web of competing interests and proxy powers but increasingly india is

a new focus for diplomatic efforts to broker a lasting peace the u.s. has made clear that it welcomes new delhi's engagement india has fostered close ties to the afghan government in recent years in the form of billions of dollars in aid and development last month indian prime minister narendra modi gave his support to a peace process that is led owned and controlled by a. and joining me now from delhi for more ensure would you draw a he's an award winning journalist and reports on india's foreign relations for the indian express newspaper should you'd welcome indian prime minister not in the room or the once the peace process to be afghan led and afghan controlled as does the u.s. state department how does the current proposal from antony blinken involving 6 nations make it so. british you know the the indian position has always been that the gun to start should be of gun owners of

gun lead and of gun control and it also had you know about 3 or 4 red lines one being that i should be the reduction in violence of women's rights should be respected and constitutional. principles should be of the. now in that india is finally part of the negotiating table in on of on the part 2 words peace in afghanistan this has been a u.s. led proposal which which was revealed last week through a letter by the u.s. secretary of state and now india is expected to be finally be part of the table after being on the sidelines for almost a couple of decades now so what does india bring to the table to reduce.

india has invested in afghanistan in its reconstruction and redevelopment. in a big gain a major gain the last 2 decades since 2001 hour after the $911.00 attacks and it spent close to $3000000000.00 in the reconstruction and redevelopment and it has developed that constancy very carefully because you know it essentially wants to counter pakistan's influence in afghanistan which has been of problem for india from india as the specter of terrorism emanating out of afghanistan and pakistan and across the border terrorism has been a major security challenge if you remember about 2 or 3 decades back when after the afghan war sort of ended the element be there

element from the from from the afghan border afghan territory to move to the schmidt so that has been a major security challenge for india so india has has wanted that it should be involved in securing a gun a stance peace and prosperity so that it is able to. you know have a c. and not be undecided like you said in there want to come to pakistan's influence but then endeavor to find itself sitting at the talks table with partners on and with trying not to countries with whom relations haven't always been the best let's just put it that way and you also have russia reaches been a traditional indian ally who was expected to be at the talks table but most of the pattern too happy with india being part of this process so i'm just wondering how do these 6 nations get together despite these nations having converse divergent interests. well you. hit the nail on. the right

part in what has happened is although the countries have expressed their position that it should be afghan led a gun owner not gun control but all the processes have been lead controlled and owned by other players other actors in in the region and that has been a major challenge part of the new stance and the peace process now if it has to pick off all the regional players with the c.i. to live with each other that the india versus pakistan or india vs china russia versus u.s. all the countries have to have the stakes have to have the skin in the game for the peace process to move forward in a in a pragmatic in a thieves' bill manner and that is the major challenge for this peace process which has been fragile as you know in the last year or so that has been very avid.

you speak to the people to be around government as well i wonder how our government officials are viewed the involvement of so many missions in a peace process that is meant to benefit them. yes. you're absolutely right a ground government has always wanted it. the peace process to be led by dent but unfortunately as the realities down on the ground they are they are one. entity or one player in this in the in the mix. and as well as the americans. having cut a deal last year now. more country than most of callers are now in the game and this see some this see as not so benign influence and some feeling can contribute to sort of a positive repast fair for all the constitutional gains that they have acquired

over the last 2 decades surely draw a reliever there for the time being but thank you so much for joining us thank you thank you to. friday marks the 10th anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern japan causing the deaths of some 18000 people the tsunami wave triggered by the magnitude 9 earthquake hit the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant causing a reactor meltdown and the evacuation of up to 150000 people only chernobyl compares to the scale of this disaster. a 300 square kilometer exclusion zone around the power plant remains in place and contains the memories of a tragedy that's to find the lives of survivors now me it's a ghost town situated just a few kilometers from the fukushima nuclear power plant the only thing left here is memories from march 28th levon. samuel

connor grew up here nowadays he rarely visits the family hired. it lies in the exclusion zone. where it's been too dangerous to live ever since. to call it what i don't find it high missed it still is that i feel more that everything has gotten worse. now there's just silence here. but sammy o'connor is still haunted by the sound of the tsunami. and the image of the waves destroying everything in its path is stuck in his mind. body there may have to respect nature these are nature's warning signs that you must treat the earth with care on your part of the kid because your. summer used to work at the power plant now he wants nothing more to do with nuclear energy

. one look at the area explains why the banks littering the ground are filled with radioactive soil an entire city has been eradicated and almost no one wants to live here. cleaning up the damage will take generations thousands are busy on the site of the nuclear plant but the toughest work is yet to come where. there's no blueprint for the work here and even though we're making progress you still come up against problems you didn't anticipate. you can you will be much. the workers recover spent nuclear fuel and make sure the reactors a constantly pumps with cooling water the water is purified but it's still contaminated and it may have to be dumped into the ocean at some point. the area is still in a state of emergency according to greenpeace. we're only in year 10

of the nuclear disaster that will be going on for at least the rest of this century . japan has invested billions of euros rebuilt towns and constructed entirely new ones but they are mostly empty filled only with those who work at a power plant or the elderly semi o'connor who hates the word reconstruction he says nothing will be like it was before. the gravesite of his family lies in the exclusion zone no sure not over but just look at what i have to put on the kinds of annoying things i have to put up with just to visit a grave site. it won't be over tomorrow or in 10 years or even decades from now that's why sammi o'connor feels compelled to talk about what happened on march 11th 2011. and they're marking another tragic anniversary this week it's been 20 years since

the famous. valley were destroyed by the. hundreds gathered to see. thanks to a 3 d. projection for a few hours of. weather 55 meter high but. for centuries it kept of the data remembering recent histories acts of vandalism. i actually have mixed feelings. on the one hand i feel upset because the 3 d. image reminds me once again that. here. on the other hand i feel happy that we have the chance to see the image of the border again. every good to see once more the great heritage of mankind and that gives us a good feeling. the world was shocked when the.

explosives and. these cultural treasures to rubble 1500. into the cliff face we leave you with that today. but. the fate of the coronavirus 10 damage. the rate of infection in developing. the latest research. information and contacts. on t w. y 20 should. be leaving. water resources we haven't had to think about. worry about. i think that era is

over this is the crisis of our time it's a financial like any other financial. change the most important commodity you can be free from. her necessity or commodity starts march 22nd on d w. a return to normality surely that's possible with so many vaccines and with so many people having recovered from covert and immunity passport could solve that china has launched one so has israel and chile. other countries are reluctant they say the passports could lull us into a full sense of security order by society into that haves and have nots. there's a lot to take into account when it comes to a health passport or the digital version which sounds practical but not everyone's

got a mobile phone plus vaccinated people may still spread the disease and not everyone can get the jab then there is the dilemma of data protection identity theft and international human rights we'll talk to a lawyer about that in a moment 1st this report from. in israel. since september classes at this television studio have been held online because of the pandemic now people can attend again and person but only those who hold a green pass the casts issued by israel's history of hers is given only to vaccinated people of those recovered from cold at 90 so it's an amazing feeling and everyone is vaccinated so there's no fear and it feels slight and parallelly. broadcasting the classes that are taking place

here we are broadcasting them home for people who still did not vaccinate like israel for the east restrictions after prolonged lockdown malls museums and stores have been opened for me but jim solis culture and sports events will be made accessible to cream pass holders. israel is one of the 1st countries trying to get life back to normal opening up has also opened a debate over a variety of legal and moral questions of limiting personal liberties as there are someone not rushing to get the vaccine we are limiting few people and i believe this is balance we are not doing that for good you can really enjoy cultural life you will enjoy balti when joe you know going to the gym but in this time only temporary base on the short term we will let all of people being vaccinated

all recovered from corona 2 of the green peppers it remains unclear whether international travel could also billing to the clean house for now israel's ben gurion airport will remain closed to keep barris variants at bay. traveling is not yet on the mind of this group for long term friends introducing every age between 84 and 95 they had to play their favorite chinese board game are shown online for the past year after their vaccinations they feel safe again to meet. i feel like at this point i am free i mean just to be able to talk to people you know it's wonderful it's very nice to see everybody's ok and remain pretty healthy throughout the year but very lonely and. it really is a wonderful feeling it's

a 1st but cautious step back to some kind of normality. and of a new ski is an associate professor of law at the university of exeter a research focuses on human rights digital lore and data protection so our immunity passports in general a good or a bad idea what you reckon. well this topic or a thing general may contributes to the long term management of the been there make for example by facilitating return to travel to war of the large sports events but at the same time they are even though we can say that it's good news that governments and new or institutions are looking at considering this passports at the same time they should be clear that they pose a number of questions to the protection previously and human rights and that these questions should be taken into consideration so it would be

a good idea to have these digital health 1st origins of our government and our new leaders consider these issues and put forward a clear framework clear guidelines and the road map for how we are going to implement these digital health boards in the coming months what are the concrete risks i mean how difficult could something like this make life for someone who isn't healthy for example but let me into an example that may illustrate that so if we think about the vaccine both or talk over the past boards that would start to be required by authorities to excise public spaces and private spaces based on diet some people would be able to move freely right into that would be the case of those that would have been vaccinated or those that would have tested negative for covert. but on the other hand we would have people that would

not have access to this place is at and if they cannot prove they if they cannot have access to the vaccines or if they cannot have access to tests they cannot prove their health status and therefore they would have their freedoms and rights the try to restrict it so that could be the case for example of pregnant women for who is not yet considered safe to get a vaccine and no issue imagine that a woman that is pregnant that cannot be vaccinated cannot also afford to pay for a covert test at an airport for example before traveling well in that case or she would be excluded from a variety of places and that can be quite considerable especially if we think about big cade's of progress on women's rights that we have achieved and that may be a put into question in the case of population of this. board in

a way that it's not compatible with their rights so that's why we need to have a system in place and we need governments to think about this the employment of the deployment of this test and this vaccinations that would inform the digital help us courts in a clear way and have thought through so that we don't incur this type of risks so what should governments do to ensure that these passports are safe and nondiscriminatory. i believe that 3 main points here 1st that they should limit the purpose of using this tool so that that's called sunset clause it's right to limiting that to the use insuring the pandemic or not going beyond that then the secondly there are they protection and purposely considerations that should be taken into account and that should be butin to the new sign of these tools for example even if people consented to have their they stored and collected and

purpose for the fuses they should. be in the design that the function should still being the design of this or that and thirdly there is questions of accessibility and affordability of the covert tests and the vaccines that should be available to all before any deployment of these 2 and it is the joining us from the exit england thank you very much thank you. and for more on vaccines let's get you over to our science correspondent eric williams he's been looking at your questions that you've been sending us on how huge of channel. once you get the vaccine how long does it take to actually walk. this depends on a few different things like which vaccine you receive whether one or 2 doses are involved how old you are and other health factors and when you say how long does it take to work i'd say you can't really put it that way since an immune response

isn't an on off switch but it's more of a sliding scale that grows steadily more reliable over the short to medium term on the other hand that vaccine induced immune response might also tail off and grow weaker over the long term we haven't been giving kobe 1000 back seems to people long enough to know how long lasting their effects will be a myth might turn out that you for instance need a booster shot somewhere down the road to remind your body that the disease is still out there and still a danger all that said there are some general guidelines that deserve a mention the most obvious is that getting the 1st dose of a vaccine doesn't mean it's time to rip off your mask and party all vaccines take at least a couple of weeks to bring the 1st measurable preventive the facts that's how long

the immune system needs to begin mounting an effective response to a new pathogen and before you receive the 2nd dose from the 2 those that saying you won't have the full blown protection promised by trials that's because of the 1st dose puts the immune system on a word while the 2nd one kind of kicks it up a gear so for example a new study has shown that the pfizer bio and. vaccine was about 70 percent effective at preventing symptomatic infection starting 3 weeks after the 1st dose which is when you're supposed to get a 2nd one that then boosts effectiveness to over 90 percent within the next couple of weeks all in all therefore takes over a month to reach the full protection provided by that vaccine others take a similar amount of time to unfold their full potential.

there and finally some good news gibraltar says it's coming out of lockdown after the success of its vaccination campaign cove it has killed 93 people in the british territory of the southern tip of spain but the rapid supply of vaccine doses from the u.k. has helped turn things around gibraltar now says it's on track to complete vaccination by the end of the month for both residents and commuters from spain is what some of them had to say. remember normal right now a couple of months ago having stepped foot in spain so it's a big part of our lives a scramble for the know there's a new series each week on the songs were all. the troubling look at polls most of. you don't give a concert was going to hold said she was the fact so yeah i'm staying also everybody has their accent. you know the way they make it it. was up there to welcome you were going to say i missed having coffee with friends i was

speaking to my friends during that time and saying i'm sorry but i have to you can hear again from the french eat something go back to the couch or you can have your cake and eat it so thanks for watching stay safe and i'll see you again soon about so far.

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