that happened in the vicinity of the presidential palace army. rescue efforts in both countries have been slowed by damage bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment the remoteness of some affected areas is also complicating operations to fully assess the damage. let's cross straight over to indonesia's capital now we're correspondent pritikin some of poetry is monitoring developments for us but what is the latest on the flooding there in eastern indonesia and east timor. at least 60 people were killed after flash what and landslides where parts pieces up and got her dance in the neighboring to molest and as official warns of more extreme weather events coming days and the death toll is expected to rise as the disaster relief officials are still struggle to access you know the worst hit areas and according to the officials there at

least 42 people there are still missing but this number is very dynamic and we're definitely change and across that region and the scare residents have flocked to temporary shelters and taking great what was left of their homes and there are at least 250 people who were evacuated from the blast both stricken areas and that the exactly it's spread out and there are hundreds in each sub history and in medio there's the state at home but there definitely needs you know it did the supply. that is in the blanket i want to ask you about that because some of the reflected areas are quite remote tell difficult is it to get aid in to those areas. yeah the mob and continued extra mad there have made it difficult for the the rescue team and the search team to you know to find a trap survivors and the mob has washed over the homes the bridges the roads and

the strong waves have they're going to rescue team 2 from accessing the hardest hit areas and also the ongoing rains challenge efforts to find any survivors and at the head of east. floors and sasser engines he said that suspect that many are still very but it's not great clear how many people are still missing but right now the locals are trying to deploy the hedley equipment to try to reopen the ribs now we're at the end of the monsoon season is the flooding we're seeing right now seasonal or if it is the flooding we're seeing a result of just the seasonal weather or is it the result perhaps also of other factors. whether the region of east lorries have been devastated by intensify rainfall caused by the 2 cycling but you know the they don't less lights and the flash floods are actually common in southeast asia arch it will likely

specially during the rainy season like this but the according to the environmentally you know the disaster like this the landslides you know the flashlight are often caused by the forestation but we could be in for much of this . pretty thank you very much that was d w correspondent because some of in jakarta. now to israel where a court is calling its 1st witnesses today as the corruption trial of prime minister benjamin netanyahu resumes who has appeared in court where he faces multiple corruption charges including bribery and fraud he could be jailed if found guilty but the trial is expected to last for years israeli politics are in chaos after an inconclusive election last month political parties are meeting with president today to decide who will be tasked with forming a new government. well speak to bork he's

a former speaker of israel's knesset and once served as the country's interim president he's now an author and businessman thanks for being with us mr boyd benyamin netanyahu is already israel's longest serving leader and seems determined to stay in power even while standing trial for corruption what does this tell us about the state of israeli democracy. it tells us that people both weigh time and again and time and again and it is a very very persuasive conservative leader that the reason for generation who was born grew up whole way and you created into the situation of nobody else but me . so the fact that he is such a strong leader like helmut kohl was at a time in germany like other leaders around the world are worth what so many for so many years is in no way a very good point to his side to the downside of it is it looks as if the opposition known it which feels it is corrupt it is stuck in

a tit he cannot then lever anymore he actually prioritizes best on the agenda over the state's agenda took over at the foreseen actions just happened a week and a half ago so now the jury's out is it possible that netanyahu would have is again once again cabinet or with an alternative to rise and today the negotiations started and we do not yet know the jury's out now elections in israel keep producing a stalemate but each time netanyahu is likud party captures the motes most seats does that show that voters really do want to keep him around or is it that they're just a custom to voting. it's very very difficult to understand a system coming from a different system it's not the presidential system like the american one it's a very parliamentarian one though the voting has a lot of i would say person on

a characteristics of you vote as if you want to win the individual you know you vote for a party and through the party you actually appoint also the next head of the bodies and it then you know is a kind of a combination between a very powerful and persuasive charisma the person in either party but the end of the day when you look at the numbers yes that we could is the largest body in the israeli parliament today 30 some members of knesset but at the same time since we have a $120.00 members of the knesset it means that only 25 percent of the israeli electorate wanted is the prime minister and the overwhelming majority voted for some other alternatives so it's a question of what how you read how you read your cards over say bottom line. 2 blocs one rocky's conservative versus progressive did the conservative right wing won over dramatically my camp my side was again not was again defeated or lost in

the other the region of the israeli political system is. known at the new house here our block of known attorney 01 over. looking at. success here are saying ok he's had an extraordinary vaccination campaign in his country which he's happy to accept credit for his normalized relations with several arab countries but he is standing trial for corruption in these corruption allegations have been spoiling for a long time are israeli voters inclined to forgive that and will that not complicate his efforts to become prime minister again. 2 issues the corona in a way the corona did not play a role in the in the in the elections because it's on the i was government failed dramatically in maintaining and running the crisis all during the year with the jewel of the crown over fantastic amazing success with the vaccination so the

failure and the success actually balanced each other and were not conceded during the election the elections considerations by the voters and the electorate as please person a corruption his not a 1st prime minister to be investigated a to be indicted or even to be fined to find guilty almost was there before him president cut sob other ministers etc and in a way this is a citation or an award of exodus for the israeli political system that we are not afraid to go off to the top gun through the. political power if there is any suspicion of corruption and this is a source of envy it's a very healthy system which does it at the same time i would say netanyahu at that situation is illiquid to run a government because it was proven time and again that he prioritizes person agenda over the states and the public agenda and this is actually the argument that he's

off position and try to form an alternative go on this should push forward the visa for the public and visa be the israeli president well nowadays hold hearings trying to see who is the most chap most chances to construct an exclamation. mark thank you very much for talking with us that was the former speaker of the israeli knesset. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world today at least 25 people have died in bangladesh after a ferry capsized on a river south of the capital dhaka the ferry collided with a cargo vessel on sunday night and sank people on board were rushing home after the government announced a weeklong coronavirus. rescuers in taiwan are still finishing their recovery work at the site of a train crash that killed at least 50 people last week the express train carrying nearly 500 passengers derailed after hitting a flatbed lorry that had slid down an embankment the. owner has expressed his deep

remorse. as protesters in myanmar continue to defy the military's rule malaysia and brunei say it leaders of the countries in the region will do is will meet to discuss develop those activists say a further 6 protesters were killed a week after the military has tried to stop the uprising with lethal force after taking control in a coup started to everyone. now to jordan where prince homs us says he will not follow orders to restrict his freedom of movement and speech the former crown prince was ordered under house arrest amid charges that he and other high level officials were plotting to destabilize the kingdom denies being part of the conspiracy and says he's being silenced according to jordan security officials the king's half brother how has it been hussein had been under investigation for some time the country's foreign minister said the film

a crown prince was trying to mobilize tribal leaders against the government with support from abroad. the investigations monitored interference including calls with foreign parties regarding the suitable timing to start steps to shake the security of our steady jordan. 16 people including a former adviser to king abdullah and another member of the royal family were arrested the military initially denied arresting has not been hussein and said it had issued him a warning for his actions but in a video statement sent to media on saturday prince holmes that claimed he had been placed under house arrest for associating with critics of the royal family there is no conspiracy. it's my movement has restricted it's my ability to communicate has been stripped of

its people have been arrested to try distract from the fundamental. system. and incompetence of. though he no longer holds an official title that remains a popular figure in the country. live you know it's just not right for prince hamza to be linked to these people these are people who jordanian see as questionable who are really frowned upon. in what. we do not want to see anything no matter how small happened in this country this country is now in a stable and secure and i ask god to have this country remain stable and secure. and many see the stability in king up 2 of the 2nd he has enjoyed widespread popularity during his reign jordan is widely seen as an island of calm and in troubled region strategically located between israel syria saudi arabia and iraq

the u.s. u.k. and several arab nations of all expressed their full support for the right wing monarch. for more i'm joined. again who's following the story for us prince has been critical of the government in jordan for years so why are we seeing these accusations now. so the prime minister the deputy prime minister yesterday when he addressed these arrests said that there has been and investigation and that you know recently as you know as late as early morning saturday or late night friday they were able to you know get some what he implies to be conquered have evidence or they were involved to it he says interface some calls and track communications between those arrested among them

course the former crown prince with plans to destabilize. jordan as he put it they also said that there have been tracking communication between the former current princes wife and also an unnamed foreign agent putting a private jet at her disposal to leave the country at the time of her choosing that's on one side and as you mentioned the crown prince is critical and has been active on social media in the past couple of years but also he also he said that he had recently met with a number of tribal leaders and he does enjoy quite a bit of popularity with tribal leaders and perhaps that has something to do with the timing. there are also allegations here that the former crown prince had foreign support in the alleged to claude what would make of that. it's very difficult to know what the authorities mean when they say these foreign

powers and that he's getting help from abroad because they haven't specified and they've also not presented any evidence for these allegations so you know i don't want to speculate but i will say that oftentimes you know this this this line or this excuse that critics or you know dissidents are creating with foreign forces is something that we hear coming from rulers in the arab world all the time often times just to silence criticism and dissent without ever you know without any concrete evidence because that kind of rhetoric tends to galva nice people around the ruler if they feel that there's an outside force somehow you know out to get the country or out to get its stability but the thirty's have yet to present any evidence for what they mean by these foreign forces and thank you very much for filling us in there that was a double reporter. hungary's government is planting down on independent

reporting on the country's vaccination campaign and the situation in hospitals hungry has one of the highest per capita death rates from covert 19 in the e.u. although it also has the highest vaccination rate correspondent tony heard from one doctor on a reality that's all with the picture put forward by the government soldiers money for people checking into his hospital treating call the patients when we start to film the building go there and do your t.v. thing over there they ask us to film the parking lot according to staff inside the hospital is that capacity. one doctor has to take care of 10 patients at all is in short supply these are just some of the claims to be hearing from inside the hospital from a doctor but we cannot verify these claims as. independent media from

entering that doctor is. we need him after his shift 120 hour working weeks the average now he says but the hungary and government says everything is under control. every effort a lot from the prime minister for those who get sick you shouldn't worry they will be cured that we have medical staff. every day we are left wondering why did we not have time for today. that most of his colleagues don't want to talk in public because they are worried about repercussions we need to reach to people and tell them about this illness not to create panic but you see this is what this is about and this is why. i wrote in an open letter to the government a large number of journalists requested access to hospitals. prime minister viktor orban responded in a televised interview. this is not the time to go inside hospitals and produce

bogus videos found fake news. is a photo journalist he too would like to show what's happening in hungary right now stop filming the hospital this is a public space or it's a very common situation says martin. sam attache after he asked this effects to people who want to know the real situation inside the hospitals we know that more than 300 people died today it's our job to tell the story behind those numbers. don't quit and again but. meanwhile many young people in hungary are starting to shed their masks without knowing what's really going on in hungary's hospitals it might seem as if the make is already over. and here are a few other developments in the pandemic worldwide india has reported a record rise in corona virus infections with new delhi cases topping 100000 for

the 1st time recorded infections are currently growing faster there than in any other country in the world thailand's most popular tourist resort to cat has begun a mass vaccination program 2 months before the rest of the country it's hoped most of the island will be vaccinated before overseas travellers arrive in july and bangladesh has started a weeklong law to curb the spread of the virus nonessential retail and public transport services are shut. in colombia a 2016 peace deal between the government and leftwing park guerrillas raised hope that half a century of armed conflict would finally be over but by lance has flared again recently fark dissidents drug trafficking groups and right wing paramilitaries are all fighting to gain control of lucrative markets like narcotics and illegal mining w.'s johan ramirez traveled to the western region to look into the government's

claim that security forces have everything under control. her sign a new car brand new store for decades now on the robert remains of a car bomb exploded in front of their shop they were both miraculously on hard what's of that piece of colombia was shot during the attack believed to be carried out by far is a guns that author new wave of violence insurgency what would you think the new 13 years of commercial struggle. and everything turned towards in the 2nd draft cloaking but if you were going to read us i don't take everybody out again i don't know what they are voting for because some of the one you know and others to another are not me that people in the middle of the worst part identity are still going to be and are going there in the actual target is probably these buildings the mayor's office of the municipality according to the south through department of

calcutta a week after the incident the mayor herself cannot understand how such an ultra cheap would hop hop and. we are waiting for a clear response from the public forces as to how the car came into the municipality. that's the violence in colombia it goes much farther it's come on welcome i o. coordinator of human rights in it some i say folder with hundreds of threats for every guest foreign militaries and other irregular groups have made against their regimes indigenous people over the past 4 years are not getting the purser's what it was a few months longer assigned to in peace process but it doesn't mean that it is faulty. doesn't mean that it isn't forced cuts it's closer to what is the process for these initiatives but the lesson here is just a small cynical political for it was it coming to know also that like. driving through the parliament how come it's clear that the country's far from hard to find

a white flag now when by the shoulder you're on. i'm not looking for confrontation . it's all parts of the road we must wear and i bought a vest because there was the risk that your regular groups will show that the car. was the colombian government maintains that the security forces carry out such roles to up hold peace in the region. public force must always be n.p.r. and the delta commander has to be 1000 men which will do this by now on the mission 2000 when my troubled region took this monthly service agency gotten the message today either they submit it or they will be brought before the public arsonists. but it will take more than threats to go read instead of still out there signs indicate which group controls the territory. it's what that means there since you did not see a single soldier on the roads in the daytime the bots looked like moments now on

the night in plain sight the mountains and later with the lights off and the bees farms scenes recalling the darkest days of colombia's cv war. racing now and the dubuque of the all electric vehicles series called extreme eat and a team owned in part by explore the one champion nico rosberg took the inaugural title in saudi arabia is driving duo including australian rally champion molly taylor helped defeat a team part of present formula one chap in lewis hamilton extreme ease 5 races series aims to highlight climate change and promote sustainability racing in remote parts of the world suffering environmental damage. just reminder the top story we're following for you today on t.v. news that's already saying indonesia and east timor say as many as 100 people have

been killed in flash floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone. emergency teams are struggling to reach some of the affected us. you're watching the w. news up next global $3000.00 takes a look at how the credible worst pandemic is increasing inequality around the world thanks for. the a. little

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thoughts the great books of the 20th century. the present day hoaxes. upgrading the world. churning ignorance starts may 3rd. feel welcome to global 3000. this week we focus on one of our world's biggest problems inequality societies where the gap is huge between rich and poor and where many people are being left behind and that was before the pandemic. we go to indonesia which due to the coronavirus lockdown is currently in the midst of a baby boom it's making life tough for many new mothers. and in the face of this

rising inequality we ask. what can be done about it and discover that we can learn a lot from europe why. in many societies today there's a sharp divide between rich and poor between those who have and those who don't and despite their being in the same country these different groups often feel little connection to each other. this gap in this. it's having the effect of pulling us apart. when the numbers say it for themselves the world's richest 10 percent own 83 percent of global wealth. and the wealthiest one percent phones an amazing 44 percent of global assets.

nor is there much hope on the horizon. in many countries the global pandemic has widened the gap between rich and poor around half of the world's 3300000000 workers have either already lost their jobs or are at risk of doing so. for him like you think it goes without saying that all people are morally equal but that appears naive or even cynical in light of the vast and enduring inequalities between rich and poor in countries around the world when the coronavirus pandemic erupted it was often claimed that it hits all social classes equally hard some politicians and celebrities even went so far as to claim it would help promote equality in society a bathrobe clip from madonna is just one example.

but is that true. no certainly not i can't think of a single country where is any support progress or conklin to want. that would mean the richest lose and the poorest are least affected what we see is the exact opposite. public health researcher richard wilkinson studies the social and health effects of income inequality. press and what has been happening during and because of the pandemic corresponds to a central thesis of a book he coauthored. the spirit level published in 2009. life is much shorter in lower social class and in britain if you take the richest and poorest 10 percent. you find

a 10 year difference in life expectancy. and i sometimes say. the biggest social injustice in modern societies. are human rights abuse in countries with high levels of social inequality the rates of covered 19 infections and deaths are also high the gini index is a measure of income inequality south africa and brazil are both very high up in the rankings meaning they have some of the highest rates of inequality according to this measure the united states has one of the highest rates among developed nations the virus has hit especially hard. ellen works in berlin for oxfam an ngo that focuses on alleviating poverty worldwide. the pandemic has hit in the world that was already characterized by massive inequalities driven by the climate crisis and poor working conditions.

of. our analysis shows that the pandemic is merely making preexisting inequalities even more extreme and hits the poorest the hardest from the tough england. what makes countries marked by extreme inequality so vulnerable more vulnerable than even some of the least developed countries it seems one contributory factor is the interaction between rich and poor the 1st person to die of covert 19 in rio de janeiro was a 63 year old domestic worker. she cornered from her employer a very wealthy woman who had been infected with. virus in europe and passed it on. there are many such stories domestic workers that contract the virus and introduce it to their families and neighborhoods where it can cause devastation. a

living at very close causes drives infection among people who have no way to protect themselves. there is still interaction between rich and poor households which also spits the virus the difference is that the rich seek medical treatment while the poor often don't or can't statistics show that the poor have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic both regard to their health and their opportunity to earn a living according to the gini index south africa is the world's most unequal country millions of deliberate found no work at all for weeks on end during the lockdown many others also lost their jobs. hungry and angry people took to the streets to protest. with looking at years of calling our way back to where we were and we were already in quite a bad situation with regard to the labor market. and. so

it's just very very scary for for the structure for the for the less skilled south africa. the world bank estimates that covert 19 could push as many as 150000000 people around the globe into extreme poverty and there's no evidence that the disease is an equalizer not even in developed nations. in the wealthy and knighted state more and more people are so desperate that they're lining up for food donations. covered 19 is being likened to a next ray revealing fractures in the french and skeleton of the societies we have built while we are all floating on the same see the. clear that somebody and super yachts with others are clinging to drifting debris. what can be done to reduce inequality in some scholars say governments around the world need to introduce a minimum wage implement affordable health care for all raise tax rates for the

wealthy and giant tech companies which are doing great business in the pandemic and affirm the importance of the welfare state. good i see one good thing possibly resulting from the crisis that the state and its actions will be less discredited. what is the both is a state supposed to do right now 3 don't want big grand projects ever got nothing to do with empowering people so what the pandemic has made very clear is that. if people have basic rights in prayers to quality and quality education and the ability to actually do their best as individuals that's also the key. to empowering yourself as ameri to cope with or. even if governments and societies commit to reducing inequality it could take decades to

achieve significant progress some inequality scholars say even now individuals can make a difference less self-seeking more solidarity and empathy with others the pandemic may have brought out the best in many people. i think as well as reducing the differences in the short term we have to do things about. people's trust in understanding a more equal society that is more cohesive more public spirited where people are more concerned with each other is better in so many different ways. the current pandemic will not be the last crisis the world faces but what seems clear is that more equitable societies are also more resilient in many ways and thus better prepared to face the future. and this resilience is far more than just

a theory finland for example boasts one of the narrowest gaps between rich and poor in the world and so far it's managed to navigate the pandemic fairly on scathed in fact now whether e.u. country has such low infection rates. finland's government headed by prime minister son a marine places great emphasis on welfare policies. in south america to one country has proved exemplary jaring the coronavirus crisis in iraq why we headed back to find out more. this year has been a stressful time for the. family in montevideo guillermo was born 2 weeks after the start of the lockdown in itself a joyful occasion but they couldn't share it with anyone or get any help because on a christina and her husband martine along with the children had to go into

quarantine there was a suspected case of course that 19 and their circle of friends. if they have with them in the boat also it was terrible for us because the grandmothers couldn't come no one follows all my brothers no one could come and the baby it was really tough only gradually were they allowed to visit us at home. the following months were full of uncertainty as you're a great went into lockdown. christina works is a psychologist and noticed the strain on her patients. it was a constant climate of fear there was a threat that you had to protect yourself from. something that was eating away at your. door when i saw all my patients who are worried. most of them or younger people or you might have thought they would just go with the flow. but now they struggle just. you whiles as you andy.

now 7 months later the world looks very different the borders between europe and its neighbors are still closed but the small country is so far doing well with less than $100.00 dead and only a few 1000 cases overall although infections have now risen sharply again schools and universities closed for a few weeks in the spring it was the same for shops. but now the streets are busy again many people voluntarily wear masks in public there's still a need for caution but there is also an obvious sense of relief that things are not worse than they are the mood is also upbeat at the pasture research institute when the pandemic started in march they were able to respond immediately with nationwide testing the testing kits came from these laboratories they say the approach taken by the government helped one of the i think one of the big advantages in poor guy

compared to other countries was that both the president and just coronavirus team were good supported our scientists right from the start of so that the scientists were then able to make decisions in good time. and i also think that or why is one of the few countries worldwide with an integrated health system where everyone has the same rights when it comes to medical treatment worth of them. have made. for decades europe way has invested in its welfare state and that appears to be paying off now in the crisis the country is home to around $3500000.00 people poverty is definitely an issue in some areas and impossible to overlook in the capital still the mayor of montevideo is proud of the city and says here too everybody has access to health care. well why would why has transformed its public health service over the past 15 years now in this emergency it's exactly

this system that's playing a huge role. in this video has the best health service of any city in the whole of latin america. i mean you got to do you know. your equates former president. is one of those credited with reducing the gap between rich and poor during his 5 years in office he simply known this paper here. he was president until 2015 and invested heavily in health education and social welfare now 85 years old he agreed to give us an interview in his garage but it elements have a certain level of prosperity allowed us to develop a social democracy. that has shaped the entire country. not only structurally and materially but also in terms of our way of life.

we are no a country known for its tolerance where people are very civilised in their dealings with each other but also when there are differences of opinion or economic crises. going on me personally i think it's one of the best places to be in the whole of latin america. back to the day my own family they've been enjoying meeting regularly with relatives and friends again so what do they think is the secret of your equates relative success in this crisis so far. apart from good political decisions they think the country just got lucky to a certain extent. perhaps it's a different mutation of the virus that we have had that means the case is on to spot us in europe and. perhaps it's the climate yet in the saying. what a lie they were in my.