cars both sides are fighting and both are causing death and destruction. in tel aviv palestinian militants overwhelmed israel's defense system with a barrage of rockets. if israel wants to escalate we're ready for it and if it wants to stop we're also ready if they want to remove their hand over jerusalem we're ready. early or israel had launched a number of attacks on gaza and prime minister benjamin netanyahu wants this may only be the beginning. of us who vote just those hamas and islamic jihad have paid and i tell you here they will pay a very heavy price for their aggression when i say to you now their blood will be on their heads it will show them. world leaders are very concerned it's the worst violence since 2014 and there are fears it could become a full scale war they are pleading for both sides to put down their weapons but so

far there's been no sign of that. i'd like to welcome now where daniel kurtzer who is a former us ambassador to egypt and israel and he is currently professor of middle eastern policy studies at princeton university sir thank you so much for your time on the biden administration arguably facing its 1st major international a crisis and it is choosing to stay on the sidelines is that a good idea. no it's not a good idea at all because we're in a mad rush to full scale full scale war and it's a war that neither hamas nor israel really wants but each of them has reasons to respond to the other's provocations and neither of them has the capability of getting out of this on their own we've seen this movie before 2014 and that war went on for almost 2 months with hundreds and hundreds of casualties and so with

there needs to be an activation of very serious diplomacy and not just words there has to be actions by the united states and others including in the arab world to try to tamp down this rush to a war where arguably the only country really with any significant leverage and the ability to make a meaningful impact and intervention at this stage is the u.s. well we have the relationship with israel to hopefully have some prospect of success but we don't talk to hamas and much of europe does not talk to hamas and that means that the united states cannot do this alone we certainly can take the lead we can certainly be a major player but we're going to have to work with egypt other arab states including those states that just recently normalize relations that are able to talk to hamas and find ways to reduce this escalate tory spiral now earlier

we for her death from the state department spokesperson who actually is calling for both sides to deescalate tensions but also saying that israel has the right to defend itself a lot of people are asking at this stage do palestinians have the right to self defense. well there's no question that everyone has the right of self defense and that's why it's so hard to sort out responsibility here the immediate issue to deal with is the escalation between hamas and israel that started with hamas rockets but you have to remember that the hamas rockets were in a sense a reaction to a situation in jerusalem that had been provoked by israeli extremists not the government but israeli extremists who are seeking to dispossessed palestinians of homes in their neighborhood and so there's a lot to be adjudicated on both sides simply hiding behind the idea of self-defense

is not going to get us anywhere we're going to have to solve problem number one which is the rocket fire in the bombing that's taking place now and could lead to a war but as soon as the cease fire a cease fire is arranged there's going to have to be very concerted action to deal with the issues in jerusalem that started this present process of on the way to war in the 1st place sir this is such a difficult balancing act isn't it i mean you are you've lived in the region you know it intimately in terms of you know this violence is almost cyclical homes being destroyed people being killed hard brake on on all sides really you know what is the way out right now in the immediate future just it to seize these hostilities in the next 48 hours possibly. you know there's a sense all the time that status quo is sustainable people get comfortable they go

about their lives and then you have these events that spiral out of control and the problem is that when the status quo is quiet there's no real incentive to do active diplomacy and then when the status quo breaks down you end up in crisis diplomacy ignoring the underlying issue the underlying issue here is that you still have an israeli palestinian conflict united states has tried hard for more than 30 years together with the international quartet the un the e.u. and russia we've not succeeded in breaking through to an outcome but that's still has to be the goal after old of these other activities whether they're in jerusalem or gaza or diversions from the ultimate objective of reaching a solution to the israeli palestinian conflict and that requires hard diplomacy all right former u.s. ambassador to israel danielle a cursor thank you so much sir for your time my pleasure funerals

have been held for the victims of the choose day school shooting in the russian city of cazan russia has very stringent gun control laws but many are now calling for even tighter restrictions according to the kremlin that russian president vladimir putin has already ordered the national guard to draft tighter measures when hundreds of mourners meanwhile gathered at vigils and funerals to pay their final respects to the 7 students and 2 staff members killed shootings like the one seen on tuesday are rare and memorial sprung up in several cities across russia. police have arrested the leisure tacker but have not released any information had on the potential motive leaving residents of cazan distraught and confused. a carpet or flowers and emotions running high shock mixed with anger and sadness at the after the tragic shooting in cazan locals come to believe that the high school

like any other has come to symbolize senseless violence and that a former pupil carried out of the deadly rampage through. my kids go to the school my niece is in the 9th grade the fire service rescued her with a ladder my son is in the 4th grade and thank god he only goes to school the afternoon i'm shocked. left over. i'm grieving for all the children here i could cry my nephew goes to school he has . he did. i feel like they're all my children it's just so awful. to picked the. school shootings are unusual in russia but the attacker smutty if it's still not clear people say he was polite and unassuming and to no one in russia would have expected a killing in the this city just over 1000000 people live in tourists come here from

all over russia and the city is known for being very beautiful and peaceful so the fact that something like this could happen has shocked everyone here. i have an armed police task force and the siege exactly what happened inside of a school is under investigation the 19 year old attacker was able to get in with a weapon he obtained illegally he shot dead 7 children and 2 adults before surrendering to police 23 people are still in hospital. the fact that fisher was able to carry out of the attack in broad daylight using a legal weapon has raised questions over russia's strict gun laws. how can i send my kids back to school i'm really afraid. how can we carry on if we're always afraid. i definitely won't let my child go back

before the end of the school year and i'm already worried about next year so it will take a long time to get over the dreadful divans for many of the tragedy has changed their lives forever. let's get you caught up now on some of the other news making headlines around the world right now. republicans in the u.s. house of representatives have voted to remove fellow party member list cheney from a top position that wyoming a republican has been under mounting pressure for her repeated criticism of former president donald trump before the vote cheney was the 3rd highest ranking house republican. ugandan president yoweri museveni has been sworn in for his 6 that term in office after winning a controversial election this january during the inauguration ceremony police around at the home of opposition leader bobby wine who has called seventies victory

a sham police describe the measure as quote normal security deployment for v.i.p.'s . but you have been court of justice has ruled that tax breaks for amazon were not illegal the court overturned a prior ruling by the european commission ordering amazon to pay around $250000000.00 euros in back taxes it commissioners say 3 quarters of the company's profits have gone untaxed through its european headquarters in luxembourg. in the paul authorities have extended a lockdown in and around the capital katmandu until the end of may the number of covert 1000 cases is skyrocketing there prompting concerns that it's headed for a crisis like that in next door india. india's deadly 2nd wave has spread to neighboring nepal. in katmandu health care workers and authorities are struggling to contain

a massive surge of co 1000 cases in the last 3 weeks the poles daily trajectory has shot up with 2 out of every 5 people tested now returning positive for the virus with hospitals filling to capacity with co 1000 patients the country's health system has been overwhelmed by the spike patients are scrambling to find hospital beds and oxygen for loved ones. fuse coming true as a nice surges of infections pushing the system to the brink of collapse. hospitals are. threats to towns and communities near the border with india unable to be. unable to handle their increasing number of people who need treatment. the threat from cover 19 is even reach the world's highest peak as china

announced on sunday it would set up a line of separation on the summit of mount everest to keep chinese climbers from catching the virus from those ascending from the nepal side. along the 800 kilometer open border nepal shares with india nepal is fleeing the virus are hiring to return home. authorities fear even more covert 1000 cases are on the way. to quit as of next arc over. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update. on t w. are you ready for some great news i'm christine window on the eyes on any

micro geo with a brand new wus africa. tackles the issues shaping the continent now with more time to in-depth look at all the trends. what's making the hittites and what's behind the way on the streets to give you the end of reports on the inside. w. news africa every friday on g.w. . be forced to choose it's the sense of smell most people believe they could live without. but losing it can be life altering scientists say covert attacks the cells that help communicate what we're smelling. we can lose our appetite or worse still the will to live sense of smell helps

define who we are. nice to have you along a study of 2 and a half 1000 patients who lost their sense of smell and taste showed 40 percent of them had completely regained it half a year later 2 percent reported no improvement whatsoever for a belgian answer feel our camp lessened sense such as her favorite per fumes smell or floor after she got infected with cold with 19 a few months ago at 1st she could no longer smell anything then many smells were distorted one of the most common side effects of the virus she can only see the spring on her balcony. there is a tiny bit of something but i don't know the smell. that's prostrating and

makes me a bit sad. chale michelle my yard can understand very well feeling the frenchman lost his sense of smell due to an accident 5 years ago it's the smell of his children he misses most but mayor does not want to give up his passion for cooking. a bit of color is good we eat with our eyes after all a bit like the great chefs in france are doing it but it is the nose with its millions of factory cells did they find the taste of this element after his accidental why i was angry because no one could help him even if an estimated 5 percent of the french population suffers from a distorted sense of smell but with time his anger gave way to an idea he founded a necessary action and developed off actually training in corporation we scientists with concentrated sense rose lemon coughs. the sense of

smell is a sense that is as important as other senses. you know many forget about it. most people only discover it once they've lost. since the beginning of the pandemic thousands of affected people all over europe have been using his sense of smell training techniques belgian answer field or count is also exercising her nose her doctor has seen for herself the penny patients are recovering thanks to the training for example because the a factory sells damaged by the virus renew themselves. this gives me hope but my motivation very soon and so does my hope because sometimes i'm just i keep asking myself if it will ever come back. even if things are getting better only slowly unser feel your car is hoping these smell bottles will her proport on her per fume

again without upsetting her nose. let's look at the science surrounding this powerful adult is an old factory scientist so bad just how quickly can people recover their sense of smell because the researchers i've spoken to say that shorty of covered suffers a massively impaired. you're correct in that they can be massively impaired during the acute form of the virus however fortunately most people do recover and their ability to smell sometimes within days or weeks after the virus passes unfortunately a small portion of individuals seem to have a persistent loss they are the ones who are suffering from a long covert. in some cases smell loss is the only symptom that they may have ever experienced from cove it but yes some individuals with long cove it also

do experience this persistent smell loss can go on beyond 6 months well and one of the consequences of that i mean i guess you just don't want to do if it doesn't taste good and there are lots of other things involved like relationships and depression it can really impact on a live concert. it can be very distressing particularly for people who never thought that losing their sense of smell would have such a dramatic impact on their life eating is certainly the 1st thing that is affected and some people actually go into different ways some people stop eating because of the lack of enjoyment of food and some people overeat because they're looking for that satisfaction that they can no longer get from food flavor aside the loss of smell can also carry what are you going to say. loss of smell can also change your relationships with your environment and the people around you familiar

places and familiar people no longer seem quite the same when you cannot smell them so scientists are any closer to agreeing on why this happens. and there are intriguing studies being published almost every week we know for example that the virus does attack certain types of cells that express the ace 2 or scepter but it looks like the persistent loss of smell may be more associated with ongoing viral replication and inflammation in the nasal passages in the normal epithelium where all of the cells that support our sense of smell are located. what does a virus do this because it's basically giving itself away it's a clear sign you're about to become infectious and most people would quarantine themselves of course and prevent the virus from spreading. well actually that's

really interesting question because until it was made clear that sudden loss of snell was a cardinal symptom of sars tovey to infection most people really didn't understand what was going on with them if they experienced a fever for example or severe muscle aches or extreme coughing they might have isolated but many people who suddenly lost their sense of smell were not actually quarantining themselves until the message got out that this was indeed one of the best ways to know whether someone had been infected with the virus we also mentioned earlier in the show that the old factory cells are able to bring you themselves and regulate is that the same for everyone though. well in a normal human sense of smell yes the old factory neurons regenerate throughout the lifespan unfortunately when there is just ruction by

a virus that can lead to inflammation this can actually attack the system in multiple ways it can produce inflammation as i said earlier it can also attack the supporting cells that are involved in the region or a sion process and some viruses also attack the olfactory neurons themselves and what's your take on smell training and its effectiveness in. at the present time it's not training seems to be the best recommendation for people who have persistent smell loss following kovan infection it requires some persistence and compliance it doesn't work if you only do it casually but the evidence is that if you stick with the program which generally involves about 12 weeks of smelling for odorants twice a day and doing it very mindful late that approximately half of the people that

have been in studies actually do regain their sense of smell and do so faster than people who don't undertake small training so it's a little walk but definitely worth it in the long run you say. if you're depressed if your lifestyle has changed because you can no longer smell the people the places the food you enjoy eating then it certainly is a worthwhile effort it has very little risk except for perhaps boredom and overall frustration in the early days but it has been shown to have efficacy in post-viral smell loss and so therefore it is one of the recommended treatments for to hear about adult and thanks for joining us today on this our pleasure my pleasure thank you. derek williams now he's got an interesting question about natural immunity. how long does not true immunity acquired from having the disease last. this is another question where

a little background comes in handy when you're infected by a pathogen for the 1st time your body forms what's called an immunological memory of it now experts say these kinds of memories are in some ways like neurological memories a few will stay with use throughout your life while others will disappear after just a few months when it comes to cupid 19 we still don't know exactly how long immunity and those who recovered will on average last but several studies including one from early february that's been cited a lot they indicate that in most people who caught the disease naturally acquired immunity seems to remain pretty robust for quite a while this study looked at a range of factors associated with an ongoing immune response in people who'd

recovered from cope at 19 and it found that in the overwhelming majority of them immune memory remained apparently strong at least 6 months after recovery many experts are now hopeful that most people who had the disease could prove resistant to reinfection for at least a year and hopefully longer. that's good news though it's likely not the whole story with other coronaviruses immune memory tends to lapse over time which is why authorities also recommend that people who had covert 19 and recovered still get vaccinated at least once because vaccines provide a safe way to update and refresh immune memory and could patel. really makes you even more resistant to sars kovi to and for a longer period of time then natural infection alone would.

and to ensure we leave you with a touch scientists who've taught beads to sniff out coated 19 researchers gave them sugary water as a reward for identifying positive samples only once they got used to the system they'd stick out their tongues automatically the results can be provided in just seconds. of course bees have a keen sense of smell let's hope they don't lose it from cover. thanks for joining us on dino use covered $900.00 special.

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