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europe's population could get infected with corona virus by the end of the winter. also coming up the toll of conflict and drought in afghanistan as desperation forces parents to consider selling their own children. the un issues it's biggest humanitarian appeal ever. plus cold war sentiments loom large as russia brings its security demands to talks with nato. expectations are low that the 2 sides will agree on a common approach to ukraine. and novak chaka bitch admits to errors in his travel papers that allowed him to enter australia. his participation in the australian open hangs in the balance while the immigration minister considers cancelling his visa again. ah.

hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. the world health organization has warned the more than half of europeans could become infected with the alma chron variant within the next few weeks. to run a virus infections across europe or reaching record numbers, france is just were seen a daily record of 368000 infections. italy has seen cases more than double in 24 hours. germany reported over 80000 new covered 19 infections on wednesday. that's more in a single day than at any time during the pandemic, the 7 day incidence rate has also increased. this comes as the government brings in stricter rules for those who are unvaccinated. a spring and our chief political are chief international after richard walker here. richard, germany is reporting an all time high in co infections. right now. the government knew this all micron wave was coming. could have done more to avoid it. terry,

i think with the omicron wave it, as we've just heard you mentioning at the top of the show there, the world health organization warning that half of people in europe may catch it. it's not a way that can really be avoided. it is simply a matter of slowing it down and the chancellor will have health has been trying to target some of the measures that were brought in just before christmas. and some contact restrictions brought in then is having helped to slow down the arrival of on a chromebook. but that really is, is no doubt a tool that it is coming. and that could simply be a really, an accident of geography that has been a little bit slower arriving here, given that it's coming to europe from the west and from the north. so gemini, can expect some much higher numbers in the weeks ahead. so what is the german government strategy, richard for tackling the pandemic going forward? well, there have been some new restrictions coming in that were decided in

a meeting between the federal government and the leaders of the various federal states just at the end of last week. those are further restrictions, for instance, on access to restaurants, things like that, but there's a big bazooka that the government wants to bring in. and that is the idea of making vaccines mandatory for everybody over the age of 18. now we'll have shots, the chance has been talking about this for some time. this really a recognition of the fact that the vaccination rate in germany is comparatively low by western european standards. just under 75 percent of the population has had a single jap. that, of course, on an international scale is a very high number. if you go into the detail for certain regions where vaccination rates much lower and also there's a bigger gap among older people over sixty's were very vulnerable of course, than in many other comparable countries. and that, of course, is particularly risky in an wave like omi crohn, a wave which is so infectious that is very likely to reach any pockets of people

who are not with any kind of immunity. still this is controversial stuff, so we hit the streets of berlin to check out what people are saying about the idea . it's been a failure. i'm for it. so we can finally put this all behind us. there are testing centers all over the place and i got the booster bugaboo sent as soon as there's another one on offer. i'll do it again. often we should unspoken him. yeah, yes, i'm for it because i think it's an important way to get as many people as possible to get like the native but think it should be compulsory lawyer. maybe not. i think it's a bit too much submitted to to discard. if i'm not really interested, i'm vaccinated 3 times and asked for everything else. the media. i won't let it all drive me crazy about different views. there are possible vaccine mandates. richard chancellor, all off shorts will face questions from lawmakers in the bonus tag today for the 1st time. what can we expect yet big day for him?

the 1st time he's face these questions in parliament. and we do expect this to be quite dominated by the pandemic. and this idea of making vaccinations, compulsory, well, i shall have been trying to de politicize this issue of a mandate vaccine mandate as far as he possibly can. i think recognizing the great controversy that it has the potential to unleash, they have been increasing protests on the streets of germany. and this is really likely to be something that will inflame those tensions further. what all are sholtes? he's saying is that he wants this to be a free vote in parliament when it comes up for vote that he doesn't want to go. he doesn't want it to go down party lines. he wants the responsibility for, for introducing this to be carried as broadly as possible. the conservatives, though a saying it's up to him to take the lead. this is a matter for government, he's in charge, and this dithering could potentially cost lives richer. thank you very much. shar,

chief international editor richard walker, they're well with co, 19 infection rate spiking in many places around the world. some countries are counting on vaccine booster campaigns to provide relief. one of those countries is indonesia, which launches its booster campaign today, with some poor 1000000 infections in 850000 deaths. the world's 4th most populous nation has been hit hard by the pandemic. the health ministry has put to vaccinate more than 208 of the countries, 270000000 people did up use the org matters, visited one factory in bon dawn on the island of java, ramping up production for the booster. dr. indonesia vaccine production in full swing. what you see, these bottles is the chinese sinner vaccine, the number one immunization available here. then he knew raimie is in charge of the process in a factory and bundle. her team assembles components importing from china. up at us

at panama. if an in the pandemic access to coven 19 vaccines has been limited, of course when buying, we have to rely on external funds. if we had our own job to supply people, then it would be affordable. that way there's more accessibility and a more even distribution of the vaccines and indonesia. for duncan report, since the pandemic broke out rainy has been walking around the clock, stayed on pharmaceutical company is also hoping to develop its very own vaccine. an exciting process for a scientist, but rainy says it's also challenging for her as a mother of to, especially if things don't go according to plan. and i, and that's what we have this time called the valley of death in the manufacturing process. some products here end up just as a prototype and never make it, you have to bear in mind, vaccines will be given to millions, billions of people. so they need to be affordable to walk in the and the key

objective is to be cost effective and efficient for female scientists like known in rainy are still a minority in indonesia. despite the fact that at university women in this field are the majority, 8 out of 10 undergraduates of women among students at the medical faculty next door . analyzing, covet 19, swapped us as a much needed skill these days. but only one out of 3 of these female students will move on to a doctorate degree and i am only thing, it must be been escalated. there are still a lot of stereotypes when it comes to professional science by many feel, a professional teacher or a government employee will just make more money and has done so many women are discouraged from continuing their studies as a scientist, young blonde, ah, by an american indian, i don't get my gun. elaine mama, we need to work in ourselves if we really love science, but the government should also facilitate and support us in this endeavor. that

could be more funding, more laboratories and learning opportunities overseas. yeah. audience. ah, city the level i'm but it never. indonesia has so far, fully vaccinated, more than 40 percent of it's 270000000 people. but with the arrival of army run, even more vaccines are needed. the country now launched a booster program early in an effort to prevent the next wave or join now from jakarta by our asia pacific bureau chief garret matters who filed that report. garrett, tell us more about indonesia booster campaign that's just getting underway. here at this hospital in chicago, terry people have been doing a since early in the morning. everyone basically who received his 2nd vaccination shot more than 6 months ago and now qualifies for a booster or the elderly or are 1st in line. and what so quite interesting is that the, the price,

there's been some debate about paying for this booster shot. and now the president confirmed yesterday that not only it will be free of charge for the elderly, but it will also be for the rest of the population, are free of charge. what is also interesting is that the government has made clear that there are enough boosters available, but quite interesting enough. only half a dose will be given on top of those 2 vaccines for 40 vaccinated people, and the government here points to scientific evidence. now army kron is hitting indonesia to gay. org. what's the current covered? 19 situation in the country right now. was he that in a nice i had it's has been hard hit in the summer last year. the numbers are still comparatively low, with a rate of $800.00 cases to day. however, it's a 4 month high. and $500.00 of those cases are related to our micron. are basically

the number doubled since yesterday. and so that is quite a concern. what authorities have made clear here is that a recent study found that 85 percent of indonesians apparently have so called super immunity. so that is immunity, that stamps from vaccination or from natural infection. and the hope is that this will keep the rate off hospitalization lower than in the 2nd wave that indonesia face last summer. now, the indonesian government i understand has imposed widespread travel restrictions, gay arg, how effective have those restrictions been in protecting the population against a particularly the army cranberry was over. one has to say to has slowed down the arrival of family chron, at least on some countries like the u. k. france, denmark. but also some african countries have been basically put on a black list. no one can arrive from these countries or other countries you have

depending on the rate of 4 micron infections. you have a quarantine time up to 14 days here in the capital, if you want to arrive from these countries. and the really, the hope is that this will keep the wave of our micron at bay. everyone looking at india, for instance, that also had a high infection rate knows that sooner or later of the american crisis here will increase garrett. thank you so much. are asia pacific bureau chief, georg matters there in jakarta, catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. british prime minister boris johnson is facing growing public outrage over allegations that he and his staff flouted lockdown rules in 2020 to hold a garden party. the media obtained a leaked email invitation to the gathering sent to more than a 100 people. authorities and eastern mexico discovered dozens of people hiding in a cargo truck headed to the united states. police say $38.00 people from central

america were found in the truck after it crashed into a retaining wall on a highway. some have minor injuries. a vigil has been held in new york city for the victims of a deadly high rise apartment building fire in the bronx. residents braved the cold to remember the victims fire officials believe a malfunctioning electric space heater cause sundays. blaze that killed 17 people. nobody joke of it has admitted to making errors in his travel papers that allowed him to enter australia to contest this. the year's 1st grand slam tournament, the serbian 10, a star has also admitted to a failure to isolate after a claimed corona virus infection. last year the new information has been given to the australian government, which is considering whether to cancel his visa a 2nd time jock of each one, a legal battle on monday, allowing him to stay in the country for now. let's bring in steve peers

here. he's been covering the australian open for more than a decade and joy just now from melbourne. steve, this new information that nobody joke of which has given to the australian government. what is it exactly, and what could it mean for his prospects of actually participating in the australian open well that that is the complete amount, but he doesn't seem to be doing himself any phases. terry. i mean, they had the information already really that the inconsistency around he take the fact that he hadn't traveled elsewhere and the 2 weeks prior to coming to australia . but you know, these chaps very public, he's got public postings all over the place. he's caught and it's clear that he was in serbia or in spain, in those 2 weeks beforehand. so given that he's decided to come play in an address what he calls, as some of the mistruths are knocking around. but in doing so, he is not taking any blame himself, release, blamed his agent for what he call the human error. we live in difficult times. but

what, what this is, is he's, is that the federal government is usually very strong on these sorts of inconsistencies. if you take that you haven't been elsewhere, you haven't traveled elsewhere and in fact you have, then there is in fact the possibility of giles on i don't think that will happen, but it gives even further ammunition to the federal government which hasn't even tested. it's original problem with jock of it, which was the co infection within 6 months, being giving in the right to come into the country, just put them in a worse position really. so the stand up between the to the store and, and the federal government continues. so where things go from here, a good question, and we've been in this sort of limbo now for a while since monday. and with alex hope, the immigration minister having the right to re cancel this visa. there's a federal election is looming in australia and in the optics. if this is

a really good one for the federal government, there's no doubt they, they will be considering what this looks like. what's the public opinion like this is a government that prides itself on the strength of borders. it's on the public record, saying that the same rules apply to everyone. now here you've got blatant inconsistencies in joker, which coming into the country. you've got a reason to challenge it again that's, that's all we'll play out in the next 244 yet. ask steve, thanks so much. tell us commentator steve pierce, they're in melbourne. you're watching w. news still to come. delegates from russia and nato are meeting in brussels to ease growing tensions over ukraine. but are the kremlin security demands likely to be met? first, the united nations has asked the international community for $4400000000.00 to help afghanistan. it's the u. s. largest ever humanitarian appeal for any country. the

appeal was issued with a dire warning. this is a stop gap, an absolutely essential stop gap measure that we are putting in front of the into our strategic. but without this being funded, there won't be a future. we need this to be done, otherwise they will, they will be outflow. there will be suffering. well, i can stand suffering is already severe. more than half the countries people are facing acute hunger in places such as bog, these province in northwestern afghanistan, years of drought have added to food shortages. and the freezing of the country's assets means people have no cash to live their daily lives. the situation is forcing people to take desperate measures some have resorted to selling their children to survive. what a farmer walks across his parched land. these once fertile fields and f canister

and begged his province an al dry and barren, 2 years of drought have left farmers destitute and force many to abandon the region . bordering the, there's no rain, there's drought, almost everyone in this village has left for iran. shoot on for those who remain limited aid from the read crisen is a vital lifeline. local speak of times when there was ample rain and snow here. but ever frequent a dry spells have made water a scarce commodity. the economic crisis following the television takeover has any worse than the already dire situation. and the new provincial rule is say, there's no money to help politically. we weren't prepared for the situation because the previous government left us with nothing. here with the pot and the to and from

an economic perspective, we have nothing to offer either. so we're trying to help 3 aid groups. we just, we've had meetings with them and told them that the problems here. so we did the so many people now living camps for the internally displaced like this one outside the provincial capital. homeless and pushed to the edge of starvation. some here returning to desperate measures. these parents say they're at the point of selling their 8 year old son for food. when they're watching the children want bread, but i don't have any. i'm helpless and have no option other than to sell him to someone else. without them we would then we will us and then we really and i carry with a champ really? yeah, that's pretty, it's a bleed choice. now, facing this poverty stricken family. who, like many others, have become casualties of drought and conflict.

nato russia talks kickoff today and brussels amid rising tensions on the ukrainian border initial talks between russian and us officials on monday ended in deadlock, russia is pushing for written guarantees that there will be no more nato expansion towards the east and that ukraine will quote, never ever join the western military alliance well brushes defiance stance, going into talks with nato has a long and painful history as d w's. emily? sure. when reports a handshake that helped end the cold war, but left lingering resentment. back in the $900.00 ninety's soviet leader mikhail gorbachev allegedly got verbal guarantees from us officials that nato would not expand towards the east. but they were never put in writing. some historians say the story is a myth, but what he mere putin insists it's real because and his press conference last december showed nato's eastern expansion is certainly still

a real source of anger for him. at least, you know, doing, we're not another inch to the they told us in the ninety's and what they cheated us and you will not duly, the u. s. has brought its missiles to our home. they're already at our doorstep. i don't know what there is not to understand here. it's obvious. we want to insure our own security. many russians agree that nato expansion is a threat with them. they've already surrounded us on all sides and they are expanding and expanding. that when we carry out military exercises on our own territory, and that's some sort of catastrophe the end of the world, and you'll see them with a few years up of the these talks with nato are important for everyone, for the west and for russia, it's better to come to an agreement and not just a verbal one, a written ones. so boucher, what is a good guy?

you know you have ukraine trying to join nato bases and things being station directly at our borders. i think everyone should just keep to themselves if you live in america, then stay there and don't metal in the affairs of another continent. go continue. western officials have been reporting that russia is massing troops on the border to ukraine. russia, meanwhile denies planning and attack. analysts say the true build up could be vladimir putin way of flexing his muscles to get what he wants. and then you're what, what she was important for who tend to go down in history. and he wants to be able to say, i created the foundations for russia's national development and resolve the main foreign policy problem. i stopped nato eastern expansion and returned russia to its former glory. you believe you did show putin is hoping russia can come out on top in the latest tug of war with nato. even today, the cold war divisions into east and west still shape the thinking in the kremlin

brussels spirit. chief alexander phenomena is covering these talks. alexandra, when russian officials met us, diplomats on monday to talk about security concerns. they've made no progress. why should today's meeting with nature be any different? well, terry, i don't think that the meeting today is going to be so much different after all. no one here expects a break through a solution to the crisis here in brussels. however, we have to say that the fact that all there are t natal members states are coming together with russia. it's very significant because they're nieto, russia cancel a body created to have such a kind of dialogue, has been dead for almost 2 and a half years. so now they're ready to come together and to talk about their grievances, who has the better negotiating position right now? alexandra, is it russia or nature?

i would say, it said, definitely russia, russia seems to have the upper hand because nato has already made clear that they are not ready to go to war over ukraine. and to russia is sir ready determined to do whatever it takes, sir. and russia has already made clear that they are not ready to compromise. they want their demands to be mad fully. they want me to, to give them written guarantees. there to be alliance is not going to expand father, ease and stair to ukraine will never ever become a member of nato. and i spoke with the expert, a russia experts from moscow. and he told me that the kremlin is ready to not to back down. they are ready to walk away then to father escalate the situation and then maybe to come back to the negotiating table. you mentioned alexander, the, all 30 nato countries are represented there are those nato partners poly united and

how to deal with russia? well, they want to present themselves as united and they all agree that they have to be severe consequences if russia uses force against ukraine. they said state they were, they are ready to impose political and economic sanctions on the kremlin. in that case. however, when you take a hard look at all the members, you see that they are not all on the same page. france and germany has been in the past reluctance to inflicting to inflict too much pain on russia and in new german government is quite ambiguous. when it comes to the new not seem to gas pipeline is so you see, not all the allies are really on the same page here. alexander, thank you so much. are brussels bureau chief alexandra phenomena you are watching

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