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after saturday's massive volcanic eruption, they show serious damage, but the full extent is still unknown. ships carrying supplies are still 3 days away . also coming up after meeting with ukrainian leaders, german foreign minister, and i lena bear book heads for moscow to try to diffuse tensions as fears mound of a russian invasion of ukraine. south africa was badly affected by the on the cross varia, but now the country appears to be returning to normal with infections and death decreasing. so does this mean hearted europe will also be able to relax soon? ah, i'm gabelle as well come to the program. the united nations, a say the pacific island nation of thom has suffered sick if it can damage in

saturdays volcanic eruption. the 1st images are starting to emerge off to the zealand and australia. a sent surveillance plains to the area communication has been limited after the countries only internet cable was caught. new zealand is also sending ships carrying water and other supplies planes card land because of a blanket of ash covering the main airports runway. who at pre, lou to a violent corruption on friday, the hunger tonda hung the hot by volcano, sent plumes of smoke and dash shooting into the sky activity that seem decrease. it will prove to be a brief rest. by the next day, the volcano rumbled to life again in an explosion so powerful it sent shock waves around the world. before and after south lies images show had the volcano sea level krazer had disappeared, following the blast with regular communication lines to tongue because all the

world's been relying on satellite phones and images to get a sense of the disaster, we are still waiting to receive information from tom or, or what is much needed, but we know for sure that there will be a need for clean water because of the options and which really they mention costing lots of our troubles to the water supplies in torres, most of the people collect water through rain, this is something very dangerous for them to consume. a new zealand have sent surveillance flights to help assess the scale of the damage, especially on target islands, where there are fears the devastation could be immense. joining us now, it's shane cronan, a vulcan ologist from the university of oakland. shane, do we don't mo, now about the situation until after the surveillance flies by new zealand and

australian plains yeah, good morning. we do, we do a lot more and also some of the satellite imagery that's being collected through the you in the program. and so we've seen extensive damage due to those, you know, me and also as a whole across most of the islands. thankfully the school is not too thick, so mainly around to seem to me to think on the 9 island upon the top and some of the other islands to the north have looked like they have a little thick ash. and. and then this unami damage is mainly combined to 2 or 3 very low lying islands with major damage. most of the others have relatively well major damage, but not the live site. it's not a big thing. a lot of we have the housing is so we spoke at 24 hours ago and then you were somewhat optimistic that damage until by itself from the reception was not

that bad. i use still optimistic about that. i think the damage is slightly more than what i was expecting and the damage is about what we were expecting. so that 2 centimeters of ash is not enough to to damage structures but obviously needs to be clean from the, from the s trip. and also it, it needs to be worth supplies need to be secured. and as your previous correspondence mentioned, around 80 percent of tongue and, and use ryan water supplies, particularly outside the main and the main settlement of nuclear logan. is there any danger of more eruptions? you think if there is, and so we're working on very simple scenarios. the largest of the scenarios would be the concern that the upper part of the volcano is now very

unstable. so after the initial reaction, the top part of the volcano now is going to be fractured. it's changed shape a lot. and the concern is that new magnet rises into that up of all kind of system . it could, it could cause more instability and therefore more exposure being. so those are the worst case scenario we're planning for. the other scenarios would be the gas brit magma has now been arrested from the system. and so that the next lot of magma may have an easier path to the surface and the, your options maybe slightly smaller. so those are the 2 scenarios we're looking at . and because there is no monitoring possible on the volcano at the moment, we really are relying on having frequent visual observations via satellite imagery

to see what is happening at the inside. same con and then a vulcan ologist from the university of oakland. thank you. thanks for the interest again. germany foreign minister, alina belk, has told ross, i will pay a quote, high price if it invades ukraine. babcock is heading to moscow for talks the day to try to diffuse what she called a highly dangerous situation. as russia continues, it's build up of troops of ukrainian border at a meeting with ukraine's leaders on monday, she said berlin would do all it could to guarantee keith's security. fierce of russian invasion of ukraine have jangle nerves here in the region. after visiting a memorial to anti government protesters who died in 2014, on the lena bear box as any solution to the conflict, must come through dialogue, not arms, meeting ukraine's foreign minister to metro co labor. burbock offered an explicit

gesture of support for ukraine. zoe, daddy teet solidarity only european solidarity for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. dental hygiene that is not up for debate, not for us, and not for me personally, but any further aggression would have a high price. his emphasized that to day once again, titian island on price rush is building up its troops on the ukrainian border. both the european union in the us have threatened to impose further harsher sanctions if russia goes ahead with an invasion. for years ukraine has called on germany to deliver arms to help boost its ability to defend itself. calais by says russia doesn't share ukraine's corporate of attitude towards defusing. the tensions ms. mild lucas took to missouri planning position. we've a very constructive stance on this matter. but unfortunately, my,

our constructive nurse isn't mutual on russia's partnership was vocal. she burbock will now meet with russian foreign minister, circ a love rovan boscoe. she's keen to revive for way piece talks in the normative format, which includes germany, france, ukraine, and russia. malachi, from the national editor, rich of walker, a joins us now. richard, a war time he was president roosevelt once famously said about politics and diplomacy, that one should speak softly and carry a big stick. meaning that you have to back up your demands with believable threats . did. and i didn't, i babble, bring a big stick to moscow and what could it be? yeah, well that's the big question again hard, what the sticks it is up for. discussion is certainly not a military state. the west is being clear that they are not going to intervene on ukraine's behalf if the russians do invade. so we're talking about sanctions here. economic sanctions. now, the west hasn't really been spelling out exactly what kind of sanctions we'd be

talking about here. apart from saying that they would be more severe than the sanctions that are already in place against russia, and there are lots of those. and evidently they have not served to deter this behavior. now, with a focus on germany, the biggest focus is on the gas pipeline. north stream to i'm sure our views will, will have heard that many times over the years. it's a gas pipeline between russia and germany is be highly controversial. it's recently been completed but is not yet in operation. and the big discussion in germany is whether that should be used as leverage against russia, whether the german government should say that is not going into operation if the russians to take up further aggression against ukraine. now the problem here is that the german government itself is divided on the question with the social democrats, the biggest party of generally been in favor the greens of anna lena bear book, the foreign minister there in moscow adamantly against the chancellor at the moment

being relatively ambiguous about all of this, but this is going to be potentially a problem for bareback there in moscow with sergei lover of her opposite number knowing of these divisions in the german government. and of course, the threat of that kind of sanction is only credible if the other side really sees unity behind it. so, and of course, if a threat is not credible, then it's not that much of a stick. well, belk said she wants to revive her 4 way piece talks of the so called norman d format, which includes germany, france, ukraine, and russia. is it to load for that? well, critics would say yes, it certainly is too late. this format tried for years to, to find a solution to the problem. but it essentially ran into the ground towards the end of last year. and this is where this, this new level of the crisis has emerged. what the germans would say in its defense is that it's still important to kind of keep this lower level and diplomatic work

going that there may be steps that could be achieved on a lower kind of level through this format which could be built on later. but certainly there are questions whether it is kind of the kind of measure that is going to make progress at this time where the questions between russia and the west are so fundamental, which of walker or chief international editor. thank you, richard. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today who the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility for a drone strike in upper darby that killed 3 people. the united arab emirates vowed reprisals for the attack which targeted an oil refinery who fees are at war with the military coalition in the oven. that is backed by the united arab emirates, medics in sedan say several protesters were shot dead at demonstrations against

military cooley. there's thousands of people turned out for the largest of the protests in the capital cartoon. monday's rallies come ahead of a visit by the us delegation. this week meant to revive efforts to return the country to civilian rule. a prominence max mexican photojournalist has been killed outside his home in the northern border city of t one. margarita martinez was known for his work covering organized crime and the violence played city bordering the wes, he's the 2nd journalist to have been murdered in mexico this year. one of the world deadliest countries for reports, new book claims to have solved the mystery of who betrayed the hiding place of holocaust, direst on a funk and her family to the nazis team, including a former f. b, i, investigator discovered a note of frank's father naming a member of the amsterdam jewish council as the possible betrayal. historian say, further investigation is needed to watch

a dw news still to come along. buddhist monks and thailand are finding a new audience, screaming on social media. some do not like the new approach but 1st to south africa, which was the 1st country to sound the alarm about the army kron variance. now the wave has passed and other countries are keen to learn from its experience. the data shows how the army con variant causes a spike in case numbers, because it is highly infectious a lot more than previous karone of ours varian, south africa's 4th wave that was therefore sharper, but also much shorter. but crucially, the armor chron waivers, so far resulted and fewer death than previous waves. there were also few hospitalizations this time route. some experts conclude that our micron is less dangerous, but others have warned that many cases may go unreported or undetected. so the real numbers of cases and death could be much higher there warning,

not to underestimate. omicron as a milder variant to day is an important day, was the pedal, highly born in 2 years ago. financial problems and the pandemic forced him to close his bar and dressed rent and kate towns kylie chuck township. but now he's fine in the re opening over. it does cost us a lot of things that we need to put your eggs in different buckskin and also you need to try and think outside the bose because i mean for me, i don't care the storm from whatever bed situation that, i mean i always look for positive things that i can do, instead of complaining after nearly 2 years, most lockdown restrictions were lifted, including in that liqueur, few tourists have once again been pouring into the country. they had been mass cancellations following the discovery of the army. crowd variant. life is slowly getting back to normal here in cape song was decreasing numbers in you covert

infections data from south africa suggests although omicron is much more infectious . the amount of people that were admitted to hospitals was much lower than during previous waves. many. yeah, hoping that we're seeing the beginning of the end of the pandemic. i so wish that there, i won't even hear the name po, but that's what we're wishing for the day. next everyone is going. i've been allowed collect thing. going i'd side with daddy. now this will how and i hope that god is actually the final thing of this marriage to see slash enjoyment. this actually happened as the i'm so happy that the business is booming. people to start making money out of officially open when last as these guys. yeah, i hate to do this in business. i'm glad that we can get to come here and enjoy. many scientists also optimistic despite the low vaccination rate by religious dwarf

comprises, says that many south africans had already been infected with the corona virus before the only true waste hospital data show that the prior corona, virus infection, or vaccination, provides protection against severe illness. also with the army from various women and i'm as if you are too nice to be here. dear tide will partridge allah's entered address tomorrow tom would again didn't. or if you get to a situation like this, where nearly every one has had it or has been vaccinated, then you can relax. of course, on the other hand, it is summer here, and the big school break took place over most of the 4th wife. vacation was shorter in europe. school is starting again, and it's winter when people spend much more time together indoors or the selfish winter will not be made. so those are considerable differences. that's why you can't just say, we expect things to go like they have in south africa, dusty by talk, one johnson idea of oddness. a little iffy in a suit, africa, pies,

or hopes that the pandemic could become endemic. as with other corona viruses, if most of the population has a basic immunity from previous infection or vaccination, higgins to galati off. no, that's feel only america officials with the booster info at home. com. i still have hope that we can get around regular booster shots. i can well imagine that if everyone has basic immunity, possibly with a specific ami kron booster, and another variance doesn't come as a nasty surprise. then we can keep our immunity up by nature means via regularity. infections with a corona virus, and dusky at andrea ag macy could be the effect on image fame. quote, one of your sons of units of zone off. and i truly have eyes. i don't advocate with him buells early because no one wants to think about more mutations right now in the middle restaurant and bar. certainly not illness. he believes he already has big plans and wants to expands to other cities. he believes that the prospects was

on africa once again. now we are now joined by of complies all was in that report. he's head of medical for ology, ad stellan, bosh university in cape town, professor, there are differences between south africa's in europe's experiences with our micron. as you mentioned that report how much of a model then can south africa be for other countries in terms of how this variable play out while we've being the 1st country to be hit by that i mean, current. wait, i think, you know, there are, there are many, a lot of useful information to be learned from south africa. for example, the extreme contagious, the rapid spread, the high numbers of infections caused, and i think that is playing out now wherever on the corner has reached. one has to be careful, and when it comes to assessing the whole picture, i think the report brought across very nicely the inducement sense of relief here.

and in that we were expecting a very bad a christmas season. once again, with lots of hospitalizations and severely ill patients, and that hasn't played out, i have to say though that we are still seeing patients. i see it seriously ill and even dying of from me for an infection. so it's not the case of a common code illness. blood. on the other hand, a lot of south africans have a preexisting immunity. sadly, not so much due to vaccination, but rather due to having had go of it before. and that is a really protective. there is also a very likely a role played by the virus itself, which is lis virulent than the previous very, and especially doubt, which was particularly virulent and, and caused more to be a disease. but that is not enough to rely on assault on really wants to have some underlying immunity. and i have to say also that south africa has paid a very high price in that many people have died during the previous wave simply

because they could not protect themselves from becoming infected due to the poor, socio economic circumstances of their lives. and that is clearly different in many european countries, where vaccination rates are much higher. so that is of course good news. but those people who have not been vaccinated are very unlikely to have had covered previously. and therefore are unpredicted and may still develop severe disease even from ami chrome. so then there are differences of course, as you mentioned by what can other countries and then take away from south africa when it comes to life after amik. i think what you know, what you can see firstly is, is extreme propensity to spread and how difficult it is to protect against that and how protective immunity is. so i think the emphasis must clearly be on vaccination vaccination. and booster dose is right now because that is the best bet against me . crohn and johnson are against any future variances as well. so even though we

can't predict how they will play out, it is, it is, you know, pretty certain that whatever the very, and maybe in future they are huge variance. and that protection from vaccination will, you know, shield you from severe disease. and that is our main good to set them up. girl just for the gun, kaiser in kept on. thank you very much. and let's look at some other developments in the pandemic. france as we boarded it's biggest one. they jump in hospitalization since november 2020. that was before vaccines were available. health officials say they expect amik run hospitalizations to peak by the end of january. germany is top public health bodies says the country has now exceeded 8000000 confirmed cove at 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic and canada has become the latest country to approve phases, antiviral pill against covered 90 organizers of next month winter olympics and

beijing of confirmed the tickets will not go on sale to the general public. that's part of measures to combat the spread of cov. 19 tickets for chinese fans will be distributed to targeted groups rather than put on general sale. that's on top of china's decision announced last year to bar international spectators. altogether, beijing will become the 1st city to host the summer and a winter olympics. when the games begin on february, 4th by munich, strike up though 11 dusty has been named safe as best men's plans for the 2nd year in a row live and oscar became the 1st man to score 41 goals in abundantly the season last term and has not stopped going since bowl conversely missed out on the balloon door to lionel messy in november, but has now again claimed the other major, individual football on what's in the w. c. as a reminder of the top stories we're following for you 1st

images show tonga, suffered, extensive damage and i'm afraid we're having the wrong report here. and we are going to a story about to buddhist monks and thailand who have become social media stars with facebook, live streams that combine traditional teachings with non traditional jokes and giggles, and some of the countries religious conservatives. so tips are not amused. all home era of social media, even months of finding themselves, adjusting to the new digital landscape in every friday trauma hall, pie one brother, one know and prom has some point color put to deliver their mix of buddhist and modern life teachings. my a life stream with a dose of humor, some consider unsuitable for months to have shot a theme in thailand. when i met with him and me,

what do we have to make it fabulous, awesome, and amazing. so did you want to keep watching and listening and teaching every other religion or good things? it would be a shame of these teachings are ignored because people turn their backs on them because they're boring, bad, mastered by the young people often find a teachings, also called darma, outdated and necessity. although buddhism is a pillar of ty, decide he, the rule of the religion has largely become ceremonial than the pandemic stroke, sending people online for practically everything in life, including enlightenment. amongst phoebe with the success each of their shows now attracts up to $2000000.00 views a time washing their lives. i would be adding some positive feeling, you know, as a lease, a little bit of positivity. in my day, months,

prominence on social media isn't very welcomed by more conservative buddhists. they want to to, to tone down what they see as inappropriate behavior. what are the about monks behavior has to be respectable in the public eye? it does not have to change with the times to appears young people die color on my call that would lead to the decline of buddhism, which has already existed for nearly 2600 years without the need to change. i me and your money and long say it's not the teaching said outdated man. i for laughter time or what i, i, my name is thomas supposed to only stay with the older generation. they will eventually die without reaching out to the young. what will be the place of religion in the future? religion will be abandoned and i don't want that to happen lacking for putting the money. i'm have been they've already seen progress as more and more young people attracted to enter the temple once again. and nothing wrong with that.

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