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ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. shanghai, one of asia as top financial centers and china's wealthiest city is in its 3rd week of locked down. and while some parts of the metropolis are just starting to ease restrictions, other residents are reaching there. breaking points, hunger has been a main driver with official struggling to deliver food to 26000000 people. it's very much stress testing trying to 0 covered strategy. as far being freshman reports. for weeks, the streets of shanghai have been empty. supermarkets are shot delivery workers that would normally be leaving their way through the city are nowhere to be seen. social media is full of cries for help and complaints about a lack of food. some videos, show unrest, neighborhoods where people are desperate to find food. and in one unverified video,

people even seem looting a supermarket authorities scrambling to deliver supplies. but they are huge probably know for me for delivering vegetables, some of getting their food early. some are getting it late, it has a big impact on people's lives. ginia and les, it's a tomato pharma who walk on the outskirts of the city. he's doing his part to try and help. he's moved out of his home and into a dorm at the industrial greenhouses. whereas company growth tomatoes. this is a video he shot on his phone of the room. he's saying in general, we understaffed at the moment and need to ensure we keep up production. so he start work early and work overtime for about 2 hours a day. but reports say the biggest hurdle and the delivery of goods is at the last mile. many delivery workers and other supply personnel remain under locked down themselves. the challenge is in getting food from markets and warehouses to people's home. the local government is now trying to mobilize delivery workers to

get back to work. as long as there aren't any positive cases within their residential compound. the bottlenecks could pose a serious problem to the government. frank psi is ceo and founder of china crossroads and a risk specialist. he's a resident of shanghai and has been under locked on himself for over a week. when you induce food insecurity to a country whose purpose is to modernize and make people live better, i think it adds a certain twist that, that, you know, people here are the leadership here or not, are not so comfortable with for the past 2 years, china is touted it's approach towards containing the virus and pointed towards its ramp and spread in the west as a mockup at superior r t. this could break the narrative that china system is better at doing this, especially if it really explodes the next few weeks. so we could be a quite an inflection point and how our cobra balls and,

and how the world comes to see tries performance uncovered. but how its own people see it is what met us the most. and authorities will need to get a handle on the situation quickly to prevent people's frustration from spiraling any further. we have 5 in crash, mary joining us father. and i understand some parts of shanghai are eating restrictions. i wonder, does this mean the death toll has fallen? do we even know the death in case numbers there? well, i mean, according to the official numbers, we have a far more than 150000 cases in shanghai or but no official death. so far i don't think that's very credible. we know that an elderly homes and nursing homes, there were a big infection clusters. however, at the death z i don't show up in the statistic. so i'm at least assuming that the authorities are really stretching the criteria of what it means to die because of the earth virus or with the virus. but i see the using of the locked on at least

parts of the city more as a reaction to the public pressure. i mean, it's really an emergency situation for most of the people there die of food supply, et cetera. but when you say easing of the locked on, i mean basically means that one 3rd of the components of the residential compounds, people are allowed to go to the streets, but only within a really confined area and their neighborhoods. and they are not pretty much you can do, i mean, a public transport as a shot. and also the public facilities are shut. so by european standards, for example, i would still consider this quite a strict lockdown as well. yeah, i'm fascinated with china's strategy. i mean, 2 years after the pandemic, beijing seems intent on maintaining a 0 coven policy. why is that? well, i mean, 1st of all i'm, the leadership is arguing that we take the human lives more seriously. i mean, that's also part of poppy propaganda. i would say because as in shanghai,

we can see that the collateral damage of the locked on policies also triggers deaths not by the virus, but then best buy in for example of suicide because of a mental health problems. also. i mean, s my patients who can't get to the hospital on time because it cannot show a negative p c r test and so on. but you have to consider that if a china would really open up, let's say like the u. s. t a long time ago and not really have any measures in place. then that would cause a lot of infections and also more deaths. and for example, in the west because they're not enough emergency. betsy of the health system, especially in the rural areas. it's really quite rudimentary, so public health is really a concern, but it also has to do with political reasons. i mean, the propaganda basically said that 0 covert is a proof that we can manage to contain the virus is the only big country in the world. and now to change that path is really quite difficult. and lastly, i think

a big mistake by the leadership was that they didn't allow any m r and a vaccines from outside the only available vaccines are the domestic one, sign of farm and sign a week. and they're not really as efficient against on the chrome. got it 5 in crash barrett. thank you so much for joining us. ah. in pakistan, enron khan may be out as prime minister, but he is certainly not down injected from leadership. on monday, his supporters had hit the streets. it underscores how shaky the political situation remains and how the parliament that housed a kind will have to reckon with an angry public pocket box labor particles prices. if entering a new face, the company is missing the politic divisions. after prime minister iran han was also much to need more confidence over the weekend. how of the war on sunday after

the country supreme court ruled that he had only acted unconstitutionally, in blocking the process and dissolving parliament on monday? not sure if mitchell and the opposition leader shall shave as the prime minister. often we want to avoid the want the police, after on $168.00 allies in the $242.00 national assembly walked out in protest. shabbos is the younger brother of treat. i'm prime minister in the washing on the sunday body. as a leader of the opposition show, he also led the bid to our hon. and now she's able to bring pockets both economy back on track following on this management. and i change won't just come by talking supreme court. so if it were to come just by talking and then in the past 4 years, our country would have progressed and become the most developed country in the world. i mean, it's kind of pony, but you know, high, odd after yourself,

he cannot make mismanagement. the new government faces you. challenges show you support a thing. improvement will not come over night to be the exam. the with the, the, the me also be the will get some in the current position. if we go towards early elections goes high, it won't be good for this country. i'm going to was that's why it's better to give this new government some time another year and get them so they can stabilize the country and hold elections. you can't allow them to send them with money also, but it still has many supporters. on funding tells us testers took to the streets of major open cities across back bun. put testing against hawk dismissal in ron hahn became a political source in 2018 when he was elected prime minister on the promise of routing corruption and collecting millions of pockets on it's all good quality. but he thought he said short of that gold, and today he is known as the 1st pocket,

found the prime minister do we fit in a no concrete in the country is now entering an uncertain political thought. and if it is one thing that the cricket dark politician has in its favor, it is treat bobbo. i miss you too. imre uncommon is that we will stand with you till last and we will fight with you even if we die about it. does. whole party leaders are calling for more protests to be conducted in the coming be? how long the put that will get to you, and how long the new government would last is a matter of speculation. although the mixture of election is scheduled to take place in mid 202013. the opposition had previously said they wanted and early in action. it's been more than 11 years since the meltdown at japan's book ashima nuclear plant. tens of thousands of people were forced to flee the region over radiation fears. some have since returned, but one town remained deserted until recently,

signs of life finally into tba and optimism in a place that hasn't seen people in 11 years. at circle yamato has put out a lot of food for customers at her restaurant called penguin, and she's getting customers. i'll be it mostly from nearby towns that reopen before for taba. this is the last village around the fukushima nuclear plant, given the all clear that was in january. so they've all in this land that we have here. we need to use it well, both ready and attract more people to visit or whether through sports or music lab or what than what the korean and when they visit for sports or music or to consider moving here, they can easily get a room at the arm foot, tub of business, hotel, clean accommodations, comfy beds, and frankly lonely staff ready to serve. i go clinic,

the thumb. i think it's difficult to change the minds of those who said they're not coming back to landed. but if there are those wondering whether to come back or not, oh, come on. i think it's the biggest thing to come back and see the situation for themselves . the situation is one of rebuilding and building a new but the situation is also damaged buildings left to crumble. evidence of lives lost and lives hurriedly left behind in the aftermath of the earthquake. at about a quarter to 3 in the afternoon of march 11th, 2011. the earthquake followed by a devastating su nami. yes, sushi hoses, our was 66 when he had to leave with taba at age 77, he was the 1st to return to the village, but his neighbourhood looked barrow. most nearby homes and buildings demolished. there are no longer any clinic stores or services for a 77 year olds or any ones needs o money is i'm right. there's no school or no doctors. there's no way young adults with children will come here and made them. i wanted to return,

but i came back and now i think it was mistake and i've been with the hard reality in the face of high hopes and for taba, where a handful of people have returned. they hope others young and old will follow to bring the village back to where it once was. that's it for tuesday. thank you for watching and see you tomorrow with a resolution. i really think urban environment european cities fearing to leave the way you are cars, more security careers, faces and happier, healthier people. read next on d, w

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