and it's patrick, you, some of the international committee of the red cross. thanks so much for taking the time today. thank you. was returned to the issue of the crone of virus pandemic. it is taking a toll on tourism around the world's bethlehem, revered by christians, as the birthplace of jesus is usually festive and colorful this time of year with israel having closed its borders to most foreigners and bethel had located in the occupied west bank residence, are getting ready for a new day holiday season. christmas and bethlehem with the palestinian town revert as the birthplace of jesus. here on munger square, the tree is once again the center of attention. there are fewer restrictions than last year, but life is not the same as before. the pandemic with i have elected by i love bethlehem. i love coming here later. it's the 1st i know actually the 2nd time i've been during the holidays last year with corona, it was impossible. i said this year i'd come with my friend lemonade had that issue . might have been this mega span. it's great to be here. oh, i'm qu

he is the regional director of the international committee of the red cross in africa. thank you so much for taking the time to come on to dw news and what are the most pressing needs in ethiopia right now. and which areas are you primarily addressing in your work with the red cross? greg, good morning. thanks for having me. indeed this, this crisis has affected. not only people in the north, but only yoke in as a whole where needs are rising very rapidly. conflict lines are very much still evolving and the needs of the most acute needs are seen in displace civilians. community which are these are acute notably, and i'm hot and gray regions. indeed, childrens are separated sometimes by from their families the precarious conditions they're exposed to many forms of violations. and indeed we're also very much concerned over the food situation in the north of its merrily, but also in other parts. where indeed, as your report has mentioned healthcare in the wrong conflict areas remain under enormous strength. children separated from their families, shortages of food, we've s

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staff are being paid for the first time in five months, after the international committee of the red cross in. but most patients have to buy their own medines, supplies solo. >> we don't have anything. no medicines. reporter: how difficult is it for you, the doctor? >> we are suffering. sometimes crying. reporter: if you want to get an idea of how dysfunctional things here are, this is the malnutrition award. temperates here can drop to -10 celsius at night, even lower at times. they have only got enough wood in this heater to last a couple of hours. in the path to the ministry of health used to buy them the fuel they needed. now it simply doesn't have the money. the doctor is the head of the hospital. he has been paying out of his own pocketor six extra nurses just to keep essential services running. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: it is not just hunger they are battling here. with the onset of winter, cases of severe pneumonia are on the rise. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: on the measles ward, we find the starkest example of pressure on the resources. vaccine campaign

the international committee of the red cross is wanting of a major humanitarian crisis in somalia, which is again in the grip of drought. it's forcing families to leave their homes in search of water and grazing land for cattle. victoria gates and be reports waiting for water, severe drought in somalia central gal good at region means people are reliant on humanitarian aid to stay alive. the drought combined with recent fighting between the somali national army and armed fighters has been a disaster for this region. a 100000 people have had to leave their homes in girl and moved to make shift camps on the outskirts of town. the bell on the market, europe, i'm 50 years old and i've seen many droughts, but this one is the worst. the fighting has also forced people to flee. these things have all come at once. intense shelling damage several buildings in girl, including its main hospital and other hospital was destroyed in a fire. tell call become voluntary for the hospital, had a lot of patients admitted when the disaster happened and the entire hospital burned down. this morning, a number

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of 38 million people. international rescue committee describes a global system failure, fuelling the crisis. naming afghanistan the most at-risk country of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the year ahead. while the international committee of the red crossuntry is on the precipice of man-made catastrophe. the world food program has been distributing aid around the country. and says the middle class, teachers, and civiler is eer is are now joining the poor in the cues. >> we think of the ordinary people of afghanistan, the children of afghanistan, who are facing into a winter of abject hunger and destitution, through no fault of their own. >> reporter: dr. paul spiegel from johns hopkins university has just returned from afghanistan, consulting for the world food program. he says afghanistan's health system that once relied on 80% of its funding from international donors is now barry functioning. and blames the west's sanctions, which are gravely impacting government-run hospitals, imploring for the system to be changed. >> the western governments have to make some decisions quickly or it's going to be too late and there will be a tremendous amount of unnecessary deaths. >> reporter: for little camilla, her trip to hospital has saved her

staff are being paid for the first time in five months after the international committee of the red cross have anything now. no medicines? no medicines. how difficult is it for you as the doctor? we are suffering, sometimes crying. parents forced to give up their babies for adoption in the 19505, �*605 and �*705 will be among those giving evidence to an inquiry which gets under way today. thejoint parliamentary committee on human rights is looking into the forced adoption of babies of unmarried mothers during those years. duncan kennedy reports. it is nearly 50 years since pat king was forced to give up her newborn baby. pat became pregnant aged 15 in 1973. she wasn't married and, almost immediately, a social worker arrived to confront her. i was the wicked girl and i had sinned and i needed to put this right and the way i could put this right was to help some family who really needed this baby. did she call you wicked? she did call me wicked, yes. it is thought around 400,000 unmarried women in england and wales were pressured to give up their babies for adoption in the 30 years after th

of 38 million people. international rescue committee describes a global system failure fueling the crisis naming afghanistan the most at-risk country of a deteriorating humanitarian cries in the year ahead. while international committee of the red crossis on the precipice of manmade catastrophe. the world food program has been distributing aid around the country. and says the middle class teaches the civil servants and are now joining the poor in the queues. please, please think of just the ordinary people of afghanistan, the children of afghanistan who are facing into a winter of an ject hunger and destitution through no fault of their own through just a lottery. >> reporter: a consultant for the afghanistan worlded to program is aghast at what he saw. they relied on 80% of its funding fingerprint national donors is now barely functioning and blames the sanctions that affects the government-run hospitals imploring for the system to change. >> the western governments, the u.s., uk have to make decisions quickly or it's going to be too late and there's going to be a tremendous amount i would say of unnecessary deaths. >> reporter: for little camila, her trip to hospital has saved her life for now. after 15 days she's being discharged

of 38 million people. international rescue committee describes a global system failure fueling the crisis. naming afghanistan the most at-risk country of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the year ahead. the international committee of the red crossatastrophe. the world food program has been distributing aid around the country. and says the middle class teachers and civil servants are now joining the poor in the queues. >> please, please think of just the ordinary people of afghanistan. the children of afghanistan who are facing a winter of abject hunger and destitution through no fault of their own. through just a lottery of birth. >> reporter: dr. paul spiegel from johns hopkins university has just returned from afghanistan consulting for the world food program and is alarmed by what he saw. he says afghanistan's health system that once relied on 80% of its funding from international donors is now barely functioning. and blames the west's sanctions which are gravely impacting government-run hospitals imploring for the system to be changed. >> the western governments, u.s., uk, the eu have to make some decisions quickly or it's going to be too late and, therefore, there's going to be a tremendous amount of, i would say, unnecess

staff are being paid for the first time in five months after the international committee of the red crosson't have anything now. no medicines? no medicines. how difficult is it for you as the doctor? we are suffering, sometimes crying. if you want to get an idea of how dysfunctional things he can be, this is a child malnutrition ward. temperatures here can drop to minus ten degrees celsius at night, even lower at times. they've only got enough wood in this heater to last a couple of hours. it's notjust hunger they're battling here. with the onset of winter, cases of severe pneumonia are on the rise. a new life born into an uncertain world. even when billions of dollars of international support were coming in, hospitals here were badly under resourced. now staff are doing what they can, but they say they need help. secunder kermani, bbc news, ghor province. for more information you can visit the bbc website and you can find extensive coverage of the omicron variant because of a lead story todayis variant because of a lead story today is that the uk is recorded its highest daily total of co

staff are being paid for the first time in five months after the international committee of the red crossrying. if you want to get an idea of how dysfunctional things he can be, this is a child malnutrition ward. temperatures here can drop to minus ten degrees celsius at night, even lower at times. they've only got enough wood in this heater to last a couple of hours. translation: my message i to the international community is this is the worst situation we have ever faced. please deliver humanitarian aid to our people, negotiate with the islamic emirate and release their frozen funds. it's notjust hunger they're battling here. with the onset of winter, cases of severe pneumonia are on the rise. "we don't have fuel, we don't have shawls or warm clothes," she says. "we don't have a real life." born into an uncertain world. even when billions of dollars of international support were coming in, hospitals here were badly under resourced. now staff are doing what they can, but they say they need help. secunder kermani, bbc news, ghor province. such brutal enters in afghanistan. some tough mont

staff are being paid for the first time in five months after the international committee of the red crossave anything. no medicines. how difficult is it for you as the doctor? we are suffering. sometimes crying. if you want to get an idea of how dysfunctional things here can be, this is a child malnutrition ward. temperatures here can drop to —10 celsius at night, even lower at times, they have only got enough wood in this heater to last a couple of hours. it's notjust hunger they are battling here. with the onset of winter, cases of severe pneumonia are on the rise. a new life born into an uncertain world. even when billions of dollars of international support were coming in, hospitals who were badly under resourced. now staff are doing what they can, but they say they need help. secunder kermani, bbc news, ghor province. the headlines on bbc news... covid passes become compulsory in england for nightclubs, big sports matches, and other large events. the ayes to the right, 369, the noes to the left, 126. but nearly 100 conservative mps voted against the government's plans — with boris jo

of the, the national committee should take as easily in consideration. so we have to do more intensive distribution and giving access the better was red cross with this both with international federation. i think that the moment is dead winger i i good job, of course does is none not to meet tame or long term solution idea hosted in a shelf dera, but so far they are in a warm environment and then we are engaging in attic discussion. we did a man the government of mendoza to find the other solution out for them and put on the unfortunately we don't have access said to the board to unfortunately am not even andy's. i said he's on a full consent from my says that i'm not super about the european union now. and there were just county ira reacting, guy in dealing with the human beings. this is, and i'm wondering if we are losing got about humanity because he's not about every county has the right to set up policies for migrations. we, i'm not questioning it's about id, the humanity on which we have to, to treat every human beings. this is the only point that we are raising that that's how i sustained it in this morning. the watching our to international the time now is coffee o'

shocked people and it shocked us, i suppose is out of the red cross comes you say you say that you wrote to the the road to have the international committee for the red cross to be removed from guantanamo, claiming that the red cross has only purpose was to give the jetta, missy, to what the americans would doing out they, they say they helped you. they but do they know of your hunger strikes? you're feeding jazz your weapon. i zation of islam against you. the stars of david shaved into your head. i mean, did the red cross no help? you know, there is cross basically when you come, when we are going to know that it cross was, was there actually when we are right, the 1st woman, but they wouldn't do it and i was talking to them. what was going on here the week? i don't, i think we can, we need a parcel right that. so after that, like most of them, we were talking to them said guys, look what happened last year. they said, we have agreement with dana state. we and that allowed to talking to the media to anyone else. anything has to go to the media has to go 1st to the intech on. i have to give us a position sort of a medium. went like the th