he is the chief executive officer of the international council of nurses from one by dr. issue arg alada, an infectious diseases expert, and secretary general of the organized medicine academic guild, and from melbourne. grant blashley and associate professor at the nozzle institute for global health at the university of melbourne. a warm welcome to you all and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. howard, let me start with you today. it is estimated that between 80002880002 health care workers could have died from cupboard 19 since the beginning of the pandemic. that is a staggering number. just how shocking is it to you. i'm. it's a, it's a conservative estimate. it is absolutely shocking. i think the true figure could be higher. i think we could be pushing close to a quarter of a 1000000. it's an indictment of government's failure to act, to protect health care work as these are people who were just going to work to do their job. but the real issue that worries me hugely here is that the actual number of deaths reported to the world health organization. from countries a

what triggers as well as in fixtures, dana del, howard, your organization, the international council of nurses calls the number of deaths that health care workers, coven, 1900, a damning indictment of governments. do you think that we're at the stage where we will start seeing governments do more i'm, i hope we will. i hope that this will spur them into action because i'm really concerned that they've been looking the other way by not reporting by not counting, pretending that the problem doesn't exist, but what we're seeing now very clearly are the consequences of the impact you've just heard about the mental health impact the mass traumatized zation. that's now translating to people who are leaving. ah, the professions not just nursing other health professions as well, who feel that they can give no more nurses around the world. we went into this pandemic 6000000 nurses, short the impact of the pandemic. we believe has increased that. and we think that we could be on the edge on the brink of a global health workforce crisis. and if governments don't do something about that, if they

i am christopher bidwell, senior vice president of security council international north -- airports council international north america. i am pleased to respond to and help reduce the number of unruly passenger incidents. as the security of passengers and crew are the top priority, airports implement a number of measures. they coordinate the measures with partners at the faa, fbi and other agencies. covid has created a lot of stress for our members, the industry and the traveling public. many people are acting differently in various aspects of their lives, and air travel is no different. while it is easy to blame the rise of unruly air incidents on one cause or another, a variety of factors contribute to the end -- to the incidents. we applaud the faa for outlining a zero-tolerance policy. we appreciate tsa for aa civil penalty violations for the federal mask meant -- tsa for doubling the simple nettle tea violations for the federal mask mandates. we -- doubling the civil violations for the federal mask mandates. airport concessionaires are subject to the same requirements to obtain a licen

and he served of the executive of the international security council and a former cia analyst and i askednt this was. significant this was. significant initiative but in some cases it is also symbolic. the us intelligence committee already has a massive effort against china, but this allows the cia and the biden administration to communicate it is serious about china and the ca director when they do this, it attracts the best talent, more funding and china reports will make it there to the stack of things that to deal with.— the stack of things that to deal with. , ., , ., dealwith. some people wondered if the relationship _ dealwith. some people wondered if the relationship between - dealwith. some people wondered if the relationship between the . if the relationship between the us and china would improve after president trump. this seems to show you that they definitely want and china cannot be pleased with that. so, what is changed? i cannot be pleased with that. so, what is changed?- so, what is changed? i think china respects _ so, what is changed? i think china respects strength - s

a security council resolution has the weight of international law. if the council wanted to sanction the military or started peacekeeping mission, for example, it would have to pass a resolution, you know, but it does show that the council is unified in its concern about the situation. it didn't go as far as some council members wanted to condemn the military takeover. it just expresses concern as secretary general, antonio gutierrez has been complaining lately about a lack of unity and the council is behind a events like this that it leads to countries thinking they can get away with things like this. they say that there is a deterrent effect when the council speaks with one voice. so you can't underestimate the power of the council coming together and speaking out and expressing its concern about the situation. even though the wording perhaps isn't as strong as some would have liked. ok, thank you so much. kristen salumi reporting from the united nations or rebels in ethiopia in northern to grow region. say the military has carried out another air s

earlier the international indian treaty council healthcare its annual sunrise gathering. it is held every year, the event, on indigenous peoples' day. ccheck it out. the council estimates around 1500 people were in attendance today. >>> taking a live look now at berkeley. home of another noble laureate. the nebraska prize for economics being split two ways this year. two of the regyp cents based here in the bay area. one from stanford university. and also one from m.i.t. >>> coming up, the latest on a major oil still in southern california, as a popular beach is finally able to welcome back visitors. >>> plus why captain kirk, william shatner, is going to have to wait a little longer to explore the final problem tear. >>> coming up, a major break is a southbound cold case almost 20 years later, but there's a twist. kpix 5 news at 6:00 is coming up next. >>> and coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >> happy monday. our big story, southwest enters its fourth day of mass flight cancellations. could a my lot walkout over vaccine mandates the cause. >> and we want to sha

this is auntie international or student council, especially in kurtz, has this evening resigned. full as mounting fall out over corruption allegations made against both the politician and his inner circle. b to oliver reports. the hi drama in austria on saturday evening. survosity and courts standing down as the austrian chancellor, its amidst allegations that have been made against him, of having embezzled public funds and, and that money being used to pay bribes to journalists and pollsters during his assent to power. now mister could denies all of the allegations that have been leveled against him. he stepped down from this position as chancellor, but will remain as the leader of the austrian people's party. now it looks most likely that the foreign minister of austria, alexander schellenberg, will be promoted to chancellor in the wake of sebastian court stepping down, his name has been put to the presidents of austria, will be up to him to decide if mister schellenberg gets the nod. to become the next chancellor sebastian courts and putting forwards, alexander schellenberg na

international response to north korea. >> we've seen repeated violations now of u.n. security councilesolutions that the international community needs to take very seriously. >> antony blinken made the comment before pyongyang announced its latest launch. this week, the country said it test-fired a hypersonic missile for the first time. >> blinken said the u.s. is analyzing the recent launches to understand what technology was use. >> on thursday the u.n. security council was planning to hold an emergency session to discuss the missile tests, but it was postponed. according to u.n. sources, china has been reluctant to hold the meeting. >>> the first world expo to be held in the middle east has kicked off in dubai. it was postponed for a year because of the pandemic. expo 2020 dubai will run for the next six months. the fair's sprawling grounds were built in a desert suburb of the united arab emirates's largest city. travel restrictions are still in place in many parts of the world. visitors over the age of 18 will have to show proof of vaccination or negive pcr test. more than 190 cou

travel association, the global business travel association, the airport council international north america and the american hotel and lodging association. it's my hope that today's hearing will demonstrate what we need to pass the tourism package and provide a forum for an engaging discussion on how to further support travel and tourism businesses and their workers as the industry recovers. thank you all again for being here. i look forward to hearing each of you share your experiences and expertise with us. i will now turn it over to ranking member scott for his opening statement and then introduce our witnesses. senator scott. chair rosen for her teen which is very dedicated to growing tourism not just each verse eight was in puerto rico but all across the country got what you think all of our witnesses for being with us and sharing their perspective. travel and tourism are incredibly important to the american economy, every state, and that's on full display in my home state of florida. florida some to some of the best travel destinations in the world, whether that be our beaches, our wi

i am the senior vice president of security at airports council international north america. i appreciate the invitation to participate in today's hearing. our member airports greatly appreciate the subcommittee's interest in restoring safe and healthy travel to destinations throughout the united states. while there was an uptick in passenger volumes at airports this summer, the extended duration of the global pandemic coupled with the rise in the delta variant has again caused our numbers to dip well below 2019 levels. we are experiencing a downturn in leisure travel, a delay in the return of business travel, and the continued closure of our international borders. as we look for ways to emerge from this crisis i would like to offer the following policy solutions that would greatly assist the travel and tourism industry as we head toward a recovery. fir the most fundamental step the u.s. government can take is reopening our borders to international travel. we applaud the biden administration's announcement to allow fully vaccinated passengers to travel to the united states. t

and while understanding their concerns, we would reiterate the need for the international community and the security council. more specifically, to continue providing that support to the people of sudan at this very important moment, which is a cross road in order to bring together the positions of the different sudanese parties, civilian or military so that the country can continue with its transition office, which is in keeping with the sacrifice of the women and the sudanese young people and what has been achieved in the last 2 years in order to preserve the stability as expressed by the sudanese people and in keeping with the juba agreement for peace and the constitutional document. at this time, it's very important to bring the different points of view of the parties and sudan together and ask for that security council statements. we are told by diplomatic sources that 3 draft statements have been put forward by the united kingdom. the 1st 2 were objected to by russia over language condemning the military's takeover. we're told that that language has been softened to express serious concern. we may on

is there like, i don't see any international investigation coming, neither through a un security council decision like the international tribunal for the how do i sense the nation back in 2005, nor this current government with michelle and as president me prime minister will do anything to upset has been that much out of his cronies, and i believe our best shot is still protecting the news investigation. in the short term. it fails. we have a lot of course, but to go for an international investigation. but that's requires international endorsement, and i don't think the countries such as friends or others really have that as a priority for themselves. again, the burden is on the news to find the malicious non shut off of the international community and ability to protect the judge and the legal system to withhold offers butler and their weapons. while we appreciate your insights, they're marked our professor of communications at the american university of beirut . appreciate your time. thank you. alleys. hannah is a retired lebanese general. he says the regional dynamics are different th

while understanding their concerns, we would reiterate the need for the international community in the security councilmore specifically, to continue providing support to the people of sudan at this important moment, which is a crossroads to bring together the differences of the different sudanese party, civilian or military so the country can continue with its office, which is in keeping of the sacrifices of women in this sudanese young people and what has been achieved in the last two years to preserve the stability as expressed by the sudanese people and in keeping with the agreement for peace in the constitutional document. at this time, it's very important to bring the different points of view of the party and sudan together. >> as for that security council statement, the are told by diplomatic sources that three draft statements have been put forward by the united kingdom. the first two were objected to by russia over language condemning the militaries takeover, where we are told that that language has been softened to express serious concern. on thursday at last have the council weigh in on this

i think the united nations security council has a great responsibility as it relates to international peace and security. i would hope that the security council would meet to yet again, review this information, these events and push to either address this formerly. as a matter on the security council docket, or to start addressing this through the form of, of more course of action alongside with member states in the united states, european union and the like the efforts of member states to engage with the governor. and it's a grand defense force to, to have a conversation to engage in. negotiated settlement continues to grow, but this needs to be done at hyper speed and it's going very slowly so far. unrest in s for cheney has lived dozens of people dead or wounded in the past few months. protest is demanding democracy in africa. last absolute one i came. and the government has accused demonstrators of causing damage and economic losses with almost $70000000.00. and actually can name reports from bon bonnie. the campus of car bois high school belies it's academic excellence as the bes

where the guiding must say, this is the united national security council, with the international monetary fund, is wanting the family to a clean, distribute cobit 19 vaccines worldwide is darkening prospects for developing nations. it's cut it's global growth for cons to 5.9 percent this year. slightly lower than what it predicted 3 months ago. it's also calling on banks to be prepared to act quickly in the face of worsening inflection. you can't government's delay in imposing a lock down at the start of the pandemic. is one of the country's worst ever public health failures. that's the conclusion of the newly released parliamentary report. the inquiry by impede is also found to releasing people from hospital into care homes, cost thousands of lives, jonah hel, reports from london mph from across the political spectrum. have delivered a damning verdict on the government's handling of the coven 19 pandemic. in the words of a parliamentary report, it was one of the worst public health failures in u. k. history. it left vulnerable groups exposed and led to one of the worst outcomes among dev

i think the united nations security council has a great responsibility as it relates to international peace and security. i would hope that the security council would meet to yet again, review this information, these events and push to either address this formerly. as a matter on the security council docket, or to start addressing this through the form of, of more course of action alongside with member states of the united states, european union and the like the efforts of member states to engage with the governor. and it's a grand defense force to, to have a conversation to engage in. negotiated settlement continues to grow, but this needs to be done at hyper speed and it's going very slowly so far. the united nation says that fairs mass atrocity crimes in me, on mars, thousands of troops gathered in the north of the country. the special rapid turn me on most as a new report also shows the military government has engaged in probable crimes against humanity. more than 1100 civilians happen killed and around 8000 people have been arrested since february's coo and mammals. outgoing us,

we did this with the international business council there's 21 core metrics.have over 100 companies signed up to record on this. over 50 have reported already. so we're encouraging people to use this as the building blocks of standards the standard setters are separated out a bit. my view is if we're not careful, we have to work at it. otherwise we're going to end up with, at a minimum, two sets of standards, could be more. >> so we need a global standard. >> i totally agree with that. >> it's not as though there isn't an enormous amount of capital being generated, is a lot of it being misallocated. >> i would sanityi being misallocated i think a lot of companies, a lot of years are looking for the right investments. we're working on something with smi to create more green projects underserved countries. this is something we're doing with several ceos. we're trying to drive that, but they need consistency. they need to make sure their investments are safe. >> so your thought is if and whether we get to the global standards that we can be confident about, there

why i think the united nations security council has a great responsibility as it relates to international peace and security. i would hope that the security council would meet to yet again review this information, these events and push to either address this formerly as a matter on the security council docket. or to start addressing this through the form of more corrective action alongside with member status of the united states, european union and the like. the situation with food and the lack of nutrition is critical. this verity of that food insecurity is only getting worse. why hasn't happened yet? there is a good disconnect in the insecurity council politically and that that log jam has prevented action even in the form of a statement of concern that has been attempted on multiple occasions this year. how can that log jam be unlocked? do you see any hope for that? i do. i think that the efforts of member states to engage with the governor and it's a grand defense force to, to have a conversation to engage in. negotiated settlement continues to grow, but this needs to be done at hyper

so i really need to start thinking about working with the un security council and other international partners to push the military into a cessation of violence in order for any kind of peace agreement or peace process to be started. this goes back also reminds us of the process back in 2006 where there was pressure to deny me on the channel. because it was ruled by a military who at the time. and in that situation, the rebuked in such a read that the who had to say face and withdraw from the chair. so i think this is also a similar move by making this statement saying that they will not have a political representative from the at the upcoming summit. as he and his gambling on the fact that the senior gentleman online was quietly withdraw from the sea. at this time, 7 activists in hong kong have been sentenced to prison for they rose in pro democracy protest last year. they said this is range between 6 and 12 months. they've been accused of inciting others to take part in the unauthorized assemblies public. brian has moved from hong kong. there were a total of 7 defendants in court, f

so i really need to start thinking about working with the un security council and other international partners to push the military into a cessation of violence in order for any kind of peace agreement or peace process to be started debbie, how much of a shift is this for avi on, given it traditionally favors a policy of, of non interfering well, i think recognizing any legal above and elected government is the worst form of interference. but this goes back also reminds me of the process back in 2006. that was pressure to deny me on my chair because it was rude by a military who at the time. and in that situation the avia rebuked the whole time in such a way that the who had to save face and withdraw from the chair. so i think this is also a similar move by making this statement saying that they will not have a political representative from the at the upcoming summit. and his gambling on the fact that many senior gentlemen on my included was quietly withdraw from the sea at this time. and just lastly, as is often the case of these situations, the civilians get forgotten. what more do

so we really need to start thinking about working with the un security council and other international partners to push the military into a cessation of violence in order for any kind of peace agreement or peace process to be started. this goes back also reminds us of the process back in 2006. that was pressure to deny me on the chair because it was ruled by a military who at the time. and in that situation, the rebuked at the time such a re that so i had to say face and withdraw from the chair. so i think this is also a similar move by making this statement, saying that they will not have a political representative from the at the upcoming summit. as he and his gambling on the fact that the senior gentleman online was quietly withdraw from the sea. at this time, the security of british politicians is being reviewed after an m p was murdered in what police called a terrorist incident. david amos was stabbed to death as he met his constituents on friday afternoon. a man is being held off. he was arrested on the scene in leon, see, east of london, or chaplain's reports for a day at least

so we really need to start thinking about working with the un security council and other international partners to push the military into a cessation of violence in order for any kind of peace agreement or peace process to be started. this goes back also reminds us of the process back in 2006 where there was pressure to deny me on the channel. because it was ruled by a military who at the time. and in that situation, the rebuked at the time such a read that the who had to say face and withdraw from the chair. so i think this is also a similar move by making this statement, saying that they will not have a political representative from the at the upcoming summit. as he and his gambling on the fact that many senior gentlemen, my included, was quietly withdraw from the sea. at this time, lebanese prime minister has indicated that he will not intervene to remove or defend the judge who is investigating the explosion at the bay route port area. last year, 7 people were killed in sectarian violence on thursday. after has bullen cold, a process to demand the replacement of the judge. after me

where the guiding massey, this is the united nations security council, with the international monetary fund, is wanting the family a to equally distribute cobra. 19 vaccines worldwide is darkening prospects for developing nations. it's cottage global growth forecast to 5.9 percent. they see a slightly lower than what it was predicting 3 months ago is also calling on banks to be prepared to act quickly in the face of worsening inflation. the u. k. government's delay in imposing a lock down at the start of the pandemic is one of the country's worst ever public health failures. that's a conclusion of a newly released parliamentary report. inquiry by and pays also found, releasing people from hospital into care homes, cost thousands of lives. they also criticize the test and trace process and wake border controls. but they praised the you case vaccine program. turner hull has been following this story from london. it looks at boris johnson's early delay in ordering the 1st lockdown in march 2020. after the initial conversations with scientists administered, started happening in january 202

so i really need to start thinking about working with the un security council and other international partners to push this military into a cessation of violence in order for any kind of peace agreement or peace process to be started. this goes back also reminds us of the process back in 2006. that was pressure to deny me on my chair. because it was ruled by a military junta at the time. and in that situation, the rebuked at the time such a re that so i had to say face and withdraw from the chair. so i think this is also a similar move by making this statement saying that they will not have a political representative from the wound at the upcoming summit. as he and his gambling on the fact that the senior gentleman online kudos was quietly withdraw from the sea at this time. now columbia is notorious as the world's largest supply of cocaine, but it's now positioning itself as a producer and exporter of another drug. marijuana is becoming increasing illegal around the world. the government believes columbia as well place to become a leading producer of medical cannabis. alessandra pet

travel association, the global business of travel association, airports council international. north america. and american hotel and lodging association. it is my hope, that today's hearing will demonstrate what we need to pass the tour bus package, and provide a forum for engaging discussion on how to further support travel and tourism businesses. for workers as well as the industry recovers. thank you for being here i look forward to each and every one of you sharing your experiences and expertise with us. i now turn over to member scott for his comments. >> thank you senator rosen, and i would like to thank her for her team. which is dedicated to growing tourism. not for just each of our states, which is important to our connery but across the country. i'd like to thank you to thank the witnesses for being with us. travel and tourism are important to the american economy. every state. and that's on full display in my home state of florida. travel destinations one of the biggest travel destinations in the world, that the air beaches, wildlife, cruising or more. we used to get

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integrate or a far or, and i'm hara, i think the united nations security council has a great responsibility as it relates to international peace and security, i would hope that the security council would meet to yet again, review this information, these events and push to either address this formerly as a matter on the security council docket. or to start addressing this through the form of, of more cooperative action alongside with member states in the united states, european union and the like the efforts of our members faith to engage with the government. and it's a grand defense force to, to have a conversation to engage in. negotiated settlement continues to grow, but this needs to be done at hyper speed and it's going very slowly. so far, romania is putting new restrictions in place to deal with the surgeon corona virus . cases it will in re introduce tonight if you and mag vaccination certificates mandatory the most the day to day activities and move comes as the country reported record numbers of daily cars, 19 deaths and infections this month. more than a 3rd of the adult population in romania is now fully inocu

council chamber, he added this here my duty to defend the honor of united nations. the secretary general has made it clear that he believes a humanitarian catastrophe, is unfolding in ethiopia and urgent international action is needed. however, the security council remains divided and almost a year since the crisis started security council members have only been able to agree one joint statement. james bays al jazeera, the united nations. now a 100 year old from the concentration camp god has appeared before at court and germany becoming the oldest person yet to be tried for nazi era crimes. joseph schwartz is charged with complicity and mass murder at the saxon house in camp between 19421945 german prosecutors are racing to bring the last surviving perpetrators to justice. in recent years, they've been focusing on lower ranking nancy stuff. while the drug trade is booming and argentina's, slums, threats and shootings have risen manager in the past year. federal forces have been sent into the city of rosario, that's home to one of the countries busiest ports to try to catch the violence. trees about accompanied police as they carried out rates. oh, it's become one of the most dangerous cities in ar