john fi is the executive director of the international press institute. barbara, thank you for your time on skype from vienna. it's just not right. is it journalist simply trying to do their jobs and being accused of harassing security forces? no, it is. it is up to me a calling and we are shocked by the rest of the bar around the area. and of course, we call for immediate release. but unfortunately, we have seen a lot of target that attack against join, at least by days re the forces throughout the past week each month. and so this is unfortunately not an isolated case. and you become very, very dangerous to operate and to cover the news in, in the region and in jerusalem. and, and, and in particular, at the time when the cry is, is such that the world needs to understand what is happening. so really deep. this type of behavior by day 3, the 4th of is absolutely not acceptable. and i must say, it has received condemnation, not only from a number of international bodies like the international price institute, but also very much so by the israeli, by the 1

but town fee is the executive director of the international press institute. she says a tax on journalists, unoccupied, east jerusalem are increasing. certainly we have seen an escalation of the attacks against a joint list in east jerusalem in the past week. so and it so, so that the type of attack like the one we have experienced, we have seen this evening against you, of ira has become very, very common journalists are being regularly harass attack. that there is a clear, a can now recently to control the message to control the and really to create the climate of fear for independence joint. alyssa, so this has been an escalation that we have seen. recently, of course, covering the region has not been easy for many years, but the current crisis has generated even greater risks. so it is now unclear whether the pac come out of a decision from the individuals from the israeli forces representative on the ground to operate there. or there is, you know, there is an order coming from a boss or even an intention coming from the government of israel to silence ind

institutions. was criticized, criticize in years, criticize the press, both national and international. when they said something that he doesn't like who he have more power as a result of this, these are the questions that about the selection. hopefully later on today we'll have some of the answers. all right, thank you very much. john holman, is covering that election force in mexico from mexico city. thank you, john. watching the news ally from london watch will tell you about looking at to swedish may. how did faxing, and whether they could help level playing field, fight against coven 19. and then a close contest, improved following development stab fighting between 2 candidates who hold on and then later and for one of the things about the loan amount, the gp with the championship leader writing with an open rate on that later ah, now the u. s. is than 80750000 corona vars. vaccines to taiwan off to the island accuse china of hindering efforts to secure doses. 3 us damages, travel to time pay to meet taiwan president site. and when she said, the doses would save lives as the island

even trying to eliminate independent institutions and attacks in this morning press conference against non governmental organizations and national and international media. when they printed something that he doesn't like, more in that, in the, in those wanting account wait, seemed to get their wish met. cruise electoral agency estimated that the marina party would lose seats in congress. it's still by far, the biggest party will now need to cut more deals to get it bills passed, especially, and the constitutional reforms for the how did it happen? many voters still believe in lopez. those promise slash poverty in transform met. others have been disappointed by the handling of the pandemic, women's rights and environmental issues. and his inability to reduce met because record levels of violence. the killings extended throughout these elections about 90 politicians died as criminal groups waste war in different parts of the country . the president has 3 more years to try and put that on other issues, right. but now he and his party won't be able to do it alone. john home, and i'll just say to mexico city. pamela harris is on her 1st trip abroad. h

particularly respectful of independent institutions in mexico, independent, i'm respected, and joe's and the role of the press, both the national and the international press. he's criticized all of them during his time. so those are the political issues that are state, but there are more fundamental things going on as well met. so it's just have to record years violence. i mean, the hinterlands of the country, people are really struggling to survive, that we went to the state of mitchell county in the south west of the country. and he's the report that we filed the, in a quiet mexican village is the oldest play dominoes. waiting to meet refugee candle, audio fled here to law. so conus in the state of michel can when the war between rival criminal groups overtook his village loss coaches 71 years old and suddenly homeless. yeah, me either at my age, what can i do? my only future is to work the land that i have, and apart from that, i don't know back for money because i have no other option. every week he goes back to los coaches to check on his land. we went with him this time, escorted by local vigilante group. the only safe way to travel that way.

neutralizing independent institution submits, heavily criticizing international and national and joe, some of the very respected and also criticizing the national and also international press whenever they haven't been agreement with him. so there is a sense among onlookers here that there is a growing authoritarian streak in mexico, the president that this the midterm elections are appointed, which could be put under control or could not. and it's been a violent lead up to this particular election with tens of politicians having been killed. what's behind that violence? you're exactly right. the latest count that we have is 9 to will. so politicians that have been killed numbers were still coming in yesterday. that was one merrill candidate that got killed. there were 5 supporters of another policy, one leader of a party in the north. the country actually got kidnapped. so this is ongoing. now, part of the reason that that's happening is people to pick him up and for quite some time pop, he's battling out not just at the voting station before hands with violence, but what also is happening, especially in some parts of the country, a criminal groups, they want to get their

neutralizing independent institutions in mexico. heavily criticizing international and national enjoy some of the very respected and also criticizing the national and also international press whenever they haven't been agreement with it. so there is a sense among onlookers here that there is a growing authoritarian streak in mexico, the president that this the midterm elections are a point in which that could be put under control or could know well, the us is donating 750-0041 of our vaccines to taiwan, off to the island, accuse china of hindering efforts to secure doses through us senators travel since i pay to meet taiwan is president dying when she said the doses would save lives as the island struggles to contain a recent rise in infections alexi o'brien reports a 3 hour visit with major geo political significance. the 3 us senators, touching down and taiwan, and promising to give the and 750000 covey, 19 vaccines, a show of support and gratitude to taiwan. the syndic supplies to the us during the peak of its own outbreak in 2020. we are here as friends because we know that taiwan is experiencing a challenging time right now. which is why it was especially important fo

institutions. he's attacked and joe's quite well recognized in joe's actually in his morning press conference. he's also attacked local, national, but also international press. when they printed something that he hasn't lights, there's a worry both from his opponents, but also from international onlookers here that he may be trying to concentrate power too much in his own hands. on the other hand, the opposition in the country is quite weak at the moment. there's a lot of policies that seem to have ideologically, nothing to do with each other, who nonetheless, teaming up to try and take on his policy. marina, which is stronger than them at the moment, and he personally has more than 60 percent approval rating. so whether things will change him at school, whether he and his party will simply not showing me something. i suppose we're going to see the end of the electoral day here. thank you very much. john holman, in mexico city. thank you. john. now us has donating 750000 current of ours vaccines to taiwan. off the island accuse china of hindering efforts to secure doses. 3 us senate has travel to tie, pay to meet taiwan, president sy, in when she said

international institute for democracy and electoral assistance in the hague, breaking down everything that is at stake at these key elections in ethiopia. thank you so much for your insight. all the printing presses for one of hong kong leading pro democracy newspapers could stop rolling within days. the apple daily paper says it's friday edition is likely to be its last. after authorities froze its assets under china's national security law. it would be another nail in the coffin for press freedom in hong kong. these newspapers could be a thing of the past, not because of digitalization or rising competition, that because the government wants to put a stop to them. that's what supporters of hong kong pro democracy newspaper, apple daily a saying a last week, police rated the companies newsroom for the 2nd time. and under a year, 5 senior executives were arrested after authorities accused them of publishing articles that violated china, sweeping national security law. the government also 1st papers assets leaving it unable to pay staff or conduct business. the papers owners say they have enough cash to last a few weeks, but after that, their future and the future of free press in hong kong is unc

press here. is biden demonstrating that goal that you mention? that goal, saying that the u.s. is back, it's not just back, is back in diplomacy. back in international institutions. back with the un, back with nato, back with the paris climate accord, and other global initiatives that joe biden sees a lot of the current crises as a leaping off point for america to reintroduce itself into the formal international community. that's what we're going to be hearing about when it comes to climate, the pandemic. there were initiatives that were announced yesterday regarding the pandemic. when we talk about emmanuel macron saying that america is back, which is what you kind of just heard in that chaotic clip, that's of a piece with what i was talking about just a moment ago. confronting china. because we were talking about confronting authoritarianism, it's also about confronting populism. confronting what joe biden and a lot of democrats in the u.s. would consider, the legacy of donald trump on the world stage. so, that is what president biden is trying to do. not just confronting china, russia. we're talking about vladimir putin meeting this week, in geneva. he's tryi