he's vice president of emergencies at the international rescue committee. i asked him what his colleagues in 11 on are telling him about the situation there now. yeah, i'm speaking to them on an ongoing basis. they're saying that the situation has changed massively so very, very rapidly. over half a 1000000 people on the streets, fleeing for their lives, caring just what they can push into because they leave the fling, the south going to the back of the valley, going to be route, but with bone bottom and also in the back of valley. people are leaving from the bulls are so the streets of food, the people playing for their lives. everyone is terribly afraid. agencies like yours prepared for this ball. did you see it coming? yes. yes, we've been working to make sure that we are prepared since october the last year. we saw the increase in tit for tat. protects on both sides of the border that has continued over time, and we've maintained our preparedness, but the speed and severity of the situation that is now developing around us is, is a lot for anyone, as yo

that was bob kitchen, vice president of emergencies of the international rescue committee. slipping some other stories, making headlines around the world. today. the names of $43.00 students were being done to a monuments in mexico city to mark the 10 year anniversary of their disappearance. all are believed to been abducted and killed by drug cartel and corrupt officials supplied a state commission. no one has ever been convicted. new york city mayor eric adams has been indicted following a federal inquiry into alleged corruption. the indictment is sealed, but us media are reporting, he will face criminal charges. adams says he will refuse to resign. if he has to face charges thailand, same sex marriage legislation has now been signed by the king and written into law . the change will come into, into effect in january thailand. here's the 1st country in southeast asia, where same sex couples can get married. russia launched another major airstrike on ukraine overnight, killing at least one person and damaging critical infrastructure. ukraine's military size, it destroyed more than most

take o j and the international rescue committee. thanks for joining us. state the now you cleaning and the forces of strong the most go region, the more of the biggest right in the tax on the outskirts of the russian capital. at least one person has been killed by min. jung june reports a significant overnight attack on the moscow residential buildings on fire and sky, a district about 50 kilometers south east of the criminal. the result, say russian officials of an attack by ukrainian drones in the daylight, the extent of the damage far more apparent while we were asleep, i got up to go to work. i looked in the window, i saw a ball of fire in just a 2nd. i covered my spouse with a blanket. the widow got smashed out by a shockwave air raid sirens sounded in many areas, rushes, defense ministry said $144.00 drawings were shot down around the country. at least 15 of them over the moscow region, making it one of the largest wave of attacks launched by ukraine since the war began. about 2 and a half years ago. while you crenan russia re

juan gariel wells is the country director for the international rescue committee in lebanon.ling in beirut. thank you for having us. so just maybe to place us for some of your viewers. we've been in lebanon here since 2011. last year we helped some 243,000 people. so we know we know the country very well. um, just to say first and to compliment one of your correspondents was saying the situation is very, very tense. there is a sense of real dread. there is confusion, even really across the whole country. uh, the fear of that all out war that has been bubbling under the surface, uh, is felt by absolutely everyone. um, and just to say the word unprecedented, i don't think it doesn't even come close to describing the intensity of the air raids that people are facing here. in just the last 48 hours, there have been more than double the number of people killed in the whole of the last 12 months. uh, we're obviously very, very worried, deeply concerned, particularly of ongoing killing of civilians as a result particularly of ongoing killing of civilians. yesterday we saw the carnag

well nothing similar to the i was a regional vice president for west africa and the international rescue committee. joining us from the car, welcome to alta 0 ser, from your assessment, how to use the situation as you see it. a good thank you for having me as, as fast as the funny person on site and by degrees. this is one of the countries that we are seeing. these are very diverse. they doing suggestions of floating uh, now in fact, more than 1011000000 population. and by the way, the 40 percent of the, of the, of the surface of my debate is based today flooded by lottery. seeing is that these pets disappear. so is i think the most part of this, i think i'm confused why we have to think about 1000000 people. i think they didn't have an active. yeah. we have talking about 800000 again. i think that the reason they're how and might be the most, i think it's nice is we have talking about 350000 people. i fixed it in money and goes to other countries in west africa or so i think the so we are, we are facing us abuse. and in for these companies, when you talk to people, they say that yeah, that's what

going to be talking a lot about today in the humanitarian crisis one of our partners the international rescue committeeist out at the end of the year the 20 most-watched and eight out of ten asking for loans and there are countries that you know well we just had a panel sudan, ethiopia and i feel like there's a crisis how do you look at these through the lens of a national security emergency crisis of tomorrow? >> to have a good understanding each of these becomes a seed for the security crisis at a later date and what you want to do is with our diplomats and other to help support to decrease the potential for the broadest security incident. if we don't pay attention to it now it becomes a challenge later. i spent quite a bit of my day paying attention to everything around the world and i want to be more proactive in that way you can see things coming in to be prepared for it and how to mitigate to ensure that the people you want to support and i think that is a key aspect of what we do with many of our allies and partners. >> to quick questions before we have to run. one of the things when i've interv

one of our partners, the international rescue committee, put a list out at the beginning of the year, the 20 most watched humanitarian crisis. and as i looked at those list, eight out of ten are in africa alone. they're countries as you know well, we just had an africa panel, that are all conflict zones. sudan, drc, ethiopia, and i feel like they're the humanitarian crisis of today that are the emergency crisis of tomorrow. how do you look at these humanitarian crisis through the lens of a national security emergency crisis of snowstorm. >> well, part of this is for us to have a good understanding as military members of, you know, each one of these humanitarian crises becomes a seed for a security crisis at a later date. and what you want to do is actually work very closely with our diplomats and other nongovernmental agencies to help support so you can actually decrease the potential for a broader security incident. if we don't pay attention to it now, it becomes a challenge later. and you know, that's, as you might imagine, i spend a good bit of my day paying attention -- >> to the