and let's bring in now as part of the international federation of the red cross and the red crescent society is in the all the joins us from the capital cup and do thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us your organization is helping there on the ground what's most urgently needed. yeah yeah as we report just said the situation with the 2nd wave. is very deadly and not alarming and just to give you some quick figures just in the possibly weeks the code rate has increased by about 50 times and in march we were talking about 100 infections a day but just in the last few days we're talking about over 7000. there and the death rate is also unprecedented they probably stand we are talking about over $58.00 dead each day. this is off also very very alarming. diagnostic work with the red cross cross volunteers on the ground the red cross on to the very very active. the dealing with preventive measures to support the national and medical services as well as vets and nation efforts and as you may also be aware that many of the rich are concrete we're talking about a rate of vaccination

us that the red crescent society saying that one of its own medics has been injured and is in a critical condition that's an extremely worrying development a lot of the injuries are a number of injuries a said to have been from that rubber coated steel bullets to the face and the eyes at least 8 journalists also reporting that they have been injured in what has taken place so far as to what was the media proximate trigger of it well israeli officials really police and government officials are saying that there were thousands of people who overnighted inside the locks a mosque compound that is something that does take place fairly regularly in the final phase of ramadan but they point to pictures showing stores of stones and barricades and reports of stone throwing at police positions and also on the road surrounding the other side of the old city as the immediate preempting events before the the the kind of violence that we've seen erupting since then we're hearing from the the islamic trust the the walks that runs the compound itself about potentially some. movements involving the secur

of hamas which is available seems to others an injury that we can see just now the passing red crescent society medics are coming down to try to help clear that injury away from the steps. so here we have had this warning coming in from gaza there's also. protests that have been going on right in the occupied west bank more generally and all of this is building towards what we expect on monday when jerusalem day is observed by israeli jews particularly right wing religious nationalist israeli jews who come to the old city and march through the muslim quarter waving israeli flags chanting and singing that day coincides with what with what is currently judging to be a hearing in the israeli supreme court about the evictions in east jerusalem which i was talking about a few minutes ago and so everything really continues to point in the way. just tired stun grenade immediately behind us here where i'm standing by for that you know. you're right samir so as you can see they continue to throw these stun grenades right into where the media are standing i'm going to show you where we are we're on the s

headquarters of a humanitarian group was also among the buildings hit in the latest raids of the red crescent society saying 2 of its staff were killed and 10 wounded there strike came a day after the doha funded group allocated a $1000000.00 to support those affected by the ongoing as strikes now a 10 year old girl also shared with us the shock and pain of seeing houses all around her bombed to the ground. i dream about a little better future i dream to be a doctor and i dream to be helping my people but how could that happen i'm just a kid i want the right to learn any more so what do you need to do. i'm just crying every day china stop myself well. i can't every day at night or at least when we hear the missiles in the mornings we hear the cries and screams of people so we try to do check it out so we can help those people but we even townhouse people because we can't do anything in this ward we're just kids and the parents don't know how to raise their kids in this and this just ration it's hard for them and hard for us no one is safe in palestine no one who can play with our friends all in the s

need has been a struggle for those on the ground and one israeli air raid hit the council red crescent society office in gaza. children who've survived these attacks have often lost a parent or relative has had a young reports on the growing emotional and physical toll that they face. for 7 hours 6 year old suzy was trapped under piles of rubble. her home was who bonus really airstrike in gaza her mother and 4 siblings died. and hospital she reunites with her father a budget they hold hands facing a new life without their family that had been up when. i was filled with all the anger of the universe but when i heard that one of my daughters was alive i said thank god because this girl might capture some even a little of my other daughter smile. there's not much room for innocence in gaza play time with their new toys is cut short for the sisters when the sounds of fighting come too close for comfort heavy heavy heavy heavy heart attack that no doubt that their father achmad muncy made youtube videos that were widely shared on social media to distract his kids from the violence the days after th

where news just coming in now the red crescent society has set its headquarters in gaza. has been hit by an israeli bombardment according to the organization 2 people killed and wounded. the forest fires that are sweeping through parts of siberia driven by an early heat wave hundreds of square kilometers an hour in flames over the vast territory these images we're showing you now off of russia's 2 main region where temperatures have been hovering over 30 degrees celsius more than 1500 firefighters and are working to contain the blaze. in other news 2 russian prank is known for targeting celebrities and officials from elton john to the turkish president have struck again this time they made their way into a conference call of the american national endowment for democracy by posing as belarus opposition leaders and they got some surprising insights on how the u.s. government funds opposition movements in eastern europe. generally a prank is supposed to be funny and isn't supposed to make a sit up straight and raise the hair on your arms at the seriousness of what you just h

humanitarian group was among the buildings hit in the latest israeli strikes that cut out a red crescent society says 2 people including a child were killed and 10 wounded in the air strike came a day after the doha funded group allocated a $1000000.00 to support those affected by the asteroids well in the meantime a 10 year old girl has also shared with us the shock and pain of seeing houses being bombed all around her. i dream about a little better future i dream to be a doctor and i dream to be helping my people but. this isn't canada i don't have the right to learn any more so what do you need to do. i'm just crying every day china stop myself. i know. i can every day at night or at least in 3 years the missiles in the mornings we hear the cries and screams of people so we try to check it out so we can help those. we even turn help people because we can't do anything once more we're just kids and the parents don't know how to raise their kids even in the situation it's hard for them and hard for us no one is safe in palestine no one. just a few hours ago hundreds of palestinians marched in t

headquarters of a humanitarian group was among the buildings hit in the latest raid the qatar red crescent society saying 2 of its stuff were killed and 10 wounded the strike came a day after the door funded group allocated a $1000000.00 to support people affected by the airstrikes residential buildings as well as gaza's main covert lab have also been hit more than $100.00 houses have been destroyed in the area since the start of this latest conflict with many more properties severely damaged we spoke to some people whose lives have been shattered by these latest attacks well those of us that it was my little children my call wife why were we treated like that the children were asleep and suddenly there was an explosion my wife and i we were shocked the airstrike was very strong we ran to the children to drive them out into the streets and save them from the bombing we are terrified some donate blood and others helping different ways as well but i came here at dawn and help with the civil defense forces as you can see were coon out unprotected children and women have nothing to do with the palesti

also concerning numbers as you say more than 200 people injured according to the palestinian red crescent society they say one of their own medics was injured and was in critical condition as a result of that injury it doesn't take much for this really to spin out of control especially if we start seeing anybody dying from what has taken place so far what could take place in the hours ahead one other concerning video that of a car being driven by a jewish man just outside the walls of the old city in occupied east jerusalem he appears to come under attack by palestinian stone throwers the car then swerves and knocks one of them one of those palestinians over extremely violent and then there are further attempts to throw stones before what appears to be shots fired by him into the it just shows that when people get in close proximity jews and palestinians at times like this things can really get out of control very quickly did they they certainly can carry how bad do you think this has the potential to get it is this is all taking place at a time of heightened tension but also on the so-called jer

as well as the polls had a delegation from the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies and he says there will be devastating consequences if the country delays implementing stronger measures. we need to keep scaling up the preventive measures 'd as to preventive measures already the volunteers are working along the border as well as conduit the hot baths of of net politics and the power covert situation. you might have seen pictures in certain hospitals they're running out of oxygen of they're running out of ventilators or they're running other trained technicians to to operate drugs and latest so these are also very urgent need and finally and most importantly vaccination as i said you know less than one percent of the population have been vaccinated and this valiant is very aggressive it's very kind of dangerous and it's spreading to a wider spectrum of the population including younger people. i think what we are calling for is for the international community to act fast to avoid a human catastrophe and the one final thing with covert 19 that we all talk about is nobo

the guitar red crescent society says its headquarters in gaza has it been hit by an israeli air strike with at least 2 people killed and 10 wounded. israeli warplanes bombard the coastal enclave for an 8th day leaving almost $200.00 dead destroying homes and crippling power and water infrastructure. israel's prime minister vows to continue the onslaught in response to palestinian rockets while rejecting international calls for a cease fire while israelis say hamas mare's responsibility for the tragic escalation. i want to say is a full minute commanded in the. sense of gaza we love you we want you to leave.

all across the west bank and especially in jerusalem in jerusalem right now the palestinian red crescent society has actually issued a statement saying that there have been serious injuries in the shift neighborhood as protests are still ongoing over there as well with people standing in front of the houses that are threatened to be dispossessed by the israeli magistrate court which had delayed its decision to evacuate the people of those homes and give those homes to israeli settlers until next month you're looking at the same behind you as you mentioned them home it looks relatively calm at the moment but as we understand it's been pretty violent in the hours prior to this was violence was it a deliberate attack against israeli security forces was there a trigger pointers it hard to understand what sparked these clashes this afternoon . well these clashes began when a protest was simply approaching the settlement this area in particular is known to be a hot spot for clashes palestinians came here to protest to call for an end to the war that's that's been ongoing for the past few days now and

the guitar red crescent society says its headquarters in gaza has it been hit by an israeli air strike with at least 2 people killed and 10 wounded. this really warplanes of bombard the coastal enclave 4 and a day leaving almost 200 dead destroying homes and crippling power and water infrastructure. israel's prime minister vows to continue the onslaught in response to palestinian rockets while rejecting international calls for a cease fire while israelis say hamas bears responsibility for the tragic escalation. i want to say is a full minute commanded in the. sense of gaza we love you we want you to leave. you need to know. how mosques leadership making all the problems. there is a fresh world news update headed your way at the top the hour right now on our to international it is cross talk while renegade ink is on the way in the u.k. stay with us. hello and welcome to for all things considered i'm peter lavelle historically speaking the cold war was a great ideological confrontation western liberalism versus soviet communism according to joe biden the great geopolitical struggle of ou

we spoke to us much love the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies in the hall and he gave us the. and they record has also been supporting the public authority the health authorities in getting vaccinations up people right now the shortage of that scene's this is area that we really need to do more with the international community and with not only in the paul round a well i want to stress the fact that no one if they unless everyone is safe. as models are speaking that germany is difficult about cost to lift intellectual property protections for corona virus vaccines the push by the world trade organization to temporarily suspend patents is gathering pace the u.s. backs the idea of a european union say it's open to discussion bought the german government is so far siding with the drug makers arguing that protections are essential to maintain expensive innovation. in the global race for corona virus vaccines by antec finds her was 1st out of the gate a proud achievement for buy on tac the german company that went from start up to pharma superstar now in th

hit in gaza that israel says housed hamas intelligence but that building also included the red crescent society across the street, one of the ministry of health's main covid testing centers, which was also severely damaged. the israelis may have specific targets but there's a lot of damage that goes with it when they hit them. >> ware hearing some of the that criticism from u.s. lawmakers as well. ben wedeman for us. ben, thank you very much. >>> the white house said it is working through quiet and intensive diplomacy, their words, and those efforts are more effective than a public call for a cease-fire. let's bring in white house correspondent phil mattingly. phil, the president at the end of his remarks today mentioned he's going to be speaking with benjamin netanyahu this hour. what do we know about that call? >> the president was asked if he would personally call for a cease-fire, something the u.s. has not done up to this point. and that was his response. didn't weigh in directly. said he was going to be speaking with the israeli prime minister within the hour. it will be interesting what

palestinians in east jerusalem, and over 200 in the west bank, according to the palestinian red crescent society. today the united nations called the escalating violence concerning. >> certainly, what we are seeing is extremely worrying and certainly when you see the treatment to some of the protesters and even people who weren't protesting, people who were simply praying or people who were having their iftar, who've been subjected to violence or completely unprovoked responses by the security forces. >> yang: after a meeting with his jordanian counterpart today secretary of state antony blinken said palestinian rocket attacks on israel should stop. >> needless to say we are very focused on the situation in israel, west bank, gaza. very deeply concerned about the rocket attacks that we are seeing now, that need to stop, need to stop immediately. again i am deeply concerned about the rocket attacks and even as all side takes the steps to deescalate, israel of course has a right to defend its people and its territory from these attacks. >> yang: in bethlehem overnight, protesters threw stones at i

is nepal's head of delegation for the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies he says there will be devastating consequences if the country delays implementing stronger measures. we need to keep scaling up the preventive measures 'd the preventive measures already that we're going to the working along the border as well as common build a hotbed of of that policy in the pocket situation. you might have seen pictures in certain hospitals they're running out of oxygen of they're running out of ventilators or they're running other trained technicians to to operate drugs and latest so these are also very urgent needs and finally and most importantly vaccination as i said you know less than one percent of the population have been vaccinated and this valiant is very aggressive it's very contagious and it's spreading to wind a spectrum of the population including younger people. i think what we are calling for is for the international community to act fast to avoid a human catastrophe and the one final thing with covert 19 that we all talk about is nobody is safe unles

red crescent society saying 5 its own medics are critically injured by what took place this morning so at this point harry right now does anyone have access to the mosque itself or is that been effectively sealed off. well it's it's a changing situation it was effectively sealed off for a considerable amount of time then the security forces withdrew at least one of the gates was reopened and we saw images of people filtering back inside at that point it seems that people had been sheltering inside the mosque a lot of people who were involved earlier then came back out into the courtyard and again started chanting and then there was another briefer phase of the these security forces coming back in and those violent scenes renewing perhaps on a slightly lower level than before it's also worth pointing to the kind of things that we've been seeing just outside the compound itself there was a video of a car being driven by a jewish man in occupied east jerusalem near to lion's gate he appeared to come under assault by stone throwing youths in the area of the car then swerved very fast very

cases there is the nepal head of delegation for the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies joins us by skype from katmandu as that welcome to the program and i know you've got a great deal on there in nepal and what we've been seeing in india and also in india is a frightening glimpse into the coming days for nepal and. yes absolutely the 2nd wave of cold but truly alarming and devastating and paul and as you mentioned early in your program compared to a few weeks ago the infection rate 'd has gone up by 50 times and if you look at the figures in march for example 100 people get infected every day just in the last 2 days or 7000 a day if you remember 7000 a day and also over 50 that day which is huge number considering that an apollo had one i mean india has about 50 times the population of an apology but if you put those figures to extrapolate to the indian level it's more or less the same and it is catching up very fast in the richer countries we're talking about vaccination rates of maybe about 30 to 40 percent in that pile currently it's less than one percent of the red

palestinians in east jerusalem and more than 200 and the west bank, according to the palestinian red crescent societyy, the united nations voiced concern over the escalating violence. >> what we are seeing is extremely worrying. certainly, when you see the treatment of some of the protesters, and even people who were not protesting, people simply praying or having their iftar, subjected to violence completely unprovoked responses by security forces. reporter: after meeting his jordanian counterpart today, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken says palestinian rocket attacks on israel should stop. >>>> needless to say, we are focused on the situation in israel, the west bank, gaza. very deeply concerned about the rocket attacks we are seeing now. they need to stop immediately. it is imperative all sides take steps to de-escalate and calm the situation. again, i am deeply concerned about the rocket attacks. even as all sides take steps to de-escalate, the israeli force has the right to defend its people and territory. reporter: in bethlehem overnight, protesters threw stones at israeli police as israe

azmat ulla is the head of delegation at the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies you are talking about 100 people infected a day. and right now it's over 7000, so with this variant, it's spreading very aggressively and spreading very fast, and it's impacting a broader spectrum of population, including younger people. one of the main challenges is that this new covid variant has spread very fast, that's the first point, and the second is that the vaccination in nepal has only reached about 1% of population, so much more vaccination is needed. there has been 2 million doses which has, as i heard, as i understand, has almost been fully utilised, and much more vaccines and vaccination reaching the arms of people are needed. and these are needed urgently — particularly to cope with this very rapid variant of covid which is spreading so fast. you've seen it in india. nepal had an open border with india — now it's restricted. so that's the situation in kathmandu. there are fears about an outbreak at everest base camp. mountaineers and authorities have told the bbc that t

and cisco dot com is the president of the international federation of red crossman red crescent society. he talked to you here on the sidelines of the g, 20 summit and said nationalism has been a major obstacle in the fight against the time. then it we have not got national lab because nationalism is not useful to fight that in the day. mean, i think that we must start from the most vulnerable everywhere. be these, these should be the priority, not only to send political message, is that because they've become unfortunately political. and they said to watch, and we spend every day from the positions all over the water to get just to show up, come to 11. would be at. do we do just a global emergency. it must be trick. ivy's germany is declared burton and northern ireland a so called virus variant region. now that means people arriving from the u. k will be required to quarantine for 2 weeks the measures to come into effect on sunday. the covered 1900 variance. prevalent in india has been spreading in the u. k. a senator leading an inquiry into brazil's response to covered 19 says the pre