world by taking a back and protecting yourself emanuel couple of the international federation of red cross and red crescent thank you for making the time through with us and have a good. thank you. joe biden's old all flags on federal property meantime to be lowered to half mast to mark 500000 u.s. deaths from coronavirus but as caleb maupin reports media glowing in their praise for the president's covert approach despite little apparent difference from the previous administration. america's death toll from covert 19 is now more than a half a 1000000 that's more than world war 2 and vietnam combined biden marked the occasion with a solemn ceremony at the white house on monday that's more lives lost to this virus and any other nation on earth. but as rick knowledge the scale of this mass death in america. remember each person the life they lived on the campaign trail biden castigated donald trump for his mishandling of the pandemic he promised that when he got into office he would turn things around he seems to have tempered expectations it did as back in january he said he was powerless to

the red cross heart, we have a saying is thawing this cold. we have folks that have been working in shelters for over 72 hours who have busted pipes in their own homes. we tell them if you need to go home go ahead and they say our neighbors need our help more. i will be okay. i need to help my neighbors. that's the kind of fighting spirit that the red cross volunteer has. we are diminished in our workforce because so many people just have access needs. on top of that we know that internet and cellphone usage has been spotty, so reporting in on numbers and reporting in on needs is a compounded kind of conflict that we have on this response, but through it all the humanitarian spirit of our volunteers is trying to meet every need as best they can. >> i'm sure a lot of our viewers who are watching this segment wanted to help you, want to help the people in texas. what does the red cross need and how can people help? >> you can go to redcross.org and donate. that's the fastest way we can get supplies into the affected area. we also have seen a lot

you can find out where to help by calling the red cross at the number on your screen, 1-800-red crossu can find a link to this at our website, abc7news.com. >>> happening tonight. we have another new episode of "american idol." a santa rosa man gets his chance to impress the judges and says his social media account got him the audition >> they found me on a social media site. i was messaged from a casting producer who is josh randall who is now a dear friend of mine and he asked me to audition. he found me through my covers that i put out. ♪ because all of me loves all of you ♪ >> and so i told him absolutely, i'd love to. >> all right. listen to this. anthony guzman is known online with the viking with a voice. he wouldn't give us spoilers but he thought judge katy perry was most surprised by his performance. to see how he does, watch "american idol" tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. here on abc 7. >>> kicking it over to drew too -- tuma with a look at the forecast. seeing a lot of bright sun out there. >> yeah, and a lot of people enjoying the day today. how could you not? total sunshin

humanitarian crisis the humanitarian challenge with which the country is dealing and on which the red cross and red crescent movements wants to respond more meaningful really to stop the lies and help study lies rife and by fluids so what do you actually calling for what do you mean. well what we certainly need is support for our programs which are designed really to respond to your agency needs of those displaced what we are calling for is also support for our engagement with the armed forces for the respect of international humanitarian law for all weapons barriers in the region to respect the principles of international humanitarian law we need to definitely also to look into how to prevent a further degradation of the city situation by supporting health facilities and health. yeah i give you. money is sort of jumping they just cut out for a 2nd giving aid to people in urban areas is one thing but what about getting to the more remote areas with the more dangerous and well the indeed cover the guard who is a province in which we don't have yet access to all places while some of the south

disaster in ethiopia is to greater region we'll speak to the head of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies. some promising results out of israel as one vaccine appears to dramatically hoff's the whole swathe of the spread of coronavirus even after one dose plus. the richardson it be club world cup cats. are in sight of unique trophy sweet secrets of mexico in style. if you peons in the conflict to gray region a dying of starvation according to the red cross almost 4000000 people there and in it are in need of humanitarian assistance but roughly 80 percent of the region is inaccessible to aid workers the government has been criticized for preventing outside access to t. gray months into the conflict the region was struggling with food insecurity from drought and crop damage even before fighting began joining us now from out his alibi is francesco rocha president of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies the fossey could have you with us tell us more about the situation in tikrit right now. to see which one of the most if you will they

danielle is a paramedic for the red cross. he's been working into anna for the past two decades.ng spanish] [speaking spanish] reporter: he was just 49 years old. many people here are scared about covid, so paramedics like covid find more -- paramedics like daniel find more and more people at home, most of them unresponsive. >> [speaking spanish] reporter: meanwhile, on the others of town, his wife is suiting up for anotherovid emergency. she has already had covid but she is scared she could catch it again. >> [speaking spanish] reporter: one of the hard truths about covid is relatives are not allowed into hospitals, so this could be a last chance to say goodbye. >> [speaking spanish] reporter: in this city, there are only a dozen ambulances for about 2 million people. so emergency calls keep coming. and when night falls, they are faced with another pandemic -- and violence. juggling between covid emergencies and cases of violence has become the new normal for paramedics. this is because the red cross, emergency service she is working for is the only one of the city of tijuana fu

. >> it has become part of daily life now, in the southwest of germany, the red cross set up shop everyay at 4:00 on the market square. it is time for the free covid tests under the watchful eye of dr. lisa. >> people come, we test them, give them their number, take their name down and then they go back for the test. >> she is the volunteer president of the local red cross, she launched the project just before christmas so families could come together. it was a success right from go. several hundred people get tested each week in a city with 89,000 inhabitants. >> i got tested before christmas, i find it very reassuring. >> my wife has pulmonary disease and my daughter is a teacher, i have been feeling a bit tired since yesterday and i do not want to put them in danger. >> it takes 10 minutes for the results. 99% of the tests are reg ash negative -- negative. >> we find about 1% of infection and that 1% go immediately into quarantine which obviously stops any spread of the infection. >> the widespread testing is only one part of the strategy at work designed to protect seniors and at ri

and the red cross and red crescent say 70 percent of covert $1000.00 vaccines of medicine so far have been in the world's 50 wealthiest countries it's warning this kind of inequality could lead to further virus mutations. iraq's government is holding funerals for victims of the year religious minority killed by ice so in what the u.n. has called genocide the remains of a 104 people have been examined and identified from mass graves in the north of iraq they will be laid to rest in line with easy tradition in the coming days i still took control of their ancestral homeland in 2014 at least 5000 were killed 7000 women were forced into sexual slavery well ahead of the un team investigating the atrocities committed by isis is preserving any evidence will help to hold the perpetrators accountable justice accountability truthtelling proper investigations fair trials are critically important not only to expose the violent extremist ideology of. but it will do that also but to ensure that the value of human life is underscored and that those individuals are exposed and confronted by those tha

you can find out where to help by calling the red cross on the number on your screen, 1-800-red-crossont, shipments are getting back on track after being shuddered by the storm a total of 6 million doses across all 50 states have been delayed. the white house says they should be caught back up.up.up. new assembly lines will produce 700 vaccine doses per hour. >> i believe we will be approach, normalcy by the end of this year, god willing this christmas will be different than last. but i can't make that commitment to you. >> meantime, your surge and frustration over the stimulus checks, house democrats just unveiled their $1.9 trillion relief package yesterday. >>> coming up on this week, jen psaki will talk about covid relief and immigration reform. you can watch it right here on abc 7. >>> and we ksi trp'first public appearance since leaving office. he is scheduled to speak at cpac next sunday. it is being held in orlando this year a. source tells the associate press trump will speak of the future of the republican party and comment on president trump's immigration policies. >>> now,

thank you so much for your time again there secretary general of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies. thank you for having me. south africa's president has been vaccinated has the country began its covered 19 inoculation program on wednesday after some delays. also received the johnson and johnson jet which has not been approved for a margin so use the single dose vaccine is being given to health care workers as part of a research study earlier this month the government suspended the rollout of astra zeneca but it's going to be. about sedated. growth. what's there to see you with anything that you have that you have. had nothing had happened yet. it's a. straightforward process. you can take this. so that all of these we can all be. gaza has received its 1st 2000 corona virus vaccine doses off to israel approved the shipment delivery of the russian made spot the doses were delayed by israeli authorities on tuesday israel has been heavily criticised for excluding gaza and the occupied territories from its rapid vaccine rollout. after a year away children in

you can find out where to help by calling the red cross at the number on your screen, 1-800-red-crossu can find a link at our website, abc7news.com. >>> new at 11:00a skateboarding superstar from davis is the latest to be charged with organized parties that were possibly superspreader events. prosecutors say four-time world skateboarder champion huston and the homeowner held a party last month with at least 40 people in their los angeles home. police say this was the third party they had shut down. the other two happening last fall and resulting in warning. huston and esa are charged with creating a nuisance. "the l.a. times" asked both for comment and didn't hear back. >>> vaccine shipments are getting back on track after the winter storm delayed 6 million doses to 50 states. white house advisers say they should be caught up within a week thanks to fedex and u.p.s.. pfizer now says its vaccine can be stored in regular medical freezers for up to two weeks and not at 94 degrees below zero. president biden toured a pfizer facility in kalamazoo, michigan, yesterday. new assembly lines th

judge in shop again is secretary general of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he joins me now jogen thank you for coming on to the program your organization is campaigning for equitable vaccine distribution this story in south africa south africa suggests that distribution may not be so straightforward what kind of challenge does that pose for your efforts. you are absolutely right the devil access under distribution processing is access i think we need to have systems in place that there is of equal sharing of the vaccine so that is one aspect the 2nd aspect is of course in the distribution and now as we have seen that a number of complexities around on the distribution one you just described out and i'm south africa in the by this is mutating so some of the virus which we part was effecting minute be effective anymore so that is one aspect of after the situation challenge the 2nd is of course you know the number of countries competing to be out of the vaccines in a way it is asserted is a vaccine in other part of the world so in certain countries es

judge in shop again is secretary general of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he joins me now jogen thank you for coming on to the program your organization is campaigning for equitable vaccine distribution this story in south africa south africa suggest that distribution may not be so straightforward what kind of challenge does that pose for your efforts you have absolutely guy. access on the distribution puts things access i think we need to have systems in place that equal sharing of the fact so that's one aspect the 2nd aspect is of course in the distribution and now is we have seen that a number of complex design around on the one you just described about. the buy this is mutating so some of the by this we taught was picked in minute anyway so that is one aspect of the distribution channel and the 2nd is of course you know the number of countries competing to be off of the vaccines in a way it is assumed is attracted to other bottom so in certain countries especially the women the other countries they have only actually at the level that they can

it's 1-800-red-cross.lso find a link at our website. >>> a mysterious malware is targeting thousands of computers. a top security firm says 30,000 macks have been infected with this malware called silver sparrow. it was detected last week in parts of the united states. it includes a self-destruct mechanism. the goal is not clear but described as a serious threat. >>> a young woman determined to ditch her student loan debt says she paid $30,000 off in just three years. journalist dominique jackson spoke about how she managed to become debt free in the middle of a pandemic. the 27-year-old says she was determined to take control. >> in 2018 i was laid off of my job and had no money, and was living in a new city. when i got laid off, it just the hit me like girl, we got to get the finances together. i had a goal of six months to a year of emergency savings. i moved in with my mom and picked up website design and social media management and doing free lans articles. >> jackson says she used the finance tool ca

the red cross warns of a desperate humanitarian situation in ethiopia caused by fighting in the region of tigray. and much more than some fun in the snow: meet the polish community rallying for a good cause. hello and welcome to bbc news. in myanmar, thousands of people have lined the streets for the funeral of a young woman shot during protests against the recent military coup. mya thwe thwe khaing died on friday. it comes as britain's foreign secretary dominic raab is to call on the military authorities in myanmar to release the elected leader aung san suu kyi. here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. this was the funeral of an ordinary young woman transformed into a show of political defiance for these extraordinary times. mya thwe thwe khaing was one of countless thousands in myanmar who came out to challenge the military�*s seizure of power, and she was the first to lose her life in its heavy—handed response to the protests. scenes of grief which must inflame public fury against the militaryjunta, but remind them, too, of the cost of resisting it. they had two more m

and the international federation of red cross and red crescent society says 70 percent of covert vaccines administered so far have been in the world's 50 wealthiest countries it's warning that sort of inequality could lead to tensions of the virus. oh israel's begun demolishing a bed one village in the occupied west bank for the 2nd time in just 3 months rights groups say israel wants to displace an entire palestinian community to make way for more illegal settlements israeli officials say the village there is on military land maybe abraham with a report from the occupied west bank. only a few hours after israeli forces demolished their homes these palestinians are rebuilding them himself full coverage in the northern jordan valley in the occupied west bank has been home to dozens of palestinians who have lived here for decades israel declared the area as a military training zone in the 1980 s. and has been demolishing structures here ever since it was going to cost to rebuild they come back take pictures on the mall is the village again we are tired of having slept. 3 months ago israeli

joining us from geneva is the guy who is the secretary general of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies secretary general thank you for your time today tell me about your plan 500000000 jobs or 500000000 people how are you going to go about it. no thank you for having me and as you mentioned we were alarmed we did a statistics that almost 70 percent of the back since we're into it we're hearing countries and wonder if you don't want one percent of blacks in where they're actually going to be or 50 poorest countries so we launching this campaign in basic of the 2 every book at our table distribution of the vaccines and the and the underclass and must be available to every country in the war and basically this campaign is about supporting. the action it's an out of 200000000 people especially in those countries where the vaccine is not easily accessible so we are actually asking the book at her. distribution access to the vaccines we also are working towards building the trust on the fact it's you know a number of countries there is a very high level of protecti

the red cross has been at the front line of this battle. volunteers have transported more than 5000 patients to hospitals in the past few weeks 4 times more than last year and there are many more on a waiting list. the 1st. big number of critical patients so they can get. some hospitals are using shipping containers to treat patients in the parking lot while others have suspended non emergency treatment. health experts registered one of the world's worst 3rd. for the size of its population which is close to $7000000.00. more than 100000 cases were detected in the past month that's one 3rd of all cases identified in the past year. many countries have dealt with bed shortages and the need to prioritize care but lebanon's health sector was already weak from years of neglect and a collapsing economy high number of cases. that we have. not that it's. more. but if we continue like i think. a 3 week 24 hour curfew has brought numbers down but it's not enough and the daily worry of not being able to find a place in hospital or get access to oxygen

the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city oh mummy yeah. arrested protesters gave the 3 fingers salute of the opposition in defiance. and meanwhile the military regime began releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of a mass clearing of the country's jails. though the military has presented this as a sign of good will the opposition fears the regime could just be making room for many new arrests. ok change of pace now let's turn to sports and germany's born just legal dortmund's dynamic jewel of jade and sand show and allan hall and both scored against hoffenheim but documentary came into this season with title ambitions and word the hard side could only manage a draw. darkman coated in tears it has won only half of the game and since taking the helm back in december his star studded team came into this clash in just 6th place and against hoffenheim they were once again relying on their backup goalkeeper marvin hits with roman boogie out injured. dortmund drew 1st blood in the 24th minute jaden sanchez doing the h

the red cross reports 3 people were wounded when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of milan me on now and that. arrested protesters were taken off giving the 3 think it solution defiance. meanwhile the military regime announced the release of more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of an amnesty. and mass clearing of the country's jails as authorities step up their response to the unrest shows no sign of abating. let's get the latest now from an activist who goes by the names for security reasons in. 23000 inmates for release for me in mars presence on friday what's behind the end. for the reason i i want to see that be what he wants to you know create chaos amongst peaceful protesters. last night. by city and also in young gone where. you know you know people that going outside. presumably. should prisoners that were released yesterday and that the citizens took action and they arrested those prisoners so i think that the main reason behind this is to create some kind of fear amongst people and to. peaceful protests coming coming in coming days and about the protests

the red cross reports 3 people were wounded when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of milan me on now and that. arrested protesters were taken off giving the 3 think it solution defiance. meanwhile the military regime announced the release of more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of an amnesty. and mass clearing of the country's jails as authorities step up their response to the unrest shows no sign of updating. the. former european central bank chief merit draggy will be sworn in as the new prime minister of italy. today 73 year old economist said he was ready to lead a new national unity government drive he was asked to take over the helm by italy's president after the outgoing prime minister of japan jeff said because administration collapsed try to get out his proposal for a new cabinet which includes both outside experts and seasoned politicians effects of the early virus that may have sparked a deep recession in italy and drag these new government will be in charge of planning the distribution of over 200000000000 euros in grants from the e.u. use covert 19 co

it will launch a 1st version of a coronavirus vaccination passport by the end of february and the red cross is warning of potentially devastating consequences of facts and nations and poorer countries lags wealthier wealthier ones it says the whole world is vulnerable if large regions remain on vaccinated. well germany's own vaccination program has now provided doses to over 2000000 people out of a population of more than 80000000 according to a new nationwide poll that's too slow but figures show support for the job itself is rising as more people plan to take up the government's on its target of an initial dose for everyone by the end of september more than 2000000 people in germany have now been injected with a coronavirus vaccine and have it 3 quarters of a 1000000 have already had their 2nd dose despite the progress there's a widespread feeling that it's not fast enough. 68 percent of those surveyed said they think the vaccine rollout has been too slow in gemini that's a 16 percent increase in bed with a month ago. chancellor merkel knows it too this week she called a meeting to work o

the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of mummy and oh. arrested protesters gave the 3 fingered salute of the opposition in defiance. meanwhile the military regime began releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of a mass clearing of the country's jails. though the military has presented this as a sign of goodwill the opposition fears the regime could just be making room for many new arrests i. just boards news now briefly by leaving kristen saw a 2 goal lead go to dost in minutes against mines who managed to level the affair after the break patrick shaikh made it to nil to leave them with just a few minutes left in the match she outmaneuvered the mines defense and beat the keeper for the goal of the season but mine's battled back and needed to play goals to deny leave accuse him of victory robert glad so here with the 1st of the 2 which was also his 1st ever wonder sleep goal. downing street's mouse catcher in chief is celebrating a decade in office laurie the catch was recruited by then british prime minister

developing countries don't get fair access to covert $1000.00 vaccines international federation of red cross and red crescent society says 70 percent of the doses of minutes so far have been in the world 50 wealthiest countries it's a vaccine inequality could lead to further mutations of covert 19 without equal distribution even who have actually. last pockets of the bloop bloop remain on vaccinated 1000 vaccine vitus we continue. and will continue to mute today when we add our voice again calls for equality and fairness otherwise we risk going back into the darkest days of the. we disgracing days even darker and. chilling has become the 1st latin american country to launch a mass covert 19 vaccination program born 210000 people have received their 1st dosed most of them above the age of 90. iraq's government is holding funerals for victims of the religious minority killed by eisel in what the u.n. has called a genocide the remains of 104 people have been examined and identified from mass graves in northern iraq they will be laid to rest in line with u.c.d. tradition in the coming days i sti

the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the south eastern city oh yeah oh. they arrested protesters gave the 3 fingered salute of the opposition in defiance. and meanwhile the military regime began releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of a mass clearing of the country's jails. though the military has presented this as a sign of good will the opposition fears the regime could just be making room for many new arrests. and for more let's bring in miles arnie he is the co-founder of forces of renewal southeast asia which is a network of scholars and activists that support democratic struggles across national borders he himself is from myanmar and now lives in london where he's joining us from i thank you for being on t.w. i'd like to begin by talking about the suspension of the laws that limit security forces from detainees suspects without a court order this of course will make it easier for people to be arrested will it work to make people less likely to protest against the military. well let me sooner or later the. months of rest a

you can call the numbers on your spring, 1-800-red-cross. >> good news, shipments are getting back onause back up in a week. new assembly lines will be able produce 700 vaccines per hour. >> i think we will be heading to normalcy, but i can't make that commitment to you. >> new stimulus checks, one of bid biden's bedrock promises. coming up, white house pretty secretary will talk about push for covid relief and immigration reform. you can catch that right here on a abc 7. president trump is scheduled to speak at cpac next sunday source says trump will speak of the future of the republican party and comments on president biden's changes to immigration policy okay. it's about building racial and social justice. this black history month, there is a new rich ristory and reframe the narrative. julian glover was there and explains why they have a permanent tribute in his honor. >> reporter: on what would be his 79ing birthday in west oakland now bears the name of the founder. his widow, fredericka filled with joy. >> overwhelmed a tangible result. not the last. >> there is a reason, so many

this time, though, it is an italian red cross patrol that crosses their path. >> you go 1-1-2, the numberemergency in italy. >> thank you. >> goodbye. >> [speaking italian] >> the slope begins to get steeper and the snow deeper. the children begin to tire. since gps pointers from other migrants who previously traveled this way. -- the group uses gps pointers. it is the moment of truth. after walking for five hours, they've reached the border where we must leave them. ♪ their crossing -- they are crossing nera here. -- near here. thousands cross here every year while trying to avoid this border control. >these mountain professionals are part of a group of 200 volunteers authorized through rest -- to rescue migrants in danger but they are forbidden from crossing the border. or they could be prosecuted for aiding illegal entry into france. >> [speaking french] >> the police and charger border control is reinforced by soldiers. the controls were put in place after them november 2020 terror attacks in paris. the police presence has increased ever since. at nightfall silhouettes appear on the e

meanwhile what they would do is they would have the british red cross, that would go in and talk to will just focus on britain for the moment. they would talk to potential brides family. they could file a report on these ladies. the behavior, their appearance, their allegiance, how much money they had. things of that nature. their health. they would use this to gain permission. the same took place in america. the group's family, was actually interviewed. their bank accounts were looked at. if you are going to bring a bride back to the states, did you have enough money to support them? to support her or to support the family. once these investigations were over, the commanding officer, had to give approval. and there are stories of one gentleman, his commanding officer, tried to convince him to wait. wait and meet a good american lady back home. do not be hasty and marrying. there is a story about a gentleman in montana, whose father rejected the marriage. it was not based on the she being from england. or she being a foreign or bride, it was based on their business. there was no reason f

the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of mommy and oh. arrested protesters gave the 3 fingered salute of the opposition in defiance. meanwhile the military regime began releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of a mass clearing of the country's jails. though the military has presented this as a sign of good will the opposition fears the regime could just be making room for many new arrests i. let's get the latest from phil robertson deputy director of asia division of the human rights watch in bangkok phil welcome to d.w. i want to start by asking you what you know about the nighttime kidnapping of some opponents of the military. well there is quite clearly an increase in night time raids by the police and military they're going after the activists who they've determined are playing a leading role in these proxy protests and and the nighttime raids are also about trying to intimidate others. there's at least $300.00 people $350.00 people have been arrested since the coup most of them are being held without ch

the red cross reports 3 people were wounded when police fired 5 of bullets in the southeastern city of milan me i'm now on that. arrested protesters were taken off giving the 3 think that solution defiance. meanwhile the military regime announced the release of more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of an amnesty. and mass clearing of the country's jails as authorities step up their response to the unrest shows no sign of abating. and earlier we spoke to a journalist in yangon and i asked her what was behind the amnesty 423000 prisoners in myanmar and these are pretty common around large holidays and so this is not something that's completely unexpected but what is different about this hour is the sheer number of people who released. the largest amnesty for 6000 back in 2011 and civilian government was trying to show that they were serious about reforms and so this one it's almost 4 times that many concerns from the public by. people who have been released are going to be used to either is. among the protesting crowds or to just you know create more streets but also the other fear is th

he made sure that he was able to write to her through the red cross. and they stayed in constant contact through his term. there in prison, in the p.o.w. camp. in fact, the camp he was in was what "hogan's heroes" television series is based on. they were able to marry as soon as he was released. the war was over and he was able to get her to the united states and they were married. for about 60-something years. there are some great stories in there. some gems that show these ladies simply by falling in love made a great impact on our country in the postwar period. after this q&a here, there's a great book called "g.i. brides" that we'll put in your lesson plans. it will have more information on some wonderful love stories. thanks for taking the time to listen to me. i love world war ii and i appreciate every one of you guys for being interested and wanting to teach your students about the greatest generation. >> thank you so much for this wonderful presentation. we're going to jump into some q&as. are you ready? >> i am. my internet is a little unstabl

developing countries don't get fair access to cope with 19 vaccines international federation of red cross and red crescent societies says 70 percent of doses administered so far have been in the world's 50 wealthiest countries. china's state run television channels will no longer be able to broadcast in the united kingdom after regulators revoked its license the u.k. has been a leading critic of china's crackdown on dissent in hong kong alleged use of slave labor in. the blocking of. yet another diplomatic dispute to the already frayed relations those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after viewfinder asia thanks so much but. as the global pandemic continues to spread will african nations manage to secure $1000.00 vaccines african union leaders will also try to find peaceful resolutions to heighten regional tensions in ethiopia and somalia the annual african union summit on al-jazeera. viewfinder fresh perspectives through the lens of. the planet. that are. already on it for my family. and don't let me get you to comment on that you know like. your family. it was. aw

s northern take ray region red crosses marked the damaged buildings and another set of pictures shows the before and after they suggest that fighting is still raging in the disputed region although the ethiopian government says it has mostly stopped satellite images are being used to keep track of the conflict access to to grey is limited human rights organization embassy international says it is evidence that eritrea and troops massacred hundreds of people in the city of axim last november the group used satellite images and witness accounts to document the atrocities. this family cut away they've escaped the fighting in ethiopia region and have found shelter in sudan. w. news met them back in november when they just arrived. at. coconuts and as a player we cried and our children cried with us and they wept in front of us so i think the shooting started while we were eating and we just had to leave. their home in ethiopia has seen almost 4 months of fighting between local rebel forces and the theater in military. allegedly receiving support by eritrean troops gaining an accurate pict

storm is causing serious concerns over our nation's blood supply now america's blood center and the red cross urging any healthy adults to please consider donating lester >> morgan, thank you >>> minutes ago i spoke to houston's mayor, sylvester turner, of what lies ahead for people there mayor turner, thank you for being with us. i know the lights are coming on there. you are looking at a hard freeze over night are there still folks in danger? >> yes, there are still folks in danger and people without power. there are still people, for example, that just found themselves in a very precarious state, lester. things have changed quite a bit the last 24 hours but there are people are on boiling water notice right now and people who don't have power right now. things are tedious for a lot of people in the city >> i know there has been a lot of concerns regarding the hospitals. are they getting the water they need >> pressure for the hospitals have gone up in terms of pressure, we were below 20 psi, as of a couple of hours ago, that has increased to 29 and holding and on its way to 35 the water pr

fighting in november of last year francesco rocca is president of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he explained earlier the challenges in getting aid into t. gray. one of the most difficult they have us you know it we did people there is missing in most everything and only for us because we're working. in the region not and. even these 4 out of 48 lucky everything that magazines drive today can not. be the. golden days surgeries because they are missing a or diminishing not needed for a nice food. security plus the violence. plus of course hundreds of thousands of like. 250000 soaked and that are already in this you and i may have been i'm not glad i met some of them might be said to all speak outside the state where boats all speak out empty because they were made since and rocks so in a situation is very very difficult if you can would cross it was present before out walking got but we got a lot of difficulties out there who may know them not remaining unaccessible and the 80 percent of the people of the right is eating it we're out in that our yes but

it goes as far south as tucson, the red cross the border in new mexico. and alaska where we have a new house. in anchorage, we serve the cathedral parish down there, throughout the great state of alaska. >> what about the party for arch bishop was a dominican sister right? that's also here in numbers. >> the wonderful thing about the dominican order is it's not just the priest or the friars preaching. saint dominic knew that in order to radically change culture, or bring culture in a light, you needed a strong component of women. contemplative nuns. so even before, he formerly founds the order preachers pretty founds the nuns first. 800 years. i had the privilege of visiting the monastery being built, and you have contemplative nuns living there, actually from all over the world. what was actually for me personally attracted to the order as it wasn't simply a group of guys getting together to preach, it was together we behiusand is ill. groupsof act of sisters which come a little bit later. but, begin to teach very much known for education. >> they offer

i spent a lot of time reading lab notes from scientists and red cross archives, things like that. when they figured out the virus, that was isolated in 1933. in 1925 they defined what a virus was. as i said earlier, they were these really small entities. i didn't know if these were just -- they didn't know if these were just tiny bacteria or a virus. bacteria is alive. a virus is not alive. it could only reproduce by invading another cell and taking over its machinery. having that cell make copies of itself. it is a piece of information that creates almost like a chemical reaction when it goes into a cell. that is the big difference. they could not grow it in 1918. they only know how to grow bacteria. you need a cell, you need something alive for it to grow, a virus. they were trying to provide nutrients and they could not culture the virus. in 1933 it was isolated. host: about 10 minutes left this morning with john berry. he has joined us before on "washington journal." with us for about 10 more minutes. this is sheila in west virginia. caller: another question. all of this back

astra zeneca shop there with the director of health and care at the international federation of the red cross and red crescent he told me the consequences of not using all available doses are dire. it leaves an ethical that we have hundreds of thousands of those of effective vaccine lying unused in the european countries when we have many else workers in the developing countries that are not getting any vaccine these are not only unethical it's extremely sad because every vaccine that is not injected in the arm of a person is a potential death due to. 1000 so we really need to accelerate the distribution of vaccines and to do that one of the critical point in europe has been means information and mistrust in not only in europe we have a lot of vaccine is around the world and i think there is a lot of work to be done to make sure that people understand that getting a vaccine that has a 60 percent efficacy rate is a great deal everybody should be going for that vaccine as long as the vaccine is safe i think has been demonstrated. so there's no reason why those people should be the thing and not

what we heard from emanuel kappa bianco from the international federation of the red cross and red crescent and he believes that the current discrepancy in vaccine distribution is indefensible. it is an ethical that we have hundreds of thousands of those effective and safe vaccine lying go unused in the european countries when we have many l's workers in the developing countries that are not getting any vaccine these are not only unethically is extremely sad because every vaccine that is not injected in the arm of a person is a potential death due to. $1000.00 right now we do have the problem of lack of supply in the world so why in the world of scenes that are effective and safe that are out to rise by the regulatory in general is a very good thing and what i am seeing right now is that almost every week we have news of more and more vaccines coming to destroy and that will increase the supply eventually for the entire world callbacks as a nice to make is bringing vaccines out and starting all pretty next week we'll see more counters pushing into law you can countries in enough rica where

developing countries don't get fair access to covered by teen vaccines the international federation of red cross red crescent societies says that 70 percent of doses administered so far have been in the world's 50 wealthiest countries they say that this vaccine inequality could lead to further mutations of covert 19 the group is developing a plan to fund jobs for 500000000 people in poor countries. without equal distribution even unduly who are bassinet it may not be safe if the last pockets of the bloop bloop remain on vaccinated there could be 1000 baxi invited as we continue to serve and we continue to mute today we add our voice again to cause but equality and fairness otherwise we've is going back into that black is days of the pandemic and what have we discussing days that are even darker and did yes. the 1st mask over 1000 vaccination campaign in south america is underway in chile on wednesday more than 210000 people received their 1st dose most of them about the age of 90 latin america and it's a lucy a new one reports from santiago. it's been 5 decades since latina sanchez last set foot

failed is the red cross administrator in the remote rugged province of corrino in the northern philippines. running only that there are certain they are. right. that there are that this is one of the final days of a polio and measles immunization drive. good good good good care. and then i look. back at that i sit back on the one. our main objective is making sure that no children is left behind and that would put the health system in threat because it may be one of the class of and outbreaks thank you very much. thank you mami. but awful has noticed that parents are increasingly wary of vaccines. in recent years public trust in vaccines in the philippines has plummeted from 93 percent to 32 percent more than anywhere else in the world. on one of the last days of the vaccination campaign off ellen to tame travel to the village of job with a major group of concerned parents or was that not because of me afterward that any of them are married or that they are made up and they say. well whatever they. are they will mind that in the next i've been ionia about when i. don't know it turns out th

time because of progress on vaccines so after you my typos will be international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies he says health authorities are on high alert. team's response the team had to go do it piece on 2 of the outbreak from good day and a lot of part in this government badness and you. give according to the profile and. provide and supported tools in minutes that. include. your i fantasy m.s.f. . c.d.c. you see and or departments in countries that are supporting the government to do to you to provide support and to do to stop resist out to brett in a short time liberia's health authorities are now on high alert because the deaths in guinea were reported in and around the city close to their shared border liberia was declared free from ebola and 2015. supporters of jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny ignored police warnings and they held vigils across the country they used valentine's day to bring attention to his imprisonment but after thousands of arrests in the past few weeks they've suspended their major street protests now the barber has more. a

prepared this time because of progress on vaccines dr you know is with the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he says health off already these are on high alert. teams response to team up with padded to go do it be signs of the outbreak from today and a lot of part in this government gluttonous and you. give according to the profile and. specific lutie. provided and supported tools in minutes that. include. 2 i 5 c. c d c c and these all departments in countries that are supporting the government had to do to provide support and to do to stop resists out to brett in a short time liberia's health authorities are now on high alert it's because of the deaths in guinea were reported in and around a city close to their shared border liberia was the clear and free from able in 2015. still ahead on al-jazeera. remembering the brains uprising 10 years on we look back at the movement and activists behind the. threats intimidation and targeted killings the challenges facing afghanistan's independent media. we've got signs of an end to europe's long cold winter tumbling in fro

the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of miami and oh. arrested protesters gave the 3 fingered salute of the opposition in defiance. meanwhile the military regime began releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners as part of a mass clearing of the country's jails. though the military has presented this as a sign of good will the opposition fears the regime could just be making room for many new arrests i. get the latest from phil robertson deputy director asia division of the human rights watch in bangkok welcome to d.w. i want to start by asking you what you know about the nighttime kidnapping of opponents of the military. well there is quite clearly an increase in night time raids by the police and military they're going after the activists who they've determined are playing a leading role in these projects protests and and the nighttime raids are also about trying to intimidate others. there's at least $300.00 people $350.00 people have been arrested since the coup most of them are being held without charges and we wan