and earlier d, w spoke to sean casey from the world health organization. and we asked him what the main concerns awful people effected on the smaller islands and how the international community is trying to help at this point the, the small island, as you mentioned in the huff, i group, i, mungo islands. i. when we fool island, the, the buildings are almost completely destroyed on those islands and the populations are having to be relocated actually. so that's underway and that's being led by the government of tanya more broadly. but the whole country is covered in ash, and that is contaminating water supplies. and so the, the most urgent need for the entire population is really access to water. and for, for some communities, it's going to be a shelter and reconstruction. and we have very little communications with tongue at the moment. the internet cable is cut and international calls are impossible. and so we're relying completely on satellite communication, which is very patchy and very difficult at this time. but we are, we are able to communicate that

i want to bring in sean casey. he is with the world health organization. he is joining me tonight from fiji. we appreciate you taking time to talk with us tonight. it is the people on tonga. >> the builders are almost completely destroyed. the populations have to be relocated. that is being led by the government of tonga. more broadly, the whole country is covered in ash. that is contaminated water supplies. the most urgent need is access to water. international calls are relying on satellite communication. that is very catchy and difficult at this time but we are able to communicate in very short bursts. >> we have these first photos, the first image is the world is seeing. >> it is disturbing to see the destruction, these green islands -- it is a very green and lush place, a beautiful island. it does look like everything is covered in ash. it changes the whole image of the country from what you imagine it to be. it is a sad situation. they jumped right into action, they deployed their own shows. we have support on the way. hopefully this recovery effort

sean casey, of the world health organization, talking to us from fiji there. let's take a look at some the other stories making news around the world. canadian province of k back has introduced new restriction on alcohol sales for the unvaccinated store, selling liquor and cannabis will now only be accessible to people who are vaccinated against over 19. give back has been hit hard by a wave of across the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u. s. capital as issued subpoenas to rudy giuliani and 2 other lawyers. i really were former president donald trump. lawyers publicly pushed trumps baseless claim. the voter fraud following his election defeat committee is demanding the lawyer sit for deposition. in february a t and t and horizon have agreed to delay activating some of their 5 g services after us airlines worn that could cause catastrophic destruction. air travel, if they, the new technology might affect flight instruments and render many aircraft unusable. now to the state of press freedom in hong kong. in recent months, the city has seen s

enormous distances, it will take a couple of days before the boats are raw or want to bring in sean casey, he's with the world health organization. he's the health cluster coordinator for the pacific region. he's joining me tonight from fiji. it's good. we appreciate you taking time to talk with us to night is the people on tonga, what's the biggest threat to them right now? thanks for having me. at this point the, the small islands, as you mentioned in the high group, mungo island island, the, the buildings are almost completely destroyed on those islands and the populations are having to be relocated actually. so that's underway, and that's being led by the government up to that more broadly. but the whole country is covered in ash and that is contaminating water supplies. so the, the most urgent need for the entire population is really access to water. and for, for some communities, it's going to be a shelter and reconstruction. and as you mentioned, we have very little communications with talking at the moment. the internet cable is cut and international calls are impossible. and so w

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