from skype but washington, d.c.s jam al abdi. a very warm welcome to you all. thank you for joining us on inside story i would like to begin with you jamal. in his speech, the president said that his country will do whatever it takes to have these sanctions lifted. how flexible is he likely to be to have that aim achieveed? >> this is is the big question. because -- this is the question because for the iranians there is little guarantee that the united states stay in the deal. and if a new president comes in in 2025 won't tear deal up. so for the iranians at this point unless there is movement on the u.s. side and the p-5 side, then really we're looking for the iranians to be flexible because there's not a lot of flexibilities on the u.s. side. this is accurate, you know, there's not a lot of political space in the united states for a new deal, if there is a new deal. it needs to go through congress. think the impasse is largely over the fact that you know, the cyst saying to iran to come into a deal hopefully benef

ok, dana, thank you very much and how to talking to us on skype, out of a root. let's bring in rahman curry. he's a senior public policy fellow at the american university of pe routes. he joins us on skype from cambridge, massachusetts ramey, great to happy here again on the news out. let's go back just a few days. what the information minister said, was there anything, factually inaccurate about what he said? i know what he's said about saudi's being involved in the am and wars. absolutely correct. just and the tradition of inter are politics with hypocrisy and, and protocol and all the things that people do to stay in touch with. you're not supposed to say things in public even if they're true. and, but this is a bigger than that is because there is a, a complex relationship between the saudi government and the state of lebanon. and the various actors, particularly the suddenly of loving and traditionally recently led by the and so there's other factors, they just use that statement by the information most or as an excuse to try a new way to pressure lebanon. a

from skype. how bad things were from brazil --in brazil, how well-equipped is the country now to handle this new variant? guest: thank you for having me on. brazil has gone through several waves of covid infection, including waves that devastated entire cities like the c apital. we also had situations where a variant first described in brazil, it took over the original strain of the virus. brazil, as of now, faster than we first believed it to be capable of doing. we are now at 76% of the population inoculated with two doses. we also have a lot of regional differences. states in the southeast are closer to 80%, while some northern states are closer to 30% of people with two doses. anchor: the reports say that the two people who tested positive for the omicron variant had up to now displayed mild symptoms. it is only two people but what do you take from that? guest: that is correct. they arrived on the 23rd. they were supposed to leave the country the 25th and that is when the virus was detected t

our apologies that bit of a freeze on the skype that harold isaac joining his staff from the haitian capital, poor sprints. after the us and canadian missionaries were released, of course, many haitians are also suffering from kidnappings. and what is a very fragile and unstable security situation? in the country and i think go back with us now. harold. hello. yeah, sorry. listen, i was just asking you about the protests in the country since the mission. reason cannot. because obviously, many haitians have also been abducted and they've been called serrano has anything changed in the country? has it been any improvement or, or form to this situation? well clearly the situation with the missionaries was a very spectacular kidnapping, which was somewhat unusual in the haitian context and, and it did san shock waves within the haitian community. however, their release are very welcome in the community. here is unfortunately, one extra issues for haitians that they have to deal with. so their situation per se still remains on certain. why is that? how has the position of the, the crimina

all right, let's bring our guests joining us live by skype from geneva, howard captain. he is the chief executive officer of the international council of nurses from one by dr. issue arg alada, an infectious diseases expert, and secretary general of the organized medicine academic guild, and from melbourne. grant blashley and associate professor at the nozzle institute for global health at the university of melbourne. a warm welcome to you all and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. howard, let me start with you today. it is estimated that between 80002880002 health care workers could have died from cupboard 19 since the beginning of the pandemic. that is a staggering number. just how shocking is it to you. i'm. it's a, it's a conservative estimate. it is absolutely shocking. i think the true figure could be higher. i think we could be pushing close to a quarter of a 1000000. it's an indictment of government's failure to act, to protect health care work as these are people who were just going to work to do their job. but the real issue that worries me hu

and he's joining via skype from north carolina. very good to have you. with us on al jazeera, the security forces seem determined to stop protest of cut off the internet clothes major rose to call to, but hasn't deterred protest as those. so where to from here with both sides determined to continue on their current course. well, it's hard to know. clearly, there are some negotiations happening behind the scenes that are not public, both by the prime minister, meeting with members of these resistance committees and meeting with members of the political parties in the country, trying to find a new way forward, a new political agreement that all sides can agree on at the same time, i think the military and security forces are also trying to build a stronger political coalition for themselves. and i think you're, what you're seeing is the prime minister stuck between the democratic opposition to taking to the streets week after week, and the military with whom he is in a political partnership with right now. and so i really think all pressure is on the prime

she joins me now via skype from washington. the negotiations last week were difficult and tense of the signs more positive this week. well, i think it's a little early to say, even the u. s. delegation has not yet returned to the talks. they're supposed to go back over this weekend. so there been some preliminary discussions. i think iran has gotten a loud and clear message from the remaining parties to the agreement, europeans, russia, and china. that the draft they put down last week in vienna. we're not realistic that they are, as i've written the day, we're demanding more for less, more concessions. and the way the sanctions relief from the united states in return for less cooperation on the nuclear front and not rolling back all the advances that they've made in their program in recent months. so perhaps that was just an opening did. i think we'll get a better sense probably in the next few days, whether iran is willing to be flexible and whether it's willing to accept progress that was made before iranian presidential ele

hey, who's live via skype from tauranga in new zealand. are we expecting people to stay away as the, the pro independent groups of called for what? see the mood like there? well, we saw a very good turn out on those 2 previous referendums that you mentioned. and i think that will continue for the most part anyway, for those who want to keep the status quo, to stay with france. but for those who are in favor of independence, i think we'll see those numbers reduced significantly because of that coal to boycott. you know, this should have been a die of great optimism of great excitement for people who want independence from france, particularly given that the gap between the 2 sides narrowed significantly. as you mentioned in those 2 previous votes are but i think given the build up to this given the conditions that the referendum is being held under, it's highly unlikely that we're going to see that the pro independence group be able to bridge that gap. and when this referendum and it really all comes back to a, to the cove at 19 a pandemic,

he joins us now live via skype from tower ranga in new zealand. so all the cold. so boy having much of an impact so far. well, so far it seems that they are this referendum is being held in quite attempts atmosphere, given those calls to stay away from the are polling booths by the leaders of the pro independence political parties. in fact, they have called for this vote to be postponed until late next year because the french government rejected those calls and the vote is going ahead. so those pro independence groups have labeled this entire process and democratic because of the conditions in the lead up to sundays of voting and also the conditions on the day. and it appears as if people are heating those coals to boycott the vert, our we've had pretty good voter turnout and the 2 previous referendums, in fact, last year's vote saw more than 85 percent voter turnout. about half way through the day on sunday, though, reports coming and suggest that the turnouts of this year's referendum is only about 27.75 percent at the same period last year. it was almost 50 per

he joined us on skype from london co in welcome to the news. so clearly nobody is fooled by today's sentencing being handed down from the court. but is there a sense in which the military has actually made on on suit, she more of a problem for them than she was before as you see that the, for the military, everyone is a problem because the, the city but the, you need to see that the 5 years she has, she had been bull abraded with them. leave the even. you see the internet she, she, she put the all, she took all the bullets from the dimensional community when she took sided with the military on genocide issues. so their relation on regarding minority are non but ma, what is the number of people the very united for example you are you, when emily ration in between the state of nuclear station and, and so that means the kind of people on site all these other you see that will find any government and the military, the united, the, all they new platform on the but the bottom is the one that comes when the believe the field that the general mainland

an expert in international or in the horn of africa joined us from cause go via skype. first of all, how do you judge the minute trees preparations and responds to the protest today? i think the sudanese military seems to be very determined to cross the protest movement and hold onto her against all the political frame was an agreement that had been entered into between them on the one hand and the civilian collision. on the other hand, these are protesters, a young international student east, went to steven 2019 a year, opened up the space for the military to were. so she had the same group of people who start to put testing where the military came out to cool. not told her about it since october 20 since october this year. so they seem very determined, but the military also the same time seems very determined to preserve and protect this intrinsic political and economic interest. and i think this is putting down in a very different just to be care about this. you say this is a new generation of protest is prior to the military coup in october. there was a civilian, mi

of emerging infectious diseases at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine joins us by skype. from geneva, good to have you with us. so that the daughter that picture, it changes almost daily with our mac. once we go to us, you know, some basic questions. again, infection rates. now, once again, the headline, is there surging right across the world? what does the data say so far, though, about how deadly this variant is so, so we do know to facts, it's more transmissible and has a very high doubling time. and so it's now really a, we're taking and replacing delta, the initial signal from south africa. the initial data suggested that this virus may cause less severe disease. but these, they, that came from south africa and a younger population with lots of them background mental infections. so we didn't need to understand the data coming out from countries with a higher proportion of older people. and they to are now slowly coming out. and so the question that we have to ask is, what is the proportion of only grown positive persons who actually didn't let end up in hospital? b

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and each new participant must be interviewed beforehand on skype. the security measures are designed to keep out extremists and prevent sexual black male . but this show is like a homage to love. oh, it's great. these events help us liberate ourselves and feel good for you, but i wonder if they'll actually change anything in russian society. it's primarily the privilege to enjoy these evenings of freedom elsewhere. many russian women are still bound by patriarchy and off become victims of violence. ah, a russian proverb says that if your husband beats you, it's only because he loves you. many men have taken these words to heart mine. ah irina petra cova is the survivor. ah! if to be a little fish will stay here for tomorrow you have school. do you have a lot of homework? ah, well, i'm down here. if you just. oh, the motion of flesh upgrades. yeah. you know play. i'll tie up the dog. sit. okay. the shower. i think the dog is here to protect is a group, a video. oh, god forbid, something should happen to us in william, but she had big problems with my

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shots is worthless against omicron, which has been discovered in more than a third of the country skype tifts say two doses might not be enough. they would likely stop severe illness and death. >> there is tremendous volume compared to if have you only one or any. >> reporter: president biden praised the research >> if you get the boothster, yo are in really good shape. >> reporter: delta is driving the latest surge, six states now account for the majority of increase and hospital beds filled >> the bottom line left in all of this and the message is for those who are unvaccinated, please get vaccinated and particularly for those who are fully vaccinated, get that booster shot because that makes a big difference. >> reporter: while moderna hasn't said how effective it is, fauci believes its test results will likely be similar to pfizer's chris po hope, nbc news, walk. >>> social media giants are feeling the heat on while. they grilled intoo gram. >> i firmly believe instagram and the internet more broadly can be a positive force in young people's lines. >> reporter: it was inis that gram

and each new participant must be interviewed beforehand on skype. the security measures are designed to keep out extremists and prevent sexual blackmail . but this show is like a homage to love. oh, it's great. these events help us liberate ourselves and feel good for you. but i wonder if they'll actually change anything in russian society. it's primarily the privilege to enjoy these evenings of freedom. elsewhere. many russian women a still bound by patriarchy, and often become victims of violence. ah, a russian proverb says that if your husband beats you, it's only because he loves you. many men have taken these words to heart. ah irina petra cova is a survivor ah 50 bill vesh will stay here. tomorrow you have school. do you have a lot of homework labs? ah, well, i'm down in. if you oh, lou most in a blush, upgrades ya play. i'll tie up the dog seat. okay. the shed. i think the dog is here to protect us up represented. oh, god forbid, something should happen to us in it, but she had been problems with my ex husband about quarter after we moved out

but there are strict rules, no photos, and each new participant must be interviewed beforehand on skype. the security measures are designed to keep out extremists and prevent sexual blackmail. but this show is like a homage to love. oh, it's great. these events help us liberate ourselves and feel good for you, but i wonder if they'll actually change anything in russian society. it's primarily the privilege to enjoy these evenings of freedom elsewhere. many russian women, a still bound by patriarchy, and off, become victims of violence. ah, a russian proverb says that if your husband beats you, it's only because he loves you. many men have taken these words to heart when ah irina petra cova is the survivor? ah! if to ville visual to you, tomorrow you have school. do you have a lot of homework? ah. oh, down if you oh, the motion of flesh upgrades. yeah. you know, play, i'll tie up the dog. sit okay. was shut. let's take, the dog is here to protect the corporate. god forbid, something should happen to us named william, but she had problems with my ex husband too. we moved out here to, you

he joins us by skype from moscow. hello there. andre, thanks for being here. his annual press conference really is a marathon event. how much of it is orchestrated or free? well, it's hard to tell. of course, shaw jungle is participated to these breast confirm, so are carefully selected but to from time to time even person has to confront her a difficult question so. so i imagined that, oh, there is no micro management. oh, i see dr. generally. the selection is the, are, there are some topics that he can avoid. the president has said he doesn't want war with ukraine has he actually addressed this issue at all over the past hour and a half? well, he mentioned in passing the term, the only foundation to resolve the problem i is the implementation of the means can agreements in fool. i think that i, he implied that are, are, unfortunately, are the ukrainian side di is not ready to implement disagreements and that grades are kind of far our own block on the way up to a more stable situation. but so far, he has focused primarily on the domestic agenda on bernan soc

he joins us live from washington via skype. hello, they stay, thanks for joining us. what you got a new threat of economic sanctions. thank you. and other measures, what do you make of what he's saying and how much of a test is this for his administration? i think it's an enormous test. i mean, many of us have been watching this build up and have been watching the provocation that vladimir putin in russia been making for a number of time. knowing that, in a sense, vladimir putin was trying to set up a defining challenge for biden, to test him. and this is going to be biden's 1st real test and, and the democratic west real tests. you have to remember just in a day or 2, we're going to have jo biden's, you know, meeting with 109 leaders from around the world, not russia at the summit for democracy. and this is why i'm repeating, saying, you know, that is a, that is a paper construct. and it does not really reflect the american power in the world. and, and that america security guarantee, whether in a formal nato type alliance, or just a guarantee to a country like ukrai

he joins us live at via skype from taipei, hello, the j, michael. as we heard in kimberly's package, the summons guest least has raised eyebrows. took us for the significance of taiwan seam buys. well, it certainly makes a lot of sense for a vibrant democracy like taiwan, population of 23500000 people. in recent years, i've made it very clear that despite its often exclusion from international institutions, it has tremendous. it can make tremendous contributions to increasingly complex world. and certainly during the quarter, in 1900 pandemic, we have seen taiwan shine on the international stage with its ability not only to respond to the pen demik, but also to strike a, an appropriate balance between the uses of technology uses of artificial intelligence. and at the same time, making sure that human rights individual rights are protected. how tie one's invite to this democracy summit be received by china. certainly china does not, is not please that any event, any invitation that gives the, the impression if you will, that taiwan is a, is a soverei

he joins us via skype now from san francisco. california, thanks for being with us. now and in addition to the tougher stringent testing for international travelers, the administration also announced campaigns to increase vaccinations and booster shots rapid at home testing for more people. that's just a few of them. but what do you make these measures? could he could they have gone further why? i think it's not just asking people to vaccinate, but getting it into people's art and i think boosters are incredibly important. that's vaccinations, the 2 doses, of course we're trying to push as much as we can for boosters. right. now are urging urgent need for those with that, you know, over 4 to 6 months since their 2nd shot. and that is the best protection to get them across. and we, we believe that it should hopefully call back on the current location with the boosters. but the testing was good move, but testing the make it free, but will it be available really enough? that's the other question because it's free and really quickly acceptable without many hurdles. and i

and each new participant must be interviewed beforehand on skype. the security measures are designed to keep out extremists and prevent sexual blackmail . but this show is like a homage to love. oh, it's great. these events help us liberate ourselves and feel good for you, but i wonder if they'll actually change anything in russian society. it's primarily the privilege to enjoy these evenings of freedom elsewhere. many russian women are still bound by patriarchy and off, become victims of violence. ah, a russian proverb says that if your husband beats you, it's only because he loves you. many men have taken these words to heart when ah irina petra cova is the survivor? ah! if to ville visual, stay here for tomorrow you have school. do you have a lot of homework? ah. oh, down if you oh, the motion of flesh upgrades. yeah. you know, play, i'll tie up the dog. sit okay. the shed. i think the dog is here to protect is a ppo provider. oh, god forbid, something should happen to us in it, but she had big problems with my ex husband about quarter after we m

my skype. can i start by asking you about the nature of the virus outbreak this year oversee that? we saw something very similar last year, but how, how does the wave of infections or this december compared to that? well, this is a wave because hit our glue globally or in a big way in that only crone is highly infectious. when goto appeared, we thought, goodness me, this delta is pretty infectious. well compared to delta only, cronies, about 4 or 5 times, much more infectious. so it appeared and suddenly took over and has become the dominant variant in many parts of the country. it's difficult to her assess this definitively now, because data is still being collected from a different box the well, but does that, does the preliminary information suggest that hospitalizations and deaths are lower compared to last year? so that one is ever so difficult to ascertain just yet because it appeared about a month ago, and then it has, it started to spread in the population and there is always a lag period. so there aren't many, many people out there wishing it that, oh look, it hospitalizat

he joins us live now via skype from washington to talk more was thanks very much for being with us. so just remind us on what legal grounds did that federal court earlier this year justify their ruling to force the biden administration to, to reinstate this, remain in mexico policy from, from when trump was present. so what they said was, they used a law in the, in the united states called the administrative per fee direct. and what the administrative procedure act says is that no administration can change a policy of a prior administration if it is doing it for arbitrary and breach. of 3, and so what the court concluded, and it went all the way up to bring carter, and they agreed that the biden administration, the reason for discontinuing the remain in mexico program were in sufficiently persuasive. so the level they claimed that he was arbitrary and capricious as such that the revocation could not occur. and the remain in mexico policy had to continue. and why is this program seen by many as controversial? is it because of the humanitarian concerns over what might happen to the, t

jones gonna lie via skype from washington. d. c. could have you with us on the program. so we know the meeting has now finished and the president biden and brought to me, pizza, most probably briefing the allies, but beyond strong words and sanctions. what more do you think president biden can do? you know, i think the administration essentially is being fundamentally challenged by president prudent is clearly the escalation regarding almost 100000 forces on ukraine order. ready is being done to extract concessions from ukraine and the united states. i think president buying has done a very good job in laying out the risks and the costs associated with that escalation. and i think also the president has message that if russia chooses to go down this path, that actually the u. s. footprint and potential support to ukraine and allies surrounding russia will actually increase, which will likely undermine russian interests. so in many ways, i think the united states, in case of an incursion is obviously planning the most significant economic sanctions that the united states

let's bring in cameron hudson, he's a non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council joins us by skype from miami. good to have you with us. so 1st of all, looking at the fact that these demonstrations have continued for the 11th day. now that say that the authorities well miscalculated on the 25th of october. absolutely, i think that we've seen repeated miscalculations by the military, both in terms of their underestimating the power and the perseverance of the protest movement in cartoon and across the country. ah, but also i think the resilience of this, of this group and the international community to, to stand up to the military. and this qu, so we've not really seen any kind of movement on the side of the protest movement in terms of giving in. and if anything their resolve has been ah fortified and what we've seen from the military um is more and more, i think draconian measures more effort to seize an increasing amount of power within the country. essentially, undermining the what is left of the transition at, at every stage. how much of a threat to the army, all the protest be

division of biomedical sciences and biomedical engineering at the university of reading joint us via skype life from there. good to have you with us. so 1st of all, it does seem like the year is kind of ending as it began with a search of covey cases. but is it fair to say it's different this time? this is not a repeat of what happened at the beginning of the pandemic. we're in a better place, and all mcclellan is not as deadly as the 1st wife. we are definitely not in the same place as we were 12 months ago. in the u. k, at least we actually have a much higher number of infections. but it's with a barrier which for some reason it appears to be less fairly, less able to cause disease, at least in younger people. so far the ones who have been infected by a reduction inability because they might be to in some more, in total, incomplete st. paul, to the fact that we've had a large scale vaccination program, and we know that the vaccines reduce your risk of getting seriously ill with other variance and it's perfectly reasonable to see that it's playing paul with chrome as well. so is that prob

he joins us over skype from stockholm. does this withdraw by the t p l f mean that they are going to dis on that there will be an end to the fighting and hostilities. thank you for having me on when i think that the security forces have been stuck between hot place and iraq because on the one hand and the the international community has been making enormous pressure on them to withdrawal. so that the 18th and government could be convinced into delivering it because they had been government conditioned the delivery of 8 on the ground forces withdrawing on the weekend. although they had to go there to pursue the enemy that would otherwise invade them to gripe. so they had that on the other hand, the pressure but on. ready the other hand, they know that this army would mean that the origin and the different government would invade to grade that the next day and visit the kind of devastation that they had when they returned anita, bow horses were integrated last year. so i don't think disarming is with, within the cost of the

he joins us on skype from war. so thanks for being here. boycheck, can you just break this all down for us? what does pull in want and how has the you reacted in general, poland once to be in the e. u and to. busy benefit from all the membership starting from security guarantees to financial assistance, it is generally entitled to receive to, to build coherence of the block. however, this government has put itself against this direction with the majority of pose truly support. thank you. integration. this government has been embroiled over conflict with brussels over reforms and changes in the law starting judiciary law and recently media law, others where it undermines the values and principles of europe in union. the constitutional tribunal has been taken over by the government, hence the commission. finally recognized after 6 years has been so that it has been politicized and put under direct political influence of the government no longer performing the functions of independent court. while the government in po

he joins us from skype from mass. manchester must much shot we talking here about a major health crisis just around the corner. me and peter, archery the situation in god's it's heretic situation. the water and sanitation situation was called wash situation is it to do anything for over 14 years. you know, that they got us under the blockades for over 14 years and protracted crisis for all 6 months, including water, sanitation, health, also education. we are currently working in the senior territories as a human appeal and providing services for water sanitation for did you cation for security as well. but the major problem in the gaza is the water as 97 percent of the ground towards that it's on a drinkable aconia, w i t o. it's time that's for drinking water models, 120000000 liters of c, which either partially treated or for c, which is being disposed into the maintain and see that's contaminating get the c as well for entertainment, for people who are living in gaza, you can imagine 2100000 people living in a very short or small strength area is considered the most highly populated

baled a mark. thou is professor of communications at the american university of beirut, joins us via skype from there. good to have you with us. so do you think the latest visit by the un secretary general will make a difference to the bleak outlook for lebanon? not at all. busy to come directly to the plain job while he's doing his tour of the president's the prime minister, a speaker of the house, and the religious leaders, the prime minister. a crushed out of a meeting with both speaker of the house and issued the statement saying he will not cover it up if violation of the constitution of the people. good debtors as meeting with odd to busy covering up for that crimes to actually be proposing any solutions. and this has been consistent since the start of the crisis back in october 2 10191 he's basically doing with this trip is literally helping them gain some credibility, which they have lost on the international stage. those individuals are themselves responsible. they knew about the ammonium nitrate that exploded and the port. these are exactly the same people who crib of the country

c, by skype and at today we had this troubling footage of a military vehicle applying into a group of protests as what further information have you received about the treatment of that people at the hands of the military today. right, well we heard reports that there were 3 sporadic or pop up protests in yet gone this morning and we obviously saw the horrific footage and the media reports and other reports that we've gotten indicate that 5 people have been confirmed, killed in that attack up to 15, arrested, and many more seriously injured. i'm so very concerned about the safety and well being of those who are currently under the military's attention and of course, condemned the abuses committed by the military. this morning. it's really abominable and the world needs to needs to take action immediately to prevent further harm's at a, you anticipating that there are likely to be farther demonstrations or perhaps an upside in protest. given that the, the one that we saw today comes of for several vide dixie due to behind it down to unsung said she. yeah, i think it's likely that there

it joins us over skype from raleigh, north carolina. can i ask you how worried you are about the on the chrome varied to the crime virus? yeah, i think there certainly reason for concern as we think about what the coming month holds for us. we know that so many parts of the world have been devastated by the delta variant and the the implications of what that's done in terms of disease and death. the early findings from omicron would tell us that there is a potential increase in transmitter ability. we don't yet know in terms of immune evasion, whether that's quite broad or not. and we also don't know really whether it causes significantly more severe disease. so while there shouldn't be time for a panic, it is enough to caution us both to increase the measures that we're taking now. and also recognize that the only way we're going to keep variance like this from continuing to emerge is to vaccinate the whole world more effectively reporting from south africa earlier on in the program and, and how facials there's that they're very concer

he joins us via skype. thanks very much for being with us. what would you say? archbishop desmond tutu main legacy was the he was a man of please remember to use the pol goods to liberate these people are far beyond saw africa, the continent and the world. and it is associated very much, isn't he with, with that so struggling out against apartheid. but he, he kept his distance into, from, from the n. c. tell us about that. that indeed, i think if you look at his history, he never belong to structures other than the church itself. and he used it innovatively to ensure that one does not separate religion and politics toward the funds that cause in south africa. the question of racial equality. but he went beyond that, he looked at issues of poverty health equality looked at the tone v. even now the folks seen on covet maintenance issues. and he entered the terror enough international relation and looking at the crisis in ronda and far beyond the african continent of the issues as well as in asia. the. this is a man who stood against united states on issues of war

he joined me by skype from, she's all cut in japan and it's great to have you withers own counseling, the course, at least on thursday, asking about the prime minister's prime fully. casita says he will bring a new form of capitalism. what does this mean? and is it really any different from abby nomics? really good question in the sense that yes, and he needs to bring up something new, especially considering the fact that he was not as popular as these are tribal mr. cohen o amongst a japanese public. but he was elected because he was popular amongst the japanese believe the m p 's. so obviously he has to come up with, well, some kind of a new plan that would basically attract people's eyes. and basically, to rectify the disparity that was caused by the coven, 19, and a japanese are quite sensitive to this issue. although japan's no us disparity of wealth is rather low in amongst be always he, nations, people do not want to have such society will divide. so obviously this is an area where he could tackle or basically claim to tackle are considering the new form of you know, capitalism

he joins us now from kinshasa via skype. mr. mia? thank you for your time. i want to ask you about the scale of this operation. how involved is your government? is this more of a situation where you've allowed uganda to operate in your borders or are you actually also deploying troops to support them? thank you. so much to bring me on this show, the government is fully, we'll need to change the prison to, to get to the office. there is one objective to bring this discount off the country, which is the best time to buy all of those arms. and it was originally from uganda, really bad. it's been talking about since last june and the last name. so now i need to re decide to go to get in the ground before. ready before that, they'd been sharing entered the gens folder. now we just trying to go together, so we can make sure we destroyed all those orders. there we surveys, and then we see that we're going to be part of the country. you have the, the whole been plan somewhat for some months now you've been intelligence sharing. how long have you been planning this w

now back to our top story and for more on the olympic boycott. joining us now on skype is jewels, boy, cough. he is a professor at pacific university, oregon and an author on the olympics. thank you so much for joining us. does this announcement from the white house come as a surprise to you? it's not a surprise. they have been signaling for some time now that they were going to take this sort of action. what they're trying to do is to prevent the possibility of sports washing having countries or host cities, use big mega sports events in order to try to launch their reputations on the world stage. these kind of, mega events are known for grinning grip photo ops and by not sending diplomats, the united states is signaling that it doesn't want to play a part of that sort of thing. the i o. c has always maintained that the olympics aren't political. what do you make of the i see statement that the participation of us athletes are beyond politics. the olympics have been political since they were founded in the 18 ninety's by a plucky french aristocrat named baron peer to cooper time. and

he is the director of global issues at amnesty international and he joins us by skype from norfolk, in the united kingdom. thanks for your time. is it the lack of vaccine equity which has led to the mutation, the creation of on economy? we've heard this drum being beaten for some time. now we need vaccines. we need them across the world. is what we're seeing with our macro. what we're just going to continue to see until we get the world vaccinated. i'm afraid so, and this is the, the message that's been coming to loud and clear from health experts from the world health organization for the past year. this is a global problem and it needs a global solution. and unfortunately, instead we've seen wealthy states including the u. k. hord vaccines. we've seen these western vaccine makers on wave, a couple of exceptions, primarily distribute doses, sell doses to these wealthy countries. and those numbers that you, you started with speak for themselves. it's, you know, appalling, on just a moral situation whereby the countries where more than half the world's population live have received far,

i must, he joins us now from, from brussels via skype pieces. this is really quite the response to china, even in the phrasing of what we've had today, the e you will offer it's financing on the fair and favourable terms in order to limit the risk of debt distress. how's that like you to go over? well, the u. s. i think basically copying what china is doing and is at least aspiring to do it in a, in a better way. now, what is china doing? it is splashing around a lot of money, a lot of investments. and at least that has been accused, and there are some, some good indications that these accuse ations are justified of, of, of using that money for political leverage. these, these grand projects come with all kinds of political strings attached. so i think the whole belton road thing is actually quite, quite questionable. apart from that, you of course, see what is called white fence projects that are not good value for money. typical waste of government resources. perhaps that's more a concern for. ready for the chinese taxpayer, but when you have

she joins us lie from cambridge by skype . let him thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera, as since on the conference became a parent or was identified in south africa. we've always been hearing, well, we just don't have enough data. the studies haven't been there. there hasn't been enough time for us to get a clear idea of how it spreads and how deadly it could be. now that we do have this study from the u. k and also another study from south africa. what picture are you getting about the risks from on the chrome? so it's a very impressive piece of work. i mean, both of those studies. and what they show is that in the real world on the chrome does seem to be causing a lower rate of hospitalizations. and this doesn't appear to necessarily because it's a virus that's less severe because of some biological property. but because of the people that it's infecting, so it seems to cause re infections more than parents radiance like delta, which means that people who are getting infected a higher proportion of their have

william davidson who's a senior ethiopia analyst had the international crisis. school is joining us via skype from now will be very good to have you with us on al jazeera, the you, any monetary in chief wanted. griffith also said in an interview that there's a risk of fracture the of the fabric of ethiopia. if the conflict continues, how legitimate a concern is that today is ethiopia at risk of breaking up? and there is a risk of ethiopia breaking up, but of course, you know, to what extent were the social fabric is and is damaged or m already is a question of debate. of course, if the conflict continues and that will be a price place further pressure on the government or worse and existing divisions within society. and i think the big concern for martin griffith, for many, many europeans and an order was paying attention, is that at the moment, and there is no real end in sight, there is conflict. right now what we're seeing is mainly a conflict between the gulf meant and a t p l. f forces target to gray and rebels from the north. are they signed so that it might be evolving into communist v

rusty is the director of the house of iraq expertise foundation, they think tanka and joins us now via skype from baghdad. good. have you with us on the program. so the court has made the judgement and the opposition are not very happy about this. all those political groups are not happy. what recalls to they have left well in the way or another, every one knows dad's the supreme court constitutionally cannot reject anything, cannot reject the results, just only can certify or not sent to find it. so this is the main issue, then that's what the superior court actually decision aware, declared to day. now the most important thing is that what is the next step, which i think it's, it's now clear that there is some sort of a deal happen that pushed the superior court to make the good the judgement to make the decision, to make the verdict in a way or another and to reach their to make their political process reach on that age or which means dad to more or maybe tonight going to be a real negotiations on too many issues. number one, who will be the biggest block inside the parliament and number

she joins us now live via skype from portland in the state of oregon. doctor's really good to have you with us. i know that you've squeezed a sin between patients. so we'll, we'll be brief. how concerned are you about these reports that the virus, the, the, all the con very in, is spreading rapidly, particularly among children under the age of 5. as a pediatrician, and as a parents myself, i'm always extremely concerned about new developments with coven 18. and especially given the fact that we now have the vaccine available for our kids age 5 to 11, aaron, 12 and up. it really drive home the point that getting our kids vaccinated should be our number one priority in the united states. and we vaccinate, particularly young kids against a whole bunch of childhood illnesses. should it be any different for for cove, it should, could, should kids on the 5 be vaccinated? you know, i think time is going to tell with that i, i know that scientists are working on trying to get a vaccine for those children. so the if is continues to spread that will be able to mo

he joins us now from way via skype and mr. aguilar and i know that there was an attack just over 2 weeks ago that killed what 3 children and the teacher the government now says at least there were 11 school attacks just in the past month. i know you've been visiting schools there in that region. how all the students and teachers they're holding up but it is a, has a paralyzing effect on education. this horrific violence and, and the inability of grown men to agree on, on the political grievances and thereby taking it out on children. so the, the, these attacks are not far from here. where is the, is the capital of the south west region of come room where i am now? i was to day in one of the schools that is running. it wants to school with 1100 students. half of them were displaced from elsewhere and there were 8 in 9, dear up to $100.00 in each classroom. so imagine trying to give quantity education with a 100 gifts in your class, half of them traumatized by having witnessed violence. of course, will this old began what nearly 5 years ago now is a fight about launch? analyzation has not