princess diana as proof of how close they were and really how much he cared deeply for her. now, he did say he was sorry. he did apologize for using those fake documents, but he can t really quite bring himself to admit that he duped her throughout this interview. he duped princess diana. now, there was regret also in this interview, but he believes that what he did had no bearing on princess diana s interruviewr no bearing on her decision to do that interview for him. he also rejects the charge by prince william earlier this week, really scathing by prince william and prince harry. he rejects a charge by prince william that the way the interview was obtained, robyn, fueled really her isolation and princess diana s paranoia. there is without a doubt in this interview a sense of defiance from martin bashir.
you re in the region, you re in taipei. what more can you tell us. reporter: robyn, the situation across the indo-pacific is a cautionary tale for countries with low vaccination rates. here in taiwan, in india, in thailand, in singapore, all countries that for months thought that they had this thing under control, they re now dealing with some of their worst outbreaks ever. that s certainly the case here where the virus snuck in through airports. in thailand, it s the overcrowded prisons where scores of inmates are getting sick and they re struggling to get enough vaccines in. in india, as we shift focus to these rural hospitals some of them are struggling a huge influx of patients who are facing really difficult conditions right now. reporter: pigs root in filth and water outside this hospital in behar state in india. it looks like no place for healing, with its broken walls, abandoned ambulances, but
term is the potential for acid rain. you see, when we get volcanic eruptions like this, sulfur dioxide is erupted into the upper levels of the atmosphere. when we mix that in with rainfall and moisture and oxygen, we have the by-product of acid rain. not saying that has happened. that has been known to happen with previous similar eruptions as well. you mentioned, robyn that the largest lava lake in the world resides within the caldera of this volcano. it s 1.2 kilometers wide in diameter. this is just incredible. you can see the recent eruptions, that 2002 eruption is one that was very fearful for the residents there. that is why they re taking this so seriously. people did perish in that particular eruption, and they left over 200,000 people without homes as they fled the area. mount nyiragongo, a bit of a tongue twister, that erupted at
coronavirus that much more difficult to contain. countries are struggling to get the vaccines that they need. here in taiwan they ve ordered tens of millions of doses. only 700,000 have arrived and they re refusing china s offer to use china-made vaccines citing a law that those vaccines can t be used on humans. of course there s also the situation of just not enough people getting those shots in arms, and a lack of herd immunity and the problems that that causes. with the exception of singapore, nearly every country in the indo-pacific region has vaccination rates in the low single-digits. robyn, when you have variants like the uk variant, the india variant spreading so quickly here, it also means that many of the cases could be far more severe. okay, thanks so much for that report there, will ripley in ta taipei. a prominent member of the hong kong trail racing community
mobilized. they re all outside to see what is going on. the hot lava destroyed a number of homes and other structures in its path. thankfully, those eruptions subsided later on in the evening and the lava flow stopped. la larry madowo joins me from kenya. real concerns about what happens next. reporter: aid agencies and the government, robyn saying they re assessing the damage, but the hourly indications are that there will be people who need some humanitarian assistance, possibly thousands, many whom escaped to rwanda last night local time when this volcano erupted and the lava started flowing to the city. they feared that it might come into goma city, which is highly populated. this region, there s about 2 million people that live there. the government telling us the lava stopped just outside of the city limits and did not hit the goma airport either. one neighborhood seems to be the