Im british by the day. Welcome to news asia. Glad you could join us. He highways leading to the indian capital of delhi, blocked as thousands of farmers protest against new agricultural laws passed by. The government. Farmers are demanding a rollback of the laws. Claim me, they removed a government assured grain purchase scheme that acted as a safety net for them. The government has assured the scheme will continue, but farmers convinced these 20000. 00 farmers arent going anywhere. Their trucks and tractors are blocking the major highways near indias capital. Each one of our tractors is loaded with rations up to 4 months. Until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back to the farmers field. Their livelihoods are threatened. They fear that the government will stop buying grain at guarantee prices. The worry is that this could leave them at the mercy of corporations who wont pay enough for their crops. Prime minister, Narendra Modi is trying t
70 good day. So good to have you with us. How much of a setback has it been for the efforts to fight hiv aids since the pen demick broke out . Yeah. Hello, and im very glad actually about, you know, bringing attention to this age. Hiv aids pandemic again, because indeed they have much concerns that the court 19 pandemic will pushed aside our efforts and a champion aids prevention. Now of course, we dont know the impact yet at that age of the aids had all of that covered. 9 of them and happen each of the aids, but the estimates that when you have 6 months of lack of delivery of and to provide a medication that you get up to a 1000000 more aids death in a year or so, which would push back. But i want absolutes almost a decade, so it doesnt seem to be as bad, but only know next year when the new aids reports come out. Now as you know, better than anyone that weve seen, medical breakthrough reset when it comes to fighting coping 1000 in terms of developing a vaccine that the Technology Use
A story in career where a driver crashed in to pedestrians. Thank you so much on kovan 18 has dominated headlines this year, but there is another pandemic that still affects and kills millions of people around the world. The United Nations figures show that 38000000 people were living with hiv last year, nearly 700000 look at that died as well, and as a result of their hiv infection. But prevention and treatment measures are showing promise. In the last decade, the number of new infections has decreased and so has the number of people whose death was caused directly by aids on or factors related to the immune deficiency syndrome. Yet experts predict that trend will reverse this year because of the covert 1000 pandemic, and lockdowns causing a shortage of hiv medication. Its estimated there could be an additional 1400000. 00 deaths caused by hiv as a result. And drugs are essential to manage hiv and they have helped many people live life to the full, but stigma still prevails. Our next
Im burnt off is good to have you with us at least 4 people have been killed in the western german city of tree or after a car plowed into a pedestrian zone, a baby was among the 1st fatality, several people have also been reported injured. Some serious investigators are continuing to work at the scene of the incident which took place early this afternoon. The suspect was alone in the car and is now in Police Custody the best to gauge of stress. There are no apparent signs that the rampage was politically motivated, but prosecutors say the driver appeared to be suffering from psychiatric problems and had been drinking the states interior minister. Roger never had this to say at a press conference a short while ago. Honestly im under an old and i can see in looking back its a days events at the deliberate zigzagging was to target humans and to harm them. One does and im comforted and that is happened in a very severe manner. We have 4 dead, we have 4 critically injured, another 5 severel
The president. Lectures in history every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures is history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. The largest stone fort in the United States sits at the mouth of the chesapeake bay. Fort monroe Casemate Museum director gives us a tour showcasing its history and its role in the civil war. Were inside the casemate music because were inside a casemate. Its a vault inside of a wall. Kind of unique for museums in this day and time. Were going to walk you through the museum and talk about the interesting history that occurs here. Some of our stories will deal with the indians, the africans that first arrived here. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. They migrated as far as as far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america and central america. They migrated all the way here to Point Comfort where fort monroe is located today. They w