Look after the family. When they can work, they earn far less, can save less and their jobs are more insecure. In times of crisis, women are generally hardest hit. The United Nations says that more than 70 percent of Domestic Workers lost their jobs in the first few months of thpandemic, the vast majority women. According to a u. N. Study by , 2021, around 435 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty, 47 million more than today. And the situation isnt likely to improve by 2030. These ngo workers are on their way to a woman who lives rural allives. Th he a group of 7 volunteers has been sent here by a foundation. The organization has 12,000 volunteers in all. The woman calls herself shkurte. Shes doesnt want us to use her real name. She and her children were repeatedly beaten by her husband. He was eventually sentenced to 18 months in prison, but is being released in a few days. He always threatened me, saying when he got out hed find , me, wherever i was hiding, and ki
Competition and illegitimate sanctions but also by creating instability on our borders. And joining us now to discuss this boom bust cohosted investigative journalist bents one whos been following the story now but i want to start with what we know about the poisoning of alexina bali. Yeah we actually dont know a whole lot about it according to reuters there is some information he was traveling apparently between siberia and moscow in august he became violently ill he was an air flight into germany where doctors began to treat him and they say that he was poisoned with some kind of a nerve agent and so the details of exactly how he was poisoned are not known at this time and the fact that russia and specifically certain members of the russian government have been accused by the french of the germans as being responsible for this is a little bit strange because we dont have any details surrounding that having said that it was enough as you just said for the e. U. To say that theyre goin
These critical times with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with the European Union stating wednesday that it will impose economic sanctions against russia after russian Opposition Leader alexei no bawly a corruption investigator and longtime opponent of russian president Vladimir Putin was reportedly poisoned with a nerve agent now according to German Authorities no bawly is in germany and is now recovering this week e. U. Foreign ministers agreed to impose sanctions on russian officials fish tales and organizations blame for the poisoning these sanctions according to Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov are not surprising and could lead to further economic strains between the 2. The question is not just whether business as usual is possible but with the any business with the European Union is possible a tool the e. U. Behaves arrogantly towards us and looks condescendingly down with russia demanding answers from us for all the crimes it imagines we
A major conflict involving an external power such as turkey in the south caucasus a quite sensitive region for russia turkey has entered the conflict in a much more explicit way its improved terms and azerbaijan battlefield performance and given the confidence to push back against russian mediation but neither anchor and almost i think are in full control of the situation and theyre not really invested in a fully fledged political process so thats why its very important for european powers to mobilize and act in the interest of deescalation stabilization and peace. The number of corona virus cases in india has surged past 7000000 and experts say the real number may be much higher only the United States has more infections and theyre still rising rapidly in india officials confirmed almost 75000. 00 new cases in the latest 24 hour period the Indian Government is hoping to avoid another nationwide lockdown which would take a heavy toll on the economy. And 1000000 cases in just 2 weeks an
Could be a steady rain from saturday through sunday. Today, expect a wet commute. Grab that rain gear and now that maybe while you were sleeping lots of rain hit the bay area, the streets are wet. Reporting live from the bay bridge toll plaza, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. If youre just joining us, good morning. Were getting a quick update of weather and traffic where you live starting with mike. Coming off 92, off the san mateo bridge, you can see you will run into a moderat to heavy cell as you head on 92. 101 and 280 up there on skyline boulevard, some of the heaviest rain is falling there. Theres more in the santa cruz mountains, that will be heading towards palo alto, wood side, mountain view. The dumbarton bridge, if youre about to head out and thats your commute, expect standing water on that. Lets look at what will happen with our 12hour planner. Looking south in walnut creek, you can see the spray coming off the roads. Light to moderate rains falling there. More scattered at noon