U. S. Activists say that the resources are there to help get them off of the streets and reduce the breast so why isnt more being done. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Health experts and diplomats are preparing for days of tense talks with the World Health Assembly which starts in a few hours time the annual meeting is the governing body of the World Health Organization and should be focused on combat in the coronavirus but disputes between global rivals are threatening to overshadow the assembly its being hosted at the w. H. O. In geneva but will largely take place online the United States is again expected to attack the organization and its leadership which accuses of being too lenient on china the u. S. Has also been pushing for the death of you h o 2 and its exclusion of taiwan china. Which claims taiwan is its territory has been blocking its participation for several years now that means that one of the places thats been most successful at combat in the coronavirus and demic
Scuffles between. Its all about abuse of National Anthem. And gets back to business. After months of. Welcome to the Program Health experts and diplomats are preparing for days of tense talks starting shortly at the World Health Assembly the annual meeting is the governing body of the World Health Organization and should be focused on combating the coronavirus but disputes between global rivals are threatening to overshadow the its being hosted at the geneva but if you take place online the United States is again expected to. And its leadership. Which it accuses of being too lenient on china the u. S. Has also been pushing for the w. H. O. To end its exclusion of taiwan china which came styron as it stood a tree has been blocking its ought to special for 7 yards. This of course means that one of the places thats been most successful at combating the coronavirus pandemic wont have a seat at the table taiwan has said it wont prestige to but taipei wants to share how it managed to keep it
Welcome to the Program Health experts and diplomats are taking part in the world. The governing body of the World Health Organization the focus is on the. An unprecedented challenge for the. In a virtual address u. N. Secretary general. Said the wall was facing was paying a heavy price for its lack of cohesion in responding to the pandemic he also criticised countries that ignored the recommendations and so helped facilitate the spread of the cone of august. Also speaking to the zombie was german chancellor Angela Merkel who knew her support for the w. S. J. Or she called for more Cooperation Among nations to tackle the pandemic heres what she said. Grace would say cocoon of view was punin you know i am a desire not going to virus pandemic has shown us that we need to do more globally in prevention Human Research and the strengthening of Health Systems thats the theme direct isnt that the w. H. O. Is the legitimate Global Organization for health so we must continue working to improve m
Lebanon as a currency crash pushes the economy to the brink. President taking. Place in the philippines are accused of abusing human rights as they enforce strict coronavirus measures. Full of stories to come but were going to start with lebanon where violence has escalated during a 2nd night of protests in the Northern City of tripoli demonstrators set fire to a bank and hold rocks at Security Forces who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets the protests are bernie growing as the crisis hit economy crumbles further because of the corona Virus Outbreak monday one protester was killed during the riots has more for us from tripoli. Hunger and hopelessness are driving lebanese to the streets the economy is close to collapsing protesters vent their anger at banks for preventing people from accessing their savings and a long serving political elite is being blamed for mismanagement and corruption in recent days the local currency has sharply devalued against the dollar there were casua
A currency crash pushes its economy to the brink. This new in may president. Police in the philippines are accused of abusing human rights as they enforce strict coronavirus measures. So the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic are being felt in many parts of the Global Economy aviation and oil in particular and they are hitting the big players has already said its bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed and announced it would cut production by a 3rd now its posted a 1st quarter loss of half a 1000000000. 00 the chief executive of the European Aerospace company is warning this is the greatest crisis the industry has ever known its u. S. Rival boeings already announced plans to cut 7000. 00 jobs with its chief executive predicting Global Airline revenues could drop by more than 300000000000 dollars this year and the industry will take years to recover and in the u. K. British airways is set to shed up to 12000. 00 jobs about a 3rd of its workforce the airline has suspended 96 pe