A unified Global Response u. S. President elect joe biden says he will make masks mandatory during his 1st 100 days in office hospitalizations and deaths have reached record highs in the wild west affected country in the 1st day im going to say im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask this 100 days a mask now for over 100 years and i think well see a significant reduction in recurrent everything that occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers considerable considerably. More than a 1000000 people in iran have now had corona virus nearly 50000 have died but the Health Minister says the actual number is probably much higher but the government is considering easing restrictions in several areas iran is the worst affected country in the middle east aid workers say at least 1600 Rohingya Refugees are being forced to move to a Remote Island off the coast of bangladesh the u. N. Warns its prone to storms and flooding nearly 1000000 rohingya have been living in squali
Into the arms of the American People in the 1st 100 days 100000000 shots in the 1st 100 days. Meanwhile President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prioritize vaccines for the u. S. Before sending them to other countries it coincides with reports that is that ministration rejected an earlier offer from far as a to double its order of the medication. The worlds 1st fully tested Coronavirus Vaccine is being rolled out in the u. K. 90 year old grandmother margaret kim it was the 1st person to be vaccinated 800000. 00 people are expected to get the jab in the coming weeks with the elderly and Health Workers 1st in line. United arab emirates and egypt have praised new initiatives to end the 3 year blockade of qatar both countries say they appreciate efforts by kuwait and the us to saudi arabia announce progress had been made foreign minister has repeated calls for dialogue to resolve the dispute saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt goes a land and sea blockade on qatar in
Forces in afghanistan has found credible evidence of multiple war crimes. The report also details 39. 00 on the lawful killings of civilians or prisoners justice persian considered in detail. 57 allegations of incidents and issues. He found there to be credible information to substantiate 23 incidents, of alleged unlawful killing of 39 people by 25 straw un special forces personnel predominantly from the special air service regiment. The Prime Minister of ethiopia says Government Troops are close to victory over local forces in the region. Aids beginning to arrive, addressed camps in sudan for those who fled the violence. Thousands of crossed the border in the past 2 weeks. I mean is Prime Minister remains under pressure to step down after his country signed a deal to hand territory to john rallies organized by both pro and antigovernment. Protesters have taken place in the capital yet of on some of the demonstrators were soldiers who fought in the region of mcconnell. The number of co
Ministers of q 8 and carter say there has been some progress made towards resolving the gulf dispute cotta has been under an illegal land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt since june 2070 we have achieved certain progress at certain points of dime more than a year ago and then things has slowed down and right now there are some more moments that we hope that just will but and thought of this crisis because we see and we believe actually that got a few nitty is very important for the security of the region for the stability of that region and for for the sake of our people this need this crisis needs to end. The International Watchdog says iran is installing new more advanced equipment to enrich uranium the i. A. E. A. Says centrifuges are being added to the underground plant at natanz on the nuclear deal any less efficient machines can be used irans leaders recently passed a law or allowing for more enrichment and limiting watchdog inspections the uns
The number of infections across africa has surpassed 2000000, but lower rates of testing means the caseload is sought to be much higher across the continent. Any uganda, at least 16 people have been killed during protests sponsored by the arrests of Opposition Leader bobby wine Security Forces shot at crowds as they demonstrated after one was detained. At least 350 people have been arrested since wednesday as more from neighboring kenya. Weve seen Police Soldiers and security operatives in plain clothes, firing guns directly at people. We dont know what extent theyre using metal bullets or rubber coated bullets. Also a lot of use of tear gas as the police and the Security Forces to try to break up crowds of supporters of the pop star turned politician. Bobby, why in this hasnt just being the capital kampala, theres also be also been on rest in other parts of the country just a few hours ago earlier today as well as on wednesday when one was arrested. If the o. P. s military says its ne