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
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
Or centers for Disease Control saying that the next 3 months could be among the worst or most difficult in u. S. Public Health History what americans are bracing for is the fact that its known that there will likely be an uptick in infections as well as deaths given the fact that Many Americans did not listen to the Public Health officials warnings over the thanksgiving holiday and as a result traveled and so the seeds of an increased outbreak have been planted all across the United States italy has recorded its highest daily death toll from corona virus with 993 fatalities in the last 24 hours and iran has become the 1st country in the middle east to report more than 1000000 infections the virus is reported to have killed almost 50000 people across iran but the Health Minister says the actual number of deaths is probably much higher. Meanwhile facebook and instagram have announced they will start removing posts with false claims about corona virus vaccines the u. S. And e. U. Have als
Neighbors described this rodeo fire that broke out near highway 80 incoming skyway just before 2 oclock monday afternoon. What began as 2 small fires quickly merged into one in burned 230 acres because of strong winds wind at least one of the fires to get away from us and it burned past fortunately. They burn past all the petrochemical infrastructure. You can see behind me and also thankfully burn past a quite a few houses in north circular is. And headed out into the wilderness area thats bounded by interstate 80 on this side. Coming skyway to the north and highway 4 to the south and to the east as steve hill with Contra Costa County fire explains the wind fueled this fire but also push it away from homes nearby. Neighbors off california street say they could see the smoke and flames from their backyards. I saw the live this hour that some houses are probably getting like a 100 yards out a fire. So there are some neighborhoods neighbors back as were worried about it thankfully. No one
All right dave thanks a lot. Lets get some news this morning in the south bay, the cruise fires burned 5400 acres in Santa Clara County. Cal fire says its now about 20 contained and evacuations are still in place this morning. And the fire has destroyed 2 buildings and one person was hurt kron fours dan thorn has more. Flames chewing through thousands of acres as firefighters battled the crews fire. The dry brush crackling for a second day as the wildfire threatened homes and forced evacuations along kenyada road for this man thankfully his rural ranch home was spared. I was relieved, i was i was only able to make it up last night and i was able to tell couple the neighbors that there are places where intact. The house and the horses were protected from the ground and from the air fire retardant dropped from above even covered some of his animals by horses got red said i have read horses, so thats thats an experience because the flames spread so quickly, hundreds of firefighters from a