a new zealand naval ship, with a desalination plant on board, which can produce 70,000 litres a day, started cleaning the sea water from tonga s harbour, ready for distribution to desperate residents. japan is the latest to deliver urgent supplies, including clean water. and equipment to clean the volcanic ash. it is a complicated operation. the pacific kingdom is covid free and has strict border control policies, requiring contactless delivery of aid. that means aid workers cannot enter the country unless they have undergone a three week isolation period. supplies are quarantined for 72 hours after arrival, before being distributed by tongan authorities. the un says the country will be heavily reliant on food aid for some time. almost all the crops have been badly affected by volcanic ash. farmers have lost their
relief at last. a new zealand naval ship, with the desalination plant on board, which can produce 70,000 litres a day, started cleaning of the sea water from tonga s arbour, ready for distribution to desperate residents. harbour. japan is the latest to deliver urgent supplies, including clean water. and equipment to clean the volcanic ash. it is a complicated operation. the pacific kingdom is covid free and has a strict border control policies, requiring contactless delivery of aid. that means aid workers cannot enter the country unless they have undergone a three week isolation period. supplies are quarantined for 72 hours after arrival, before being distributed by tongan authorities.
jean jacques savin had previously made the crossing in a large barrel in 2019. the adventurer had triggered two distress beacons on thursday night. a un official in tonga says the country will be heavily reliant on aid shipments for some time, after last week s devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. a national emergency team is distributing vital food and water supplies, but they say more than 80% of the population has been affected by the disaster. jatinder dhillon reports. relief at last. a new zealand naval ship, with a desalination plant on board, which can produce 70,000 litres a day, started cleaning the sea water from tonga s harbour, ready for distribution to desperate residents. japan is the latest to deliver urgent supplies, including clean water. and equipment to clean the volcanic ash.
islamic state fighters have continued one of their biggest attacks in syria since the group s self declared caliphate was defeated nearly three years ago. a british based monitoring group said more than 75 people, most of them jihadists, had been killed in three days of fighting with kurdish led forces in the northern city of hasa kah. the bodies of suspected militants could been seen on the streets many residents have fled. the fighting began on thursday, when is fighters attacked a prison in which thousands of militants are held. foreign aid is now being distributed in tonga, following last weekend s devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. the un says more than 80% of the population has been affected, with almost all crops badly affected by volcanic ash. jatinder dhillon reports. relief at last. a new zealand naval ship, with a desalination plant on board, which can produce 70,000 litres a day, started cleaning the sea water from tonga s harbour, ready for distribution to desper
area and a swathe of the sierra nevada. a 75 year old frenchman who was trying to row across the atlantic ocean has been found dead at sea. jean jacques savin had previously made the crossing in a large barrel in 2019. the adventurer had triggered two distress beacons on thursday night. a un official in tonga says the country will be heavily reliant on aid shipments for some time, after last week s devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. a national emergency team is distributing vital food and water supplies, but they say more than 80 percent of the population has been affected by the disaster. jatinder dhillon reports. relief at last. a new zealand naval ship, with a desalination plant on board, which can produce 70,000 litres a day, started cleaning the sea water from tonga s harbour, ready for distribution to desperate residents.