A 26 year Old American Activist has been shot dead in the occupied West Bank. Aysenur ezgi eygi, whos of turkish descent, is reported to have been taking part in a Protest Againstjewish Settlement expansion in the town of beita near nablus. Lets speak to our correspondent in jerusalem, mike thomson. Tell us more. She was attending what is apparently tell us more. She was attending what is apparently a tell us more. She was attending what is apparently a regular what is apparently a regular demonstration against Settlement Expansion in the West Bank, which has been increasing at quite a pace and apparently, according to local media, israeli troops tried to suppress the demonstration. They used, it said, live ammunition, Stun Grenades and Tear Gas to try and stop what was happening and in the midst of all this, it is for the Young American Woman was hit in the head. She was then taken to hospital in nablus but medics there were unable to save her life and she was pronounced dead. I life
Kenyas Deputy President says 70 children are missing after a fire at a Primary School. At least 17 boys are known to have died. The blaze tore through the Schools Dormitory in central kenya. Lets speak to our senior Africa Correspondent Anne soy. It is important to underscore this point that missing doesnt necessarily mean presumed dead. That is because we understand from witnesses that some children ran, somewhat taking in by neighbours because people who live nearby the score came in, early in the morning, as soon as they had the disgrace called to try and put out the fire Distress Call. As of now, as the Deputy President in adding 70 peoples are reported missing. Adding 70 peoples are reported missinu. ,. , missing. The president has already been missing. The president has already been commenting, i already been commenting, describing it as horrific, devastating, has ordered an investigation. But what do we know about the circumstances surrounding this fire . Know about the circumst
Vaccinating some babies against polio, a day before a mass immunisation programme is due to begin. Palestinian health workers carried out the vaccinations in nasser hospital in khan younis. Unicef says the vaccinations will take place for six and a half hours every day until wednesday. Israel and hamas have agreed to three localised pauses in fighting to enable the vaccination of more than 600,000 palestinian children. With more from jerusalem here s our correspondent, jon donnison. The official polio vaccination campaign doesn t start until sunday morning. It is being coordinated by the united nations but we do understand that the first babies have been vaccinated today in khan younis in the south of gaza. What it s going to involve and get under way as a series of three day, area specific pauses in fighting that both israel and hamas have agreed to. The key words there are area specific, so we re not talking about the formal ceasefire that diplomats have been pushing for weeks and
In gaza have started vaccinating some babies against polio, a day before a mass immunisation programme is due to begin. Palestinian health workers carried out the vaccinations in nasser hospital in khan younis. Unicef says the vaccinations will take place for six and a half hours every day until wednesday. Israel and hamas have agreed to three localised pauses in fighting to enable the vaccination of more than 600,000 palestinian children. Our middle east correspondent yolande knell sent this new report from jerusalem. Just two drops as the un begins vaccinating against polio in gaza. A dose is easy to give, but carrying out a mass immunisation campaign in a combat zone is a huge challenge. Parents of the first vaccinated children are relieved. Translation: i was worried and afraid because this is scary. The polio disease. This disease makes the children unable to move. Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum worries he ll never be able to walk. He was the first child foun
Pandemic. The Biden Administration is deploying 1,110 active duty service members, including teams from army, air force, navy, and marines to support five fema covid19 Vaccination Centers across the country. The first team set to arrive in california in ten days. The Biden White House also says it will soon utilize Defense Production Act in several ways to procure equipment and supplies for pfizer to make additional vaccine, to tap Six Companies to make 61 million at home covid19 tests by end of summer, and built factories to produce Raw Materials needed for nitrile surgical gloves. A billion pairs a month. All of that means jobs. All of that should have been done a year ago. The Biden Administration also isnt ruling out using Defense Production Act to aid in production of Johnson Johnsons one shot vaccine which is currently awaiting Emergency Use Authorization from the fda. That should come any day now. The federal government is set to ship 10. 5 million vaccine doses a week for the n