We are called to order, subcommittee on oversight. Thank everyone for joining us a today. We are holding this hearing virtually if you didnt realize it and compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings her House Resolution 965. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of the few procedures and help you navigate this virtual hearing. First, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. If you need to step away from the proceedings, please leave your camera on rather than logging out. Third, we will dispense with our practice of observing the given to roll and instead go in order of seniority for questioning, alternating between minority and majority, beginning with members of the oversight subcommittee fir
Perhaps are having full of cosmic rubble from an asteroid to bring back to work. We begin with breaking news from eastern afghanistan where at least 12 women have been killed in a stampede they gathered with thousands of other people in a stadium in jalalabad to apply for visas to pakistan the pakistani consulate started issuing visas again last week after a 7 month pause to tuesday coronavirus lets go live now to kabul filial contre for us that for us for the what more do we know about what happened. While adrianne like you mentioned the incident happened earlier this morning outside a stadium in the eastern city of jalalabad where normally hundreds of afghans with other every morning just to get a number so that they could process their visa applications at the pakistani consulate so they could travel to to judge allow about now local tells us that yesterday there were some rumors spreading on social media that the pakistani consulate today would hand out more visas the usual and cau
A spike in illegal crossings over the English Channel from france. Very warm welcome to you watching r. T. International with me becky aaron. Last month russia became the 1st nation to register a Coronavirus Vaccine criticism from the west soon followed with claims that corners must have been cut but most go now says its ready to move ahead with more widespread testing and the scientists have now published their 1st findings into the job showing it does produce an antibody response roman culture of picks up the story. Back in the 11th of august russia became the 1st country to register a vaccine against 19 now more data became available just last friday that show that sputnik the vaccine pretty successfully produced antibodies in all 76 participants in early stage trials now other trials discovered that all patients not only developed antibodies but also non all of the participants showed any side effects whatsoever now a study was also published in the lancet which is one of the most
Leiria tuberculosis hiv these often fatal diseases are still widespread in africa. And now theyve been joined by coded 19 the worst is yet to come on the continent that is home to 1300000000 people warns the world health organization. Africa has the Worst Health Care in the world with one doctor for 3300 people on average. By comparison o. E. C. D. Countries have one doctor per 300 people. The coronavirus is exacerbating poverty and hunger even in countries like kenya long considered east africas economic powerhouse more than 2 thirds of kenyans work in the Informal Sector as artisans vendors cleaners most of these jobs have been wiped out by the pandemic. Now many people can only afford one meal a day and residents of nairobis biggest slum are desperately worried about their livelihoods and their childrens future. Its a tense evening in nairobis keep it a district and ambulance has brought a weak elderly man back to the village who are supposedly tested negative for the corona virus.
Spiraling outbreak. Anger at the president as the coronavirus case count crosses 2 million. Russian cyber spies have been accused of trying to steal research on a possible coronavirus vaccine. Sayu. K. , u. S. , and canada hackers who are part of Russian Intelligence Services are attacking Research Institutions trying to develop vaccine area the British Government says it has evidence of russia interfering in his 20 general election. The kremlin has denied the allegations. Charlie andrew has more. Charlie it is a global race to find a vaccine for covid19. Nationals Cybersecurity Center says haveen hackerers known as tried to infnfiltrate coronavirs facilities to steal their work. Britain, the u. S. , a and canada, Whose Research into possible vaccines is quickly advancing, have all been targeted. Theo be targeting International Effort not just in the u. K. Button canada, in the u. S. , to try and find a vaccine, which is for the greater good of the world as well as our people here at h