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The World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, calls for the world to pull together and says "2022 must be the year we end the pandemic." SOUNDBITE
More than 30,000 demonstrators take the streets in Greece demanding justice for the 57 victims of the country's most deadly train crash a year ago. Protesters blame the collision on official failings and an unsafe rail system. A definitive account of what happened on February 28, 2023 and who may be at fault has not been delivered, with investigators in an official enquiry not due to finish questioning until March 8. IMAGES
The United Nations chief urges world leaders to take decisive action to tackle ever-worsening climate change when they gather at the COP28 summit in Dubai starting this week. "We are trapped in a deadly cycle," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says. "The solutions are well known." SOUNDBITE
At a press conference, WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says "we continue to see misinformation on social media and mainstream media about the pandemic accord that countries are now negotiating". Earlier on Twitter, Elon Musk wrote "countries should not cede authority to WHO". Without naming the South African billionaire directly, the WHO chief says "the claim that the accord will cede power to WHO is quite simply false. It's fake news". SOUNDBITE
"We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic," says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic. SOUNDBITE
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