International

World News 26th April
The problems of Covid in India are worse and worse
There are huge problems over the lack of oxygen and huge numbers of Covid cases.  Even rich people cannot get to hospital.  They had over 300 thousand cases but they expect to reach 500 thousand cases per day very soon.  It is a horrible situation.  UK and other countries are sending emergency help to India.  Now there is bad news from Latin America – the Brazil version has spread into other countries like Peru and Argentina.  There are many people in hospital and dying from the virus.
Hospital fire in Baghdad in Iraq – 82 people died
On Saturday there was a fire in a hospital in Iraq.  They say an oxygen tank exploded.  The result was terrible as 82 people have died.  The oxygen was there to help with Covid.  The problem is that oxygen burns very easily.
Solar panels come from China – they use the Uighur people
We can see many solar panels on houses and in fields where they create electricity.  This is very good for the environment.  The trouble is that a lot of them (maybe 40%) come from Xinjiang in China where the Uighur people are forced to work.  A report says that that the Chinese Government force the Uighur people to work for these companies.  No pay.