Coronavirus conversations: America reflects on 500,000 death toll

The US has passed the figure of 500,000 Covid-related deaths. President Joe Biden addressed the nation, saying: "We can't accept such a cruel fate. We have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow." We speak to people in Elmhurst in New York, which back in March 2020 was one of the worst hit parts of the country. At the time doctors at Elmhurst hospital described the situation as "apocalyptic". We learn how the community is doing now.

Also, one of three men accused of assassinating investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty. Our reporter on the ground brings us the latest developments.

And we hear about the new Ebola outbreak in Guinea where vaccinations are starting with those who have come into contact with Ebola patients as well as with frontline workers.

(Photo: Ieda delos Reyes, Deacon at Elmhurst Baptist Church in New York. Credit: Ieda delos Reyes)