in brazil, descendants of slaves face a struggle for land. and from the united kingdom, a young woman takes on climate change. girls becoming mothers when they're still children themselves. [speaking spanish] narrator: wrecking young lives. [speaking spanish] narrator: from the dominican republic, where nearly a quarter of all pregnancies are to teenagers, a campaign to change girls' futures. [music] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [music] narrator: in brazil, a centuries-old legacy, communities created by slaves. [speaking spanish] narrator: but now that legacy is being challenged. descendants of slaves face a fight to keep hold of their land. [speaking spanish] narrator: a way of life in jeopardy. [music] narrator: professor helio santos is president of the foundation for racial equality, a non-governmental organization in brazil. narrator: african slavery was big business in brazil. treated more as commodities than human beings, black slaves became a major part of international trade during colonialism and boosted

i guess that's brazil, right? >> yeah, it's brazil. but you have this kind of behavior here, but not in the whole city. >> how different is salvador from rio and sao paolo? >> man, salvador is the mother. you know? the music here, the attitude, this area is amazing. >> it is. >> amazing. eat, drink, history, memory, anything. >> pelourinho, pelo for short, was salvador during the portuguese colonial period. it's almost always a party, a series of parties, actually, but tonight is special. ♪ >> look at this smell, man. >> smells good. >> yes. >> oh, that's good. >> isn't that good? >> where to next? >> go to this area. >> yeah. >> i like to bring you today because coming here, people everywhere, this is a free party. you can dance, you can drink your beer everywhere. it's good to see the show inside. it's amazing. ♪ >> you'll try that. >> what is it? >> it's carameo, clover and a mix of honey and limon. >> alcohol? >> yes. >> alcohol of unknown origin dispensed from atop the head of a stranger? >> it's good. >> that's good? >> mama

is that a similar case for brazil? >> i don't think there will be an impeachment in brazil, but it's going to drag politics and state-owned companies, which are important for brazilian policy, into a process where it's difficult to make decisions. that's exactly what you have to do in a crisis of this magnitude. it's going to probably drag it out a little longer. >> what is your take on the financial situation in brazil? once we saw the ceo, he got wrapped into some of these corruption charges, get sent to prison. do you think that's a real possibility? >> well, they're doing everything to avoid it. the state-owned banks and institutions are trying to support the private sector and make sure that doesn't happen. i think they're managing that part relatively well. >> very briefly, where would you invest in latin america, in south america, if you had to choose a place? >> i think there are two clear strategies. one is the changing of the dark side of latin america. no foreign investment for over the last ten years. you s

it's mostly in the northeast of brazil and in poor regions. stagnant water is a breeding place for mosquitoes and those viruses. that is why they are sending the soldiers, to give control teams authority. brent: let me break in for a second. we know that carnivale is just nine days away and yet you have this virus, it looks like the makings of a perfect storm here. there is no way you can make carnivale free of the virus and get rid of the mosquitoes at the same time. are people talking about the dilemma right now? philip: it is clear that when they are gathering together millions of people, it's a big risk for an epidemic to spread. the biggest risk is with random women. people are talking about that right now, to not get pregnant. it's like a fever that will be over soon, but carnivale, nobody knows how it's going to be. brent: philip reporting therefrom rio on the zika are in brazil. thank you very much. you're watching "dw news." still to come, india pulls out all the stops for its annual republic day. it marks the day the indian constitut

francine: talk to me about brazil. we talked a little bit about emerging markets and the turmoil in emerging markets. brazil is going through a really rough time independently of what is happening in china. how do you see that business developing? ana: so -- so, our brazilian business for quite a while actually was not performing as well as we would have liked. that is quite clear, and i acknowledge we did not do as well as we should have for a number of years. the last year, 18 months, we have done a lot better. we have done a lot. we have de-risked the bank, which is very important for the times ahead of us. we have strengthened the management also. recently, we have appointed a new ceo. our current ceo has done a very good job on the team on that side. it is not going to be easy, and i think brazil has -- you know, there is two possibilities. one is the one we believe in. as always -- brazil has had a number of the situations in the past -- has always taken the path of making the reforms, which are not easy for the

brazil has announced a $20 billion plan to stop recession. state-run banks will use credit to help anyone from farmers to real estate companies -- in countries -- the country is currently suffering its worst recession in more than a century. four years after quitting as sky murdoch replaces the ferguson. his appointment will only add to speculation fox could once again take full control of sky. a mixed bag for honda. the good news, it posted record sales in its biggest market, the u.s. and china. the bad news, it's profit mar gin -- skyhigh recall costs led profits to fall 19%. european manufacturers have accused china of flooding the european markets with cheap steel. between 2010 and 2013, imports and china and taiwan group 70% while their share of the e.u. market increased 64%. here in france, there is fresh data on last year's performance. the first estimate of 2015 shows .he economy grew 1.1% the last three months of the year saw a lower figure of just .2%. no surprise that the november terror attacks would have an impact on economic act

are being urged to postpone pregnancy as a mosquito-born virus spreads through the africa and brazil. >> reporter: the corridors of this public hospital in north-eastern brazil are full of distraught mothers holding babies with one thing in common. they were born with notably smaller than normal heads. it is a condition that severely limits a child's intellectual and physical development and which in less than four months has reached epidemic proportions in brazil. researchers say they believe the cause is a virus new to brazil called zika spread by the same mosquito that carries dengue fever. >> translation: i was shocked when i found out. she is my first baby and this illness wasn't heard of in brazil until now. >> reporter: doctors here believe the virus is causing severe scarring of the retina in up to 40% of the new born babies. >> in december we had about one thousand cases. now we've just heard last week it has been three thousand reports. >> reporter: that's just in the state where a state of emergency has been declared and where the army has been called out to combat disease

shasta darlington, cnn, brazil. >>> thank you. more troops need to be sent to iraq and syria to defeat isis. they need to deal a lasting blow to isis and additional forces are needed to work with iraqi and kurdish and syrian fighters on the ground in those countries. >>> up to 80,000 migrants may be expelled in the coming years from sweden. not for those found to be fleeing war, but those who have rejected conditions. the many reason for the expulsions is the staggers cost. housing and caring for migrants is a growing burden. >>> a global rally for stocks after the bank of japan shocks the world with negative interest rates. huge gains. stocks in europe jumping. this is encouraging banks to lend money out. >>> shares of amazon tanking in pre-market trading disappointed wall street. the numbers were staggering. sales jumped 22% in the last quarter. strong holiday shopping. profit surged 125%. a record high profit. the prime membership jumped last year, but not the performance wall street thought it would be. the research shows just

lucia newman report from brazil. >> reporter: the corridors of this public hospital in nearby brazil are full of destraught mothers, holding babies with one thing in common. they were born with noticeably smaller than normal heads. it's microcephali a condition limiting intellectual and physical development and which in less than four months reached epidemic proportions in brazil. reachers say they believe the cause is a virus new to brazil. called sikha, spread by the same mosquito that causes dengue fever. >> i was shocked when i found out. she is my first baby, and this was unheard of in brazil until now. >> doctors believe the virus is promoting microcephali and scarring of the retina in 4% of newborn babies. >> in december, we had 1,000 cases, and last week, there has been 3,000 reports. >> and that's just in the state. where a state of emergency has been declared, and where the army has been called out to combat disease carrying mosquitos. they thrive in rainy season and breathe in the smallest amount of clean water. but despite all the efforts, the ceka virus is spreading, not

in brazil, workers fumigated rio de janeiro where the upcoming carnival parades will be held as part of an effort to contain the virus. >> during carnival, there will be people from the world and brazil which will help the virus get in and with the carriers flying around, you could have the start of an epidemic. >> 18 new cases of the virus were confirmed in addition to one known earlier, the majority of the cases are in the southeast of the island and the victims mostly elderly. united airlines and latin america's largest airlines will waive cancellation or flight change fees for people who want to change trips to countries where the zika virus is present. as more travelers come back to the u.s. with the virus, there could be more cases. >> i think we'll probably have small splurges or clusters, but beyond that, i'm really pretty confident that we will not have widespread zika virus. >> it's hard to spot and just one in five infected develop symptoms. >> there is no treatment for this virus. if you get infected, we can't give you a drug to cure you and there's no vaccine yet, so the

women in brazil are urged to postpone pregnancy because of a virus that causes birth defects. >> reporter: i'm in india where the government is encouraging start-ups like this one to grow the economy and provide jobs in the next decade >>> at least 20 people have been killed in burkina faso's capital after gunmen attacked a hotel. the government says 63 hostages, including a minister, have been freed. the fighters stormed the splendid hotel in oug. it is located in the city's central business district and it is popular with foreigners. gerald tan reports. >> reporter: the splendid hotel in burkina faso's capital under siege. gunfire rang out through the night as explosions were heard from inside. masked gunmen stormed the upstale hotel. they set cars on poo fire and also attacked a-- and also attacked a cafÉ. >> translation: we know that the gunmen won't come out alive. >> reporter: french troops were called in to help local security forces retake the hotel. they rescued dozens of people. many have been wounded by bullets and are in hospital receiving treatment. >> translation: it was ho

people in brazil. people in south africa. so on the one hand, the goal was very confined, find us a ship. on the other hand, the goal was is if this is the last front ie of knowledge and will help us understand the slave trade more than anything else that we have now, then how do we help countries around the world do this work? and so the slave wrecks project in part is also about education, helping to train young people to become underwater archaeologists, helping nations through collaborations to find the resources to identify and bring up their own wrecks. and our hope would be that this project will go on for many generations, helping us to learn more by bringing up remnants, pieces of these ships. and not just a slave ship but a slave ship that goes down with human cargo on board. i mean, that's the historical significance here. >> that's the historical significance of this particular wreck. and i think that has been one of our really -- that's been one of the guiding lights. and that goes back to what we talked about in

despite the food's name, what neighboring nation produces more brazil nuts than brazil? >> okay, let's look at this. well, haiti is an island. brazil's in south america. i believe that guatemala is in central america. so that's gonna leave me bolivia and chile. in this case, i think i would like to do "50/50." >> is that your final? >> oh, my god, if they give me those-- i guess it's gonna be my final. final answer. >> all right, let's help her out. let's use that lifeline. let's take two incorrect answers away, please. >> [groans] you're killing me! okay, sorry. >> you still have two more lifelines. >> yes, i know. my plus one is a very smart person. i'm hoping he's south american smart. okay, i'm gonna-- i'm gonna pull up my "plus one." >> who is your plus one? >> my plus one is my brother-in-law, farsheed ferdowsi, one of the smartest ys i know. >> all right, is that your final? >> that's my final. i'll bring him up. >> all right, farsheed. how are you, sir? welcome. >> wonderful. thank you, chris. you're doing great. you're doing great. >> you're kind. >> okay, your

working with poor families he's in brazil for 30 years. his focus is on educating them about how hard is it to communicate this message to protect yourself? >> it's very difficult. a lot of times they don't flow what the consequences are, what the dangers are. >> reporter: for 19-year-old anna payola, the message hits home. two months pregnant she had zika like symptoms. a fever, rash and body aches. she said she's worried the virus that's been linked to birth defects and brain damage in infants could affect her baby and doctors told her to use insect repellent and protective clothing. but no long sleeves. not surprising in this land of sun and skin. now preparing for carnival later this week. part of the festivities constant reminders to beware of mosquito. this 13-year-old is learning about zika in school. to the north of brazil, colombia is also fighting to stop the spread of zika. going street to street in the hard hit northeast corner of the country. colombia reports more than 20,000 cases of zika. among them, 2,100 pregnant women and

i think it's a major challenge for brazil. that being said when we talk about, when is the time that emerging markets turnaround, that has been a pressing question for a while now and it has been attempting to move into emerging markets as a value play. brazil is that bellwether for when things could get better. when thingsing -- in brazil start to look better, we think that will be the signal for a broader emerging-market rally. that yet but dm markets remain a better place to be. guy: how does brazil compare with some of the other countries we are watching carefully at the moment? and turkey,frica how does it stack up? we have growth problems and inflation problems. versuss it stack up that. >> i think that across all three, you have a pretty severe challenge. again, i think when we think emerging-market versus developed market and investment decision, it is fair to say that e.m. valuations have fallen significantly. our view is that the discount is not high enough given that fundamental challenges exist across some of the p

back here in brazil, the epicenter of the on. but many families worry about the virus and what it means for their future. rehema ellis, nbc news, brazil. >>> when "nightly news" continues on a sunday night, why some people think living on the greek islands and the eye of the refugee storm should get a very important recognition. >>> plus, we'll show you what happens when getting the right nutrition each day is important, but drinking an entire full size nutritional drink can be a challenge. try new boost compact nutritional drink. the only drink that provides complete nutrition in half the size of other nutritional drinks. boost compact is filled with 10 grams of protein, plus 26 vitamins and minerals including calcium and vitamin d, to help you get the nutrition you need. try new boost compact nutritional drink today. guys, it's just the two of you. the setting is just right. there's something in the air. but here's the thing: about half of men over 40 have some degree of erectile dysfunction. well, viagra helps guys with ed get

so a good example would be brazil. whilst the country is in recession, and times are difficult, particularly in the public sector, we have a great management team there who is doing a really good job of bringing together all pearson's different assets in a way that we think will improve the performance of the company and allow us to grow over the next few years. and as i say, alongside the challenge is that the public sector faces in brazil, you've got a growing middle class that wants better quality education for their children and themselves and are willing to pay for it. and we are able to help to provide products and services that fulfill that need. francine: if you price it right, is education maybe recession-proof? you have high unemployment, people may want to retrain. john: and that is certainly a good part of the story. and of the opportunity. and certainly, if you look in america, for the last 60 years, our higher education business is countercyclical. in that enrollment goes up as unemployment rises. through

she is my first baby and this wasn't heard of in brazil until now. doctors here believe the virus is promoting severe scarring of the retina in up to 40% of the new born babies. >> in december we had about one thousand cases, suspect cases. now we've heard last week it is three thousand reports. >> reporter: that's just in this state where a state of emergency has been declared and where the army has been called out to combat disease-carrying mosquitoes. they thrive in rainy season and breed in even the smallest amount of still, clean water. but despite all these efforts, the virus is spreading not just through brazil but throughout south and central america. the disease control experts predict that within three months it will have reached texas. there is no cure for the virus terrifying pregnant women like this woman. >> translation: i asked the doctor if what i heard was true. since then i've been taking special precaution like using insect repellant. >> reporter: but for three and a half month old david precautions are too late. his sister dotes o

. >>> since october brazil said that more than 3.5000 children were born with microcephaly. it's from a mosquito-born virus tha. in the meantime, women are encouraged to postpone pregnancy. as the virus is spreading. >> the corridors of this public hotel in northeastern brazil are full of distraught mothers holding babies with one thing in common. they were born with noticebly smaller than normal heads. it's called microcephaly. a condition that severely limits a child's development and has reached epidemic proportions in brazil. researchers say they believe the cause is to a virus new to brazil called zika spread by the same mosquito that carries dengue fever. >> i was shocked when i found out. she is my first baby and this illness was not heard of in brazil until now. >> doctors believe that the zika virus is creating microcephaly but also scarring of the retina. >> we heard last week it's been 3,000 reports. >> and that's just in this area, where a state of emergency has been declared and where the army has been called out to combat the disease-carrying mosquitoes. they t

the brazil disaster and commodities rout have dragged bhp shares down. it rebounded yesterday from its lowest close in a decade. today istock falling to its lowest in seven years, announcing it plans to cut production for the first time in nearly two decades. it is trimming output by as much as 5% to cope with a slump in crude. the explorer is starting a shoject this year but will sla spending to $9 billion, lowering cap by 10%. the stock has been hit in recent months, down 15% this year after plunging 35% in 2015. rishaad: coming up, taking the plunge. turmoil,ese markets in is this the time to be listing? several companies set to test the waters. more on that after this. ♪ rishaad: asian stocks resuming declines with energy shares sliding. bilton is head of global strategy at j.p. morgan. start. nobody really saw this coming, did they? this has taken everybody by surprise. >> markets have been hit by a lot of things at the same time. there are continued issues with how the people's bank of china is dealing with the renminbi peg s. --re is nothing bro

pregnant women are treated in chairs in hospitals as a health crisis worsens in brazil. >>> first, there are doubts over the talks to end the conflict in syria which are due on monday. there is disagreement over who will attend the meeting as lav love and kerry discuss the upcoming talks. >> translation: we don't have any thoughts about moving the talks from january to february. this is the position of both russia and the united states. we are confident that in the coming days in january these talks will begin >>> the syrian opposition coordinator has accused russia of trying to disrupt the negotiations. >> translation: there must be a clear agenda for negotiations to work towards a political transition and not to chat and waste time while syrian people are dying from shelling an hunger >>> meanwhile, democrats in the u.s. senate have blocked a bill that would have made it harder for syrian and iraqi refugees to enter the country. president obama promised the u.s. would accept 10,000 syrian refugees within a year. >> reporter: the legislation, if it had pass is passed would have been add

drought remains very serious issue in parts of brazil. the leading soybean state of mata grosso is very dry...however three quarters of mato grosso saw between 3 and 8 inches of rain in the last 10 days. while the center west district - which is brazils largest soybean region - has a rainfall deficit. it's about 60-percent of normal. traders in chicago are watching closely. <"forecasts for northern brazil do call for rains off and on over the next few weeks, just about everybody will get at least some rain out of it. but until now the rains haven't been that beneficial. in mato grosso the state government did say that almost half of the crop is in poor to very poor condition, so definitely some losses there."> meteorlogist say el nino appears to be past it's parched region of brazil.

the growing battle to contain the zika virus on the ground in brazil as the outbreak linked to birth defects spreads. >>> eating well. why more medical students are taking classes in the kitchen. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, erica hill. >>> good evening. in iowa tonight, it's a full court press. with the caucuses 48 hours away, candidates aren't wasting a moment, especially among the undecided. crisscrossing the state to make their final pitches, trying to meet as many voters as possible. in a poll tonight, hillary clinton is leading bernie sanders, 45 to 42% in iowa. a virtual dead heat for the democrats. donald trump may be leading among republicans, 28%. ted cruz, 23. and marco rubio, 15%. nbc news has full coverage. we begin in cedar rapids with kristen welker. >> reporter: secretary clinton will look for votes here. she's bringing in her top surrogates, her husband and daughter chelsea. just a few miles away and in the exact same city, bernie sanders is making his final pitch in this race t

to the north of brazil, colombia is the spread of zika. fumigation trucks are going street to street in the hard hit northeast corner of the country. colombia reports more than 20,000 cases of zika. among them, 2,100 pregnant women and the government is urging women to delay pregnancy. the news comes before the world health organization convenes for a rare emergency meeting tomorrow. to decide whether to declare a global public health emergency. back here in brazil, the epicenter of the outbreak, life goes on. but many families worry about the virus and what it means for their future. rehema ellis, nbc news, brazil. >>> when "nightly news" continues on a sunday night, why some people think living on the greek islands and the eye of the refugee storm should get a very important recognition. >>> plus, we'll show you what happens when getting the right nutrition each day is important, but drinking an entire full size nutritional drink can be a challenge. try new boost compact nutritional drink. the only drink that provides complete nutrition

there's a confirmed case in the virus has been surge in birth defects in brazil. that includes a rare condition in which newborns have smaller than normal heads and their brains do not develop properly. brazil is scheduled this summer. concerned the mosquitoes could the cdc has issue a travel alert to certain countries -- including mexico and parts of the more information on our website -- wtsp.com or treatment for zika. best prevention for pregnant women and those trying to get travelling to brazil and other latin american countries where zika outbreaks have occurred. action movies before, but he's done nothing like this. the heroic move his house. but first, with all the heat we get in florida, you may love waking up to these cold temperatures today, but businesses may not feel the same way. watch 10news this morning this week for your chance to enter to win four tampa bay lightning tickets to the february 3rd home game against the detroit red wings. all you have to do is watch for the word of the day monday through thursday, then enter it on our facebook page.

so far, an estimated 42-hundred babies born in brazil with microcephaly ... abnormally small heads and brains. on thursday, we were with a new mom in brazil as she took her 2-month-old, born with microcephaly, to the doctor. "the level of concern is high, as is the level of uncertainty." with travel advisories now in effect, the uncertainty extends to the u.s, but experts believe the risk of a similar large-scale outbreak here is low. largely because very few americans live in the kind of mosquito breeding grounds we see in brazil....surrounded by trash and stagnate water. "and people typically have air conditioning and good screens that don't think there's the dense population and the density of mosquitoes and that people um are not really living in the outdoors in in such a great extent." so far, the cdc is aware of 31-cases of zika infection in the u.s. another 19 in puerto rico and one in the us virgin islands. all of the victims contracted the virus while traveling abroad. we don't know how many involve pregnant women. this morning, health departments ac

brazil is also trying to combat the mosquito that transmits this virus. the problem is that according to health officials, 1.a million people may have already been affected. we're seeing a lot of panicked expectant mothers. in many cases, the virus is asymptomatic and many fear they won't know until the day they give birth whether or not they've been affected. >> just feel nor families. >> absolutely. >> el nino is blamed for this things but now the question is being raised could the rapidly worsening zika virus, could that be related to it. >> here's our environmental reporter. >> add it to the list. el nino, we blame it for increased fire risks in indonesia, increased bush fire risks in australia, flooding and landslide potential goes up in southern california. and now this. the potential of spreading the zika virus outbreak even fort worth. what do mosquitoes need? better yet, what do they require to thrive, to flourish, to breed per se? well, they need warmth and they need very wet environments. now doctors and biologists are starting to correlate the

uglyxpect brazil to be over the next few years. ramin: i think we are worried about the fiscal position. will it deteriorate over this year? say to collect that as a problem. at this point, we don't think not a crisis point -- not at crisis point. 600 --n: the stock severe underperformance of the stoxx 600. the bank index over the last six months down 30%. some big domestic names there did domestic stores specifically italy. what are your thoughts on that? see the cyclical upswing, who is going to benefit? it is going to be the cyclical companies, the banks. of course if you have a risk off move which is what we find ourselves in now, who is going to suffer? it is going to be the cyclicals. you can see this is a buying opportunity because this is a mispricing. if you see european markets dragged down along the u.s., oil story, this high correlation is a toxic thing. it has to break down. they could be an opportunity for the upside. -- rahman, your good stay with us. the iranian president is holding a conference in italy. he is head