on a possible new cholera outbreak in the country and the world health organization your organization in fact has called for three days of a ceasefire to allow you to vaccinate the civilian population for a call or a sir can you tell us what response you have gotten to that call from either warring party. mr tara curious if it's are you with me all right i do apologize we seem to have trouble connecting with our guest out of geneva from the world health organization but we will try and get him back a little later in the program to find out what is happening with cholera in yemen meanwhile still with the world health organization it is grappling with another ebola outbreak that's in the eastern democratic republic of congo this one doctors believe was triggered by the death and unsafe burial of a woman whose relatives later also died from ebola like symptoms potential cases are now being traced in ten areas us palter there john reports in the democratic republic of congo near the ugandan border u.n. experts toward the city of binny in the remote northeastern province of north kivu . sc

organizations such as the world health organization the un office or the call of the nation italian activities one. third world health organization say it's cutting out of the relations campaign to vaccinate five hundred thousand people in the north again whole letter which they say is making a comeback some fish in some already been admitted to hospitals. and lose to with we call it our lisa guerrero the un humanitarian coordinator for yemen saying. the chance of another color most of cholera outbreak this one of the seven more kushal because of the high level of mumbai shown in different parts of the country are the result of course key to the humanitarian drive that is going on right now to feed more than twenty million yemenis eight point four million people do not know where their next meal is coming from and that's is why u.n. agencies really adamant about the need to cease hostilities and mole to have any disruption to the humanitarian drive that's going on which is really crucial absolutely amazing thing the port city when most of the supplies and into yemen and of course are being war

the world health organization says too much sugar makes you sick it recommends a maximum of twenty four grams per day for the average adult. that would be one slice of bread with nutella. or part of a chocolate bar. or maybe a small fruit smoothie. but one can actually stick to such guidelines for many it would be really hard what about you all day do stuff breakfast with an orange juice that's eight cubes of sugar and add in your cult that's seven cubes what about afternoon delight with a german already danish that's fifteen sugar cubes it's a total of thirty sugar cubes and remember the world health organization recommends only eight. and what about soft drinks. it's just so. not and not not it's fizzy soft drinks and other sugar packed beverages statistically germans drink an average eighty four liters of them every year young people even more and that's far too much. took a hard to get sugary drinks all the worst of all nutritional evils you don't feel full afterwards so you drink huge amounts of them. and that often sets off a craving for more sugar as deter officer knows all too w

hunted immunisation specialist from the world health organization in europe he joins us from copenhagen to both of you welcome to the day philip with me start with you and give us some of the political background here i mean how did this and time vaccination push how did it end up on the political agenda to begin with in italy. well i think the five star movement has played a key role in this they're the senior partners in the coalition government and they're typically subject to influence by internet they you know for organized political activity on internet and they believe in our bottom up. approach to politics and they also represent a strong streak in italian the political life of skepticism of authority and skepticism of that expertise as i think a lot of these elements that fed into the move by the government to change the law wrong that vaccination. remains to be seen there were at how it works out government so he says that the idea here is. that they should promote chess collapse taking solution and make it simpler for parents to get their children into school that that's the

the commercial city has seen its operation >> the world health organization warns more ebola ases and the democratic republic of congo. to fight the latest outbreak. more than people 11 ascinated people have beenthe disease -- vaccinated against the disease. we have more. >> a life-saving g gesture. washing g your ands. educational stations like this one are pppping up across the eastern congoless city of one million people. health wwrkers aad d citizens wt to be prepared if ebola comes to townwn >> the ebola virus is s nnt far away.. we are told it could spread ththrough sweat and since our helmets are worn by many people, we stopped wearing them. p> authorities are doing what they can to prevvnt aa outbreak. its densely ffrested location. kilometers from theeepicenter of the latest outbreak. like in its neighboring city, medical supplies are being shipped in by the world health organization. health workers fear that travelers may iiadvertently spreaa the virus. in country that s shares bordr with many others. >> at the border, we take everyone's temperature and if it is above 30 deg

and yet, world health organization scientists say glyphosate is probably carcinogenic, while the us and the eu continue to approve its use. this case by no means ends the controversy about the most heavily used herbicide in history. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. with me now is our correspondent, richard lister. richard, what are the concerns here in the uk about glyphosate? well, in the us there are about 5000 people pursuing claims against m o nsa nto people pursuing claims against monsanto against life phosphate. it is the most popular herbicide in the uk that there are no significant group of people claiming this particular weedkiller has given them cancer. we have been able to find no single example of a case going through the courts here. it is a controversial product, partly because there has never been a definitive single study setting out exactly how safe it is or isn't and cancer research uk sums up the research like this. it says, there is limited evidence that exposure through occupational use, such as in agriculture for example, to large amounts of glyphosate might incr

is worrying doctors and international experts the world health organization has announced that it's found the trigger event for the outbreak the deaths of a sixty five year old woman in hospital and there's now a new suspected case in another province at least twenty people have died in the past two weeks and there is concern it could be hard to stop the disease spreading because of fighting between rebel groups and government forces. reports in the democratic republic of congo the ugandan border u.n. experts toward the city have been the in the remote northeastern province of north . scientists are worried fighting involving rebel groups on the government forces in both the d. r. c. and uganda may hinder their response to the new ebola outbreak. it was important for us to be here to come up with a good strategy against ebola and this will be the epicenter of our response we've taken measures to contain the outbreak and we appeal to the public not to panic we're deploying all necessary medication and resources to treat patients at home there's no need for the patients to be moved isolatin

the world health organization is warning of another potential cholera outbreak in yemen a day off the air strikes killed at least twenty six people in the port city of aid agencies are calling for a cease fire to allow vaccinations to take place. and at least twenty five people have been killed and sixty injured in a suicide attack on a shia mosque in afghanistan. now an opposition leader has been barred from returning home to run in democratic republic of congo's presidential elections more secure to be who's a wealthy businessman and former governor of the provinces instead being charged with offenses against state security when it comes to another rival of president joseph kabila former rebel leader and ex vice president john. has returned home to launch his own bid catherine sawyer as the latest from kinshasa. why it's got to be is at the zambia and the democratic republic of congo border he managed to get into the country that's the r.c. but then police repast him he's with his supporters at the situation in that's where he's trying to come in to the country through its very very

three days of tranquility associated with the first color of vaccine the world health organization calls for a cease fire in yemen to help it stop another color outbreak. zimbabwe's opposition leader says he's does not accept the election victory of emerson meaning god what he plans to challenge the results. china says it's ready to impose sixty billion dollars worth of tyrus on the u.s. in an escalating trade war. and european heatwave record breaking temperatures have people looking for relief. aid agencies are demanding a cease fire in yemen a day after airstrikes in the port city of kut data killed at least fifty five people the world health organization wants to deliver half a million color of vaccines to the north of the country where it's warning of another potential outbreak has more from neighboring djibouti. that come to buy fish and then the whole plane skate doesn't that i cannot do it i miss the strap so back we went to the hospital right away and found a disaster a criminal disaster there are twenty six people dead twenty six martyred and we counted thirty five to forty wou

health organization is urging an immediate cease fire in the north so it can carry out vaccinations we have requested as the u.n. three days is tranquility associated with the first or color of vaccine campaign across fourth fifth and sixth in the north of the country you recall that we were able to start to see the campaigns in the south of the country previously but we've never before been able to do it in the north and we are planning with almost three thousand health workers to vaccinate more than five hundred thousand individuals of the age of one year. we're joined now by our correspondent mohamad though he is live for us in neighboring djibouti and the a w.h.o. mohammed really underscoring the need for a portion of fighting here but all the warring parties likely to listen to them. well so far there's no sign of god the u.n. special envoy to yemen much english is has been shuttling between the. fight is on the saudi you and you coalition as well as their partners the pro-government militias are so far has not been able to obtain a cease fire agreement the last talks that's go

yes indeed the dial warning from both the world health organization and also the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs whose representative in yemen just held a press conference and it's a while ago these are going on day first of all condemned tuc outside of fallujah hospital saying it was shocking and the loss of lives and justified the world health organization is asking for a three day cease fire to vaccinate that residents of the city against the said the u.n. humanitarian coordination the coordinator saying. this seeing more and more people been taken to hospital with a whole lot of. the issue could get out of hand if the conflict does not stop now. doesn't seem to be the case us diplomats predicting that the talks being held in geneva on the six offsets and backward hoppin while the conflict is going on because martin griffith the u.n. special envoy to yemen has so far north obtained a cease fire deal from both groups well we'll leave it. to keep updated with you as the day progresses mohammed thank you if the spokesman we haven't. told us earlier that fighting with esca

the world health organization has warned against them. be harmful components of tobacco smoke so largely not in a cigarette. what you have in an cigarette. what you have in an cigarette —— e—cigarette is different. most of the harmful chemicals are often not visited all in the e—cigarette vapour, or at all levels. at a research study came out recently fru m py levels. at a research study came out recently frumpy university of birmingham that suggested they could damage the lungs and more research is needed. is it not better to encourage people to quit smoking rather than to transfer their addiction from one element to another? it is not that the products carried no risks at all. it is likely that over decades there would be some level of risk. but the comparison is the skyscraper at risk with continued smoking tobacco. not using a product altogether would be the best, but that will not work for everybody. however you that the tobacco companies will take advantage of this and push forward with you know, getting into gaping, getting

health organization calls for a cease fire in yemen to prevent another cholera outbreak. negotiations could hold protests at the israel gaza border we'll tell you about the latest talks. zimbabwe's opposition leaders says he does not accept the election victory of emerson many got what he plans to challenge the results. plus she powders in spain resort to traditional methods to try to avoid forest fires. aid agencies are demanding a cease fire in yemen and day after air strikes in the port city of kut data killed at least fifty five people the world health organization wants to deliver half a million color of vaccines to the north of the country it says there's a risk of another outbreak has more from neighboring djibouti that come to buy fish and then the whole plane skate doesn't that i cannot. miss this fast so we went to the hospital right away and found a disaster a criminal disaster there are twenty six people dead twenty six modded and we counted thirty five to forty wounded that's not even counting the many wounded we sent to private hospitals and we're still nurs

health organization in copenhagen to both of you gentlemen thank you . now to another story involving parents and children knowing what a mole and children separated from their parents at the u.s. border have been flown home and reunited with their forty families they were rejected under president almost trumps zero tolerance immigration policy where despite the dangers of the uncertainty many guatemalans continue to try to reach the border with the u.s. in our next report we follow a guatemalan woman and her child trying to get to the united states with hope of entering. miriam and karen don't have much luggage they have little apart from their children they don't know what to expect but are well aware of all the possible perils. in which i've heard of i'm putting her in danger in so many ways her health her life so much could happen on the journey. where she could be raped or something could happen to her in that way. i'm risking a lot. not only my life but hers to me but i. think this is the first talk meal that miriam and phyla to be eaten since they

and yet world health organization scientists say glyphosate is probably carcinogenic, while the us and the eu continue to approve its use. this case by no means ends the controversy about the most heavily used herbicide in history. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. tens of thousands of romanians have taken to the streets of bucharest for a second night running to protest against the government, accusing it of corruption and abuse of power. many of the demonstrators returned from across europe to voice their opposition. they are particularly angry at the government's sacking of an anti—corruption prosecutor. on friday police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds. vlad macelaru is protester and a un youth delegate, who's in bucharest. these protests have been built up over the past month. since the current government is trying to weaken the justice system and the rule of law in general so overall, we have protests against a corrupt government. would you say that trying to enter a government building isjustified under the circumstances? no, i wouldn't say so def

and yet world health organization scientists say glyphosate is probably carcinogenic, while the us and the eu continue to approve its use. this case by no means ends the controversy about the most heavily used herbicide in history. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. carey gillam is a journalist and author who has won an award for her book on monsanto and roundup. she is in bendigo australia, which is just north of melbourne. i suppose you see this as a triumph. the verdict is a vindication for scientists around the world who have spent years documenting the harms associated with this chemical and people like me, journalists and others who have worked to bring certain facts to live, certain risks that monsanto has tried to hide, it's a vindication that there are risks that have been hidden. but if you look at what the european commission has said, if you look at what the agencies in the united states have said, they said that as far as they can tell, those weedkillers are safe to use. right, and what we've seen is really remarkable because the litigation, thousands of pages, 10 million

health organization wants to deliver half a million color of vaccines to the north of the country where it's warning of another potential outbreak. china is poised to impose more tariffs on sixty billion dollars worth of american goods and you levies will go into force if the u.s. follows through on its threat to impose more top of of its own the u.s. accuses china of unfair trade practices it's using tariffs to pressure china to reform. zimbabwe's opposition leader has rejected the results of monday's election and he says his party is ready to form a government now some shimmies a says the results were fraudulent and illegal is accuse the government of intimidation. opposition leader has been barred from returning home to run in presidential elections and democratic republic of congo it comes as another rival of president joseph kabila the former rebel leader and ex vice president john p. also returned to launch his own presidential bid katherine sawyer has more from can shop. boys good to be arrived at the border between sandy and the democratic republic of congo the peace opposed to

regional director for emergencies at the world health organization he joins us now via skype from thanks very much for being with us so how bad could this get then if if these groups are not teaching that the warnings about the spread of ebola and the need to get to these areas. thank you very much i just came back from not cuba and i was able to use the horse port monkey you know benny so i think it's important for everybody to understand that we need to have access to or areas where we live investigation so far where you have contact and cases you have access to this on but we are not getting our lead from that area where you have groups to support them dearly to make sure that we can have access into some of the population to get that i left and it suspected case you can have it is a red zones is it important for the response and if you're able to secure an area like this what what what sort of process is involved what what what happens after that in terms of making sure that the virus doesn't spread i think in time welcome to in years months important for our teams to interact with t

health organization says aid workers haven't been able to reach some areas where groups are present your income reports. on a recent trip to man gina in eastern democratic republic of congo the director general of the world health organization had a chance to see for themselves how much work still needed to be done to end the above the crisis the latest outbreak began on august first and stands at fifty seven confirmed or suspected cases with forty one deaths back in geneva he didn't mince his words active complete the challenge. and the red zone as we you know accessible and of course you know addition to that the high population density of population movement. the conflict is hindering vaccination efforts the disease could infect everyone regardless of what side they're on. we call on the warring parties for a cessation of hostilities because the virus is dangerous. it doesn't choose between this group or that group the august first outbreak was declared in mind jean in north kivu province but officials on tuesday said it had since spread to the neighboring it to re province north

sea is worrying doctors and international experts the world health organization has announced it's found the triggering event for the outbreak and it was the death of a sixty five year old woman in hospital and there's now a new suspect that case in another province at least twenty people have died in the past two weeks and this concern it could be hard to stop it spreading because the fighting between rebel groups and government forces culture that a chance reports. in the democratic republic of congo near the ugandan border un experts toward the city of beni in the remote northeastern province of north kivu scientists are worried fighting involving rebel groups on the government forces in both the d r c and uganda may hinder their response to the new ebola outbreak. it was important for us to be here to come up with a good strategy against ebola and this will be the epicenter of our response we've taken measures to contain the outbreak and we appeal to the public not to panic we're deploying all necessary medication and resources to treat patients at home there's no need for the patien

and yet, world health organization scientists say glyphosate is probably carcinogenic, while the us and the eu continue to approve its use. this case by no means ends the controversy about the most heavily used herbicide in history. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. monsanto issued a statement after the ruling, in which it said: the nobel—prizewinning writer vs naipaul has died aged 85. raised in trinidad, he studied at oxford and worked for the bbc before becoming a prolific author. his best—known works include a house for mr biswas, the mystic masseur, a bend in the river and the booker prize—winning in a free state. he won the nobel prize for literature in 2001, for, as the award panel put it, "works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories". he died at his home in london. judy raymond has interviewed vs naipaul many times, she is the editor in chief of daily newspaper, trinidad and tobago newsday and joins me on the line. thank you forjoining us. tell us, what kind of man was he or rather, what kind of man was he or rather, what was his relationship with tri

health organization wants to have a half a million cholera vaccines to the north of the country but it's warning of another potential outbreak. zimbabwe's opposition leader has rejected the results of monday's election and he says his party is ready to form a government nelson chamisa says the results were fortunate and legal excuse the government of intimidation. and china is poised to impose more tariffs on sixty billion dollars worth of american goods and the levies will go into force if the u.s. follows through on its try to impose more towers of its own u.s. accuses china of unfair trade practices it's using tariffs or pressure china to reform. the u.s. is pushing for further sanctions on north korea has asked the u.n. security council to add a north korean bank executive and a company to a blacklist that enforces travel bans and freeze assets united states also wants a russian bank and a chinese company hit with sanctions for allegedly dealing with north korea he one has kept sanctions pressure on even their leader kim jong un says he will work towards denuclearization u.s. ac

world health organization calls for a cease fire in yemen to help it stop another cholera outbreak. that there are a tile this is out there a live from doha also coming up some ball boys opposition leader nelson chamisa says he does not set amazon mind back with election victory. china says it's ready to impose sixty billion dollars worth of tariffs on the u.s. in an escalating trade war. doesn't spain resort to traditional methods to try to avoid forest fires. aid agencies are demanding a cease fire in yemen a day off to astronauts in the port city of data killed at least fifty five people while health organization what's in the level of a million cholera vaccine to the north of the country it says there is a risk of an outbreak. has more from neighboring djibouti that come to buy fish and then the whole plane skate doesn't that i cannot i am mr strout so right we went to the hospital right away and found a disaster a criminal disaster there are twenty six people dead twenty six martyred and we counted thirty five to forty wounded that's not even counting the many wounded we sent t

health organization he says getting access to people who live in dangerous areas is a priority. so i think it's important for everybody to understand that we need to have access to or areas where we need investigation so far where you have contact and casey's got access to this zone but we are not getting away from that area where you have groups such as the portland area to make sure that we can have some of the population to get what i want to have an early suspected case you can have it is a red zone it's important for the response time of going to engagements important fall out. with the population first talk prevention to go to prevention of the first action and also put you prepared to make sure that the health parts of the health worker that they have the language that what they need to move to protect the population really important to be productive look wait for cases to you know spread the it's going to start walking that it's important to be able to be very shallow preparedness that turkish court has ordered the release of the chairman of the country's amnesty interna

. >> the world health organization did declare roundup carcinogenic quite a while ago. >> reporter: it's a victory for groups like sustainable novato that have advocated against potentially dangerous chemicals for years. >> the truth is you can't put a price tag on your children's health and the health of your pets and loved ones. >> reporter: a jury did put a price tag on one man's terminal cancer, awarding a former benicia groundskeeper $289.2 million. dewayne lee johnson sprayed the weed killer in bulk 30 times a year. 2.5 years into the job a diagnosis of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. >> way bigger than me. hopefully this thing will start to get the attention that it needs to get right so folks can make a good choice. >> reporter: monsanto, the makers of roundup, say they will appeal. >> the verdict today, it doesn't change the overwhelming scientific evidence and the 40 years of safe use of glyphosate around the world. >> this wasn't the worst rule, but we wanted to make sure our community knew we were taking these steps. >> reporter: the city is seeking volunteers to help groundskeepers

there was had been a lot of in-fighting seventy two hours while the world health organization tried to push ahead with its color immunization program has it been able to finish it. nor thoughts hole the world health organization officials in yemen say they have only managed to reach a little over fifty percent of the five hundred thousand people they walk targeting without. immunization it is very vital because there are already cases of coal that are being exported in different parts of yemen particularly in this city of but they that they wanted to reach a half a million people so far they have only covered the heart because of lack of access to most places of roll in this road bridges have been. demolished by the likes by the coalition that's led by soda to be on the us and one other thing but they are pointing out which is water some is not it's six weeks they will have to do the second round all for their color immunization for it to work and they're saying they would they do not know whether they would be able to get a cease fire just like they did know although they've not been

he started with the world health organization in geneva and soon became head of u.n. missions in war zones. when he moved to the top post at the un it was meant as an interim solution taking over from the controversial previous secretary-general boutros boutros ghali despite his diplomatic skills he felt his biggest defeat was over the two thousand and three iraq war but his belief in the un's goals in importance never ceased i think most of you know that one of my chief moose ever since i took over as secretary general has been to make the united nations more useful for his tireless work as a peace negotiator and ambassador for human rights and none was honored with the nobel peace prize in two thousand and one leaves a wife and three children. officials in kerala are pleading for more help as the monsoon floods inundate much of the southern indian state and the death toll continues to climb the state's chief minister says three hundred twenty four people have died in what he called the worst floods in one hundred years india's military has been called in to help the

and yet, world health organization scientists say glyphosate is probably carcinogenic, while the us and the eu continue to approve its use. this case by no means ends the controversy about the most heavily used herbicide in history. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. monsanto issued a statement after the ruling, in which it said it was "sympathetic to mrjohnson and his family" but it would "continue to vigorously defend this product, which has a ao—year history of safe use". we'll be hearing more about the case from a legal expert in just a few minutes. tens of thousands of romanians have ta ken to the streets of bucharest, for a second night running to protest against the government, accusing it of corruption and abuse of power. many of the demonstrators returned from across europe to voice their opposition. they are particularly angry at the government's sacking of an anti—corruption prosecutor. on friday police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds. the writer vs naipaul has died at the age of 85. raised in trinidad, he studied at oxford and worked for the

the world health organization is calling for an immediate cease fire in northern yemen to vaccinate people from an expected to outbreak of cholera and says widespread value tradition could make a new wave of the disease even more deadly than previous outbreaks and two suicide bombers have burned themselves up during friday prayers and eastern afghanistan at least twenty five worshippers were killed and sixty injured at a mosque in god of this the capital of the a province is suspected of being behind the attack president bush says afghans will not be divided by sectarian attacks. now for the first friday and weeks things are fairly quiet at the border fence but for. israel and gaza a significant nation has taken place with one senior hamas member who survived in the gaza strip for the first time since being expelled and two thousand and ten or palestinian protests and small say at least one hundred and fifteen people killed as. stephanie deca she is joining us live from gaza so what is going on there today stephanie. what is the nineteenth week of protests it's more of the same really but

the world health organization put this together and came up with the determination of what they call from a bulk human carcinogen, meaning that to them, to the panel of experts they had, that there was credible elements for an increased cancer risk but it was not beyond a reasonable doubt. so are we better off, if we're going to use weedkiller in our homes, are we better off taking precautions, maybe covering our faces, better off taking precautions, maybe covering ourfaces, wearing gloves, and being careful about how often and being careful about how often and frequently we use it? is it about quantity and the duration of exposure to these chemicals?m about quantity and the duration of exposure to these chemicals? it was said long ago that the dose makes the poison and so yes, of course, using protective materials for any kind of a weedkiller or herbicide just makes sense. so, are farmers at more risk than people who just use it on their driveway? sure, that goes for anything. the more you get of anything, the worse it is. there have been reports that american high school football p

in 2015, the world health organization classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic, but both the us and the eu, supported by the uk, have since reapproved its usage. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. our correspondent richard listerjoins me now. let's delve into the scientific debate first of all. glyphosate has been deeply controversial for many yea rs. been deeply controversial for many years. in this sense, what has happened with this case in the us is that this jury of 12 has looked at the scientific arguments for and against on they've come down on the side that actually there is a case for saying that glyphosate did cause cancer in this case. the science really has not changed. in 2015, there was this startling announcement by the international agency for research on cancer which is part of the who that glyphosate was a probable human carcinogen. a year later, a joint report by the who and the un said while some studies do so some link between the two, the biggest study of its kind does not show a causal link. —— while some studies do show some link. they agreed it was un

and yet, world health organization scientists say glyphosate is probably carcinogenic, while the us and the eu continue to approve its use. this case by no means ends the controversy about the most heavily used herbicide in history. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. us fighterjets have been scrambled to intercept a passenger plane after a man stole it and then took off from seattle airport. the man, an employee with the ground staff, performed aerobatic manoevres before crashing on a nearby island. it's thought he was killed instantly, and that no one else was on board. what the hell? the stolen plane was filmed by shocked witnesses flying low over the islands of puget sound. what is happening right now? ok, but why has it gotjets? it was pursued by at least two f—15 military jets. the authorities said those aircraft escorted the plane out of harm's way but were not instrumental in bringing it down. what the hell is this guy doing? whilst he was performing aerobatic manoeuvres, the 29—year—old man at the controls was talking to air traffic control. the man piloting the plane said

coalition has denied carrying it out of the rubble say fifty five people died the world health organization says yemen may be on the brink of a new wave of cholera because of widespread malnutrition mohammed has more from neighboring chad beauty that all specifically once. they cease fire to bug the population in her day off all that are now the yemeni infrastructure for water sanitation has largely been destroyed by the elf like something that's already caused an outbreak of cholera are the last in the world that's affected more than a million people now u.n. agencies are saying that the contract could be on the brink of another massive outbreak of the disease live under the u.n. humanitarian coordinator in that press conference said that there were seeing more and more people being brought to hospitals with cholera every day zimbabwe's opposition has rejected what it calls unverified fake results of the presidential election nelson chamisa then the electoral commission to the ruling zanu p.f. anderson with emerged as the winner but again calling for peace and unity another potential candi

health organization calls for a cease fire in yemen to help it stop another cholera outbreak. i'm not matheson and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up zimbabwe's opposition leader nelson chamisa says he does not accept emerson man and god was the election victory. china says it's ready to impose sixty billion dollars worth of tariffs on the u.s. in an escalating trade war. plus sheepherders in spain resort to traditional methods to try to avoid forest fires. aid agencies are demanding a cease fire in yemen and day after air strikes in the port city of hadera killed at least fifty five people the world health organization wants to deliver half a million cholera vaccines to the north of the country where it's warning of another potential outbreak has more from neighboring djibouti that come to buy fish and then the whole plane skate. doesn't that i cannot i am mr strout so right we went to the hospital right away and found a disaster a criminal disaster there are twenty six people dead twenty six martyred and we counted thirty five to forty wounded that's not even c

a so safe all is a regional director for emergencies at the world health organization he says getting access to people who live in dangerous areas is a priority so i think it's important for everybody to understand that we need to have access to or. investigation so far where you have contact and cases you have access to this zone but we are not getting our lead from that area where you have groups to support them really to make sure that we can have some of the population to get good i'll have an early suspected case you can have it is a red zone important for the response time of continuous months important for our. population first for prevention because prevention is the first action and also to preparedness to make sure that the health for the health workers that they have. what their little group or two populations are really important to be productive look work for cases to you know spread. out it's important to be a. prevention of preparedness at least twenty two children on their way to school died when their boat sank crossing the river now in sudan state news agency says it

health organization says the outbreak poses new problems because it's in north kivu province several armed groups are fighting there. gun control activists in the u.s. have marched on the headquarters of the powerful lobby group the national rifle association calling for tighter regulations on firearms rob reynolds is at the protest in fairfax virginia. a large group of people have gathered outside the headquarters of the national rifle association in suburban washington they are demanding changes in the nation's gun laws and here you can see that on the ground here are photographs of some of the people who have recently died as a result of gun violence this of course adding a great emotional punch to this event there are also a number of people here are issuing or expressing their support for the n.r.a. and disputing with some of the members of the crowd but the police have kept them at quite a distance from the main crowd so it's been an entirely peaceful event this is an outgrowth of the march for our lives movement that began after the slayings at marjorie stoneman douglas high s

the world health organization has one hundred fifty staff and east india say this week for the first time health workers used a military escort to reach a town where a doctor had died of a bowler because which is almost entirely surrounded by one of the main insurgency groups called the a.d.f. on pretty much all sides of the town and there's been many security issues including. civilian deaths. the a.d.f. or allied democratic forces is a ugandan rebel group its feiss ambushed a un base in december killing fifteen peacekeepers. where the a.d.f. is the un isn't which opens up blind spots rebuttal of detection and treatment. but where conflict is complicating the response science is helping us for forty years ebola has been incurable with a fifty percent fatality rate but now a breakthrough more than a dozen people are being successfully treated with two experimental drugs another three treatments have been approved for use. thirteen hundred others have been vaccinated but the concern remains health workers can immunize against ebola but not against the threats of an active conflicts on

so why then did the world health organization see red when this partnership was announced to the point of refusing interpol observer status at their conference on tobacco control. over the course of the last fifteen years of them being this pariah supplier finished product. actually it's a victim of the illicit smack a tried and part of the solution but nothing could be further from the truth. how could it in our poll and it's secretary general have signed an agreement refused to participating in cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting over decades in collaboration with the italian and the balkan mafia. in two thousand and four cigarettes smuggled away way cheaper because they have no taxes on them. the cheaper they are the more they sell and in particular the more the celts a young people and the tobacco industry's documents also make clear that they understand that it's really important to have cheap cigarettes available for young people because otherwise they wouldn't take up this deadly habit. in total philip morris international and three other tobacco giants agreed to pay the euro

of the a bowl of virus the number of confirmed cases has risen to thirteen the world health organization says this new outbreak poses new problems because it's in north kivu province there are several opposing groups fighting there just a week ago he declared an end to a separate outbreak in the northwest that killed thirty three people. more than twenty opposition supporters in zimbabwe have been denied bail after they were arrested and charged with inciting public violence six people were killed on wednesday when soldiers opened fire at a protest against alleged vote rigging in monday's election marco weber's in the capital harare. police say these people were responsible for election violence in harare on wednesday the supporters of zimbabwe's main opposition party the movement for democratic change been charged with inciting violence and refused bail. and d.c. officials say the charges a politically motivated because the government's trying to prevent a legal challenge to the result of monday's election a muslim and i were lost the election and after losing the election he's away abo

yemen may be on the brink of a new outbreak of cholera that warning comes from the world health organization widespread tertian and conflict could push up the death rate w.h.o. has called for a three day cease fire in the north of the country to carry out a vaccination program. at least twenty people have been killed in afghanistan after a suicide attack on a mosque in the eastern city of gardez dozens more wounded the attacker blume self up inside the shiite mosque goes worshippers were attending friday prayers there's been no claim of responsibility. well they have been subjected to immense to some seven thousand years the women and girls in northern iraq were abducted tortured and sexually abused by the so-called islamic state this after the militants overran iraq's northern singe our district just across the border from syria four years ago now i ask has been driven out but three thousand women are still missing many of them were sold into slavery use. to people who are trying to rescue them. it breaks my heart she says. shareen children is showing us her hometown. the ruined city of the

health organization is warning yemen could be on the brink of a new color i put them in with even more up to now the choice calling for ceasefire north and yemen to allow for bugs initial campaign to be carted off we have requested as the un three days is tranquility associated with the first oral color of vaccine campaign across fourth fifth and sixth in the north of the country you recall that we were able to start a cv campaigns in the south of the country previously but we've never before been able to do it in the north and we are planning with almost three thousand health workers to vaccinate more than five hundred thousand individuals by the age of one year the world's wost humanitarian crisis may be about to become dramatically was the u.n. humanitarian coordinator in yemen is warning that any attacks in her day that could be coupled with the human toll extending far beyond the limits of the city although seventy five percent of food imports into yemen go through the ports of they that which is essential for imports such as fuel medicine essential supplies. djibouti. where of th

health organization wants to deliver half a million cholera vaccines to the north of the country it says there's a risk of another outbreak of the disease some bob ways opposition leader is rejecting the results of monday's election nelson chamisa says his party is ready to form a government he says the vote has been fortunate and illegal. china says it may introduce tariffs on a further sixty billion dollars worth of american goods the new levies will go into force if the u.s. follows through on its threat to impose more types of its own the u.s. accuses china of unfair trading practices. the u.s. is pushing for further sanctions on north korea has asked the u.n. security council to add a north korean bank executive and a company to the blacklist certain forces travel bans and freeze assets united states also wants a russian bank and a chinese company hit with sanctions for allegedly dealing with north korea he was secretary of state might prompt a has called on all nations to keep up diplomatic and economic pressure it's worth remembering this isn't just an american security goal

the world health organization says the ebola outbreak in democratic republic of congo has reached a point which had been dreading a doctor in the eighth has become the first likely cave in what is one of the country's most violent in accessible zones this is in a town in north kivu where aid workers and government officials are being held hostage the full story now with charlotte bellus. this is a united nations video of a thirteen year old boy and manga the a.p. santa of the latest ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. is also a conflict zone journalist conquered unsafely so the un films. they all died of ebola was my entire family was my mom an issue away and then my sister's an answer followed another is in the hospital i've lost family members again. this month ebola has spread from the town of mango across two provinces and is now in six locations the area sits stage four on the un security scale stage five is evacuate immediately. it requires a daily risk assessment of how to reach people who vaccinations investigations and psychosocial care fifty three children have b