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not everybody has a fast car. anyway, off to the 21st century on my very short history of capitalism. hello, i'm with "bbc world news." our top stories. voters in israel go to the polls with prime minister benjamin netanyahu facing serious challenge from opposition. a court in myanmar found a new zealand and two others guilty. those who survive the onslaught of cyclone pam try to piece their lives back together. forensic scientists say they have found the tomb of spain's giant cervantes nearly 400 years
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after his death. hello and welcome to the program. let's start with israel. there, people are voting in parliamentary elections. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu is aiming to become the country's longest serving leader. the coalition government is inevitable because of their police cal system. they are hard to form and harder to hold together. the ruling coalition of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, is made up of representatives of his likud party. against a nuclear deal with iran. the opposition is called the
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zionist union. they are led by laborers who have no other party of the justice minister. in the end though it is the other, the smaller parties who often hold the balance of power from the sen tryst to the ultra orthodox and arab parties. all corners of this society are reflected. it's not just who leads, but how it is formed. let's go to jerusalem. our correspondent is just outside the polling station there. it's not just a simple who will win. there's the complicated case of forming a coalition. >> reporter: absolutely. that could take several weeks to build. that is where the election arithmetic is in the favor of benjamin netanyahu. even if he loses today's election, all the opinion polls predicted he will he will stand
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a better chance of building a viable coalition in the threshold because israeli politics are on the right. he has more parties to choose from who are possible to go into coalition with. the zionist union says we have an alternative for israel after six years of benjamin netanyahu, nine years in total, they say he's led israel to low relations with the u.s. into war with gaza that achieved little to soaring housing prices and living prices. the criticism is strong. he says i am a man who guarantee's israel security. plenty to play for. the opposition is feeling confident. i spoke a little earlier to running with the left wing zionist union. i asked him how confident he was feeling?
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>> i am confident. we are not confident enough. this is the real poll. this is the real poll the people with election day. we are strong. we need to be much more strong to replace the government that fails in every angle in our life on security unaffordable housing, expensive living. nothing to offer to the people of israel. the zionist union offer hope and improve every angle in the israeli's life. we need it and deserve more. >> you say it is frightening people. what is he offering in terms of proposal to reduce the cost of living? >> saying one simple thing. it shouldn't come at the expense of the other. the army of the idea we can take care of the diplomatic arena. we shouldn't neglect the day-to-day people. we have a middle class that is collapsing. a lot of young people are going
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to berlin or other places. offer them hope and unfortunately, talking iran and isis people are giving up their immediate needs, day-to-day needs and voting for the right wing. understand that you should take care of poetboth of them. they are offering a better future for the people of israel. >> reporter: it's in terms of numbers. you are not going to get the coalition together are you? >> that's not right. it's not a natural partner for us. all the others was similar. they don't want -- i'm talking labor and the merit and the properties. they know people of israel want a better future. i think you heard from most of them, everything is open and we will be able i hope if voting it will be okay. we will be able to form the next government.
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>> reporter: sounding optimistic. there are plenty of other parties contesting the election. interestingly, the joint list for our party coming together on a single united ticket for the first time hoping they will get in. they could be significant opposition voice, advancing issues like the palestinian peace process, which has been dead for the last year. mr. herzog says it is time to reunite. mr. netanyahu said under his watch there would not be a palestinian state. we will have full coverage of all the election results across "bbc world news" including an election special tonight. for the time being, back to you in london. >> outside a polling station in jerusalem. thank you for covering all of that for us. as he was saying the situation
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with the palestinians is very much at the forefront of both of the sides. marc was saying there, the union, herzog's party wants to reunite them. benjamin netanyahu doesn't. it's been a year since the peace talks broke down and six months from a devastating war in gaza. they hope the war will bring about change. from the west bank, we have this report. >> reporter: this class is the occupied west bank through the check points which is manned by israeli soldiers. this is part of israel's separation barrier. palestinians living here these have become symbols of the decades old conflict with israel. those in the best bank and east jerusalem and the gaza strip don't get to vote in the israeli elections, they are watching them closely. palestinian officials say the peace process is being ignored
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by the political campaign and it shouldn't be. >> what is it exactly? are you occupying us? it's too low. you have to end this or do you consider it? you want us citizens or you want us being discommitted. in all scenarios, it's your choice. i don't see the israeli society -- >> reporter: there's a lot at stake for all generations. on the streets, people have learned to be skeptical. many believe it doesn't matter if the next israeli prime minister is left or right wing. >> translator: it won't make any difference, even if we have another 100 israeli leaders. we have netanyahu and many others. in the end, it's politics.
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>> i hope something good for us. >> reporter: the palestinian president says he will work to revise peace talks with israel and ultimately the next israeli government will have big decisions to make. there can be no final peace deal without strong leaders on both sides. bbc news brks krrks nu sbc news. the peace talks are an issue in the election. there are more. of course. we have all the details on our website, including the key candidates and also what the vote will mean for benjamin netanyahu's future. he is of course looking for a fourth term and, indeed where it will leave the peace process as we have been hearing. visit our website for all the background details. now, in other news the court in myanmar found three men
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guilty of insulting religion. two men have been given prison sentences of two and a half years. our correspondent has more from outside the courts. >> reporter: chinese whispers about the way information comes out in the courts. journalists aren't allowed inside. to clarify the sentences, two and a half years for each of the men with hard labor. a severe sentence for what they did, post a picture online to promote their bar. a picture of facebook. it was a picture of buddha surrounded by psychedelic colors promoting a cheap drinks night. it offended hard line buddhists here. they went to the police. the police closed the bar down and decided to prosecute the
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three men. they have all been sent back to prison today. the new zealander involved came out in a typical, understated way saying he was disappointed about the verdict. that's an understatement. him and his family are upset about the two and a half year sentence. they apologized said it was a mistake and they didn't intend to offend anyone. the best thing they can hope for is sometime in the months ahead, there's a deal reached, the government steps in and says okay you have served your time we will release you from prison deport you quietly, you have done enough time here. now, eight agencies say conditions in vanuatu are among the worst they have faced. food and supplies are needed.
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it left much of the nation ininhabitable. 11 confirmed deaths. there's growing concern about the populated islands, many still inaccessible. our correspondent gave us this op update from the capitol of van vanuatu vanuatu. >> reporter: the true impact of cyclone pam is including some of the islands beyond the capitol via the teams that have been to the island. this is home to 30,000 people. there are reports of widespread devastation there as well. eight agents are saying many houses on the island have been no match for cyclone pam and bore the brunt of the maximum category 5 system. so slowly but surely the
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authorities in south pacific are piecing together the cyclone. the more they find out, the grimmer it gets. at the moment the number of deaths revised down from 24 to 11 by the united nations. there is a concern that that figure will increase as communications and visits to outlying islands continue. >> reporting from port villa. we'll have more on the aid efforts, relief on our website. now, let's turn to a completely different story. forensic scientists believe they have found the tomb of spain's best known author cervantes nearly 400 years after his death. a team of researchers used cameras, 3-d cameras and radar to pinpoint the burial site of
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the author. now he was lost after the chart buried in was rebuilt in the late 16th century. they will be allowed to separate the bones if they can use dna analysis to see which bones do not belong to the author. remarkable. still to come here on "bbc world news," stay with us. prince harry confirms he is leaving the army in june. he's still thinking about what to do next.
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guilty of insulting religion. let's turn to the business news. malaysia has new plans for the airline industry. >> you are right. it's been dogged in the recent months. today, malaysian government has plans to create an entirely new airline. it will be called flying mojo and have value flights in southeast asia. they will be gin flying in the first quarter of 2016. 20 new aircrafts in a deal worth $1.5 billion u.s. we are looking at christine in india for two days. senior officials as well. she describes asia's third largest economy as a bright spot on a cloudy horizon.
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the recovery from the financial crisis remains fragile. india has an opportunity to emerge as one of the most dynamic economies. it needs to implement plan reforms. more on that in "world business report" for you. we are talking about ireland. what do you think about it? leprechauns and the luck of the irish. today is st. patrick's day, the day they celebrate the rich culture of ireland. it's a big opportunity for irish. from traditional irish products, gifts to the not so traditional mcdonald's shamrock shake and green bagels. companies looking to tap into the luck of the irish to boost themselves. they are looking at the numbers involved. 4.6 billion dollars. that's the amount likely to spend on st. paddy's 2015.
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worldwide from 13 million pints of guinness. it's a big day for, wait for it cabbage. shipment will rise 70% during the week of st. patrick's day. interesting fact. back to you. >> i'm polish so. thank you very much. see you later. anyone celebrating st. patrick's day, of course happy st. patrick's day to you. the french government looking to radicalize. more than half of all inmates are muslim. the attacks in paris that killed 17 people led to connections by the perpetrators while in prison. lucy williamson reports and it's part of the debate between islam and the french.
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>> reporter: the battle with jihadists is entering new territory, the internet. this government video posted to show young french recruits reality of life with islamic state. if the real front line in the battle much closer to home? french prisons have been seen as jihadi recruitment centers for years. january's attacks show the threats these networks could pose to france. this quiet paris neighborhood is where the brothers began their journey to extremism, a journey that led straight through the prison system. a third attacker spent time in prison. it was a chance for them to meet each other and their mentor, a senior jihadist serving time for plotting attacks in paris. to prevent radicalization in the prisons, they are rolling out a scheme to separate jihadists
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from other prisoners inside the jails. one chaplain said it will only work if radical prisoners are truly isolated from each other. >> translator: real separation is a good idea. grouping radical prisoners together allows them to form gangs inside the prison. this is a quick fix by the government. god knows how dangerous that is. these are fanatics that could become terrorists. >> reporter: now a community teacher, he served six years for assault and armed robbery. while in prison, he says a jihadist prisoner tried to recruit him. he refused. in the absence of islamic teaching others were persuaded to join. >> translator: for more than five years in prison, i didn't
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once meet a muslim chaplain to give me guidance. to spread radical discourse among others. >> reporter: with the spotlight firmly on france's prison system and more than half of the prison population thought to be muslim, the government is stepping in. more of them into the nation's jails. >> particular state. we had training and since that many of them come from brot and many are not familiar with french culture. >> reporter: how much french islam is influenced by the values. all the value from abroad is up for political debate. one taking place not only in mosques, but the state's heavily guarded institutions. lucy williamson bbc news
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paris. prince harry is set to leave the army in june after ten years in paris. he was in afghanistan twice. peter has the report. >> reporter: leaving the army prince harry says has been a tough decision. ten years of service, which in his words, will stay with me for the rest of my life. he served twice in afghanistan. most recently in 2012 and apache helicopter co-pilot. he was targeting and killing taliban fighters doing the job on merit, not because he's a prince. >> it's easy to forget who i am in the army. we are doing the same kind of thing. it's great fun. i enjoy my job. it really is as simple as that. >> reporter: he's giving up one job and hasn't decided what to do next. while he considers his options, he will continue to work with injured servicemen and woman on
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a volunteer basis. his greatest achievement the games. prince harry was the driving force behind the paraolympics. it will take place in the future. >> prince harry is leaving the army and becoming a full-time senior royal. the 30-year-old prince put it himself, he's at a cross roads. peter hunt, bbc news. have you ever wondered why penguins waddle rather than walk? scientists have been studying the penguins at london zoo to find out. rebecca reports. >> reporter: getting around if you are a penguin isn't easy. with their tiny legs and stuff, upright posture, it's ungamely. but, at london zoo, scientists are trying to shed light on what lies behind the waddle.
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the penguins are being put to the test. the idea is to lure them over this high-tech track loaded with sensors. but, it doesn't always go to plan. with a bit of encouragement, though success. >> we are hoping to find out how penguins use their leads to waddle. they are a force left and right as they swing from side to side. what's not known is how the legs do that. how big are the sideways forces on penguin legs and how is that compared to other waddling birds. >> reporter: when you get up close to penguins, you see how strangely they are put together. it turns out, penguins didn't always waddle. their ancient ancestors moved in a more elegant way. >> rebecca there. the u.s. it's been one of the worst winters in years.
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hello, i'm with "bbc world news." our top stories. voters in israel go to the polls, but with no party likely to win a majority. it could be weeks before they have a new government. the court in myanmar found a new zealander and two others guilty of insulting the buddha. those who survived the cyclone try to piece their lives back together. two and a half weeks from the murders of boris nemtsov, we
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hear from the relatives of the key suspects. a way of giving eye care to patients in rural south africa. hello and a warm welcome to the program. people in israel are voting in parliamentary elections with the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, aiming to become the longest serving leader. now the coalition government is inevitable because of the political system. they are hard to form and harder to hold together. the ruling coalition prime minister benjamin netanyahu is made up of representatives of the likud party.
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the main opposition is the zionist union led by herzog. the party of the former justice minister. in the end it is the other, the smaller parties who often hold the balance of power. to the ultra orthodox and arab parties, all corners of this diverse society are reflected. it's not just who leads the coalition, but how it's form that will govern israel's future. jeremy reports. >> reporter: not the drums of war, for once. in between the headlines, most israelis prefer their lives less extraordinary. in this election high prices worry the most and the prime minister. jerusalem's mayor and government supporter denies it puts
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security and settlements in occupied palestinian territory ahead of the cost of living. >> some people care more about the economy. naturally, we want to live in a secure country. everyone wants peace. we all want the same. it's a matter of what comes first and what comes second. >> reporter: israeli's are proud of their country's strength. more are complaining they are not sharing in its wealth. prime minister netanyahu was favors to win in early december. herzog, a new center line turned the polls around saying the needs of ordinary israelis have been ignored by netanyahu. right on the border with gaza lives a farmer. protective walls haven't stopped her village from being hit by
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palestinian fire countless times. netanyahu should make peace but instead, he's divided israel. >> netanyahu and his policies the way they gain power giving us no hope. by giving us the belief that there is no solution and that all world is against us. once the government changes, i think people will start to believe there might be option for a better life. >> in the beginning -- >> reporter: we took a helicopter tour to see another set of walls and fences. the barrier that separates israel from the palestinian west bank. this flight shows israel's security with the palestinians. in the election the political future of that relationship has not been a big issue. house prices are much more important. that's because the palestinians
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are cynical about a peace agreement. up to now, the negotiations have failed. we were flown over towns populated by israel's arab cities a big part of the anti-netanyahu vote. syrian territory occupyied since 1967. syria's war is across the wire. israeli voters feel they can't do much about war and peace. they are focused on what they might be able to change. >> the regular israeli thinks how can i buy a flat. we are formal people. we want to see good in the situation around us. does not show any beautiful future. on the contrary. many radicalists. >> reporter: in tell-avivtel-aviv,
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they held a rally. prime minister netanyahu, seems worried. one thing to remember here polls aren't reliable. wait for the results. jeremy bowen, b brksbc news in israel. >> as they hit the polls, we have more on our website of the key issues the key candidates and what the vote will mean for benjamin netanyahu's future. and where it will leave the peace process. all of that and more on our website. a court in myanmar found three men guilty of insulting religion. they have been given prison sentences of two and a half years. our correspondent is there with more details. >> reporter: chinese whispers about the way information comes
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out in these courts. journalists aren't allowed inside. just to clarify the sentences, two and a half years for each of those men with hard labor. it could be severe sentence. i think many people would say, for what they did, which was, as you said to post a picture online, to promote their bar. a picture on facebook. ift was a picture of buddha surrounded by psychedelic colors wearing headphones, promoting a cheap drink's night. it offended buddhists. they shut the bar down and decided to prosecute the men. they have all been sent back to prison today. the new zealander involved i spoke to him as he came out of the courtroom, in an understated way, he was disappointed about the verdict. that's an understatement. i think him and his family are gutted that this two and a half
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year sentence. they have apologized said it was a mistake. they didn't intend to offend anyone. the best thing he can hope for is sometime in the months ahead, there is some sort of deal reached, the government steps in and says okay you have served your time we will release you from prison and deport you. you have done enough time here. now eight agencies say conditions in vanuatu are among the worst they have faced. food and relief supplies are urgently needed. it's left much of the nation uninhabitable. many are still in accessible. our correspondent gave us this update from the vanuatu capitol. >> what we are been talking to
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are members of the government. their investigation to establish the true impact of cyclone pam is now including some of those islands beyond the capitol port villa. the teams have been to an island, home of 30,000 people. there are reports of widespread devastation there as well. eight agents saying many houses on the island have been no match for cyclone pam and bore the brunt of the maximum category 5 system. slowly, but surely the authorities here in the south pacific are piecing together the true extent of the cyclone and eight agencies say the more they find out, the grimmer it gets. at the moment the number of deaths revised down from 24 to 11 by the united nations. there is a concern that that figure will increase as communications and visits to outlying islands continue. you speak to islanders here in
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the capitol, port villa and many have family members in far away islands. they are as worried as anyone else about the fate of their relatives and communities. certainly, here in the capitol, there's been extensive damage. it doesn't take you far to go out of the city center to see terrible devastation. the trees have been wrenched. houses have been left as rubble and roofs ripped off and still, thousands of people are at evacuation centers. we were at one at a french school. people there worried they may be forced to leave the schools in the next few days and weeks. they have nowhere else to go. the immediate concern, of course, is shelter. in the next few days there will be growing anxieties about the availability of food and water and the spread of disease here in the south pacific here as well. >> an update from vanuatu, port villa. now, other news stories.
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a deal limiting iran's capability hangs in the balance two weeks before the deadline at the end of the month. talks between the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry and iran's prime minister. a senior american official says tehran has tough choices to make. u.s. officials launched an investigation into mcdonald's after 28 employees in 19 different cities said they suffered injuries to hazardous equipment and lax safety standards. they could face fines up to $70,000 for each violation. two police officers have gone on trial in france for failing to hem two teenagers whose deaths triggered rioting. the boys they were chasing were 15 and 17 years old. they were electrocuted when they hit an electricity substation to escape from police.
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welcome to bbc news. our main headlines for you. polls in israel's parliamentary elections. prime minister benjamin netanyahu and herzog are two front-runners in the contest. three people charged with insulting buddha. two weeks after the murder of boris nemtsov, two men are in custody. there is widespread speculation about the motive of the killing
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and questions over who, if anyone, may have ordered it. this week several suspects reported they were beaten after the detention and pressures to confess. our correspondent has been there to talk to relatives of the key suspects. this is the first time they have spoken to an international broadcaster. >> reporter: this is the family at the heart of russia's biggest murder inquiry. her sons are among those suspects of killing the opposition boris nemtsov. she can't believe her own children are involves. >> reporter: if i thought they were killers, i would say do what you want with them. it's not true. they could never do something like this. >> reporter: she tells me they have nothing to do with moscow
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politics. this murder looks deeply political. boris nemtsov was one of putin's biggest critics. his friends fear that's why he was targeted. others talk of a possible power struggle inside the kremlin. for the sister, though, this is personal. she describes them as kind and respectful. her brothers left the village to find work in moscow ten years ago. here, with his cousin on the right, he's a former battalion commander. now another key suspect. the cousins all came back to this remote region soon after boris nemtsov was murdered. this is the spot we were told two key suspects were detained. they were driving in a car outside the village where they grew up. a man who was passing at the time said he saw them hooded
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and handcuffed and driven off in unmarked cars. in court last week we heard he confessed to the killing. it was a suggestion he was angered by cartoons of the profit mohammed. he said that confession was obtained through torture. >> translator: need to confirm it. it doesn't look to me like the marks left -- >> reporter: those reports disturbed their relatives even more. they said the brothers came home after their cousin was arrested. >> translator: i'm educated and even i would know to hide if i was guilty. why didn't they? they are pawns in a bigger political game. she won't be hearing from them again anytime soon. bbc news.
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the difficultyies of providing rural patients with much needed eye care in a vast country like south africa prompted one to come up with an innovative solution. a man designed an app to give eye care with experts in major hospitals. >> when i was working in the southern part of the uk we drove eight hours up to the northern part of the province to see patients in the rural area then eight hours back. we arrange transport for the patient. they drive eight hours down to have the operation, eight hours back again. it really wasn't stable because there was so much driving going on. >> we thought if a community health care worker in the rural area could take a photograph and do a quick questionnaire, at the
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very least because they make a better decision of whether we have to come out. they replaced that process. now, we can go the distance. so the app has three main functions. one is to do a vision test. they test the actual vision. one is to take a photograph and the other is a quick questionnaire of how long it's been there and other medical history. with that amount of information, we can make an accurate decision about where it is and how the patient could be better managed. the specialist and worker are in touch in realtime. the patient can be booked for surgery, if need be or just for treatments. in rural areas many places eye care is not available. eye conditions can't be treated or cataracts operated on and
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cured. when you go to the communities like we went to a man had cataracts. he could have an operation, take 20 minutes to restore his sight. he's never heard of somebody having an eye operation before. where the app is useful is it helps them to have a tool to see the cataracts to explain to the family what it is why it's a problem. the family can help convince the patient of the benefit of surgery. >> translator: after the operation, my eye was covered for two days. on the third day, i removed the patch and i could see. my life is so much better now that i'm able to see. it was really bad when i was
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blind. i was even afraid to do a simple thing such as walking. i was afraid of hurting myself because i couldn't see where i was going. >> the app has health care workers spread throughout the country, most in rural areas who are able to make referables. we have 23 specialists who receive them and again, they spread throughout referable hospitals in the country. >> the app is a really great way to connection us with specialists who before it was difficult to access. we have a level of knowledge that we may not have ourselves or things we haven't seen before. >> looking into the future, the app is going to grow within eye
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care and more rural areas in south africa and across the world as well. we are working hard to integrate to more systems so we can connect patients in rural areas with specialists who can help them and get people the care they deserve. >> incredible isn't it? talking about that app he designed. most people turning 100 years old -- to do a sky dive. not this woman, who already has her next thrill seeking adventure lined up. we have the report. >> reporter: boarding a boat as part of her birthday celebration. this is no gentle luxury cruise. then again, this isn't your normal great grandmother. two days after sky diving out of a plane, she decided to try diving of a different kind cage
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diving, with sharks. not the way most plan to mark their 100th birthday braving cold waters. coming face-to-face with the fearsome creatures. >> you can look wherever you like. >> reporter: after the exhilarating dive, she made it clear, she wouldn't have had it any other way. >> were you happy to see a shark? >> yes. >> reporter: this is how she spent last saturday jumping out of a plane and plummeting to the ground. she did it to raise money for a sea rescue charity. some say the pace of life slows down as you get older, unless you are georgina. who knows what this thrill-seeking woman will be up
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to next. bbc news. >> i can't wait to find out. the state of maine on the u.s. east coast is known for lobsters lighthouses and beautiful mountains. you can add one more thing to the list. he describes himself as a tinkerer. he's a long way from scottland, but loves making bagpipes. >> people look at me as a strange bird. it is a very full instrument. the first time i heard them i was blown away by the richness and delicateness of the sound. i came back ordered a set from scotland.
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it came to me and i played them for about a month. our environment over here is very dry, so the reeds shut down. i was stuck. i had a set of pipes that wouldn't play. that's when i started looking at them saying maybe i could actually make these things. there's no school for bagpipe making. it's a labor of love. there's the tangibility of what i do the smell of the wood the chips, all that speaks to me. i love that feeling that i'm hear breathing, smelling, tasting earth. it's also an instrument that's
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summoned all of my fancies. because when you get that bag under your arm and you can feel this instrument that is vibrate vibrating under your arm and this pocket of sound. i can remember i was fortunate enough to march in our high land pipe band in the parade in the front row. if you are marching along and you look a headhead. it brings people a lot of joy. to stir somebody's soul. what more can you ask for?
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