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gast transfer. managed by for. this is deja vu news live from berlin fears of a cholera epidemic in mozambique. hundreds of people contract the contagious disease following a devastating cyclone with vast numbers of displaced people at risk relief workers are warning of a second disaster also coming up. protests in the palestinian territories turned violent israeli soldiers shoot one man dead on the gaza border we'll get the latest
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from our correspondent. and the red cross says it's ready to send aid shipments into venezuela it comes as the country's worsening power struggle puts millions at risk. i'm max foster welcome to the program in mozambique the number of cholera cases has risen dramatically from five to nearly three hundred in just two days the world health organization is warning of a second disaster if cholera spreads among survivors of the deadly psych loan that hit two weeks ago waterborne disease causes acute diarrhea and can kill within hours if not treated hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes in the cycle that hit mozambique malawi and zimbabwe one of the worst affected areas is the city of vajra on the indian ocean. in many settlements such as here in beirut the
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flooding hasn't completely receded and many people are waiting for help. there's no even though i live with my children. every extra day in the mud increases the risk of severe diarrhea or even of cholera outbreaks in rural districts the situation is even worse large areas of land are still under water we visit a small clinic in the village of one go or what the storm left of it there is only one doctor who treats one hundred fifty patients a day testing them for malaria another looming danger he would be powerless against a cholera outbreak. yes the numbers are increasing we can't do much we hand out chlorine tablets to disinfect the drinking water and we tell people to wash free before eating it and especially to wash their hands if . anyone with diarrhea is being treated as though they had cholera the world health
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organization plans to provide nine hundred thousand vaccine doses next week but fear of cholera is not the only concern many locals have lost everything their houses and huts were destroyed as was their harvest. even though it's been more than two weeks people are still suffering the after effects of the cycloid so far there has been no cholera epidemic nevertheless it will be months before things are back to normal. joining us now on the phone from robert holden he's the incident manager for the emergency response to. the world health organization robert thanks for joining us the number of cases of cholera survivors has jumped into the hundreds how much more do we have to fear. good afternoon and i think we need to be cautious with the figures we surveyed have come for color on
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the mystery of how come from the on wednesday what we're seeing is as you say an increase in the number of cases of p.q. poultry diarrhea. you know to be honest we expected that's not common in the van. and we're trying to move quickly to ensure that one just on the scale of the problem not just in my book beyond there but also to stand up a significant risk on so that one we can try and minimize the spread of acute will keep on diarrhea or cholera for those that becomes sake that we can get the treatment services to where it's needed rapidly but this is a major public health threat to those people but most everything that you're setting the standard you're going to get this is one of the most significant threats we face right now and just looking to the weeks and months ahead sigh clone eat i destroyed big parts of mozambique's water and if that occasion infrastructure as we know what can be done to improve safe access to water is next for nickel. oh
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indeed it is indeed absolutely one of the most critical components in charms of ensuring that people don't become sick. and as you said the scale of devastation is significant so you know it's going to take some time a lot is happening and huge amounts of supporters of court in from iran mozambique i think it's fair to say that you know that the mozambique which is the mozambique government. and the most open impressive response they quickly called for international assistance bonnie and it's good to see that the international community has responded quickly riposte like a course as as your. as your report indicated on the introduction we're still not able to get to some areas now on a daily basis the waters are receding so every day we can get through to places that were previously inaccessible but we don't underestimate the scale of the task ahead of us to ensure that those that i've lost everything you know we minimize the
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pressure comes the suffering that me now and your thoughts it's a monumental tough that we have we have ahead of us ok robert holden of the world health organization thank you for that. thank you. and now let's look at some of the other stories making news around the world. british lawmakers have dealt prime minister another big blow on the day britain was supposed to leave the e.u. parliament rejected the withdrawal deal she had negotiated with brushed brussels for the third time now britain could crash out of the e.u. without a deal on. u.s. attorney general william barr has told congress. version of special counsel robert muller's report by mid april are already made public a four page summary of the investigation saying it found no collusion between the campaign and russia but democrats want to see all five hundred plus pages of the
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report. and. for a two day trip on interfaith relations. welcome francis and then a supported him in a motorcade through the capitol. to meet with muslim leaders and migrants and hold a mass with the country's minority catholic population. tens of thousands of people are demonstrating in the palestinian territories to demand the right to return to israel and an end to israel's blockade of the gaza strip organizers are calling today's events a million man march they marked the beginning of the weekly march of return protests that started a year ago. israeli fire killed one man and this morning before the protests even started thousands have gathered there began. says it has treated at least thirty people for injuries including tear gas inhalation there's also been
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violence in the city of ramallah in the west bank. joining us now to shed more light on the situation from jerusalem. health ministry officials say a young palestinian was killed by israeli fire. today what do you know about that incident. yes it's tied to the palestinian hunts ministry says that a seventeen year old young man was apparently hit by a tear gas canister in the face directly and he die it from his injuries as well as the palestinian red crescent has just updated their numbers saying that they have treated so far over ninety people with injuries most to come to you guys but also some from life and he said. we are seeing that it's based on less intense a scale than what you've seen at demonstrations on this side of this size over the
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past year or so because i think a lot of people you know what's at stake after a week of high tensions between israel and gaza now the organizers have also spoke to says to stay away from defense. he says some there are some use some young protesters approaching the fence having thrown some stones and some explosive devices but most of the protesters are staying further away about three hundred meters from the fence this comes of course to reek of heightened tensions and they're also reports no merging since last night and egyptian delegation has been shuttling between gaza and israel often emerging. that achieve some kind of calm and would get some concession so everybody you know says a lot of stake a lot at stake of what happens here day. in ten days there are general elections in israel is that briefly if you don't mind. a sort of an element of tension to the
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situation. is of course it really depends also how to stay on hold as i said to have been heightened tensions after a rocket was launched at beginning off the week that has reinforced its troops all around the gaza strip both sides have threatened that this could. further escalate and of course now also on the political level of course the reports off this emerging do you know that egyptians are trying to broker that also could of course play a role in the ongoing election campaign directions i suppose he has in beginning of april in the ninth of april and until then of course gaza will be also on the agenda ok. thank you for that. the red cross has reached an agreement with the government of venezuela to send humanitarian aid into the stricken country the organization says the deliveries will arrive in the next two weeks and help more than half a million people around sixty countries around the world recognize opposition
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leader one quite know as venezuela's defacto interim president he's repeatedly tried to bring aid to the country but he's been blocked each time by forces loyal to a sitting president nicolas maduro. my divided politics on the streets of caracas my angry and uncertain who's actually in challenge supporters of president nicolas maduro accuse the u.s. and others of meddling in their countries a fat as. my feelings towards materials main rival. my you're not coming this way one woman shouts i but quite zero is on the monch he's getting support from key international allies since declaring himself leader in january putting pressure on the jury with promises of a people's uprising. we have to prepare ourselves house to house to
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carry the message of humanitarian aid of the freedom operation we're not asking for patience here we've lost our patience what we're asking is to organize ourselves for the future. humanitarian aid is desperately needed venezuela's shattered economy has led to widespread shortages in food and medicine. in february mature block's who i doze own attempts to bring aid convoys into the country china which backs majeure i ascend to sit men surveyed now the red cross is also poised to help. ease the mamak and we think this in fifteen days we will be able to start providing the aid we've committed ourselves to you know it's a multiple week deal. doesn't resolve the problems in venezuela a new one should assume this is a complete solution. adding to the problems of blackouts this the
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third in a month that probably caused by neglected infrastructure but majority blame sabotaged by quite in the us another example of a country whose people simply being left in the dark. heavyweight boxer cool pool of has been suspended from the sport in california after he forcibly kissed a female reporter during an interview the incident occurred after a pool of defeated remaining is bugged and the new on saturday and he has so far refused to apologize. to jennifer rivaldo also known as jenny sushi was conducting a post match interview with kubrick pull of but instead of throwing a question the bulgarian boxer did this in the last. hour i need you but if you could leave the guy in a few moments later she says he grabbed her again this time off camera.
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next i walked to a table to put my items in my backpack he grabbed both of my buttocks and squeezed with both of his hands and he walked away without saying anything to me and laughed . it made me feel uncomfortable and frustrated that cooped up with that would treat me in such an unprofessional manner. i did not encourage or consent to mr pull out of grabbing my face kissing me or grabbing my backside so there the event covering a boxing match as a professional member of the press. keeping a woman on her lips without her consent and grabbing her is not acceptable rivaldo said she would take legal action against who live hiring high profile women's rights lawyer gloria all read the vegas sports daily reporter said she had only met the books a day earlier but in a statement posted on twitter who have claims they were friends and says quote i was so elated i gave her a kiss there was really nothing more to this the heavyweight boxer is due to appear in front of california's boxing regulator in may. and
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a reminder of the top stories we're following for you in mozambique the number of cholera cases has risen dramatically from five to nearly three hundred just two days world health organization is warning of a second disaster if it spreads about survivors of the deadly cycle that hit two weeks ago. you're watching t.v. news live from berlin coming up next as world stories with a special report on to synagogue after cyclonic exposed thanks for. keeping its teeth a sex phone operator who worked her masters thesis on the potato. to greet. not a turn on well it gets more ridiculous from a. list regional peace treaty.
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