welcome to world stories. germany debates prenatal genetic tests. the philippines a muslim rebels take on the i.r.s. but first the columbia around a million people from neighboring venezuela have sought refuge there violence poverty and chaos but they face many problems not least when it comes to finding support to live. this three story building owned by a colombian family in southern bogota houses ten venezuelan migrants they eat breakfast together on a quiet sunday morning. these people are among the two hundred thousand migrants who have come to the city in recent years since the city council provides few shelters the migrants only choice is to rent shared rooms with two or three other

people most of the holding market lassalle and we sleep here in the living room and it's a little uncomfortable sometimes since we need privacy but other than that it's good . her landlady nogueira lives on the house's upper floor the colombian national decided to rent her rooms to venezuelan migrants in part to earn some extra cash. moved by their situation the quality of life they had in that moment they have no place to sleep as some people would not rent to them i mean. she tries to create a comfortable atmosphere with plenty of space to talk and laugh with her tenants and she even goes a step further. my dear me maybe sometimes they call me their mom so i scold them when they do things wrong or when they don't go to work or pay the utilities i'm looking out for them. despite strict rules for cleanliness and order there's also sympathy for the migrants tough financial situation especially when bills are due.

sometimes we are late with payments so we simply tell her look mrs no such and such is happening i don't have the full amount give me a few days and i will pay you and she understands. undressed montana is a bogota real estate association explains how landlords are making money housing venezuelan's and rundown buildings. where many property owners have made a business out of renting or receiving payments making people pay a daily fee to spend a single night in a tenement. the so-called pug nose or pain daley's only offer a bed tenants have no guarantees and risk getting kicked out it any moment nineteen year old luis works as a barber he barely earns enough each day to pay for his pocket. to me this is like something for prisoners three bunk beds that means six people you don't have

the privacy you want and you can never leave your valuables here. venezuelan migrants are at the mercy of fate if they don't encounter helpful colombians they risk being exploited and can only hope to someday be able to afford a place they can truly call home. germany has been debating whether to allow public sector health insurance to cover the costs of screening on born children for genetic disorders such as down's syndrome is an emotional issue certain to provoke a lot of response we have this report. sophia is a year and a half old. an estimated nine out of ten women in germany decide to have abortions when they find out their unborn child has down's syndrome. and to sing was seven months pregnant when she got the diagnosis. of. i was scared i was

worried i was also feeling a bit desperate i didn't know what to do i was still in the last year of my studies . but i had a lot of support and courage and because she was so active in my belly so fear also showed me that she wanted to live and she should be allowed to live in. the weeks that followed were difficult for ana who was also working as a geriatric nurse she read all about down's syndrome which is a genetic disorder in which children are almost always born with physical and intellectual disability the doctor told ana her child would be born with a heart defect suddenly ana faced the dilemma of whether to have an abortion. kaleena hennig a gynecologist counsels women who decide to have an abortion when they get a diagnosis of down syndrome she knows the pressure for all involved. as.

there are so many factors to consider how old are my how stable is my relationship to my other children still need a lot of attention hennig says the blood test that detects down syndrome as early as ten weeks of pregnancy gives families time to make difficult decisions early on that's also important to ensure that mother and child are well looked after if the mother decides to have a baby. for an it isn't because she goes deeper. she says the blood test sends a message that society does not accept children like sophia. i ask myself why. and if you then don't have to pay for the test these children will simply not exist. even though they're perfectly happy children who radiate joy and have so much love to give. the blood tests for down syndrome are already

a standard procedure in denmark and france in those countries few children like sophia are born. with the philippines the island of mindanao was long been the scene of a power struggle between the christian and muslim communities not a filipino army on muslim rebels but joining forces in the pocket like as terrorists. we are on patrol with the largest muslim rabbit group in mindanao the moro islamic liberation front or m.i.l.f. for decades they fought for independence tens of thousands were killed. but since the self-proclaimed islamic state burst onto the scene in two thousand and seventeen the muslim rebels have joined forces with the philippine army both sides feel threatened by us fighters now laying low. the muslim minority

strongly supports the m.i.l.f. only five percent of filipinos are muslims and almost all live in mindanao their areas are among the poorest in the philippines many here blame the christian majority got them and for their plight. we visit the military headquarters of the m.i.l.f. the government needs the rabbit support to secure a peace and to fight terror president roderigo to terror to has promised them a far reaching autonomy. the chief of staff isn't in uniform a sign perhaps of the shift from insurgency to politics the m.i.l.f. has seen defectors joining i as we ask him what might happen if the autonomy project goes badly our credibility daughter people really become diminished. the ice history of. this station. all. the will

go in there and the time that it will become bigger. he tells us that they will disarm up to thirty thousand fighters but only with full muslim autonomy. if. they stop us we will remember we will not do commission our forces and we will not give up our firearms which we promised to the government. this is what both sides are trying to avoid another more robby the largest muslim city of the philippines lies in ruins bombed out after a few hundred s. fighters had occupied maradi for five months two years ago. more than one thousand people were killed tens of thousands remain displaced. it was president to territory who ordered the bombing but he's also

a strong supporter of muslim autonomy his form of peace advisor tells us. it is a strong signal to the bad guys. around with this country i have been in the peace process under several presidents and we have not far as we have this time. but if the autonomy drive fails more disaffected muslims could join radical outfits in addition after the loss of their caliphate in syria and iraq more foreign i guess fighters might also decide that men are now is the new front. the sun flee it's small and it hurts it burrows on the skin and mostly affects the feet the sun flee is common in africa and it's believed well over two million people in ten years suffer from the parasites known there as jiggers we went to kisumu to find out more. to read up past the loves going to school the best

part is being able to concentrate on her lessons but that wasn't always the case. the twelve year old speed used to be full of diggers tiny sand fleas that bar into people's bad flash causing burning painful lesions. terrible i couldn't play i couldn't jump i stretch myself mostly at night for long time no. other children at this primary school in county still suffer from the minute parasite constant itching and severe pain makes it difficult for the infected students to walk and impossible for them to concentrate in class untreated figures can lead to deform claims gang green and fatal technics infections jagers are a widespread but neglected health problem in africa official figures are hard to come by in the schools here in almost a third of pupils unfactored with figures it's not just the pain of the actual

infection that's a problem but also the teasing and social exclusion by the other children the students here dipankar primary school have decided to do it differently instead they're helping each other across kisumu students and their health scouts they are challenging the believe that having to guess is a poor people's disease and helping their school mates heal and instead of the traditional method of pulling up the fleas which is excruciating they're using a pain free technique where. we start with the ones who are severely infected we wash their feet we put them in a second basin with fresh water and they stay there with their feet inside for five minutes. then the scouts wipe the whole legs with medicine and we ask them to sit in the sun. let me introduce a decus treatment notice a definite change in the students' performance the school generally improves and they scored high in the national exams and seeing them heal and starting to play with each other that has made me happy as

a health teacher. the jigga treatment has changed these students lives. then i love going to the river to fetch water i love to study and to play i feel better because i'm healed and that can play i can walk properly i can jump us was. a little. my first boss like moses sewing machine. where i come from women are balanced by the social influence of in something as simple as learning how to write a by psychosis and. since i was a little girl i wanted to have them by sight the law of my home and he took me mr been there. finally they gave up and went on buying me on bicycles but returned

because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for girls than riding a bike and snarl i want to meet those woman back home who are bones of my duties and social norms and informed them i hold the basic rights my name is them out of the home and i work that's easy to. prove. i'm not nothing to do the job well i just sometimes i am but i said nothing which is the research i haven't fixed the printer german culture of looking at the stereotype the clutter in your sink is the use of the truth that i not. needed it seems ridiculous grandma down to me it's cold out there. i'm rachel join me to meet the gentleman from d.w. . post.