this week on world story. a woman in india is adding spice to the election campaign. how russia is using the war in syria for propaganda purposes but we begin in mozambique the african country is reeling after being struck by two cycles in quick succession our reporter paid a visit to the island of ebola which was particularly hard hit. we onboard an aid flight headed towards the vacation island of ebor now for the first time we get an aerial view of the massive destruction up till now flights have hardly been possible due to the strong rain. now we're about to land on the island of ebook the first aid packages have arrived but this is by far not enough to help out the six thousand people living here the island has been almost completely destroyed

nearly all the houses have been torn down including the. days she has been trying to bring order to the chaos. our beds our clothes we have lost everything we are doing our best to put things in order again at least the sun is shining at least dry the few clues that we have managed to salvage. it has been raining nonstop for nearly the entire week since the cyclon hit shows us her house or what is left of it this is where she and her children lived. in you are god but they don't know the wind was so incredibly strong that it ripped away nearly everything we lost everything now we don't have anything. i don't know if we will receive any kind of aid but nothing is left i don't have a job or field was destroyed i am

a single mother i have to take care of my children and i have to take care of my parents my mother is sick we have to do our best to make ends meet. nearly everyone who lives here has found their way of life ripped away from them most of them are fishermen but many boards were washed away with the storm those that remained have to be repaired at the mangroves were destroyed as well and the fish disappeared and have not returned since the cycle hits. the fewer tells on the island we are also hard hit it might be a while before the tourists return. children can't spend the nights in their own house anymore because the danger of it collapsing on them is too great. so they have to take their only remaining bat and all eight of them sleeping under an improvised roof their food just slowly running out they

still have some fruit and vegetables but is only enough for one meal a day but she tries to stay optimistic nonetheless she wants her children to know that one way or another she will make things work. one candidate on the campaign trail in india is causing quite a stir. a former investment banker is making waves as one of the few women running for office. it's early morning it was not the district politics here is the fist of a. it's dominated by the ruling t.n.c. orthonormal congress party. and the start of the show here is the party's. she quit her prestigious job as president of j.p. morgan in london in two thousand and eight. return to india and plunged into

politics fulfilling a long held dream. when i was a kid if you asked me what i wanted to become i never said that. i wasn't. going to be in a position to. my throws been doing that as an elected local lawmaker for the last four years. she's now i'm a seat in the national parliament there's little doubt about who's in charge here she's angry about the change in the route the former investment banker is a rare sight in indian politics still largely a boys' club she goes curious crowds mainly women in these rural parts but the forty two year old who's also a national spokesperson for her party dismisses any questions about her gender and politics. as a politician. i think the very women's issues if you're fighting such basic grassroots politics if you want a bad road it's a bad road that

a woman walks on that it's a bad road that up a man walks on so i don't think that i can make a road that only women will walk on so i think most issues here are issues that are generic for everybody you know poverty infrastructure drinking water. through attributes hopefully tacl rise to hard work and passion it's part she believes is open to any woman willing to take. her own party the t.m.c. is heavily promoting women candidates the push has come from the very top. it's the highest number in this election but that doesn't mask the fact that india has one of the world's lowest rates of female lawmakers in parliament at just eleven percent. back on the campaign trail drunk makes a quick stop to meet voters. she's treated like a rock star. but she has little time she plans to cover hundreds of polling stations in the next days. that means many more options like this one every

handshake and an appeal for votes. temperatures of already soared to more than thirty five degrees but there's no way. it's calling it a day any time soon was. when it comes to immunizing children. parents in germany take a more critical view than those in most other countries now the government is considering imposing measures that will make measles vaccinations compulsory. five year old marine has not been vaccinated her mother is against it she's afraid vaccines will damage her daughter or compromised her health. got stung by a lavish i'm referring to when i was pregnant i started looking at every illness one how do you get them the course of each disease the worst case scenarios and how effective vaccines are and what negative side effects the vaccines have. and then

have it for me and then i weigh the risks and benefits. and i'm just not that afraid of many illnesses for fear aren't. she's not afraid of measles either even though it's one of the most dangerous childhood illnesses in germany it kills one in a thousand patients all studies find complications arising from the vaccine are rare many parents mistrust the science they fear the vaccine more than the disease. that something pediatrician your claim has seen up close. yes. from. here many people don't know about these diseases anymore but. there's a lot of misinformation on the internet especially regarding the measles vaccine which is very controversial right now. to those in the know that the german federal

center for health education says not enough children or adults are being immunized . that can be dangerous newborns for instance are too young to be vaccinated they rely on what's called herd immunity that is when at least ninety five percent of the population is bax unaided viruses cannot spread. germany has yet to reach that level of immunity that's why some politicians and doctors are now calling for mandatory vaccinations for preschool children twelve other e.u. countries have already introduced compulsory vaccination measures. global missed. believe that criminal law would apply but fines could be imposed people could also be prohibited from visiting community facilities. that would mean that unvaccinated children would not be allowed to go to preschool jennifer says that wouldn't persuade her. expression i wouldn't like that most

certainly would not like to be forced to do anything by the state and i would want to do it of my own accord having received so much information that i'd say. yes that's a great idea of the day. jennifer says if she must she would go to court over it her daughter will not be that's in egypt any time soon. since the beginning of the syrian conflict the government of bashar al assad has had the backing of russia to celebrate its military victories the putin regime has sent a train full of war trophies on to our. next stop the city of cars on arriving at ten in the morning the train is greeted with plenty of pomp the twenty cars carry ahmed tanks and other military tech seized by the russian army in its campaign to defeat the so-called islamic state in syria.

even iowa slabs for the alleged production of chemical weapons are on display it's a victory lap three sixty cities to inspire pride and patriotism at russia's achievements what's not to celebrate. the people of russia must see this train to avoid the horrors that unfortunately a fact of life in other parts of the world russians should understand the role of their country in fighting terrorism around the world. selfies are allowed and visitors are encouraged to ask about the spoils of war on board the so-called syria train according to the defense ministry all the soldiers on hand took part in the fighting. for the past three years moscow has been helping the syrian army to fight this and keep president bashar al assad in power.

our boys are helping the poor syrians. so. how so. successful what's russia doing in syria. so that you. will get some kind of assistance for the country. with assistance of that it can have what's it called again peace that's it . has our youth should see the tools of war so they know that war is terrible. absent from view other russians who didn't make it back from syria the defense ministry says one hundred sixteen soldiers were killed in combat but it's not just ordinary troops who are deployed there human rights activists say private armies from russia are also fighting mercenaries who don't appear in any official figures . and once a big gray zone no one knows the exact number of private soldiers fighting in syria many of them die that. after cars on the syrian train is off to another city on its

tour but as a symbol of a successful campaign against terrorism it leaves many questions unanswered. some time in the twenty sixth you my great granddaughter. what would the world be like in your lifetime and around half a century. your world would be around trying to grease one of mine. inevitably sea levels rise by at least one meter in this century. we're going to have some climate impacts maternal greater than what we see on the

movie. that's really frightening books and ask. why are people more concerned. a little yellow. stars may thirty first on t.w. .