this is deja vu news live from berlin and the world health organization sounds the alarm over declining vaccination rates officials meeting at a global vaccination summit say a growing anti-vaccination is putting children's lives at risk for me one family devastated by a muse also outbreak also coming up after of the storm the bahamas are reeling from hurricane dorian devastated communities are relying on ancient ments but they still haven't reached some isolated areas. and these people left their home countries and

made fortunes so how do they celebrate their newfound wealth by building an enormous statues of course the people in indian town where luxury means having a model jumbo jet parked on your roof. it's good to have you with us the invention of vaccines was one of the greatest public health its successes of the 20th century and these days they save an estimated $2500000.00 lives every year but vaccination rates are in decline leading to outbreaks of preventable diseases around the world it's a problem that was addressed today at the global vaccination summit in brussels. not too long ago laughter filled this fisherman's family home in madagascar are. but now the family's trying to cope with their grief they lost 3 children in

january due to a measles infection they couldn't afford to vaccinate them. they're gone and it was all goes we'll but we didn't expect that they might die if they didn't get vaccinated but the fact that they were not vaccinated will kill them. madagascar is struggling to contain its worst outbreak of measles in decades amid a desperate shortage of vaccines the highly contagious illness increases susceptibility to other diseases and can cause blindness brain swelling and death so far over 1200 people have died in the epidemic most of them children. and madagascar is not alone worldwide many countries are reporting an unprecedented rise of measles many of these cases could have been easily prevented with vaccination but like madagascar are some countries simply don't have access to the

vaccines they need. and in high income countries where they are available some people opt to not vaccinate themselves and their children. they wrongly believe that vaccines are harmful. there are absolutely families communities people who are subject to misinformation they have the wrong information about not only the disease severity and the risks of disease they don't understand the truth of the matter but they also have misinformation about the effectiveness of vaccines and the safety of vaccines and we do see misinformation as an increasing threat. the so-called anti vax movement fears that vaccines are unsafe ineffective and produce serious side effects saying that they can even cause autism scientists say there is no evidence for any of that. yet the

misinformation is gaining momentum on social media now health professionals and governments are looking for solutions including making vaccinations mandatory and imposing fines on parents who refuse in madagascar are over 7000000 children have been vaccinated in an emergency response parents here are happy that vaccinations are available again many know what losing a child to measles feels like and hope they never have to endure such grief ever again. earlier we spoke to leticia charmaine respelling professor of public health at the university of it fastens round in south africa she was in brussels attending the global vaccination summit and we asked her how worried we should be about the falling vaccination rates there are declines but they are also success stories so in many countries we've actually seen an increase in vaccination rates the reasons

vary widely so in low and middle income countries and you've given a very balanced perspective on both the situation in madagascar which is would fall into a category of low income countries the reasons for declining vaccination outbreaks of nice of those are very different compared to high income countries so for example you've pointed out in the in says that. health systems inability lack of vaccines resource constraints inability often of parents to get the children to a health facility for vaccination and then of course in high income countries including germany we've seen that the small proportion of parents who are his attendant and in some cases refuse to give vaccination to their children so it's always important to actually look at the context and to be very specific about the

interventions because it's not a case of one size fits all. authorities in the bahamas now $1300.00 people are unaccounted for in the wake of hurricane dorian down from the previous estimate of $2500.00 officials say the larger figure probably include the people who are now staying at shelters 50 people are confirmed dead the storm devastated the bahamas at the beginning of september. it is breathtaking in its brutality. hurricane dorian has transformed this cow to be in paradise into a war zone. and left communities here clinging on to life shipments like this from the u.s. army are desperately needed. from the bottom of. efforts to rebuild the bahamas are slowly underway the government

says operations have moved from rescue to recovery and restoration but as horrible and vicious as dorian was. the bravery and resilience of the 1000000000 people is even more powerful. more than a week after dorian ripped through these islands search teams like they're looking for victims not survivors 2500 people remain unaccounted for officials say some may be in shelters but the fear is that the death toll no 50 will rise managers we recognize the extent of the devastation we're not going to speculate what the numbers. will be we understand people are concerned. but that is the count as we get the official count. to the public it teams are yet to reach cutoff communities like this one and. these haitian

migrant workers rely on the aid brought by journalist with a borrowed phone this man is able to reach his wife and baby who were evacuated. the emotional toll here is exhausting for those who started with little i lost to told. you some of the other stories making news around the world southeastern spain has been battered by severe rain and flash floods forecasters are predicting the most rainfall in a century and the violence in our region the torrential rain caused a major river to burst its banks and in the neighboring. region an elderly couple died after floodwaters flipped over their car. italy's new government says it has reached a deal with you countries to resettle migrants currently waiting aboard a french charity ship and italian waters the ocean a viking ship is carrying 82 people who were rescued off the libyan coast this week

the previous government in italy closed the country's ports to vessels carrying migrants. the european central bank has unveiled a new stimulus plan aimed at boosting the eurozone economy in what is expected to be his last major decision as e.c.b. president mario draghi announced another cut in interest rates pushing borrowing costs further into negative territory as part of efforts to bring inflation down to the e.c. views target of just under 2 percent at a news conference announcing the new plan you had scuse me and draggy had a relative downbeat idea of what the euro zone would look like. relatives of zimbabwe's former leader robert mugabe have snubbed a plan to have him buried at a national monument mugabe was overthrown in a coup 2 years ago and replaced by a former ally the squabbling over the location from

a godless funeral has even thrown into doubt the date of his burial currently he is due to be laid to rest on saturday. 6 being carried into harare's rafah stadium to lie in state his black clad widow grace who's out to late husband's side for his final journey. several people were injured when mourners broke through the police called and around his coffin. thousands are come to pay their last respects here in harare many hot emotional words of tribute. everything that ended with this katie at home was 93 touched. one like that it has affected me and you thought it had a way to i don't even know how to express it as you said and let him use his curtains was exceptional. and he he provided us with shelter and learned

my lessons he's left us with the crude good thing that i did here to you know what i tell my see. this is where the government of president emerson malenka once mugabe burritt zimbabwe's national heroes acre for many it would be a fitting resting place for the former colonial era guerrilla fighter. we wanted the old man to go to hero's acre where his other comrades are since he was our real founding father. so this is what we want for him to go to hero's acre. but analysts say there is still deep rancor between grace mugabe and amisom the man who 1st tried to sideline her and then seized power from a husband in 2017 the mccarver family has accused the government of trying to strong arm them into a state burial. the family is the one that makes the decision and tells the

government what the family wants to do. so these days no fewer between us and. the mccartney's insist that the former president will be laid to rest in a private family ceremony but even in death robert mugabe is proving as divisive a figure as he ever was in life. when you're proud of something you've achieved in life sometimes you just want to shout it from the rooftops well that's precisely what some homeowners are doing in india's punjab state and here are more on their crowning glory. they're larger than life a bit bizarre and a little showy in this village in the indian state of punjab there are all kinds of statues including a tank a boat i can't group and there are many many airplanes and it seems the bigger they are the better. talk sing owns the largest he rented out as

a party venue he's loved planes ever since he migrated to england at the age of 16 . then he worked in a factory to earn enough money to build a villa back in punjab. we've been jobbies a famous for working hard. no matter where in the world we happened to be we're always successful and we like to show it everyone here is me for my success. those who still live here anyhow but there aren't too many left almost every rooftop statue represents a story of migration their owners left to look for a better life elsewhere in europe and the usa or for example many here dream of traveling hence the local love of airplanes most people living in punjab of followers of the sikh religion even in the sikh temples there are

plenty of model planes the faithful here pray for safety while traveling for family members already overseas. but what's the point of all these statues when no one's around anymore to see them sun talk sings wife would rather be with their grandchildren and england than love the op when my. husband has always done what he wanted to. but i've always just followed his wishes. we come out here for a month or so twice a year. when the children and i say let's just stay in england he just doesn't listen in a few days time some talk sing will board a real airplane and head back to birmingham his rooftop party plane will be empty again but remain a symbol of his financial success and of a life lived on 2 continents. you're watching the news from berlin next is utopia news africa don't forget you can always get all the latest on our

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