you're watching t w news a live from berlin and. we begin with the story coming out of brussels but the world health organization meeting on the question of vaccines. after the storm the bahamas are reeling from hurricane dorian communicated is

devastated communities are relying on aid shipments but they still haven't reached some isolated areas on the islands. i'm irish waiter it's good to have you with us the world health organization is sounding the alarm over falling vaccination rates worldwide experts at a global vaccination summit in brussels on thursday said that children's lives are being put in danger by outbreaks of preventable diseases like the missiles more than 360000 cases of the disease have been reported since january the highest over a decade. 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 that 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 effect since 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 the 2 chacham in response professor of public health at the university of it brought us around in south africa she was in brussels attending the global vaccination summit and we asked her how worried we should all be about the following 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 measles a very different compete to high income countries so for example you pointed out in the in says they too weak health systems inability lack of vaccines and resource constraints inability often of pearson's 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 were i he said 10 and in some cases refused 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 say 1300 people are unaccounted for in the wake of hurricane dorian down from the previous estimate of $2500.00 officials say the larger figure probably included people who are now staying at shelters but 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 imparted into a war zone. and left communities here clinging on to life shipments like this from the u.s. army are desperately needed. to. do. 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 set seems like they're so looking for victims not survivors we recognize the extent of the devastation we're not going to speculate what the. final numbers will be we understand people are concerned and so are we but that is the count and as we get the official count we will come to the public aid 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 a toll. and now bring you some of the other stories making news around the world in brazil patients had to be evacuated after a fire broke out at a hospital in rio de janeiro officials said at least one person had died in the plays at the hospital it is not yet clear what caused the fire. peruvian security forces will start up proving illegal cocoa plants in the country's top drug trafficking region it's the 1st time coca eradication teams will be sent to the country's mountainous jungle region which produces around 70 percent of the cocaine in the country. southeastern spain has been battered severe rain and flash floods forecasters are predicting the most rainfall in a century in the last year region to turn to rain causing major river to burst its

banks and in the neighboring test the elementary region an elderly couple died after floodwaters flipped over their car. in the u.s. the leading democratic presidential candidates have clashed over health care in the 3rd televised debate former vice president joe biden challenged progressive senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders to explain how they would pay for universal health care plan candidates also debated issues ranging from education to gun control it was the 1st time all the top candidates had appeared on stage together. and we'll have in-depth coverage of that debate coming up later on do w. news for now let's move on to zimbabwe where relatives of former leader robert mugabe have snubbed a plan to have him burry 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 mugabe's funeral has even thrown into doubt the date of his burial currently he is due to be laid to rest on

saturday. robert mugabe's body being carried into harare is rafah stadium to lie in state his black clad widow grace who is at her late husband's side his final journey several people were injured when mourners broke through the police called in around his coffin. thousands a come to pay their last respects here in harare many had emotional words of tribute. everything he ended with this committee at home was the man deeply touched . one like that it has affected me and yes lots of it had a latency i don't even know how to express it as you said and that you knew his character his was exceptional. and he he provided us with shelter and learned my lengthy saleratus with big food yes i would thing that i did that

all messy. this is where the government of president emerson mankad go 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 emerson the man who 1st tried to sideline her and then seized power from a husband in 2017 the mccarver family has accused the man government of trying to strong arm them into a state burial. the family is the one that makes the decision tells the government what the family wants to do. so these days you know if you work between us.

the mcgarvie is insist that the former president will be laid to rest in a private family ceremony even in death robert mugabe is proving as divisive i think i as he ever was in life. well 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 let's take another look at some of their crowning glory. their 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. weepin 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 in the usa or a struggle for example. many here dream of traveling hence the local love of airplanes most people living in punjab are followers of the sikh religion even in the sikh temples there are plenty of model planes the faithful here pray for safety

while travelling for family members already overseas. that what's the point of all these statues when no one's around anymore to see them sign talks things wife would rather be with their grandchildren and england than up the up when my. husband has always done what he wanted to. have 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 son 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. don't forget you can always get news on the go any time just download our free out from google play or the apple app store that will give you full access to the latest news from around the world push notifications

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