but first, we head to sierra leone, where domestic violence is still common. some innovative schools are teaching men about gender equality. ♪ host: according to a u.n. study, in 2017, around 50,000 women worldwide were killed at the hands of intimate partners or family members. that's an average of 137 women now some innovative schools are every day, and those are only the reported cases. it's likely many more such murders are recorded as suicides or accidents. globally, one in three women have experienced sexual or other forms of physical violence. more than half of all countries have laws against domestic abuse. but in many places, such brutality has a long tradition. in sierra leone, the problem is being tackled through education. >> i used to hit my wife. i would come home late and bang on the locked door. alimatu: we never sat together and talked. there was no peace between us. hawa: time and time again, he beat me, for no apparent reason. just because. reporter: once taboo, talking openly about domestic violence has become commonplace in yambama lugbu e

in sierra leone the problem is being tackled through education . not the why did. i use the. i meet my wife i would come home late and bang on the door. and walk out without pause. we never sat together and talked there was no peace between us. again be use. time and time again he'd be beef and no apparent reason not just because once to boo talking openly about domestic violence has become commonplace and. ever since male villagers were sent back to school almost all of the husbands here regularly battered their wives just like them are us where i come. from many families life was hell. sometimes i close either end up with my uncle and i saw how he beat his wife me so i copied that he behaved content as an adult i did the same to my wife that he will be out. of my. nowadays ammara treats his wife with respect he helps with the housework and accompanies her to the doctor things he never would have dreamt of doing before instead he regularly got drunk and spent time with a girlfriend and beat his wife. as you might think. i lived in fear and i cried a lot i know that it's awfu

travel to sierra leone to see why the capital freetown is struggling to cope. the best way to get from freetown airport to downtown is by boat captain sagal months array of seat express has to making the journey 15 years his biggest challenge navigating through all the plastic debris is very very. very very dangerous as it is very very big in the sense in the. end it's a view these things 510 years not in. plastic trash clogs up the engine almost every journey that's why someone keeps watch in the back of the boat to alert the captain as soon as that happens often the damage is already done. 3 towns plastic problem is also evident in other parts of the city some blame the government but drainage canals awash with trash point to the need for an alternative approach to waste. yet sierra leone still does not even have its own plastic reciting center refuse either ends up in a landfill sometimes right in the city center or it's exported the head of the environmental protection agency says the government must act immediately he admits there have been failings but no

yet sierra leone still does not even have its own plastic recycling center. either ends up in a landfill sometimes right in the city center or it's exported the head of the environmental protection agency says the government must act immediately he admits there have been failings but now he would like to see a complete ban on single use plastics. we differ have objection. we have to find. those people so if we have a lot of. selling does drastically. so it does their livelihoods so you have to find. that money doubt they'll be a plastic bag on any time soon so the tourism authority has begun working with civil society groups and they've hired 80 employees to collect the washes up on the beach. meanwhile see coach express it's fitting it's near his boats with 4 engines to prevent breakdowns as long as the plastic problem remains unresolved operating costs will remain high if the will to a clean up the company says customers would be paying much less for a ticket. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the u.n. says the number of venezuel

yet sierra leone still does not even have its own plastic recycling center refuse either ends up in a landfill sometimes right in the city center or it's exported the head of the environmental protection agency says the government must act immediately he admits there have been failings but now he would like to see a complete ban on single use plastics. were different i have observed and we have to find an alternative. so if we have a lot of what are called me. selling does plastic water stores so it does their livelihoods so you have to find an alternative but many doubt they'll be a plastic ban any time soon so the tourism authority has begun working with civil society groups and they've hired 80 employees to collect the litter that washes up on the beach. which meanwhile see coach express is fitting its new as boats with 4 engines to prevent breakdowns as long as the plastic problem remains unresolved operating costs will remain high if the water were clean of the company says customers would be paying much less for a ticket. on some sports news now in the women's world cup is up an

office marked byr hi peace accords in northern ireland, humanitarian intervention in kosovo and sierra leoneand a strengthened friendship with the united states. >> america has no truer friend an great britain. [ applause ] >> blair even convinced britain to go to war in iraq. >> to retreat now, i believe, would put at hazard all that we hold dearest. >> ...a decision that would tarnish his legacy. today, the globalism andri ce he championed are also tarnished, with far left and far right populist movements on the rise around the now, more than 2 1/2 years after the brexit vote, there are still no concrete plans for howbr ain will leave the european union. these days, blair is on aio renewed mi >> the term "centrist" is now used as an insult, and the word "moderate" indicative of some form of political malfunction. is this a ridiculous state of affairs?t >> wes tony blair say now? very honorable tony blair, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you. >> you were the first labour leader to win three consecutive elections. your party now has morphed into a new left that seems, in many ways, diamet

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that outbreak started in guinea, liberia and sierra leone, then spread to nigeria and senegal, beyond the content in italy, spain and united kingdom. i think we all remember the cases in the united states. the ebola epidemic has been heightened because it's in a conflict zone in the democratic republic of the congo. the epicenter outbreak happens to have more than 100 active armed groups in the region. they share a border with uganda and is a hub for travel and trade but also various other types of movement across the border. new cases are hard to determine because the violence and political unrhys affected health care. the lack of security in the region is hindering ebola response by making it difficult to trace context and organize critical community outreach activities. some health centers have been temporarily closed or damaged. several health workers have been killed. i know drc are frustrated by lack of medicine, food and extracting minerals but no excuse to burn down facilities or attack or kill people there to help treat this deadly disease. what this indicates, though, we mus

in sierra leone and liberia. and ensuing panic over the disease. we held three hearings, when many around the world thought the bubonic plague was about to jump borders. and overwhelm health systems especially of sub-saharan africa. it was a. when we thought that nigeria, nigeria's most populous country in africa, would suffer from a pandemic outbreak, thanks to a largely unheralded work of a number of key actors including and especially our own centers for disease control, the outbreak was contained. but we did have cases in the u.s., due to highly effective quarantine measures, and state- of-the-art medical care, we were able to dodge that bullet as well. perhaps our witnesses, dr. robert redfield can enlighten us further, and the critical role of the cdc, played with regard to global efforts in containing and then defeating the 2014 ebola outbreak in nigeria and lessons learned. in many ways today we are better equipped to address ebola outbreak in terms of vaccines that were not available in 2014, as a practical boots on the ground matter we ar

this is frank timis with the president of sierra leone and the president of burkina faso. a lot of work in west africa. he does a lot of work in west africa. he certainly likes to call himself "the godfather of west africa". philip caldwell used to run a secretive offshore trust for frank timis, but he's agreed to talk because he's become concerned about the way mr timis does business. he's a character. he doesn't talk about much apart from himself, but i think he could be quite threatening. there was always a concern, in my mind, that there was a different side to him that you had to be aware of. frank timis has floated two mining companies on the junior stock exchange in london. one was accused of human rights abuses. the other was hit with the exchange's biggest ever fine. regal petroleum had told investors it expected to find oil, even though it knew the oil well was dry. regal issued several statements that essentially lied to investors about the prospects of finding oil. even after the oil well concerned had been capped and plugged and they knew full well that they w

life but they face mounting problems like plastic waste for world oceans day our reporter goes to sierra leone to see what's being done to see.

but they face the mounting problems a plastic waste for world oceans day our reporter goes to sierra leone to.

life but they face mounting problems like plastic waits for world oceans day our reporter goes to sierra leone to see what's.

and nurses are experienced in dealing with ebola patients they've also help contain outbreaks in sierra leone and other countries in west africa an emergency vaccination campaign is being set up in united health workers on the frontline in number of people over 700 frontline has another one. in. and so on friday we shall be back again. on ring vaccination. the alert is spreading to the world health organization and emergency.

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dr oliverjohnson previously co—ran an ebola isolation unit in 201a in sierra leone, and he explaineds right to raise alarm. we have quoted bill gates saying there is a reasonable probability in the next 15 years, we could see more than 30 million people die of an outbreak. they are right to say these are getting worse. some of that is to do with the changing nature of the world particularly the climate change emergency, deforestation, where animals living, shifting the way humans and animals interact, mosquitoes bringing new diseases to new geographies, an increase in antibiotic drug resistance, our outgoing chief medical officer has been raising the alarm many of the drugs we have been using for decades to protect us, are starting to no longer work because we have been overusing them. there may even be the end of modern medicine, we could see up to 10 million deaths a year by 2050 from drug—resistant antibiotics. better research and better use of antibiotics is needed. and the social side. we are seeing more and more populist governments coming into power who are playing fast and lo

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millions of euros businessman turned politician denies the charges are coming out we take you to sierra leone's 1st and only surf club and witness. leaders of the world's biggest economies like gathering in all soccer for the g 20 summit with ongoing trade explode the security and tension in the middle east with the hopes of free trade and reduction of disparities see the might follow us on al-jazeera for coverage and in-depth analysis. right on top of. that difference either. way i got you an idea of the. time our. video shot now do you know. with me. it's not. likely and i'm good. only magazine all. you know we know it's not out. there we need to create saudi our lives. i think i'll be out so many thought and that's when. it's good news. and we get our monthly. minimizer ruled out well. there would have. been no courts mup but where. we would sum up better. suing over this oh. yeah and i'm a kind of self no one needs to see me she small normally done so well it's nice to see and something from any. broke on here frankly it's not the brand of candy you know. that i'm burnt out on i was. right

so you're left looking at places like sierra leone which benefit from aid, or places that build an economya, through trade. and you have to hope your country gets the opportunity to trade more, build a middle class and have trade links. the and difficulty is, should we do that whilst we have a rating we disagree with? we have a regime we disagree with? that is to say, should we help people in the country, regardless of whether this is a regime that we would sanction, if it would be better for people in the country to trade with them, or should be holed off the trade until they can get rid of the regime? i'm not sure there is a right answer. we don't think about it enough. just before leaving this topic, nesrine, can i ask you a personal question, as someone from sudan, when you see what has happened in khartoum over the last few days, it must be very distressing? you speak in a composed, calm and analytical way, but being from sudan, it must be terrible. it has been very difficult, very difficult for people from sudan who live there and who don't. it has been a real wound that has been ble

the 43—year—old worked as a volunteer in sierra leone where an epidemic killed him as per thousand peopledisability campaigner announced the news by posting an image of the newborns —— newborns on instagram. delighted keepers at longley survivor park are celebrated in the arrival of seven european wolf pups. the litter was born last month, but they have not been shown to the public until now. mum and dad are to the public until now. mum and dad a re often to the public until now. mum and dad are often seen picking up the pipes and moving them between dens at their enclosure in wiltshire. the pups their enclosure in wiltshire. the pups weighed less than half a kilo when they were born, but are now able to eat small amounts of meat. this is the second litter born at the safari park in the last year, and boosts the pack size to 14. wild wolves have been extinct throughout the uk for more than 250 years. time for look at the weather forecast now with louise. hello there. it's been an unsettled week of weather, miserable week for many of us, i'm sure you don't really need me to remind you. but

doctors and nurses are experienced in dealing with patients they've also help contain outbreaks in sierra leone and other countries in west africa an emergency vaccination campaign is being set up. on the frontline in number of people over 700 frontline has another one. in the sixty's and so from friday we shall be back again more. ring vaccination for the contacts. the alert is spreading to the world health organization and emergency committee is planned on friday to determine whether the gander she become an international public health emergency. to come here and al-jazeera including pleading not guilty to the. government smiles as he denies the murder of. colombia's government. minister accused. stay with us. the be. all. hello there we've been seeing plenty of showers i reports of turkey recently there was a still with us but actually pushing their way further northwards now so for some of us in azerbaijan and through into armenia we've also seen those showers they be pushing up towards the south western parts of russia more showers are expected here as we head through friday and into satur

and nurses are experienced in dealing with ebola patients they've also help contain outbreaks in sierra leone and other countries in west africa and emergency vaccination campaign is being set up in united health workers on the frontline in number of people over 700 frontline health workers another one we have vaccinated in the system and so on friday. but again more frontline health workers other workers unring vaccination for the contacts. the alert is spreading to the world health organization and emergency committee is planned on friday to determine whether the gander she become an international public health emergency. algis or. the man accused of 2 mosque attacks in new zealand has appeared in court 5 video link brandon turned has pleaded not guilty to all charges he faces 51 counts of murder and 40 counts of attempted murder and watch of 15 back to back shootings took place at 2 mosques in christ church. under thomas who's been inside the court to tell us how this all played out in court. was about a kilometer from hare that the man accused of these horrific killings on the 15th of mar

may know about these property sales they made 129000000 pounds from property deals homes owns a sierra leone woman so what. does it feel like to be there and what does it feel like for the others to be there knowing that your council your local council got 129 now i mean nobody in just 3 years they made 129000000 that's 17000000 pounds a year they were making on property deals that is an absolutely ridiculous figure but you did receive some help from the county if we really i mean the i'll tell you what but how piracy because i paid my council tax info because i was always hopeless with that bill i would always pay in full at the start of every year because i paid it for when the credit crunch hit in 2000 and day i got a 50 pound refund and that 100 pounds. refund from the council and that was because i was someone who paid my council tax info people who actually were on council tax benefit other ones who should have got the 100 pound back i was working at the time much and bloody need it you know i had no need for it whatsoever and i did not get it someone who lives in knightsbridge you kno

and nurses are experienced in dealing with ebola patients they've also help contain outbreaks in sierra leone and other countries in west africa and emergency vaccination campaign is being set up in united health workers on the frontline in number of people over 700 frontline health has another one we are vaccinated in. and so from friday we shall be back again more frontline hills other work ring vaccination. the alert is spreading to the world health organization and emergency committee is planned on friday to determine whether be a gander she become an international public health emergency. algiers or. a military judge to leaders in sudan are admitting they ordered the dispersal of the sit in protest in khartoum which led to the killing of dozens of demonstrators protesters released new video of last week's crackdown. despite an internet blackout a spokesman expressed regret for the deaths of hundreds of protesters. a mexico has delayed sending national guard troops to its southern border and till the end of the month an official overseeing the force told is there an increased military pre

and nurses are experienced in dealing with ebola patients they've also help contain outbreaks in sierra leone and other countries in west africa an emergency vaccination campaign is being set up. on the frontline in number of people over 700 frontline another one. in cities and so on friday. again. ring boxing nation. the alert is spreading to the world health organization and emergency committee is planned on friday to determine whether be abolished speech in uganda to become an international public health emergency how to macarthur. the man accused of murdering 51 people in the new zealand mosque attorney has appeared in court we have video link and pleaded not guilty to all charges brenton turner and faces 51 counts of murder 40 counts of attempted murder on march the 15th bank to bank shootings took place at 2 mosques in christ church and the thomas joins us live from christchurch just take us through what's been happening there today. who plays as you say branson tyrant was in the hearing caught in christ church he's being held in oakland the only appeared via video link but the were mor

and nurses are experienced in dealing with ebola patients they've also help contain outbreaks in sierra leone and other countries in west africa an emergency vaccination campaign is being set up. on the frontline in number of people over 700 frontline health has another one we have vaccinated in the cities and so from friday we shall be. again more. frontline hills. unring the nation for the contents. and emergency committee is planned on friday to determine where to be uganda she become an international public health emergency. a british court has heard requests for julian songs to the united states the wiki leaks founder appeared via video link from the london prison where he's serving a 15 week sentence for skipping bail let's go straight to join the live from outside the court in london to the hearing has happened a lot of interest behind you know what happened. here i think as we speak nic in fact the interest is focused on mistress and his lawyer who will come out i think that hearing that city so few moments ago to deliver the news about just presiding has decided that a full extraditi

they contained it in sierra leone by throwing resources at it, when the world mobilises, you can do thato deal with something like this. that's true, and ebola always happens in really vulnerable communities, where the health services are fragile at best, and where the increased number of cases that happens really overwhelm the system, plus, of course, malaria, tuberculosis, other infections, maternal child health. the burden is huge and must not be underestimated. but you can get ahead of it, the public health is working. the vaccine is having a huge impact, the treatment is working, and halving mortality. and so the public health does work but you can only deploy public health if you can only deploy public health if you have a secure and stable environment. at the moment those two things are not working, the conflict is ongoing, the instability, we had doctor richard being killed a few weeks ago, and a nurse killed very recently, that is an environment which is terrifying. ebola is terrifying, and then the violence the community is living with. until we sort out the security situation

who belong to different ethnic groups and similarly they do not trust the central government in sierra leone for example we have a long civil war and a long history of that how broad the distrust here we have similar kind of problems with civil war influencing the lack of trust by really tired on to vand the unfortunate mix of misinformation you just need to search for a mole on twitter which is a western media with many things and the kind of information you come across is i want to say the least. i want to be celebrating here are trying to ensure a very brittle fire sent to wipe out the population here this is what i'm reading here people thinking that you know this is you're talking about mistrust of central governments and maybe you can understand that mistrust of health workers a belief that they were actually bringing it into the region. yes yes that's right so many times in the last few months with statements from the locals where they say for example a bowler never used to exist here a bowler turns up after the health care workers turn up it's it's like saying that the fire happens a

chair, i am reminded of the story of a 7-year-old from sierra leone who with her mother fled to houston to seek a lifesaving operation to rectify complication from the practice of female genital mutilation from which she suffered for more than a year. this story reads,er the woman's hospital of texas which we are so proud, the woman's hospital of texas saves a african-american girl's life. dr. seussian smith and dr. eric jones provide lifesaving care to 7-year-old affected by female genital mutilation. only one of 200 million girls. this amendment will focus and provide an extra focus and resources to have us be reminded and to help these young women, girls, across and around the world. let us give them a lifesaving hand up. i ask my colleagues to support the jackson lee amendment. lifesaving so that more girls do not have to get this singular help from a singular hospital, but they can can be helped at home because this -- but they can be helped at home because this has to stop. i yield back my time asking for the support of my amendment. the chair: the gentlelady's request will be cov

dr oliverjohnson previously co—ran an ebola isolation unit in 201a in sierra leone, and he joins us fromfrom what is a village or small community experiencing the start of something, to expanding across a region and staying put, is very much about the politics and organisational response. the big thing here is there is a lot of distrust amongst communities in the response, and the government, and a lot of politics at local level. that issue of distrust is making it hard for the who and national government to engage and work with communities on the front lines. we have seen violence against health workers, against treatment units, because of the fear that other things might be going on, conspiracy theories. it is playing into a wider political and social scenario. you can see why the who is talking about these epidemics becoming the new normal. in your experience, what can be done to overcome those barriers, particularly that fundamental distrust and suspicion around agencies, charities, going in and trying to give medical treatment? a couple of things are going on, the who is right to ra