w p is working to improve antananarivo is water management the metropolitan areas population has doubled to some 3000000 over the past 20 years. 2 thirds of the people have no access to clean drinking water according to w.s.u. about one quarter of deaths among children under the age of 5 here a link to water borne diseases. members are and her team at w.s.u. p. help provide basic infrastructure to prevent waste water from polluting the environment and improve access to clean water in partnership with the city the n.-g. o. has already built 500 will take us that sell drinking water. they've also built laundry blocks across the city. remember hansei comes here to washington family's laundry she also does laundry for a few customers which provides her a source of income. because i know from the pain of my own final this brings up in there so my family allows me to earn a bit of morning here now i don't have to go to the river to fetch what trying which makes my life much easier. to go to the rebbe which is father in law saw him for that found it was on the cuckoo that. many locals still rel

hundreds of thousands of people turned out in madagascar's capital antananarivo to hear pope francis say mass it was the climax of his visit to the island nation the 1st by a head of the catholic church for 3 decades and his son francis told the country's youth not to lose hope despite the widespread poverty in their country. cheering crowds of the faithful near madagascar's capital antananarivo it's the 1st time in 30 years that a pope has celebrated mass here expectations were running high i watch it yeah i got here at 3 yesterday afternoon and i stayed here overnight yet in the middle east this visit is to people hope that we can improve our situation. before . the situation is bleak especially in the capital around 2 thirds of the country's 26000000 people live below the poverty line. after here right on saturday pope francis criticized excessive deforestation saying it benefits only a few people while misusing one of the country's most important natural resources. francis had a similar message at sunday's mass the high point of his visit to the island speaking to the hundreds of

and hundreds of thousands have turned up in madagascar capital antananarivo to hear pope francis say mass previously on his visit the pontiff encouraged the country's newest not to lose hope despite financial difficulties francis visited mozambique earlier in the week and he's due to visit before ending his african tour. and in a further blow to the embattled british government another senior cabinet minister . has stepped down tensions over bricks that remain high in the u.k. london saw rival demonstrations on saturday. as pro bricks at munches clashed with police earlier this week parliament voted to block a no deal exit from the. now hearken dorian has been downgraded to a post tropical site plane but it is still packing dangerously strong winds off to making landfall along canada's atlantic coast heavy rainfall in nova scotia has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in the bahamas the storm left a trail of devastation the death toll is now at $43.00 but with many still unaccounted for it is expected to rise sharply. a cruise ship full of evacuees from the bahamas

and hundreds of thousands of turned up and not a gas goes capital antananarivo to hear pope francis say mass previously on his visit the pontiff encourage the country's youth not to lose hope. spikes financial difficulties francis visited mozambique earlier in the week he's due to visit nourishes before ending his africa and. now russians are heading to the polls for regional and municipal elections today with some observers saying that the vote is neither free nor a fair president of the blood and may have cost his votes in moscow led demonstrations erupted in recent weeks and this came after authorities rejected several allies of opposition leader and involve me as candidates the protest spots a police crackdown with around 2000 people detained. ok let's bring in our correspondent our until today who's in moscow are in of these regional elections of being seen as a serious test for the russian president vladimir putin and his united russia policy tell us why this is. well it really has to do with some simmering popular anger that we saw and manifest itself in the demonstrations we've

braving blustery conditions on the outskirts of the capital, antananarivo, crowds were overflowing forpel of luke, pope francis said christ demands respect for both people and the planet — an urgent message for this part of the world. translation: this demand encourages us not to dilute and narrow the gospel message, but instead to build history in fraternity and solidarity, in complete respect for the earth and its gifts, as opposed to any form of exploitation. across the landscape of this country, the world's fourth—largest island, 40% of its forest has disappeared in the last 60 years. the environmental danger is aggravated because 80% of madagascar‘s plant and animal species are not found anywhere else on the planet. this visit has come at a moment of rapid growth for the catholic church in africa. the pope's trip to africa was intended as a pastoral visit to encourage the growing churches here. but it quickly became political, with his condemnation of the plundering of natural resources. and, for the thousands who came out to greet him, they encountered a pope who is as much a con

cheering crowds of the faithful near madagascar's capital antananarivo it's the 1st time in 30 years that a pope a celebrated mass here expectations were running high. but. i got here at 3 yesterday afternoon and i stayed here every night yet in the mideast but this visit is to people hope that we can improve our situation i suggest that. the situation is bleak especially in the capital around 2 thirds of the country's 26000000 people live below the poverty line. after here right on saturday pope francis criticized excessive deforestation saying it benefits only a few people while misusing one of the country's most important natural resources. francis had a similar message at sunday's mass the high point of his visit to the island speaking to the hundreds of thousands in the congregation the pope condemned cultures of privilege in which as he put it a few live in wealth and the expense of the vast majority. of villages whose your name on monday pope francis travels to marisha is the 3rd stop on his 3 nation african tour. to tennis and bianca under e.s.q. has begun serena williams in

braving blustery conditions on the outskirts of the capital, antananarivo, crowds were overflowing foraid christ demands respect for both people and the planet — an urgent message for this part of the world. translation: this demand encourages us not to dilute and narrow the gospel message, but instead to build history in fraternity and solidarity, in complete respect for the earth and its gifts, as opposed to any form of exportation. across the landscape of this country, the world's fourth—largest island, 40% of its forest has disappeared in the last 60 years. the environmental danger is aggravated because 80% of madagascar‘s plant and animal species are not found anywhere else on the planet. and it isn'tjust foreign companies who see money in hacking down madagascar‘s trees. conservationists say local businesses are also to blame and welcome the pope's intervention. it was a very good and strong message. the civil society who was there felt very encouraged and invigorated in listening to the pope. this visit has come at a moment of rapid growth for the catholic church in africa. the