top stories and i was there the government in the democratic republic of congo has announced joseph kabila won't stand for reelection ending months of speculation about whether he would defy term limits and stay in power instead kabila will back his former interior minister in money i remember diary who's under european union sanctions for alleged human rights abuses was due to step down in twenty sixteen but the election to replace him was repeatedly delayed. more than one hundred fifty thousand people have been left homeless by sunday's earthquake in the indonesian island of lombok at least one hundred thirty one people have been killed rescuers are struggling to reach all those in need and residents in remote areas have told on jazeera they're running out of food and medicine the red cross described magnitude seven quake as exceptionally destructive. already about the people no one has reached so far the indonesian red cross it's the all hearing a lot of reports of delayed use in remote areas caught up from the alt that role in the quake and they had no help at all though we hear they n

democratic republic of congo opposition leader and former rebel commander. is back home after serving ten years in jail for war crimes he was welcomed. by sauza of supporters of the air force and on the roads of conscious or member was freed from jail in the netherlands after a successful appeal of the international criminal court in the hague he now wants to run in the centre's elections catherine sawyer has been following events in the capital. the highlight for many people today was when john pierre bemba peered through a window at this party headquarters he was there for about fifteen minutes with his wife waving at the hundreds of supporters who were here to welcome him in the town people went into a frenzy singing his praises and chanting remember for president member for president saying that he is the only candidate he is the only leader who can provide the change of leadership that this country needs are very dramatic scenes from the airport to this place he was this court said by a very huge police contingent who fired tear gas and supporters were b

the democratic republic of congo is on its way to getting a new leader after the president announced he would indeed be stepping down after 17 years inn power. he put an end to month of speculation wednesday announcing that he would not be seeking a third term. he did handpick his former interior minister to run in his place. >> the democratic republic of congo is set to have a new face in power come december. it could be this man. handpicked by president joseph kabila himself. hardlinerly seen as a and close ally of the longtime leader. so much so that the opposition says if he does win the election kabila could be able to cling onto power behind the scenes. also want to thank his excellency the president of the republic joseph kabila. an exceptional man in africa and even throughout the world who has kept his word. he said there would be no issues. there wouldn't be a third term. and today he has kept his promise. the 57-year-old has extensive political experience. he was interior minister from 2016 until february of this year. during that time he oversaw a period of political crisi

the democratic republic of congo's health ministry has confirmed four cases of in the north eastern city of goma the ministry says there's no evidence linking these cases to the recent outbreak that linked that killed thirty three people that outbreak was officially declared over last week. is dean of the university of nebraska medical center college of public health he says better education is needed for rural communities to understand how is transmitted what we saw in the last outbreak we hope to see in this outbreak which is a really active response vaccination of contacts and hopefully hopefully shut the outbreak down very quickly unfortunately this outbreak is in an active conflict zone on the border rwanda and uganda which is very different from the location of the last outbreak and that's going to pose a challenge itself in the response so there's no lack of information from a scientific standpoint we know exactly what happens the disease is natural in bats and people get infected directly from bats or from eating infected bushmeat and then if there is can be a large amount of per

and what about the democratic republic of congo's neighbors in the region where do they fit into to all of this and what can they be doing what are they not doing perhaps to contain the spread of the bones affected earlier is very close to uganda or on up so we started working with roland uganda since the first break so what we are doing is putting our force what we start to resent make sure that at this last you know cross border someone was ready for a big response and they have the law passed it to conform any suspected cases this is going very well so far with the two countries continued what we somehow or other countries neighboring your congo. our talk quite a bit about these armed groups and rebel groups but what what about the governments in this region to what extent are they. working to to prevent the outbreak of ebola there in front of the first responders from the government side that they're shown partner coming to provide additional support so most of the people deployed in this area from the government side they're using both looked at her for workers or the and spectrum

explain exactly what you have uncovered. >> i would to the democratic republic of congo earlier this year to cover existing conflicts and resulting refugee crisisis, but i found myself witness to an unfolding ethnic cleansing campaign in the far east of the democratic republic of congo. nd they're the minority beingommunity was attacked. sometimes there's more than one attack per day on villages. there were about 120 attacks during this campaign. hundreds were killed. hundreds of thousands were driven from their homes. most of them became internal exiles inside of congo and then about 50,000 or so were driven across the border into uganda. amy: who is doing this? >> it is a very murky circumstance trying to find who is exactly behind us. when you talk to most people there, they say that it isn't in at the conflict -- which it has been for trade outside the country. they say there is an invisible hand behind it. when you delve into that further, basically it has meant powerful, political military forces are behind us. many people link it to the president who has state in office as pres

democratic republic of congo's health ministry has confirmed four cases of ebola in the northeastern city of goma the ministry says there's no evidence linking these cases to the recent outbreak that killed thirty three people that have break was officially declared over last week dr ali khan is dean of the university of nebraska medical center college of public health and he says better education is needed for rural communities to understand how it is transmitted. what we saw in the last outbreak we hope to see in this outbreak which is a really active response backs a nation of contacts and hopefully hopefully shut the outbreak down very quickly unfortunately this outbreak isn't an active conflict zone on the border under and uganda which is very different from the location of the last outbreak and that's going to pose a challenge itself in the response so there's no lack of information from a scientific standpoint we know exactly what happens the disease is natural and bats and people get infected directly from bats or from eating infected bushmeat and then if there is can be a la

and the democratic republic of congo there will be no third term for president joseph kabila. and we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up turkey becomes the latest u.s. ally to reject washington's sanctions on iran. israel's parliament convenes a special session as anger grows over its so-called nation state law and militias former prime minister is in court accused of money laundering as the charges pile up over a state run scandal. the president of the democratic republic of congo has just announced his decision on seeking a third term in office he says he will not be doing so there had long been speculation joseph kabila would attempt to defy term limits and seek a third term at the joy joins us soil rather joins us live now from kinshasa so not only was the announcement that he will not be seeking a third term robert zani should dari that is who will be seeking the office what do we know about this person and his politics. won't ramadani said diary is not a name that he needed you hold your head when you start talking up out of politics here in the

the number of deaths from a new ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo continues to rise fifty five people have died of the virus with dozens infected since the outbreak was confirmed in kivu province charla bellus reports was on. an alert for ebola rings out of the streets of binny in the northeastern democratic republic of congo the death toll is rising for three weeks the community has been on alert and in this conflict ridden corner of the do ya see it's hard to control the virus . right i have. this disease called a bowl is already close to us so customers are not wearing helmets we were told that it can spread through the sweat helmets shared by customers so what other customers not to wear them. in the last two weeks nearly thirteen hundred people have been vaccinated congress national institute for biomedical research is also testing a new drug for a bowl of patients made in the u.s. ten patients have received it and responded well. when we went there were five or six patients and threw in a severe state i said we need to treat everyone we can't administer to the l

has been barred from returning to their home to the democratic republic of congo to run in presidential elections comes as another rival of president joseph kabila the former rebel leader and vice president. also returned to launch his own presidential bid government soit has more from. the boys got to be arrived at the border between sandy and the democratic republic of congo the key supporters filming his journey the government has denied many journalists access to the border area that to be managed to get to no man's land a police quickly forced him back across the border into zambia. and we went into exile in ten to sixteen after fooling out with president joseph kabila he was accused of trying to topple the government using foreign mass neris and later sentenced in his absence to three years in prison for real estate fraud government officials say he will be arrested if he manages to return tension is high in his strongholds. if. there will be no election sure there's. a novel position figure on p.r. bemba is watching closely his history timed they live in years in the netherlands

thousands crowding the streets to welcome former rebel leaders here ben but back to the democratic republic of congo relations between turkey and the u.s. to tear it further as the white house sanctions two turkish officials over the imprisonment of an american pastor and food security fears here in britain farmers call an emergency drive summons. first is in bob way with three people have been killed in post-election violence in the capital harare soldiers fired live runs on opposition supporters who were protesting against the slow release of election results president emerson meant to gag was spotty has won two thirds of the seats in parliament but the results of the presidential vote isn't yet know how much house has more now from harare. opposition supporters say they vote was stolen they are demanding transparency from the electoral commission official results show the readings on the party has won a majority in parliament these people are convinced the results are already. there got. the police moved in to disperse them but when that failed the army took over those who tried to resist but don

and where in the democratic republic of congo is the second largest rainforest in the world but for how much longer. first to syria where it seems it's only a matter of time before the syrian government and a longtime ally russia launch an all out offensive to take the last drobo held province in the country. the foreign ministers have met and moscow and the language coming out of their news conference has been as tough as ever both sides vowing to go all the way in the battle for the province or a challenge says this report from moscow. the question of if they'll be an assault on has faded recently now it's more a matter of when that shift has been hastens by hardening language coming out of moscow. so that putting it constitute a list of the relationship it was with satisfaction that we know to the majority of the syrian arab republic is now freed of terrorists what we need now is to wipe out those terrorist groups which persist particularly in the deescalation zone in it live. sergey lavrov was meeting his syrian counterpart. in the russian capital wall and said they'd finished the g

when john pierre bemba in march from the airport in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa thousands of his supporters went into a frenzy i know you was the last many of them say they never thought they'd be back home any time soon. i have a contingent of police escorted his convoy who was not allowed to make any stops to address the many people who lined the streets to catch a glimpse of him his first order of business was a meeting at his party headquarters he's expected to submit his documents to the electoral commission in the coming days so he can run for the presidency john cabin back in august we know all that is what he had what he's been waving i bet and raise the kids here and they have been seeing is praising and saying that he all you want you can provide a change of the leadership of the country or even bring the opposition together to support one candidate. was arrested in belgium for crimes against humanity a decade ago he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison by the international criminal court in twenty sixteen the judges held him criminally responsible

and you were in there in the public and the democratic republic of congo to the second largest rain forest in the world but for how much longer. first to syria where it seems it's only a matter of time before the syrian government and a longtime ally russia launch an all out offensive to take the last rebel held province in the country it led the russian and syrian foreign ministers have been meeting in moscow and the language coming out of their news conference has been as tough as ever serious while it says the government forces will quote go all the way in adelaide the provinces some to some three million people among them an estimated ten thousand fighters from al-qaeda and then those who are friends who were transferred from other areas taken over by the government it is those fighters that both syria and russia russia and syria want wiped out. this the decision of the syrian leadership is to if i tell news or a front whatever the sacrifices are we are ready to exert every possible effort not to harm civilians. so that voting in constitute a list of for the relationship it was with sa

democratic republic of congo's health ministry has confirmed four cases of a bola in the northeastern city of goma the ministry says there is no evidence linking these cases to the recent outbreak that killed thirty three people. caught it was main stock benchmark has recovered all losses since a blockade was imposed in the gulf state by four arab nations almost fourteen months ago the q index rose one point five percent of the close of trading on wednesday which in levels not seen since may twenty seventeen saudi arabia the united arab emirates back rain and egypt seven economic and diplomatic ties of qatar in june twenty seventeen accusing it of funding terrorism qatar has rejected the allegations yemen's who theoretical say they'll stop attacks in the red sea for two weeks to support peace efforts saudi arabia stopped moving oil through the affected area last week saying who things had attacked two of its tankers a groups are warning that fighting over the port city of hadera could cause massive suffering well how about the reports from djibouti on the opposite side of the red sea.

the government in the democratic republic of congo has announced won't stand for reelection and the months of speculation about whether he would defy term limits and stay in power instead it will back his former interior minister in one year and a diary is under european union sanctions for alleged human rights abuses is due to step down in two hundred sixteen but the election to replace him was repeatedly delayed catherine so it has more on should appointment the former governor. then. the president problems as well as very loyal to the president of the law agrees very much to be my thinking epeat that become president he's just going to continue in line with the policies of the president and he's also told that the bill to the military to quote this province when it comes from is also a province where we're all he and powell a general de long as well he also told compromise. the law while you stand the president met with what they find out on him. well one hundred fifty thousand people have been left homeless by sunday's earthquake in indonesia island of longbox at least one hundred thir

of france at risk as the democratic republic of congo decides to let loggers back and. more people remain missing in me and mar after a dam collapse sent waves of water through dozens of towns and villages more than sixty thousand people have been affected many of them forced from their homes government disaster management teams as well as soldiers police and the red cross have all joined the rescue and relief operation lawrence louis reports. this is the swatch. the spillway of the dam collapsed wednesday morning off to days of heavy rains sending torrents of water into towns and villages in some places the surge of water reached nearly two and a half me toots the military the police and the myanmar red cross are taking part in the rescue and relief efforts and. the water came so fast. and we didn't have time to run we have never been flooded before how many nothing like this has ever happened the rains don't cause flooding here. eighty five villages have been flooded and more than sixty three thousand people affected to some they've lost more than just their homes. aft

position we'll bring you more on that story as soon as we get it from the government in the democratic republic of congo has an irish joseph could be a woman stand for reelection in the months of speculation about whether he would defy term limits and stay in power instead to be able back is former interior minister manuel romanza issue diary is under european union sanctions for alleged human rights abuses was due to step down in twenty sixteen canadian prime minister justin trudeau says his country will always speak strongly when it comes to questions of human rights now that says a diplomatic spat between canada and saudi arabia over jailed civil society activists gathers more steam we have stopped all medical treatment programs in canada on wednesday and says it will transfer all citing patients from hospitals there. we continue to engage with the government of saudi arabia the minister of foreign affairs had a long conversation with their foreign minister yesterday and diplomatic the talks continue but as the minister has said and as we will repeat canada will always speak strongly and clearly in p

opposition leader more as it could be has been barred from returning home to run in the democratic republic of congo's presidential election it comes as another rival of president joseph kabila former rebel leader and ex vice president jumpier bemba also returned home to launch his own bid katherine sawyer has more from. the voice good to be arrived at the border between sandy and the democratic republic of congo to support his filming his journey with the r.c. government has denied many john. kerry out there to be managed to get to know months mind a police clinton first time back crossed the border into. exile in nine hundred sixteen after fooling out with president joseph kabila he was accused of trying to topple the government using foreign mass no ease and latest sentence in his absence to three years in prison for real estate fraud government officials say you will. be arrested if he manages to return tension is high in his strongholds and novel position figure. is watching closely his history timed they live in years in the netherlands ten of them in prison as he faced trial at the internationa

december i'm david chaytor in belgium the country that was the former colonial ruler of the democratic republic of congo ever since again his independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty there's never been a peaceful transfer of power in that country the senator is returning from belgium to his homeland to register as a candidate in the presidential election. john pierre bemba talks to al jazeera. should be about thank you very much for talking to al-jazeera thank you i'd like to start with perhaps the hardest question for you during those ten years inside you. you would didn't have criminal responsibility for the atrocities committed by your militia you were convinced always you were going to come out an innocent man but during those ten years that you have any feelings about your moral responsibility for what happened i think that of course i have a lot of sympathy for all the people in the in the central africa in general but. the my brothers sisters and of course any victim. i'm supporting i mean or do to be in but as you say you have been acquitted by a professional judge experience judge on thi

democratic republic of congo's health ministry has confirmed four cases of a boat in the northeastern city of goma ministry says there's no evidence linking these cases to a recent outbreak that killed thirty three people. south africa's president says the ruling african national congress will push ahead with plans to take land from white farmers without compensation the issue of land ownership as one of the most contentious in south africa. has more was that land redistribution is an emotive issue in south africa a series of public hearings has just ended now in about policy shift the ruling african national congress says it will push ahead with land expropriations for white farmers without paying compensation supporters of the move say it's time to address a lasting legacy how tight. there is shoney's could put in a flint ownerships three pieces where over eighty percent of the most italians is still in their heads as i mean of the minority while black people are called one two two two two reserved. since one thousand nine hundred four the governments used the willing seller willing

where in the north province of the democratic republic of congo there's been an outbreak of the deadly disease ebola twenty six cases have been reported and of those twenty have died just a week ago an outbreak of ebola in another part of congo what's declared over. a ban on full face veils has come into force denmark the government says that face covering garments like the cob and burka prevent women from integrating into danish society and several other european countries have instituted similar bans some danes are planning to defy the new. blueprints for three d. guns will not be made available online in the united states that comes after a u.s. judge blocked their publication in a last minute ruling the blueprints demonstrate how to make untraceable printed plastic it's the ruling reverses a decision by the trumpet ministration that would have permitted their release. on the german state of bavaria has become the first state here in this country to open controversial new processing centers for refugees now authorities want to hold asylum seekers there while their applications are p

opposition leader muzhik autonomy has been barred from returning home to run in the democratic republic of congo's presidential elections it comes as another rival of president joseph kabila the former rebel leader and next vice president. also returned home to launch his own bid that's why has worn the story for. boys good to be arrived at the border between sandy and the democratic republic of congo the key supporters filming his journey with the r.c. government has denied many johnny success to the burberry out there to be managed to get to know minds mind the police screechy forced him back across the border into zambia. and we went into exile intent to sixteen after fooling out with president joseph kabila he was accused of trying to topple the government using foreign mass neris and later sentenced in his absence to three years in prison for real estate fraud government officials say he will be arrested if he manages to return tension is high in his strongholds. if the. election. and i will position figure on p.r. bemba is watching closely his history time and they live in years in the nethe

now an opposition leader has been barred from returning home to run in democratic republic of congo's presidential elections more secure to be who's a wealthy businessman and former governor of the provinces instead being charged with offenses against state security when it comes to another rival of president joseph kabila former rebel leader and ex vice president john. has returned home to launch his own bid catherine sawyer as the latest from kinshasa. why it's got to be is at the zambia and the democratic republic of congo border he managed to get into the country that's the r.c. but then police repast him he's with his supporters at the situation in that's where he's trying to come in to the country through its very very thing deeds police have set up road blocks to the airport to that border point as well the presidential guard has been patrolling why this had to be saying that he just wants to come into the country to submit his paperwork to the electoral commission to be able to participate in the presidential election in december but the government saying that they will not le

al-jazeera kinshasa the world health organization says the latest outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo is of the zaire strand and it's been successfully treated by a vaccine in the past and international team is in the town of benny in northern kenya province where the outbreak was detected on wed and stay twenty people are confirmed to have died from the disease and four others are currently ill. tech giant apple's just become the first company to hit a valuation of one trillion dollars on the u.s. markets and that's a million million dollars or a one with twelve came when apple share price on wall street went over two hundred seven dollars per share it's the second company worldwide to hit the chilean dollars oil company petro china did it very briefly eleven years ago on the shanghai exchange let's go back to our live event a supposed person in the n.b.c. speaking in harare zimbabwe is capital about those election results. is those that are close to the best results. because you share the results if you can and i know what i don't know any because since it is those that have been an

democratic republic of congo's health ministry has confirmed four cases of a bowler in the north easternity of goma the ministry says there is no evidence linking these cases to the recent outbreak that killed thirty three people that outbreak was officially declared over last week dr ali khan is dean of the university of nebraska medical center college of public health and he says better education is needed for rural communities to understand how it's transmitted. what we saw in the last outbreak we hope to see in this outbreak which is a really active response vaccination of contacts and hopefully hopefully shut the outbreak down very quickly unfortunately this outbreak is in an active conflict zone on the border rwanda and uganda which is very different from the location of the last outbreak and that's going to pose a challenge itself in the response so there's no lack of information from a scientific standpoint we know exactly what happens the disease is natural in bats and people get infected directly from bats or from eating infected bushmeat and then if there can be a large amount

opposition leader more to be has been barred from returning home to run the democratic republic of congo's presidential elections it comes as another rival of president joseph kabila the former rebel leader. also returned home to launch his own bid catherine soit has more now from kinshasa. voice go to me arrived at the border between sandy and the democratic republic of congo the key supporters filming. the d r c government has denied many johnny success to the burnt out every out there to be managed to get to know my mind the police quickly forced him back across the border into zambia. and we went into exile in ten to sixteen after for ling out with president joseph kabila he was accused of trying to topple the government using foreign mass neris and later sentenced in his absence to three years in prison for real estate fraud government officials say he will be arrested if he manages to return tension is high in his strongholds another position figure . is watching closely his just free time and they live in years in the netherlands ten of them and piece of is he face trial at the inte

malcolm webb al-jazeera it's hillary and the democratic republic of congo. follow. after the break. whole. thing it's how you. welcome back fans of a recent frankland have been paying their final respects to the queen of soul as she lies in state in detroit on friday and a private funeral will take place for the singer with an all star list of performance including stevie wonder hundred is that the pioneers of rock and soul are fading away. in popular music might never feel the same. the latest is a read of franklin who took an old is reading song about respect and turned it into an anthem for feminism and civil rights of the captured it's era and endures today in one hundred sixty seven when everything came along nobody is listening to music from one thousand seventeen. but we're still listening fifty years later to read the franklin aretha franklin is such an overwhelmingly forbidden almost comically magnificent figure. a huge swath of influence. across the last fifty years that makes you wonder how that could have been possible. that. the catalogue of global musical giants is thin

center of the latest ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. is also a conflict zone journalist conquered unsafely so the un films. they all died of ebola it was my entire family it was my mom an issue he and then my sisters an answer followed and others in the hospital i've lost family members again. this month ebola has spread from the town of mangin or across two provinces and is now in six locations the area sits stage four on the un security scale stage five is evacuate immediately. requires a daily risk assessment of how to reach people who vaccinations investigations and psychosocial care fifty three children have been orphaned and the outbreak is now can't just kill myself i must continue to live even in this situation. the world health organization has one hundred fifty staff and east india say this week for the first time health workers used a military escort to reach a town where a doctor had died of a bowler because which is almost entirely surrounded by one of the main insurgency groups called the a.d.f. on pretty much all sides of

for a democratic republic of congo vice president bamba has been barred from running in december's election election commission says has rejected his application because of a conviction at the international criminal court and both were seen as a possible front runner for ten time this month after serving a decade in prison for war crimes those headlines do stay with us if you can people in power is up next on more news for you straight talk to that russia watching. desperate for oppressive laws millions of people have some refuge in europe sometimes their dreams three unwelcome realized sometimes disenchantment to the sterility drive from home in the first of two films on these conflicting experiences people in power has been to the german city where generosity and open office have been making it harder to get great work. santa. how long that. you. are going just joining. us all to go on watching this is you. know musk you know what it did him a little bit ahead how does a hobby that at all for the most be able to which i mean that in she sought a mother of four as a refugee in germany afte

in the democratic republic of congo near the ugandan border un experts toward the city of beni in the remote northeastern province of north kivu scientists are worried fighting involving rebel groups on the government forces in both the d r c and uganda may hinder their response to the new ebola outbreak. it was important for us to be here to come up with a good strategy against ebola and this will be the epicenter of our response we've taken measures to contain the outbreak and we appeal to the public not to panic we're deploying all necessary medication and resources to treat patients at home there's no need for the patients to be moved isolating the sick is vital to contain any outbreak ebola is carried long distances by bats and then can find its way into bush meat sold in markets people infected by bodily fluids die from hemorrhaging diarrhea and fever the united nations organization stabilization mission in the d.r. c called monusco is now on the ground and fit. come. we've done it in past cases and we will together with the government to provide the help that is needed will als

is expected to arrive back in the democratic republic of congo on wednesday morning the has declared he wants to run for president and move dramatically. shaken up congolese politics ahead of a long delayed election i reports from the capital kinshasa. was john pierre bemba's supporters all free to welcome people it's been ten long years they say and now it's time for him to take back his rightful place in the country's political scene. we are very happy many people see the hate for all of us i have confidence in him because he's. bambery ties to the democratic republic of congo intense political times president joseph kabila has delayed a crucial election for two years kristen certainty and protests in which dozens have been killed by security forces many congolese say they feel oppressed corruption is high and the government is increasingly isolated by the international community members supporters believe that only he can change the box tight surely. you don't know congolese need. ten years in prison for nothing and he is still in the acts of the people. was supported by his rebel

once considered a war criminal now an aspiring presidential candidate in the democratic republic of congo. after his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court in the hague jumpier bamba talks towns as they are. struggling with a failing economy inadequate public services and the mental some attention of two rival regional power as many lebanese hopes recent elections might provoke reforms to help solve their problems but in a country where power is apportioned along sectarian undernourished declines little ever seems to disturb the status quo we went to find out why. in may twenty eight hundred eleven and went to the polls it was the first parliamentary election in nine years and there was one question on many observers minds was it to be politics as usual or would growing concern over the country's myriad problems affect the outcome. there was that at least a hint of change in the the first time a grassroots movement known as the civil society coalition was fielding hundred s. against lebanon's long established sectarian parties. on the other you see you see his. medi

the democratic republic of congo's health ministry has confirmed four cases of in the north eastern city of goma the ministry says there's no evidence linking these cases to a recent outbreak that killed thirty three people that outbreak was officially declared over last week dr ali khan is dana think university of nebraska medical center college of public health he says better education is dangerous for all communities to understand how it is transmitted what we saw in the last outbreak we hope to see in this outbreak which is a really active response back summation of contacts and hopefully hopefully shut the outbreak down very quickly unfortunately this outbreak is in an active conflict zone on the border rwanda and uganda which is very different from the location of the last outbreak and that's going to pose a challenge itself in the response so there's no lack of information from a scientific standpoint we know exactly what happens the disease is natural in bats and people get infected directly from bats or from eating infected bushmeat and then if there can be a large amount of per

opposition leader morsi khatami has been barred from returning home to return run in democratic republic of congo's presidential elections it comes as another rival of president joseph kabila former rebel leader and ex vice president john pierre bemba also returned home to launch his own bid catherine sawyer has more from can shell said. voice got to be arrived at the border between sandy and the democratic republic of congo the key supporters filming his journey the government has denied many journalists access to the border area that to be managed to get to no man's land the police quickly forced him back across the border into zambia. and we went into exile in twenty sixteen after fooling out with president joseph kabila he was accused of trying to topple the government using foreign mass neris and later sentenced in his absence to three years in prison for real estate fraud government officials say he will be arrested if he manages to return tension is high in his strongholds. if. there will be no elections will make sure there's. a novel position figure on p.r. bemba is watching closely his ju

here in the democratic republic of congo that's why you think all these people out here and we expect more and more people to come to welcome him and because of that he's making a lot of people. also in the opposition making them very very uncomfortable about it he has said that he has the best experience he was the former vice president has the best experience to run this country he controlled before he was the vice president controls a huge rebel group which is now a political party. even when he was away in prison for a lot of people who say that he's going to comment to the politics saying that right now he's the only one who presents a most formidable challenge to the ruling party to joseph and people think that he will also be able to perhaps to galvanize the opposition to rally against opposition together to support one candidate here outside the airport there's a lot of security presence people are saying that they're very excited to see him they did not know they did not know that they would ever get to see him in a very long time he's private plane is going to be landing in

thousands crammed the streets to welcome opposition leaders on here bamba back to the democratic republic of congo. u.s. turkey relations on the pressure the white house sanctions two top officials over the imprisonment of an american pastor. and on he descended into hell with all the de sport england all playing the one thousandth test match but it's india who are very much on top at stumps on day one in birmingham all of that story and more later in the program. a very warm welcome to this hour of news it's first to zimbabwe with three people have been killed in post-election violence in the capital harare. soldiers fired live rounds on opposition supporters who were protesting against the slow release of election results the opposition m.d.c. poncy believes the election commission's taking too long so now is the window of monday's poll president emma cement and dad was one two thirds of the seats in parliament thoughts the result of the presidential level isn't yet known he blamed the opposition leadership for the outbreak of violence. the alliance and its leadership has forthwith to remove its

once a speculation and in the democratic republic of congo joseph can be a warm run for president in upcoming elections and i didn't time women rally for there were a stab abortions and a polarized poll in parliament. welcome back let's start by looking at the weather across the strata for many eastern areas where the conditions are looking quiet at the moment mostly fine but we've got this frontal system across western australia giving person wet and windy weather through the course of thursday that system does weaken little bit as it moves through the bite but still looking pretty showery here along the coast of south australia who was out late there just to eighteen degrees celsius but we will get this front come through in temperatures for dropping off quite sharply later on in the day should be a decent day for bruce been for sydney across into new zealand on the south island we've got a brace of rain on the western side during the course of thursday the north on and looking cherry draw and fine and really as we head on into friday should be a largely fine day cross the bulk of

the world's second largest rain forest is at risk in the democratic republic of congo the government there is planning to end a ban on industrial logging this is part three of our series forests under threat malcolm webb has a report. it takes about eighty years for a tree like this to grow in just a few minutes to cut it down. any jobs here in the east of the democratic republic of congo where he was a teenager accused of a poem by learn to use a change to how to survive. this is my life it helps me to feed my wife and my two children and pay for their school fees it's the only job i know. the forest provide a small income for thousands of people who live in and around them each of these timbers sells for about two and a half dollars out of the whole tree. about one hundred dollars worth of timber five dollars has to be paid to the landowner is an annual license fee for using a chain saw the rest of the money is divided between the five people that it takes to do the work it's low key and it's informal the government gets very little revenue the environment minister says the governme

and the democratic republic of congo's election commission has rejected opposition to his candidacy. head of a presidential poll their members can still appeal against the decision ahead of december's election earlier this month the government confirmed president joseph kabila would not be standing for election. here's what's coming up for you on this news hour the head of the catholic church will land in ireland a country still reeling from a clerical sex abuse scandal can pope francis still secure the future of the church there and sport indonesia's hosting of the asian games has something i'm dreaming about the olympics for has got that story a little bit later. now a judge in ecuador has suspended the recently imposed entry restrictions for venezuelans fleeing the deepening economic and political crisis earlier this month ecuador announced venezuelans needed to have a valid passport to get in the court order that means they'll be allowed in with just their id cards and that's just for the next forty five days though earlier ecuador opened a humanitarian corridor for venezuelans tr

once considered a war criminal now an aspiring presidential candidate in the democratic republic of congo. after his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court in the hague jump talks to al-jazeera. banned. a quick reminder of the top stories this hour now zimbabwe's electoral commission is to announce presidential results in a few hours time after official observe is it to move faster to avoid further violence police have sealed off the opposition party headquarters and cleared the streets in the capital harare. israel has blocked fuel and gas supplies from entering the gaza strip defense minister of the says the measure is in response to protest is sending incendiary kites and balloons across the border. and hundreds of iranians angry at the state of the economy have protested in at least five cities iran's official news agency says the demonstrations were illegal and have been broken up by police. all in all the stories we're following russia are saying that united nations peacekeepers have returned to the frontier between syria and these radial keep by golan heights

is also the president province we're told of the military that is very influential in democratic republic of congo is somewhat comfortable with him and this obviously has come of. long lengthy court consultations between the president and members of his coalition as well yesterday tuesday there was a long meeting the president from not too far from here. as you know they discussed some of the kind of date that had already been submitted by the different parties within the coalition but then a name more than pointed there's a lot of concern a lot of and zajac. yesterday in the days before because it was unclear what president could be less intentions were people were saying perhaps he's planning to run again which would be against the constitution but now that has been cleared a lot of analysts also telling us that these tensions that have been in the country could deescalate. catherine soil with the latest out of. the kabila will not seek an additional term which would have violated term limits catherine thank you. but more head of the news hour including a malaysia's former prime minister in cour

whether a cease fire can be achieved with or without international help is unlikely the democratic republic of congo has been in conflict for much of the past two decades the d.l.c. is rich in minerals or says some twenty four trillion dollars according to financial analysts i. conflict has meant the country has stalled in development and low literacy rates mean that the w.h.s. message on a budget prevention has had limited success imran khan has ever or such i phone is from the world health organization he says getting access to people who live in dangerous areas is a priority so i think it's important for everybody to understand that we need to have access to or areas where we need to get ition so far where you have contact and cases you have access to this on but we are not getting away from that area where you have groups so support the ability to make sure that we can have actually the population to get good i want to have an early suspected case you can have it is the red zone important for the response welcome to engagement is important for. the population first of prevention because preventi