for the third time in a month in a boat a treatment center in the democratic republic of congo has been attacked medical teams are trying to control the latest outbreak of the virus which is already killed more than five hundred people in the east of the country barbara reports. soldiers dragged a suspected attacker through the forest close to the temporary bella center in the democratic republic of congo is one of several men said to have fired shots into the buildings where medical teams battling to contain the spread of ribera after finding myself a barrier to what i was washing glasses when i heard bullets i wondered what's going on one of our colleagues who was busy burning but garbage began shouting but the attackers were already entering the treatment center from the main entrance. it's less than a week since the potential center reopened after it was attacked in february is said north kivu province source of the republic's latest to beller outbreak of saturday's attack came just hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization. who. dozens of on groups are repor

people arriving from the neighboring democratic republic of congo are screened for ebola at fives like this one in the center of a people arriving from uganda which is also considered a high risk country are also screened but others are getting through without screening because of challenges at the border. agency say between fifty and one hundred people are arriving in south sudan every day but not all crossing points have screening sites and not all screening sites are easily accessible which is raising fears about the potential spread of the disease where the screening sites they're located between the border areas between the r.c. in south sudan in uganda and south sudan they are extremely hard to reach due to complex security situation and extremely poor infrastructure so these two are the major challenge that we face in terms of. gaining access and maintaining access for continued. prevention and prepared. the beauties the authorities in a state they're trying to raise awareness to make it easier for people to get screened we have been advocating so much for people particularly th

people arriving from the neighboring democratic republic of congo are screened for ebola at fives like this one in the center of a people arriving from uganda which is also considered high risk country are also screened but others are getting through without screening because of challenges at the border. agency say between fifty and one hundred people are arriving in south sudan every day but not all crossing points have screening sites and not all screening sites are easily accessible which is raising fears about the potential spread of the disease at a screening site there located between the border areas between the r.c. in south sudan and uganda and south sudan they are extremely hard to reach due to complex security situation and extremely poor infrastructure so these two are the major challenge that we face in terms of stepping up. gaining access and maintaining access for continued. prevention and preparedness activities the authorities in a say they're trying to raise awareness to make it easier for people to get screened we have been advocating so much for people but. to make

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doctors without borders has suspended the bone of treatment in parts of democratic republic of congo of the two medical centers were attacked now there are concerns the disease will spread to neighboring countries including. hundreds of people have died in the bone and they are seasoned oberst al-jazeera morgan has more from the town of yeah in south sudan close to the congolese border. it's taken almost four days to make it to south sudan from a refugee camp across the border in the democratic republic of congo but before she can return to the home she left more than a year ago health workers have to check to make sure she doesn't have the ebola virus. i heard there was an abode outbreak and that it kills i also heard that if one person is infected in the family everyone else can get it too and i've seen the pictures of those who died from about and i was afraid that me and my children got infected so i took them and i returned to south sudan. because an outbreak first declared last august is the worst in the republic's history more than five hundred people have died and a further th

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was here at the end we'll tell you why efforts to contain the a bone the virus and the democratic republic of congo are under threat once again. and we're asking how count protection. undermining the rule of more in india. hello there we've got some heavy rain working its way across parts of japan at the moment so thanks to this weather system here is pushing its way across us at the moment giving some heavy rain and gradually turning wintery as we head through the next few days so monday looking pretty wet then fifteen degrees is the maximum in tokyo wet and windy for us and then the system pushes its way northward turning to snow is it does say for many of us in hokkaido we're going to see snow towards the west and there's more in the way of drawing weather to be found to pyongyang will get to around six degrees and forcing beijing maximum will be around eleven a bit further towards the south of the many of us in the southeastern parts of china there is plenty of fine drawing weather to be found the area of rain is to the south of us and that flipping its way further southwards as we head through

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laura: at least 560 people h ae di close to 900 have been infected by ebola in the democratic republic of congoountry in the world has more experience dealing with the virus, but the latest outbreak has proven difficult to control. tonight seniororrespondent anne soy starts a series of reports looking at conditions that made the infection spread so quick. anne: ebola t this village hard. this family lost 10 members in a matter of weeks. but rochelle and her sister survived. she tells me they were all in denial when the outbre started. >> we opened the body bag and performed rituals on my mother's body. the medics warned us against it. they said she had died from ebola, but we refused to believm we told them she died from food poisoning. then they tried to get us to get vaccinated, but we refused. anne: this has been a major test for the democratic republic of congo. ioit is dealt with nine pr outbreaks, mostly in villages in the west where it was easily contained. in a country as big as western europe but wh poor infrastructure, few knew about ebola in the east. that is why health facilities be

when we come back on and easy to another attack on an ebola treatment center in the democratic republic of congo. and found a u.s. security contractor tells agassi a he did meet with donald trump's campaign but that's not what he told congress. fellows a lot of rain and snow you sure are to rob a moment under these this developing storm system is going to head in this general direction go through iran towards afghanistan nothing like as vicious as the last one but it will bring rain and snow progressive leaser afghanistan pakistan that move for the northwest leaving behind it caught with a city in tehran a bit of a breeze developing for the event down towards the gulf you'll notice for the consistent directions were more or less north northwesterly to study hard teens the most part going to be warm and sunny here in northern syria and in turkey slightly better in baghdad as well the breeze already picked up down through the gulf is not swelling gotta stop particular dusty the moment it could become sars injuring sunday nekesa chamish is rather a low to middle twenty's the converse breeze means i

another ebola treatment center comes under attack in the democratic republic of congo. and progress but at what cost we report from kenya where the construction of a transport corridor has upset indigenous communities. a large parts of the venezuelan capital into their third day without electricity as a political power struggle intensifies on the streets they have been rival demonstrations just a few blocks apart in caracas president nicolas maduro rallied crowds against what he called the u.s. imperialism as supporters of opposition leader one wideout pushed their protests into a new part of the city that i suppose is there. it was a protest to win territory in the capital caracas thousands responded to opposition leader why those call to take over victoria avenue in. an area that's been off limits for the opposition because it has been traditionally controlled by supporters of the widow. and fredo to me was among those trying to convince the police to join in the protest i we want them to join us because we are the people not the government we are the majority right no

still ahead and i'll just zero the new president of the democratic republic of congo take steps towards fulfilling a q election promise. and we're still seeing a fair amount of snow in parts of canada in the east the snow just keeps on coming and that's what we'll see if we head through the next few days for the south we still got this trading leg of cloud as well so it's still warm force in miami they're still rather cool in atlanta with the top temperature just a fourteen degrees this area of cloud isn't doing a great deal they were not seeing a great deal of wet weather until we get to choose day then we'll see it begin to pick up over parts of florida elsewhere across many parts of north america the weather's quite quiet we just have this little system is edging its way east as a bring us and little bit of snow towards the south and there's that weather feature that was over the southern parts of the u.s. and you can see it's also affecting us in parts of mexico so some wet weather here but away from that it's not actually fine enjoy just perhaps a handful of showers as you head dow

still ahead on al-jazeera the new president of the democratic republic of congo takes steps towards fulfilling a key election promise. hello there were lots of wet weather over parts of the middle east at the moment for take a look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud making its way through parts of turkey through parts of iraq and into iran where it's giving us a lot of snow and a fair amount of rain as well that system will then work its way eastwards as we head through into monday and for parts of afghanistan we're expecting maybe up to fifty centimeters of snow from this system so that would cause a fair amount of disruption that system only slowly edges its way northward as we head through the day on choose say to the south of all of that is looking a lot quieter for many of us here will get to around twenty four degrees and here in doha we should be back to business as usual as well as some of the dust should have cleared the winds will be firing down from the northwest twenty five degrees will be our maximum temperature on monday and no massive change as we head into tuesday fu

the first of the political prisoners pardoned by the democratic republic of congo's new president have been released from jail and it's just a kiddie promised about seven hundred prisoners most of whom were jailed under the previous regime will be free to join his first one hundred days in office at lopez although young reports was frank dion go spent two and a half years in kinshasa essential things that was he is one of three prominent opposition leaders released from jail after being pardoned by democratic republic of congo's president says she katie who was elected in december was that was i'm very happy to see my brother released from jail i don't know how to express all the emotions finally my brother is free human rights lawyer firming young combi was also released he'd been sentenced to twenty years in prison in two thousand and nine on charges of being a threat to national security. an additional seven hundred political prisoners have also been pardoned by dishy candy most were arrested for speaking out against former president joseph kabila during his eighteen hears in office

al-jazeera then we'll tell you why efforts to contain the abode of virus in the democratic republic of democratic republic of congo are once again under threat. heller march is infamous for its strong winds certainly in northern europe and they have been strong but so far they've been mars with the wind directions change to a northwest in which means things are getting cold rule is clouds which bring some rain with it increasingly bring snow look at the north not for example overnight and the picture for sunday is one of still fairly windy weather temperatures drops down below the teens the most part watches your excess teen for sunday gets much colder we're right in spain and portugal twenty three madrid but the north coast will be windy and still warm in the bottom right hand corner but to me here i said watches iraq there's the snow that really shows itself on monday xerox max is now five the snow likely no ground in germany as well and the temperatures now low single figures stuck and gone below freezing ankara's all right bill crystal a little bit cooler at seventy and madrid were you down to ninety but it's

drag a suspected attacker through the forest close to the temporary bella center in the democratic republic of congo has one of several men said to have fired shots into the buildings where medical teams abass linked to contain the spread of an alphabet by the month of the action but i was washing glasses when i heard bullets i wondered what's going on one of our colleagues who was busy burning the garbage began shouting but the attackers were already entering the treatment center from the main entrance. it's less than a week since the but ten percent to reopened after it was attacked in february is said north kivu province so so there were publics latest to beller outbreak. saturday's attack came just hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization. this is. the. room. with. dozens of groups are reported to be operating amused to conquer some allow health workers to deliver vaccinates and track people infected with hiv. but others are hostile to outsiders. some aid agencies have criticized the military's response to threats they say intimidation and violence is making it more diff

london including a medical charity criticizes the response to the a boner outbreak in democratic republic of congo as the death rate continues to rise. of portugal seems to be the only e.u. country willing to take in more refugees getting them to stay those proving tricky . and fifa set a date to discuss formally expanding the twenty two twenty twenty two world cup in qatar to forty eight teams will have more in sport. disgraced french cardinal for you as he will offer his resignation to the pope after a judge and found him guilty of failing to report child sex abuse to the authorities the case is shedding light on the catholic church's declining influence in france as well. from his diocese in the city of french cardinal philip announced his resignation this year. i have decided to go and see the holy father to tender my resignation he will receive me in a few days. it was an unexpected twist often already dramatic morning in court in his absence a judge from the cardinal guilty of failing to report child sex abuse to authorities giving him a six month suspended prison sentence bob barr had known

now a treatment center for a bowl of victims an east and democratic republic of congo has been attacked for the third time in a month the clinic was targeted hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization with some colleagues blamed foreign aide workers for spreading the virus. reports. soldiers drag a suspected attacker through the forest close to the temporary burleson and democratic republic of congo is one of several men said to have fired shots into the buildings where medical teams battling to contain the spread of it after finding myself reaction while i was washing glasses when i heard bullets i wondered what's going on one of our colleagues who was busy burning big garbage began shouting but the attackers were already entering the treatment center from the main entrance. it's less than a week since the potential center reopened after it was attacked in february is said north kivu province source of the republic's latest to beller outbreak saturday's attack came just hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization. dozens of on groups are rep

without borders says a more humane response is needed to end the a better epidemic in the democratic republic of congo it says not enough has been done to gain the trust of local communities even aid workers and increasing target of violence it covers the head of the world health organization is visiting the country to get an update on the outbreak and actually o'brien reports. wearing protective suits they wash down with chlorine making sure every particle of the highly contagious virus is destroyed but doctors without borders says efforts to contain a working and instead have led to his still iffy end violence against the people who are trying to help the existing atmosphere can only be described as toxic it shows how the response has failed to listen and act on the needs of those most affected dr joanne lee who was in the democratic republic of congo last week when two treatment centers were burned down it forced the charity to suspend its operations at the a.p. center of the outbreak this region seeing decades of and raced as armed groups of ifa territory and resources and doctor looses the involv

why efforts to contain the bowl of virus in the democratic republic of congo are under threat once again. and in sports writers struggle to get to grips with conditions ahead of the first race of the new russian g.p. season. toilers military government is accused abuse. repressive pulls to silence critics. but a new brigade of offices is fighting back one o one a snake's thailand's rebel losses. zero. al-jazeera where ever you. went online. to the leadership for them we've not got this or if you join us on the set all of us have been colonized in some form or some fashion based is a dialogue we are talking about a legal front and you have seen what it can do to somebody just people using multiple drugs including a funnel and some people are seeking it out everyone has a voice from the posse or twitter and you could be on the street and join the global conversation on how does iraq. good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news our top story the plane crash in ethiopia has killed one hundred fifty seven passengers and crew onboard the an airline's jet was fine from. kenya that is the se

the first of the political prisoners pardoned by the democratic republic of congo's new president have been released from jail for leaks the security promised about seven hundred prisoners most of them jailed under the previous regime would be freed during his first one hundred days in office catching up as what i can report. i frankly ongo spent two and a half years in kinshasa central prison i he is one of three prominent opposition leaders released from jail after being pardoned by democratic republic of congo's president félix tisha katie who was elected in december oh oh i'm very happy to see my brother released from jail i don't know how to express all the emotion it's finally my brother is free human rights lawyer firmin young combi was also released he'd been sentenced to twenty years in prison in two thousand and nine and charge is a being a threat to national security. an additional seven hundred political prisoners have also been pardoned by dishy candy most were arrested for speaking out against former president joseph kabila during his eighteen hears in office. it's a joy

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there has been a third attack on an ebola treatment center in democratic republic of congo hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization armed fighters targeted a facility in pretend b. which was attacked last month the assaults on the facilities have made it even harder to contain the virus which has now killed five hundred seventy eight people since august students have been protesting in sudan's capital khartoum despite a state of emergency there they're angry with the government for detaining protesters in the demonstrations which of going on since december on friday president obama she ordered the release of all female protesters officials say thirty one people have died in protest related violence so far but human rights watch puts that number at fifty one. now with yet another crucial brigs of votes ahead millions of u.k. citizens in other european countries will again be watching closely portugal for example one of the most attractive destinations for britain this as lawrence li reports the lack of clarity from london has begun to take its toll on businesses

the number of cases of ebola in the democratic republic of congo since the latest outbreak began in august has now passed a thousand and alarmingly new research finds that a quarter of people interviewed in the east of the country don't even believe the virus israel. has more more than six hundred people have been reported dead from the boehner virus in the democratic republic of congo since the outbreak was declared seven months ago in the north eastern provinces of north kivu and turkey it makes it the second worst outbreak since the virus was first discovered in one thousand nine hundred seventy six in the d.r. c. and sudan the virus is thought to be transmitted to people from wild animals it spreads between humans through direct contact with blood and body fluids the worst outbreak was five years ago when it spread through five west african countries and across into the u.k. spain and the u.s. eleven thousand people died it prompted global health organizations to fast track an experimental vaccine and five experimental drugs which are being given with informed consent violence in easte

ebola cases are in the democratic republic of congo but many people there don't believe the virus is actually real. and in sports the dream job manchester united confirmed their permanent manager. the pressure on algeria as president to step down continues to mount many as some members of the opposition say they want more than a bloods he's beautiful because resignation they're demanding the removal of the entire old regime which includes the army chief and he suggested a constitutional measure to remove the president on medical grounds and that proposal was backed up by the ruling f.l.n. party own weapons say russia has more from neighboring tunisia. president abdelaziz bouteflika is practically left alone the mother of the presidential palace has been abandoned by the army by his own party the national liberation front by some heavy tea our lives like the former prime minister ahmed here by big trade union and more key figures are now think it's about time to remove the president and appoint a replacement however the opposition and the protestors are of the view that trigger trigge

people arriving from the neighboring democratic republic of congo are screened for ebola at fives like this one in the center of a people arriving from uganda which is also considered high risk country are also screened but others are getting through without screening because of challenges at the border. agency say between fifty and one hundred people are arriving in south sudan every day but not all crossing points have screening sites and not all screening sites are easily accessible which is raising fears about the potential spread of the disease border screening sites are located between the border areas between the r.c. in south sudan and uganda and south sudan they are a extremely hard to reach due to complex security situation and extremely poor infrastructure so these two are the major challenge that we face in terms of. gaining access and maintaining access for continued. prevention and preparedness activities the authorities in a say they're trying to raise awareness to make it easier for people to get screened we have been advocating so much for people. to make sure that the

laura: the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is the most complex yet, five years aftered global attention,illing thousands of people in west africa. the outbreak in the drc is ongoing. an armed conflict is making the responseifficult. more than 500 people have died and 800 have been infected with ebola since august. b the second of a series of special reports, t's senior africa correspondent anne soy looks at how insecurity is hampering efforts to bring the outbreak under control. anne: the morning after an attack, a sight all too common in this region.ni people were killed in this village overnight. we are told some children were kidnapped. this family lost a breadwinner. >> left a little child. over there, a mother died with her four children. her husband is in the military. she engaged the attackerin a gunfight, but there was no backup. when her bullets ran out, they killed her. anne: by the time we arrived, health workers had already taken the bodies away every death now has to be investigated, d all parties -- all bodies tested for ebola. it is meant to keep the co

a freight train has derailed in the democratic republic of congo killing stowaways who were hitching a ride at least thirty five mostly children died in custody province police expect the casualty count to rise as bodies are found in wagons which i haven't had. the first of the political prisoners pardoned by the democratic republic of congo's new president to be released from jail fairly she katie have promised about seven hundred prisoners will be freed during his first one hundred days in office. lopez has his report was frank dion go spend two and a half years in kinshasa essential prison was he is one of three prominent opposition leaders released from jail after being pardoned by democratic republic of congo's president félix tisha katie who was elected in december was i'm very happy to see my brother released from jail i don't know how to express all the emotion it's finally my brother is free human rights lawyer firming young combi was also released he'd been sentenced to twenty years in prison in two thousand and nine on charges of being a threat to national security. an add

laura: ron christie, thank you for joining us. .ron: good to see y laura: doctors in the democratic republic of congoacing tob contain the ak of ebola and are trying out experimental drugs in the battle.s the new medicive not been approved by regulators but they are being used to save lives. in the last of her series of reports, the bbc's senior africa oocorrespondent anne soy l at improvements in the care of ebola patients during this outbreak. anneea source of so much prid for this doctor and a milestone in the fight ainst ebola. until now, the survival rate of expectant mothers infected with ebola and their babies had een almost zero. this is the baby, just a fewda old, and her mother. this is arguably a miracle baby. that is because she can't -- caught ebola when e was pregnant and she was into isolation so she could have the baby there because nobody would have been sure if the baby would have contracted ebola. a two days later, the baby was test and is ebola-free. hello, baby. a refltion of how the levelof care has i doctor first treated ebola patients. >> ebola treatment centers are becoming m

state of emergency there's been a third attack on a boat a treatment center in the eastern democratic republic of congo hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization armed fighters targeted a facility in the temby which was attacked last month one police officer was killed . the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have been delayed and their final assault on the village of last enclave in syria they say they are expecting more civilians to be evacuated from the area and a new satellite images are showing increased activity around a facility where north korea assembled most of its ballistic missiles pictures taken over two weeks showed a flurry of vehicle and train activity which has now died down suggesting items have been transported elsewhere well that brings you up to date with the top stories i'll have more on everything we're covering in the news hour that's in twenty five minutes time after the second half of al-jazeera world. was both the name of a band leader in mid nineteenth century egypt and of his band which became so popular it gave birth to an entire john row of stree

and the toxic environment in the democratic republic of congo two attacks in less than a week on clinic serving patients suffering from ebola health workers say they're also facing resistance and mistrust from people there. and the arrest of an activist in egypt sparking outrage online i made them homage to a tester in the show using the hash tag. along with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and dot com good to have you with us on this friday now large crowds have gathered to welcome back an indian pilot who was captured by pakistan these are live pictures you're looking at right now of the border where the handover is expected to take place it comes off to india and pakistan said they shot down each of those fighter jets. in the disputed kashmir region on wednesday pakistan's prime minister imran khan says the release is a gesture of peace we'll go to imran khan in pakistan administered kashmir shortly but first let's go to so hill raman who joins us from new delhi so hello a lot of anticipation there obviously on this imminent release but as

any agency doctors without borders suspended bona treatment in parts of democratic republic of congo the two medical centers were attacked now the reckons the disease will spread to neighboring countries including south sudan hundreds of people have died from a boat in d.r. seasons august of two zero zero morgan has more than the town of yeah. close to the congolese border. it's taken almost four days to make it to south sudan from a refugee camp across the border in the democratic republic of congo but before she can return to the home she left more than a year ago health workers have to check to make sure she doesn't have the ebola virus. i heard there was an abode outbreak and that it kills i also heard that if one person is infected in the family everyone else can get it to you i've seen the pictures of those who died from about and i was afraid that me and my children got infected so i took them and i returned to south sudan. because outbreak first declared last august is the worst in the republic's history more than five hundred people have died and a further three hundred have

our senior africa correspondent anne soy is in the democratic republic of the congo, in the town of benishe sent this report. the morning after an attack, aside all too common in this region. —— a sight. nine people were killed in this village overnight. we are told some children were kidnapped. this family some children were kidnapped. this fa m ily lost some children were kidnapped. this family lost a breadwinner. he has left little child. over there, mother died with herfour left little child. over there, mother died with her four children. her husband is in the military. she engage the attack is in a gun fight there was no backup. when her bullets ran out, they killed her. either time we arrived, health workers had already taken bodies away. every death now has to be investigated, and all bodies tested for ebola. it is meant to keep the committee safe, but in this village, it has only infuriated the mourners. we do not understand what this a bowler is, we can bury the bodies of people ourselves. -- ebola. frequent attacks have left them unable to trust anyone, p stevens or ebola team

the number of cases of ebola in the democratic republic of congo since the latest outbreak began in august has there passed a thousand it comes as new research finds that a quarter of people interviewed in the east of the country do not even believe that the virus is real. quick has war more than six hundred people have been reported dead from the boehner virus in the democratic republic of congo since the outbreak was declared seven months ago in the north eastern provinces of north kivu and it makes it the second worst outbreak since the virus was first discovered in one thousand nine hundred seventy six in the d.r. c. and sudan the virus is fought to be transmitted to people for wild animals it spreads between humans through direct contact with blood and body fluids the worst outbreak was five years ago when it spread through five west african countries and across into the u.k. spain and the u.s. eleven thousand people died it prompted global health organizations to fast track an experimental vaccine and five experimental drugs which are being given with informed consent violence in eas

a report from the democratic republic of congo, which is struggling to cope with the worst outbreak ofla in its history. and in champions league action tonight, tottenham make it through to the quarterfinals, but the holders real madrid go out. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... england claim the early wicket of danger man chris gayle at the start of the first match in t20 international series against the west indies in st lucia. good evening. we start tonight with the rise in knife crime, and the assertion by the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick that there is "some link", with the fall in numbers of police officers. the commissioner was speaking a day after the prime minister insisted there was "no direct correlation". the number of young people under the age of 17 who have been victims of knife crime in england has nearly doubled since 2016, according to the latest figures. our home editor mark easton has more details. a youth in a balaclava with a knife. the video of this incident in lancashire yesterday quickly went viral on social media. no one was seriously h

people arriving from the neighboring democratic republic of congo are screened for ebola at fives like this one in the center of a people arriving from uganda which is also considered high risk country are also screened but others are getting through without screening because of challenges at the border. agency say between fifty and one hundred people are arriving in south sudan every day but not all crossing points have screening sites and not all screening sites are easily accessible which is raising fears about the potential spread of the disease the screening site there located between the border areas between the r.c. in south sudan and uganda and south sudan they are extremely hard to reach due to complex security situation and extremely poor infrastructure so these two are the major challenge that we face in terms of. gaining access and maintaining access for continued. prevention and preparedness activities the authorities in a say they are trying to raise awareness to make it easier for people to get screened we have been advocating so much for people but you can. see to make

in the democratic republic of congo last week went to treatment centers were burned down it forced the charity to suspend its operations at the peace into the outbreak this region seeing decades of and raced as armed groups of five for territory and resources and doctor looses the involvement of security personnel is alienating patients and their families. more than forty percent of the there are right now up in the taking place in the community that means that we have not reached them and they are not sought our care these are vast amounts of money pouring in but they don't see where it ends up. this hear the constant advice to wash their hands but nothing about the lack of soap and water ebola has killed more than five hundred sixty people here since august and robbed these communities of their right to vote in last december's presidential ballot the election commission said the virus made it too dangerous for voting to go ahead. the chief of the world health organization is in town to assess the response. over a year he agrees community ownership is needed to end the epidemic we're

another blow in the fight to contain the a bowl epidemic in the democratic republic of congo. hello again welcome back we're here cross the western part of knight states we have been talking about the rain as well as the flooding going on across parts of central and northern california now the good news is that storm is making its way towards the east and we're going to be seeing much better weather across much of the west coast so here's your forecast on friday a lot of that flooded area just to the north of san francisco partly cloudy conditions here on friday unfortunately as we go towards saturday we do have another weather system coming in out of the pacific now most of the rain will be towards central and southern parts of california but they're flooded area could as well see some more rain as we go towards saturday night and into sunday here towards easter we're looking a better conditions for new york with a temperature of about four degrees for you there across much of the caribbean it is going to be clear or dry partly cloudy conditions across much of the area what we

the number of cases of ebola in the democratic republic of congo since the latest outbreak began in augusthas now passed a thousand new research found that a quarter of people interviewed in the east of the country don't even believe the virus israel. has more more than six hundred people have been reported dead from the boehner virus in the democratic republic of congo since the outbreak was declared seven months ago in the north eastern provinces of north kivu and it makes it the second worst outbreak since the virus was first discovered in one thousand nine hundred seventy six in the days and sudan the virus is thought to be transmitted to people from wild animals it spreads between humans through direct contact with blood and body fluids the worst outbreak was five years ago when it spread through five west african countries and across into the u.k. spain and the u.s. eleven thousand people died. it prompted global health organizations to fast track an experimental vaccine and five experimental drugs which are being given with informed consent violence in east india has hundred efforts

as being a third attack on an ebola abode a treatment center in the eastern democratic republic of congo hours before a visit by the head of the world health organization. again targeted a facility and which had just reopened after being attacked last month one police officer was killed and one suspect captured the attacks have made it even harder to contain the virus which has now killed five hundred seventy eight people since august aid workers have been facing challenges such as mistrust from some locals in the communities which have been worst hit by the outbreak over you more on our top stories a little bit later on coming up next it's al-jazeera wild. possible is a style of brass band music in egypt dating back more than one hundred fifty years . it uses brass and percussion and started as military music in the nineteenth century but developed into an entire johner that was extremely popular until the one nine hundred sixty s. . it was started by mohammad who played the clarinet in a royal military band at the time of our best and the diva of egypt while it was under outmaneuver in

to listen and act on the needs of those most affected dr who has just returned from the democratic republic of congo where she saw firsthand the challenges i'd workers are facing last week the charity suspended its operations at the center of the outbreak after two treatment centers were burned down they've been thirty incidents or attacks against the a response in eastern congo in the past month alone this region seen decades of on raced as armed groups of territory and resources dr uses the involvement of security personnel as alienating patients and their families the communities are not the enemy it dollar is a common enemy. the use of security forces in full is only deepens the suspicion of those who feel that it has been used as a political tool. ebola has killed more than five hundred sixty people here and also robbed these communities of their right to vote in last december's presidential ballot the election commission said the virus made it too dangerous for voting to go or he'd more than forty percent of the diff are right now up in the digging place in the community that means that we hav

so add on al-jazeera another blow in the fight to contain the ball epidemic and they democratic republic of congo. an american businessman behind bars the question over the part of russia's president as played in the case. hello there's a particular area in indonesia it would seem to be attracting all the big shots and not so much soloway sea but western java sudden sumatra southwest m w yeah that's what the satellite picture shows is the big white top clouds and that's reflected in the forecast so if you're in singapore well kael is probably fine humid cloudy but not necessarily wet and it should be hot sunshine in most of thailand that's correct this time the same is true for most of the philippines this is the area to watch the big shot jakarta included potential flooding once more in java and the area does extend towards sulawesi come sunday it doesn't go much further again much frustrated it's a little bit too dry in the top and in particular where it should be wet the cloud is spreading through the bite isn't having any effect over the land that's currently hot again adelaide's up to forty