the 2nd largest a bone outbreak in the world has killed nearly 2000 people in the democratic republic of congo in just a year now 2 out of 4 new abode vaccinations being tested are proving so effective they're being given to all patients in d.r. c on tuesday 2 people were given the all clear and released from a treatment center in goma officials with the world health organization which has been coordinating the trials hopes this will stem the spread of the disease but the timing of the treatment is vital those who received treatment early so within the 1st 3 days. the mortality rate with a good general on. may be was around 10 percent comparison to those patients who got treatment late mortality rate for those due to drugs are 60 or respectively 66 percent so should the friends whether you receive treatment in the 1st 3 days or late the vaccinations work by attacking the bone a virus with antibodies and neutralizing its impact on human cells they were developed using cells harvested from ebola survivors ebola has killed at least 13000 people since 2013 but scientists say they're getting close

how would these children taken from their parents in the democratic republic of congo's and how did they even lead up in belgium. well we've discovered that they were at least 2 ways of off taking just kids 1st some kind of. holiday some on a holiday that the holiday that they kind of fixed for gets going from game another north of kabul to kinshasa there was one way parents for eager to send their kids on this holiday because it was one time in one chance in life time that was one thing and 2nd way of getting these kids in the orphanage for spring kidnapping going on the road with a bicycle or with a with a motorbike i'm sorry. the kids that orphanage needed right at could and some of the families that you you visited in the democratic of a republic of congo excuse me these people have for the last 3 years if i'm not mistaken been under the impression that their children have died and so you pitched up and told them that their children were alive i mean just tell us about that moment when you broke this news today and what they've been going through over the last few he is. well they at

in goma in the east of the democratic republic of congo's so-called. the king of the road the homemade wooden skate has helped transport goods around the city at breakneck speed and some of their drivers have become local heroes. there are many ways to transport heavy loads. and this one in the government and the democratic republic of congo is unique put powered scooters made of wood their culture could use and they can use to carry everything imaginable. for years eastern congo has been wrecked by war. peacekeepers from the united nations with their distinctive blue helmets on the ground they don't need to could use to get around but scooters painted in the un kindness can be found this one's own public feed clothe giovanni he and his 2 could do are a familiar sight across the city not bothering about how much you could do like this because the area i travel through is home to many rich people from the u.n. a mugger you know. he makes a roll of not transporting objects that might make his brilliant scooter dirty but his work is the same as it is for a

alone down jordan dissolved 0 live from doha also coming up a bono warning the democratic republic of congo's told the crisis could last for 2 or 3 more years. the u.s. sanctions on russia over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. last year. and protests in south korea after japan moves to restrict trade relations as part of a growing dispute. syria's government on the opposition that agree that a ceasefire the last rebel held province of idlib has been announced during the 13th round of the so-called us dollar talks in kazakhstan the opposition says it has already pulled out its heavy weapons under the such agreement which it accuses the government and its allies of breaking but the opposition insists it will abide by the cease fire as long as a government doesn't violate it. we withdrew the heavy weapons following the sochi agreement but the regime violated. disagreement and took advantage of the withdrawal so they can launch their cunning criminal attacks if the regime commits to the cease fire we will commit on our and there will not be any need to talk abou

health organization stephanie decker is in the rwandan city of just on the border with the democratic republic of congo. everyone is on edge this boarded. art is making sure these people join the queue. no one can come in to wander from the democratic republic of congo without a health check but monitoring so many people is a challenge temperatures are taken hands are washed people are scared. is killing badly this lady tells us. you stop bleeding in your head you get a fever and a cough that's why they tell you to wash your hands you know what firebird out yes i fear burleigh blood comes from were head to our eyes and mouth and from everywhere in your body it makes me afraid so i wash my hunt. for people who are diagnosed with the bowler in the border city of goma over the last few weeks it's escalated concern here in rwanda because the highly infectious disease has never come so close we are on the border between iran and the democratic republic of congo this is goma and just a few meters really right next door is the seine rwanda so this shows you just how close the 2 cities are and the problem is t

in goma in the east of the democratic republic of congo's so-called. the king of the road the homemade wooden skate has helped transport goods around the city at breakneck speed and some of their drivers have become local heroes. there are many ways to transport heavy loads. and this one in the government and the democratic republic of congo is unique but powered scooters made of wood their culture could use and they can used to carry everything imaginable. for years eastern congo has been wrecked by war. peacekeepers from the united nations with their distinctive blue helmets on the ground they don't need to could use to get around but scooters painted in the un come this can be found this one's own paluxy glowed giovanni he and his 2 could you are a familiar sight across the city not going away at all much ado like this because the area i travel through is home to many rich people from the u.n. a mugger you know. he makes a roll of not transporting objects that might make his brilliance dirty but his work is the same as it is for all other to put in t

in goma in the east of the democratic republic of congo's so-called. king off the road the homemade wooden scritches how transport goods around the city at breakneck speed and some of the drivers of local heroes. there are many ways to transport. this one in the democratic republic of congo is unique. power made of wood. and they used to carry everything.

collapse of a cease fire after only 4 days preventative action at the border with the democratic republic of congo as rwanda sends doctors to treat a bowl of patients on the other side. hello thank you for joining us the crisis in kashmir could explode into an all out war that's the warning by pakistan's prime minister who has condemned india for stripping the region of its statehood and revoking special rights granted to its citizens kashmir is split between india and pakistan of though both sides claim the entire territory as their own streets are empty and shops are shot on both sides of the cease fire line that divides the region as tensions rise between the nuclear rivals will some of been divided begins our coverage of. in pakistani administered kashmir. our fight will continue that's the message from these protesters in was in pakistan administered kashmir if you 100 gathered to watch their anger against the indian government's decision to abolish its special status of kashmir the himalayan region disputed the pakistan i met you i know this is. my appeal to the united nations to resolve thi

now the drugs will be useded to treat ebola patients in the democratic republic of congo, where they sease has claimed more than 1800 livives in the lt year. valerie bouquet of reports. valerie: it t is a major breakthrough in the e fight againstt ebola. that new drugs with the hope treatment is possible. significantly improving survival rates among patients. accordrding to preliminary results, about 30% of patients taking one of the two drugs die. if administered early come of the survival rate is at times 91%. among people who receive no caret all, 75% die, following a successful trial, the drugs without be used by all patients in the drc. they were developed by u.s. scientists by attacking the virus with antibodies that were harvested from ebola survivors. the world health organization has hailed the trial's success, stressing, however, ththat the drugs will not be enough to bring an end to the academic. vaccines remain the most it radically to do the virus. more than 1800 people have died in the democratic republic of congo since the outbreak began in august of last year. authorit

this was part of the democratic republic of congo has been plagued by violence for more than 2 decades. a total of half a 1000000 women have been raped. and large numbers of women have been kidnapped and never seen again. that's when i thought about the frog into the house and stole everything and they were out of control i screamed please don't kill my children. and they asked where the children's father was around. and i told them he's not here. but they ordered me to find him and bring him over right away i mean some of them raised their knives and threatened to stab me. they pointed their guns at us. they grabbed me in the middle of the night tied me up and threw me out signed on they were yelling the whole time. they got their knives out and trying to kill me i thought they would kill me i didn't say anything. i just kept crying. we've been. around they came into the house and asked whether i knew where to find some young girls i refused to tell them. so they beat me up one of them punched me in the eye and someone said they should kill me but another one said that they were going

news coming to you live from berlin sounding the alarm over the spread of ebola in the democratic republic of congo confusion at the border with rwanda as authorities try to stop crossings after another death in the city of goma fears from an epidemic are growing also coming up the u.s. said to abandon a key cold war arms control treaty why the end of the intermediate range nuclear forces agreement raises concerns about a new global arms race. uses a rally to push his aggressive china trade policy but the u.s. president stopped short of doubling down on racist attacks on the democrats. hope singer adding a touch of glamour to the hong kong pro-democracy protests how denise ho is putting her own career at risk with her outspoken attacks on china. hello i'm terry marchin good to have you with us here's a growing of an escalation in the a bold break in the democratic republic of congo the wife and child of a man who died earlier this week have been confirmed as new cases of the infection authorities are most. turned about and knew it boulder cases in go this is a city of 2000000 people directly on the

step closer to curing the ball a virus that's after a successful clinical trial and the democratic republic of congo where the latest outbreak has killed 1800 people in the past year. reports. the 2nd largest abode outbreak in the world has killed nearly 2000 people in the democratic republic of congo in just a year now 2 out of 4 new abode vaccinations being tested are proving so effective they're being given to all patients in d.r. c. on tuesday 2 people were given the all clear and released from a treatment center in goma officials with the world health organization which has been coordinating the trials hopes this will stem the spread of the disease but the timing of the treatment is vital those who received treatment early so within the 1st 3 days. the mortality rate with a good general on. may be was around 10 percent comparison to those patients who got treatment late mortality rate for those due to drugs are 60 or respectively 66 percent so should the friends whether you receive treatment in the 1st 3 days or late vaccinations work by attacking the bone a virus with antibodies and neutralizi

for wonder has reopened its western border with democratic republic of congo after briefly closing it to prevent the latest people outbreak from spreading to more cases have been reported in the border city of goma the one year old child and the wife of the man who died of ebola on wednesday catherine soy has more details. on a normal morning this main border crossing between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda is busy with people going back and forth 15000 people use this crossing daily as families visit relatives and traders stick their goods to the market millions of dollars a maid in buda treat every year but for a few hours on thursday the barriers were closed the rundown government wanted to evaluate the situation in the congolese city of goma. but we haven't. crossed over yesterday and we didn't have any problems we bought a large quantity of corn but this morning we came back to get our goods and before bidders from crossing into the customs office was not working. because. health workers in goma say they are well prepared and are continuing to trace people who could h

invalid are investigating an orphanage for abducting and trafficking children from the democratic republic of congo the children are said to have been taken to belgium and adopted by families who were told that they will often now would have made it is that the parents of those children one of them you see behind me are alive and never gave up their children to belgian journalists uncover the scandal in the village of given 800 kilometers north of the capital kinshasa they found the biological parents of some of the children. my guest today is one of the 2 journalists that uncovered the scandal could specialize joins me now from a studio in the belgian brussels welcome to the african kids how would these children taken from their parents in the democratic republic of congo and how did they then you end up in belgium. well we've discovered that there were at least 2 ways of off taking just kids 1st some kind of. holiday some of the holiday that the holiday that they kind of fixed for gets going from game another north of kabul to kinshasa that was one way barron's for eager to send their kids on thi

that he more still ahead here including the democratic republic of congo says that only about half of a burger cases in the country have been identified as it struggles to contain relations sound right. we've still got plenty of showers into central and southeastern parts of europe at the moment just falling outs of the pushing across northern parts of the balkans and rolling down towards the black sea some big downpours certainly a possibility here as we go on through the next couple days lot of dry weather to the east as that lovely weather down to the south. uphills northwest i'm afraid we do have some more wet weather in the full cost as little possible england brace for example where we have flooding concerns with that dam very precarious situation here sunday does bring the chance of showers rolling back in wet and windy weather coming in across the british isles and as we go on through the weekend down to the southeast ma the weather down to is that southeast and cold in fact the north moscow still struggling with those temperatures just 14 degrees celsius kota still as we go o

more than 2000 people are confirmed dead from the a ball i break in the democratic republic of congo just ahead of a visit by the un secretary general. of course in scotland delays a legal challenge against boris johnson's decision to suspend the british parliament. a warm welcome to the program russia house and i'm still unilateral ceasefire in serious problem and starting on saturday morning government forces backed by russian airpower have been waging an offensive on the last rebel held territory for weeks now civilians wanting a stop to the fighting have been demonstrating in the northwestern countryside border of course into turkey some of and trying to push through a border crossings into the country they've been calling a russian turkey to end the violence that's killed more than $550.00 civilians since april hundreds of thousands of people have also been displaced turkey's president says its military is prepared to handle the situation and that. it should be a light if you see the developments in libya at the point where you want in fact 600000 people have been killed and once

ahead we look at the devastating about the outbreak spreading to a new province in the democratic republic of congo infecting a young woman and her 7 month old baby cathay pacific flies into hong kong's political firestorm of the airline c.e.o. resigns over the protest controversy. and india's cricket coach is given a new lease of life so now we'll have the details in sport. the spanish rescue ship with 134 refugees and migrants on board remain stranded in the mediterranean mediterranean as a political battle in rome prevents it from docking 6 e.u. countries have offered to take in the migrants who are picked up off the coast of libya almost 2 weeks ago but the ship remain stranded near the italian island of lampedusa after it was barred from docking by interior minister matosi alvey me he has ordered italian officials not to let the migrants disembark. meanwhile an iranian tank a seized by british forces last month is preparing to leave by sunday supremes court judges in the british territory of ordered the release of the grace of one tank a new crew is on board and the ship has a new name and it'

as a bonus spreads to a border city of the democratic republic of congo we look at how other countries are preparing to tackle the disease. we still have plenty of wet weather across southern parts of china at the moment or more so in sioux northern areas of and on this is the legacy of our old a tropical storm a weak pop and exceed the kind of conditions are still in place to northern parts of vietnam some very nasty conditions here they'll really take some time for this wet weather to ease away as we go through the next few days and some of the flooding remains in a she was saying some flooding to into the philippines some very heavy rain continuing here just around rollers on over the next couple of days in fact for a good part of this week and turning increasingly when the in the process is that what's a weather was a comeback across the gulf of tonkin into northern parts of thailand and you can follow that same area clad in the rain and see the wealthy suicide of the thing go me and ma saying some rather nasty weather as we go on through the next couple of days across the western

health checks and hygiene measures of titan between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda ever since multiple cases of the abode of virus were discovered here in goma the congolese city of more than 2000000 people. people are washing their hands as a precaution due to be outbreak of disease they tell us it is spreading through their homes that's why they are asking us to wash water mixed with medication. the virus is passed through bodily fluids including sweat there is a vaccine that has been used for quite some time the world health organization says it has a very high success rate you only need one shot but there's a problem. vaccination is not approved for mass use it's usually given to those exposed to the virus and it's also given to the doctors and health workers as they are handling those cases to protect them from contracting the virus there is still no officially approved vaccine on the market but we're told this one is expected to be officially approved at some stage. there is also a lot of confusion around the virus and a lot of suspicion of foreign health workers he

that al jazeera still to come on the program a bonus spreads to a new province of the democratic republic of congo as the outbreak continues to spiral. so the white pacific island leaders a blasting a strain for its stance. climate change at india's cricket coach give it a new lease of life we'll have the details for you a little later in spanish. human rights groups accused riot police and zimbabwe of using excessive force to disperse anti-government protesters tear gas has been fired on the streets of the capital with several people injured $91.00 people have been arrested for running against the rising cost of living despite a government ban on the demonstration zeroes hell of a tussle reports from harare. was what was meant to be a protest over the economy turned into chaos police in zimbabwe had banned the demonstration saying they were expecting violence alleging some opposition supporters were armed a high court judge dismissed an application by the opposition movement for democratic change to overturn the ban opposition leaders then called off the march but some of the supporters were defi

and the about outbreak has spread to a 3rd parties in the democratic republic of congo talked to say a woman and her child contracted the virus in north kivu considered the epicenter of the disease. u.s. democratic congresswoman rashid it's late has rejected an offer by the israeli government to visit family in the occupied west bank israel had initially been fellow congresswoman ellen omar from making an official visit over their support for a global boycott movement today was later offered entry on humanitarian grounds to visit her grandmother but she says she will not take up the offer because of oppressive conditions designed to humiliate slaves or relatives in palestine say they support. good rule was you know for she does visit to her homeland is under conditions we reject that it's rashid is right as a palestinian to come and visit her family in country. and roles in jordan brings us more on the story now from washington. the u.s. president donald trump has not commented since the michigan congresswoman marsha to leave has decided not to go to the occupied west bank to visit wi

mission in the democratic republic of congo locals marched on the new school headquarters demanding that the force protect them from the militia attacks afflicting the of the country they say that if the mission cannot protect them properly then it should get out of congo. and right the protesters say they're being left to fend for themselves. in the last 2 days alone militias have killed 7 people and disappear at just the latest incidents since massacres began in the region 5 years ago. people in the remote east congolese province have given up hope that that is never going to protect them and they do. manning that the u.n. mission will no school step in. the world about what we see in other provinces that there's been a reintegration of the local people after the war but in our region there's no end to the war the killing goes on why are we being killed. so that a muslim militia group operating from nearby uganda is responsible for the string of attacks the group calls itself ally democratic forces and it's been accused of killing many hundreds of civilians. in an attempt to calm the p

marking one date -- one year since the first cases of the disease were reported in the democratic republic of congo. hello and welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. we begin in hong kong where the chief of the chinese military garrison in the city has spoken up for the first time about the ongoing rift. he has warned that violent clashes will not be tolerated, adding the army is determined to protect china takei sovereignty. the commander of the people's liberation army made the comment at a reception celebration -- celebrating the 92nd anniversary of the chinese military. the garrison released a promotional video featuriring shoulders -- soldiers outing out that a all consequences will be at your own risk. our beijing correspondent spoke earlier. beijing is that losing patience although they are keeping to the official law that they have been holding since the beginning of this protest that this is the responsibility of the hong kong government and they support the hong kong government and police force to deal with ththis on thr owown terms but they are showing that if they deem it necessary, th

the virus is currently raging in the democratic republic of congo in which 1800 people have died now because the drugs have done so well in the trial they'll now be given to all patients in. the country. the world health organization is a co-sponsor off the trial we're going to go over to. the d.r. janet diaz from the deputy is standing by while considering the africa janet would i be understating it if i say that you're excited about the outcome off this trial hi thank you for having me on the show no i think it's a correct statement we are very excited and happy about the preliminary results from the randomized control trial. janet what does this mean for the full court for this outbreak of ebola that we currently are seeing in the democratic republic of congo which as i said in the beginning is the 2nd deadliest on record. so that means many things i think the most important thing to remember is that we've had these therapeutics in that the air sea since the beginning of the outbreak we started to use them about one week into the outbreak under a monitored emergency use protocol s

this mean for full court for this outbreak of ebola that we currently are seeing in the democratic republic of congo which as i said in the beginning is the 2nd deadliest on record. so that means many things i think the most important thing to remember is that we've had these therapeutics in that the air sea since the beginning of the outbreak we started to use them about one week into the outbreak under a monitored emergency use protocol so we have those therapeutics in use for patients who arrive to treatment units in november we started the randomized control trials of them patients who are in rolled into that study now the big challenge we've had is to get patients from the community to the treatment units because once they're in the treatment units they've had access to these therapeutics so we do hope that these new results when community communicated well to the population to the people here of the dea or see that people will hear this and know that if they come early to the treatment units they can get treated and the survival is actually quite good. ok this is so so much so janet that movin

news africa coming up on the program un peacekeepers under attack in the democratic republic of congo demonstrators in benny march in protest the argues the u.n. is the mission of feeling that and see the fia being manned by militias. and in uganda an eco friendly business has found a natural alternative to plastic drinking strolls they are made from the traditional local plant used in the country. before it is that the only. things will play if you want to. think. you can clean. and they think. i am my god julia you're welcome so the show we start off in the east of benny where police fired tear gas to protect the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo locals marched on the new school head cortez demanding that the force protect them from the frequent attacks afflicting the of the country they say that if their mission cannot protect them properly then it should get out of congo. and right the protesters say they're being left to fend for themselves. in the last 2 days alone militias have killed 7 people and mark disappear at just the latest incident since massacres began i

oh my cock i'm going democratic republic of congo has been plagued by violence for more than 2 decades. a total of half a 1000000 women have been raped. and large numbers of women have been kidnapped and never seen again. that's relevant to me about the program to the house and stole everything when they were out of control i screamed please don't kill my children. and they asked where the children's father was around. and i told them he's not here. but they ordered me to find him and bring him over right to whiny and some of them raised their knives and threatened to stop me. they pointed their guns at us. they grabbed me in the middle of the night tied me up and threw me out sign and. they were yelling the whole time because they got their knives out and trying to kill me i thought they would kill me i didn't say anything. i just kept crying. we've been. around they came into the house and asked whether i knew where to find some young girls i refused to tell them. so they beat me up one of them punched me in the eye and someone said they should kill me but another one said that they

health officials in rwanda and the democratic republic of congo are meeting to decide how to stop the spread of ebola and out of school former england captain wayne rooney is leaving the united states the 33 year old has signed as a player coach with 2nd to english side darby county. hello the trade war between the u.s. and china appears to have accelerated dramatically over the past 24 hours on monday the u.s. government formally declared china a currency manipulator that's a mostly symbolic action but it is likely to raise tensions between the 2 economic giants and the move came hours after china devalued its currency the one which caused the main u.s. financial indices to fall by more than 3 percent that was after the trump administration announced increased tariffs on a further $300000000000.00 in chinese imports last week and when that. when he comes into effect next month it will mean virtually every product china exports to the u.s. will be subject to extra taxes let's bring in our white house correspondent kelly hawkers joining us from washington d.c. on the president's been u

this is the only news life in berlin sounding the alarm of the spread of ebola in the democratic republic of congo rwandan authorities close then reopen the border with the dear see as the 3rd death is confirmed in the congolese city of goma with a population of 2000000 fears of an epidemic are growing also coming up could beijing be planning to use force in hong kong that's what some people are reading into the army's release of a video that includes an exercise in riot control. plus paying tribute to poland's freedom fighters in world war 2 in the polish capital the presidents and the people have been honoring those who died in the warsaw uprising 75 years ago hundreds of thousands were killed in the ultimately few tile battle to drive the nazis out of focus. on well i think you so much for your company everyone in the democratic republic of congo a 3rd person has died of ebola and goma near the rwandan border the latest victim is a one year old girl whose father the 2nd confirmed case in the city died yesterday about 2000000 people live in go mom so there are fears now that just a few cases of

news live from berlin tonight sounding the alarm over the spread of ebola in the democratic republic of congo. in the forty's have closed and then reopened the border with the d r c as a 3rd death is confirmed in the congolese city of goma with a population of 2000000 fears of an epidemic are growing also coming up tonight could be planning to use force in hong kong that's what some people are reading into the army's release of a video that includes an exercise in riot control plus remembering a huge sacrifice in world war 2 thousands have been on those who were killed in the war seoul uprising 75 years ago the futile effort to drive the nazis out of poland was the biggest active military resistance against german forces in the will. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us tonight fears of a new outbreak of ebola are growing a 3rd person has died from ebola in the city of goma in the democratic republic of congo the latest victim is a one year. old girl whose father the 2nd confirmed case in the city died yesterday now goma is a city of about 2000000 people so there are fears that just a

in the battle to stop the about a virus from spreading rwanda and the democratic republic of congo have agreed to improve screening on their borders the random doctors who are trained health professionals in the congo to do better. treatable of patients more than 800 people have died from the disease since the latest outbreak was discovered in d r c a year ago. britain's food industry is warning a no deal drugs it could lead to nationwide shortages of food and drink federation says it would be disastrous and delays of course cause fresh produce to rot the government's being urged to waive some competition rules while our retailers and suppliers to work together if there's no deal the industry is testing alternative ports to avoid the main route from france kalai to dover all right so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story station thanks for watching. kind of web fueled violence be stopped radical hate by fester spread over the internet have often been followed by killing sprees government and tech companies are coming under mounting pressure to

the border with the democratic republic of congo after a 3rd. was confirmed in the congolese city of global city has a population of 2000000. that the disease could spread. back to take you through the day. then it was a little south of i don't know it's not easy to go to another country you know nothing about them do this because we can't stay on venezuela. that. closely global news that matters d. w. made for mines. closely. carefully. don't know the soup. is to be a good. match. discovered. subscribe to the documentary on to. burn the little tourist guide germany's booming capital i love berlin the scope of the multicultural metropolis in our duramax series. like. i love you even once showed was a system looks like the swiss like me inside says. 50 nations 50 stories and 53 personal tips of berlin's every. book now playing every week on t.w. . tonight 2 attitudes about the past and present in stark contrast the u.s. ambassador here in berlin today slammed germany for not joining an american led naval mission in the waters off the coast of iran

by brant gough it's good to have you with us in the democratic republic of congo a 3rd person has died of ebola in goma that is near the rwandan border the latest victim is a one year old girl whose father the 2nd confirmed case in the city died yesterday about 2000000 people live in goma so there are fears that just a few cases of the deadly virus could easily become hundreds even thousands it has been a year since the original outbreak of e. . in the north of the d.r. c. and that is still claiming law it's. off to a 3rd death in the congolese border city of goma rwanda briefly closed through road a drastic attempt to limit the disease is spread but one that threatens the livelihoods of those who commute between the 2 countries i was late to the border was open again the un saying closure actually makes it harder to contain it or more remote areas where you can go across to me to find a different way when you when that starts to happen the ability to get to see people are symptomatic or not becomes that much more difficult so it's actually docked you know the issue is either country n

clinical trial in the democratic republic of congo where the latest outbreak has killed 1800 people hurt. the 2nd largest a bowl outbreak in the world has killed nearly 2000 people in the democratic republic of congo in just a year now 2 out of 4 new abode vaccinations being tested are proving so effective they're being given to all patients in d.r. c on tuesday 2 people were given the all clear and released from a treatment center in goma officials with the world health organization which has been coordinating the trials hopes this will stem the spread of the disease but the timing of the treatment is vital those who received treatment early so within the 1st 3 days. the mortality rate with a good general on. may be was around 10 percent comparison to those patients who got treatment late mortality rate for those due to drugs are 60 or respectively 66 percent so sure should the friends whether you receive treatment in the 1st 3 days or late the vaccinations work by attacking the bone a virus with antibodies and neutralizing its impact on human cells they were developed using cells harve

on a normal morning this main border crossing between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda is busy with people going back and forth 15000 people use this crossing daily as families visit relatives and traders stick their goods to the market millions of dollars a made in border trade every year but for a few hours on thursday the barriers walk losed the rundown government saying it wanted to evaluate a boiler situation in the congolese city of goma he says their position taken by a 200 to close the border is not a good. report. but they haven't detected it here on the border. that we crossed over yesterday and we didn't have any problems we brought a large quantity of corn but this morning we came back to get our good.

finding work is not easy in the democratic republic of congo. unemployment is high here and poverty widespread. over 70% live under the poverty level, earning less than 2 euros a day. >> life in kinshasa is difficult sometimes. it's like living in anarchchy. it's tough, but we stay here nonetheless. >> the government frequently fails its citizens, and churches bridge the gaps. the orchestra is run by a free christian church. it offers people support and has also built a number of schools and hospitals. in 1994, it set up the orchestra. music lessons take place within the church building. there are no music schools in the democratic republic of congo. so how is anyone supposed to learn how to play an instrument? >> i love music. ever since i was little, when i listen i feel good. music is the soundtrack to everything. >> the church is now building a real music school. it wants to give more people access to the power of music. the new school will also have rehearsal rooms for the orchestra. the project is being funded by the church and, above all,