what has happened in the drc is quite tragic. been made to get the government to co—operate. there are so many envoys operating in congo today i'm not even sure i could list them all. situations like congo indicate the limit to international pressure and international influence. we need to find a way of strengthening the local population and local civil society to take on the fight and to work with them. you said there were many envoys there but there are 16,000 un stabilisation forces in the drc, a country the size of western europe. really, they are not going to be able to be very effective. the head of the norwegian refugee council said that the drc was one of the worst crises on earth and yet no—one seems to care about it. is he right? why do you think it does not count. is because they are african? that could be a part of it. and also the fact that it is a crisis that has gone on for a long time. the first un presence in the congo dates back to 1960 and we have been there almost continuously until now. there is a bit of fati

what has happened in the drc is quite tragic.have been made to get the government to co—operate. there are so many envoys operating in congo today i'm not even sure i could list them all. situations like congo indicate the limit to international pressure and international influence. we need to find a way of strengthening the local population and local civil society to take on the fight and to work with them. you said there were many envoys there but there are 16,000 un stabilisation forces in the drc, a country the size of western europe. really, they are not going to be able to be very effective. the head of the norwegian refugee council said that the drc was one of the worst crises on earth and yet no—one seems to care about it. is he right? why do you think it does not count. is because they are african? that could be a part of it. and also the fact that it is a crisis that has gone on for a long time. the first un presence in the congo dates back to 1960 and we have been there almost continuously until now. there is a bit of

host: that comes as the drc is suffering from a new outbreak of ebola.ine people have died from the virus that resurfaced last week. health officials say it is starting to get vaccinations against the virus as of today. the hunt is on in indonesia for survivors of the earthquake last weekend. people were killed in the 6.9 magnitude quake that hit lomboc island. they are working to find anyone under collapsed homes and buildings. to argentina where the senate is voting whether to legalize abortion in the mostly catholic nation. that bill passed by just 4 votes in the lower house, but a senate win is in doubt after a senator changed her mind. argentina only allows abortions in cases of rape or if the mother's's health is at risk. that happened protests both for and against the bill. in mexico, women who want to have an abortion don't have any options either. the federal district of medical -- mexico city is the only state which has decriminalized abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and the rest of the country abortion is only allowed in case o

amy: from your travels, what do you think needs to be done right now in the drc? >> is humanitarian aid that people are asking for. it wasn't just these u.n. peacekeeping cuts i caused a tremendous amount of suffering. international aid to congo has been dropping precipitously over the last years. if you look at last year's syrian inhe average need of humanitarian assistance received $305. the average congolese received about $62. i don't begrudge syrians in need any amount of money, but there's a real disparity there. experts said people just don't care about the congo. amy: nick turse, thank you for being there and reporting this horrific story. nick turse, vice news contributor and author. his latest article is titled "a slaughter in silence: how a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign in drc was made worse by trump's america first policies and the world's neglect." he is also the author of the book, "next time they'll come to count the dead: war and survival in south sudan." this is democracy now! the mexican back up journalist seeking political asylum in the unite

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this is the front line against the fight against ebola in the drc.t week. health workers have been carrying out evacuation —— evacuations and experimental treatment has been treated. this is an active conflict zone where militias regularly kill civilians. after visiting the region last week, the world of the —— the head of the world health organisations as he is even more concerned. we know it is an active conflict area. so that makes it more difficult to manage. when there is less access, when movement is prohibited, and when there are red zone is that ebola could hide, that makes it more difficult to fight this dangerous virus. this is the 10th ebola outbreak in the drc since the illness was detected back in the 19705. it illness was detected back in the 1970s. it comes barely a week after the last one was declared over and is affecting more women and children than before. seven health workers have tested positive. it has meant all those working at one of the main hospitals had been put on temporary leap. with reports of seven civilians killed in a

this is the frontline of the fight against ebola in the drc.f two cities where it was detected last week. treatment is also being tested. regularly kill and kidnap civilians. of the world health organisation says he's even more concerned. we know it's an active conflict area. so that makes it more difficult to manage. disease or virus. was discovered there in the 1970s. and is affecting more women and children than before. seven health workers have tested positive. on temporary leave. be more urgent. lebo diseko, bbc news. to reach $5 million. and the government over excessive salaries. the gmb union described the figures as a badge of national shame. david buik, market commentator for core spreads, joins me now. it is an interesting issue, 11%, good if you can get it. good morning. morning. good reading because the wage increase was to . increase was to . 7% with inflation around 2. around 2. executive scott an average pay of £3. £3. 5 million —— executives got an average of £3. 5 million extra. and foremost, this isn't a domestic issue. issue

it comes a week after another outbreak in the northwest o of e drc wawas declared over. pope francis has changed the catholic church's teaching on the death penalty, declaring that it is now prohibited in all cases. the church had previously allowed for capital punishment in certain instances, but francsi called the teachings of data, saying that the death penalty is an attack on human dignity. in jerusalem from tens of thousands marched in the city's largest ever gay pride parade. the festivities were marked with anger following passage of a law that excludes gay men from having children via surrogacy. the european union is marking the holocaust memorial day -- roma holocaust memorial day in memory of the thousands murdered by the nazis. the vice president said that roma people still face racism and hatred on a daily basis. indeed, in recent weeks, roma people in ukraine have found themselves under attack from right-wing groups. one man was stabbed to death in front of his wife. dw travel to western ukraine to speak to his widow and two other victims of the violence. re

they'll be in the drcs, the somalias, south sudan, yemens, countries which are badly fractured. what we're arguing for is very difficult. it's much easier to vaccinate a child or to build a school. that's not easy but it's relatively straightforward compared with building honest tax authorities and honest governments and tackling corruption. it doesn't mean we shouldn't try. >> right. the obvious question is are all these questions which are feeling besieged today whether by immigration or refugees or any number of populist politics. the economy. are they going to do it? are they going to have the will? >> if we say to them we are going to stop piling up priorities onto you, stop telling you what to do and how do to it, we want you to come up with a plan to bring your nation together, bring disputed parties together, develop your country and we will back you. that's a far better prospect of long-term success and they're surprised not just to governments, but also the imf, big institutions. sometimes they treat fajragile states the same as they treat other countries. the imf, it'

for cobalt, the supply is constrained to the democratic republic of congo, the drc with lithium and nickel there's not such an issue in terms of supply >> what about alternative sources of battery, hydrogen fuel cell batteries, is that a technology you expect to take off as well? >> i think the main focus, you can see a lot of the automakers are going and doubling down on concentrating on lithium-ion batteries. while there are different energy types which can be used in batteries, it depends on the cost with the drive towards lithium-ion and reducing costs there, that's likely to be the principle battery used in entry vehicles going forward >> are you expecting big efficiency gains to be made in that space in the next 5, 10 years? >> certainly one key problem now is the costs to produce the batteries as those get scaled up, attention will turn to the cost of the metals used in the batteries instead. we are likely to see 13 million passenger vehicles being sold by 2030 compared to maybe under 2 million last year. in terms of total global fleet of cars, that's about 15%. it will be a huge gr

the doses that were deployed in the drc were donated. they shipped 13,000 doses to who. it was delivered under an expanded access protocol. this is very much an altruistic effort. we are working efficiently to try to move to the product in the u.s.. i feel this will be something we can accomplish in the near term. we can have a fully licensed vaccine. >> that is just an example. we had a gentleman from west africa come to texas in the protocols were not followed. it impacted our own country. paradigm on what we can do for other terrible , inesses that are developing tell people, on any given day we have tuberculosis in the city of houston because it is an international city and you just do not check everybody. we have to be on our toes to do that. yousecurity i think gives those. looking at the ebola vaccine, in four years -- i was trying to explain to folks, more of my constituents will die of the flu because they did not get a flu shot than will ever be exposed to ebola. we want to keep it that way, though. i'm concerned about the growing threat of antibiotic assistanc

2016, but he has so far refused to step down, even as violence and insecurity has increased in the drc. kabila is now backing his close ally, interior minister emmanuel ramazani shadary, to run as his successor. he is under european union sanctions for alleged human rights violations, including overseeing a deadly military crackdown against protesters. in argentina, the senate has rejected legislation to legalize abortion, dealing a blow to women's health and reproductive rights groups. the powerful catholic church had lobbied heavily against legalizing abortion. currently, abortion in argentina is banned except in cases of rape or when the mother's life is at risk. dozens of argentine women die every year as a result of unsafe illegal abortions. federal prosecutors have charged new york republican congressman chris collins with more than a -- with insider trading. prosecutors say he received and enough from the head of a drug company which he was the largest shareholder, telling him the companies only drug i just failed scientific trial. they say he immediately called his son, who the

lebo diseko reports this is the front line of the fight against ebola in the drc.of the world health organization says he's even more concerned. we know that it's an active conflict area. so that makes it more difficult to manage. because when there is less access, and when movement is prohibited, and when there are red zones that ebola could hide, that makes it more difficult to fight this dangerous disease or virus. this is the tenth ebola outbreak in the drc since the illness was discovered there in the 1970s. it comes barely a week after the last one was declared over and is affecting more women and children than before. seven health workers have tested positive. it's meant all those working at one of the main hospitals have been put on temporary leave. with reports of seven civilians killed in an attack not far from beni just this weekend, the need to contain be more urgent. the spread could not be more urgent. lebo diseko, bbc news. thousands of students are getting their b—tec results today. they're vocational qualifications and an alternative to traditional

based on that experience, i would like you to provide an up date on the situation in drc with a particularfocus on the tod for joseph kabila respect the constitutional term limits of his presidency and the need for credible elections this year. ambassador yamamoto: in that context, we are committed to ensuring that there is a peaceful and proper transition to theesident kabila next president and that the elections will take place as agreed to by all of the parties this december and we are working very hard to make sure that that happens. >> i will look forward to working with you on that and being helpful however i can with you and others at the state department. as the chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the united nations, can you also provide us an opportunity on the unp's keeping mission there? yamamoto: the mission continues to face difficult challenges not only because of the security situation in the congo which is certainly one of of most -- is certainly one our longest serving missions on the continent. the u.s. remains committed to is a -- to supporting the u.n. operations