you can look to new guinea for that. darwin had the galapagos, jared diamond has new guinea as his field work and his source of study and inspiration. for its many and nuanced cultures, one in seven of the world's languages is located there, and he draws upon this from his new book in the examples that he uses and conclusion, he reaches the world until yesterday. the idea exists into the 920s that -- 1920s that society was on a continuum in 1920 or so, the notion that the pop philosopher put forward the phrase that every day in every way i am getting better and better meant that as we looked attritional societies and cultures -- at traditional societies and cultures that what was is not as good as what was. this is why you were able to see poems with the line lesser breeds without the law. but at the same time during the enlightenment, so a sense of our anthropology came into a sense of tension with each other, and is sorting these things out has been the work of social scientists like jared diamond, and we thank him nor

does, they got on a flight and arrived at the capital of guinea, and are there to assist the folks on the ground, making sure that communications is good in neighbouring countries, in west africa. they have not seen an ebola outbreak in west africa for about 20 years, they are concerned whether the folks treating the infection are aware of the dangers and how quickly it spreads from human to human, spreading via sweat, blood or saliva. we spoke to a doctor at the headquarters, and here is what he told us about the origin of the disease. >> the question is why are we seeing this virus in west africa. i think this relates to the bats as the likely reservoir. they are highly mobile, so the bats can be present through a broader area of africa than previously known. >> al jazeera, with deep resources has a report from west africa. here is caroline malone with more. >> one of the world's most deadly infectious diseases is spreading across urban and west africa. the movement across guinea makes it serious, more serious than anything doctors without borders dealt with. > we are facing an epid

people to wash their hands properly and to use disinfecting. >> translator: a disease has come to guineamust use bleach in the house for the toilets to cleanup in general. >> reporter: despite an intense public awareness campaign the message isn't reaching everyone. >> translator: i have no idea about the ebola virus, only god can help us, how can we prevent it. >> reporter: it's been nearly two months since ebola struck guinea and the disease is spreading quickly making it tough for medical groups trying to contain its spread. >> translator: we are facing an epidemic of never been seen especially by distribution of cases in the area. >> reporter: fever are confirmed across scattered locations including the capitol and neighboring liberia and they want to close the border with guinea. >> translator: they are right, they must restrict travel until a solution is found to stop then -- this epidemic. >> reporter: there is no treatment for ebola and the strain detected in guinea is particularly dangerous and killed nine and ten of its victims who suffer severe internal and external bleeding.

it killed 78 in guinea. there's no known cure for ebola. >> in syria, fighting between the government and position forces intensified. state television says forces loyal to president bashar al-assad has recaptured a key hill-top area in the north of the city near the border. activists report vighters shelled the -- fighters shelled the airport which has been used by government forces. >> three al jazeera reporters gaoled have been allowed to address the judge. abdullah al-shami, mohammed badr, and peter greste haven't denied bail and trial adjourneded to april 10th. >> al jazeera rejects charges and demonstrates the release of all its stuff. >> now to venezuela, where protests against nicolas maduro and his government turned violent. demonstrators threw rocks at police and set fire. forces used tear gas, water cannans and bullets to disappears the crowd. >> in mexico security forces killed a leader of the knights templar. he died in an operation - in a western state. the cartel has been chased out of town in

and in guinea and a high turn out in the parliamentary elections and the vote two years ago was stoppedlitary coup and we are from the capitol and rejects expected by friday. >> reporter: another chance for piece and attempt to rebuild a nation, people in new guinea stand in line to vote for the preferred candidates and 13 men want to be president. and they hold identity card and he has been through this process many times since his country gained independence from portugal in 1974 and 5 in the last decade alone and there are no illusions about what his future may hold. >> translator: i voted because i must. only god knows who is a good leader and who has good intention for the country. i cannot possibly know. >> reporter: the same polling station they said the country interim president also cast his vote. >> translator: this is the person who will win the election a chance to complete his mission and forget because guinea is in need of unity. >> reporter: closely monitoring the election are republicans from the european union, u.n. and west african block and finding the votes and plan

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polls closed in guinea passau for the presidential elections. the wrote as seen as a milestone in a country that suffered a series of coups. the last two years ago. >> the result of this election matters behind guinea passau's borders because it is a major hub for drugs coming from columbia, venezuela, ecuador, peru and brazil. from there it's shipped to europe. with drugs worth $2 billion trafficked through west africa every year. the entire economy is worth less than half of that, $897 million. drugs gangs exploit the quality. the u.n. said that 50 columbian drug bosses are based in guinea passau. for more on this, let's talk to herman cohen, assistant secretary of state. joining me live from washington d.c. herman cohen guinea is a trafficking point. how is it come to this. why does it have a reputation as a hub for drugs and a narco state. >> it's a poor country. population is low. drug travelling - they have 18 large islands off the west coast coast, and they have air ships. planes fly in, no one sees them except the coordinators, and thee

in guinea.d and epidemic. residents are staying away from the hospital because they're concerned they might become affected. >> line about her i can't confirming two cases of ebola virus. as well. health officials scrambling to prevent for infections. >> one of the world's most deadly infectious diseases is spreading across west africa. its movement across guinea makes it more serious than any previous epidemic doctors without borders that dealt with. >> we're facing an epidemic of an extent never seen especially by the distribution of the cases. >> the as i am moms include vomiting, diarrhea and external bleeding. it's a particular dangerous strain detected in guinea. >> we're facing the most aggressive strain of ebola, that kills nine people out of 10. >> doctors without borders have sent more than 40 tons of equipment, as well as 60 field workers, including doctors, nurses, edidemiologists and water experts to guinea. there are no vaccines or medicines to treat ebola. all doctors can try to d

guinea scrambles to stop a deadly ebola outbreak from spreading.ohn kerry meets israel's prime minister twice in less than 12 hours. we'll take a look at what is causing the flurry of talks, and once a crime now legal and business is booming. we are in canada where marijuana growers can't keep up with demand. ♪ >> first to the latest on the crisis in ukraine. nato foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss its response to build up on troops on the border. the military says there is no evidence troops are retreating. moscow has now raised the price of gas it supplies to ukraine. ukraine relies on russia for half of its natural gas. it has been paying at discounted rate since december of just over $268 per 1,000 cubic meters but now kiev will have to pay just over $385. that's an increase of more than 40%. russian gas producer says ukraine owes $1.7 billion in unpaid bills. jonah hull is following the developments from the capitol in kiev. i'm sure this increase is not going down too well. >> it's not as big of increase as ukraine has feare

senegal has now been prompted to close its border with new guinea.obert ray what exactly will the cdc be doing to assist. >> we got a call from the cdc yesterday telling us that they had five scientists on their way to guinea. they lackeded last night in the capitol. they are there to assist with this outbreak that is crossing borders. they are very concerned with the situation. they are hoping to advise government officials and help the world health organization set up camps that can help people that are infected and helping to improve communications in the region. we spoke with one of the scientists here, and here is what he told us. >> a question which is coming up frequently is why are we seeing this virus over here in west after ya ka? and i think this relates to the bats as the likely reservoir for the virus. bats are highly mobile, so the virus can actually be present out there a much broader area of africa than was previously known. >> reporter: del, we have a team, couple teams in western africa now on the ground reporting on this deadly out

are also arriving in guinea to assess the situation.ecause the area, this is the worst affected area. it is the area in terms of farming. so the one question is saying how would you stop this? people move all. it's a trading, cultural people. they trade a lot. if you ask them to settle, you are cutting everything from them. it's a family thing. how would you stop people to carry about their family members? >> yeah. >> and that's where it spread. >> and now worried about liberia and sierra leone as well. that you can for being with us. >>> secretary william hague and the hollywood star an lean know jolie teamed up. thousands of women were raped during three years of war in bosnia in the 1990s. many never felt able to speak about what happened to them. only a fraction of cases have been successfully practiced. michel hussein traveled with the pair to see the lasting effect of rape and war. >> a landscape that 20 years ago was ravaged by war. a conflict that also saw rape used as a powerful weapon. amid all the horrors of bosnia, the name

. >> ebola virus outbreak in guinea. >> in sport, chelsea and a big step toward the champions league semifinals. malaysia's prime minister in the city of perth to help crews search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. he is on a tour of the air base. flight image disappeared one month ago with 239 people onboard. >> we owe it to the families to find, to give them comfort and closure to this event and the world expects us to do our level best and i'm very confident that we will indeed show what we can do together as a group of nations that we want to find answers. we want to provide comfort to the families, and we will not rest until answers are found. i'm confident with the level of professionalism shown as alluded to by prime minister abbot. in due time, we will provide closure to this event. >> malaysia is urged to rescue a chinese tour i have the and filipino hotel worker abducted in malaysia. we have more from manila. >> i've spoken to military officials. they say it is the work of the known bandit group from the southern philippines. it looks to be the same group that t

it's happening in the coastal nation of guinea, sierra leone, mali and others. the world health organization said this time ebola has sickened nearly 200 people and killed more than 100 and more deaths are suspected or confirmed in sierra leone and mali. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is in the capital of guinea and it's been a while since we talked about this, nearly four decades. why is it back? what's going on? >> reporter: well, you know, there have been outbreaks in between. the first outbreak that people really put this on the map was back in 1976 along the ebola river, which is where it got its name. but there have been outbreaking over the years, and no one knows, fred, exactly where it comes from, why it comes, and where it goes after the outbreak has ended. so, there are a lot of mysteries around this ebola virus, and i think that's part of what strikes so much fear into people. also you gave some of the numbers there, but the mortality rates in some of these outbreaks have been as high as 90%, so that's something we'll be talking a

guinea has banned those from human consumption.istorically these burn themselves out as thevirus weakens but in a crowded city, if it is not quickly brought under control, the death toll could quickly rise. sheila mcviccer, al jazeera. >>> to shed more light, we are joined by dr. tash, infectious disease clinica in rochester, m minnesota. a 90% fatality rate, how alarming is this? city? >> any time you have an outbreak of ebola or any other hemorrhagic fever, it is concerning. >> what about for healthcare workers out there that may be trying to get a handle on this? do they face a major risk? >> that's a lot of the problem, when people are coming to hospitals with sometimes non-specific kinds of symptoms, it's difficult for the healthcare workers to think about ebola because that's not something people see every day. there is only later on that they find out that these patients are dying rapidly that will they have been exposed and we get these healthcare workers who are secondarily exposed succumbing to the illness. >> we are livi

across the border in guinea, the scare has lead to foreign mining companies shutting down operations pulling out some of their star. the highly contagious virus is a near death sentence as no pure -- 90% of people who contract it die. in neighboring maly 3 suspected victims are being treated in hospital. two confirmed deaths in liberia, and sierra leon has identified possible cases. we have a spokesperson for the world health organization. warning of an unprecedented outbreak. how worried should people be? >> well, ebola is always worrying, and we can play with the numbers -- and i think the numbers that you have cited aren't quite correct, but that's not a matter, because not all of the cases are concerned, but for those affected by ebola, it's a very serious disease, so far this outbreak in guinea the people are dying from it. and as you rightly said there is no vaccine or med sip -- medicine, so you have to try to support the patient as much as possible. the reports on the ground have undertaken a lot of different actions centered around improving care in hospitals, improving infe

it's described as africa's first narco state - we are in guinea passau for the presidential election. >> we are off to nigeria, where traditional healers say they can treat you as well as main stream doctors. >> last august when chemical weapons were used in syria there was worldwide outrage and condemnation. the men president talking of -- american president talking of red lines being crossed. it's been quieter, with new allegations of the use of chemical weapons, the government and opposition accusing one another of having fired poison gas on a village in hama province. we'll have an expert on the use of weapons on whether this really has happened and we'll economic how much of the chemical stockpile is left. after this report. >> it looks like the usual bombing campaign. according to activists these barrel bombs dropped from helicopters, containing toxic chemicals. according to witness account, the chemicals went airborne after the bombs fell. as people were ferried in ambulances, the person recording the video is coughing, and others are covering their mouths. we cannot independen

. >> polls have opened in guinea. some optimism, but anxiety too. can this election bring chang the people need? and... >> vague us has a -- vague us has a permissive atmosphere. this is good for art tists, because you have to feel you can do everything. we find the cultured side of sin city after the break. do stay with us on al jazeera. >> hello again. you are watching al jazeera. these are the stories making our headlines. ukrainian government leaders say they have launched an anti-terrorist operation to take on separatists in ukraine. moscow is accused of backing armed groups who claim self rule in don ebbing. . >> -- donetsk. >> syria and the rebels blame each other for dropping gas bombs. bashar al-assad olympic games terrorists, and the rebels denay it. >> voting is under way in guinea. a military coup forced the cans legs of a vote in the west african country. we have this report. >> close to 800,000 registered voters in guinea will be deciding the vate of 13 presidential candidates. the race will be between three me. a former finance minist

his biggest problem is government taxes. >> translation: we are so tired of guinea passau, i can't make money off my work. we use so much effort. we have to much expenditure and government taxes to pay. >> like many fisher many, he'd like to export his fish. there's no proper processing facilities, and he can't compete with the foreign trawlers, so he has to make do with the local market. this is the biggest fish market in passau. it's normally very busy, everyone trying to get the best prices for their fish. for the traders here, it does not translate to much money at the end of the day. life has become harder, says this woman, when the military staged a coup and the presidential run-off. >> translation: the government has done nothing for us. we buy a lot of fish. sometimes we don't get customers. many times we don't make overhead costs. >> perhaps unknown to them there's a bigger threat. the united nations is concerned that unregulated fishing by foreign trawlers will deplete fish stocks in territorial waters. >> they have the greatest fish stock in the reason because of the nafrt, t

there's a market which gathers traders from the gambia, mallee, guinea, senegal. health ministry announced new measures to prevent the virus us from spreading. staff, cleaners at airports and hospitals are equipped with clothing the the 24 hour crisis center has been set up. >> we take the epidemic seriously and the political leadership at the highest level gave orders. we are ready and prepared for any eventuality. >> there are no known cases of ebola. medical staff isolate patients showing signs of fever. >> all have been in contact with the patients, they are treated with chlorine and disposed of. their relatives put under supervision. drastic measures are here to assure the population, they are making beam servous. >> they have come close to one another. some limiting their contact. >> they are the largest immigrant population. the number of infect cases continuing to spread across west africa, there's a sense of fear in senegal. >> now, more than half a million women died during pregnancy or after child birth. almost all the deaths occurred in developing coun

that vote in guinea. thank you very much. >> traditional medicine has been practised for generations in africa, for many it's the easiest and cheapest option. for others it's not sign tifblely sound. there's a big push to establish traditional treatments alongside modern medicine. >> this man set broken bones for years. he uses traditional orthopaedic therapy. he took this up from his father who learnt from his father. make no mistake, he's licensed, one of thousands of traditional medicine pracitioners recognised by the state of lagos. if a bone is broken, they tell you about eight weeks. but in a traditional way, i tell you before six weeks, they'll walk with it. >> patients say they find traditional healers more available. >> translation: my friend had a fracture like mine and went to a regular hospital. they amputated his leg. we have more confidence in the traditional way. >> for many generations after the advent of modern science, traditional medicine is doing as well as it has. critics warned that

guinea's week- health system cannot all little loan. with more than 80 deaths and counting, many remain understandably terrified. >> for more on the spread of ebola in africa, i spoke a short time ago with the director of research into infectious u.s. nationale institute of health. thank you so much for joining me again on the program. this has been called an unprecedented epidemic. ?s that an accurate description >> not entirely. for example in 2000 -- the year 2000 in uganda, there were over 400 cases with a very high fatality. this is something we want to take seriously, but i think what they are referring to as unprecedented is the fact that in a densely populated area, usually, when you see outbreaks , it is adjacent to a rain forest where a person might get infected from a act and the people who take care of that person and come into contact with bodily fluids get infected -- a person might get infected from a abat. >> because they've had infections over a fairly white bread region in several countries, does that make it all the h

credit in basao. >> people in guinea basao stand in line to vote for their preferred presidential andrliamentary candidates. 30 men want to be president. this man holds his identity card ready to vote. he has been in this process many times since his country gained independence from portugal in 1974. he is under no illusions about what his future may hold. >> translator: i voted because i must. i can't possibly know. >> in the same polling station, manuel, the country's interim president also casts his vote. >> a chance to complete his mission. let's forget about the past because guinea basao is inned in of unity. >> closely monitoring the election are credit officials from many. >> security reforms in the generic sense require of course how you may prepare for restructure, military, how the relationship, civil, military relationship, is redefined. >> many people here are cautiously hopeful that this election is going to give them the change that they want. they hope that the man whom they vote for is going to be strong enough to solve the country's problems. he'll have to deal with a

you're about to go inside an isolation ward in guinea. there's a reason you may not have seen images like this before. these patients are fighting one of the deadliest diseases in the world, ebola. it has disarmed their immune system, shut off their blood's ability to clot and invaded the organs in their body. up to nine out of ten patients will die. but this horror is isolated in conakry, guinea. we found traffic to still be busy here. markets are full. children, lots of children, still smiling. you see, as scary as ebola is, it's not particularly contagious. it doesn't disperse easily through the air and it doesn't live long on surfaces either and people don't typically spread it until they're sick, really sick. and when that is the case, the patients are not up walking around on the busy streets, they are down in bed in hospitals or worse. even the dead are highly contagious. >> the story is always the same. >> dr. pierre rolen of the cdc has helped trace ebola outbreaks for many years. >> the risk is not the people dealing with ebola

over the weekend pepper asked to send a team over to guinea, which they did. they arrived late last night. today they arrived at the ministry of health and the world health organization. they're going into clinics, hospitals and explain the severity of the situation. that part of africa has not seen an outbreak of ebola in nearly 20 years, and it was not that significant at that time. so the cdc is going to explain to everyone that no this is not an airborne virus, but it can transmitted from saliva, blood, mucus. they want to make sure that folks on the ground understand the severity and communicate with the public that the spread of this does not go further. >> the "world health organization" is hesitant to call this a serious health crisis, why so? >> well, it's interesting. the doctors without borders earlier said this is an epidemic, this is unprecedented, well, the numbers don't necessarily back that up. the reason for saying that is because of the fact that this went into west africa, again, this has not been that precedented in that part of the contine

whoever wins the guinea paszau election has a tough time. and in sport - could a masters debutante be the youngest winner at augusta. we'll have thoughts on that. and the rest of the part. >> they have begun fighting in guinea passau, where two years ago there was a military coup forcing the capslation of a presidential -- cancellation of a presidential run off. the people are hoping to end four decades of chaos, coups, they won independence from portugal. a major election issue, and a worrying international issue, the trafficking of drugs such as these seized in guinea, it's a regional problem, spreading. an influential report is warning that guinea pass awe could be the first narco state. let's go kathryn soy live at a polling station. it's thought drugs come from smerk -- south america, and it's on an enormous scale. >> yes, it is. it's a serious problem. 30 pounds of cocaine pass through the country from latin america through the atlantic. that figure could be higher. the problem is complicated, even farther. by the fact that the trade i

but this horror is isolated in conakry, guinea, the markets are full.hildren, lots of children are still smiling. you see as scary as ebola is, it is not particularly con -- contagious, the patients are down in bed in hospitals or worse. even the dead are highly contagious. this doctor has helped for more than 30 years. >> the risk is not the people working with patients, but regular patients not thinking of ebo ebola. >> you see it only takes a small amount of skin to spread the infection. >> nothing gets in. >> nothing gets out. >> tim gagatek is one of the doctors without borders from canada. he is not married and has no children. that would be a job liability, he tells me. multiple pairs of gloves and masks. the head is completely covered. a multi-layer gown, boots, and then an apron. it is positively suffocating in the 100-degree weather. preparing a patient with ebola is like visiting somebody on the moon. you are the only people they will see. they do this so the people on the streets will never know what it is like to be inside. dr. sanjay gupta

a deadly ebola outbreak in west africa, more than 70 people in new guinea have died from the virus. news reports say it has spread. they have closed their borders al jazeera has more. >> one of the most deadly diseases is spreading across -- makes it more serious nan any previous epidemic. doctors without borders has dealt with. >> we are facing an epidemic of an extent that's never been seen. >> it is the particularly dangerous strain that's been detected in new guinea. >> we are facin facing thet aggressive deal. >> doctors without borders has sent more than 40 tons of equipment. including doctors news and water and sanitation experts. but there are novak seens or medicines to treat it. all doctors can do is try to boost the immune system. it is crucial now to stop the virus from spreading any further, they have closed their border, but liberia has confirmed victims. and sierra leone has a number of cases too. al jazeera. >> aid groups are deeply concerned about this outbreak, there is novak seen or cure, and it is spreading fast. 78 people have died in new guinea's capitol. we ar

especially in guinea. to let people know. i was one of the kids in primary school told not to watch my hands every time i touch someone and not to eight bush meat. >> you mean from animals to humans contamination? >> meat from chimpanzee, monkey and other bush animals. no more food. but these animals are vector of the disease. so it can quickly go. the spreading. people travel from these areas to other areas is an issue. >> when we see ibrahima that it is spread through human contact, is it someone talking to you, coming through saliva spray? >> bleeding and saliva and all the things. technically, i don't think the air is an issue. you need to be careful because some people touching, it spreads. >> but it is deadly. obviously it's a very dangerous. >> we have some sign of hope especially in guinea. some have been put under medical control in the capital and they have recovered from the disease, which is a good sign. it means under good care and under you can slide down there. >> so once you get the person, there is some hope.

. >> guinea passau's fish stocks are being depleted by foreign trawlers. >>> and - it's banned, illegal, but the pakistan black market gambling industry is doing a roaring trade. >>> hello again, the top stories this hour on al jazeera. the president of south korea compared the actions of the captain and crew to an act of murder. four crew members have been arrested as divers retrieved bodies from the wreckage. more than 200 are missing. >>> opposition activists in syria for the latest barrel bomb attacks in aleppo kill 50 people. government forces have been dropping barrel bombs on rebel held areas in the city in an intense campaign that began in september. u.s. vice president joe biden is due to arrive in ukraine. forensic experts investigate a shooting in slovyansk. three were gunned down at a chaek point manned by -- point manned by pro-russian activist. >>> on the western ukraine border there's calls for president arseniy yatsenyuk to annex the region. david chater looked at whether the territory could become the next crimea. . reporter: a celebration of the miracle of easter in a

more than 100 people have died in guinea and liberia during a recent outbreak.on the rising concerns. >> reporter: the deadliest strain of one of the deadliest viruses known to man. the strain of ebola kills up to 90% of those infected. two months into this outbreak, it's refusing to be stamped out. since spreading from the remote southeast area of guinea to the capital, 20 people have been infected. the world health organization says the geographical spread of the virus is making it one of the most difficult outbreaks ever. >> there are reasons why this is one of the most challenging outbreaks is that first we see a wide geographic dispersion of cases. so this has come in from a number of districts as well as a large city in -- in guinea. two, as you know, when dealing with ebola we're dealing with a quite lethal infection. >> reporter: misinformation and the death toll now hitting over 100 in guinea alone is raising the levels of fear and anxiety. medicines in the southern district had to evacuate their isolation facility after residents attacked it believing

from phillips. . >>> new developments tonight in the ebola outbreak in new guinea. dr.eporting on the efforts to contain this mysterious and deadly virus. now, over the last three weeks at least 112 people have died. 14 are health care workers. there's no cure and what makes the outbreak different from others is it reached the capital of guinea, 2 million people not far from an international airport. dr. sanjay gupta reports. >> reporter: you're about to go inside an isolation ward in guin guinea. there's a reason you may not have seen images like this before. these patients are fighting one of the deadliest diseases in the world, ebola. it disarmed their immune system, shut off their body's ability to clot and invaded the organs in their body. up to nine out of ten patients will die. but this horror is isolated. we found traffic to still be busy here. markets are full. children, lots of children, still smiling. you see, as scary as ebola is, it's not particularly contagious. it doesn't disperse easily through the air. it doesn't live long on surfaces either, and people

about to go inside an isolation ward in guinea.e seen images like this in the world before. these patients are fighting one of the worst diseases in the world. it has disarmed their immune system and invaded their organs in their body. up to nine out of ten patients will die. but this horror is isolated in conakry, guinea, we found markets full, children, lots of children still smiling. you see as scary as ebola is, it is not particularly connotatita. people don't typically spread it until they're sick, really sick. when that is the case, patients are not usually walking up and down the streets, they are down in beds, in hospitals or even worse. even the dead are highly contagious. this doctor from the cdc has helped to trace the ebola outbreaks for more than 30 years. >> this risk is not the people dealing with the ebola patients, it is dealing with regular patients not thinking of ebola. >> you see it only takes a small amount of virus on your skin to spread the disease. nothing is too careful for them. tim gagatek is a doctor fr

a strong earthquake with magnitude 7.4 has been recorded off papua new guinea, booug anville island. more details as the information rolls in. you can always keep up to date with all the latest news on the website. that is on aljazeera.com. story. hello, i'm ray swarez. three big countries three big economies. nafta looks at the trade between with the u.s. and canada, and said let's get rid of the barriers.

. >> in west africa the first ebola outbreak prompted senegal to close its border with guinea. 78 have died in an unprecedented epidemic. residents of guinea's capital are avoiding the hospital because they are worried they may catch the deadly disease. >> senegal made its decision after liberia confirmed two cases. >> bail two three al jazeera journalists has been denied. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr, were arrested in december for collaborating with a terrorist organization. peter greste told the judge: >> al jazeera rejects the charges against our colleagues, and demand their immediate release. >> a new united nations report gives a blooek out look on climate change, it says that rising temperatures could fuel natural disasters, food shortages and raise the issue of war. >> jonathan betz looks at the impact around the globe. >> the cruel irony is top polluters like china and india caused the problems. it's the poor countries that will suffer. africa will see more drought seeing shrinking water and food. europe could see killer heatwaves and flooding. warmer we

people in guinea using bananas to make a better life. and that beautiful predator. how lionfish are destroying the marine ecosystem in the caribbean. brazil's health care system is sick. patients often have to wait months or even years for exams and operations, especially in rural areas and poor neighborhoods. often there is not even a doctor, much less the hospital. inter-health wagons. dr. dr. roberto kikawa came up with the idea for mobile medical clinics. basically adaptable trucks the go wherever they are needed, providing diagnosis and treatment for people who might otherwise go without care. >> dr. roberto kikawa's working day starts with a prayer. he compares his profession to religious service. he is a doctor. and brazil is a religious country. he does not have a posh doctor's office, but travels to where he is needed most with his mobile medical center as part of the cies project. at the moment he and his colleagues are treating locals on the outskirts of the city in a mobile clinic. this morning, kikawa will perform 40 mistrust abuse. taking time to get t

no reports of damage, but a tsunami warning has been issued for papau new guinea and the sal mon islands. we'll continue to follow the breaking news here on abc7 news and also on twitter at abc7 newsbay area. >>> a developing news, a woman has life-threatening injuries after a car drove into a bus shelter in san francisco. it happened in the area of mission street and silver avenue around 9:30 last night. police say a car driving northbound on mission street jumped the curb and hit a pole as well as a woman at the bus stop. >> the accident is under investigation, we're looking into impairment and what we do know is she's a 42-year-old san francisco resident. and the driver is also a san francisco resident. in his 40s. >> police say they are talking to witnesses and looking at surveillance video to figure out exactly what caused this crash. >>> developing news in san jose, where a chp officer is recovering from injuries after being hit by a car. it happened on 101 near mckee road just before 11:00 last night. the officer was injured in his leg. no word yet if this was a hit-and-run. >>> n

authority with borders with guinea have sealed those borders.edical officials set up isolation units and screening at airports to prevent the virus going global. what are the chances it could spread to the u.s.? >> it could be extremely unlikely there would be an outbreak in the united states by the very nature of how this virus gets transmitted from one person to another. >> reporter: experts don't know if the virus is contained or still spreading. although health officials do not expect ebola to spread to the united states, this shows, brian, we increasingly live in a global village connected by airports where an outbreak in a remote part of west africa causes concern around the world. >> that's what makes it an urgent story overseas. >>> another break when we come back, the most decorated olympic athlete in history may not be done with the olympics after all. this weekend at the bath iron works in maine, they christened the navy's newest naval ship. it's the first of a class of new ships named after the late admiral chief of naval operations,

the number of cases of ebola and the number of deaths is rising steadily in guinea. >> the outbreak is accused of killing at least 78 people at this point. aid groups are calling it an unprecedented epidemic. >> neighboring countries are restricting travel across their borders in an effort to keep the disease from spreading, but the measures have come too late. >> hygiene is key. ebola is spread by close contact that is one of the deadliest infectious diseases. 100 22 suspected cases have been registered, not just in the remote southeast where the outbreak started. it has now spread across the country -- an unprecedented development making it very difficult to control. >> we are facing the most aggressive strain of ebola, the zaire strain. it kills more than nine out of 10 people. >> the outbreak has now crossed into international borders. infections have been confirmed in liberia, and are suspected cases in sierra leone -- there are suspected cases in sierra leone. as yet, there's no treatment. doctors can only alleviate symptoms. our missy's do not want to invest in costly research t

this latest outbreak in guinea left more than 80 people dead, and the authorities struggling to cope. >> is this a three dimensional section through budding viruses similar to ebola. several thousand kilometres away, scientists are trying to work out how highly contagious viruses operate. >> there's probably a 2-week period then symptoms set in and you get worse. you're dead within a month. >> ebola is scrd too dangerous to -- considered too dangerous to keep on site. >> this is the most dangerous virus we know much. it can mill many, even with the best of the -- kill many, even with everything we throw at it. >> detecting viruses of this nature in laboratory conditions can be complex. >> so you put down a little bit of the virus in the wells and take the serum from the patient's blood and put it down there. if it reacts with the virus, that means they have seen the virus in the past. it develops a few weeks after infection, and it's a view weeks after helping the patient. once a person comes down with what we think is ebola disease, doctors without borders have to trace all the peopl

. >> we'll be in guinea this hour, in a few moments, where voters hope presidential and parliamentary elections will end years of political instability. looking for the stars - it's getting harder and harder to find the colourful creatures along the californian coast. appear z cl >> hello again, you are watching al jazeera america. here is a reminder of the top stories. >> angry scenes in eastern ukraine where pro-russian separatists seized another government building, this time in kharkiv. the second deadline to get out of buildings occupied by a number of cities and towns have passed. libya's interim prime ministerle resigned a few weeks after he was appointed. abdullah al-thinni said gunmen tried to attack his family. his predecessor was sacked last month. >> tests are being made on oil found in search of the missing malaysian airliner. the australian ship leading the hunt will deploy a mini submersible to scan for wreckage on the ocean floor. >> let's bring you more on the top scory - the crisis in ukraine. rory finnin joins us, the director of the program at came bridge universit

he was on an expedition to expel examine a tribe in new guinea. carl glad to have you with me.what happened to michael rockefeller? >> he was on a boat, traveling across the mouth of a river, those river mouths are turbulent places, they got into trouble, the weather was good, the vessel they were on capsized and they floated for 24 hours, and michael said, got restless and strapped two empty gasoline cans to his waist and jumped in and violated the first rule of boating, which is never leave the boat. and was never seen again. renee was picked up the next day by a dutch reconnaissance plane. >> you have studied the colony in new guinea. tell us about their spiritual lives and their head hunting an cannibalism. >> all this took place in the southwest coast of new guinea. 10,000 square miles of swamp and river and mud, no hills, no stones. and it was the home of the azmat people who were traditionally head hunters and cannibals and they had a very rich complex culture and all that was tied to these magnificent carvings, artwork that they produced. and a lot of that was based on

this is an isolation ward in guinea. a reason you haven't seen images like this before.ting one of the deadliest viruses in the world. ebola. it's invaded the organs in their body. up to nine our ten patients will die. but this horror is isolated in this area. we found traffic to still be busy here. markets are full. children, lots of children, still smiling. you see, as scare iras ebola is, it's not particularly contagious. doesn't disburse easily through the air or live long on surfaces and peep don't typically spread it until they are sick. really sick. when that's the case, they're not up walking around on the busy streets. down in bed. in hospitals or worse. even the dead are highly contagious. >> the story, always the same. >> reporter: this doctor from the cdc helped trace ebola outbreaks for 30er yaos. >> years. >> it's the people dealing with regular patient not thinking of ebo ebola. >> it only take as small amount of the virus anywhere on your skin. >> nothing gets in. >> nothing gets out. >> tim is one of the doctors without boarders. he's from canada. he com

witnessed in the last two years, the international community divided about how to go further with guineanizations need to not compete how they will be performing there but they understood to be very soon there with a new government and to come up with a reform that is a platform of engagement of different international actors and the government. >> for many africans, herbal remedies have as much to offer as mainstream healthcare. in lagos spate, the government says it's time for healers to take their place within modern hospitals and clinics. a report >> reporter: hagi has used a traditional form of orthopedic therapy. he has no medical degree. he took this up from his father who learned it from his father. but make no mistake. he is licensed. he is one of thousands of traditional medicine practitioners recognized by the state of lagos. >> if a bone is broken, they tell you about eight weeks before formation comes in. but in a tradational way, i would tell you before six weeks, he will walk with it. >> patients say they find traditional healers more available, affordable and less invasiv

. >> it was big news back in ate 1961 when michael rockefeller vanished off the coast of new guinea. name was never found. but now, after more than 50 years, jim axelrod tells us the mystery that may have finally been solved. ♪ >> reporter: there are few places on earth as remote and timeless as the jungles of new guinea. it is a land of endless swamp and home to the asmat people, who today live much as they have for 10,000 years. it is also a place modern civilization has paid little attention to, at least, that is, since 1961 when the eyes of the world were focused here, trying to solve a mystery involving one of the nation's most prominent families -- the rockefellers. >> i got a call when i was at lunch with my brother david from the ambassador of the netherlands saying they had a wire cable from new guinea to the effect that my son michael and dutch official were reported missing. >> this is someone on the order of the lindbergh baby disappearing without a trace. in one of the world's most forbidding places. >> reporter: carl hoffman is a journalist who has spent the past 2 1/2

pacific tsunami warning center has now lifted its left office on my mind as funny on tv and pop by new guinea. the last year our schools sensei says the quake struck and twenty fifteen utc on saturday the focus was thirty three km below the seabed the pacific tsunami warning center is now and it's a very end and no tsunami warnings country. in fact. foreign ministers of town to meet the western states have called on nations possessing the weapons to do more to dishonor their system will need is to visit and learn from the two atomic bomb cities of pure chance that the sucky. the foreign ministers of that coalition known as the nonproliferation and disarmament into tears. i dumped the joints aching and she knocked it was the troops a protein with japan playing coach for the past time the declaration calls abroad and i am up on me that it is the moment involving bodily the united states and russia opal was deeply at times the issues that need it comes to clarify the sign says something. the weapons stockpiles and reduce the number of such weapons this weekend and is north korea's nuclear progra

doctors in guinea are dealing with the most aggressive strain. only one out of 10 victims survives. epidemiologist michelle ven erp says they're facing an epidemic on a large scale because the cases are so spread out. the only way to stop ebola is to find and isolate everyone who has come into contact with it. the virus, which causing vomiting, diarrhea bleeding and eventual organ failure spread with contact with body fluids. doctors without borders is setting up quarantine clinics but they are battling against a suspicious and scared public. "people are so afraid," this man said, "they've stopped shake hands." an air france flight from begin tow paris was quarantined yesterday after a passenger was sick in the bathroom. no one was infected with ebola. >> he's going to arrest! >> reporter: in 1995, the movie "outbreak "showed an ebola-like virus spreading through a fictional california town while the real virus killed off nearly an entire village in the democratic republic of congo. laurie garrett is with the council on foreign relations. >> and you have a lot of people who have rec