this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes on world malaria day malawi gonna end kenya are administering the only licensed vaccine to protect against the mosquitoes brake disease we have a report from gonna play malaria kills three children every day. will also get a report from walls and beat with malaria and fictions picking up in the aftermath of last month's deadly cycle. i'm christine wonderwall come to the news africa i'm glad you're tuned in today as world malaria day it's a disease that was once on the decline but now on the rise again the world health organization estimates malaria killed four hundred thirty five thousand people in twenty seven. most of those who die african children under the age of five if it's to fight the disease have stagnated recent he isn't possible africa infection rates have actually risen but there's hope this week as three african countries rolled out a program of backs a nation it's hoped the programs in malawi kenya and gonna will dramatically cut the disease this report from one of those countries gone fishing which at this call f

this week as three african countries rolled out a program off vaccination it's hoped the programs in malawi kenya and gonna will dramatically cut the disease this report from one of those countries gonna. switch at the. gates of ghana for medical treatment. because of my leave. the hospital records over one hundred suspected malaria cases daily with famed high among children under five years the disease doesn't spare a dolly st an adult's leiria still remains in number one cause of hospital attendance. i saw a very high percentage of the patients who report to this hospital for treatment come because of malaria and they also diagnosed ourselves. for us we have both complicated complicated malaria and of malaria among children under five. cent and malaria in the in their grown ups and they aged three years a group get their record it half a million malaria related admission is to hospital the health ministry says that dropped by a fifth to four hundred thousand by twenty eight thousand thanks to say programs like this one the lead agency hoping with campaigns for over a decade now is the con

choked with stagnant water where mosquitoes breed in me again i joints malawi and kenya to pay a lot already tested malaria scenes for over one hundred twenty thousand children aged twenty four months and younger have gone through a lot of with regards to various impacts but it will reduce. the number of maria. due to marry this interim reducing area does four in ten and this is. useful gains that you think that as a country when you move ahead and then introduced this introduction in selective districts and finally really not to the country it will out as a catalyst to our efforts to admit when area. is estimated to have killed around five hundred people in twenty eighteen that's a figure officials want to reduce fade out but it's like these about mosquito sprays shoot that defy it isn't movie aids and joining me now is yeah he is africa representative for his image safe or doxes without borders he specializes in public health and is involved in research enjoys me now from yale would have all come see new africa mr bloom is this the of by the vaccine that will end malaria. well than

development at the cost of aroundd 890 million malaria the first license that has been rolled out in malawi. we will have the details in our business update. we begin in sri lanka, where over 60 have been arrested in connection with the suicide atattacks on easter sunday that list -- that left at least 359 people dead. we knonow after nine bombers, oe was a woman. thee are conducting investigations at the moment. has claimed.s. on theibility, but funding part, we are conducting investigations. >> could you start by telling us ?bout the security lapses the prime minister did not seem to know about the threat. >> neither the p prime minister nor the president. there is growing anger now that .hese warnings were not heeded the united states has said it did not have knowledge of these attacks that were going to take place, but there was a memo sent by the police chief in sri lanka saying the country was facing threats of attacks on churches. a group is being blamed for this. in sris growing anger lanka about the fact these attacks could have been prevented if the knowledge had been passed on to

a large—scale pilot has been launched in malawi.. the world could finally be getting closer to winning the fight against malaria. it's all thanks to a new vaccine, the first of its kind, which is undergoing a large—scale pilot in malawi. the rts,s vaccine works by training the immune system to attack the malaria parasite. with initial testing indicating it reduces cases by 40%. the world health organization, expect it to be a crucial step in combating the disease. children will receive the vaccine in four stages before they are two years old. the aim is to immunise 120,000 infants to reduce the number of deaths. currently, a child dies from malaria every two minutes. the pilot will roll out to ghana next week, while kenya will follow suit in the next weeks. victoria wahonda, bbc news. polls have now closed in the indian election‘s super tuesday — the third phase of the country's marathon seven—stage general election. with nearly a billion eligible voters — the logistics can be quite daunting. but, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains, e

a large—scale pilot has been lodged in malawi.a. it's all thanks to a new vaccine, the first of its kind, which is undergoing a large—scale pilot in malawi. the rts—s vaccine works by training the immune system to attack the malaria parasite. with initial testing indicating it reduces cases by a0%. the world health organization, expect it to be a crucial step in combating the disease. children will receive the vaccine in four stages before they are two years old. the aim is to immunise 120,000 infants to reduce the number of deaths. currently, a child dies from malaria every two minutes. the pilot will roll out to ghana next week, while kenya will follow suit in the next weeks. victoria wahonda, bbc news. posit how close an indian election super tuesday. the third phase of the countries mouth seven stage election. with nearly a billion eligible voters, that the district can be daunting but as the bbc‘s report explains, everyone can take part. bharatdas darshandas is a man who takes his civic duty very seriously indeed. a priest wh

a large—scale pilot has been launched in malawi.da reports. the world could finally be getting closer to winning the fight against malaria. it's all thanks to a new vaccine, the first of its kind, which is undergoing a large—scale pilot in malawi. the rts—s vaccine attacks the malaria parasite, with initial testing indicating it reduces cases by 40 cents. the world health organization, expected to be a crucial step in combating the disease, will receive the vaccine before they are two years old. the aim is to immunise 120,000 infants to reduce the number of deaths. currently, a child dies from malaria every two minutes. the pilot will roll out to ghana next week, while kenya will follow suit in the next weeks. victoria wahonda, bbc news. polls have now closed in the indian election‘s super tuesday — the third phase of the country's marathon seven—stage general election. with nearly a billion eligible voters, the logistics can be quite daunting. but, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains, election officials are determined everyone — and i

been called the world's first malaria vaccine to give partial protection to children has begun in malawip and the research holds a price tag of a billion dollars. the pilot aims to immunise over 100,000 children aged two years and below and over the next couple of weeks, will be rolled out in ghana and kenya. we can talk now to dr katherine o'brien, director of immunisation, vaccines and biologicals at the world heath organisation. thanks forjoining us. can you tell us more thanks forjoining us. can you tell us more about how this will work? so malaria is a terrible illness that claims the life of one child every two minutes. about 250,000 children die every year in africa from this disease. and today is really an historic day. it's the first day of rolling out, in a pilot programme, ina rolling out, in a pilot programme, in a routine immunisation programme, first in malawi, the first—ever malaria vaccine to reach this stage. why has it taken so long to develop and get to this stage, over 30 years i think? malaria is a really complex disease. it is a parasite that lives in the blood of t

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we are looking at the north of mozambique, the last storm moved on zimbabwe and malawi and will theses because these storm systems, although they are spinning around quite quickly, the actual forward movement is quite slow and i would make the movement quite erratic. most of it next to the coast are not threatened but there will be some big showers going into tanzania and parts of malawi in northern mozambique that is probably going to see the catastrophic flooding. bbc whether colleagues are back on the outside source set and if let's turn to outside source business. the national public radio telling us earlier. that was revealed as part of its first results since last month's crash in ethiopia which killed 157 people. it came just five months after a similar crash in indonesia. the entire global fleet of 737‘s is grounded as boeing works on a fix. samira hussain is in new york. i have to confess, we can see, when i saw that figure, i thought it would be even higher. it absolutely will be higher because we look at that $1 billion figure, that is really anticipating the costs in terms

one i didn't tina let's return to our malaria story new drug being trialled in malawi let's bring in some biologist bringing diversity in newcastle joins me from. the trials the drugs like this sort of take place all over the world get this one which is exclusively exclusively being held in southern africa does that surprise you. not at all. i do apologize if we having any luck with that story at all at the moment and we will hopefully try and come back to it later. so let's start and go over to russia where scientists there are logged on the russian government plans to allow increased levels of pollution in the world's largest lake lake baikal contains twenty percent of the planet's freshwater step bassam reports russian government leaders say they can better protect the lake by increasing committed levels of waste. the fragile line between water and ice marks the entrance to the world's largest and deepest lake and the ice melts the water is so clear that fish and freshwater seals can be spotted with oxygen one and a half kilometers down near the bottom made by karl has a unique ec

dollars to reconstruct parts of mozambique zimbabwe and malawi old devastated by cycle die. south east africa on march fourteenth a mission catastrophic flooding and killing hundreds of people for me to measure has the latest from bera a port city in mozambique almost flattened by the storm. we're at one of their whole temporary shelters that have been up here in various cities one of the areas hardest hit by the flood and the spike loan that hit just over two reaks ago and aid organizations think people coming into the city and finding shelter in simple places like that has made their work likely easier they are places across apollo province that still remain inexplicable difficult to get to because they still live waters those haven't receded and it's only once that happens and once roads are opened and there is act this will aid organizations be able to spread their services and these facilities across this province for now bringing people into beirut is important the provision of shelter good also a creepy priority is that of food and who'd water as well as health the th

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his promise around one hundred million us told us to reconstruct parts of nights on the zimbabwe malawi which were devastated by cycling die. israeli forces of injured dozens of palestinian protest as in the latest friday demonstrations at the girl say israel border the demonstrations which are known as the great march of her term began in march last year that demanding an end to the blockade on the right to return to land mines by israel. was us the process. at a time when this egyptian led mediation between hamas and other palestinian factions in israel is still ongoing and on a day when it was indicated by hamas officials that those negotiations are still on a positive track things did get a lot more tense than many people would have wanted at the site of the great march of return protests that we were out here today in the last few hours you had many ambulances whizzing by we've been told by the ministry of health in gaza that dozens of people were injured by israeli live fire and one must wonder if that is going to put a damper on the negotiations going forward at a critical time w

how did malawi become a gateway to islamist terror. an exclusive report from a destroyed city. village in the sights of i.r.s. starts april eleventh on d w. ten years after the financial crisis u.s. lawmakers have called off the country's biggest bank chiefs for a day of reckoning but they got one. also on the show a first time visitor to croatia chinese premier league giants there and he's brought gifts but the e.u. fears that they may come at a price. and adding vaults to vintage cars one british startup finds a way to breathe new life into old cars. follow them to the business i'm in in berlin thanks for joining us the largest gathering of america's banking elite since the financial crisis the heads of the most powerful banks in the united states appeared before congress as the house financial services committee they faced off against lawmakers in a sweeping hearing covering everything from potentially suspicious activity from russian bank accounts to financing controversial industries like gun manufacturing the event was supposed to revolve around the stability of the banki

a south east africa the storm killed more than one thousand people in mozambique some bubbly and malawi hundreds of people are still missing as a result of his afia flooding that hit the region the world bank estimates that three million people are still suffering the ofter effects off the natural disaster one of the worst affected places was the port city of beira in walls and be our correspondent. with the mayor there men who is fighting a daily battle to overcome the emergency left by the storm and for his city. every day the mongo does a two of his city inspecting the reconstruction of beirut with the destruction of saigon the da is divisible everywhere the mayor is determined to stay in close contact with the residents of the man who is trying hearts but he can't always help the mayor is part of an opposition party after the cyclon he strongly criticized the central government for its slow response the city's annual budget is only about thirteen million viewers it was real very difficult we went heating heating heating until the understood that the need. we need they need us we nee

malawi has begun the world's first ever backs a nation program against malaria one of the worst global killers that actually ensured the vaccine should protect about one in. one third of children immunized while those who do catch malaria will suffer from a less severe form a vaccine took thirty years to be developed. u.s. lawyers are recruiting clients to join possible sex abuse lawsuits against the boy scouts of america some states have amended or are considering amending their statute of limitations laws so the victims of long ago child sex abuse have a chance to seek redress in the courts. north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in vladivostok in eastern russia ahead of a summit on thursday with president vladimir putin the summit will be the first between the two leaders possible topics include economic cooperation and north korea's nuclear program kim is concerned about u.s. led sanctions against his country over its banned nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programs russia has called for the sanctions to be. or the latest on this story let's cross over to our corresponde

how did malawi become a gateway to islam this terror until now the sorry god more sitting as the result of an exclusive report from a destroyed city. philippines. starts april eleventh one g.w. . plague. this is deja news coming to you live from bali and the latest bump on the long road to brag that poses a flexible trust month to pay for the u.k. to leave the block and to visit me at once and soon enough by june the thirtieth to reach also coming up the libyan capital is on the trip from militia groups in a power struggle to the un secretary general thrust at the village a new and civil war as thick eastern forces commander tries to drive on which the un backed government.

destroyed infrastructure and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi the world bank has estimated the cost of recovery at close to two billion people have lost their homes and us president donald trump's controversial ban on trans gender people in the military takes effect today the ban exams transgender people are already serving in the military as well as soldiers who started treatment for gender dysphoria before the ban the deadline has led to some soldiers rushing their decision to begin treatment . for under her cage the transgender kicked off a dramatic race against time the army intelligence analyst had to decide whether to start gender reassignment surgery or risk losing his job in future. where i initially was planning to you know spend several months probably you know really just taking my time in figuring out what i wanted to do and figuring out my identity suddenly turned into this crazy race where i was you know missing days on days in a row of work and in stressing and really just doing everything i could to get the diagnosis done in time

children's fund says more aid is needed in mozambique malawi and zimbabwe nearly one thousand people died because of the cycle own and more than two million were affected many of them in the city of bam in mozambique. houses destroyed and self are slowly being rebuilt but the u.n. is struggling to reach areas around mozambique second biggest city that are still water logged. rescue teams are using amphibious vehicles as well as boats and helicopters. however many people haven't received any help whatsoever since cyc loan hit four weeks ago it's very hard work out there and it's painstaking and we just have to keep at it and again maybe the headlines are over in terms of like the big cyclon that hit but the work and the the gravity of the situation remains very much a reality today. the united nations world food program has managed to deliver tons of food and other aid to accessible areas hundreds of thousands of people have received help. today i'm getting paid for the first time myself until now i have gotten by with lost my daughter and grandchildren received after their houses wer

mozambique, zimbabwe, and malawi devastated by a cyclone. the u.n.e libyan crisis in a special session. the members expressed deep concern that the military activity in tripoli risks libyan stability and prospects for u.n. mediation in a comprehensive political solution to the crisis. forces toon rebel halt all military movements. they also call on all forces to de-escalate and halt military activity. there can be no military solution to the conflict. host: i'm now joined by a research fellow at a think tank. thanks for speaking us on the news -- speaking with us here on the newshour. we were just tearing remarks after that u.n. urgent session focusing on developments in libya. it's interesting the security council calls on rebel forces to halt their advance. how important is this, given that in the past they have avoided singling out the rebels? guest: it is clearly a development, but given the fact the rebel leader decided to launch this offensive while the u.n. secretary-general was in libya, you have to see that as a measure of the amount of resp

six weeks ago cyclonic died devastated the south where more people live neighboring malawi and zimbabwe were also hard hit killing at least a thousand people and leaving a trail of destruction the extent of the damage caused by this latest cycle is still too early to say. more about al-jazeera. on nicholas finney is the save the children services from a church save the children's response team in mozambique he says the thousands displaced are struggling to build shelters play fighting very heavy. shouts eighty to ninety percent of roofs were lost and i found people's families and children. really just pulling together the remains of three thing of housing to try and take some shelter from the rain that's been ongoing and the other thing that they found was that really people have been quite terrified they've been in the open for thirty six hours and it's estimated that when from the cyclon were blowing extremely hard for about twenty four hours they passed over some of these places and these these are areas where there's not really any experience of this type of storm and in living memo

two months after a cyclone caused massive damage and killed more than 1000 people in mozambique, malawi, and zimbabwe. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. shery: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm shery ahn. amanda: live in toronto, i'm amanda lang. welcome to "bloomberg markets." we are joined by our bloomberg and bnn bloomberg audiences. here are our top stories from around the world. kicking upd japan another round of high-level negotiations in washington. we will talk global trade with the former prime minister of australia kevin rudd. pulling the plug on a mayor murder -- megamerger. amazon is set to report its earnings after the u.s. closing bell. investors went to see if the online retail giant will keep up the momentum we have seen this year in the tech sector. a quick check on the major averages, a tale of two markets. center,front and keeping parts of the market buoyant, including the nasdaq. is the broader u.s. s&p 500 se

in the country back in march it died devastated parts of the south east of mozambique zimbabwe and malawi killing hundreds and displacing tens of thousands the world bank says that psycho known caused two billion dollars worth of damage it's unprecedented for two psychos to hit the region in such a short time fight from kenneth may require a major new humanitarian operation at the same time that the ongoing cycle response targeting three million people in three countries remain critically on the funded. more heavy rain is expected increasing the risk of floods mudslides and water borne diseases with the scale of this is awesome likely to grow aid groups say a lot more help will be needed from the international community over the coming days and in the months of recovery ahead mohammed al jazeera so the head of al jazeera they came to these camps to escape violence still living.

the powerful srm ripped through mozambique, zimbabwe,mo and malawi lash. crews are still searching for remains of the dead. a cholera outbreak ahe cyclone's survivors in mozambique threate to increase the number of casualties even more. back in this country, acting deputy homeland security secretary claire grady has resigned. that paves the way for president trump's pick kevin mcaleenan, the commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection, to become the acting sretary of homeland security. but it also leaves the actg deputy position unfilled. mcaleenan's departure from customs and border protection means it now won't have a commissioner. the acting head of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement ron vitiello is stepping down friday, leaving a vacancy at the top of that ency as well. president trump left open the possibility today of sending additional u.s. troops to the southern border. he came to that conclusion after listening to stories about migrant crossings at a republican fundraiser in san antonio, texas. some 5,000 active-duty and g nationrd tr

areas in the country back in march it i devastated parts of the south east of mozambique zimbabwe and malawi killing hundreds and displacing tens of thousands the world bank says that psycho no learning caused two billion dollars worth of damage it's unprecedented for two psychos to hit the region in such a short time fraction kenneth may require a major new humanitarian operation at the same time that the ongoing cycle response targeting three million people in three countries remain critically on the funded. more heavy rain is expected increasing the risk of floods mudslides and water borne diseases with the scale of this is awesome likely to grow aid groups say a lot more help will be needed from the international community over the coming days and in the months of recovery ahead mohammed al jazeera. so ahead on al-jazeera they came to these camps in asia to escape violence but they're still living in fear. thousands of indigenous protesters take to the streets of brazil to preserve their culture like that. ok it's right around now it's quiet and i'm russian in the caspian sea you're prob

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in season six weeks ago likely to die devastated the south where more people live in neighboring malawi in zimbabwe were also hard hit killing at least a thousand people and leaving a trail of destruction the extent of the damage caused by this latest cyclon is still too early to say more about a manly al-jazeera south africa is marking twenty five years since the end of apartheid on this day in one thousand nine hundred four for the first time in the country's history people of all races were allowed to vote the president sort of a porter says the day of freedom won't be forgotten. the great tragedy of tate. i was raised with great deliberation. begins differently this is what was it and the scale of human endeavor and in. order. to be able to it was that deep division. was when a protest broke out in the same town where the freedom day celebrations were taking place the demonstrators say they lack basic living standards and for them apartheid never ended. well some progress has been made since nelson mandela's revolution to end white rule but not nearly enough that's according to crit

six weeks ago cycle of died devastated the south where more people live neighboring malawi and zimbabwe were also hard hit killing at least a thousand people and leaving a trail of destruction the extent of the damage caused by this latest cycle is still too early to say. more about a manly al-jazeera. sri lanka's president has banned two muslim groups accused of being behind the easter sunday bombings the national though he gemma and the german . security remains tight and there are warnings of more attacks sunday mass catholic churches has been cancelled a curfew is still in effect in the eastern city of carroll when i after a gun battle between security forces and suspected attackers fliers louis reports from colombo. security forces in sri lanka conducted more raids and made more arrests on saturday in the western town of nigga which is one of the towns that was attacked on sunday police conducted raids in a mostly muslim neighborhood and made several arrests including the deputy mayor and then in the eastern town of trincomalee navy police arrested a man and found on him gel explos

over southeastern africa the storm killed more than one thousand people in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi hundreds of people are still missing as a result of the severe flooding that hit the region the world bank estimates that three million people are still suffering the after effects of the natural disaster and one of the worst affected places was the city of beirut in mozambique our correspondent. met with the mayor there a man who is fighting a daily battle to overcome the emergency left by the storm. every day dovish the mongo does a two of his city inspecting the reconstruction of beirut with the destruction of saigon the dye still visible everywhere the mayor is determined to stay in close contact with the residents and the man who is trying hearts but he can't always help the mayor is part of an opposition party after the cyclon he strongly criticized the central government for its slow response the city has been restored to parts of the city have electricity again but they are also setbacks the number of malaria cases is on the rice and despite massive many stations mozambique ha

cycling season six weeks ago likely to die devastated the south where more people live in neighboring malawi in zimbabwe were also hard hit killing at least a thousand people and leaving a trail of destruction the extent of the damage caused by this latest cyclon is still too early to say more about a manly al-jazeera stuff a short break here al jazeera i want to come back. to the one region in spain that's claiming its hopes for independence on the outcome of sunday's elections plus. life is a game from the been seeking an escape from war torn out.

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die swept over southeastern africa the storm child more than one thousand people in mozambique and malawi hundreds of people are still missing as a result of the severe flooding that hit the region the world bank estimates that three million people are still suffering the after effects of the natural disaster one of the worst affected places was a port city of bear out in mozambique our correspondent chris schmidt with the head of the un's resettlement program there to ask or if climate change was complicating the task of rebuilding flood hit communities like better. parts of the region are below the sea level already your background is town planning is the whole city city in your view under threat in the future i was a mayor before. in my city experience almost the same criteria as bera my city was sixty percent the new area below sea level and the internet was here in twenty seventeen but of course it's not so strong a secular when. we come back and look for solution. for a better planning for a better resilient design building maybe. after a. flood prone area we built on steel and then

last month, it hit further south, killing 900 people as it brought destruction to mozambique, malawi,babwe. but officials say they have learned lessons from cyclone idai. 30,000 people in the path of kenneth have already been evacuated. though more than 680,000 are thought to be at risk in a largely rural region where many live in basic homes, such as mud huts and shacks. the system is now slowly drifting north towards southern tanzania, where hundreds of people are already on the move in the hope of finding a safe place to ride out the storm. caroline rigby, bbc news. the french president emmanuel macron has revealed his long awaited response to nearly half a year of street protests. he promised tax cuts and higher pensions — along with a less abrasive leadership style. but less popular elements of his reform programme, such as longer working hours, will go ahead. andy beatt reports. five months of street protests, violence, and france's worst civil disorder in decades. what began as a demonstration against fuel prices soon became a national movement against social inequality and pre

southern africa and flooding from cyclone idai indundates mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi.d nations calls it one of the worst weather disasters ever to hit the southern hemisphere. in the immediate aftermath, a rescue effort finds people stranded on rooftops and clinging to trees, but the death toll rises rapidly, reaching over 700, and still people are dying as diseases such as cholera increase across the affected areas. the track of idai gives clues as to why the flooding here was so bad. it was a double hit. the scale of the devastation here led many to ask about the role of climate change. in fact, the frequency of tropical cyclones in this area has decreased slightly in recent decades, but the evidence shows that more of those that do form are becoming stronger. now, to europe. this bridge on the greek island of crete has survived a lot of severe weather in its iii—year history, but the force of this flood in february was just too much. australia, in february, and it's supposed to rain in queensland during monsoon season, but the rains here this year are exceptional. t

six weeks ago likely to die devastated the south where more people live neighboring malawi and zimbabwe were also hard hit killing at least a thousand people and leaving a trail of destruction the extent of the damage caused by this latest cycle is still too early to say. more about a manly al-jazeera. sure as ban two groups accused of being behind the easter sunday bombings a curfew is in effect in the east of the country where military commanders say the bodies of at least fifteen people were found after a raid on a safe house sparked suicide blast and a gun battle overnight on friday i still has claimed to be behind the attack and saying three of its members detonated their explosives vest security remains tight throughout the country with warnings of further attacks. florence lou brings us the latest now from. security forces in sri lanka conducted more raids and made more arrests today in the western town of which is one of the towns that was attacked on sunday police conducted raids in a mostly muslim neighborhood and made several arrests including the deputy mayor and then in the

now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today malawi has begun the world's first ever backs nation program against malaria one of the worst global killers the vaccine should protect about one third of children immunized while those who do catch malaria will suffer from a less severe form the back same took thirty years to be developed. u.s. lawyers are recruiting clients to join possible sex abuse lawsuits against the boy scouts of america some say amended or are considering amending their statute of limitations mauls so that victims of long ago child sex abuse have a chance to seek redress in the country. and brazil second highest court has reduced the sentence of incarcerated former president lula to silva from twelve years to eight years and ten months is opens up the possibility that he could be moved to house arrest later this year is still the convicted of corruption and money laundering. and that nation's security council has adopted a heavily watered down resolution on sexual violence in conflict zones the measure was originally put forward by german

dump twice as much rain as cyclone idai, which last month killed around 1,000 people in mozambique, malawiollars to recover. the bbc‘s lebo diseko is in the capital, maputo, and has more now on aid efforts to help the tens of thousands of people affected by cyclone kenneth. it does seem that weather conditions have eased off slightly in the north of the country this morning and that allowed aid agencies a window of opportunity to start distributing aid. the world food programme has started handing out some supplies and they also sent a plane out to the island of ibo which had been com pletely the island of ibo which had been completely cut off yesterday. it is fast changing and they wanted to sendin fast changing and they wanted to send ina fast changing and they wanted to send in a second plane and that wasn't able to be sent stop that was filled with rice, food, that sort of thing, for people. the message from authorities in pemba yesterday is that this is worth we had expected and we need help. there were concerns raised about things like cholera. rain is expected for a number of days h