and a quite profound change to the culture of samoa.g the 10,000 people who died in 1918, the vast majority of them were men who held the social structure of this ancient polynesian culture in their unspoken, in a secret language, as it was. and, curiously, all that was left of much of that knowledge had been compiled bya of that knowledge had been compiled by a german anthropologist called cramer during the german rule. and so cramer during the german rule. and so the whole thing, this terrible event which should not have happened is... clearly there are so many elements to this story that have caused huge repercussions for the families and the people of samoa, and as you say, the surrounding areas, what do you think is the biggest lesson we can learn from this today? well, in fact, the samoan prime minister last week made the point that samoa has two continue to be aware of its vulnerabilities as a small and remote pacific island. he drew the parallel to a case two years ago, when somebody arrived suspected of ebola. i mean, he clearl

western samoa, an independent country now called samoa but the western samoa had a devastating pandemic but american samoa had not a single case. and schools isolated themselves and the university campuses and dormitories isolated themselves. often successfully. william faulkner, the writer, was a -- was -- he was too small to get into the united states air force. so he went to canada to go to an air force training school, are and when he was in toronto i think or one of those cities in canada and when the flu hit, they just said we're shutting down the school entirely. everybody has to stay inside. the doors are being locks. you can't go out and whole air force academy school including william faulkner survived. these are anecdotes of course, but there really was a lot of self-isolation and it worked. >> there's the self-isolation that would happen in the event of an actual pandemic. before that thing to me seems extraordinarily necessary is collaboration globally on global public health. i was wondering if you could speak a little bit about how we're doing on that front in terms of fu

but not in samoa. i don't see any runs from month to month is because you don't have a god but. even if you know. one can happen and it happens that you need land happily and the anyone who has not been lucky hand am in. ogando but. oh no money that it is really a burden by the police on the who sees believe this but if you have it bad just think it bob quite a bit i think i have evolved quite a bit and that's your man as. him is he going to feel that same guy is going to continue the past and if you are nothing must you have. to live with. the. problem with this legacy the i just saw in stephen last that's really the key point is how the one packs and there are no you guys have it very easy so those are the facts. but if you don't want to sway and that is mickey last won by a system wide target and two packs more past that involvement then for his deity or was he here in the us. there is here giles we call. it leprosy is completely curveball if treated with multi drug therapy m.t.t. which has been widely used since one thousand nine hundred two the media out there really are on

for to samoa i realised quite. or a painter or a. i can't sing so i became a director because i'm you know i can't do anything else but to pursue his dream nikko went to prestigious film schools and apprenticed under the legendary german director rayner vernon fast binder before making a number of successful feature films but there was one prize job he wanted badly directing a big movie until late in mind and the head of german t.v. said no you can't have the job but you can make a documentary on. the to might and i said you know i you know i think that was income and i shouted at him i use the f. word very loudly and very often because i said i apply for the job you know you pay well and not the documentary filmmaker who gets your pate you know and that's so typical you know you give the disabled guy the side job you know and then i went home and my wife said what's the matter and i told her they want me to do a film about the little mite and what do i know about the little mite. and she looked at me and said they go it's time to lo

really exciting to come to this country and have them so welcoming and competing here has been honor samoaboston issues the competition on a high for her and the rest of the women are the only ones there auction off the medals three goes on the line for the men on the final day seagoing ri came out on top in the vault final the north korean following up his title at the rio olympics in the same event. one in short china would end the championship on top of the men's medals table the twenty year old getting china's third gold by winning the powerball final. but it wasn't to be a golden finish for one of the sports legends. was a doubt but because uncle problems could only manage silva. the three time olympic champion finishing behind because the amount of the netherlands the event finishing off a dramatic final day of competition. now at the end of the day the women were more impressive than the men with how many medals were one per athlete simone of course was at the top of the charts with four gold one silver and one bronze her teammate morgan heard rain and one gold one silver and one br

into more titles to take a gold medal tally to five in doha representing the united states of america samoashe looked shaky in the balance beam final. and while she didn't fall down like she did in the all around final score thirteen point six was far from her best thanks. it opened the door for all of this to capitalize and they did. burst on marie to raju better to school. thank god the canadian would have to settle for silver. china's looting king putting in a stellar display to seal a gold. bars would have to settle for. the floor finals next an opportunity for the american to sign up in style and she didn't disappoint. shrugged off competition from fellow american morgan heard to see gold invent just like she did at the rio olympics it brought to an end a memorable championships in qatar for the twenty one year old to doing it really exciting to come to this country and have them so welcoming and competing here has been on her samoa bars finishes the competition on a high for her and the rest of the women are the only ones there action and off the medals three goals on the line for the

godolphin stable off to twenty years trying but it was some sad news that the age no brian trained cliff samoa was put down of to break his shoulder early on the two mile course. before the running off the field and i thought may just happening again. and. telecom this lucky recipient can write a lot and go on the cover story which is prepared to believe we will watch it all going to show us what we are and. what they've got we've got. racing journalism brokaw cerebrum bell was in melbourne and predicts more international winners of the race in years to come. cross county runs off a remarkable year for charlie applebee that she's eleven group one but more importantly earlier this year won the epsom dobby and that was followed up by winning the biggest race here in australia. with the mostest masterful training performance when you consider a couple of weeks ago this was a bit of a setback and may have been doctored by the spot dissipates i think the international writers are working out what is needed to win this race and bearing in mind that last year we had an irish winter enjoys its abroad

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facilities, they should be appropriate changing facilities, disabled toilets, budgeting places to live in samoaysical, soap those area intellectual, physical, soap those are a long way to go for us to have equal standard for our able—bodied comrades. you said this was about not just access, its comrades. you said this was about notjust access, its about dignity, independence, isn't it? yes it's all about independence. it's a fight that has a long way to go in your opinion. one of the biggest barriers is one something like this happens, people do not know how this can happen. they worry about what will happen. they worry about what will happen or they have fears about going public with this, or they do not have the cost and watch a legal case, which is why it's important that people speak up, and bring the sort of cases to light, so other people can have the confidence that they can forward. thank you very much indeed just then, and good luck. —— justin. in china, an argument between a bus driver and one of his passengers has had disastrous consequences. security camera footage showed the driver

growing up in samoa a leg up and things out that. ballot model if i was on the thing you got out and if you could get that first ballot but i got a lot of americans who didn't get it or they did it with the unit. to mark this more than half a day and i say it's a given but that if it isn't giving the. goodness a lot of troops a lot of troops. an id or a get on the wrong. it's about the knitting the most of it in a low that they've said. i'm not going to look at every said you know we've been nice and there's nothing but a couple of legs model but it was a. little something but you needed the medical last week with. him but i mean. he has got a lot of money with them but that's a bit of american history and almost. had almost everything else with a look at him or. the little guy that the lunatic and a mustache that obama got out of the doubt it will. give him a. little different idea. that. made his way to to respond to tell everyone he could what had happened. we heard that sound that was missing so it was very confusing. my husband

serve on the first set six one but samoa showed plenty of fight in the second one in the fifty two winning this rally but still going to one down but it turned out to be his back that got the better of him not the arena. the bosnian having to retire hurt not long afterwards raffaella dollars also withdrawn from paris with an abdominal injury so jock which will take its place as number one next week. reflecting on what i've been through in the last year it's. quite quite phenomenal achievement and i you know of course i'm very very happy and proud about it. five you know five months ago if you told me that it would be i always believe in myself but it was highly improbable at that time considering my ranking in the way i played in front on the courts which will play myron church in the quarter as bulgaria's grigor dimitrov took him to a tie break in the first set but the world number seven croatian came through after that on the second set as well to set up another all bunkum type power. defending champion jacques saw also sealed his place in the quarter finals he beat out john is now it ju

all right some catch up on all the smalls news with samoa thank you very much a family well let's start with the heavyweight showdown in the world of tennis later on saturday novak djokovic and roger federer will go head to head in the semifinals of the paris masters both with a lot to play for just to riches already guaranteed world number one spot to survive a scare against man chill it was rationed it took the first set six four it was a different story in the second djokovic broke his opponent four three one never looked back take in the set six two held on to take the decider six three extending his winning streak to twenty one matches. in contrast twenty time grand slam champion said i made quick work of clinician corey beating the japanese space six four six full to ease into the last full the win moves the wall the number three a step closer to claim what would be his one hundred career title but his next match won't be as easy federer has failed to beat jocko bitch in the three previous encounters and the least a head to head record twenty four to twenty two and he has not lost

book when it comes to samoa. can you ever expect too much i mean do we expect much from so much from three to williams from the bron james a rough film the dog these are the competitors she's brought up that the pinnacle of a sport i just remember simone was one having kidney sleuths just before this commission started then didn't really does there really is no limit to what his goal can achieve and i'm expecting i'm sure the world is to completely. twenty twenty. so how what's the vibe there how popular is simone among the crowd. among the crowd i mean people here from all different parts of the world we're going to britain here we go to europe you don't want to do what you want to i think that can transcend to school she's hugely popular she's got huge following a social media and that's only going to grow more duels with to be having her way she's a big star she's also become a role model after the whole larry nasra sex abuse scandal she said that power to create elevate to the status to someone that's not jus

so expect plenty of wet weather for the southern parts of thailand and actually for some of us in samoa it's also pretty wet too for the east there's more in the way of dry weather to be found in between the showers so yes they'll be some wet weather but some good spells of sunshine too as we head across towards sri lanka has been incredibly were here over the past three or four days and the rains are still with us expected to be wet again as we head through friday and into saturday but i do think the rains will be easing off the saturday so less heavy than they have been further north staying fine and dry temperatures easing in new delhi to twenty eight degrees. the weather sponsored by cats on a base. dog a stone drive with tensions between islamic separatists and pro russian national. calls in the crossfire one man has a vision for the next generation empowering. back to seek a special way. with this dog astounds peaceful mores on al-jazeera. book about killed watching of sarah by double our top stories police say they got but who killed twelve people after a big fire in a crowded ba

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