the pacific island nation of samoa has closed all schools and banned public gatherings as it struggles to contain a measles epidemic so far 6 people have died victoria gazin being reports. schools in simone capital apia are normally full of students at this time of year but since the government declared a state of emergency on saturday public gatherings are banned instead parents are being told to urgently vaccinate their children to protect them from a measles epidemic that's sweeping the pacific island nation so far more than 700 cases of measles have been reported out of a population of 200000. plus. it's. because. only outbreak there's been a resurgence of measles around the world cases more than doubled between 20172018 the world health organization blames the spread of misinformation on social media about vaccines health officials in samoa say only 66 percent of the population is immunized against measles that figure needs to increase to 95 percent to ensure herd immunity and to prevent the deaths of any more children victoria gate and be al jazeera. police in georgia have detain

i mean source epidemic in samoa has killed 42 people more than 3000 cases have been registered since october when the outbreak began health workers say most of the victims are children under the age of 41 victim was less than 5 months old country seen a drop in immunizations and that's made it more vulnerable to outbreaks of the disease unfortunately in some part of what is happening there has to do with some social social messaging around an anti vaccine group and this is now being measured in the lives of children who who have died in the course of this outbreak attempts to reach an area in kenya that was hit by flooding in a landslide are being slowed down by damaged roads and bridges 120 people have been killed in west pocket but there are fears that number could rise when rescue workers get to the areas that are being cut off has more now from the capital nairobi. a week of the traditional floods in most parts of north western kenya many bridges that remain down fast flowing water is also washed away long sections of roads workers are repairing this bridge on the road between ke

i mean those epidemic sweeping through samoa has worsened 25 people have now died almost all of them young children more than 2000 cases have been registered a state of emergency was declared more than a week ago. more than 60 doctors fear that wiki leaks founder julian assange could die prison they've written an open letters in the british government to demand his transfer to hospital the doctors say he's suffering from physical and psychological problems the u.s. wants to extradite him on espionage charges a landslide has calls the collapse of a bridge in italy firefighters were at the site in the good area no casualties of so far been reported there's been widespread flooding in northern italy this month now right sharing service who has lost his license to operate in london because of safety concerns this is transit authority has cited several breaches that put passengers safety at risk saying is not fit and proper but the company has vowed to appeal against the decision and now has $21.00 days to do so can continue to operate while the appeals process is underway. and of course

with you canda but are being hindered by bad conditions i'm easels epidemic that sweeping through samoa has worsened according to health officials 25 people of died from the disease almost all of them young children more than 2000 cases have been registered and the state of emergency was declared more than a week ago all right those are the latest headlines up front is next. on the ground in the process russian uses mercenaries in conflicts from syria to libya the future of the ram go it's a 2 trillion dollars business saudi state owned oil on the ballot plus google takes on the big guns in the game you can see the cost on our. with protests raging in hong kong and a brutal crackdown against muslims in how far is the chinese government willing to go to maintain its iron rule. i made the house and also on the show this week the trumpet ministration announced that it no longer considers israeli settlements in the occupied west bank to be a violation of international law but is there any basis for making such a controversial claim that's out debate but 1st enemies of the people that's what

sanctions and measles epidemic sweeping through samoa has killed 42 people more than 3000 cases have been registered since the outbreak began last month health officials say most of the victims are children under the age of 4 needles immunization rates dropped in some of the deaths of 2 babies in 2018 because the vaccination was not administered properly. unfortunately in samoa part of what is happening there has to do with some social social messaging around an anti vaccine group and this is now being measured in the lives of children who who have died in in the course of this outbreak for the 1st time facebook has added a correction notice to use this post saying the original message contained false information it complies with an order from singapore's government about fake news facebook embedded a correction notice at the bottom of the original post but it did not alter the text itself singapore's protection from online falls had a manipulation act was passed in may it allows the government to publish corrections alongside claims about public institutions false statements could c

great britain versus new zealand, then fiji against samoa and then. you can watch that match live on bbc two from 3.30pm tomorrow morning. highlights will be on bbc one later in the day at 1.15pm. england cricket's new head coach, chris silverwood, has made a winning start to his role, beating new zealand by seven wickets. the match was the first t20 of their five match series in christchurch. james vince scored his maiden international t20 half century with 59 off 38 balls. this was the first meeting against the black caps since england beat them in the one—day world cup final in the summer. we have a busy weekend of hockey ahead as great britain's men and women, plus ireland's women look to book their place at tokyo 2020. all three have double—headers. great britain's women face world number 18 side chile in london, and they have to win if they stand any chance of defending the gold they won in rio. jo currie explains. this weekend marks a huge moment for gb hockey, both the women's and men's teams taking out and knock out qualifying matches which w

is around 85 percent in samoa it sits between 30 and 40 percent according to u.n. estimates and that's much lower than its pacific neighbors like tome where immunization rates of over 90 percent. are damaged roads and bridges have slowed attempts to reach a flood hit area in kenya 120 people have been killed in west book courts but there are fears that number could rise when rescue workers are able to get to areas that have been cut off by others or has more from the capital nairobi. a week of the traditional floods in most parts of north western kenya many bridges that remain down fast flowing water is also washed away long sections of roads workers are repairing this bridge on the road between keitai and road while the government's appealing for help from anyone but a lack of city james we need of assistance we can get we have been to well wishers for the prototype for nice to take food and medicine to the affected people so they can cope you get stuck in the village of tom collins one of the last hit by floods and landslides which followed days of torrential rai

organization blames the spread of misinformation on social media about vaccines health officials in samoa say only 66 percent of the population is immunized against measles that figure needs to increase to 95 percent to ensure herd immunity and to prevent the deaths of any more children victoria gate and be al-jazeera. wall. the odd. odd. odd. the odd. thank. you. thank you very much belgium have made a little bit of history by becoming the 1st team to win a match at the new look davis cup finals in madrid on day one of group stage action they defeated colombia in group d. it was up to david go find to put belgium in an unquestionable 2 nil lead against the south americans steve darcy's won the 1st singles rubber for the europeans and go funded the business here although he needed 3 sets 3663 and 63 the final score. rusher are also up and running after seen off defending champions croatia they took a 2 mil lead against the croats after karen catchin of defeated born at church in 3 sets earlier on. got the russians off the mark canada also had an opening day victory over italy denis shapov

bomb explosion investigating corruption involving politicians and businessmen a measles epidemic in samoa has killed 40 to more than 3000 cases have been registered since october when the outbreak began the country's seen a drop in immunization and that's made it more vulnerable to outbreaks of the disease. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story i'll see you bright and early from 7 g. tomorrow morning. the president of france says that nato is brain dead and that terrorism is now the enemy of not russia and the neo mccall wants his criticism to be a wakeup call for the military alliance so what does it mean for nato his future and organization the us president also once described as obsolete this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan after world war 2 and facing a rising threat from the soviet union a group of european and north american countries banded together and signed up to the north atlantic treaty they believed a collective defense was the best way to ensure future peace in the is that followed the organization

organization blames the spread of misinformation on social media about vaccines health officials in samoa say only 66 percent of the population is immunized against measles that figure needs to increase to 95 percent to ensure herd immunity and to prevent the deaths of any more children victoria gate and be al-jazeera former pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif has been granted special dispensation from the courts to leave pakistan in order to receive medical treatment in london sharif who was convicted of corruption earlier this year suffers from an immune disorder in which blood doesn't clot normally as brother and family doctor accompanied him. from his line of that. belgacom former prime minister now why should a voice serving a 78 jailed however a month ago a doctor and raise the alarm that his medical condition was worth the name and date he needed during treatment after 8 people and moved to a government office printer the prime minister imran khan also ordered that he be given the best possible medical treatment within the country however doctor then this stage that he has to go

reported that's been widespread flooding in italy this month as a measles epidemic sweeping through samoa has worsened 25 people have now died from the disease almost all of them young children while the 2000 cases have been registered a state of emergency has been declared most of the week ago and he corruption authorities in pakistan have filed a case against the former president asif ali zardari and a sister for alleged involvement in the money laundering scandal story was arrested back in june after being accused of laundering millions of dollars through fake bank accounts small from the pakistani capital. emraan khan the prime minister of pakistan came into power where the promise that he would come down hard on those held accountable for and goldman didn't matter of course option. or dari but would also the president of pakistan from been made $1013.00. probe over fake bank accounts to raise money was laundered out of the country is now going to be facing more pressure as french gave that initiated against them but it already you know it's great that it held this failing is sufferin

great britain versus new zealand, then fiji against samoa and then.t britain's rugby league side have a really tough match this is the japan's most mountain and getting here is the high point of theirjapani and getting here is the high point of theirjapan i we had a number of things to tickle off when we came to japan. we only had two left in our list as of this morning and one was to see mount fuji, done. the only fine i want to take off now is watching england win the world cup final. andy and scott are the lines and pink, a group of british rugby super fans. for the last month, they have been crisscrossing japan, making friends everywhere they have gone. the whole expense has been crazy. friends everywhere they have gone. the whole expense has been crazym has an expense in itself. you will not find it anywhere else. -- the whole experience has been crazy it is an experience in itself. it is not cheap. we will have done just over four weeks and then i wives who have came out for 14 or 15 days as well. we have tickets to pretty much every game since

i mean those epidemics sweeping through samoa has gotten worse 25 people have now died almost all of them young children more than 2000 cases have been registered a state of emergency was declared more than a week ago and the plight of the range of refugees who fled to bangladesh for me a man has been a focus of world attention for some time but there's another muslim group that lives lost and forgot in crowded camps in bangladesh as well turned their child free reports on the bihari community. yes mean shafi has been living in this camp since 1971 when she was 7 it's been a long arduous journey since then now she has a several grandchildren and wants them to have a better life than she has had. we faced many fold problems on clean water limited space to sleep frequent electricity cuts and so on it's very hard for us to sleep eat and live in such a small place you can't possibly stay healthy in such an environment there are 7 of us who share this room which barely can accommodate 2 people. this camp is one of 17 bangladesh it has just one school conditions are dire in this camp nearl

president shows or marry a virus has lost the presidential race to former prime ministers to being go samoa's pereira at the viruses serco and barlow the contenders for a 2nd round runoff which will be held on december 29th opposition labor leader jeremy corbin says he's proof that the u.k.'s health system is for sale in trade talks with the us government says a 451 page document is evidence prime minister boris johnson discussed offering the us access to the johnson has previously denied that allegation those are the headlines and used continues here afterward. there we are then there was the lawyer the real world who are following all told new york the law will. formerly know. we are going. away route to. movie.

of hong kong from company it was that hong kong company now it has links to the chinese military samoa's link so a quite easily publicly found using that cover is a homegrown businessman and he conducted various operations and perhaps one of the more notable operations involved in the kidnapper one of the coup was wary by book shop. this is where 5 booksellers were disappeared rented to the mainland one climb see had personal involvement in the kidnapping of one of these people we conveyed information to the kidnapped tame. just simply one of them fairly stunning revelations he's made to us and to australian authorities. still ahead on al-jazeera why hong kong is lockable lections on sunday being seen as a test for its chief executive. washer like his temples and worried about the future that's the country is in new leaders. how i once again we got rather messy picture across north asia at the moment with a platter of rain streaming through has seen some very heavy rainfall recently nearly a month's worth of rain coming down in 24 hours 79 millimeters of the wet weather making its way th

account of hong kong from company it was the hong kong company now it has links to the chinese military samoa's link so a quite easily publicly found using that cover is a homegrown businessman and he conducted various operations perhaps one of the more notable operations involved in the kidnap one of the causeway by book shop. this is where 5 booksellers were disappeared rented to the mainland one climb see had personal involvement in the kidnapping of one of these people it conveyed information to the kidnapped. just simply one of them fairly stunning revelations he's made to us into australia not henri's in burundi elections are still 6 months away but there are concerns over security opposition leaders say that there's a climate of fear and intimidation against those who are critical of the governing policy the un has issued a warning but the government has told al jazeera that the election will be 3 unfair catherine sawyer reports now from burned his commercial capital. protected by when you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remains row for this man he tells us his young s

organization blames the spread of misinformation on social media about vaccines health officials in samoa say only 66 percent of the population is immunized against measles that figure needs to increase to 95 percent to ensure herd immunity and to prevent the deaths of any more children victoria gate and b. al-jazeera. tough a quick check of the headlines here in the south the u.s. has abandoned its longstanding position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal palestine's president has condemned the move but it's been welcomed by israel's prime minister who says it corrects an historic wrong. protesters in lebanon have been attacking cars near the parliament building forcing m.p.'s to postpone their planned session more than half the politicians had already chosen to boycott what would have been parliament's 1st sitting since anti-government demonstrations began a month ago. a tense standoff in hong kong appears to be ending hundreds of anti-government students who barricaded themselves inside the polytechnic university for days are

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she is not suggesting bernie sanders is going to give back guam or american samoa.iscomfort with traditional american history, she is talking about something very specific. this is a dog whistle about her number one foreign policy concern which is israel. she is devoted to the cause, that the state of israel as we know it has no right to exist. that's her number one foreign policy. trish: we are the big bad guy because we support a country that wouldn't exist if we didn't support it. if we hadn't helped them establish it in the first place. >> that's what she is referring to. trish: are you ever struck by the fact that this is a woman who came here -- she came here as a refugee. and she benefited tremendously from everything america could give her. so it's a little surprising that she has turned her back so viciously i think against the country and said so many things that come across as really being so out of touch with who we are as americans. here she is praising the fact that she came to minnesota as a little girl. >> i'm here in minnesota. we don't just welcome

kennedy: lock him up, you don't mess with snicker doodles and tag alongs or samoas or gluten free cookieshave now, he is geeing t going to gitmo. flog, waterboard and oatmeal. kennedy: days case two, smith allegedly drove to jail on an expired license, they noticed her digging around in her bra and pants, denied her having anything put on on her until they showed her footage of the meth. she was driving while revoked then controlled substance guilty or innocent. >> i'm not worried about driving while revoked case, i am worried about meth pants. you have to do that anyone who does missio meth pants cases yoe to do the not my pant defense, all i have to do is get a witness to say they lent her the pants, they are not her pants, i will put on the not my pants defense. kennedy: not my pants. >> i thought this is still america, it is wrong to check your pants? >> i just -- i think about meth pants my head exploded, are there heroin pants too. >> i think we should let her go, they might not be her pants just because she is wearing them. >> to we have pictures of the pants. kennedy: h she was we

territories, american samoa. we're still not fully resident in asia, so we're very reliant on partners and allies for their own capabilities that they can bring to bear with respect to this emerging china challenge. we want more capable partners to look after their own sovereignty, deal with the security challenges and contribute. but we're also very dependent on partners and allies for basing, for presence, for access opportunities. and so as we develop these partners and allies, all these things are in our thinking. so we work with very mature allies like japan and we look at how our national defense strategy and their national defense program guidelines align and what it means to implement and operationalize those strategies and what it means to promote the free and open indo-pacific and we also look at emerging partners as i mentioned, countries like vietnam, but also beyond that. indonesia, malaysia, further to the west in the indo-pacific, india and what it means not to be an ally because many of these coun

. >> my dad is from samoa.god and my heritage. >> my parents are from chicago and san francisco, but we're african-american. >> i made friends with people of all different cultures and everyone's kind of learned to appreciate each other for that. but mostly we're just friends. >> it can be useful in projects because different cultures think differently so you could have different ideas and then maybe get a better grade on the project. >> i made a new friend. he's from brazil. >> i had a friend which is from japan. >> his name is mark. he's egyptian. >> my family can really make anyone -- friends with anyone. >> i think racism is not that good because you're only describing, like, how they look, not like who they are and how they act. >> i feel like it's unfair. people shouldn't get judged just because of their race. >> we are all different and we can't change the way we are, but we should learn to be kind to each other. >> i love parading around. i also like the song we sing, it's called "we are the world." it'

after christmas and stayed a couple of days and took a convoy of marines, a whole battalion, down to samoa and dropped them off. we did not go in. our little carrier, our little battle fleet, two cruisers and four destroyers, we went west and another carrier came over the horizon, and then sbd took off and landed on our ships and this guy got out of the backseat and we thought about halsey -- i was watching, looking down at the deck, and this guy got out of the plane and the plane handler flapped them on the back and said "hey, chief, that was a good landing." and he took his -- off and he had three stars on there. he had come over to confirm what our admiral fletcher, and they -- admiral jack, they called them, they put their heads together, and without approval from us, we went and bombed the marshal islands, which was the first retaliatory strike of the war, and then we went to pearl harbor, and we got there on february 2. bodies were still breaking loose from the wreckage and floating to the surface. all sorts of mess. so, people like me, who -- if you want to speak to someone with a l

you see we have ambassador carol moseley brawn, former ambassador to new zealand and samoa and formerive representing the state of illinois. good morning to you, ambassador. >> good morning. >> so let's get this out of the way first. obviously the second black woman elected to the senate on the stage, kamala harris. are you concerned about these perceived stumbles that we're seeing from the former vice president? >> you know what, for a long time i was the first and only, now i am just the first. it was a slip, it is fine. >> okay. let's move on to something more substantive. we just a few moments ago reported on this new investigation launched by senator lindsey graham into former vice president joe biden's dealings with ukraine. what is your reaction to what we're seeing from senate republicans, namely senate judiciary chair lindsey graham, looking into potentially the former vice president's interactions with ukrainian officials? >> it is called let's change the subject. the fact of the matter is that right and wrong is not democrat or republican. the fact of the matter is that thi

missiles epidemic sweeping through samoa has worsened 25 people are died from the disease or most all of them young children more than 2000 cases have been registered a state of emergency was declared more than a week ago. more than 60 doctors fear we can expound julian assad could die in prison they've written open letter to the british government to demand his transfer to a hospital the doctors say he's suffering from physical and psychological problems the u.s. wants to extradite him on espionage charges. of $2000000000.00 worth of jewelry has been stolen from useem in germany there are reports the thieves cut the electricity supply and residence a green a vault museum which houses one of europe's largest collections of jewels and artifacts the pieces that were taken are said to have been part of a centuries old collection. display. thank . you thank you but it's time for the kids to want to thank you for the 1st time since the blockade of cattle began in 2017 saudi arabia the united arab emirates national football teams have arrived in doha to compete in the arabian gulf cup this

of the victims are children under the age of 41 victim was less than 5 months old unfortunately in samoa a part of what is happening there has to do with some social social messaging around an anti vaccine group and this is now being measured in the lives of children who who have died and in the course of this outbreak of 49 people are now known to have died in our brain is worst ever earthquake rescue workers are still searching through the rubble for survivors the magnitude 6.4 quake hit the port town of duress hardest but also damaged buildings in the capital tirana 500 aftershocks have been recorded. facebook is calling for a measured approach by the singapore government in implementing its new fake news laws that's after facebook for the 1st time was forced to add a correction notice to a user's post saying the original message contained false information facebook embedded a correction notice at the bottom of the original page but did not alter the text to nor passed earlier this year allows the government to publish corrections alongside claims about public institutions false state

has seen a drop in asia and that's made it more vulnerable to outbreaks of disease unfortunately in samoa part of what is happening there has to do with some social social messaging around an anti vaccine group and this is now being measured in the lives of children who who have died in in the course of this outbreak attempts to reach an area in kenya hit by flooding and a landslide are slowed down by damaged roads and bridges 120 people were killed in west pocket but there are fears that number could rise when rescue workers get to the areas that have been cut off mohammed out o. has more from nairobi. a week of the traditional floods in most parts of north western kenya many bridges that remain down fast flowing water also washed away long sections of roads workers are repairing this bridge on the road between keitai and road where the government's appealing for help from anyone but a lack of city james we need of assistance we can get we have been to well wishers for the prototype for nice to take food and medicine to the affected people so they can cope and get to. the village of tom

>> american samoa. >> how long have you dreamed this day?y. steve: what is it about the united states of america that made you want to go through the process of becoming an american citizen? >> every everything america stands for, is basically what i wanted. and, by naturalizing i became a part of this great nation. brian: congratulations. stand up. >> edward. brian: where were you born? >> panama. brian: how hard a decision to become a u.s. citizen? >> not very. took a long time. finally came around. brian: what promise does america hold for you? >> my entire future. the sunrises and sets on this country. everyone should be blessed to be here. brian: what is it about this country, separates it from others. made you so determined to become a citizen? >> like no other can stand up er rights. not be afraid or do what is legally right under the law. brian: what is your dream? >> my continue to serve the united states of america. brian: all right. you're doing it. >> i started working at the united nations. i left there. i was drafted. went into