but does the games industry itself have a role to play in light of the world health organization's bindings uk games industry trade body. it wholeheartedly disagrees with the world health organization, questioning the scientific evidence provided by the who. our view as an industry body and in line with many, many academics from research, psychologists, social scientists, lots of academic practitioners who feel that there is no consensus around the evidence based upon which this is being drafted. we believe that this is premature, to include this as a gaming disorder at this stage. and we believe that the evidence is confused and there just is no consensus at this time. one thing that i would put straightforward, i think what we can expect is that the gaming industry would recognise the arguments that public health professionals present on the existence of gaming disorder as a new, relatively new health condition, which becomes an issue for healthcare systems in many countries, and just acceptance of this fact would be an important step in addressing the problem. the games industry takes it

the world health organization finds a quarter of all adults don't take regular exercise, and could end up with heart disease and cancer. russian airstrikes on idlib, ahead of what could be the final battle of the war in syria. shedding light on crazy town. an investigation into donald trump's white house by veteran journalist bob woodward portrays an administration in chaos, with senior aides hiding important information from the president. tech giants pepare to face up to the us senate, as there are more concerns over the role of social media in spreading of political propaganda during elections. also in business: the archbishop of canterbury has told the bbc taxes must rise to tackle unjust economy. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and we would like to hear from you about the stories we are covering. are you concerned we are on the verge of a global health crisis? how active are you? do send us your comments. use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing, and we will share them later in the programme. despite countless campai

that's according to a new report from the world health organization which says men are particularly atkend, many people's attention turns towards getting a drink. but the world health organization says this is a problem, with alcohol responsible for one in every 20 deaths. there is no such safe alcohol consumption, any consumption is associated with some risks. these risks are increasing substantially when a person is even in a state of mild intoxication. their 500 page report details a huge number of ways that alcohol is killing us. from drink—driving, to alcohol induced violence, to 200 different health conditions, including liver cirrhosis, cancer and stroke. drinking also makes people more susceptible to infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, hiv and pneumonia. the world health organization says, for governments, the benefits of alcohol don't measure up. these figures show that the cost of alcohol consumption to societies are much bigger than the revenues that the governments and societies received from alcohol taxes. this is not a problem across the globe. as more than half th

. >>> the world has a drinking problem, you can see the video right there, according to the health organization, how many deaths each year are blamed on drinking in the accessible. a report released today by the world health organization says that more than 3 million people die each year as a result of harmful alcohol consumption. the correspondent says that men make up the vast majority of those deaths. >>> reporter: for all that has been said about lady gaga's debut in a star is born, and equally compelling story about the leading man bradley cooper, he plays a leading man with the alcohol problem. >> this is hoywood. the world health organization said that it is a global concern, especially for men. >> 10 million deaths are caused by alcohol each year. >> three quarters of those deaths were men. >> there is no safe amount of alcohol consumption. one of every 20 deaths is attributed to drinking. >> alcohol consumption is the biggest risk factor for the age group from the ages 15 to 49. the world health organization says that the government needs to take more action and even the wine, liquor,

i was working to get the global health community to change its perspective on it. when i went to the world health organization the same thing. the overwhelming consensus, like 99.9% of all the hiv physicians in the world were saying impossible to treat hiv in developing companies. there were 25 million people in africa living with hiv. the global health community was about to issue a death sentence on all 25 million people living with hiv in africa. so, that is what i did. david: you leave the world health organization. after a couple of years heading their hiv program. you then go to harvard medical teach there. somebody calls you and says, would you like to be president of dartmouth? why did you decide to do that? dr. kim: it is a great question, and sometimes i wonder myself why. i said to them, my work for my entire life has been focusing on the lives of the poorest. i said i don't think i can do this because it feels to me like you are asking me to turn my back on the poor. somebody on the committee was really a brilliant recruitment technique, they said we are not asking you to turn your back on the poo

according to the world health organization,more than three million people died from alcohol consumptionmade up three-quarters of those deaths.of the estimated 2.3 billion people around the world who drink alcohol, 283-million of them suffer from alcohol related disorders. a recently published study found no amount of alcohol is good for you.any benefits from drinking are offset by increased risks for certain cancers and diseases.this is at odds with the long-held belief that moderate drinking has health benefits.despite members of the world health organization declaring the health problems associated with drinking a "public health priority"...the newest report predicts the number of people who drink alcohol will continue to increase over the next decade...for today's health minute, i'm reid binion. new tonight at nine... a heads up for parents who use changing tables in restrooms. one mom is spreading the word after finding out what those black marks are on the table, and how they could make your child very sick. the disturbing details... tonight on kron 4 news at nine. since the astros

i had done a lot of work to get the global health community to change its perspective on it. when i went to the world health organizationthe overwhelming consensus like 99.9% of all of the hiv positions in the world were saying it was impossible to treat hiv in developing countries. there were 25 million people in africa living with hiv. the global health community was about to issue a death sentence. david: you leave the world health organization and you then go to harvard medical school and teach there. then somebody calls and says would you like to be the president of dartmouth, why do you decide to do that? dr. kim: that is a great question. i said my work for my entire life has been focusing on the lives of the poorest. i said i don't think i can do this because it feels to me like you're asking me to turn my back on the poor. someone in the committee said we are not asking you to turn your back on the poor, we are asking you to turn the faces of dartmouth students to the poor. i said wow, that sounds great. it turns out that is not the job of being the president of the university. which you know well. you are tryi

i was working to get the global health community to change its perspective on it. when i went to the world health organization was the same thing. like 99 point 9% of all the h i physicians in the world were saying impossible to treat hiv in developing companies. there were 25 million people in africa living with hiv. the global health community was about to issue a death sentence on all 25 million people living with hiv in africa. that is what i did. david: you leave the world health organization. you then go to harvard medical teach there. somebody calls you and says, would you like to be president of dartmouth? why did you decide to do that? dr. kim: it is a great question, and sometimes i wonder myself why. my work for my entire life has been focusing on the lives of the poorest. i said i don't think i can do this because it feels to me like you are asking me to turn my back on the poor. somebody on the committee was really a brilliant recruitment technique, they said we are asking you to turn the faces of the dartmouth students to the poor. i said that sounds great. [laughter] dr. kim: it turns out that

and also coming up in the next sixty minutes the world health organization wars of a possible ebola catastrophe in the democratic republic of congo the w.h.o. says. rable attacks in the east are forced to suspend operations against an outbreak there widespread mistrust of health workers is also hampering efforts. and don't tax are made up by the west african nation of many scraps an unpopular tax on social media apps we'll hear how people power forced the news government to back down. with. iraq it's great to have you along everyone we begin our broadcast with u.s. president donald straw steet shot at the u.n. he has delivered a blistering attack on globalism in his second speech to the un general assembly said all countries should act in their own interest and set the us would never recognize the international criminal court trump also accused iran of so we may have in the middle east and said all nations must work to stop iran from being able to develop nuclear weapons the u.s. president went on to slam conditions in venezuela under that country's socialist government while trump also announc

i have done a lot of work trying to get the global health community to change its perspective on it. and then when i went to the world health organization the same thing. the overwhelming consensus, like 99.9% of all the hiv physicians in the world were saying impossible to treat hiv in developing companies. -- in developing countries. there were 25 million people in africa who were living with hiv. and the global health community was about to issue a death sentence on all 25 million people living with hiv in africa. and so, that was what i did. david: so you leave the world health organization after a couple of years, heading their hiv program. you then go to harvard medical teach there. somebody calls you and says, would you like to be president of dartmouth? why did you decide to do that? dr. kim: it is a great question, and sometimes i wonder myself why. and i said to them, you know, my work for my entire life has been focusing on the lives of the poorest. and i said i don't think i can do this because it feels to me like you are asking me to turn my back on the poor. and somebody on the committee in what was really a brilliant recr

drug-resistance tuberculosis and done a lot of work on getting the global health community to change its it and then when i went to the world health organizationwas the same thing. overwhelming consensus, like hiv physicianse in the world were saying impossible to treat hiv in developing countries. there were 25 million people in theca living with hiv and global health community was about to issue a death sentence 25 million people living with hiv in africa so that was what i did. >> so you leave the world health organization after a couple of years, heading their hiv program. harvard medical school and teach there, and then somebody calls you and said presidentlike to be of dartmouth? why did you decide to do that? >> it's a great question and myself whyi wonder and i said to them my work for focusing life has been on the lives of the poorest. think i can don't do this because it feels to me like you're asking me to turn my back on the poor. the committeen was, you know, in a -- in what was really a brilliant said no,nt technique no, no we're not asking you to turn your back on the poor. we're asking you to turn the faces of dartmouth student

now, is the addiction to playing video games a mental health condition? the world health organization gaming disorder. the who has criticised the video game industry for failing to acknowledge the dangers of spending too long at the screen. marc marc cieslak reports. louisa is another of three. her son guy like lots of his friends enjoys playing the videogame fortnight. guy like lots of his friends enjoys playing the videogame fortnightlj worry about his behaviour when he comes off the games, slightly aggressive, sort of takes him a while to get back into the real world. fortnight's global success highlights concerns around the amount of time spent and the fracture of playing videogames. earlier this year the world health 0rganization classified gaming disorder as a mental health condition. we have documented evidence that the same problem and the same conditions are being observed in countries of africa, europe, america is, so it is really a global thing. at the moment, europe, america is, so it is really a globalthing. at the moment, if you need help for video games at each and in t

the world. it's good to have you with us. welcome. we're going to brief you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, the world health organizationays there's been a dramatic decline in teenage drinking in europe. shifts in adult norms and teenage culture is one of the reasons why. so are teenagers more sensible today? are young people more health conscious? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. we begin with the iranian president hassan rouhani, who's accused the united states of trying to overthrow his government, rejecting bilateral talks after president donald trump said ramping up us sanctions would get tehran to negotiate over its nuclear program. the two leaders made speeches at the united nations on tuesday, and it's there where the split over us sanctions could come to a head later, as barbara plett usher reports. yen, iranians gathered to protest the regime at the un. this time, they had a new champion at the podium. iran's leaders so chaos, death and destruction. president trump is pushing for maximum pressure on iran to make it change its ways, but iran's president was prepared. he cast the us

research led by the world health organization and published in the lancet global health has found thatar disease, dementia and cancers. the study also found there's been no improvement in levels of physical actvity since 2001. —— activity. our global health correspondent smitha mundasad reports. do more exercise. keep fit. get that heart racing. messages the world has heard over and over again. but it looks like some countries, particularly rich ones, aren't keeping up. experts from the world health organization analysed hundreds of self reported surveys to see if people actually do the 75 minutes of intense activity, or 150 minutes of moderate physical activity, recommended each week. they found more than half the populations of kuwait and saudi arabia did not meet the target. in the uk, 36% of people were not physically active enough. in contrast, in uganda and mozambique, just 6% needed to move more. researchers say as countries get richer, their populations become more sedentary — putting them at greater risk of heart disease, strokes, and some cancers. and scientists found overall

the world health organization has warned that conflict, and people's fears about ebola, in the democratict helps spread the disease. health workers are about to resume operations in the eastern town of beni. restrictions were put on the area in response to a deadly attack by rebel militia. caroline rigby reports. preventative measures such as this go some way in the fight against ebola in the drc. health workers have been carrying out extensive education and vaccination programmes, but communities in the eastern city of beni, one of the areas worst affected by the latest outbreak, also face the threat of conflict. health workers were forced to suspend their activities in recent days, following a rebel attack attributed to the alliance of democratic forces, which killed 20 people. local authorities say they will be allowed to continue their work on wednesday, but the world health organization has warned that it is increasingly concerned about several factors coming together to make it even more difficult to contain the disease. a perfect storm of active conflict limiting our ability to acc

they say it's not harmful to girls which is against the evidence the science and what the world health organization says which says there are no health benefits to causing in fact there are quite severe psychological and physical impacts to as a group of cold we speak out there trying to drive harm this message on social media there from this same community they goal is to completely end the practice in india another group of women who were caught as children in india have established a petition on change talk all gets reaching around two hundred thousand signatures nearly that i say it has nothing to do really with religion and these more of a cultural practice that they want to and so we can see a concerted push within india in particular in the woody bora community to try and frame algy genital mutilation in the country thank you. the champions league action continues tonight with byron unit travelling to lisbon to face been feet under new coach nico batched the bundesliga champions are gunning for a strong start they're desperate to win the tournament this season after a frustrating run in the

now to some other stories making headlines around the world today the world health organization is warning that the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo could rapidly spread in the coming days weeks attacks by armed groups some community resistance to back the nations as well as the geographic reach of the virus could create with the w.h.o. is calling a perfect storm. sweden's prime minister stefan as been ousted in a no confidence vote about two thirds of the parliament voted against the law then who leads the country's social democrats his departure comes two weeks after elections that saw historic gains for right wing politicians. with u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has filed not to let what he calls false accusations drive him out of the nomination process the senate plans to hear testimony this week from at least one of the two women who claimed to have an all sexually assaulted them in the one nine hundred eighty s. kavanagh has denied any wrongdoing here's what he said in an interview on fox news . i've never sexually assaulted anyone not in high school not

dr christopher wyatt is the director of the global agency for research on cancer with the world health organization he says there are several complex causes for the rising rates of the disease. there are two major components the first one which is really predominant is the aging and the growth in populations will why. cancer is predominantly a disease of older age people generally globally we're becoming older we're living longer. but at the same time there is an effect of changing exposures so the risk factors the underlying causes of cancer which are becoming more common also contributes to those projected increases the sort of houghton's that we say to for very much jail graphically and reflects to a large extent differences and exposure to known risk factors so for. chronic infections which are responsible for about one in six counts as worldwide. we see huge differences in different populations in north america it's only one incidence you counseling to those factors or is in sub-saharan africa one in story so for a start we've just got difference globally and exposure to these different types

has been monitoring the outbreak for the world health organization and i hope that you can hear me a little bit better now so why are we saying these cases all the polio. is off that was eradicated from pop when you get. yes. the polio cases have been. after eighteen years equal up to eighteen years because. of any can even you look at the immediate. plan in the couple of years in the us there is a huge immunity but typically for children so that's why this only you up in a guinea guinea up to eighteen years when you say there's a huge drop off i mean are saying is that because there have haven't been vaccinations and what is the planned response to this outbreak now yeah this happened because of in the us cup looking.

for a cold beer to endure workweek well not so fast we've got some sobering news from the world health organization it says alcohol consumption kill some three million people a year we'll talk to an expert about the dangers of drinking. on little rock thank you so much for your company. everyone well we begin our broadcast in tanzania that country has declared four days of national mourning following a deadly ferry accident only victoria more than one hundred thirty people are reported to have died after the boat capsized there are conflicting reports about just how many passengers were on board at the time of the accident but some say the ferry was carrying up to four hundred people rescue efforts are still underway but hopes of finding more survivors are fading the country's president has ordered the arrest of the operator. all right and we can take you now to do that catherine wando she joins me from nairobi from which she is tracking developments there catherine what more can you tell us about tanzania's president issuing this arrest warrant for those managing the ferry well in his televised st

is on the rise with cancer expected to become the leading cause of death this century the world health organization estimates be about eighteen million new cases of cancer this year and more than nine million deaths worldwide the most common lung breast and bowel cancer with lung cancer the most deadly men are twice as likely to die from the disease as women and where you live could affect what type of cancer you get as countries get richer you're more likely to get diseases linked to obesity are. most cancer deaths are in asia home to sixty percent of the world's population researchers are warning that if no action is taken the number of patients will double by twenty forty with twenty nine million cases and sixteen million deaths joining us now on the news great is dr christopher while he is the director of the global agency for research on cancer with the world health organization he joins us from in france thank you so very much dr won for being with us this is quite an alarming report why are we seeing the number of cases increased around the world in spite of what seems like better prevention

than aids, violence and road accidents combined, that's according to a new report from the world health organization, which says men are particularly at risk. the report also stresses that harm from drinking is greater among poorer consumers than wealthier ones. coming up in around 10 minutes' time, newswatch. but first on bbc news, click. india — a technology superpower in waiting. half of the 1.2 billion people here are aged 35 or under. in the years that we've been coming here, we've seen it change from an it outsourcing work house to a place of innovation and start—ups. and although click has a huge audience in india, and although we've brought indian stories to the world, we haven't yet been able to bring the world to india. so it's high time we put that right. we've taken the click live show on the road, to the beautiful setting of bikaner house, new delhi. new delhi! thank you for having us! are you well? cheering and applause and it's here that we wowed audiences with the coolest tech we have seen on our travels. we painted colours in the air, tickled their ears, took them to the future, and

the world health organization is warning that in the bull outbreak in the democratic republic of congo could rapidly spread in the coming weeks attacks by armed groups some community resistance to vaccinations as well as the geographic reach of the virus could create a perfect storm according to the w.h.o. . sweden's prime minister stephan has been ousted in a no confidence vote about two thirds of the parliament voted against who lease the country's social democrats his departure comes two weeks after elections that saw this story gains for right wing politicians. in berlin a surprise result exposes a nother fracture and chancellor angela merkel's government lawmakers from her conservative bloc have defeated her choice of four parliamentarian leader and instead elected a critic of miracles governing coalition wealth bring house defeated longtime marital ally volker countered by a vote of one hundred twenty five to one hundred twelve counter had held the post for thirteen years and never before faced a challenge well ahead of the vote most observers expected counter would win we electi

a new report from the world health organization says that more than a quarter of the world's adults don't exercise enough it says one point four billion people were reaching the recommended levels of physical activity and that's putting them at a higher risk of illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. brazilians are hoping to recover some priceless treasures from the ashes of a huge fire that gutted brazil's national museum it's thought that as much as ninety percent of latin america's largest collection of historic artifacts may have been destroyed in the blaze firefighters combing through the charred remains have already made some promising finds. all that's left of brazil's national museum. millions of historic items now turn to ash destroyed by a fire that is rich through brazil's history and its culture but its hopes that all is not lost among items firefighters have already found of fragments of bone it's hoped to skull one of the oldest fossils ever found in the americas maybe among them. bones were found but we still don't know if it's the skull of loot c.-o. we're wai

celebrity sent to jail for a sex crime since the start of the hash tag meet to movement the world health organization is warning that the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo could rapidly spread in the coming weeks attacks by armed groups community resistance to vaccinations as well as the geographic reach of the virus could create what they're calling a perfect storm where here in berlin a surprise result exposes another fracture in chancellor angela merkel's government lawmakers from her conservative blog have defeated her choice for parliamentary leader instead they've elected a critic of merkel's governing coalition ralph brink helps defeated longtime americal ally for her calendar by a vote of one twenty five to one twelve or had held that posed for thirteen years and he had never faced a challenge or ahead of the vote most observers close to the chance or expected calendar would win reelection. are less full in our chief political correspondent belinda creech is on the story for us tonight and he needs you melinda the key ally of chancellor merkel in the in the saga of parliament

so on the next slide, we have a little bit about the world health organization framework for global, age-friendly communities. so we base our domaines on the domaines assigned by world health and right now in our -- in the phase we're in is implementation. and we're in the middle of a five-year planning process. the first year was specific task force of 27 members and members of the public, who then develop up to 200 recommendations across eight domains, which somehow we narrowed into 24 recommendations and goals for the next three years. it was a very exciting and thoughtful process to be a part of. so, again, in this effort, we're looking at seniors, folks with disabilities, those with age-related cognitive impairment and also caregivers, so we can maintain a collaborative strategy. so on the next slide, talks about our eight domains. and i will be focusing in a second on resiliency and emergency preparedness. other domains that we're looking at with defined goals is around community support and health, engagement, technology, employment, housing, transportation and outdoor spaces.

particle levels exceed a thousand that's forty times higher than the threshold values set by the world health organization the tiny particles get into the bloodstream and the lungs increasing the risk of cancer and stroke the main culprits are diesel vehicles and the countless fires in the streets and all major public holidays like the valley the festival of lights fireworks add to the problem experts are calling for a sustainable policy to combat small there should be zero tolerance for risk to birding and dutch to the pollution the touchup a structured activity but it is a shame time we need to scale up a big transport system so that the deploying dependence of those who can be reduced so that the situation will not improve quickly smoke related illnesses will become more common. anyone who falls ill in delhi or indeed anywhere else in india and wants the best possible treatment but can't actually afford it likes to come here with a name almost as long as the patient's waiting list the all india institute of medical sciences delhi is known for sure it has aims treatment here is free so even those who ca

the country illegally. 9% of americans don't have health insurance. >>> a new report estimates that more than nine and a half mill people will die from cancer this year. the world health organization released that data yesterday by the end of the century, cancer will be the numbering one killer globally. they are going to be better prevention methods to help reduce the number worldwide. >>> a new result shows that the obesity -- epidemic. the areas with the worst obesity trend are low income rural areas. california is the fourth lowest rate with a rate of 25%. west virginia leads the nation with obesity rate of 38%. >>> there is a new president of planned parenthood. >> when i was eight, my parent brought me here from china we tame to u.s. with $40 to our name. >> that is dr. win. she has been the baltimore's health commissioner since 2014. she will be the lead doctor for planned parenthood. >>> residents evacuated after a fire in saratoga we'll tell you how the fire started and how much damage was done. >> and brais -- bracing for hurricane florence we'll tell you why prepared for the worst. >>> good so far so good. and it is better than yesterday. traffic beginning to wake up, s

david: you leave the world health organization, heading there it said the program.ou go to harvard medical school and teach. somebody calls you and says would you like to be president of dartmouth? why did you decide to do that? >> sometimes i wonder myself why. i said, my work for my life has been focusing on the lives of the poorest. i said i do not think i can do this because it feels like you're asking me to turn my back on the poor. committee was a asking you to not turn your back on the port. we are asking you to turn the faces of students to the poor. turned out that was not the job. david: one thing you focused on was trying to reduce the alcohol consumption undergraduates have. for years, very little success. how did you find your effort? tried at dartmouth was what i have learned in medicine. what i had learned is the things we do should be evidence-based. i looked around. the things we tackled were drinking but also sexual assault. we tried to ask the question, what has worked in reducing harm from drinking and what has worked in reducing sexual assault?

now sue some other stories making headlines around the world today the world health organization is warning that the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo could rapidly spread in the coming weeks attacks by armed groups some community resistance to back the nations as well as the geographic reach of the virus could create a perfect storm according to the w.h.o. . sweden's prime minister stuff on has been ousted in a no confidence vote about two thirds of the parliament voted against the law then who leads the country's social democrats his departure comes two weeks after elections that saw historic gains for far right politicians. and new zealand's first baby has made her international debut the in new york the three month old to runa rather was the start of the un general assembly as her prime minister mom just send down addressed a peace summit she's only the second world leader to give birth while in office a little girl received her very own un credentials for the occasion. u.s. president double trouble korean president in have signed a revised free trade agreement the upda