even an international team of experts administered by the food and agriculture organization of the united nations and the world health organization have been unsuccessful determining safe exposure levels for heavy metals like lead and arsenic experts could actually not to find a safe level of exposure because these have in many subtle broad spread in the environment in our food supply so the consequence is to reduce the level in the food to to as low as possible while scientific advances have been able to increase detection and data the f.d.a. says it's working to identify other areas in which they can further improve efforts to reduce the level of these metals in foods. that we lose our show for you to date i was but i was fascinated by. it's truly fascinating remember one be safe with what she ate and remember everyone in this world read about told the real love them so i tell you all i love you i am tyrol but and i'm a lot less watching those hawks out there and i'm a great day and night everybody. just . leave. that. one can. see. that it can be done. with. it. he. he. must meet people why it's no good keep the s

but we just heard from the world health organization about the treatment of refugees in europe but how they treated around the globe joining me now is dr nick martin the award winning whistleblower who exposed what he calls crimes against humanity had australia's privately run guantanamo of refugees nic thanks for coming on the show congratulations on winning an award following in the footsteps of chelsea manning john kerry aku the course kiriakou went to jail chelsea manning was tortured how difficult was it to make a decision to blow the whistle. at first it was quite difficult because i was worried about my livelihood and i was worried about prosecution but then the increasingly when i thought about it i figured i had no choice really morally it was absolutely necessary to speak ashby you could have been jailed even for keeping a diary about the island of no roo whitely see this all straight is going tom well what did you see there that people wanted you to keep quiet about i think the biggest thing i saw was the absolute despair of the refugees who have being held in a room in inde

every day last year while attempting to flee an arguably major destroyed libya we'll ask the world health organization about the immigration detention centers in britain to the un the refused entry to well as a refugee in a commonwealth guantanamo style prison camp wins australia's top literary prize in the past twenty four hours as we speak to the former british soldier who blew the whistle on possible crimes against humanity all this more coming up in today's going underground first on wednesday's show we talked to jeremy corbyn ally and form a shadow you came urgencies minister chris williamson about the bank of england's withholding of gold deposits made by the government of venezuela the bank run by former goldman sachs executive mark carney has since got back to us about the alleged stolen one point two billion dollars of gold they said the bank of england provides banking services including gold custody services to a large number of customers the bank does not comment on any of those relationships which are subject to customer confidentiality in all its operations the bank observes the highest

the treatment of refugees around the world with the world health organization down the winner of the twenty one team blueprint whistleblowing prizes were exposed to privatise detention centers linked to was held such as all of them all coming over but you have going to grow. the united states has always had a tool to use and it's a tax on other countries. economic sanctions are are often just the beginning another thing you like to do is place some military pressure on the countries and talking about. and there has to be an effort to demonize that country and the leader of that country. we have a responsibility for the home. and we need to make rules for the us. because without us there will be chaos. us veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. we're going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either they're already several generations of them so i just got this memo from the sugar adventures officer says we're going to attack and destroy the government in seven countries in five years americans

the world health organization has named it one of the top ten health threats facing humanity in twenty nineteen vaccine hesitancy it is the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the available availability pardon me of vaccines today we learned an unvaccinated french child this is spect and to have reintroduced measles to costa rica after the country had been free of the disease for five years our reporter soccer has been following this story for us tell us a little bit more about this and what we know so far is this french boy on holiday in costa rica he broke out in a rash so his parents took him to a doctor who diagnosed him with measles and then later found out that there had been a measles outbreak at the boy's school back in from now the family is corns he in costa rica authorities are trying to figure out who the boy may have been in contact with. while in the country and on his way there. can you tell us a bit more about this vaccine hesitancy concept. first of all it's it's important to say it's not clear why neither this boy nor actually his mum vaccinated against measles

the world health organization says a vaccine has it in see is one of the top ten health threats facing humanity in twenty nineteen as defined as quote the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines the new age trend is bringing back deadly disease as previously thought eradicated and now an unvaccinated five year old french child is suspected of reintroducing measles to coasta rica which had been measles free for five years before the boy and his family arrived there on holiday a reporter all they also has been following this for us so all of this sounds not super great tell us what happened so what we know so far the boy on holiday in costa rica he broke out in a rash his parents took him to the doctor and he was then diagnosed with measles and later they found out that there had been a measles outbreak at the boy's school by confronts the family has now been quarantined in costa rica while authorities try to figure out who the boy might have been in contact with while in the country and on his way there gears to tell us more about vaccine hazard and see w

will coca-cola representatives wanted inside information and advice on how to combat the world health organization aries scientifically backed claim that reducing consumption of sugar sweetened beverages would also reduce the risk of childhood obesity boman was so helpful to them that she was forced to resign after the connections between her and top coca-cola executives were revealed in twenty sixteen and well it isn't necessarily wrong for corporations to engage government agencies and dialogue about public health it is wrong for those corporate. to get help the fills their coffers at the expense of public health so hop watchers to where your tax dollars spent cord manning health campaigns and children that were designed to raise the profits of a nearly four hundred billion dollar us market. no no you don't want to pay for big big sugar to make more money i moves all we pay the health costs again . over and over and over and over again where you see the corporate boom that's like those kind of blood you know with their greedy little hands clawing and all of our web religion sees like oh they've

with the support of the world health organization its ministry of health has launched a vaccination campaign the ebola vaccine has not yet been officially approved but it's the best hope of preventing the viruses spread. the serum is only effective if continuously cooled which makes it even more difficult to distribute in conflict zones the country plans to vaccinate health workers first doctors and nurses are most at risk we also support a lot of. this. and. what it does is all about how to do. what didn't need to do. in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo fighting the spread of the virus is not the only battle the ongoing conflict poor infrastructure and traditional beliefs are making it even harder for medical personnel to do their jobs countless children have been orphaned by the disease. success stories like that of josefina and silvana are few and far between. and next week we had to indonesia to me tell you and social entrepreneur. mom is a very busy woman and mission is to inspire young people to learn more about traditional indonesian cuisine and encourage them to c

to liberia and sierra leone cases were also recorded in senegal mali and one thousand the world health organization only declared the epidemic over in march of two thousand and sixteen but now ebola is back in the democratic republic of congo it's killed more than five hundred people that since last summer was. josefina e-coli has every reason to smile the fact that she's holding a healthy daughter in her arms is a minor miracle josephine was in the last stages of pregnancy when she caught the ebola virus. i thank god for giving me a safe birth and helping me survive on but i'm especially thankful that my daughter was born healthy. enough line. little sylvana is the first documented case of a healthy baby born to a mother who had ebola during the current outbreak the two were lucky enough to be taken into a well equipped treatment center here in the east congolese city of bam he. also survived but his wife and five year old daughter were both killed by the virus like hundreds of others. every month for us to come here for follow up appointments. he receives both medical and psychological care. i wo

and children escaping fighting arrives at our whole come since the end of november now the world health organization says many families made the journey on foot in freezing conditions. now u.s. federal court has ruled that syria's government is responsible for the death of american journalist marie colvin in twenty twelve it's also ordered the payment of more than three hundred million dollars in compensation to a family the judge said syrian forces deliberately targeted the area were called in and her team was staying to silence her and other media critical of president bashar al assad. supporters of lebanon's prime minister all celebrating the formation of a new government saad hariri will head a new cabinet ending and nine month deadlock which destabilize lebanon's economy the breakthrough came after rival factions worked out a compromise allowing representation of sunni lawmakers backed by the powerful shia group hezbollah and the heavy air we are facing financial and economic challenges as well as social and administrative wides other than the challenges that we know of in the region and the si

months on from the latest about a virus outbreak in the democratic republic of congo in the world health organization says four hundred sixty people have now been killed have been seven hundred forty three confirmed cases since the virus returned last august making it the worst outbreak in the nation's history response efforts continuing are continuing to be hampered by violence and resistance from some traditional communities there's no cure for the virus yet but the w.h.o. says it might have turned a corner in stopping the spread with a vaccine this particular vaccine. has been proven in west africa to be effective in trials so and we are seeing that same process on hold in congo where using a strategy of lexan is in the long social networks contacts of cases contacts of those contacts so we're tracking the virus along the route which it spreads in the community and using that targeted approach and using intense community engagement over ninety eight percent of people who are eligible for the vaccine are willing to accept it that's a very very high vaccine coverage and the most high risk people the

children of arrived at the al whole camp in the past eight weeks after fleeing fighting the world health organization says many families traveled there on foot in freezing weather the children babies are reported to have died either along the way or soon after they arrived well elizabeth hof is the world health organizations representative in damascus she says they need to be able to work freely inside syria to prevent these types of deaths that we have no access. to more work medical help growing our glock and we have a good number of five thousand. but. if. we go. in fact. there was. something that we got that through today and it is very much needed but we can prove. the force income to be arms but we are not giving us. for two days a large swathe of the united states has been experiencing record lot of temperature life threatening and masses blamed for at least eight deaths so far this story. splits in the four techs. the polar ice cap john hendren reports now from chicago. the big chill that swept down from the arctic into the american midwest made chicago colder than the north pole and parts of

controversial topic that already has our community talking back summations last month the world health organization declared their reluctance or refusal to vaccinate a top threat to global health are anti-tobacco making us ill stay tuned. one of the central attendance of the anti vaccine movement is to claim that the axioms the arts its. studies involving now over one million children there is a massive amount that assures absolutely no link between vaccines and autism as a vaccine scientists and as a parent now an adult with offices in sisseton which is abilities i can say we've learned so much about what autism really yes and how it begins prenatal development during evil development early pregnancy well before kids overseas vaccines it was not even on this bill it. was. according to the vaccination is one of the most cost effective ways of avoiding disease it prevents two to three million deaths a year and a further one point five million coupe be avoided if global coverage of x. nations improved but measles has seen a thirty percent increase worldwide since twenty sixteen and though not all cas

months since the start of the latest ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo the world health organization says there have been seven hundred forty three confirmed cases with more than four hundred sixty deaths as a result of the disease it's the worst outbreak in the country's history and the response has been hampered by violence as well as resistance from some communities like ryan is the assistant director general for emergencies at the world health organization he says a bowl of vaccines are proving highly effective in combating the spread of the disease. this particular vaccine. has been proven in west africa to be effective in trials so and we are seeing that that same process unfold in congo where using a strategy of vaccinating along social networks contacts of cases contacts of those contacts so we're tracking the virus along the route which it spreads in the community and using that targeted approach and using intense community engagement over ninety eight percent of people who are eligible for the vaccine are willing to accept it that's a very very high vaccine coverage in the

the world health organization links the anti-vaccination movement to a shop rise in measles on opposite sides of the globe. iran's foreign minister says the risk of a war between his country and israel is rising mohamad job and zarif made the comments during his speech on the final day of the annual munich security conference zarif called the united states a destabilizing force which could increase the chances of a new conflict in the middle east. has more from you nick. on the third and final day of the munich security conference it was iran's time to talk about the challenges facing peace and stability around the world its foreign minister david zarif telling leaders it was american and israeli policies that threatened international security and not those of his government at the recent meeting of let me just call it the underbidding. and you open the quest in war so the u.s. vice president. and the secretary of state both blasted europe on european soil. put even attempting albeit without much success to abide by its obligations under the j c p o a and under security council resoluti

in this context i would like to mention the best practices formed under the guidance of the world health organization. by a group of ten international bodies that developed and approved a package of measures called. seven strategies for ending violence against children . with. the help of these guidelines the work carried out in recent years by the pontifical council all the protection of minus and the contributions made by this meeting in the church in developing her legislation will concentrate on the following aspects . the protection of children. is a primary goal of every measure must be to protect the little ones and prevent them from falling victim to any form of psychological and physical abuse. consequently a change of mentality is needed to combat a defensive and not reactive approach to protecting the institution. and to pursue wholeheartedly and decisively the good of the community by giving priority to victims of abuse in every said. they want to and we must keep ever before us the innocent faces of the little ones. remembering the words of the master. whoever causes one of these little

the world health organization says the anti vaccination movement is in part responsible for a spike in measles cases around the world ice recently in the u.s. and the philippines and the conflict and poor access to vaccines. cause at least one hundred thirty six thousand deaths globally the philippines is struggling to contain the disease in january there were more than four thousand cases that's an increase of one hundred twenty two percent on the same period last year seventy people most of them children died in the past month seventy two people died in europe last year and two hundred seventy people again most of them children have been infected with the disease in a recent u.s. outbreak. she is an associate professor at the university of sydney's school of public health and an expert on immunization she says health professionals need to do more to gain the trust of facts vaccination skeptics. it really boils down to two things really access and acceptance of vaccination we hum look at one fact there are a number of them and to deal with the measles problem effectively we are going

seeking to expand its control in the south its main stronghold is benghazi in the east the world health organization says the campaign which began two weeks ago has left fourteen dead and wounded many more. as being dubbed israel's apostate right a stretch of highway north east of jerusalem inside the occupied west bank that's put into play and the high wall on one side the drivers are israeli on the other palestinian high force that reports. the israeli occupied west bank is hardly devoid of barriers but few tell the story of division here in quite such a dramatic way this is road for three seventy northeast of jerusalem the left side is for those with palestinian papers the right for those bearing israeli documents side by side but each part of an entirely different road network some of labeled it the apartheid road last month palestinian and israeli activists blocked the highway calling it discriminatory part of plans to annex the west bank opening the road in january the israeli public security minister said it would help create mutual life for palestinians and israelis ensure security and stren

now infectious diseases that were once considered under control a making a comeback the world health organization the w.h.o. is raising the alarm about a shop rise in measles cases across the world but the.

killed because of violence displacement and harsh conditions in northern and eastern syria the world health organization says it's extremely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation as more families arrive in already crowded camps aid agencies are demanding unhindered access to people in need it's clear that ice is no longer controlled territory but what comes next is also a cause for concern for rights groups and aid workers tens of thousands of people in their rehabilitation and they say lasting peace will only come if the marginalized people are given hope and opportunity. and elsewhere in a remote part of syria nearly fifty thousand. people are trapped at the camp they're calling on the u.n. to provide a safe passage to rebel controlled areas in the north the campus essentially in a no man's land where the borders of syria jordan and iraq meets jordan has called for it to be dismantled xenophobes out reports from beirut's. almost fifty thousand syrians among them some rebel fighters have been trapped in this makeshift camp for years. there is nothing to sustain normal life in this re

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so why then did the world health organization see red when this partnership was announced to the point of refusing interpol observer status at their conference on tobacco control. over the course of the last fifteen years the tobacco industry has managed to convince. governments around the world international agencies like interpol even i last attention like that rather than being as pariahs supplier and this product actually it's a victim of the illicit to makkah trade and part of the solution but nothing could be further from the truth interpol how could it in our poll and it's secretary general have signed an agreement with philip morris knowing that going back to nine hundred eighty nine there are eighty million documents that testify to all the misdeeds of the tobacco industry we believe they show that the industry hasn't respected the law and that it has knowingly collaborated with criminal organizations you know for us that raises many questions because of. the partnership between interpol and the tobacco industry certainly was eyebrow raising. that's a backup industry stood acc

families will allow their children to be immunised unless it's controlled and eradicated the world health organization estimates that up to two hundred thousand children a year could be affected by the polio virus but despite this people here especially in rural areas are still deeply suspicious manner but no we are not vaccinating our kids because these vaccines are coming from the infidels and west to us it has bad effects on our kids and most of our people are against it. so we are not happy with these vaccinations because we heard stories that the polio vaccination is not good and it's used for spying and that the ingredients used are also not allow this these use started spreading eight years ago after a fake polio vaccination program was used as cover in neighboring pakistan to find some of bin laden now as a consequence of that in parts of south and east afghanistan medical teams are not allowed to go door to door only mosques to mosques and that's another reason why afghanistan's battle against polio may take some time to win tony berkeley out zero carbon. has claimed responsibility for a suic

killed because of violence displacement and harsh conditions in northern and eastern syria the world health organization says it's extremely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation as more families arrive in already crowded camps aid agencies are demanding unhindered access to people in need it's clear that ice is no longer controlled territory but what comes next is also a cause for concern for rights groups and aid workers tens of thousands of people in their rehabilitation and they say lasting peace will only come if the marginalized people are given hope and opportunity. taliban says president donald trump appears to be serious about pulling troops out of afghanistan a spokesman for the armed groups says such a withdrawal is the first goal of ending seventeen years of war the taliban initially formed in the early one nine hundred ninety s. after soviet troops withdrew from afghanistan its fighters seized control of the country in one thousand nine hundred six and posing a harsh interpretation of islamic law they were toppled during the two thousand and one us invasion of afghanistan

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and children of arrived at the whole camp in the past eight weeks after fleeing fighting the world health organization says many families traveled there on foot in freezing weather children and babies are reported to have died either along the way or soon after they arrived elizabeth hof is the world health organizations representative in damascus she says they need to be able to work freely in syria to prevent these types of deaths. because you have now at thirty how. do most. medical help it's going around the clock and we have a good number took me five thousand. but this is also due to what we are. looking to go through a good new board. in fact. there were only a model. so this is something that we've got that through today and it's very much but we can prove our under thirty. the force income to be a arms but we are not giving us a commission. so lead for you on this news out from london. reunited with our honduran mother after a month long ordeal one of the youngest victims of an immigration policy donald trump was supposed to have ended brazil's indigenous communities lead protests against pre

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months since the start of the latest ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo the world health organization says they have been seven hundred forty three confirmed cases with more than four hundred fifty deaths as a result of the disease is the worst outbreak in the country's history and the response has been hampered by violence and resistance from some communities mike ryan is assistant director general for emergencies at the world health organization he says despite the setbacks ebola vaccines are providing help. this particular vaccine. has been proven in west africa to be effective in trials so and we are seeing that that same process unfold in congo where using a strategy of vaccinating along social networks contacts of cases contacts of those contacts so we're tracking the virus along the route which it spreads in the community and using that targeted approach and using intense community engagement over ninety eight percent of people who are eligible for the vaccine are willing to accept it that's a very very high vaccine coverage in the most high risk people so we're beginning to se

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