. >>> the world health organization is asking for drug resistant tuberculosis to be declared a health crisis. more than 500,000 people around the world have the disease and can't be treated with normal drugs.

the world health organization has linked the pollutants we breathe every day to lung and bladder cancer 2008, it accounted for 2.4% of total deaths across the globe. pollution has also been linked to around 9% of total lung cancer deaths. so what cities are most toxic. many are in india, other countries include nepal, bangladesh, china and mongolia. over in after indicate's botswana. al jazeera has correspondent in some of the world's most polluted places across to cairo in a moment but first the view from southern china. >> reporter: this is one of china's more industrial and poll lewded cities. the sky is an unhealthy gray on most days. it isn't just come fined to this area, it is all across china. 40% of premature deaths were reported in china, as a result of air pollution. up north, the life expectancy of the people there has already been cut by 5.5 years because of air pollution. the central government in beijing has vowed to put in $60 billion to deal with the problem starting with the capitol city itself. the air pollution in beijing got so bad at one point that it was unadvisabl

the world health organization is warning tonight that air pollution is indeed a major cause of cancer. our report from our chief medical editor dr. nancy

. >> part of the problem with mirs is world health organization has what it calls very limited information on how it's spread. still, the saudi health minister who toured the clinics and hospitals at the holy site says he's confident. >> i would like to assure everybody that the status of hajj is excellent. the health of piil grimes is excellent. we don't have indications of epidemic disease or infectious disease. >> in this hospital a doctor shows me isolation rooms where any patients with infectious diseases like mirs will be treated. for the time being hajj authorities ask piil grimes to wear masks and maintain personal hygiene standards. people with cronnic diseases were told to defer the hajj. >> there's little known about the way that the virus transmitts. we know that it transmitts from human to human. but the mechanism and the speed of transmission is still unclear. >> piil grimes with respiratory problems are treated in hospitals like this in mecca. samples are taken and analysed. but as serious as mirs is, it's not the only health concern during hajj. sun stroke and people's unde

intends to apply for a license, and if approved, the world health organization will consider whether to rollout the vaccine across africa. gs k says it is committed to making the vaccine affordable to africa and will not make a profit. more crucial data will come out next year, which will disclose whether the vaccine and a booster dose -- in a booster dose can extend protection. >> for more on the impact of this vaccine, i spoke a short time ago with the head of the preventative medicine department at vanderbilt university in nashville, tennessee. in your opinion, how much of a break through with this malaria vaccine be -- how much of a breakthrough would this malaria vaccine be? >> we have had so much difficulty in the past that any a breakthrough. but there are issues practically. it is a three-dose vaccine. we are not sure exactly how long protection will last, so those are issues that have to be worked out. >> do you think this vaccine could realistically be ready in just two years time? >> it is a potential. remember, this is a vaccine that offers partial protection. for an indi

world health organization says more than 20 people may already have it. ing us to talk about this is dr. bruce aylward with the world health organization. doctor thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. >> good evening. >> so how alarming was this discovery of polio in syria for you? >> well, polio is a disease that is on the verge of eradication globally so seeing it anywhere in the world is lawrnlg. alarming, this is extremely alarm. >> so talk about the challenges that your group is going to face trying to go into syria and vaccinate these 2 million children. >> well, there's already been a vaccination ongoing in syria in a number of rounds over the past two years, on the government side and also in other areas in an effort to protect kids about vaccinatable preventible disease. the effort is to get the effort up extremely high. this is one of the most contested areas particularly dangerous and particularly active conflict there so there will need to be a tremendous concerted effort among all sides to get to as the kids as possible. >> what are the w

intends to apply for a license, and if approved, the world health organization will consider whether to rollout the vaccine across africa. gs k says it is committed to making the vaccine affordable to africa and will not make a profit. more crucial data will come out next year, which will disclose whether the vaccine and a booster dose -- in a booster dose can extend protection. >> for more on the impact of this vaccine, i spoke a short time ago with the head of the preventative medicine department at vanderbilt university in nashville, tennessee. in your opinion, how much of a break through with this malaria vaccine be -- how much of a breakthrough would this malaria vaccine be? >> we have had so much difficulty in the past that any a breakthrough. but there are issues practically. it is a three-dose vaccine. we are not sure exactly how long protection will last, so those are issues that have to be worked out. >> do you think this vaccine could realistically be ready in just two years time? >> it is a potential. remember, this is a vaccine that offers partial protection. for an indi

the world health organization is warning tonight that air pollution is indeed a major cause of cancer. our report from our chief medical editor dr. nancy sneiderman. >> reporter: from car exhaust and traffic across the country to industrial stacks spewing smoke and haze halfway around the world, we know air pollution isn't good for us, but today there's more proof of just how bad it is. the world health organization experts now conclude for the first time that exposure to outdoor air pollution and particulate matter caused lung cancer and increased the risk for bladder cancer. >> we can't do very much to change the air we breathe, and we're all responsible for it. and so i think it's important to make the point that this really needs collective public health action to solve the problem. >> reporter: the industrial revolution saw the advent of air pollution. and while the united states has cleaned up its air thanks to environmental regulations, air pollution is still a significant risk factor for respiratory illnesses and heart disease. this united states map shows our air pollution ho

definitive new research from the world health organization. >> a bosnian-serb arrested on war crime charges. >> hundred was thousands of u.s. government employees are heading back to work for the first time in more than two weeks. it follows the vote from congress wednesday night that approved raising the debt ceiling and reopening the government. president barack obama signed the bill into law in the early hours, but its only a temporary reprieve. the deal only funds the government until next year. despite the talk of bipartisanship, democraties and republicans remain divided over budget issues. we are monitoring the stock exchange. first, lets go live to kimberly covering the political tussle in washington d.c. kimberly, i guess now this deal must be breathing some life at least back into the government buildings around you. >> indeed, you can see it on the roads heading into washington, d.c. this morning, packed for the first time in 16 days as more than 800,000 federal workers, not just in washington, d.c. but across the country return to work. they return to an awful lot of work that h

the world health organization says the disease kills an estimated 660,000 people a year.r prevention programs are beginning to show positive results and soon a new drug could save even more lives. >> reporter: malaria might seem like a foreign word from a travel advisory, but here in moe zam beak, it's a deadly reality. in almost any hospital in rural africa, you'll see the impact of an illness that hits children the worst. killing the mosquitos that carry it can help to fight the disease but not beat it. a new vaccine is vital to eradicate an illness that kills one person every minute. >> you have the peak of malaria season. one will be in a coma. another will be paper white color. another one will be convulsing. there may be a third, a fourth who has such a high fever you could boil water on their forehead. as a health care worker, you have seconds to decide who has a chance to live. >> reporter: this vaccine might help. it's been tested on thousands of childr children. not a cure, but a big step. after decades of development by glaxosmithcline, it might be available in

adrian. >>> the world health organization published a report calling for drug resistant tuberculosis to be declared a global public health crisis. the number of people with the potentially fatal illness is on the rise. more than 500,000 people around the world have tuberculosis that can't be treated with normal drugs. nearly 60% of those cases are in india, china, and russia. it's also a growing problem across africa where many countries lack the funds to offer adequate treatment. in nigeria nearly 30,000 people died of the disease in 2011. we report now from the caduna state. >> reporter: these patients are being treated for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, it's a form of airborne disease that can't be treated by the two drugs nosrmally used to cure it. they hope the world health organization's decision to declare the disease a global public health crisis will lead to a solution. s specially patients like this man who was taking normal anti-tb drugs for months. but the symptoms of the disease, coughing, fever and tiredness didn't go away. then his doctor realized he was resistant t

eradication initiative, a project involving various national and provincial governments, the world health organization, and unicef. >> there are two very simple reasons -- one is the awareness of the parents. if parents are aware, there was no reason polio would not the eradicated. the first would be parental education, parental behavior, parental attitude. another important thing is performance lapses. >> resistance to the vaccination program in pakistan has been strongest in the northwestern tribal areas where the issue has become particularly politicized. last year, the taliban said polio workers could not operate in north and south waziristan until jerome u.s. strikes were halted -- drone u.s. strikes were halted. suspicion about the program increased after it emerged that the cia had recruited a pakistani dr. who was asked to establish a fake vaccination program and a plan to obtain dna samples from the children living in the compound of osama bin laden. after bin laden was killed and the plan became known, the doctor was jailed for 35 years. >> the door-to-door effort to persuade families to giv

part of the problem is that the world health organization has what it called only very limited information on how it spreads. still, the health minister who tout clinics and hospitals, says he is confidence. >> i would like to assure everybody that the status of is excellent, that the health of pill games is excellent. we don't have any indication of any infectious disease, includes mers virus. >> in this hospital, shows the isolation rooms where any patients with infectious diseases would be treated. for the time being, authorities are asking pill games to wear masks and maintain personal hygiene standards. people with chronic diseases were told to defer. >> there are very little known about the exact way that the virus transmits. we know that it transmits from human to human, but the mechanism and the speed of transmission is still unclear. >> but a serious as mer is it isen the only health concern. sunstroke and people underdaying health issues have in the past proven to be the biggest problem to pill games. doctors hope that the middle east syndrome doesn't do anything to change that.

the world health organization is warning tonight that air pollution is, indeed, a major cause of cancer. our report from our chief medical editor, dr. nancy sneiderman. >> reporter: from car exhst and traffic across the country to industrial stacks spewing smoke and haze halfway around the world, we know air pollution isn't good for us, but today there is more proof of just how bad it is. the world health organization experts now conclude for the first time that exposure to outdoor air pollution and particulate matter cause lung cancer. >> we can't help the air we breathe and we're all responsible for it. so i think it's important to make the point that this really needs collective public health action to solve the problem. >> reporter: the industrial revolution saw the advent of air pollution. and while the united states has cleaned up its air thanks to environmental regulations, air pollution is still a significant risk factor for respiratory illnesses and heart disease. this united states map shows our air pollution hot spots. the red dot shows air quality changes by climate and seas

. >> pollution was 40 times the level deemed acceptable by the world health organization.nd the airport were closed. buses got lost on their routes and people in some cases could not see their neighbor's home. years of unregulated production led to china's chronic smog problem. >> it's a pain because i have chronic laryngitis. >> the increasingly toxic cloud's silver lining it has forced officials to be called china's air apocalypse. >> they are getting a list of the ten top polluters every month, so there is a hype and a media campaign. >> the world health organization linked outdoor pollution to cancer. >> we are talking about lung cancer. we see a consistent association with exposure to air pollution and air particulate lmatter. >> smog has no boarders. one of the big problems beyond the mere issue of china's staggering growth, coal is still king. china is in the process of switching over to alternative fuels but that transition won't happen overnight. >> please join me later tonight for a special profile of our friend and colleague. we will go behind the scenes to see

the world health organization reported that air pollution leads to cancer.he disease is already the here. it's a race against time now to try to turn things around. >>> still to come here on the news hour from the stage to the courtroom where the trial of a ballet dancer accused of sets on the boss with acid. golden dawn, what will happen to the party. >>> plus we'll take a look ahead at champions league action a little later in sport. ♪ >>> the ballet world is renounce for its artistry on stage and intense rivalry backstage, and no more so than russia's ballet. now one of the dancers is accused of orchestrating an acid attack against his boss. david reports from moscow. >> reporter: this ballet dancer was one of the star soloist. he faces a maximum of 12 years in prison if found guilty of masterminding the brutal attack back in january. sergei was outside of his apartment when a mixture of urine and sulfuric acid hit him in the face. he had to undergo 22 operations. he can see nothing out of his right eye or make out faces with his left eye, just light and

. >>> the world health organization is asking for drug resistant tuberculosis to be declared a healthsis. more than 500,000 people around the world have the disease and can't be treated with normal drugs. almost 60% are in india, china and russia, but it is also a growing problem across africa, where many countries lack the funds to offer treatment. in nigeria nearly 30,000 people died of the disease in 2011. our correspondent reports from niger nigeria. >> reporter: these parents are being treated for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. it can't be treated by the two drugs normally used to cure the disease. they are hoping the world health organizations decision to declare the disease a global public health crisis will lead to a solution. especially patients like this one, who was taking normal anti-tb drugs for months, but the symptoms of the disease, coughing, fever, and tiredness didn't go away, then his doctor realized he was resistant to the treatment. he has to spend eight months in isolation and another 20 on medication. >> it is not easy. we are confined to one place for month

the world health organization said air pollution is a carcinogen. quarter of a million people across the world died from lung cancer linked to air pollution. we'll be right back. >>> she is happy. the government shutdown is over. there's one federal worker here in the bay area that couldn't wait to get back to work. >> she's the country's oldest anytime park service ranger. we first met up with her whenfu. now she's back. >> it's exciting to me. i've been many people during my lifetime, but this betty is one that i think i identify with most clearly. >> she gives tours three days a week. >>> we want to recap our top story, our breaking news that we continue to follow. there's been a breakdown in the bart negotiation late in afternoon. here's what you need to know. bart workers are threatening a strike at midnight as the talks have broken off right now or broken down. we'll continue to follow the story at 6:00. taxpayer money. >>> the big glitch. tonight we look inside to find out what went wrong with the rollout of the new health care law as so many

. >>> the world health organization has issued a warning about the air people breathe. they've determine thad outdoor air pollution can cause cancer. the researchers say in 2010 air pollution was responsie for more than 200,000 lung cancer deaths worldwide. and small particles present in polluted air are a major carcinogen. w.h.o. experts have previously warned that diesel exhaust, solvents and other substances can cause cancer. >> this really needs collective public health action to solve the problem. >> severe air pollution has triggered public warnings in china. transportation, industrial and agricultural emissions, residential heating and cooking are among the predominant sources of such pollution. >>> divers in russia have recovered a piece of a meteorite that crashed to earth. they found a chunk of rock at the bottom of a lake. the 10,000 ton asteroid burned up after entering earth's atmosphere. it left hundreds of people injured, shattered windows and cost millions of dollars in damage. researchers searched for the meteorite for months. finally they found it at t

health clinics to close. most of those clinic have not reopened. one world organization is stepping in to fill in the gap. >> what else do we need to get started? >> reporter: dr. amber feather stone is stocking up on supplies. this is routine procedure for doctors of the world, an organization that operates in war zones around the globe. but this is new york city in an area called the rock aways. >> even before the hurricane this was designated as an medically under served area. after the hurricane it just got worse. doctors have not been able to return for one reason or another. their files were washed away, and they can't provide the services they were providing before. >> reporter: so much of the city has come back. this area 20 miles from manhattan's financial hub is still struggling. the rock aways are on a narrow peninsula in south queens home to 130,000 people. during the storm much of the area was flooded. electricity and public transportation was cut off forcing many businesses like healthcare providers to shut down, and some of the repairs are still ongoing. >

highest reading that most air pollution instruments can measure, and that is 40 times what the world health organization deems safe. schools were closed on monday and they are calling it as smog day. a lot of buses did not circulate because of the visibility on the roads. >> schools are still closed today. chinese authorities are of course rushing to find methods to curb this issue. >> that's right, looking at the proposed change to a law that would be easier to sue polluters. basically 13 environmental agencies would become qualified to sue polluters. this sounds like good news, but unfortunately it means smaller local environmental agencies would not be qualified. "china daily" says it could be an issue. china is looking at the long- term effect because even though the government appears to be serious about cleaning the air regulations are slow to be put in place, and it does not seem like china will change its demand on coal in the short term and changed to cleaner sources of energy. according to "time," the smog may be here to stay for a while. >> western and arab backers in london are also getting

syria, thenews from world health organization has confirmed an outbreak of polio in syria, the first in 14 years. 10 cases have been confirmed among children in the northeast province. another 12 are said to be under investigation. there is a high risk that the disease could spread. to image and, who joins me from geneva. now, no longer in the homes they used to occupy in syria. news.s is very, very bad an invitation, if we needed one, of how serious the public health situation is in syria. the fact is that there are 22 cases of polio being investigated. 10 are now confirmed, nearly all of them in children under two who are showing signs of acute paralysis. those children were almost certainly never immunized. cereal was a country to a half vaccine, that had a but there has not been one of place for 14 years. children are not being vaccinated because of the collapse of the public health system. the polio virus has somehow found its way back into syria. >> what is the scale of monitoring in what is by and large a war zone in some way or another? >> this is very, very difficult. do kno

they say the level is lower than the safety standard for drinking water set by the world health organization, 10 becquerels per liter. they did not detect cesium in another sample taken on thursday. workers started checking the water in that area in august after they found contaminated groundwater had been seeping into the ocean. >>> japanese nuclear regulators will soon be getting international support in their efforts to monitor the impact of the crisis. specialists with the united nations nuclear watch talk will join teams checking radiation levels offshore. >> translator: monitoring nurk activity is very important. >> the assistance was offered to the head of the nuclear authority. ieaa says figures released by japan alone would not convince people the seafood was safe. >>> now, a renowned conductor has struck a chord with students in japan. he traveled from his home in venezuela to team they have about the healing power of music. nhk has his story. ♪ >> reporter: the venezuelan conductor is a young maestro renowned on the world scene. at 32, he's already conducted famous orchestras. he

. >>> researchers of the world health organization have classified outdoor air pollution for the first time as a leading envierch cause of cancer. they also ranked particulate matters one of the riskest air pollutants. in the past, the w.h.o. experts warned diesel engine exhaust and other substances could cause cancer and now they saw the most recent data indicates air pollution was responsible for over 200,000 lung cancer deaths worldwide in 2010. >> this really needs collective public health action to solve the problem. >> air pollution has triggered serious health warnings in china and other countries undergoing rapid industrialization. predominant sources are transportation, industrial and agricultural emissions and residential heating and cooking. >>> divers have recovered a half ton chunk of a russian meteorite. it exploded over the central part of the country in february. it's the largest piece of the meteorite recovered. the hunk was taken from 13 meters below the surface of a lake. the u.s. space agency nasa says the 10,000-ton asteroid entered the atmosphere at a high speed a

pregnant women acute vitamin a deficiency usually results in blindness or even death the world health organization estimates that two hundred million children around the world suffer from a lack of vitamin a. since the one nine hundred eighty s. ingle put try case has concentrated his efforts exclusively on rice the staple food of the poor for thirteen years his research produced no visible success. then he teamed up with peter bya a cellular biologist from fribourg together they finally achieved the unthinkable in favor one evening in february of one thousand nine hundred nine peter buyer called me in my laboratory and it was long after dark i was still there and he called me and said turn on your computer and i'm going to send a picture and you will like it and of course we were thrilled after all this time to see it not only white through it also a few yellow grains of rice because that told us we had finally really done it all tongue because in comes to us it is your soft. the world's media praised trike is and his colleague for their breakthrough. they were also on heard by the scientific com

the world health organization recently reported that air pollution leads to cappencer.t's time now to turn things around. ♪ >>> and dave warren and i were just talk this brings up shades of pennsylvania. >> yes, that's right. western pennsylvania the weather pattern had a lot to do with that, along with pollutants in the air. the air here is sinking. it's clear. there's a light breeze and no rain. over to china, there are three weather patterns come nating the area here. so it has kept the air trapped and the air can't go anywhere. the clouds here, that's a front moving through the area. that will stir up the atmosphere and lead to better conditions. 41 degrees in chicago, 58 in memphis, a lot warmer along the east coast and there is rain here. and this is a front that cool air is moving through northeastern pennsylvania, western new york, but it will stop and develop into a coastal storm over the next 24 hours. that's why we're seeing heavy rain here. a storm develops just off of the coast as that cool air comes into the warmer ocean waters intensifying that storm. we'

pregnant women acute vitamin a deficiency usually results in blindness or even death the world health organization estimates that two hundred million children around the world suffer from a lack of vitamin a. since the one nine hundred eighty s. ingle put try case has concentrated his efforts exclusively on rice the staple food of the poor for thirteen years his research produced no visible success. then he teamed up with peter bya a cellular biologist from fribourg together they finally achieved the unthinkable in favor one evening in february of one thousand nine hundred nine peter buyer called me in my laboratory and it was long after dark i was still there and he called me and said turn on your computer i'm going to send a picture you will like and of course we were thrilled after all this time to see it not only white through it also a few yellow grains of rice and because that told us we had finally really done it all tongue because in comes to us it is your soft. the world's media praised trike is and his colleague for their breakthrough. they were also on by the scientific community. they

the world health organization recently reported that air pollution leads to cancer and it's already the of premature death here and it's a race against time now to try to turn things around, al jazeera beijing. >> reporter: and she was in beijing and it was breezy and having air pollution problems of its own but northwestern china where the smog is thick not a breath of air and there is a clue as we have the latest on the weather. >> absolutely, spot on, stable conditions, barely a breath of air and that is because we have high pressure very much in charge. you can see collegely keer skies and when you get away from the surface on the ground there we are looking at very little cloud in and around that region of northeastern china we are talking about here. that is because of high pressure and that is a lid on the atmosphere and trapping that fog and that smoke, the smog that is now in place. but here we do have a little system coming through, and you see that will make its way further east and over the next couple of days it will take a couple days before we see things improve sickly ac

the world health organization labelled air pollution as a causezation. it's the first time toxic air has been lainl labelled as a carcinogen. >>> "real money" with ali veshi is next. >>> fefederal workers are back n the job but millions of americans are still looking for work. the enrollment numbers show obama's early days but what are the real numbers. >>> and unpaid parking tickets and library books could keep you from getting a mortgage. i'm ali veshi and this is "real money." ♪ >>> this is "real money" you are most important part of the show. join your live coverings converr the next half hour. thank you washington being open for business finally made you money. stocks rallied on thursday the s a& p 500 an index of the most important companies in american closed at and all time high. the number is 1733. if your investments are diversified you may hold it in your 401k or the ira. it's up 21 and a half percent this year it's double the long term average. we have two months to go this year. which is plenty of time for fresh new fiscal battles in washing

the density in some locations was 38 times the level considered safe by the world health organization. poor visibility on monday shut down the international airport and kept buses off the road. in harbin, city officials closed most schools. the weather in the region has turned colder. some experts blame the pollution on an increase in the burning of coal to heat homes and other buildings. the heating system kicked in on sunday. the forecasters predict light winds during the day will not be strong enough to clear the smog away. >>> a suicide bomber has blown up a bus in southern russia. the explosion killed six university students and hurt at least 30 other people. the attack occurred on a bus. witnesses said a female passenger detonated the bomb then flames engulfed the vehicle. authorities are investigating whether islamic extremists might be involved. militants in southern russia have said they want to disrupt the 2014 winter olympics. the games will be held in the city of sochi. it is several hundred kilometers north of the olympic venues. >>> japanese and u.s. trade officials have

that according to a new report from the world health organization.esearchers looking at an array of carcinogens. this is the first time that air pollution in its entirety has been named as a cause for cancer. >>> and the death toll continues to rise following the devastating earthquake that struck the philippines on thursday. more than 150 people are dead, thousands of home have been damaged. and many of the church's his -- historic churches. a very sad sight coming out of that coup try. >>> i'm dave warren. we are look at weathered across the country that will be changing across the next 24 hours. right now it is not all that warm, but it will be warming up this afternoon. in denver it's still a bit chilly, the warmup occurs in texas and through kansas. the storm is moving up through the midwest, and that will keep the rain in place there across the mideast. this is hour by hour thursday up to 70 in oklahoma city, 68 in wichita, it will be warming up quickly and then dropping, overnight tonight the cold air comes in, and dropping into the 30s and on

levels of the pollutant on monday were from three to nine times higher than the world health organization guidelines. >> translator: i am covered with dust after a one-day walk. i have a throat ache. >> translator: we cannot buy air. it is not only for individuals, but for all people. i want the government to take the initiative to promote effective controls. >> reporter: this video was taken sunday in eastern china. visibility was so limited that some expressways were closed. chinese people begin a week-long national holiday on tuesday, but government officials are urging vacationers to refrain from driving. experts attribute the serious air pollution at this time of year to unusual atmospheric conditions. they say weaker winds and higher than normal humidity prevent pollutants from spreading. these conditions are usually worse in winter, because most people heat their homes with charcoal. an increasing number of people in china are voicing the fear of possibility health effects of living in a toxic haze. the chinese government announced plans in september to limit the number of vehicles

. >> the problem with mirs world health organization has very limited information on how it spread. read -- spreads. still the saudi minister sayings his confidence. i. >> i would like to reassure everybody that the status of hajj is excellent. the health of pi fill pilgrims s excellent. we have no indication of any epidemic disease or infectious disease including the mirs variatiovirus. >> in this hospital the doctor shows me where people with mirs will be treated. hajj authorities are asking pilgrimses to wear masks. people with chronic diseases were told to defer the hajj. >> there is little known about the exact way the virus transmits. we know it transmits from human to human. but the mechanism and the speed of transmission is unclear. >> pilgrims with respiratory problems are treated in hospitals like this one in mecca. samples are taken and analyzed. but as serious as mirs it's not the only health concern during hajj. sun stroke and people's underlying health issues have in the past proved to be the biggest problem to pil pilgrims. the doctors don't believe that the middle eas

but part of the problem with mirs is world health organization has what it calls very limited information on how it spread. spreads. still the saudi health minister says he is confident. >> i would like to ask for everyone the status of hajj is excellent. the health of the pilgrims are excellent. we don't have any indication of any epidemic disease or infectious disease including this virus. >> in this hospital the doctor shows me isolation rooms where patients with infectious diseases will be treated. for the time being hajj authorities are asking pilgrimses to wear masks and to maintain personal hygiene standards. people with chronic diseases were told to defer to hajj. >> there is very little known about the exact way that the virus transmits. we know that it transmits from human to human. but the mechanism and the speed of transmission is still unclear. >> pilgrims with respiratory problems are treated in hospitals like this one in mecca. samples are taken and analyzed. but as serious as mirss is it's not the only health concern during hajj. sun stroke and people's underlying health i

researchers at the world health organization say breathing air pollutants increases the risk of lung cancer. working with the latest data, they estimate that in 2010, more than 230,000 people worldwide died from air pollution. in tokyo, the government's top spokesperson said officials are taking the problem seriously. >> translator: the government will cooperate with local municipalities to closely watch and take countermeasures. >> reporter: the government says it is also offering to cooperate with chinese officials with an offer to share its anti-pollution expertise. tomoko kamata, nhk world. >>> japanese firms are taking part in a trade show in china, it is the first time they participated in one since japan nationalized the senkaku islands two years ago. officials from 25 companies and 11 local governments are attending the event. visitors were seen viewing japanese technologies that specifically target severe air pollution that is a growing problem in chinese cities. they include an appliance that breaks down harmful airborne substances by using light with a specific wave length

the world health organization reports there are 38.1 road deaths per 100,000 people. the average for southeast asia is 18.5. earlier this month, at least 16 people died when the truck they were traveling in slammed into a tree in the northeast. associated press said up to 26,000 people died in road accidents in thailand every year. >>> and that wraps up our bulletin. >>> and those were reports from our bangkok bureau. members of nato are voicing concerns about how long it's taking u.s. and afghan leaders to reach a security deal. they say the delay is cutting into the time they need to map out a plan to withdraw foreign combat forces from afghanistan by the end of next year. defense ministers from nato plans discussed the plan at the alliance headquarters. their hands are tied somewhat. u.s. and afghan leaders have not reached an agreement on legal jurisdiction of the american troops who will stay on as of 2015. the head of nato stressed the need to speed up negotiations. >> we can't finalize our preparations until we have finalized negotiations on the legal framework