the head of the world health organization has backtracked on his appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador to the u.k. and the u.s. criticized the decision along with human rights activists and health groups they point to alleged rights abuses in zimbabwe the world health organizations chief at earlier said that they deserve the honor because of his public health policies privilege for harry is a freelance journalist based in harare he says the decision is an embarrassing one from a guy. yes cored negatively because i think maybe i would i would just need to court like what. outspoken government ministers in prison would get his government professor jonathan morrow you are saying that before the appointment of president mugabe the should have made or points out it and made their decision you know or somebody than to rush and up when appoint him and only to think if you days later that they are withdrawing it from him so diplomatically it doesn't look well for the newly appointed. i think that now we're talking about three months down the light after it

world health organization six to seven six station for the well african health ministers just. the end of august into september and this is going to be drawn from mr mugabe from prison. in less than a week after he's our point so what was the reaction to the appointment there ends up where is about where and how will people react to this what appears to be a snap now by the the world health organization. if you look on their rights activist and also their opposition that they were shocked to hear about used up when rent is the goodwill ambassador for in c.d.'s and the treatment because. their argument is that prison governor has presided over a collapsing you know it's. also sating to think that he has been going out of the country to seek needed medical treatment himself to the fight used most of the times when he goes for treatment and if you look at our health system most of the times. the. department you know the system is not in a good shape sometimes this stuff was without four months without being paid and doctors sometimes they go on strike and even the state of our hea

the new head of the world health organization says he's rethinking his decision to appoint zimbabwe presidentmr mugabe's human rights record and zimba bwe's health infrastructure. millions of japanese people are voting in a snap general election. the prime minister shinzo abe called the poll more than a year earlier than needed. if he wins, mr abe has proposed changes to the constitution, including scrapping the article that declares japan a pacifist country. that's it from me. the breakfast team is here at 6am. now, the week in westminster.

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the world health organization backtracks on its appointment of the ball boys president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. and hero or tyrants a fresh examination of the legacy of france's former leader napoleon. hello the us secretary of state is warning that saudi arabia is not yet ready to begin direct talks with doha. to resolve the gulf crisis rex tillerson was speaking in castle hours after meeting the saudi leaders he said it wasn't for the u.s. to impose a solution gulf countries had to find one themselves. with respect to the talks getting underway yes i did in my meetings with the crown prince mohammed bin salman asked him to please and gauge the place and gauge in dialogue. there is not a strong indication that parties are ready to talk yet. and so we cannot force talks upon people who are not ready to talk so there has been no invitation to the white house because it's not clear that parties are ready to engage and we're going to continue to work towards that dialogue and towards that engagement. that uses is quite simple isn't full of the collective security and feel

the international agency for research on cancer of the world health organization has found that life as it causes cancer in animals and probably also in humans means that there's an urgent need for action studies don't agree on with the glaive aside as a long term cancer risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u.'s food safety authority has proclaimed the chemicals harmless but has also been accused of basing that opinion on studies sponsored by glaive a site manufacturer of monsanto grains in the european parliament say that's not acceptable that we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry and then we have to finally end this thing with life aside there is a standard farming methods that work fine without the heavy use of chemicals. that are off by standard farming methods or sling means organic agriculture but many farmers say those methods are too expensive and think it's enough to only ban the use of herbicide directly before the harvest conservative m.-e. pays disagree with the greens but blame member s

the head of the world health organization says he is rethinking the appointment of zimbabwe's president mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. president trump is planning to open up secret files on the assassination ofjohn f kennedy. and a big shock in the premier league, as newly promoted huddersfield beat manchester united for the first time in 65 years. and in half an hour, a look at tomorrow's front pages, including the observer, which leads on the growing political tensions in spain. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, is planning to strip regional leaders in catalonia of their powers following their controversial referendum on independence. almost 500,000 people have been protesting against the new measures. the catalan leader says they are the worst attack on catalonia since the fascist regime of general franco. tom burridge reports from barcelona. angrier than ever before, catalans who want independence, digesting madrid's unprecedented move. to temporarily scrap their devolved government. theyjust want to crush us down. and we've got digni

after growing international criticism, the world health organization is set to rethink a decision to make zimbabwe's president a goodwill ambassador. millions of people across japan are voting in a snap general election. we will have the very latest live from tokyo. storm brian batters parts of britain, bringing high seas and violent winds of more than 120km/h. welcome to bbc news. the political crisis in spain has deepened, with the leader of catalonia condemning the spanish government's plans to sack the regional administration. carles puigdemont declared that a coup was being mounted, and compared the actions of the government in madrid to those of the fascist dictator general franco. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy said he had been left with no choice by an "illegal" independence referendum. tom burridge reports from barcelona. angrier than ever before — catalans who want independence, digesting madrid's unprecedented move to temporarily scrap their devolved government. theyjust want to crush us down. and we've got dignity. we've got our dignity. we've fought for it for

the world health organization is warning that the number of obese children in developing countries is soaring it says rates are warst in the middle east north africa and parts of asia while levels among kids in rich countries appear to have peaked a run off is likely to take place following presidential elections in liberia there were twenty candidates running and the winner must secure at least fifty percent of the vote to avoid a second round president ellen johnson sirleaf africa's first female leader is stepping aside after nearly twelve years in office. right well those are the top stories i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour stay with us coming up next it's the stream thank you for watching very sort of i. do with you . that we as judging people were shocked you are surprised why would you put chad on the travel ban list and that's why we started high stack child travel ban to ask why chad has been banned doesn't make sense there is no logic behind it and there are no data supporting it and i said has been supported by so many people globally and has called that m

but they say there is no need for panic the plague is treatable with antibiotics and the world health organization says there is no risk that the disease can spread internationally with please. i would like to remind you here and it is important that the plague exists in many countries and the latest epidemics in some countries including kenya and madagascar zambia algeria and the d.r. see it's not only madagascar and this is important because what we hear in the city is that the plague is if madagascar is the end of the world we would just like to say that it is a disease like any other but we are lucky that this disease has a cure and this treatment is available and it is free. many schools are closed and they're being sprayed to kill fleas campaigns are also underway to remove trash in cities and officials are setting right traps the health ministry says it's taking steps to keep infections from spreading a disease which was believed to have already been wiped out some of the job i was there the leader of spain's catalonia region says he wants mediators to help resolve the standoff with the cou

zimbabwean president robert mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador for the world health organization that follows a backlash from international leaders activists and health groups who say zimbabwe's own health service is collapsing. and the u.s. state says the group of countries beheading is not what is in the next innocents in the region and the latest attempt to end the diplomatic crisis. central command is the arm of the u.s. military that handles all operations launch from middle east its headquarters and just outside doha here in castle a senior official that has told out a zero but operations against aren't being affected by the blockade reports. this is an order to her base in qatar some military personnel consider it the most important u.s. air base in the world. it's revise u.s. central command with the facilities and equipment required for operations the base is home to several different types of aircraft used in missions across the region these tasks range from strategic bombing flights to just stick support such as the ones provided by refuting turn her planes you date is

haram zimbabwean president robert mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador for the world health organization a little over two days after he was appointed follows a backlash from international leaders activists and health groups who say zimbabwe's own health service is collapsing hundreds of people have been protesting in spain's capital to show their support for catalonia the government's moving to take control of the autonomous region following a succession referendum this month and cambodia's prime minister hun sen says a twenty six year peace agreement to stop the country's civil war is dead in the water the paris peace accord was meant to bring democracy to cambodia but there's a crackdown on government opponents an international commission is calling for the treaty to be reviewed. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera also the listening post which of those watching. our jazeera. swear every us. hollywood producer harvey weinstein beat off actual wrath. to come back home it was told by sharon harvey weinstein's change by wednesday seventy york times reporte

and the world health organization revokes the appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. on drugs we look at iran's first clinic for substance abusing mothers and their children. despite hopes of a breakthrough it seems the gulf crisis that seem caught on living under a blockade for nearly five months is going to drag on u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in the region but he's saying the saudi arabian led block is not ready to talk to me to take time and been calm about tani in doha he called all sides to deescalate tension but he said the u.s. couldn't force any discussions tell us and flew from saudi arabia where he met king solomon but there was no indications of any progress he also held talks there with iraqi prime minister. and says he wants to counter iranian influence in iraq particle han reports from doha. he talked tough on his way over blaming the saudi led coalition for the impasse but in the region the tough talk stopped meetings with the crown prince mohammed bin samana asked him to please and gauge please and gauge and dialogue.

the world health organization by tracks on its appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. and exclusive look inside the desert airbase that some u.s. personnel say is the most important military facility in the world. and our u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says talks to resolve the gulf crisis remain on likely. cattery foreign minister in doha he called on gulf cooperation council countries to minimize the rhetoric and deescalate the tensions to listen flew from saudi arabia that's where he had talks with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound he also met the iraqi prime minister on a body and says he wants to counter it rainy and influence in iraq particle he reports from doha. he talked tough on his way over blaming the saudi led coalition for the impasse but in the region the tough talk stopped meetings with the crown prince mohammed bin. replacing gauge placing gauge in dialogue. there's not a strong indication that parties are ready to talk yet. and so we cannot force talks on people who are not ready to talk. still us secretary of state

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mr mugabe was selected as a global ambassador for the world health organization by its first africanut today the who quickly backed down after a fierce international backlash. under president mugabe's long rule, zimbabwe's economy and health system have crumbled. britain and other western governments have accused him of widespread human rights violations and targeted him with sanctions. there was delight today from a broad range of organisations which had condemned mr mugabe's united nations role as a sickjoke. there was outrage that mugabe could be appointed a goodwill ambassador, especially given the state of public health services and access to basic public health facilities. even painkillers in public hospitals. this comes as a relief that the who has seen the light. but mr mugabe is not without support, both inside zimbabwe and around the continent. today his supporters describe the who's u—turn as yet another sign of western meddling in africa. president mugabe has yet to react in person, but few zimbabweans can be surprised about this decision. their leader may be proud of his

have died in the past two months while the latest outbreak has spread to urban centers the world health organization is calling for calm. now u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has denied ever considering quitting his role as the country's top diplomat he was forced to make the denial after n.b.c. reporter the tennis and publicly insulted president trump in a meeting state department correspondent particle hain has that story. already a surprise statement from a secretary of state who doesn't make many. let me tell you what i've learned about this president whom i did not know before taking this office he loves this country he puts americans and america first. he's smart he was trying to refute this story in which n.b.c. news claims tillerson publically called the president a moron after a national security meeting he repeatedly didn't deny that he said that but his spokeswoman later did he did not say that tillerson did refute the other allegation made in the report that he was going to quit tennis and tried to quit but was talked out of it by allies there's never been a consideration in my mind

zimbabwean president robert mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador for the world health organization just two days after he was appointed it follows a backlash from international leaders activist and health groups who say it's in barbarism health service is collapsing god has been criticized for going abroad for medical treatment south african media activists michel reddy told us why there was so much anger over mccarthy's appointment well he's very good at looking after his own health he regularly jets off to singapore for medical treatment abroad his ministers and high level politicians often use private south african health care facilities well old reason bubbly and die in dilapidated hospitals waiting for treatment the healthcare system is a block with is collapsing because of economic collapse that is the result of drowning p.s. policy and the new politics this is a regime that spend ninety one percent of its tiny budget on paying salaries and yet cannot afford to pay nurses and doctors who regularly go on strike and if you recall in two thousand and nine it was a cholera outbre

the new head of the world health organization says he's rethinking his decision to appoint zimbabwe president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador for the global health agency. it follows international criticism of mr mugabe's human rights record and zimba bwe‘s health infrastructure. millions of japanese people are voting in a snap general election. the prime minister, shinzo abe called the poll more than a year earlier than needed. if he wins, mr abe has proposed changes to the constitution, including scrapping the article that declares japan a pacifist country. the church of england is the debate holding services for same—sex couples. the services could be held after the couple is married in a secular after the couple is married in a secular ceremony. after the couple is married in a secular ceremony. since 2014, same—sex couples have been able to marry outside the church but the church does not allow the relationship to be blessed. it says that the real and profound disagreement is there. three years discussing what to do next but their hand is now being forced by the diocese of herath

killers chemists say it can cause serious damage and is toxic to animals and people the world health organization claims it can also cause cancer the organic consumers association says most santo is happy to sweep it under the carpet if it means bigger profits. the stakes for months down are extremely high they have an eight billion dollar industry that they're trying to protect in the united states there are hundreds of people who have gotten cancer from exposure to monsanto's roundup herbicide who are currently suing the company we have a paper trail that goes back to the one nine hundred eighty s. that showed monsanto knew that roundup causes cancer and. they have been able to successfully suppress this evidence and it was only until two thousand and fifteen when the world health organization determined that monsanto's roundup was a probable human carcinogen they've been trying to cover their tracks and convince regulators that things should proceed business as usual in the united states and in the european union they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars euros every year to suppress the evid

the head of the world health organization is rethinking his appointment of the zimbabwean president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador the u.k. and the u.s. both criticized the decision along with human rights activists and health groups they point to alleged rights abuses in zimbabwe the w.h.o. as chief had earlier said mr mugabe deserved the on that because of his public health policies five former american presidents appeared together at a charity concerts in support of hurricane relief the one america appeal concert in texas is raising money for people affected by hurricanes harvey and maria tens of thousands of people were displaced and billions of dollars worth of property destroyed after the storms hit us and the caribbean former leaders have already raised thirty one million dollars donald trump wasn't there but he did think his predecessors did you miss those are the headlines up next it's a.j. selects adrian's here top of the hour with the news hour i'll see after that. witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. the arab. news not the person said to

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going to health care poland lags behind the world health organization's recommendation of six percent now for one day doctors in poland's model polska province only offering emergency services. were grateful that the patients will not be harmed every doctor will be able to choose how to support the protests but we're seeing a reaction among the public. earlier this month doctors demonstrated outside government buildings in warsaw they believe the government's plan to raise health care spending to six percent of g.d.p. by twenty twenty five isn't enough but a calling for an increase to almost seven percent if we only wanted to fight for our wages we wouldn't be here but many polish doctors have left the country for better wages and working conditions more than two thousand now work in germany so the polish government's response could have a major effect on the future of medical care in poland. well the season has started on wall street and the solid numbers have pushed the dow to a new record high among the witness general motors shares of the comic or so to another record high after i

the international agency for research on cancer of the world health organization has found that life as it causes cancer in animals and probably also in humans means that there's urgent need for action studies don't agree on where the glaive aside is a long term cancer risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u.'s food safety authority has proclaimed the chemicals harmless but has also been accused of basing that opinion on studies sponsored by glaive a site manufacturer a month center greens in the european parliament say that's not acceptable. we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry we have to finally end this thing with life aside there is standard farming methods that work fine without the heavy use of chemicals. which of by standard farming methods hoisting means organic agriculture but many farmers say those methods are too expensive and think it's enough to only ban the use of herbicide directly before the harvest conservative m.e.p. s. disagree with the greens but blame member states for not reach

the new head of the world health organization says he is rethinking his decision to appoint zimbabwe's in the afghan capital, kabul, has killed at least 15 military cadets. the defence ministry said the attacker targeted a bus carrying the cadets outside the main military academy. and the party led by the billionaire businessman andrej babis has scored a convincing victory in the czech republic's general election. the ano party has won about 30% — not enough to govern alone, but it could lead a coalition. now on bbc news: a weather world special. from florida and the bbc weather centre, the team examines why this year's atlantic hurricane season has been so active.

the world health organization has appointed president robert mugabe of zimbabwe as a "goodwill ambassadormmunicable diseases. critics say that during president mugabe's 37—year rule, health services in zimbabwe have sharply deteriorated. forensic experts investigating the death of the left—wing chilean poet, pablo neruda, have said that he didn't die of prostate cancer as previously thought and could have been poisoned. they will now carry out tests on a toxin found in his remains. pablo neruda, a nobel laureate, died less than two weeks after the military coup led by general augusto pinochet in 1973. police in brazil have arrested more than 100 people in the biggest operation against paedophiles in the country's history. suspects were arrested in 2a states and the capital, brasilia. the brazilian justice minister said those detained were part of a ring that shared pornographic images of children through computers and mobile phones. leonardo rocha is the bbc world service americas editor. he says it was the biggest ever operation in latin america. it involved more than 1000 police officer

group of being behind their time but it has yet to confirm or deny any involvement in the world health organization is being heavily criticized for making zimbabwe's president robert mugabe a goodwill ambassador the u.k. and the u.s. are opposing the appointment along with dozens of health groups and human rights activists that demanding the decision be overturned because of alleged human rights violations committed in zimbabwe under mugabe's rule but the new head of the world health organization says mugabe deserves the owner because of his public health policies hundreds of thousands of syrians are leaving their war damaged towns and cities for the relative safety of the escalation zone set up across the country those areas were recently agreed on by turkey which supports rebel fighters and iran and russia which back the governments or reporters then of course the only who has visited a deescalation zone in italy a province and sent this report. holiday and her two disabled sums arrived at the scamp specifically set up for children two weeks ago the boys were burned paralyzed live was tough enoug

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going to health care poland lags behind the world health organizations recommendation of six percent now for one day doctors in poland model polska province only offering emergency services. were grateful that the patients will not be harmed every doctor will be able to choose how to support the protests but we're seeing a reaction among the public. earlier this month doctors demonstrated outside government buildings in warsaw they believe the government's plan to raise health care spending to six percent of g.d.p. by twenty twenty five isn't enough but a calling for an increase to almost seven percent if we only wanted to fight for our wages we wouldn't be here but many polish doctors have left the country for better wages and working conditions more than two thousand now work in germany so the polish government's response could have a major effect on the future of medical care in poland. now the european parliament has called for the controversial weed kid i'd like to say to be phased out in the next five years and that prompted the european commission to drop its proposal for a te

before the end of the year life will say it is a highly controversial chemical that the world health organization listed as cancer causing back in twenty fifteen years reports. a cotton farmer from the us called john barton has a stern warning for brussels he's fighting cancer and he's trying to prove in court that his disease was caused by the weed killer roundup like thousands of farmers worldwide he used the pesticide for decades and was always told it's safe and i expose my sons to round up when i was born you know i would give more backpacks and you know they would go out in the field and spray johnson grass so now it's a father i'm thinking my god. did i harm my own children in the class action lawsuit representing five hundred people comes as the e.u. is deciding whether to renew the license of the controversial weed killer the license expires at the end of the year the use food safety watchdog has declared that life was saved the key ingredient in roundup is safe but barton's lawyers claim pesticide maker months i'm told is deliberately hiding evidence about the safety of clyde for say fo

the world health organization is also calling for calm the leader of spain's catalonia region says he wants mediators to help resolve a standoff with the central government of its efforts to gain independence but spain says for that to happen the region must respect the law u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has denied ever considering quitting his role as the country's top diplomat he was forced to make the denial after one u.s. news agency reported to listen publicly insulted president trump in a meeting and that he was going to quit there's never been a consideration in my mind. at the appointment of the president and i'm here for as long as the president feels lucky to be useful to achieving his objectives saudi arabia's king solomon as arrived in moscow for a five day trip the first ever visit by a saudi monarch to russia king solomon will hold talks with russian president vladimir putin the war in syria will be top of the agenda along with bilateral investments and stabilizing oil markets. president has met his iranian counterpart in teheran for talks on kurdish session that'

the head of the world health organization has backtracked on his appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador and so after widespread criticism from international leaders human rights activists and health groups they pointed to allegations of human rights abuses in zimbabwe president mugabe has also been criticized for going abroad for medical treatment. privileged most fun heidi is a freelance journalist based in harare he says that the decision is an embarrassing one for mugabe yes court negatively it because i think maybe i would i would just need to court like what one of the outspoken government ministers you nap is and get his government professor jonathan morris you are saying that the for the appointment of prison in the garbage these should have mid or consult it and made their decision you know or somebody done to rush and appoint him and only to think if you days later that the with doing it from him so diplomatically it doesn't look well for the newly appointed looked at judgments so he'd want to look well also even coming from africa i remem

in the democratic republic of congo the world health organization has been criticized for appointing robert mugabe a goodwill ambassador the director of the world health organization praised the zimbabwean leader for his public health policy mr mugabe's role will see him help tackle economic chronic diseases rather physicians for human rights see my god his government is responsible for its population's lack of access to food clean water and health care. the u.s. has to shift its counterterrorism strategy to focus more on africa the defense secretary james mattis discussed the changes with members of congress it comes amid growing pressure for the white house to be more forthcoming about the deaths of four american soldiers in two weeks ago. eighty percent of puerto rico is still without power one month after the caribbean island was devastated by hurricane maria despite emergency crews working around the clock to fix hundreds of kilometers of electricity lines the governor of the u.s. territory says it could be christmas before full power is restored many islanders say the u.s. gover

the world health organization has withdrawn the appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as goodwill. it follows a backlash from international leaders activists and health groups who pointed to alleged human rights abuses under his rule. ok more now on our top story the gulf diplomatic crisis central come on is the arm of the u.s. military that handles all operations launched from the middle east its headquarters of just outside doha a senior official there has told al-jazeera that operations against eisel are being affected by the blockade by what alchemy reports. this is an order to her base in qatar some military personnel consider it the most important to us air base in the world. it's revise u.s. central command with the facilities and equipment required for operations the base is home to several different types of aircraft used in missions across the region these tasks range from strategic bombing flights to just stick support such as the ones provided by refuting turncoat planes you date is truly the nerve center of all the operations that we execute across the central

that of the world health organization is rethinking his appointment of the zimbabwean president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador u.k. and the u.s. criticize the decision along with human rights activists and health groups they point to alleged human rights abuses inside zimbabwe the w.h.o. as chief had earlier said mr mugabe deserve the honor because of his public health policies five former american presidents have appeared together at a charity concert to support hurricane relief the one america repealed concert in texas is raising money for people affected by hurricane harvey and marina donald trump wasn't there but he did send a message on video thanking his predecessors. those are your headlines so far today the news continues on al-jazeera after inside story i will see you in thirty minutes. provoking debate challenging your stablished line every single one of the three and a half thousand people who is killed with a drug dealer join many have sun for up front at this time on al jazeera. dozens of egyptian police are killed in a gun battle in the desert as a state of emerge

pharmaceutical companies so these don't agree on whether glyphosate poses a concert risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u. food safety authority says it's harmless but members of the green party in the european parliament say more impartial studies are needed. we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry we have to finally end this thing with life there are standard farming methods that work fine with that the heavy use of chemicals. but standard farming methods hoisting means organic agriculture but many farmers say those methods are too expensive they believe use of the herbicide could simply be bantering the period directly before harvest conservative any peace play member states for not reaching a decision. i find it very regrettable that for more than two years the member states don't have a clear position they are always possible owning there is no majority for any position e.u. countries will be asked to vote on a proposal to renew the permit for like a city again next month the current license expires at the end of the ye