brought in hook a senior policy adviser to u.s. secretary of state mike pompei of speaking to our washington bureau chief alexander fun not here is some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world india has dispatched medical teams to the southern state of kerala after the outbreak of a deadly virus officials say up to six people may have died from the illness which is known as nepa that virus with no vaccine against it has a mortality rate of around seventy five percent authorities in pakistan have urged people to stay indoors as temperatures hit forty four degrees celsius in the southern city of karachi there are fears of widespread heat stroke as many people are refraining from drinking during the daytime in observance of the islamic month of ramadan former u.s. president barack obama and his wife michelle have signed a deal with the online streaming company netflix the company says under the multi-year agreement the couple will produce films a series under the name higher ground productions netflix has one hundred twenty