W. This is news live from berlin fears of a Cholera Epidemic in mozambique hundreds of people contract the contagious disease following a devastating cycle with vast numbers of displaced people at risk relief workers are warning of a second disaster also coming up. Thousands of palestinians mark the anniversary of the weekly protest at the event has turned deadly with three palestinians killed and more than two hundred injured in clashes with israeli forces. And people in ukraine prepare to go to the polls to elect a new president for
a familiar face or take a chance on a new comer we look at what issues might sway sundays results. Welcome to the program in mozambique the number of Cholera Cases has risen dramatically from five to nearly Three Hundred in just two days the World Health Organization is warning of a second disaster if Cholera Spreads among survivors of the deadly cyclone that hit two weeks ago the water Borne Disease causes acute diarrhea and can kill within days if not treated hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes in the psych loan that Hit Mozambique Malawi and zimbabwe one of the worst affected areas is the city of on the indian ocean. In many settlements such as here in beirut the flooding hasnt completely receded and many people are waiting for help. Theres
no aid even though. Every extra day in the mud increases the risk of severe diarrhea or even of Cholera Outbreaks in rural districts the situation is even worse large areas of land are still under water we visit a small clinic in the village of one go or what the storm left of it there is only one doctor who treats One Hundred Fifty patients a day testing them for malaria another looming danger he would be powerless against the cholera outbreak. Yes the numbers are increasing we cant do much we hand out chlorine tablets to disinfect the Drinking Water and we tell people to wash for it before eating it and especially to wash their hands as if. Anyone with is being treated as though they had cholera the world
health organization plans to provide Nine Hundred Thousand vaccine doses next week but fear of cholera is not the only concern many locals have lost everything their houses and huts were destroyed as was their harvest. Even though its been more than two weeks people are still suffering the after effects of the cycle so far there has been no Cholera Epidemic nevertheless it will be months before things are back to normal. Joining us now on the phone is Robert Holden hes the Incident Manager for the Emergency Response to. The World Health Organization robert thanks for joining us tell us the number of cases of cholera. Has jumped into the hundreds how much more do we have to fear. Good afternoon and i think we need to be cautious with the figures we surveyed have come for color on the mystery of how come from the on wednesday what were seeing is as you say an
increase in the number of cases of p. Q. Watery diarrhea. You know to be arent we expected thats not common in the van. And were trying to move quickly to ensure that one just on the scale of the problem not just in there but beyond there but also to stand up a significantly storm so that one we can try and minimize the spread of acute will keep on diarrhea or cholera for those that becomes sake that we can get the Treatment Services to where its needed rapidly but this is a Major Public Health threat to those people that lost everything that youre setting the standard youre going to get this is one of the most significant threats we face right now and just looking to the weeks and months ahead sigh clone eat i destroyed big parts of mozambiques water and if the Medication Infrastructure as we know what can be done to improve safe access to water is next for nickel. Well it is indeed absolutely one of the most critical components in terms of ensuring that people dont become sick. And as you say that be the scale
of devastation is significant so you know its going to take some time a lot is happening huge amounts of supporters corded from our most somebody i think its fair to say that you know the Mozambique Forges a mozambique government. And have stood up an impressive which spawns they quickly called for international sixteens funny and its good to see that the International Community has responded quickly and riposte course as your. As your report indicated on the introduction were still not able to get to some areas know on a daily basis the water is receding so every day we can get through to places that were previously inaccessible but we dont underestimate the scale of the cost for the first train sure that those that have lost everything can you know there we minimise the fresh return the suffering that we now and your thoughts its
a Monumental Task that we have we have ahead of us ok Robert Holden of the World Health Organization thank you for that. Tens of thousands of palestinians are demonstrating to mark one year since the start of the weekly Gaza Protests there held to demand the right to return to israel and an end to israels Blockade Of The Gaza Strip but todays event build the million man march as turned deadly three palestinians have been killed in clashes with israeli forces. Red crescent says more than two hundred people have been injured theres also been violence in the City Of Ramallah in the west bank. Joining us now from jerusalem is de ws tanya kramer tenure can you tell us about the situation at the border. Yeah she said Tens Of Thousands of palestinians came out to protest says scott is still one yet the first three off to protest at the fence and all i spent actually
on these protests of that week of heightened tensions between israel and hamas now we understand that. This often protests had cold on people to stay further away from the fence as usual to stay out of the line officer at the sniper fire and we also understand that there have been some understandings although they have not been officially confirmed. By its use and mediation between israel and hamas to calm down desist to ation to step back from further escalation the having said to the have been serious injuries to have been Protesters Skills and this really army has put out statements saying that some of the protesters came close to the fence however most of them stayed further away now of course everybody was looking at that so because that comes on the back took off so your long protest over two hundred people have been killed by sniper fire and many more thousands to. Tell you ten days time we have the israeli elections how is this going to play out in that context. What i think thats why all i swear that today on that day off protests because it came after a week really heightened tensions between israel and hamas it started a week ago when a rocket was launched from gaza into Central Israel it landed in that small village in north of tel aviv in a family home people were injured there and Prime Minister netanyahu was in washington at the time he cut short his visit there was a lot of pressure as it is not always when it responded. To tell you that and there was more vocal. Coming out office causes but with the help of egypts mediation the has been there had been a tense calm of the past couple of days and of course now the question was what will happen today and how distant play out there has been
a lot of pressure just didnt yell for very tough response so whatever happens and the situation remains tense and also volatile whatever happens here on the ground and gaza has dominated the Election Campaign this week at least of course also dominate remaining election and the elections happen on nine. Ok did you know he was ten year cramer in jerusalem thank you for that. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news Around The World pope francis has arrived in morocco for a two day trip devoted to interfaith relations King Mohammad welcome francis and then discarded him in a double motorcade through the capitol about francis is meeting with Muslim Leaders and migrants and holding a mass with the countrys minority catholic population. Cities all over the world are switching off the lights on Landmark Structures for earth hour its to raise awareness about Climate Change in sydney the iconic opera house went dark and in
hong kong dozens of companies turned off the illumination of their high rise buildings. The Rolling Stones are postponing a tour of North America while singer mick jagger received medical treatment the seventy five year old tweeted regrets to fans and said he would be back on stage as soon as he can a spokesperson did not elaborate on the singers condition. On sunday the people of ukraine will elect a new president in a vote closely watched in the west and in russia last time that ukrainians went to the polls was in Two Thousand And Fourteen the country was in freefall then russia had just annex the crimea region and pro russian separatists began fighting Government Forces in the countrys east five years on Nick Connelly takes a look at the issues on voters minds. More than ten thousand people have lost their lives since war broke out in Eastern Ukraine back in twenty fourteen millions have been forced to leave their homes as
the shooting continues political attempts to end the conflict remain stuck in no mans land but the fact the fighting didnt spread further and that ukraines army was able to regroup essential to president Petro Poroshenko as campaign when his message to voters is clear only he can keep ukraine safe and stand up to russia. But five years of war have also left their mark on ukrainians pockets in europe second poorest nation real incomes are still lower than they were before the war as Household Bills have skyrocketed. Over Three Million ukrainians have left the country in search of work its these people pensioners and those on low incomes struggling to get by the ex Prime MinisterYulia Timoshenko is trying to reach she promises to cut Household Bills in health as soon as shes elected and do more to ensure ukrainians can find work at home both president poroshenko and at prime
minister to machine have been around for decades and many ukrainians especially Younger Voters are hungry for change. One person who seems to fit the bill is actor and comedian polygamous lenski the forty one year old may have no previous political experience but he has played the president before and the hit Series Servant of the people the sitcom tells the story of a schoolteacher whose rant about the state of the country is caught on video by one of his pupils the video goes viral and the teacher suddenly finds himself catapulted to the top job dont worry good morning mr president. Mixing footage from the sitcom with his Campaign Zelinsky is now trying to convince ukrainians that hes the outside the country needs to shake up its corrupt politics his motto become president but stay an ordinary guy his critics argue that in reality hes no outsider launching a Campaign Calling him a puppet of the only got. A sworn enemy of president Petro Poroshenko its called
he who put zelinsky on television in the first place and on whose channel he announced his surprise run for the presidency selenski denies this anything untoward about his relations with the businessman. For now the polls put zelinsky in first place far ahead of his rivals but questions remain come election day will ukrainians really take the jump and vote for someone whose only experience of politics so far has been with a t. V. Script in his hands. Time for soccer now it was a big day in the Business League on saturday as the title race took another twist scored two late goals to be well spurred and draw with means dortmund Go To The Top of the table elsewhere dusseldorf down the frame and deep. Toppled out spurred Friday Night Hoffenheim thrashed leverkusen kicking off soon leipsic take on her on sunday hanover. And frankfurt face should cart. Its out time say
happy birthday to the Caped Crusader Cartoon and onscreen Superhero Batman Turns Eighty Today he made his debut in Detective Comics in Nine Hundred Thirty nine since then he moved on to own his start his own t. V. Series followed by a decades long career in Movie Theaters multiple actors have played the dark superhero over the years and even nonhuman actors have put on the black wings enough for everyone to have a face. And a reminder of the top stories were following for you in mozambique the number of Cholera Cases has risen dramatically from five to nearly Three Hundred in just two days the World Health Organization is warning of a second disaster if it spreads among survivors of the deadly side clone that hit two weeks ago. Youre watching the job you can use live from berlin