The campaign was organised after a baby waS Partly paralysed by the first case of the virus in two decades. From jerusalem, our Middle East correspondent, Yolande Knell reports. Just two drops as the un begins vaccinating against polio in gaza. A dose is easy to give, but carrying out a Mass Immunisation campaign in a Combat Zone is a huge challenge. Parents of the first vaccinated children are relieved. Translation i was worried and afraid because this is scary. The polio disease. This disease makes the children unable to move. Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum Worries Hell never be able to walk. He was the first child found he was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it years, and it paralysed his leg. Paralysed his leg. Because of the war he wasnt because of the war he wasnt vaccinated and now vaccinated and now medical care is limited. Medical care is limited. Translation he wants translation he wants to live an
They have got a lot of young children to vaccinate. 6a0,000. And with the polio vaccination it comes in two rounds, so more thani million it comes in two rounds, so more than 1 million vaccinations are already in gaza, the first round of vaccinations will start tomorrow as part of this campaign, and then in three weeks those children will have to have another vaccination. So, a lot of the logistics around this have actually been about keeping the vaccination is cool because obviously it is very hot in gaza at the moment and they have got to be refrigerated, and for the most part it is local doctors who would be administering it, but with so many people to be vaccinated it is obviously going to be challenging. Let s turn our attention to israel s military operation in the west bank, what is the latest on that? well, this intensified israeli military operation has now been going on for several days, and it has continued today, as you say specifically in jenin. My today, as you say speci
A supreme courtjudge ordered the suspension. Some brazilians report that their access is already blocked. Tickets for the reunion tour for rockband oasis go on sale. And thousands of fans are facing lengthy waits. The official websites were quickly overloaded. Ticketmaster insists the queue is moving. Will be back fairly shortly because we are expecting a press conference from the police regarding the deaths of those two people who were attending the notting hill carnival. Hello and welcome. I m lyse doucet. I m one of the co hosts of the bbc podcast ukrainecast, and with my colleague vitaly shevchenko, we ve just recorded a conversation with the prominent british writer and broadcaster stephen fry. He s also a campaigner for mental health awareness, and he s been to ukraine to co host a conference on this very issue, along with the first lady of ukraine, olena zelenska. So vitaly and i have been speaking with stephen fry about the mental scars of conflict. Ukrainecast from bbc news. I
It s believed tens of thousands of babies were stolen, some as recently as the mid 20005. Itexted herfirst, how long i have been looking for you. . . Many are still fighting forjustice. I texted herfirst, i have been looking for you. And she said, me too. I m coming up from the escalator and it s like my heart is like it was pumping so much blood! i was in shock. Am i looking in the mirror? am i in the train? or could someone slap me in the face? exact same person, exact same faces, exact same voice, exact same thoughts. I m like, i need to hug you. She doesn t like hugs but she did hug me. Then, we took a couple of pictures and i posted it on facebook. Then, my mother s friend texted me. Did you find your sister? i m like, who? i m like, who? what. . . What sister? what. . . What sister? amy and ano were not the only amy and ano were not the only ones making strange discoveries ones making strange discoveries about their past. About their past. So, this is my one birth so, this is
Restaurant in nearby queensway late on monday evening. Police have confirmed that he has also died of his injuries. Here is what the police have an ounce at a press conference in the past hour. At a press conference in the past hour past hour. Many of you are aware that past hour. Many of you are aware that following past hour. Many of you are aware that following the i aware that following the notting hill carnival we shared information about two people with very serious injuries. I am very sad to tell you now that both have since died. First i will talk to you about mussie imnetu. He was 41 years old and he was visiting the uk from dubai. He was found unconscious with a head injury in queensway at 11:22pm on monday, 26th of august. Officers and paramedics provided emergency first aid and mussie imnetu was taken to hospital where, and mussie imnetu was taken to hospitalwhere, despite and mussie imnetu was taken to hospital where, despite the best efforts of medical staff, he sadly