Approach in the help might not be enough to address the root causes of violence police and the armed forces in Mexico are searching for several children who fled when their relatives were killed in an ambush by a suspected drug cartel it s not clear how many children survived the attack on a convoy of cars at least 9 people including 6 children and their mothers are believed to have been killed a relative of the victims said they might have been mistaken by the attackers for rival gang the Le Baron family is linked to a breakaway Mormon community world news from the b.b.c. . The Nigerian authorities say more than 250 people have been rescued from an illegal Islamic run detention center in in the southwest of the country a police spokesman said many detainees were shackled in chains and some of been there for years more than a 1000 people have been rescued from other rehabilitation centers over the last month. A new u.n. Report is warning of a growing gender gap in internet access the
I Norty leader Chuck Schumer to agree on a process cyber security officials have been monitoring the state and local elections today for any signs of foreign interference or other disruption they say they ve seen no one usual activity so far but the effort is good practice for the 2020 N.P.R. s Pam Fessler as more as it did last year the u.s. Department of Homeland Security set up an operations and or were representatives of the f.b.i. State local election offices social media companies and others could monitor the vote and share intelligence while computerized election systems are always being scanned by outsiders looking for ways to break in official say they saw no unusual activity around the country election offices reported relatively minor problems including some delayed poll openings advocacy groups have also reported some misleading tweets telling voters that the election is tomorrow for example and Twitter has taken most of those down Pam Fessler n.p.r. News the u.s. Trade ga
Ok last month the court ruled that the strike was illegal and ordered them back to work African regional editor Will Ross reports it looks like Zimbabwe s government s determined to keep playing hardball $77.00 doctors have now been fired and hundreds of their colleagues who are also on strike awaiting to hear their fate it seems unthinkable that they can all be fired because the impact on the already struggling health service would be disastrous due to the rampant inflation the real value of a doctor s salary has plummeted to the equivalent of less than $100.00 u.s. Dollars a month with members of the Civil Service to take to the streets on Wednesday the pressure is building on President Emerson and God every day this economic crisis is making life harder and harder for Zimbabweans will rust still listening to the world news from the b.b.c. The prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau has announced that China is to resume imports of Canadian beef and pork some 4 months after Beijing s
Well that they can all be fired because the impact on the already struggling health service would be disastrous due to the rampant inflation the real value of a doctor s salary has plummeted to the equivalent of less than 100 u.s. Dollars a month with members of the Civil Service to take to the streets on Wednesday the pressure is building on President Emerson and Gaga every day this economic crisis is making life harder and harder for Zimbabweans this is the world news from the b.b.c. . 6 British politicians have written to the Rwandan President Paul Kagame a calling for 2 former military officers to be released from prison Frank Risa Garro who was once defense Attash a to the u.k. And Tumbi a gamba were arrested 5 years ago they were charged with tarnishing the image of Rwanda and sentenced to 20 and 21 years in prison respectively Yemen s government has signed an agreement with separatists in the south of the country that s intended to end a power struggle there more details from o
And it s only killed down there it s not just the wrong place at the wrong time there s a whole new level of cartel violence as of this point it s not over but we still don t know what s going to happen next Yemen s government has signed an agreement with separatists in the south of the country that intended to end a power struggle that Middle East analyst Alan Johnston reports Yemen s Southern separatists clashed with the government s forces in August and drove them out of the city of Aden the 2 sides are supposed to be allies in the government s war with the theory rebels based in the north the split in the alliance has worried Saudi Arabia backs the government in its conflict with the who these and the Saudis have brokered today s agreement it involves a power sharing arrangement which will draw Southern separatists into the government a major aid effort is underway to assist victims of flooding in Somalia where 370000 people have been displaced and 10 have died one of the worst hi