Pres. Trump africa has tremendous business potential. I have so many friends going to your countries, trying to get rich. I congratulate you. They are spending a lot of money. Amy as President Trump brags about his friends going to africa to get rich, he praises the fictional country of nambia. He meant to say namibia. We will speak with a leading journalist from namibia who was jailed and had her office firebombed. Plus, we will speak to Tarja Halonen, the first female president of finland. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from paris, france. In puerto rico, hospitals report theyre at capacity and struggling to maintain operations, part of a growing humanitarian catastrophe more than a week after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. The pentagon says the majority of puerto ricos 69 hospitals do not have enough fuel to Power Electric generators, as the islands entire electrical gr
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. A warning that hospitals in england could become overwhelmed with coronavirus cases if mps dont back new restrictions. Irans president rouhani blames israel for the assassination of a top nuclear scientist, saying his country wont be deterred from its nuclear ambitions. The retail empire arcadia, which owns topshop, burton and dorothy perkins, is on the brink of collapse, putting 13,000 jobs at risk. More than 2. 5 million Vulnerable People in england will be offered free vitamin d this winter. New figures reveal a million more americans caught covid in less than a week 1,500 people are now dying every day and Health Workers are feeling the strain. The eus chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, and his uk counterpart are holding more talks in london in a bid to agree a post brexit trade deal. Finland has a Coalition Government led by five women. And as part of this years 100 women season, the bbc has been given exclusive, behind the scenes acces
To some people during the pandemic. Vitamin d helps to keep bones, teeth and muscle healthy and a new Clinical Trial has just started looking at whether it can also protect against coronavirus. Our science correspondent Rebecca Morelle reports. A dose of sunshine, helping us to make vitamin d, which is essential for our health. But at this time of year, the suns in short supply, and with lockdowns weve been getting out less. From october to march, people in the uk are advised to take vitamin d, and now in england people in care homes and those classed as clinically extremely vulnerable will get a free supply too. But can vitamin d also help with covid . This lab is trying to find out. Theres some evidence the vitamin helps with other respiratory infections. Now a Clinical Trial involving more more than 5,000 people is looking at its impact on coronavirus. Its not going to be as powerful as a vaccine, but it might reduce the risk of covid i9 or the severity of the disease significantly.
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