republic of congo changes include cutting the dose of the existing vaccine from drugmaker merck and expanding the population then eligible for vaccination. >>> and a new jersey high school yearbook adviser who was suspended after photos of two students were altered to remove president donald trump's name on their clothing is now suing the town straep district teacher susan parsons says school officials requested the changes in 2017 but then set her up to, quote, take the blame she says the district created a hostile work environment that led to harassment and death threats against her. no comment yet from the district superintendent you are up to date that's the news update this hour, kelly. back to you. >> all right, sue. thank you very much. just about 30 minutes until "power lunch." i'm joined by tyler mathisen, and we are down about 505 right now. >> well, and that decline has steepened in the past few minutes. of course, we're going to spend basically the whole hour talking about what's going on in the markets, what's going on in trade, and what the consequences of the impositi

v-day women survivors of gender violence in the democratic republic of congo. we spoke to her last year as the worldwide movement called v-day stop violence against women and girls marked its 2 20 anniversa. i asked her about the city of joy, that community thatat she d eve ensler helped establish. survivors --are gender violence survivors, but at the end they are all survivors of rape. it is a centeter betwtween leadership and women. and half of the program is end,py and i think at the they spent six months at city of joy and then they go back into their community and thehey organize themselves in a network. they are all partner of v-day now to also recruit women to come to city of joy. they spread the message. they spread it to their community. amy: that is christine schuler describe her, director of v-day congo. you are deeply involved with that movement and have been a -daytime supporter of v founded by eve ensler. you yourself are a survivor of sexual abuse as we talk about in the first segment of our conversation today. talk about the power r you derie fr

republic of congo fighters from the allied democratic forces launched an overnight raid on a tina 18 kilometers northwest of the city of beni there have been several protests in beni in recent weeks with locals accusing the un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against rebel attacks perelman tasa has been following developments from nairobi. it's now calm but tens of thousands to the death toll would likely rise in fact this day the number is now $23.00 solely because the killing spree went on for hours and many people still aren't accounted for they say when the rebels into the village they went from house to house burning everything in their path anyone they came across including women and children they killed the worst thing happening but a couple of hours that people been trying to walk to any town a woman that can take them hours when they get big they plan to sleep in churches if that is possible or speak with family members you get a sense there that people are terrified the a.d.'s are from uganda they've been operating in that part of for more than 20 years causing havoc

at least 23 people have been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo fighters from the allied democratic forces launched an overnight raid on up tina close to the city of beni those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after shadow world i'll have more news in a little under 30 minutes c.n.n. . when we stumbled on the saudi arms deal the outcome of the deal we really started to stumble on a central feature of british politics over the last 30 years harness french has been at the heart of many of the great world events of the past 30 years i was always peace to see him when i was prime minister. she considers saudi arabia as a strong friend and would be willing to support taking them with whatever the kingdom needs and of discussion from there on everything else was. he explained to mrs thatcher that this was a deal with saudi arabia and their full things were done differently. they wanted $43000000000.00 worth of weaponry that was $6000000000.00 pounds in commission. the cost majority of most people understand is. what an executive goes to b

at least 23 people have been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo fighters from the allied democratic forces launched an overnight raid on. 18 kilometers northwest of the city of beni there have been several protests in bending in recent weeks with locals accusing un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against rebel attacks. has been following developments from nairobi is now calm but tense of this is that the death toll would likely rise in fact this day the number is now 23 solely because the killing spree went on for hours and many people still aren't accounted for they say when the rebels into the village they went from house to house creating everything in their path anyone they came across including women and children they killed what's been happening but a couple of hours that people been trying to walk to any town or water that can take them hours when they get big they plan to sleep in churches if that is possible or speak with family members you get a sense there that people are terrified the aid from uganda they've been operating in that part

a special case it has lithium just as the democratic republic of congo has. a cold hand and also lithium and uranium it's a it's a resource grab it see old game that. we had in the 19th century in the early 20th century of grabbing resources except we don't do it nakedly anymore we have to cover it up saying oh we're restoring democracy by removing elected officials let's face it if venezuela's main export were broccoli instead of oil they wouldn't care who's president there no forget that in the case of venezuela to give you a clear example. of them and during government refused a request by the british government and british petroleum to turn over what was the french concession in venezuela to british petroleum to b.p. now to endure a government that was 2 years ago of the manure government simply handed b.p. the french concession in venezuela there would be no problem with them and government but madeira said no we're keeping it we're going to give it to the to the venezuelan oil company pay to mesa and it was at that point that the british government and

and he's 23 people have been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo watches from the allied democratic forces and a tourist on group an overnight raid on a teen or 18 kilometers northwest of the city of beni there in several protests and many in recent weeks with locals accusing un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against rebel attacks. has been following the developments from nairobi and says people are walking to benny to seek refuge. the situation on the ground is not competent officials warn the death toll would likely rise because the killing spree went on for hours and many people still aren't accounted for people say when the rebels entered the village they went from house to house putting everything in the pot killing everyone they saw including women and children people are now walking to binny town a walk that will take them hours going to get there they plan to sleep in churches or with family a.d.f. rebels are from uganda but they will operate in the d.r. see that partly for more than 20 years terrorizing the population people say they're a

a rebel attack near beni in eastern democratic republic of congo has killed at least 23 people fighters from the allied democratic forces notorious on group and watched an overnight raid. and judges in sudan have sentenced 29 members of the security forces to death for torturing and murdering a protester schoolteacher met her was killed in february during protests and eventually deposed president bashir 2 months later. spain says it will expel 3 bolivian diplomats as part of a tit for tat move it comes after bolivia's interim president asked to spanish diplomats and the mexican ambassador to leave the country janine years has criticized mexico after it granted asylum to form a bolivian president evo morales and some of his aides and yes has also accused spain of trying to help around as its allies. drive home is live for us in mexico city so what's happening right now in this diplomatic spat. well the last thing that's happened is that the mets can interior minister olga sciences has just come out and said they're not going to do the same in spain they're not going to kick out the boliv

republic of congo fighters from the allied democratic forces launched a raid on 18 kilometers northwest of the city of beni locals accuse un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against rebel attacks charges in sudan have centers $29.00 members of the security forces to death for torturing and murdering a protester the court in khartoum was packed for the verdict schoolteacher with hair was killed in february during protests that eventually deposed president bashir. spain says it will expel 3 bolivian diplomats as part of a tit for tat move but libya's interim president asked to spanish diplomats and the mexican ambassador to leave the country to join in and yes has criticized mexico after it granted asylum to form a bolivian president evo morales as a top stories jerusalem a rock and a hard place is next round is here people of different faiths giveth thoughts on the city's past present and future. when i asked my mother when was the last time she took the train in and where did she go and she tells me yes of course i took the train because of this trade in jerusalem connects us wit

rebel find is a being blamed for killing at least 18 people and torching their homes in democratic republic of congo police say the overnight raid is the latest in the eastern region of been the by a.t.f. rebels they operate in both to see and neighboring uganda rid of killed hundreds of people recently has been following developments from nairobi and says it is expected the death toll will rise it's now calm but this is the death toll would likely rise in this day the number is now 23 silly because the killing spree went on for many people still unaccounted for they say when the rebels entered the village they went from house to house cleaning everything. in their part anyone they came across including women and children they killed what can happen in the couple of hours that people been trying to walk to any town a walk that can take them hours when they get big they plan to sleep in churches if that is possible or speak with family members you get a sense there that people are terrified. from uganda they've been operating in that part of for more than 20 years causing havoc attacking vil

republic of congo police say the overnight raid is the latest in the eastern region of burn me by a.d.f. rebels now they operate in both the city and uganda and of killed hundreds of people recently following this one from nairobi how do any update on the situation on the ground. while it's now calm about 10 sufficient to the death toll would likely rise in fact this day the number is now $23.00 solely because the killing spree went on for hours and many people still aren't accounted for they say when the rebels into the village they went from house to house putting everything in their path anyone they came across including women and children they killed 2 has been happening the couple of hours that people been trying to walk to any town or water that can take them hours when they get their plan to sleep in churches if that is possible or speak with family members you get a sense there that people are terrified the a.d.'s are from uganda they've been operating in that part of the for more than 20 years causing havoc attacking villages a terrifying people and of course these civilians ha

least 18 people have been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo it happened just northwest of the capital benny in the territory police say it's the latest attack by the a.d.f. rebels they have been blamed for killing hundreds of people in recent months. the united nations has sent a rapid response team to central african republic after violence between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday the un's warning against an escalation of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias. that market in bang gave which was attacked and explains now what ultimatum traders have given to the armed groups. reconstruction look at the particular 5 neighborhood market is ongoing dozens of stores were burned or destroyed by the militias when we came at tacking on the french mission in this market attacking traders in the process right now traders are busy trying to organize and reconstruct their stores and start business going again in the meantime this market has been closed by the a

for moral kenya we head to the capitol of the democratic republic of congo where we meet a bond that not only produces cool b. but also some very old original instruments pulling was making our equal heroes of the week. ahead a. unique costumes and an original sound the band full of music playing and they can show us a jobs 1st of all dizzy. the name says it all full music means music from garbage in the local lingo to language. and. everything about this group is impressive especially the fact that they play instruments made from west everyone's dancing it was amazing the. things. everything made out of west the idea came from a group found on the skull crammed he finds his inspiration at dumping sites. there's just. this button produces a nice sound and me far so lucky no this will make a good instrument for our music. a lack of proper waste management and recycling facilities has caused kinshasa to be littered with discarded plastic and other waste commit a music i came here to look for things that i can use to make musical instruments but i also want to draw attention to their pr

the war—torn democratic republic of congo — drew a link between the suffering there and the recent terror attack in london. darkness is a monster that lies. its growling claims seem to call out with a louder volume than the love—filled whispers of light. we see the shadows out of the corner of our eyes — they may be violence, as in the congo or on london bridge. they may be political. they may be purely personal — from family feuds, relationship problems, illness, the darkness within us. and there's one more christmas message — from grime artist stormzy, reciting part of st luke's gospel on bbc one. for you was born this day in the city of david, the saviour, who was the messiah... the story of the first christmas. john mcmanus, bbc news. in her christmas address, the queen has spoken of the importance of friendship and reconciliation after a year of deep divisions in the uk over brexit. she led members of the royal family at a church service on the sandringham estate. prince andrew, who stepped away from royal duties last month, wasn't present — he went to an earlier service. 0

the war—torn democratic republic of congo — drew a link between the suffering there and the recent terror attack in london. darkness is a monster that lies. its growling claims seem to call out with a louder volume than the love—filled whispers of light. we see the shadows out of the corner of our eyes. they may be violence, as in the congo or on london bridge. and there is one more christmas message, from british grime artist stormzy, reciting a passage from st luke's gospel. for you was born on this day in the city of david, the saviour, who was the messiah... the story of the first christmas. john mcmanus, bbc news. well, meanwhile, the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story. dr david hoyle said he was hoping the nativity could unite people after years of political conflict. our religion editor, martin bashir reports. this is the first christmas season for the new dean of westminster abbey, dr david hoyle. an ancient cathedral where monarchs have been crowned and poets celebrated, it is at the heart of our nation, a nation that he

the war—torn democratic republic of the war—torn democratic republic of the congo, drew a link between the suffering there and the recent terror attack in london. darkness is a monster that lies. its growling claims seem to call out with a louder volume than the love filled whispers of light. we see the shadows out of the corner of our eyes. they may be violent, as in the congo or on london bridge... and there is one more christmas message still to come, apart from the queen, of course. on bbc one, grime artist storms the will recite a passage from sainte lu ke's storms the will recite a passage from sainte luke's gospel. if he was born this day in the city of david the saviour... the story of the very first christmas. let's have a brief look at the day's other news. two days of mourning have been declared in the west african country of burkino faso after militants killed at least 35 people, mostly women, during a gun battle at a military outpost. the authorities say the militants arrived on motobikes and that at least 80 of them were killed. unrest in burkina faso has been growing aft

may he bring peace to those living in the eastern part of the democratic republic of the congo, torn by continuing conflict. may he bring consolation to all who suffer because of violence, natural disasters or outbreaks of disease and may he bring comfort to those who are persecuted for their religious faith. especially missionaries and members of the faithful who have been kidnapped and to the victims of attacks by extremist groups, particularly in burkina faso, mali, newjersey and nigeria —— niger and burkina faso, mali, newjersey and nigeria —— nigerand nigeria. may the son of god come down to earth from heaven, protect and sustain those who are forced to emigrate in the hope of a secure life. . it is justice that forces them to cross deserts and seas that become cemeteries. it is injustice that forces them to endure abuse and torture and detention camps. it is injustice that turned them away from places where they might have hoped for a dignified life but instead find themselves facing indifference. may emmanuelle bring light to all suffering members of our human family,

republic of congo. much of your advocacy really came from time you spent visiting those affected areas by war and conflict. thank you for doing that. can you tell us about those experiences? and how they shaped your work at the united nations. >> everybody deserves human dignity the unfortunate part of the job at the when you go to places most americans will not go, or don't want to go. and you see things you cannot un- see. i would always make a point to ask when we go to an area to sit in a room with a group of women no offense to the men but the women have a way to sit down with them to tell you what the problem was, how they got to that point and how to fix it. they were very clear. in many cases i would see refugees they had started their own businesses, focused on their kids they always had what was needed so for example when i went to jordan and turkey talking with the syrian refugees. those women could tell me how their children needed psychological help because they had seen so many things. wha

i've been to democratic republic of congo where they use rape as a weapon of war. i've been to south sudan where i've met with women who have said that the military came in, took their babies from them and threw them into a fire and then forced them to eat the babies watch. i've been on this time in boulevard bridge, watching thousands of venezuelans flock hours in the heat holding their babies to get the one meal they might get the day. the average venezuelan adult has lost 24 pounds. i've had to look at pictures of children have died from chemical weapons by asad in syria. that's evil. what we have in our country are real issues that deserve real debate, but we need to be responsible and realize that through all of that real debate, still on our worst day we are blessed to live in america, and we need to be grateful forre it. [applause] before we end, i want to take a point of personal privilege. you can't write a book like this and to pour your heart and soul out without having a fantastic partner to write it with. i have an amazing collaborator and she's here w

hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have you along in the democratic republic of congo sexual violence is widespread yet it's still a huge have today we meet one rape survivor who hasn't let her ordeal destroy her mission is to break the code of silence around trade and help women and girls she's also taken her passion for women's rights one step further. south east of the capital kinshasa there's a swathe monolith sunday and her friends go from door to door trying to educate locals about rape they will talk to anyone who's the women to listen. how old is she going as a live in what's her name brenda when i was like brenda you see her more near when i was trained as. i was 3. but you're lacking in monologue stories unfortunately far from being unique in the d r c sexual violence used as a weapon of war. twice a soldier repair when she was told a child later a family member also abused her sexually despite the fact that so many women it'd be victims of rape this to suffer widespread stigmatization. i was rejected i feel discriminated even ostracized some parents

reporter: horrifying escalation of ethnic violence in the democratic republic of congo. different militias have terrorized huge numbers of the civilian population. second reporter: the drc's government say the extent of hunger and displacement is being exaggerated. reporter: 13 million people in need of humanitarian aid. crawford: i'm alex crawford in the democratic republic of congo, and this is "hotspots." tonight we're gonna take you behind the scenes of the world's biggest and hardest-hitting stories. we travel to drc to honor the world's forgotten conflicts. man: we've got sense that you were going into o the badlands. crawford: stuart ramsay returns to eastern ukraine where

an ebola patient in eastern democratic republic of congo has become the 1st person during the current outbreak to recover from the virus and then fall sick again the world health organization says 11 new ebola cases have been confirmed in the past week more than 3300 people have fallen in the latest ebola epidemic more than 202000 of them have died the outbreak is a 2nd worst on record. saying in africa border security remains a big concern for west african leaders a summit has ended in nigeria's capital where leaders discuss fund raising to support the fight against increased attacks in the sa a region the vast and remote area of the southern sahara desert spans many borders and includes areas dominated by groups affiliated to eisele and. the worst drought in decades is impacting 45000000 people in 14 countries across southern africa zimbabwe is one of the worst affected and a warning some of the footage of nicholas hocks report from matabeleland may be distressing to us. deep in zimbabwe is meant to belittle and people are dying of hunger. margaret my gunday and her 5 grandchildren

an ebola patients in the eastern democratic republic of congo has become the 1st person during the current outbreak to recover from the virus and then fall ill again the world health organization says 11 new ebola cases have been confirmed in the past week more than 3300 people have fallen sick in the latest it will epidemic 2200 of them have died the outbreak is the 2nd worst on record. one of the biggest football clubs in the world has added the club world cup to its trophy cabinet for the 1st time european champions liverpool beat brazil's flamingo in saturday's final in qatar but it took an extra time goal from brazilian striker roberto for me no to break a nail all deadlock for the top english team liverpool now becomes the 12th european club when the try them and south american sides have won for the other 4 and qatar will be hosting that's relevant again next year as part of fitz preparations for the 2022 fee for world cup our correspondent and the richest and was watching the final at international stadium. while liverpool manager you're going to club said it would be like the club

and a bowl of patient in eastern democratic republic of congo has the car the 1st person to recover from the virus and then for sick again the world health organization says 11 new cases have been confirmed in the past week more than 3300 people have for an earlier in the day are things late of the ball or epidemic and 2200 of them have died the outbreak is the 2nd worst on record. now more than 70000 hectares of farmland has been destroyed in somalia and neighboring ethiopia by a plague of locusts the united nations food agency says the invasion is the worst of its kind in 70 years of farmers in somalia now warning that they're unable to feed their families an average swarm of locusts locusts can destroy crops enough to feed $2500.00 people for a whole year i am holding locusts finished the whole area they came to our farms and ate our plants once they're done we won't have anything to feed our children and we weren't even able to buy anything from the market. now more than $50000.00 guns have been handed over to new zealand since a ban was imposed on assault weapons the government star

republic of congo has become the 1st person that a relapse in the current outbreak the organization says 11 new cases have been confirmed in the past week and all of believed to have caught the virus from the person who relapsed so far more than 3. 1000 people have been infected in the epidemic in congo which is killed more than 2000 people since the middle of last year the outbreak is the 2nd worst on record. well now to somalia many farmers that have been left on able to feed their families because of a locust plague united nations food agency says the invasion is the west in 25 years having already destroyed 70000 at desert farmland in somalia and also in neighboring ethiopia united nations as an average formal destroyed crops that could feed 2 and a half 1000 people a year. has been worse and by heavy rainfall and flooding there are calls for government and international help to protect the crops. in chile the pension system has been coming under fire for leaving many retired workers with scarcely enough money to get by congress has passed a bill to increase pension subsidies fo