cholera
epidemic in Sierra Leone which has killed more than 200 people. It plans to help provide clean water and
sanitation
for some 2 million people. Here’s our world affairs correspondent Mark Doyle.
The British government’s aid arm the Department for International Development has earmarked 2.5 million dollars to tackle the cholera epidemic in Sierra Leone which has already taken over 200 lives. It could threaten many thousands more if not brought under control. Cholera is a sort of extreme diarrhea. It can kill people within hours if
rehydration
is not administered quickly. It’s relatively simple to treat if clean facilities and trained staff were available. But Sierra Leone is a poor country with overstretched hospitals.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of totally ignoring western demands about its nuclear program. Mr. Netanyahu said Tehran’s progress towards achieving nuclear weapons was accelerating after Iran installed more gas
centrifuges
at its fore old plant. There’s growing speculation that Israel’s leadership may be contemplating an attack on Iran’snuclear facilities before the US presidential election in November.
Activists from the environmental campaign group Greenpeace say they’ve left a Russian offshore oil rig in the Arctic after spending several hours cleaning to its sides. The activists said there had been holes with icy water and plotted with metal objects. The platform in the patrol sea is operated by the Russian company Gazprom. The environmentalists fear that drilling in the Russian Arctic could have disastrous consequences.