The public health risk from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been increased from “high” to “very high” by the World Health Organization (WHO).

In an update on Friday 22 May, the WHO’s head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the risk in the wider region in Africa was “high”, but it remained “low” at a global level.

There are different strains of Ebola; the current strain identified in Democratic Republic of Congo is caused by the Bundibugyo virus.

The WHO says there are no approved drugs or vaccines for the strain of Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus.

Asma Khalid speaks to the BBC’s Health and Science correspondent, James Gallagher, about the outbreak. She asks: what is Ebola, what are the symptoms, how does it spread, where does it come from and whether there a cure, vaccine or treatment.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
01:45 What does a public health emergency mean?
02:47 What is Ebola?
04:03 What animals carry Ebola?
05:45 Where have Ebola outbreaks occurred?
08:43 Why is the current Ebola outbreak so significant?
11:03 How did the latest Ebola outbreak begin?
17:00 How do you stop the spread of Ebola?
20:56 What has been the US response to Ebola?
23:50 How does Ebola compare to Covid?

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Tens of thousands of security personnel have been deployed and roads barricaded in Delhi to stop the latest Cockroach Janta Party demonstration.

The group says its leader, Abhijeet Dipke, is among hundreds who have been reportedly detained since Friday evening.

Dipke – who has said he is prepared to go to jail – started the movement in May almost as a joke in response to a remark by India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant, who had likened jobless youngsters to “cockroaches”.

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President Trump has said the month-long ceasefire between the US and Iran is on “massive life support”. He described Iran’s response to US proposals to end the war as “garbage” and “totally unacceptable”, telling reporters: “That piece of garbage they sent us – I didn’t even finish reading it,”

Iran laid out its demands to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz in a counter-offer sent to the US on Sunday. Esmail Baghaei, a foreign ministry spokesperson for Iran, responded to Trump’s comments, saying Tehran’s proposals were “responsible” and “generous”.

Tehran’s offer includes an immediate end to the war on all fronts – a reference to the continued Israeli attacks against Iran-supported Hezbollah in Lebanon – a halt to the US naval blockade of Iranian ports and guarantees of no further attacks on Iran, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency. It also reportedly includes a demand for compensation for war damage and an emphasis on Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

The US president said Iran’s leaders were “very dishonourable people”, adding: “Look, I’ve had to deal with them four or five times – they change their mind.” He also accused Iran of going back on an agreement to allow the US to remove its supply of enriched uranium and insisted that Iran would never have a nuclear weapon.

Riz Lateef presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.

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France’s interior minister said that 135 people have been arrested as tens of thousands join protests across the country.

Police in Paris earlier seized weapons and gas masks in a crackdown; in a social media post, they say “all is calm” in the city.

Today’s marches follow last weekend’s riots and looting that impacted thousands of businesses and saw more than 2,700 arrested.

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How did the civil war in Yemen become a conflict with global consequences? From attacks on key shipping routes to the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, we explain how events in Yemen came to affect trade, oil prices and food supplies around the world.

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