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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern. The agency said the outbreak in DR Congo's eastern Ituri province, which has seen around 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths reported, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency. Also in the programme: potential challengers to the British Prime Minister; and the Cannes Film Festival. Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Nadim Houry, the executive director of the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI), and Orysia Lutsevych deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia programme and head of the Ukraine forum at Chatham House. (Photo: People at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026. CREDIT: REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge)
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