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But the Zimbabwean authorities rejected it, saying Washington was demanding too much sensitive health data in return. In effect, they said, they were being asked to provide the raw materials for scientific discovery without assurance they'd be able to access the products that came from it.

Rashida Ferrand is a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She's lived in Zimbabwe for the past 20 years and her research focuses on HIV in children and young adults. She thinks the impact will be severe. It's a rocket science to see that this will create a lot of uncertainty and anxiety for people who work within HIV programs and for patients who are accessing care.

Ja se laittaa maan todella onnistuvaan tilanteeseen, jossa se on kuitenkin pysynyt ristiriitaan tästä terveellisestä kolonialismista. Joten miksi oikeasti hallitus Harariin pysyivät loppuun? Meidän puheenjohtajamme on Shingai Nyoka. Zimbabwe kuitenkin sanoo, että Yhdysvallojen vaatimukset ovat yhdenmukaiset, että he ovat loppuun. Zimbabwe on pyytänyt käsittämään tunnistavia tietoja.

its biological resources, biological samples related to disease control over an extended period of time without any real guarantee that Zimbabwe would benefit from any kind of research in terms of vaccines and treatments. And the concern that they expressed was that these samples would be used in the US for research

and have potentially commercial value for the US, but then there's no guarantee that if in future there is some kind of an epidemic, that Zimbabwe or any African country would be able to have access to the results of that research. Zimbabwe has made significant progress over the last 20 or so years, largely due to the assistance that it's received from the US. They are effectively supplying medication to about 1.2 million people

They've spent about two billion dollars in the health sector over the last 20 years. And the criticism that the U.S. ambassador gave as a response to Zimbabwe deciding to terminate the talks is that they also wanted the Zimbabwean government to step up in terms of funding its own health programs. And so that's the concern that doctors now have, is will Zimbabwe be able to fill that gap. Shingai Nyoka in Harare.

A BBC Eye investigation has revealed Nepal's top police officer gave the order allowing the use of live fire during last year's deadly crackdown on Gen Z protests, one of the worst in the country's history. Nineteen people were shot dead on September the 8th. The public outrage over the killings and the unrest that followed led to the resignation of the prime minister. Sabina Shrestha reports.

Camera footage shows a group of girls on the side of the road in their school uniform. They're shouting Gen Z here we come. It's the morning of September the 8th 2025. What soon would be known as one of the deadliest days of protest in Nepal's history. It all began months earlier on social media.

Discontent on social media grew. The government banned Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and WhatsApp. Young people quickly found other ways to communicate. Using the Discord app, they planned an anti-corruption protest. At 9 a.m. in central Kathmandu, tens of thousands poured into the streets.

Tämä kuvaukset näyttävät nuorten naisen suomalaisen suomalaisen suomalaisen suomalaisen suomalaisen suomalaisen suomalaisen suomalaisen

Päivän jälkeen 19 ihmistä on tullut sydämellä Kathmanduun. Yksilön 17-vuotias Shri Amitola. Ganga Karki on hänen isänsä.

He told us about the protest the day before. I told him not to go. He said, I'll be in my uniform. As we are minors, nobody will do anything to us. But how did a peaceful Gen Z protest end in bloodshed? The BBC forensically examined more than 4,000 videos and photos, along with exclusive testimonies, to piece together what happened that day.

According to internal police documents seen by the BBC, permission to use live ammunition was granted at 12.40 on police radio. These were the exact words used, voiced by an actor. Curfew already in place. No further need to obtain permission. Deploy necessary force.

The man who gave this order was Chandrakuber Kapung, Nepal's inspector general of police. He has denied responsibility. Nepal police told the BBC that the order had already been cleared by a government security committee. Less than two hours later, after at least four people are shot dead, Shriam can be seen in the crowd.

A group of protesters ahead of him pelt the police with stones. But Shreem turns away from the violence. Unarmed, he holds his hand in the air, and then he's shot in the back of the head.

Over the next 48 hours, parliament along with hundreds of other buildings are set alight. 13,000 inmates break free from prison. Three police officers and at least 50 more Nepalis are dead. Then the prime minister resigns. Shriyam's mother again.

An official inquiry into the violence is yet to report its findings. No one has been held accountable for these deaths. Sabina Shrestha

Now hear the words one-eyed cyclops, and you're probably thinking horror or sci-fi film, not important human ancestor. But a new study suggests our eyes evolved from these creatures, and we share these roots with all other vertebrates. The BBC science presenter Marni Chesterton has been looking over the research.

What this new work is saying is that our eyes didn't evolve from primitive pairs of eyes, they actually, a more complex version came down from that one ancestral eye.

Marni Chesterton.