Evacuation begins of hantavirus ship
5/11/202625 min
A complex repatriation of passengers on board the cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has begun, with more than 90 of the 150 people on board disembarking on Sunday. Most of those who have left the MV Hondius have been repatriated to their home countries on specially chartered flights, while Spanish health workers and the World Health Organization continue the evacuation operation in Tenerife. Three people have died in the outbreak.
Also: a landmark trial begins in Syria against Altef Najib, who is accused of responsibility for massacres and torture in the name of the ousted Assad regime. Iran has responded to the latest US peace proposal, but President Trump rejects Tehran's bid as "totally unacceptable". We meet a Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank who say they were forced to exhume their father's grave, after Israeli settlers started digging at the cemetery where he had been laid to rest. Mothers in Mexico call on football fans to join their fight for justice for their missing relatives. And with the World Cup only a month away, we visit one of the tournament's hosts - Kansas City.
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[outro music] You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. [upbeat music] Hello, I am Oliver Conway. We're recording this at four hours GMT on Monday the eleventh of May. More than half the passengers on the virus-hit cruise ship have been evacuated, with the rest due to follow during the day. President Trump has rejected Iran's latest peace talk proposals as totally