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What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages | BreakingNews.ie

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Here are the stories making the headlines on Wednesday’s newspaper front pages.

The Irish Times leads with the mounting death toll in Lebanon as Israel pledged to continue air strikes against Hezbollah.

The Irish Examiner reports that there has been a surge in the number of migrant workers being exploited in Ireland.

Construction has not yet started on 50,000 apartments with planning permission in Dublin, according to the Irish Independent.

The Irish Daily Mail claims that Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan is being sidestepped within Government in order for roads funding to be released.

The Tánaiste has urged the US to stop selling weapons to Israel, the Irish Daily Mirror reports.

The Irish Daily Star says the latest photos of the new children’s hospital show the €2 billion facility is “nowhere near ready”.

The Belfast Telegraph reports that a loyalist group urged the North’s Education Minister to intervene over an Irish language nursery school in east Belfast.

Keir Starmer’s speech to the Labour conference dominates the British front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers.

The British prime minister told the country to “turn up our collar and face the storm” and that he would make unpopular decisions, reports The Times, while The Independent takes a similar line as it looks at his message to the party to take pride in victory.

The Guardian repeats Mr Starmer’s line that tough decisions are needed, saying Britain will prosper if people keep the faith and accept a series of difficult “trade-offs”.

“The state will take back control” is the headline in The Daily Telegraph, which says Mr Starmer used a Brexit slogan to spell out his vision for his government.

The Daily Mirror warns of a bumpy road to a brighter future as it says Mr Starmer promised “tough love” for the UK.

The Metro also focuses on the Labour conference with home secretary Yvette Cooper vowing to halve knife crime in a decade on the day a ban on zombie blades was introduced.

Several front pages cover a mass evacuation of up to 10,000 British nationals from Lebanon amid increasing Israeli bombardments, with the Daily Mail saying hundreds of troops have been deployed to the Mediterranean to help out.

The i says the EU is willing to shorten the time it wants for young Europeans to be allowed to stay in the UK under a proposed mobility agreement.

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Britain’s Princess of Wales features on the front of the Daily Express, which says she returned to work after cancer treatment to plan her Christmas carol concert.

The Sun also features a return to work as it reports on Phillip Schofield filming a Channel 5 programme in Madagascar, 16 months after he left This Morning.

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A series of measures introduced in China to stimulate the economy are the focus of The Financial Times.

And the Daily Star says the Loch Ness Monster is playing practical jokes on boaters.

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WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Central Africa a public health emergency after 80 suspected deaths

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The World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa an international public health emergency on Sunday after dozens of suspected deaths were reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda.

The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not meet the criteria for a pandemic emergency, the WHO said.

The declaration follows reports of 80 suspected deaths, eight laboratory-confirmed cases and 246 suspected cases as of Saturday across at least three health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu.

The development comes as global health officials continue monitoring a rare hantavirus outbreak tied to the MV Hondius cruise ship, which left multiple passengers and crew members sick, and caused three deaths.

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As of May 13, the WHO said 11 hantavirus cases had been identified in connection with the cruise outbreak, including eight confirmed cases, two probable cases and one inconclusive case.

In neighboring Uganda’s capital, Kampala, the WHO said two apparently unrelated laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases — including one death — were reported Friday and Saturday involving people who had traveled from the DRC.

Another laboratory-confirmed case was reported in the DRC capital of Kinshasa involving a person returning from Ituri province.

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The WHO warned the outbreak could be larger than currently reported due to the high positivity rate among initial samples and the growing number of suspected cases.

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The outbreak also poses a public health risk to other countries, the WHO said, urging nations to activate emergency-management systems and implement cross-border screening measures.

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently said Congo has a “strong track record” responding to Ebola outbreaks while announcing the release of $500,000 in emergency funding to support containment efforts.

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The WHO said it will convene an emergency committee to review recommendations for how affected countries should respond.

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Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo, on July 16, 2019. (Jerome Delay/AP)

The organization did not recommend border closures or travel restrictions.

Congo has now recorded 17 Ebola outbreaks since the virus was first identified in the country in 1976.

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