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The head of the US public health agency has been ousted from her post, with her lawyers accusing the Health Secretary, Robert F Kennedy Junior, of weaponizing public health for political gain. Susan Monarez was only confirmed as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention four weeks ago. She is said to have rejected the Health Secretary's stance on vaccines.

We hear the story of a pregnant woman and her perilous journey through one of Sudan's most active war zones. She tells us how she fled her home in En Nahud in the state of West Kordofan.

And we speak to a politician in El Salvador, Marcela Villatoro, and hear her view on the state of democracy in her country. A few weeks ago El Salvador's congress voted to end presidential term limits allowing Preisdent Nayib Bukele to run an unlimited number of times.

Presenters: James Copnall and Pria Rai

(Photo: Susan Monarez, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Credit: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters)