{"id":"1793440856800-news-segment","slug":"congo-ebola-deaths-top-5-000","title":"Congo Ebola deaths top 5,000","summary":"Congo's Ebola outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, has killed 5,026 people out of 10,351 infected — a nearly 50% lethality rate — according to the Congolese Ministry of Health. Cases have now been recorded in other African countries, raising fears of continent-wide spread.\n\nThe outbreak has proven relentless, and experts are concerned about authorities' ability to contain the deadly virus as it spreads beyond Congo's borders.\n\nThe US, South Korea and Japan reaffirmed their \"resolute commitment to the complete denuclearisation\" of North Korea on the sidelines of the G20 in Atlanta, and pledged full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions.\n\nCongo's health ministry data shows the Ebola outbreak has killed 5,026 people out of 10,351 infected, a nearly 50% lethality rate, with cases now recorded in other African countries.","publishedAt":"2026-10-31T10:00:56.800Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"Morning Brief","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: The US, South Korea and Japan reaffirmed their \"resolute commitment to the complete denuclearisation\" of North Korea on the sidelines of the G20 in Atlanta, and pledged full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions.\nSource: Al Jazeera, Yonhap NAMES: G20 = Group of 20 major economies; APEC = Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"Good morning, Saturday. The big story overnight: Congo's Ebola outbreak just crossed a brutal threshold."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The Associated Press reports deaths have topped five thousand. Out of more than ten thousand infected."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's a lethality rate near fifty percent. And cases are now showing up in other African countries."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The Congolese health ministry says this is the Bundibugyo strain. Experts are worried about containment as it spreads beyond the border."},{"host":"Brian","text":"This has been relentless, and the fear now is a continent-wide spread."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We'll keep watching that. Meanwhile, the US, South Korea and Japan are pushing North Korea again on denuclearization."},{"host":"Brian","text":"They reaffirmed that commitment on the sidelines of the G20 in Atlanta. Pyongyang has ruled it out, repeatedly."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Same demand, same answer. But the three allies are pledging full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And there's a federal court ruling on Medicaid work requirements. CNN is reporting chronically ill people won't be bound by the new rules."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I couldn't confirm that specific ruling yet. It's out there, but no official word from the court."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair. We'll wait for the actual order. But if true, it's a big carve-out for the medically frail."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And a lighter one: a Michigan tattoo festival where voters are inking Trump and Bernie Sanders onto their bodies."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Politics getting under the skin. Literally. Al Jazeera's Richard Gaisford was there."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I guess that's one way to show devotion. Permanent, painful, and impossible to unfollow."},{"host":"Brian","text":"At least they're committed. More than most voters can say."},{"host":"Bella","text":"One more: an investigation claims Russian satellites are helping Yemen's Houthis target Saudi infrastructure."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's from Al Jazeera. I couldn't independently confirm it, but if true, it's a major escalation in that proxy war."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And it would further rattle global energy markets, which are already on edge."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the morning brief. We'll have more as these stories develop."}]}