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The president of the Canary Islands has announced that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has agreed to convene an emergency meeting of the Interministerial Commission on Immigration on Tuesday to address the growing pressure facing the island of El Hierro following a recent surge in migrant arrivals.

Deadly outbreaks such as the Ebola Bundibugyo virus currently spreading in Africa show the urgent need to complete an international pandemic treaty, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday during a negotiating meeting in Geneva.