This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Chris Bero and in the early hours of Sunday the 1st of September,

these are our main stories.

The United Nations is to begin a mass polio vaccination campaign in Gaza.

A weight loss drug shows signs of helping with a number of other serious medical conditions,

and the unusual role wedding in Norway between a princess and a shaman.

Also in the podcast,

I remember googling how to teach an armless man how to shoot a bow

and there was nothing online on how to do it so I had to teach myself.

We'll meet the so-called armless archer competing at this year's Paralympic Games and a preview of

a documentary featuring the Canadian rock band that united a nation through song.

A mass polio vaccination campaign begins in earnest today in the Gaza Strip. The move was made possible because Israel and Hamas have agreed to what they call

localized pauses in the fighting. These parents were among the first to get their children

immunized.

Given the overpopulation of displaced people and the spread of polluted, undinkable water and sewage on the streets,

this poses a great danger to our

children, especially given the appearance of the first case of polio in Gaza. The

families were afraid and I was afraid for my child who's 11 months old.

I even came today to give him the vaccination as part of this campaign.

I'm glad that my daughter received the vaccination. God willing, I will have all my

children vaccinated and may God keep the disease away from us and end this siege.

So just how bad is the situation in Gaza. Our correspondent Yolandel has this report.

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