the world food program the work of the world food program to the benefit of human kind is. that all nations of the world should be able to endorse and support thank you very much. and there we were listening to the chair of the norwegian nobel committee barrett reese and sen announce the nobel peace prize winner for 2020 it was the world food program for she said efforts to combat hunger especially in conflict areas were for more on this let's cross live to our diplomatic james bays he's at the united nations and he's interviewed many of the previous winners for al-jazeera and james it was always going to be huge guessing game wasn't the field of some $318.00 it can do that this year was the w.s.p. a strong contender. well of course what we'll never know for 50 years is who the other contenders were because it's a very secretive process and they only release the details of who we all all the contenders were 50 years later one of the other organizations that have been talked about of course was the world health organization and it is clearly this award is the award the nobel

the head of the world food program pays tribute to the agency's workers for winning the nobel peace prize. in the most difficult complex places on this war. streams it doesn't matter. if. the u.n. agency was chosen for its role in improving conditions in conflict areas and driving efforts to stop the use of hunger as a weapon of war also coming up. and life comes to a brief halt in the eastern german city of hama where one year ago today a confessed attacked a synagogue killing 2 people. caesar. tougher restrictions take effect in berlin and across germany to stem the tide of infections hospitals though say they are ready. thanks for joining us. the united nations world food program has won the 2020 nobel peace prize the norwegian nobel committee honored the u.n. agency for fighting global hunger and the use of hunger as a weapon of war the committee also said the award was a call to the international community not to underfund the f w p it's perhaps the most prestigious award in the world the nobel peace prize is craved by world leaders including one of this year's nominees stunnel trump

food program what is this going to mean for you for the world food program and for all the people that you know you're trying to help in places like south sudan. exactly for all of the family welfare program around the world and we're thrilled and sort of on a by what is this amazing achievement and the recognition of course of the work that we've been doing over the last few years but in particular this year as the world sutton's struggles through time and once again and also the recognition of course that hunger and war and conflict goes hand in hand and the world needs to do everything it can alongside through programming of the world through problem alongside them to stop that and break that linkage so it's a great honor and i believe that it will it will scare us on in our task in our responsibility emma from your perspective how much does the fact that the international community has of late repeatedly failed to mediate conflicts and disputes around the world how much has that led to this massive increase we've seen around the world in food insecurity. yeah i think mostly got me

food program what is this going to mean for you for the world food program and for all the people that you know you're trying to help in places like south sudan. exactly for all of the family welfare program around the world and we're thrilled and sort of on a by what is this amazing achievement and the recognition of course of the work that we've been doing over the last few years but in particular this year as the world sutton's struggles through time and once again and also the recognition of course that's hunger and war and conflict goes hand in hand and the world needs to do everything it can alongside through programming of the world through problem alongside them to stop that and break that linkage so it's a great honor and i believe that it will it will scare us on in our task in our responsibility emma from your perspective how much does the fact that the international community has of late repeatedly failed to mediate conflicts and disputes around the world how much has that led to this massive increase we've seen around the world in food insecurity. yeah i think mostly got m

well for months the world food program has won the world is on the verge of a hunger pandemic as they describe it because of conflict disasters economic crisis and then of course there's been covert 19 it says the number of people facing hunger could almost double by the end of the year from 149000000 to 270000000 africa is the worst affected continent with 22000000 people suffering food shortages in the democratic republic of congo alone in the middle east 20000000 people are experiencing a food crisis in yemen lebanon is also facing its west of economic crisis and in latin america more than 5000000 venezuelan migrants are suffering from food insecurity but the program is facing its own funding shortfall it means that the half 1000000 beneficiaries only receive food aid every other month well earlier the head of the u.n. world food program david beasley who saw in the report there spoke to al jazeera about the award and said the organization needs money to of a famine in yemen. yemen is the world's worst disaster out of 29000000 people we see a system about 12 and a half 1000000 peop

the world food program. the work of the world food program to the benefit of human kind is ever that's all nations of the world should be able to endorse and support thank you very much. if. you're looking at images live from oslo the 2020. as. in conflicts. the 2020 about peace prize has been awarded to the u.n. world food program something of a surprise richard yeah well i mean i think it was not really in the top kind of list that have been put together by people who watch this every year as kind of hot button things i didn't see the well program food program very high on the book keepers kind of betting stakes but if you kind of pull back and think about this. sense. the nobel committee has a history of giving the award to u.n. institutions especially at points in time when they are particularly relevant to the situation going on at the time. they are making the case that food security is very intimately tied of war yeah exactly right there and this is very much tied to as well the pandemic we heard righ

us and congratulations again norah restrepo from the world food program. thank you very much despite the pandemic foreign ministers from the united states japan india and australia met in tokyo this week to discuss their response to chinese influence in the region characterized by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o as the communist party's exploitation corruption and coercion the meeting between the 4 countries known as the quad comes as they face increased military diplomatic and trade pressure from beijing. foreign ministers from 4 of the asia pacific region is biggest powers coming together for face to face talks in tokyo. it's only the 2nd time that they've met in this format but quad members say they're keen to step up cooperation the fact that we are meeting today. despite a global pandemic is a testimony to the importance of consultations have gained. one major player is missing at the table china the united states has made little secret of its desire to counter what it sees as beijing's destabilizing influence. when we met now last year the land

the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation on making food security an instrument of peace. last year the world food programme fed almost a 1000000 people at risk of starvation. the un body is active in 88 countries this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent kuan flicked to flare up and trigger the use of violence. as the winner was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. paid real. oh this is the 1st time in my life a bit speechless but this is worth a little talk about the most exciting point in time of your life is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world where this war conflicts climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow market will leave it there won't be much time to celebrate 175000000 people suffering

the world food program wins this is a nobel peace prize for his efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace. for acting as a driving force in the estimates to prevent the use of hunger as it with the old war conflict. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up fran says a ceasefire in the go to car about could be agreed soon with the zarian and armenian foreign ministers and moscow for talks. songs president declares a state of emergency in the capital following protests after a disputed general election. and a french aid worker freed in mali after 4 years in captivity as arrived in france as created by president emmanuel mccall. united nations world food program has won the 2020 nobel peace prize for his efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe and is also being credited for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict zones here in asia as he says winning the prestigious award is a proud moment. and nothing short of a feat. then no we know committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2020 to the world food progr

the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation on making food security an instrument of peace. last year the world food program fed almost a 1000000 people at risk of starvation. the u.n. body is active in 88 countries this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare up and trigger the use of violence. as the winner was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. paid real. i mean this is the 1st time in my life a bit speechless like. this is worth a little talk about the most exciting point in time of your life is the nobel peace prize it is because of the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world where this war on climate streams it doesn't matter their help they are in they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow market will even that won't be much time to celebrate 175000000 people suffered from a key ta

the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation and making food security an instrument of peace. last year the world food program fed almost a 1000000 people at risk of starvation. the u.n. body is active in 88 countries this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare and trigger the use of violence. as the winner was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. paid real. i mean this is the 1st time in my life i've been speechless whether. this is worth a little talk about the most exciting point of your life is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family there out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world with this war on fleet climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow market will leave it there won't be much time to celebrate 175000000 people suffered from

i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program the united nations world food program has won this year's nobel peace prize in a wage and nobel committee said. it has awarded the prize for quote but when you have pays efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for pace in conflict affected areas and acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon for war and conflict the devil you have paid provided assistance to almost $100000000.00 people in $88.00 countries last year the prize is worth over $1000000.00 and is widely considered the world's most prestigious reward. for. for more i'm joined by chief international editor richard walker richard hi nice to see you so the u.n. world food program it is this year was that expected it wasn't really one of the most hotly tipped organizations or institutions in the days leading up to the announcement but when you stand back then it certainly does look like it really does fit the mold of many previous nobel prizes the nobel committee has given the award to u.n. institutions many times over the years in particularl

food program what is going to mean for you for the world food program and for all the people that you know you're trying to help in places like south sudan. exactly for all of the family welfare program around the world and we're thrilled and sort of on it by well this amazing achievement and the recognition of course of the work that we've been doing over the last few years but in particular this year as the world sutton's struggles through time and once again and also the recognition of course that's hunger and war and conflict goes hand in hand and the world needs to do everything it can a long side well through programming of the world through problem alongside them to stop that and break that linkage so it's a great honor and i believe that it will it will scare us on in our task in our responsibility emma from your perspective how much does the fact that the international community has of late repeatedly failed to mediate conflicts and disputes around the world how much has that led to this massive increase we've seen around the world in food insecurity. yeah i think mostly got

the world food bram -- the world food program has won the nobel peace prize. catchers have posted record increases in infections. italy sitting a six month high. from milan is our bloomberg opinion columnist. when you look at the lockdown measures and some of the things we look at country to country, why are infection rates going up so much? have people relaxed too much, or is it just the nature given that we are going into winter? >> i think it is the million-dollar question which we have not been able to answer so far, and i think we are struggling with. one is just as the winter is coming, into the autumn, and we are moving into the winter in europe, people are -- that is helping the outbreak. the other question is schools, which have reopened across the continent very recently, and they may be contributing to spreading the virus. and then many doctors are saying that people were a bit too itaxed in the summer and made the virus spread more easily, spreading more broadly to communities and families, and what we are seeing is a long way of what happened with

food program what is this going to mean for you for the world food program and for all the people that you know you're trying to help in places like south sudan. exactly for all of the family welfare program around the world and we're thrilled and sort of on a by what is this amazing achievement and the recognition of course of the work that we've been doing over the last few years but in particular this year as the world sutton's struggles through climate 19 and also the recognition of course that's hunger and war and conflict goes hand in hand and the world needs to do everything it can alongside through programming of the world through problem alongside them to stop that and break that linkage so it's a great honor and i believe that it will it will spare us on in our task in our responsibility emma from your perspective how much does the fact that the international community has of late repeatedly failed to mediate conflicts and disputes around the world how much has that led to this massive increase we've seen around the world in food insecurity. yeah i think mostly got me thinkin

well for months the world food program has warned the world is on the verge of a hunger pandemic due to conflict disasters economic crises and covert 19 says the number of people facing hunger could almost double by the end of the year from 149000000 to 270000000 africa is the worst affected continent 22000000 people suffer food shortages in the democratic republic of congo there are a number of 4000000 people facing shortages in northeast nigeria and then another 3300000 people in bikinis. in the middle east 20000000 people are experiencing a food crisis in yemen while lebanon is facing its worst ever economic crisis as well and then in latin america more than 5000000 venezuelan migrants are suffering from food insecurity there but the program is facing its own funding shortfall as well this means that the half 1000000 beneficiaries only receive food aid every month while the head of the u.n. world food program david beasley spoke to al jazeera about the award and said the organization needs money and access to reach those in need particularly in yemen to avert famine. yemen is the

it is all of us. >> that was the executive director of the world food program. he spoke to was early. he said the organization needs money. and access to reach those in need. >> yemen is the world's worst disaster. we feed, assist about 12.5 million people on any given day. it has driven nothing but by war, man-made conflict. and people are starving to death. if we had the money and the access, and we need both, we could have -- avert death, but in a place like yemen with so much war conflict it is very complicated. our people, the men and women who work so valiantly at the world food program are putting their lives on the line every single day. they put their lives at risk every single day, whether it is yemen or syria or iraq or south sudan, the region where you have isis and al qaeda. we work in complex environments. if we had the money and the access, we can avert famine. we can in fact reduce destabilization as well as migration -- but we have got to have the money. and right now money is a really serious issue. >> hurricane delta has been downgraded to a c

they've got to nations world food program has won the 2020 nobel peace prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe. it's also being credited for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict zones a u.n. agency says winning the prestigious award is a proud moment and nothing short of a feat it spokesman said the group's work in providing food and supplies during the coronavirus pandemic had gone over and above the call of duty. then no we know committee has decided to ward the nobel peace prize for 2020. 2 the world food program. for its efforts to hunger. for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict affected areas and for acting as a driving force in the efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict ok for more let's cross live to our diplomatic editor james bays the united nations james we heard the spokeswoman there from the nobel committee saying that it was being awarded partly for its combat ing its use of hunger as a weapon of war that's something that is very often all ignored to a cer

the head of the world food program. as the agency is awarded the nobel peace prize . welcome to the program germany is marking the one year anniversary of a deadly attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of hala the attack took place on the jewish holiday of poor the assailant failed to breach the synagogue front door but gunned down 2 people outside in his speech at the commemoration ceremony in hala german president. said he felt a deep sadness but also shame and anger over the attack one year ago and over the rise in anti semitism and racism germany has seen lately let's listen to more of what the german president had to say. ladies and gentlemen it is not enough to condemn an attack like the one in august and then to return to business as usual. we must take a clear stance on this we must show that we will not tolerate any form of. the whether it's old or new left wing or right wing they are you more than that that we will actively combat it and this is a fight that every one of us must fight because anti semitism is a canary in the core mind for the state of ou

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the nobel peace prize for 2022 the world food program un agency wins the 2020 nobel peace prize for its global efforts to fight hunger and starvation. i'm joined again with the sports and 12 time french open champion rafael nadal closes in on this year's final game paris. hello thanks for joining us we begin in kurdistan and nation gripped by political uncertainty so a former president's back says there's been an attempt on his lie. his car was reportedly shot out on the streets of the capital bishkek well the current president sir and by june because of has ordered troops into the capital to enforce a state for emergency they'll enforce a curfew in tight security that will last at least until later this month just hours earlier jim because of dismiss the government's he also said that he will resign but only once a new dates has been set for elections let's bring in charles stratford for an update he's joining us from. gets to the politics in a moment but 1st what is the mood like now that the state of emergency has come into effect. well we've just had an update actually another indic

the world food program wins this year's nobel peace prize for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace. i mean this is the 1st time a lot of the big speeches of. the. french aid worker is back home after a prisoner swap deal ended 4 years of captivity in mali. the foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan are holding talks in moscow over nagorno-karabakh it's the latest effort to end the ongoing conflict over the disputed region the worst since a cease fire in 1994 and we're going to go to alexandra steele janowicz go try and moscow shortly 1st let's go to sin cos the other whose life was in monk guy for man gets of the cheer as a by john as every president has been addressing the nation in the past few minutes since i'm just bring us up to date with what he has been saying. well he has been saying the same thing actually but his speech today was a little bit stronger than his previous speeches he was very confident saying that john is after it's lands that have been occupied by iranian sources either that way or this way they will regain control of the or of tho

world food program. united nations largest specialized agency and the world's biggest humanitarian group addressing hunger. last year it provided assistance in 88 countries to close to 100 million people. after headlines, we will talk abt th mornini's announcement. lotimeme rublican ndraiser elliot bidy habeen chaed th consping to sve as a foren agent for lobbngng the trump p ministraon o on halflf of t t malaysi and c cnese governmes. broi is accud of accting $6 mlion in ibes to d a u.s.nvestigaon into a billn-dollarmbezzlemt of a malaian statinvestment fund, while paratelyeeking f the returnf a chine exile his me count. broidyas a maj fundrair for ump'2016 camign. ananpioneeri transgeer acvivist a journalt t moni roberts passed away monday in her hometown of houston, texas. roberts founded the award-winning blog transgriot in 2006, where she covered the trans community. roberts described herself as a "proud unapologetic black trans woman speaking truth to power." she was 58 years old. and those are som

the nobel peace prize for 2022 the world food program a u.n. agency wednesday 2020 nobel peace prize for its global efforts to fight hunger and starvation we speak to the head of the world food program. i'm joined again with the sports raphaela tao continues his domain an imperative as he reaches a 13 french open final with victory at the g 8. thanks for joining us on the news hour we begin in kurdistan and nation gripped by political uncertainty the former president's back says there has been an attempt on . his life his car was reportedly shot out on the streets of the capital bishkek of the current president served by jim because of his order troops into the capital to enforce a state of emergency though enforce a curfew and tight security that will last the least until later this month now just hours earlier jim because of dismissed the government he also said that he will resign but only once a date for a new elections has been sects stratford is in bishkek and he says parliament needs to vote on the state of emergency before it's consider

the 2020 nobel peace prize goes to the un's world food program for working to stop hunger being used as a weapon of war. and why the netherlands so called intelligent coronavirus lockdown no longer seems to be working. welcome to the news hour we begin in carrick a stand where there's been gunfire and more chaos on the streets after a state of emergency was declared to end days of post-election on wrest the former president back at home by of says there was an attempt on his life when his car was shot in the capital bishkek these are some of the key players in the crisis right now you have kyrgyzstan's president so room by you may be a call of insisting that he's in control of the country but says he'll resign. once a new cabinet is appointed solder jumper of is the new prime minister after protesters freed him from jail earlier this week he'd been serving 11 and a half years for kidnapping also freed on tuesday was the former president and by of he was close to present him back off but they fell out after the 2017 presidential election opposition groups have failed to agree on a com

the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation in making food security an instrument of peace last year the world food program fed millions of people at risk of starvation. the u.n. body is active in 88 countries. this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare up and trigger the use of violence. as the winner was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. paid. i mean this is the 1st time in my life a bit speechless but this is a little we'll talk about the most exciting point of your life is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places on in the world with this war on fleet climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow mark it will even that won't be much time to celebrate 175000000 people suffered from a key tanga in 2919

the nobel peace prize for 2022 the world food program un agency wins the 2020 nobel peace prize for its global efforts to fight hunger and starvation. hello we begin in kurdistan and nation gripped by political uncertainty the former presidents are almost back at time by i've says there's been an attempt on his life his car was reportedly shot out on the streets of the capital bishkek the current president by jim has ordered troops into the capital to enforce a state of emergency so they'll and for. a curfew and tight security that will last at least until later this month or just hours earlier john because dismissed the government he also said that he will resign but only once a date for new elections has been sets trial stratford isn't bisque econd says parliament needs to vote on the state of emergency before it's considered legal despite the president announcing the state of emergency a couple of hours ago we've now had a statement come through this being made by the by speaker of parliament saying that parliament has to vote on the state of emergency in order for it to be legal and

last year the world food program fed almost a 1000000 people at risk of starvation. the u.n. body is active in 88 countries this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare up and trigger the use of violence. as the when i was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. paid real. i mean this is the 1st. speechless what. this. talk about the most exciting point of your wife is the nobel peace prize it is because of the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places in the world with this war on streams it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow yeah. that won't be much time to celebrate 135000000 people suffered from acute tanga in 2019 the most in years challenges like the coronavirus conflict and climate change ensure that the work of the world food program is not about to get any easier. for more i'm joined

the world food program has had a major logistical challenge delivering food this year with large parts of the global shipping and aviation networks closed instead it's hard to find alternatives one expert told b w f p is currently probably the largest airline in africa the award goes to the agency for its work and to wall its $17000.00 stone. but executive director david beasley has been a bold and passionate leader repeatedly linking conflict and hunger in his speeches in the u.n. security council but it is worth the job has since the 1980 s. always gone to an american mr beazley is a former republican governor of south carolina who knows president trump well he's had a difficult year himself contracting coated 19 early in the pandemic but he ends it with the presentation of the award in december recognition of the agency's ever growing workload james al-jazeera of the united nations all of the. still ahead on al-jazeera. an aid worker freed in mali after 4 years in captivity arrives back home in france plus. when you put texas you don't take control of the white house for a term you

whose health program so the world food program is probably the main airline now the biggest airline operating in africa so all that work is being rewarded. james thank you very much indeed that's our diplomatic editor james bays at the united nations. well one of the countries the world food program has been warning about is zimbabwe where it says more than 8000000 people won't have enough food if there isn't urgent help by december it's blaming recurring droughts and an economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic has of course made things worse are the more tassel reports from national and west problems were impoverished communities are mostly affected. one head of cabbage some cooking oil a little bit of salt and about 3 cups of rice is all in mukherjee has left in her kitchen she says she'll have to make it last as long as possible to feed her family of 8. life is hard we don't have managed to eat there is nothing good about our situation we are barely surviving the un's world food program says more than 8000000 zimbabweans would not have enough food by december if there's not a

world food program. united nations largest specialized agency and the world's biggest humanitarian group addressing hunger. last year it provided assistance in 88 countries to close to 100 million people. after headlines, we will talk abt th mornini's announcement. lotimeme rublican ndraiser elliot bidy habeen chaed th consping to sve as a foren agent for lobbngng the trump p ministraon o on halflf of t t malaysi and c cnese governmes. broi is accud of accting $6 mlion in ibes to d a u.s.nvestigaon into a billn-dollarmbezzlemt of a malaian statinvestment fund, while paratelyeeking f the returnf a chine exile his me count. broidyas a maj fundrair for ump'2016 camign. and pionring tragender activivi and joualist t nica roberts passed away monday in her hometown of houston, texas. roberts founded the award-winning blog transgriot in 2006, where she covered the trans community. roberts described herself as a "proud unapologetic black trans woman speaking truth to power." she was 58 years old. and those are s

for its fight against hunger the world food program was awarded the nobel peace prize. for. continuing to bring some very heavy right in across the deep south and we got to the west the weather now moving in across louisiana as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours or so i will continue to push up across console mississippi up towards tennessee and gradually we'll see it moving outs rules the eastern seaboard over towards the carolinas north of that not too bad at least for the u.s. up into one un but the eastern parts of canada will see some very heavy right as we go on through sas day other sort of kind of the same some heavy rain wet weather coming in across much of washington state's oregon and herat lost some wet weather also pushing into the north of california so that is good news temperatures in l.a. 40 back to around 24 degrees that west the weather well it will tend to faisal as it moves across the rockies but there will still be some showers pushing into the the central plains as we go on through the course of sunday by sunday there's that western weather just pus

s world food program for its work combating e global hungeecially during the pandemic. amna nawaz spoke early this morning with the w.f.p.'s leader, who was in niger, as o paa mission. >> nawaz: david beasley, welcome to you, and congratulations. >> you know, it'absolutelyel? unbelievable. i'm here in niger, which is probably the most appropriate place to be as we've received this award, because i want the world to understand that people are struggli all over the world. and so i was in a meeting, as we were talking about issues in niger-- starvation because of climate extremes as well arowar conflictextremist groups. and so somebody walked in the meeting and said, well, a nobel peace prize.ke i', yeah, wow. who got it? who got it? and they said, we did. the worlfood program. and i was like, oh, my gosh. wow. i mean, the first time i-- i think my life, i was speechless. ( applause ) >> nawaz: anyone who knows you knows that it is very rare for david beasley to be speechless. but let me ask you, because the headf your agency was able t intensify the work that you're doing

the world food program is on the ground bringing help to 2 million mall nourished children. stephanie gosk now with more on their life-saving mission. >> reporter: in yemen, a violent conflict has raged for five years. the world food program is on the ground bringing help to 2 million mall nourished children today the u.n. organization won the nobel peace prize. >> our people put their lives on the line every day because they're dedicated to helping people. >> reporter: executive director and former south carolina governor david beasley spoke to us today. >> the next 12 to 18 months is really going to be the worst humanitarian crisis time period since world war ii >> reporter: you're talking about more than doubling of the people who face food insecurity just because of covid? >> that's exactly right. >> reporter: the world food program was dwight d. eisenhower's idea. since 1961, it helped people worldwide during historic times of need. the ethiopian famine, the haiti earthquake, shifting in recent years to war zones. >> i think this nobel peace prize is a call to action i

i'm rebecca returns welcome to the program the united nations world food program has won this year's nobel peace prize receiving the news in nigeria the head of the agency david bailey said he was deeply humbled by the award the w.f. provide provided assistance to almost 100000000 people in 88 countries last year basically said the prize will inspire the organization to do even more. so when nobel committee announced the award in all slow chairwoman barrett rice anderson explained the reasons behind the choice then the region lobo committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2022 the world food program for its efforts to combat hunger. for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict affected areas. and for acting as a driving force in the efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict for more i'm joined by data chief international editor richard walker richard hi nice to see you so the u.n. world food program it is this year was that expected it wasn't really one of the most hotly tipped organizations or institutions in the days l

food crisis mr miller the world food program has won the nobel peace prize and used the occasion to warn of a world hunger crisis how do you see the situation are we in fact heading toward a drastic world hunger crisis this freedom for me up women sing the final $1000000000.00 worldwide to really take care of all crises of the hunger crisis in africa is worsening due to the coby crisis and in india the situation has long grown into a hunger and poverty crisis from which more people are dying than from the original viruses which provision of utils economical. according to the study that was published here in the ministry at an event today the world could be freed from hunger if industry countries would invest only $14000000000.00 euros more a year over the next 10 years 14000000000 not that much if you look at the sums that are being spent at the moment on economic recovery is feed that there is a lack of political will worldwide to be obvious because 14000000000 euros is not a global so it's not possible that if i compare that with our spending on. this year alone a moment spending

the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation on making food security an instrument of peace last year the world food programme fed millions of people at risk of starvation. the un body is active in 88 countries. this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee. the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare up and trigger the use of violence. as the winner was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. paid. i mean this is the 1st time of my life a bit speechless but this is a little talk about the most exciting point with your wife is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places on in the world with us war on climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow well well archaea will leave it there won't be much time to celebrate 135000000 people suffered from a key tanga in 2019 the mos

laura: david beasley of the world food program. broadway shows in new york will not open until the summer of 2021. those missing the cultural life have been gathering and parks to hear live jazz. the famous jazz clubs are closed but parks are a way to find audiences. tom broke reports. ♪ >> in new york, central park, this trio can be found performing almost every day. several miles away, the kings county quintet holds court. new york city jazz performers have been forced outdoors to try to eek out a living after the closure of clubs. >> this is very bad. new york ts center of the jazz world. musicians live off playing in front of people. they were denied that. >> i am here playing with different groups. i wascentral park yesterday. this is all we have, being aide to play ou >> the prices is evident in greenwich village where jazz clubs are trying to stay afloat. this is the oldest jazz club in the world and faces possible extinction. >> six months ago we closed our doors for what we thought was going to b month. here we are six m

the world food program. you've got to be kidding me. it was quite a surprise. what an honor. we feed about 100 million people. and now because of covid, war, we are in all those extreme 270 situions. you ca imagine with the economic deterioration, i was watching your program with covid , oods and droughts. it is really bad out there. we need help. we need money. we need about $5 billion. in addition to whate normally get to really grow out and save lives. this is an important time. i am asking the billionaires. the billionaires right now are making billis on covid. this is a world catastrophe we are fing. famine of biblical proportion. if we have the money, we can avert famine andesbilization and migration by necessity. laura: david beasleyd of the wood program. broadway shows in new york wilil not open uhe summer of 2021. have been gathering and parks to hear live jazz. the famous jazz clubs are closed but parks are a way to find audiences. tom broke reports. ♪ in new york, central park, this trio can be found performing almost every day. several miles away, the kings coun

world food program it is this year was that expected it wasn't really one of the most hotly tipped organizations or institutions in the days leading up to the announcement but when you stand back then it certainly does look like it really does fit the mold of many previous nobel prizes the nobel committee has has given the award to u.n. institutions many times over the years and particularly in the years where they're given mission was particularly critical and that is something that nobel committee is saying really is the case right now in terms of hunger and drawing the connection between conflicts and hunger one feeding off the other and also with the corona virus pandemic here on top of that that adding to the problem especially looking to the year ahead absolutely we actually have a reaction from the devil you have to pay is the executive director reacting to the price. i mean this is the 1st time a bit speechless was. this little talk about the most exciting point of your life as a nobel peace prize it is because of the the family there out there in the most difficult complex places all in

they said world food program. we were really -- about fell off the chair. honestly i can't tell you how much it means to us. we got more people struggling right now, knocking on the door of starvation than any time period in world history. this comes at a time where we're saying thank you to the men and women at the world food program who put their lives at risk every day whether in syria, yemen or iraq. i could keep going. these men and women get it done, whatever it takes. this is needed because covid has compounded an already fragile world. we're going to have literally from 135 million to 270 million people on the brink of starvation. i'm not talking about people going to bed hungry. 270 million on the brink of starvation. this is timely. >> staggering numbers. i'm curious to get your thoughts. in april you warned in a statement to the u.n. that the coronavirus pandemic may push millions more around the world to the brink of famine. we've seen long food lines in this country. we talked about how farmers had to destroy their produce and their products. c

>> that's exactly right. >> reporter: the world food program was dwight d. eisenhower's idea. since 1961, it helped people worldwide during historic times of need. the ethiopian famine, the haiti earthquake, shifting in recent years to war zones. >> i think this nobel peace make a difference. prize is a call to action i hope this will be an example of this an inspiration for others around the world you can make a difference. one organization can make a difference >> reporter: the world needs the help now more than ever stephanie gosk, nbc news >>> and that's "nightly news" for this friday. thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night watching, everyone. i'm le >>> right now at 6:00 the controversial new feature from yelp. about racism in restaurants. critics say it can be too much control to customers. >> livelihood taken in a the dark of the night. >> they're working so hard. trying to make a living. % some people receiving two ballots. some receiving someone els ballot. i'll have the explanation and the action bein

food program provided assistance to almost 100 million people in 88 countries around the world last year. >>> as the coronavirus continues to affect some of the white house, the nation's leading infectious disease expert doctor anthony found she speaks virtually with students at uc berkeley. what he is saying about the possibility of a vaccine. ♪ ♪ >>> tgif to all of you, and nice day out there, if all like pattern remaining in place for the first part of the weekend, then we begin to warm up into the back end of the weekend, and it continues in the extended forecast. here is a look at what we expect as we move through your bay area friday, saturday will be similar with a mix of sun and clouds out, a slight chance of a few sprinkles and a bit of drizzle, a little bit like what we have seen over the last 24 hours. here's a look at the future cost model. tonight and into tomorrow morning low clouds move back across the bay. tomorrow morning a little bit of blue indicating a little drizzle along the coastline in our hills, and maybe squeezing out the possibility of a few speckles.

the world food program has had a major logistical challenge the delivering food this year with large parts of the global shipping and aviation networks closed instead it's had to find alternatives one expert told me w.f. p. is currently probably the largest airline in africa the award goes to the agency for its work and to all its $17000.00 stone. but executive director david beasley has been a bold and passionate leader repeatedly linking conflict and hunger in his speeches in the u.n. security council but it is worth the job has it's the 1980 s. always gone to an american mr beazley is a former republican governor of south carolina who knows president trump well he's had a difficult year himself contract encoded 19 early in the pandemic but he ends it with the presentation of the award in december recognition of the agency's ever growing workload james al-jazeera of the united nations you are low. hearkened delta has made landfall in in the u.s. state of louisiana there categories 2 storm residents and businesses boarded up windows and some schools and government offices have close

the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation on making food security an instrument of peace last year the world food programme fed millions of people at risk of starvation. the un body is active in 88 countries. this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee. the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare up and trigger the use of violence. as the when i was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. pay real. i mean this is the 1st them oh i forbid speechless what i'm going to. talk about the most exciting point of your life is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world where this war conflict climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow here believe it that won't be much time to celebrate 135000000 people suffered from a key tanga in 2019 the mos

we start in norway where the united nations world food program has been named the winner of this year's nobel peace prize. >> the norwegian nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2020 to the world foodd program for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. >> the world food program was founded in 1961 and is the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. the nobel committee says the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge inn the numberr of vicis ofof hungerr in the worldld and ququoted the wfp whichch said, l there is a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos. in 2019 the u.n. branch provided assistance to close to 100 million people in 88 countries affected by food insecurity and hunger. the wfp thanked the nobel committee for the honor on twitter adding the award is a powerful reminder peace and zero hunger go hand in hand. >

still ahead on al-jazeera the world food program is warning more than 8000000 people are at risk of starvation in zimbabwe. and a golden week for china people celebrating the annual holiday generate billions in revenue for the struggling toys and industry. however the weather is cooling down across much of europe now fitting a little more time lol. for many of us as we go through the next couple of days cloud and rain down towards the southeastern corner we have seen some very high temperatures across the nation sodom at athens no higher than around 26 s. the heat just starting to ebb away somewhat date has strained away from the northwest 14 celsius there in london maybe only 13 as we go on into saturday wetter weather sinking further south was cooler tucking in behind with that cold blast coming in with 6 some of the cloud and rain coming in across the low countries heading towards scandinavian even into that western side of the med could see somewhat of weather coming in here as well best of the sunshine will be across the eastern side of the med plenty of sunshine meanwhile across northern

above the call of duty the world food program's chief says the award is an incredible recognition of the u.n. agencies work in more than 80 countries around the world i mean this is the 1st time in my life i've been speechless like this we'll talk about the most exciting point in time in your life is the nobel peace prize it is because of the ws the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places on in the world where this war conflict climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow yeah believe it russia says foreign ministers from armenia and azerbaijan will attend talks in moscow that are due to begin in the next hour it's the latest effort to end fighting over the disputed region of not all know how to buck. a french aid worker who'd been kidnapped in mali and held hostage for several years has returned to a country so if you press on and was welcomed by president emmanuel mccrum she in mali an opposition politician semi in a sea say what among several people who've been released as part of a prisoner exchange dea

without 0 these are all top stories this hour the united nations world food program has won the 2020 nobel peace prize for its effort to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe it's also being credited for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict affected areas and preventing the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflicts russia says for a minute says from all mania and azerbaijan will attend peace talks in moscow it's the latest efforts and violent fighting over the region it will go in a car a bike international mediators also been holding urgent talks in geneva. kagan songs president says he'll resign once a new cabinet is appointed protesters forced the resignation of the government on tuesday following has failed to get enough members to agree on a huge should be prime minister a politician and french aid worker kidnapped in mali have landed in the capital bamako after being released as part of a major prisoner exchange the deal was announced by the new transitional government on shoes day the u.s. is impose more sanctions on iran's banking s