this week, the government has aid to yemen. it is the -- if this is what the prime minister thinks global britain should look leak you should think again and if he doesn't believe me or like it for me all of the u.n. secretary general, he should listen to his own entities just this morning the they perform what they said, cutting support to starving children is if not what global britain should be about. it undermines the very idea of the u.k. there's a nation to be respected on the global stage. and the honorable member for cofield said this was uncon and reconsider this urgently? >> i repeat we're in support of u.n. revolutions, this year, we're contributing another 214 million pounds to support the people of yemen there are very few other countries that have that kind of record. i think in these tough britain circumstances, very immense cost of the pmed that is affected our country i think the people of this country should be very, very proud of what we're doing. >> yes with mr. speaker should be until world but as u.s. is s

they supporting the militias in yemen that you want to divide yemen because there isn't any yemenis to do you haven't this do you happen to pieces is there any i mean yemen to be i'll tell you. this is our this is over the region they deny that i am well in yemen and how to create sustainable peace in yemen it's come up as an issue on budget day here in britain because britain says that it wants to cut its for medicine and food from 240000000 to 81000000 pounds i mean i'm talking to you from a country where 20 percent of the country is in poverty that's britain that's millions of children under the poverty line there are food banks here why should britain and its taxpayers begin very important for any country. in the world especially those wealthy countries and strong countries and big countries to support people around the world to support the poor people to support countries and their conflict and this is one of their duties and responsibilities it's very important and i know that britain people they will be so glad so happy that one of the you know their taxes will go to the spool p

they supporting the militias in yemen that you want to divide yemen because there isn't any yemenis to do you have this do you happen to pieces is there any i mean yemen to be i'll tell you again. this is our this is over the region they deny that i am well in yemen and how to create sustainable peace in yemen it's come up as an issue on budget day here in britain because britain says that it wants to cut its for medicine and food from 240000000 to 81000000 pounds i mean i'm talking to you from a country where 20 percent of the country is in poverty that's britain that's millions of children under the poverty line there are food banks here why should britain and its taxpayers be giving aid money to yemen when there are people who are hungry here tonight. it's very important for any country in the world especially those wild countries and strong countries and big countries to support people around the world to support the poor people to support countries and their conflict and this is one of their duties and responsibilities it's very important and i know that britain people they wil

refugee council in stockholm we have after a nasa yemen research or a human rights watch in law. we have elizabeth kendall senior research fellow at oxford university is pembroke college ladies welcome to you all riana in aden if i can come to you 1st why does the war in yemen keep on going on for so many years now almost off the radar i would hope that it's not off the radar because i do think that working in stations like our own have been raising the alarm for the last number of years now we've seen a situation here go from bad to worse and then unbelievably even worse not you can have seen the warnings lately that yemen is facing an imminent famine if something is not time urgently and famine or no famine the terrible reality is that people are already dying we just don't know the numbers because it's so difficult to connect the data here and we're seeing nutrition stunting an entire population of children that the toll that this is taking on an entire country is very hard to get across at i hope that we are doing a good job of doing that as the families that we need are para

another warning of famine in yemen the united nations says millions of people are at risk and billions of dollars is not required so who will step in to help the people of this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter davi yemen is heading towards large scale starvation and could face the world's worst famine in decades the un's warning comes as malnutrition rates hit record highs after years of conflict the world body estimates more than $16000000.00 yemenis could go hungry this year children are particularly affected with 400000 at risk of severe malnutrition the u.n. has appealed for $3800000000.00 to avert a catastrophe but it says it's only got half of what's needed last year and millions of people have not received any food or told the saudi military coalition has been fighting hoofy rebel since it launched its offensive to support yemen's government in 2015 well yemen remains the world's worst humanitarian crisis 80 percent of the population is in need of urgent humanitarian assistance half a 1000000 yemenis live in quotes famine like conditions and 5000000 mo

another warning a famine in yemen the united nations says millions of people are at risk and billions of dollars is not required so who will step in to help the people of this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter davi yemen is heading towards large scale starvation and could face the world's worst famine in decades the un's warning comes as malnutrition rates hit record highs after years of conflict the world body estimates more than $16000000.00 yemenis could go hungry this year children are particularly affected with 400000 at risk of severe malnutrition the u.n. has appealed for $3800000000.00 to avert a catastrophe but it says it's only got hoff of what's needed last year and millions of people have not received any food or told the saudi military coalition has been fighting hoofy rebels since it launched its offensive to support yemen's government in 2015 well yemen remains the world's worst humanitarian crisis 80 percent of the population is in need of urgent humanitarian assistance half a 1000000 yemenis live in quotes famine like conditions and 5000000 m

fighter jet to strike yemen they saudi cannot actually enforce a full blown case on yemen only with the help of the united states. so do you cannot actually use the battery with missiles to defend themselves they cannot. coordinate that strike on yemen only with the help with the u.s. and british drones that's why this involvement is still going on yemen and here we will know that united states stop its supporters all got idea if we are not here in any airstrike on any corner of yemen well i knew tens of millions face death arguably in yemen but the special envoy the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths who is often quoted in the media here could hear by boris johnson's ministers he has condemned the blockade of for data but he says he has concerns about the hooty offensive on mari and in fact he's been. talking about the strikes on their own crew facilities say we're getting a lot of news about it's hitting a room go so presumably biden wants defensive weapons to protect around go on oil resources in saudi arabia to be honest with you martin give it is becoming so biased toward the saud

fighter jet to strike yemen they saudi cannot actually enforce a full blown case on yemen only with the help of the united states saudi cannot actually use the past u.s. missiles to defend themselves they cannot. coordinate their strike on yemen only with the help with the u.s. and british drones that's why this involvement is still going on yemen and here we will know that united states stop its support to saudi arabia if we are not here in any airstrike on any corner of yemen bahrain returns or millions face arguably in yemen with the special envoy the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths to. often quoted in the media here. boris johnson's ministers he has condemned the blockade are for data but he says he has concerns about the hooty offensive on mari and in fact he's been. talking about the strikes on their own crew facilities say we're getting a lot of news about this is hitting a room go so presumably biden wants defensive weapons to protect around go on oil resources in saudi arabia to be honest with you martin give it is becoming so biased toward the saudi arabia and his latest s

in effect, on the ground, you find north yemen and south human -- yemen are not dealing with the same yemeni currency. the currency in the south cannot be used in the north, because of the split of the central bank in yemen. there are so many factors playing a major role in the humanitarian crisis, but definitely the parties to the conflict have shown systematic abusive practices that are contributing to this system of suffering. anchor: is one of the big issues here, we are talking about the state because of another running basically saying the country is on the tipping point of famine -- we could have said that a year ago or two years ago or three years ago. the reality is despite the consequences of that, if we were able to say a state of famine now exists in the country, that would focus minds in the region and around the world, that we can't say that because we cannot pin down the data because the country is sealed. >> that is exactly the problem. in fact, we are always hearing yemen is on the brink of famine and yet it never seems to have an actual famine glared that would focus

allow fuel to come into yemen because you know that everything in yemen or in country depend on fuel on the last fuel ship that has entered the date up or it was in the 27th of. january just a week by i didn't reach it as a president on this show you know that actually that by the administration is no different from but i think it's do it in prompt. time. they have not blocked. with this type of amount all the ships to come in to yemen on a symbol for anyone who want to check that ship that i've blocked from yemen they can use. the show you the amount of suffering that yemen's go through on the same time we see that there are more. truck with the idea especially with a. knighted kingdom who has increased the sales of wives to saudi arabia but in the same time they have cut aid to come into yemen does show you the amount of hypocrisy that. there is clearly and britain policies in the region and especially in yemen joe biden says he is ending support for saudi your friends have weapons so there are no bombs behind you dropping by the united states today yet maybe there's no bombs dropp

another warning of famine in yemen the united nations says millions of people are at risk and billions of dollars is not required so he will step in to help the people of this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter davi yemen is heading towards large scale starvation and could face the world's worst famine in decades the un's warning comes as malnutrition rates hit record highs after years of conflict the world body estimates more than $16000000.00 yemenis could go hungry this year children are particularly affected with 400000 at risk of severe malnutrition the u.n. has appealed for $3800000000.00 to avert a catastrophe but it says it's only got hoffa of what's needed last year and millions of people have not received any food or told the saudi military coalition has been fighting hoofy rebels since it launched this offensive to support yemen's government in 2015. well yemen remains the world's worst humanitarian crisis 80 percent of the population is in need of urgent humanitarian assistance half a 1000000 yemenis live in quotes famine like conditions and 5000000

yemen to be i'll tell you. this is our this is over the edge and they deny that i am well in yemen and how to create sustainable peace in yemen it's come up as an issue on budget day here in britain because britain says that it wants to cut its for medicine and food from 240000000 to 81000000 pounds i mean i'm talking to you from a country where 20 percent of the country is in poverty that's britain that's millions of children under the poverty line there are food banks here why should britain and its taxpayers be giving aid money to yemen when there are people who are hungry here tonight. it's very important for any country in the world especially those wealthy countries and strong countries and big countries to support people around the world to support the poor people to support countries and their conflicts and this is one of their duties and responsibilities it's very important and i know that britain people they will be so glad so happy that one of the you know their taxes will go to the school people and

allow fuel to come into yemen because you know that everything in yemen or in country depend on fuel the last few a ship that has. a date up it was in the 27th of. january just a week by didn't reach it as a president on this show you know that actually that that by the administration is no different from but i think. they have not blocked. with this type of amount of the ships to come into yemen on a symbol for anyone who want to check that ship that i've brought phone with me i mean they can use. this show you the amount of suffering. yemen's go through on the same time we see that there are more. struck with the saudi arabia especially with the united kingdom who has increased the sales of weapons to saudi arabia but in the same time they have cut aid to come into yemen does show you the amount of hypocrisy that. there is clearly and britain policies in the region and especially in yemen world joe biden says he's ending support for saudi offensive weapons so there are no bombs behind you dropping by the united states today yet maybe there's no bombs dropped on for hours today but

allow fuel to come into yemen because you know that everything in yemen or in country depend on fuel on the last fuel ship that has entered the date up or it was in the 27th of. january just a week after by didn't reach it as a president on this show you know that actually that by the administration is no different from but i think this dude in prompt. they have not blocked. with this type of amount all the ships to come into yemen on a symbol for anyone who want to check that ship that i've brought phone with me i mean they can use. this show you the amount of suffering that yemen's go through on the same time we see that there are more. truck with the idea especially with a. knighted kingdom who has increased the sales of weapons to saudi arabia but in the same time they have cut aid to come into yemen does show you the amount of hypocrisy that. there is clearly and britain policies in the region and especially in yemen world joe biden says he's ending support for saudi your friends have weapons so there are no bombs behind you dropping by the united states today yet maybe there's

allow fuel to come into yemen because you know that everything in yemen or in country depend on fuel the last fuel ship that has entered the date up or it was in the 27th of. january just a week by didn't reach it as a president on this show you know that actually that that by the administration is no different from but i think this dude in prompt. they have not blocked. with this type of amount all the ships to come into yemen on a symbol for anyone who want to check that ship that i've blocked from yemen they can use. this show you the amount of suffering that yemen's go through on the same time we see that there are more. truck with the idea especially with a. i did kingdom who has increased the sales of weapons to saudi arabia but in the same time they have cut aid to come into yemen does show you the amount of hypocrisy that. there is clearly and britain policies in the region and especially in yemen well joe biden says he is ending support for saudi offensive weapons so there are no bombs behind you dropping by the united states today yet maybe there's no bombs dropped on for a

supporting the militias in yemen that you want to divide yemen because there isn't any yemenis to do you have this do you happen to pieces is there any i mean yemen to be i'll tell you. this is our this is over the region they deny that i am well in yemen and how to create sustainable peace in yemen it's come up as an issue on budget day here in britain because britain says that it wants to cut its aid for medicine and food from 240000000 to 81000000 pounds i mean i'm talking to you from a country where 20 percent of the country is in poverty that's britain that's millions of children under the poverty line there are food banks here why should britain and its taxpayers be giving aid money to yemen when there are people who are hungry here tonight. it's very important for any country in the world especially those wild countries and strong countries and big countries to support people around the world to support the poor people to support countries and their conflict and this is one of their duties and responsibilities it's very important and i know that britain people they will be so

safe and secure for the people of yemen it's. a time frame it's up to the who these now and you know we have we are ready to go today we hope that we can have a ceasefire immediately but the onus is on the who think they have to decide are they going to put the interests of yemen 1st or they going to continue to put their . their groups interest in the interests of yemen 1st and the interest of iran 1st so if they are committed to protecting the any people then they should immediately accept a cease fire we have indeed been in communication with with these and we have made it clear that we are committed to a cease fire and the political process a political process which involves them at the negotiating table with all the parties in yemen what we have heard so far is. only more and more demands not. a clear indication that they are ready to protect. or to put the interests of yemen and yemenis people 1st and to seriously address the crisis that's going on on the humanitarian side. i think since one of the men no had been out and h

has said yemen faces the world has seen for decades. he the secretary general said on monday that cutting aid would be in his words a death sentence , for people of yemen. how on earth can the prime prime minister justified selling arms to saudi arabia, and cutting aid to people starving in yemen? p.m. johnson: mr. speaker, it is under this government that we have increased aid spending to the highest proportion in the history of our country, and yes, it is proved that current circumstances i'm sure the , people of this country understand mean that temporarily we must reduce aid spending but that does not obscure when it comes to duty of people of yemen we continue to step up to the plate. a contribution of 214 million pounds for the financial year. there are few other countries in the world, mr. speaker that have , such a record that is setting , such an example in sending its supporting the people of yemen. >> this week, the government have our international aid to if this is what the prime minister thinks global britain should look l

a 50% cut to international aid to yemen. a move that the you and chief has described as a death sentence. since the start of the war. the tories have shamefully backed the saudi regime through billions of dollars of arms sales, despite evidence of war crimes and the target of civilians. the prime minister confirmed in these budgets these cuts to international aid. p.m. johnson: mr. speaker, anybody listening to this debate will have heard me say that this country, this government in the last 5 years have given one billion pounds to support the people of yemen. i can tell him that on monday, in case he thinks is any diminution of our effort, on we're going provide cash support monday to 1.5 million of the most vulnerable yemeni households, support 400 health clinics, and treat 75,000 cases of severe malnutrition, mr. speaker. that it the continuing effort of the british people and the british government to help the people of yemen. >> it allocates a 50% cut to yemen aid at a time of our global pandemic. the coronavirus has hi

allow fuel to come into yemen because you know that everything in yemen or in country depend on fuel on the last few a ship that has. a date up or it was in the 27th of. january just a week by didn't reach it as the president on this show you know that actually that that by the administration is no different from but i think. they have not blocked. with this type of amount of the ships to come into yemen on a symbol for anyone who want to check that ship that i've brought phone with me i mean they can use. this show you the amount of suffering that yemen's. go through the same time we see that there are more. deals struck with the saudi arabia especially with the united kingdom who has increased the sales of weapons to saudi arabia but in the same time they have cut aid to come into yemen does show you the amount of hypocrisy that. there is clearly and britain policies in the region and especially in yemen joe biden says he's ending support for saudi your friends have weapons so there are no bombs behind you dropping by the united states today yet maybe there's no bombs dropped on fo

so are we any closer to ending the fighting in yemen tonight. well i think we need 3 things here 1st of course the 1st of course we need to find time to stop and come to a cease fire the 2nd point is that if funding is not coming through we will not have a basis to work towards a peace but at the same time working on peace is absolutely also absolutely important and i think what is encouraging from our perspective is that particularly the newer income by tradition has signaled this they are giving more he says into the peace efforts of the un and also working with the region to ensure that you can get the parties to 2 people to end this terrible war and get on with it you know what assisting people in yemen but also with the very concrete of the country as a whole this was how do you make make make sense of this we've got a contributor today donor countries saudi arabia pledging $430000000.00 it's actually involved in the war in yemen it's also paying to keep the fighting go well we work with the with all countries that all member states of the

diplomat and former deputy chief of mission in yemen joins us via skype from washington d.c. now bill welcome to the program if the situation in yemen goes from bad to worse and worse still openly hasn't the united states decision to lift the terrorist designation simply embolden the who sees. i don't think it has emboldened them but they seem to be ignoring the whole fortunately to them by the by the administration by lifting the designation and by offering their act mediation between them and solved it and all the warring parties in yemen . there is disappointment that they have not taken this opportunity. probably it looks like they have a sense that they might achieve a military victory in madame which is a very strategic location for them so they are pushing ahead and there was a statement today on behalf of the u.s. state department united kingdom the united nations expressing disappointment with the with these for continuing their assault on matters that the if. befriends if it's successful what will it mean. it will give them a tremendous to egypt advantage one in hav

yemen's grim anniversary is 6 years to the day since the 1st saudi led attack and least war in my country triggering what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe. and. do as i say do that's washington's principle it seems as it tries to starve me russian energy sells to europe at the same time makes the country its 3rd biggest oil partner. very good day to you from moscow my name is kevin i want to just turn midday here now live from marty's world new centromere the next 30 minutes with the latest for you thanks for checking in so 1st we focus on france has been a sharp rise in french students forced to turn to free or subsidized food from support groups restaurants and supermarkets shut the dubin ski reports from a paris help center where they can buy cheap meals. every day this canteen is packed with students all coming in here to pick up a hot meal as the covert crisis continues to point to groups have been hit hard by the pandemic many are now without work and the means to support themselves demand for financial help from a public service the student life whic

still have been located in yemen have not stopped its war against him and. the increasing their attacks recently both externally on saudi arabia and internally in places like mara province what's behind this filthy tactic of escalating the violence is this to gain leverage in future peace talks. no i didn't think so because the white house thought of the don't modest 2015 and saudi has not stopped but the attack actually they have become more again so yeah they be and one of the main reason is just that the saudi has actually blocked a fuel tank that in her day died just this time if anyone can check the date that abi you going to see that 17 to 20 fuel ship in front of j's on post and allowed to get into the day that's why we've seen this yet i talk against the idea because some be able to link those attack with the iranian nuclear deal but to be honest with you it's all connected to what is blocked for them in yemen especially do it in the few months of foot by the administration so he has blocked shit that they have not actually done that and this is like

i asked herjust how important aid is to yemen. it is extremely crucial, and it is crucial because of the blockade that is being imposed on yemenis for the last six years, before the war here began, yemenis used to import 90% of their food from countries like saudi arabia, for example, and since the blockade commercial trading has been very much restricted. and the saudi—led coalition banned much of what is needed in yemen, there are currently 1a fuel ships waiting to enter yemen, despite being cleared by the un. because of these conditions, 80% of the population in yemen has come to rely on aid, so it is extremely crucial for people's daily survival. so, the amount of aid that has been pledged by international donors, considerably less than the un had asked for. what impact will that have? the un said this was a death sentence, and frankly, it is. it's no less than a death sentence to the millions of yemenis who are food—insecure, over half the population is food—insecure, 16 million people. children between the ages of 0—

and ease yemen's humanitarian crisis. ending that civil war is one of president joe biden's top foreign policy priorities he's already taken a harder line with riyadh by cutting all future off fence of weapon sales the saudis have long been accused of using u.s. provided bombs to kill again many civilians on monday washington announced at an aid conference for yemen that it would give a. other $170000000.00 in humanitarian relief still not enough said aid workers to help the people suffering from 4 years of who are they need to lift the blockade on the blockade is preventing food medicine and essential goods including fuel from getting into yemen that you under a solution needs to be changed so it's inclusive fair and just by the administration specifically needs to stop linking the iran negotiation with peace negotiations in the. meantime another human rights question has been left unanswered whether in light of the national intelligence community's report the u.s. will ever give crown prince mohammed bin solomon and his

but we have to remember that yemen is a manmade crisis that the famine in yemen is. a result of a political conflict that a lot of the countries the donor countries actually bear responsibility for the devastation and the primary that is happening in yemen today the u.n. had already said there are 16200000 yemeni who are experiencing are at risk of famine there isn't any area in yemen that's not experiencing food insecurity every single part of yemen is experiencing food insecurity we know that a lot of these kids who are experiencing my nutrition are going to have cognitive development problems we also know there are a lot of children and families. issues due to the fact that they don't know where their next meal is go going to come from so we've had people who have committed suicide whole families because they didn't have anything to eat. the former french president nicolas sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption he's been sentenced to 3 years in jail 2 years were suspended if the conviction is upheld on appeal he may surface sentence under house arrest but as

armenia's to find prime minister he says he's ready to hold a snap election war fallon and coronavirus yemen is confronting it all you know have the latest scold for financial help from the rest of the world. police raids on one of the world's most famous football clubs we'll tell you why there have been several arrests at barcelona. former french president nicolas sarkozy has been convicted on charges of corruption and influence peddling he could serve up to a year in jail his case surrounds an attempt to use his positions offer job in exchange for information on an investigation into his campaign finances judges handed sour cozy a 3 year prison sentence 2 of which are suspended his lawyers say he'll appeal against the verdicts such about there was that those court proceedings in paris. i think in terms of corruption in politics in france as in many places unfortunately it can be rife and nicolas sarkozy has certainly had his fair share of allegations this is one trial that has now ended but it's worth noting that his legal problems are far from over because nicolas sarkozy actually faces a

audi's condemned the war in yemen there was a peace flag kind of offered in the release allusion all hot tool saudi woman shimon rights activists. and then of course the release is the cia intelligence report on the show you murder but this report shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that i mean we already knew this but now just confirms that the bahamas been solomon ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi and then he has declined to impose any sanctions or any meaningful punishment. on the kingdom and so you know what this does is send the message not just to have been silent but authoritarians all over the world that murder will be tolerated but i think biden says that's not the message but hey i've said this film to him. we have people on the team that have been working to get them to see i don't know if you seen it you know i know hillary clinton is seeing it because she was our screening last year i know various members of congress have seen the film i mean it's my hope that you know leaders around the world not just buy it and see the film because i think the were in a day and age wh

is a manmade tice's the famine in yemen is. a result of a political conflict that the like of the countries the donor countries actually bear responsibility for the devastation and the family and that is happening in yemen today yemenis who are parish and for the damage and the suffering that they have endured for the last 6 years with support from the u.s. u.k. france and many other countries that supported the war that's led by the saudi and them. so i don't understand the donor fatigue especially from countries that have. produced the famine that we are seeing today ok if you look at the spending that they've had on the war and on the weapons it's in the billions of dollars and a fraction of that could save people from the largest famine that we've seen in more than 40 years ok so she said the u.n. says the u.n. had hoped to raise $4000000000.00 so i mean i think everyone would agree it is a huge shortfall here so what does the shortfall. actually mean on the ground for the millions of yemenis who won who are quite literally

and the saudi—led coalition banned much of what is needed in yemen, there are currently 14 in yemen, there are currently 1a fuel ships waiting to enter yemen despite being cleared by the un. because of these conditions, 80% of the population in yemen has come to rely on aid, so it is extremely crucial for people's daily survival. crucial for people's daily survival-— crucial for people's daily survival. ., ., ., ., survival. 50, the amount of aid that has survival. so, the amount of aid that has been _ survival. so, the amount of aid that has been pledged - survival. so, the amount of aid that has been pledged by - that has been pledged by international donors, considerably less than the un had asked for. what impact will that have?— had asked for. what impact will that have? , ., , that have? the un said this was a death sentence, _ that have? the un said this was a death sentence, and - that have? the un said this was a death sentence, and frankly, l a death sentence, and frankly, it is. is no less than a death sentence to the millions of yemenis who are food insecure, over hal

special envoy for yemen. you have said the plan for a cease-fire in yemen is sound, but the rebels have appeared to rejected it saying there is nothing in it and they are stepping up a tax on saudi targets in the area. do you really think they will accept the cease-fire plan? >> i had a lot of hope tha because this is fair plan and reasonable one, that they would eventually agree to this. one thing we are looking for, which was a result of my trip over the last two weeks is a song -- is the strong support regional partners are giving. there's a strong sense of the region that the conflict has gone on for far too long. that is something to and people would agree to as well. -- something the yemen people would agree to as well. what we are looking at is a plan that would move through a number of sequences fairly quickly, leading to a cease-fire. which, ultimately, is the way to get through the humanitarian system -- situation as well. laura: it is, indeed. yet, the u.s. stop providing military assistance to the

has been warning that famine is coming to yemen. doctors across yemen's north tell us famine has arrived. another hospital witnessing wave after wave of children in the red zone. severe malnourishment. impoverished mothers desperate to keep their children alive are forced to make harrowing choices. >> translator: just to get to the hospital i stopped eating and drinking, not even water, just to get him treated. >> these doctors are keeping track of the numbers spiking beyond what they ever imagined. >> reporter: the doctor saying in 2020 this population, 23% of the children under 5 here were severely malnourished. in 2021 they think that number is going to go over 30%. there is no doubt in his mind he says that they here are in famine. nearly three years ago the u.n. security council condemned the method of starvation as security warfare demanding access to supplies necessary for food preparation including water and fuel be kept intact. here and in other conflicts that clearly hasn't happened. what's more, the world has stopped cari

envoy to yemen. he told us this is a complex environment, but he denies the claims that we show in that report. he says that those boats are currently off the port and, jake, that's just not true. he also says that food continues to flow through unimpeded and also that is just not true. you saw those food trucks along the side of that road. he says the u.s. is committed to push the parties towards peace. and the question that we have for him is, how is that possible when you are not acknowledging the full impact of that u.s.-backed saudi embargo on the people of yemen, jake? >> infuriating. the biden administration claims they want to end the war in yemen. from what you're seeing on the ground there needs to be solutions now. what can our viewers do to help? >> reporter: that's a really great question. i think one of the big issues with yemen is because of the difficulty in getting there. it's really fallen off the world's radar. part that have tushlgsly, is intentional. we were stopped from getting

the un wanted almost $4 billion for yemen, to help prevent a famine. but only $1.7 billion has been promised. i've been speaking to fatima abo alasrar, who's yemeni and a non—resident scholar at the middle east institute, and previously programme officer for the department for international development in yemen. i asked her thoughts on the lesser amount of aid pledged to yemen. $4 billion — to achieve $4 billion, it is a substantial amount of money. the united nations and the united states appealed to all nations, especially the ones in the region, to give generously, realising that it is really crucial to act quickly because of the economic crisis and also the global covid—i9 pandemic. and these were making the humanitarian crisis even worse. so the $4 billion is substantial, achieving $1.7 billion only was kind of expected, given the fact that other nations are really struggling with the covid—19 crisis at the moment. as you say, it is substantial, is it anything like enough to address the problems and do you think there's any chance of getti

and ease yemen's human syrian crisis. ending that civil war is one of president joe biden's top foreign policy priorities he's already taken a harder line with riyadh by cutting all future of fence of weapon sales the saudis have long been accused of using u.s. provided bombs to kill again many civilians on monday washington announced at an aid conference for yemen that it would give a know. there are $170000000.00 in humanitarian relief still not enough said aid workers to help the people suffering from 4 years of who are they need to lift the blockade on the blockade is preventing food medicine and essential goods including fuel from getting into yemen that you under a solution needs to be changed so it's inclusive fair and just by the an administration specifically needs to stop linking the iran negotiation with peace negotiations in the. meantime another human rights question has been left unanswered whether in light of the national intelligence communities report the u.s. will ever give crown prince mohammed bin solo

trying to raise funds for yemen for humanitarian assistance in yemen they are some $3840000000.00 short let's speak to our diplomatic editor james phase our who is at the united nations standing by for us james so just explain to us exactly what the u.n. is asking for. a huge amount of money for what they say is a massive problem they say there is a famine looming in yemen the 2nd the general before you joined him just there said the race is on if we want to prevent hunger and starvation from take millions of lives it's impossible to overstate the severity of the suffering in yemen they're talking about 20000000 people needing humanitarian assistance and of those 16000000 on the verge of famine you remember back in 2018 they warned of a famine then they managed to get money from the international community they managed to feed people and stop that famine but they are deeply concerned now about the situation particularly as their appeal for 2020 last years appeal was very heavily underfunded and that's why we have now this appeal under way. the u.n. is convening this along with you can s

the situation in yemen has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the government has said it will provide "at least" 87 million pounds in aid this year, down from 164 million pledged last year. a cut of half. the labour leader, sir keir starmer quoted two senior conservatives andrew mitchell, a former international development secretary, and the mp for sutton coldfield, and, tobias ellwood, the chair of the commons defence committee, and a bournemouth mp. just this morning, the conservative mp for bournemouth east said cutting support for starving children is not what global britain should be about. it undermines the very idea of the uk as a nation to be respected on the global stage. and the honourable member for sutton coldfield said this was unconscionable. will the prime minister now do the right thing and reconsider this urgently? the prime minister said the uk had given a billion pounds since the conflict began in yemen. we're in support of un resolutions and this year we're contributing another £214 million to support the people of yemen. th

united nations will continue to stand in solidarity with the starving people of yemen. the secretary also in his statement touched on members of the peace process and an end to the fighting and the conflict and so on but most of those were his conclusions about the pleasure event and all i want to do is go and indorse that this does not solve the problem we're disappointed in the outcome it's going to be impossible with such limited resources to prevent a large scale famine so we're going to have to come back to people and ask them for a stronger response before too long thank you very much mark and just to note that the secretary general's statement is online at u.n. or current spokespersons our website. i now invite only say so we've just been listening there to mark lowcock the u.n. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and the emergency relief coordinator speaking as. a donor conference was underway for yemen let's see if we can cross that serves at the mouth scads of james who is at the united nations now james. the key line for from that response then is

saudi arabia's biggest oil port comes under attack from yemen suit the rebels riyadh says the attempt was for sale with minimal damage. blown down jordan this is down to 0 alive from doe are also coming up at least 15 people were killed and hundreds injured in equitorial guinea after 4 large explosions at a military base in the city of data. after 5 years in custody british iranian aid worker not the names of gary ratliff was released in iran but now faces another trial. on the highly anticipated interview with prince harry and his wife meghan where they explained reasons for their split from the royal family. saudi arabia has confirmed another attack on its energy facilities by who 3 rebels in yemen the government says a ballistic missile was fired at old facilities in iran but was intercepted and destroyed when earlier a drone hit the raster new report it's one of the world's largest oil shipping ports riyadh says there was minimal damage in both attacks but who the rebels however say it was much bigger. was the last word joel was say all the artillery and drone divisions were able

what will this mean for the people in yemen? >> well, as the u.n., we had hod to be le to mobilize $3.8 billion from the outset. as secretary good syria's sd, -- secretary gutierrez said, this is disappointing. we see this as a down payment for fuher disbsements to bable to help the great number of desperate you many -- desperate yemenis that need assistance so badly. at the moment, you cannot fully scalable systems in yemen to feed the 16 miion people that currently are living in the state of hunger. brent: you are in yemen. you know what is happening on the ground. talk to me a little bit about the humanitarian situation there. >> well, it is absolutely devastating. we have about 20 million yemenis at the mont and need of assistance. 16 million people that need emergency food assistance. we have a looming famine around the corner that would really cause famine that we have not seenn the world for decades. therefore, theituations absolute urgent. it is absolutely desperate. we absolutely need the funding come through as soon as

her recent investigative report on yemen is headlined "famine has arrived in pockets of yemen. saudi ships blocking fuel aren't helping." coming up, we will look at how oprah winfrey's interview with meghan markle and prince harry has exposed racism about the british royal family. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "the ballad of mairead farrell" by seanchai and the unity squad. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. the british royal family is facing ireasing criticism after meghan markle and prince harry revealed shocking details about life as royals, including the racismuffered by meghan markle, who was born in the united states to a black mother and a white father. last year, the couple ft the united kingdom and stepped down as senior members of britain's royal family to raise their ild archie in rth america. during a bombshell interview with oprah winfrey, markle revealed they felt forced to leave in part due to concerns about archie. >> in those months when i was pregnant, all around this same time, so we had tandem the conversation of he won't be given security, no

one of the most surreal experiences i've ever had in it was owed was when we flew to yemen's capital sanaa as we were lending we were greeted looking out the window with rules and rules kilometers of destroyed the aircraft passenger jets locker room a bleed to rated where they stood by the saudi led coalition not a sight you wouldn't see when you were coming into lad and that was in the early days of the war before the death toll spiraled into the hundreds of thousands. like cool wars the war in yemen is complicated the gist of it is after the arab spring told build a dictator who had ruled for 3 decades his replacement was his vice president who happened to be very pro saudi people revolted again so he rattled to saudi arabia and asked them to invade his own country to get him back into power and desperation for the victory the sides have resorted to desperate measures fighting forces on both sides have suffered heavy losses in this unnecessary battle i see shocking reports as i am sure we all do of children increasingly getting drawn into the war effort and deprived of their future

and ease yemen's humanitarian crisis. ending that civil war is one of president joe biden's top foreign policy priorities he's already taken a harder line with riyadh by cutting all future of fence of weapon sales the saudis have long been accused of using u.s. provided bombs to kill again many civilians on monday washington announced at an aid conference for yemen that it would give a new. other $170000000.00 in humanitarian relief still not enough said aid workers to help the people suffering from 4 years of war they need to lift the blockade on the blockade is preventing food medicine and essential goods including fuel from getting into yemen that you under a solution needs to be changed so it's inclusive fair and just by the administration specifically needs to stop linking the iran negotiation with peace negotiations in the. meantime another human rights question has been left unanswered whether in light of the national intelligence community's report the u.s. will ever give crown prince mohammed bin solomon and his

of the situation in yemen. and separately at least 8 people have been killed in a fire at a migrant attention censor in yemen's capital sana'a the un says 170 people were injured in the cause of that blaze is not yet known that detention center is run by who thier bulls who control the capital since the outbreak of yemen's conflict. after a 3 day tour spreading messages of hope and religious unity in iraq pope francis is heading home so the vatican a farewell ceremony was held at baghdad airport as the pontiff departed cheering his visits pope francis defied security concerns with a visit see regions devastated by eisel where he met manvers of one of the world's most persecuted christian communities. still to come here on al-jazeera we look at how international women's day is being markets around the world and to millions of children across england scatty to head back to school a summer pandemic restrictions are lifted. it's time for the perfect janet. sponsored ploy qatar airways hello the weather looks set to

yemen's grim anniversary at 6 years no to the day since the 1st saudi led attack on least war of my country triggering what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe. and do as i say do that's washington's principle it seems as it tries to starve the russian energy sales to europe yet at the same time makes the country its 3rd biggest oil partner . just 1 pm here now so good day from moscow good afternoon from me kevin owen heard artie's world news center here for the next 30 minutes is to take you through our latest this friday and as you just heard there's been a sharp rise in french students forced to turn to free or subsidized food from support groups restaurants and supermarkets do bensky reports next them from a paris help center where they can buy cheap meals. every day this canteen is packed with students all coming in here to pick up a hot meal as the covert crisis continues to point out 2 groups have been hit hard by the pandemic many are now without work and the means to support themselves demand for financial help from a public service the student life whi

senior un officials say they are "disappointed" by the aid pledged to war—torn yemen. the un had hoped for $4 billion to help prevent famine. health authorities in the uk are still hunting the person carrying the new brazilian variant of the coronavirus, as the prime minister faces criticism for britain's border protection policy. the queen's husband, prince philip, is moved to a specialist heart hospital in london for further treatment. the united states has issued a stern warning to myanmar�*s military leaders of more sanctions if killing of unarmed protesters and attacks on journalists and activists continue. earlier in myanmar, the deposed leader aung san suu kyi, appeared via videolink in court and was told she faces fresh charges. it's the first time her lawyers had seen her since the military seized power on the 1st of february, detaining many government leaders. since then there've been widespread protests with security forces responding with increasing force — this weekend at least 18 protestors were killed. here's what the state department had to say. we

campaign is against weapons sales to saudi arabia hope for a change in defacto british involvement in yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis in a moment we'll hear from the saudi capital but 1st to an oscar winning director bryan fogle whose new bafta nominated film the dissident provides new evidence about the murder of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi joins me now from california brian thanks so much for coming on just tell me why you decided to tackle the subject of the killing of the washington post journalist after your oscar winning filmmaker if you know i think is as much of the world was in the in the couple weeks following the murder show you on october 28th. i was i was shocked i was appalled i was i was horrified i mean the idea that. a journalist a washington post churn alist go falk into the consulate of his own country to be brutally murdered and dismembered. for literally doing nothing more than criticizing his own government. for wanting to speak truth to power. and and having already won into self exile in order to do that. and walking into his consulate wher

yemen's grim anniversary it's 6 years to the day since the 1st saudi that attack on the wall of a country triggering what the u.n. describes as the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe. and do as i say not as i do that's washington's principal tries to stymie russian energy sales to europe yet makes the country its 3rd biggest oil partner. i could have you with us this hour it's friday night 9 here in moscow my name calling right welcome to world news from. first to france then where there's been a sharp rise in the number of students forced to turn to free or subsidized food from support groups restaurants and supermarkets to do reports from paris help center where they can buy cheap meals. every day this canteen is packed with students all coming in here to pick up a hot meal as the covert crisis continues to point to groups have been hit hard by the pandemic many are now without work and the means to support themselves demand for financial help from a public service the student life which also runs services like this canteen has increased sharply every week around 40000 meals are bei

war famine and coronavirus yemen's confronting it all the latest call for financial help from the rest of the world's. and abused and tortured the how rowing story of how women have suffered in the conflict in ethiopia is northern t. growing region. with all the sports spanish police have raided the offices of a of c. barcelona and made several arrests details coming up later in the program. but 1st former french president nicolas sarkozy has received a jail term for an infamous case of heat stroke paying he's been found guilty of corruption and influence peddling judges handed sarkozy its. year prison sentence to which are suspended or that sentencing has taken place within the past 2 hours let's go live to the time he joins us from paris sasha it's really quite something that a former french president is facing jail time just talk us through higher inequal or sarkozy ended up here. former french president nicolas sarkozy becoming the 1st of former french leader in history to be given a jail sentence me not an accolade that he would have liked to have had to pull against his name but