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and u.s. stock markets extend their losses as global markets tumble on fears of a u.s. economic slowdown. ♪ caitriona: hello and welcome to world news america. we begin with the unprecedented up people in bangladesh. the prime minister resigned and fled the country after weeks of deadly unrest, ending a run of 15 years in power. hasina was rushed onto a helicopter. footage sewed looting and vandalism inside her home as demonstrators went from room to room. widespread celebrations broke out on the streets after she announced her resignation. the former prime minister has taken shelter in india but deadly clashes continue on

monday. more than 300 people have died during weeks of antigovernment protests. they erupted last month after student groups demanded the scrapping of the controversial quota system that favored relatives of those with military bkgrounds. the military chief has formed an interim government.

. >> this was the epicenter of violence for the last weeks. students gathered protesting against the system. the leaders and activists belong to the party. on the other hand, many police stations and other governments came under attack. bangladesh's main international airport was closed f six hours because most of the police officers who were on duty at the immigration desk, they fled. that is why the army and the bangladesh air force had to close the airport for six hours. now, the main thing for the interim government is to restore law and order. many people are scared what will happen next because in many places in bangladesh, there is complete lawlessness. in the days come, it will be

a test for the interim government to restore normalcy. caitriona: let's take a closer look now at hasina's background. once widely considered a pro-democracy icon, she has become a prominent figure in bangladeshi politics for decades. her father led bangladesh's fight for freedom from pakistan in 1971 before becoming the nation's first president. he was assassinated along with many of his family members in 1975. hasina was out of the country at that time. in 1981, she returned to bangladesh from india and was elected head of the awami league party. she later joined forces with a rival party to lead a popular democratic i pricing -- uprising in 1990. in 1996, she let her party to victory, serving 15-year term before regaining power in 2009, never to lose it again. she ruled the country for more than 15 years in a row until resigning. with me in the studio is the

managing director of voice of america bangla. thank you for joining us. first of all, you have family in bangladesh. what have they told you about what this situation is like at the moment? >> i spoke to one cousin who lives in a fairly well-to-do neighborhood. he painted a picture of total chaos, anarchy and lawlessness. he said the hous are being burgled and houses are being set fire. property belonging to the former ruling party, they are being vandalized and set ablaze. atm machines are being broken and cash stolen. the people are just fearful for their life. how will they pass the night? i was speaking to him about 1:00 in the morning and the curfew kicked in at midnight. even though there's a curfew, he

said he does not see any police. hardly sees any military. people who are vandalizing and robbing are having a field day. caitriona: hasina has resigned, she left the country, but we still have seen the violence continuing. what can they do now at this point? sabir: when something like this happens, people look at the police first but the police often don't get into it. it is the army that people look to. the army has come in, the army chief who actually kind of mediated hasina's departure and initiated other political parties to get the ball rolling for the formation of the interim government. people look at the army. you have taken charge of the situation. you should provide security. i just described one city. this carnage is going on. i say carnage because i have

seen verified reports of homes being set on fire and people dying inside burning homes. we don't know exactly how many have died. these attacks are happening all over the place. very well-known ministers and mp's at their house set ablaze. it is happening all overhe country. there are reports of the minority hindu community being targeted as well. that is another worry for the new incoming government. the president, he chaired a meeting this evening. they announced thathere should be harmony between mlims and hindus. i don't know if they are going to do it if the army does not go and restore order. caitriona: speaking of the interim government, do we have any indication who might actually comprise that government? sabir: there's a bit of a dispute because the army has brought in other political parties. the bangladesh national party,

the main opposition party. they have brought in another that was banned, and still remains banned officially. some civil society groups and other islamic parties. and he's trying to put together an interim government with those people. i don't think it will be a politician heading the government or politicians filling the posts. the students that led the movement, they say the will not accept anything given by the army. they say they will give their outline of interim government and only that government they will accept. until then, they want their supporters to stay in the street. this issue of how the interim government will be formed, who will form it, whose choices will be respected, that is still up for discussion. i think we are in for a lot of negotiation here. caitriona: quite a long process to come by the sounds of it.

sabir, managing editor of voice of america bangla, thank you for joining us. well, to the israel-gaza war. the spokesperson for the yuan agency for palestinian refugees says nine of its employees may have been involved in the up to over seven attack. the agency confirmed all-night individuals have had their employment terminated. iran says it believes it needs to punish israel to prevent further instability in the region. that follows last week's assassinations of the hamas political chief in tehran and the senior commander of hezbollah. both groups are funded and supported by iran. a growing number of countries including the u.s. and saudi arabia haverged their citizens to leave lebanon as soon as possible in case of iranian retaliation. the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken held calls with regional leaders and urged restraint from all parties. >> escalation is not in anyone's

interest. it will only lead to more conflict, more violence, more insecurity. it is also critical that we break this cycle by reaching a cease-fire in gaza. that in turn will unlock possibilities for more enduring calm not only in gaza itself, but in other areas where the conflict can spread. so, for the united states, for many other countries both in the region and beyond. this is our focus. caitriona: america's top diplomat also spoke to sudan's army chief earlier today. antony blinken called on the sudanese military to participate in critical cease-fire talks that are this month. the warring military and the root paramilitary have been accused by the international criminal court of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the darfur region.

it is made sudan the home to one of the world's largest displacement and hunger crises. civilians are trapped in their homes by fighting and unable to find food. the world food program says one in five people face extreme food insecurity and are at risk of starvation, resulting in critical levels of acute malnutrition and death. for more on the military crisis, i have been speaking to the executive director of the world food program, former u.s. ambassador to the u cindy mccainn -- u.n., cindy mccain. thank you for joining us. famine has been officially declared by the famine review committee, but sudan itself denies the existence of famine. can you tell uwhat you and your teams have seen? the conditions that people are existing in. cindy: we are seeing famine. we have seen it. the evidence is there and it is very clear.

it especially struck the children in the area and the ones being affected mostly. this is a tragic situation because sudan will be the largest humanitarian crisis on the planet unless we can get moving on this. we need unfettered and clean access to be able to do it in a safe manner. caitriona: there are serious restrictions on your efforts to deliver food and other emergency supplies at the moment. what is that situation like? cindy: the two warring factions have made it very difficult for us to operate. some days, yes, you can go in and they will stop us, they will hold trucks for days, weeks, months at a time. it has gotten a little bit better, but it still is not enough. we need to be able to get in at scale. when you are talking about famine, this is a situation where this can't wait. quite frankly, the world community needs to pay closer

attention to this. we need not only diplomatic efforts to help stop this war, but we also need the ability for international agencies and local ngos in. caitriona: on that point, funding pledged earlier in the year by the international community has not been delivered on to what you would say is satisfactory levels. cease-fire talks look to be in doubt. why has the international community not taken a more active role here? cindy: i think it is a number of things. it's not that people don't care. i think people care very deeply, but the world is on fire and there's a lot going on, so we are spread pretty thin. we, meeting the world community, are spread pretty thin on these things. it is up to people like me and others that work in this arena to make sure the world does know what's going on and the crisis situation we are in, and the need for everyone to step up to the plate to help make this work.

caitriona: what do you think it will take to have those cease-fire talks that are scheduled for switzerland later this month actually proceed? cindy: i he cooler heads prevail. i seriously, i really do. the more we wait, the more desperations there's going to be evidence of and the more migration that will occur. not just sudan is in crisis here. that's obviously the largest part of this, but the countries surrounding sudan are also having problems because there are so many -- they have taken in so many refugees. these countries were already fragile. that is why the world community needs to step up and help enable us to get in and make sure we can feed people. caitriona: what do you see is the longer-term regional impact? sudan was once considered the breadbasket of the region. cindy: the first, in my opinion, the first longer-term problem is the impact this will have on children. the stunting that it is causing

because there's not enough nutrition. and water as well. water has been an issue there as well. it is extremely important that we get in because children are starving to death, and adults as well. unless we can do that, an entire generation of sudanese children are going to be lost because they haven't had the right nutrition to be able to really perform as adults in their greatest capacy. it simply won't happen because of the lack of food. caitriona: if the restrictions were to be lifted, if there was to be resolution later this month, could you reverse those devastating impacts? cindy: if we can get in and feed at scale, we can reverse this. we can make this situation better. but right now, they are in the middle of famine. we've got to get in there. we have to be able to get in there. the political differences and the differences that are being held by both factions is making it extremely -- not just

extremely difficult, it is almost impossible for many times for us to get in. caitriona: another part of the world there for children and all people are facing similar conditions is in gaza. are you managing to get any aid in there currently and deliver it to where it is needed? cindy: we are able to get in, yes. again, as i keep saying, unfettered access at scale. the various routes change. the ability to get in changes. the checkpoints change. it is a never ending problem of trying to make sure we can at least try to get in and not be held up at a checkpoint for days, or more importantly, looted or worse once we are on the inside. caitriona: we have this declaration of famine in sudan. do you consider there to be famine in gaza as well? cindy: i think in the north, we were able to reverse some of the effects of it because when we were all yelling about it early

on, we were able to get in a little more at scale so we are seeing some of the effects being reversed. now, the south is in danger. it is a very complex and complicated situation there. agencies need to be able to get in at scale. caitriona: as we are speaking now, there is severe risk of escalation of the conflict in the region. what do you think that would mean for an already dire situation? tragic.the outcome of this is i keep my fingers crossed and i pray every day that it does not happen because the effects are ultimately on the children. the children who have to grow up in this or can't grow up in it and have to flee. this is a situation that shouldn't happen. we need to make sure that we at least from the wfp standpoint, we are nonpolitical. we are humanitarian agencies so we help and feed everybody.

we welcome anybody and any organization that can help mitigate this crisis so that the rest of us can get in and feed people. caitriona: cindy mccain, executive director of the world food programme, thank you for joining us. cindy: thank you for having me. caitriona: u.s. stock markets have suffered some of the worst losses in two years amid global concerns of a possible recsion from the world's largest economy. u.s. stock exchanges extended their losses at closing on monday with the dow dropping more than 1000 points, 2.6%. the nasdaq recouped some losses but still saw a three3.4% loss y the end of the day. the first day of trading since friday's jobs reports which showed slower than expected hiring. asian and european markets saw similar trends as japan had a massive selloff, its worst day since the black monday crash of 1987. and the fear an unexpected slowdown in the u.s. economy,

and belief that the u.s. federal reserve will have no choice but to cut interest rates, and that is something the fed has so far resisted, bucking the trend of central banks and many other major economies. let's talk more about this now. we are joined by our north american busins correspondent, michelle fleury. what prompted this selloff this morning? michelle: i think it began last week when there were a couple of weak economic pieces of data that came out from the u.s.. there was a report on manufacturing that surprise people with its weakness. then, there was a friday jo data that you mentioned. remember that america's jobs market has been one of the bright spots throughout the pandemic, that it had recovered so quickly and held up so well. that is what allowed the u.s. economy to whether, if you like some of the struggles of the pandemic better than other countries had. as cracked have begun to emerge

in america's labor market, that has prompted investors to begin to question how strong, how healthy is the u.s. economy, and does that leave the federal reserve, america central bank, behind the curve in terms of cutting interest rates? this is the message that wall street is now trying to send to america central bank. act boldly and quickly. caitriona: are those fears grounded? these the u.s. headed for a recession? -- is the u.s. headed for a recession? michelle: i have been talking to economis today and one of the things you keep hearing is, yes, there's the possibility of recession but the odds are very low and it's not the most likely outcome. i think the significance of this selloff we are seeing now is a renewed focus and a change in the conversation. for the last several months, last few years, we have been talking about inflation and the cost of living crisis. today, the markets are focused not on inflation but on the health of the economy, both here in the u.s. but also around the

globe. that's really what's behind the volatility we are seeing right now. caitriona: the economy, because of living crisis playing so much into this year's presidential election campaign. what would all this mean for the race, do you think? michelle: it is fascinating because donald trump has obviously been a figure who likes to comment on the stock market and has tied the health of the stock market to the economy. i think you see the dangers of that, which is when the economy -- or when the stock market does well, you can claim credit but that is not necessarily reflect how people feel on main street. he was out on truth social today trying to blame kamala harris on the poor stock market and trying to link it to the poor economy. it will be interesting to see what happens in the months ahead. if you see continued weakness on the stock market, even if it is not something that the white house controls, obviously the narrative becomes a negative one

and that will be something that she will have to try to address. caitriona: michelle fleury, thank you for that. now, police in england say more than 375 people have been arrested in widespread disorder and writing since last week. violence has swept england and northern ireland with shop saluted, police officers assaulted and molotov cocktails thrown at hotels housing asylum-seekers. the worst of the violence came on sunday. it is where our u.k. affairs correspondent daniel sanford is and sent this report. daniel: after the wanton violence of the night before, today the meticulous work of gathering evidence. collecting fingerprints at the holiday inn express just outside, so detectives can bring the rioters to justice. last night's disorder led the prime minister to promise a force of 6000 riot trained

police officers be established for the summer. they can be sent anywhere in england and wales. >> we will have the officers we need where we need them to deal with this disorder. and that is why the standing army has been set up. specialist officers ready to be deployed to support communities. daniel: the riots left 12 peace officers injured, dozens more injured. protesters broke into the hotel housing migrants and rampaged through corridors, terrifying those inside. south yorkshire police say today not only did the rioters wanted to damage the hotel, they wanted to cause serious harm to the residence and staff inside. as the police gathered evidence, neighbors worked together to repair their homes after fence planks were looted to use as battering rams. his wife had to leave. >> it was like mob rule last

night. when there were a few of them in the garden, i told him to go. she was crying to death. >> it makes no sense. this has been a riot about those kids being stabbed which is so awful. but, there are kids in this building. they were trying to set them on fire lt night. they were trying to burn them alive. i think it is absolutely disgusting. daniel: this is the moment he's referring to when a wheely bin was pushed up against the door and set on fire. >> officers are beginning to identify those involved in these horrendous scenes. please be assured if you were there, we will find you and you will be held accountable for your part in yesterday's violence. daniel: since last esday, 378 people have now been arrested across the u.k. linked to the riots and disorder. police say they expect that number to rise significant.

meanwhile, forces have braced for more trouble. daniel sanford, bbc news. caitriona: at the paris olympics on monday, u.s. gymnastics star simone biles secured a silver medal on the floor routine, missing out on gold after stepping out of bounds several times. biles also competed in the balance beam final where she placed fifth. in what may be her last olympic games, biles did add four medals to her collection. well done to her and everyone. thank you for wa announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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