we did not have food so you just used to have food he grew weak by the day until that's when some when we first met us food the only volunteer health worker in the village shows as well long hours buried the government denies others have also died of hunger. was just bones he had never come to the health center for any treatment of any other ailment he had just been eating wild fruits and nothing else wild food which grows near reavers is what you can as return to when they can't find other food at a cannes has found is doing his best to feed his remaining family until more help comes. over we just need help if we don't get it then we'll just continue eating the fruit and wait to die there's nothing else i can do the government blames the drought on the drains the crisis is made worse by locusts invasion last year i mean all diseases and conflict many in this village escaped another area after cattle

rustlers attacked them and stored the animals it's midday now we've been in this village for a couple of hours and we haven't seen many people making break first lunch most of them are saying they don't have anything for dinner as well they say that they've run out of food aid they received at the beginning of the month lucky mayor quis boiling the last of her cheek piece i borrowed from a neighbor of the sleeping hungry yesterday i know i'll have to share the food with those who don't have she tells us. in this village and many others that are harder to reach time is of the essence delayed response to their plight will only make things worse and catherine now joins us from lahore intercon accounting so catherine it just seems the situation there just seems to be getting worse for many of the people there. absolutely but let me just start by saying that food we're being told is already heading to that village that

we featured in that in that story that has just added but then many other people here need food they live in far areas that are very difficult to access to cana is a very vast region it's a fad of the country with very difficult terrain but then it has a populous also spotty populated with a population of about one point two million people now we're being told that the half the population needs food aid mostly harding communities leave in this region and most of them we're being told have moved to neighboring countries and borderline areas looking for posture and water for their animals and joining us to talk about all this is a child's look iata who is the minister in charge of disaster management in the local government here thank you for talking to us what a margin c interventions are in place to make sure that we don't get to

a full blown crisis situation. the county no. fizzing times because of droughts which was caused by. the rains the failing in some parts and also having the rains that as opposed to. october november and december which failed completely so because the rains failed then there were. there water sources now stress then those areas would not be planted and they know as you say livestock postell communities which form three quarters of the population of this code have moved those border lanes where they also conflict with their neighbors or resource sharing and. what is the local government doing to assist so the local government what it does is doing now

it is in the visions on food aid they are able to respond no the first one the first bite of the come to government food was. doing four hundred and five i was in for that time was we could not be able to separate. people to suffer that and then to the ministry of water through the ministry of water it is doing what a truckie then it is also repairing the water sources in some of the roles we have around the county then through the ministry of livestock still it is doing straight men and must do army so that the animals. are healthy then in the ministry of health. it is doing what we call must printing so that are able to see which children are able to be able to get then it is they're also getting supplementary supplements. i'm sorry to cut you short but what we are reporting

also that the people who have died media station have been reporting that at least nine people have died we went to a village where a woman told us that has a son had teenage son died because of money but we've hard officials from the national government saying that all we've blown this out of context and no debts at all what is the position of the local company and the position of local government is that we are we we are with the people we got from these days drought to the songa but so far the issues of the day we cannot confirm that it is true that this is. due to the hunger because confirming that it is the you know the. parameters and ministries ministry that is supposed to confirm that yes this is from monga and a not from from my this is so that is. according to to me that's come out the confirm and every time we come here every two or three years this repeats

itself there's a drought we come to areas like this i've covered this droughts many times we talk about long term interventions and solutions but then it repeats itself the next three years or so so what hominids solution do you think is needed to mitigate the effects of droughts because caused by obviously the changing climate and what is making it difficult for example for a county like yours to find that lasting solution so what are the gone along the visions that go put into place one through the minister of agriculture we. the government has been able to open around eleven eleven. schemes all over the all over the county then it is also. putting sicking dollars in most but of the going to then it is also ensuring that their livestock

whatever they are are able to be treated so that the road then the other thing on conflict they're going to government is putting measures on peacebuilding so that it reaches around our neighbor neighbors where we have three dimensional. boehner is then we have four in total that is the focal focal point is that we border so that is a menacing. they live their lives living of the people across the borders so that they can be able to share the resources we have with their neighbors visibly all right thank you very much sir that was charles lucky auto he is the one in charge of disaster management here in two cannot and it's also important to note that now we're talking about a drought but then there is another problem that is coming up we're being told that the rain the rain the long rain season is likely to begin at the end of the month in the next two weeks or so it's supposed to have already. started by it hasn't and that rains even if it does rain presents new challenges because normally when these

rains come these floods and more lives are continued to be devastated so this is a cycle that a lot of people last talked to here are saying needs to be ended and the government needs to do better in making sure that they live in dignity that they have food on the table for their families and that the effects of these drugs that we see all the time are need to gated once and for all catherine for reporting from one of the worst hit areas thank you very much serious kurds are calling for international help in dealing with the thousands of eyes of fighters they've captured during the conflict now a day after the u.s. backed rebels took control of eyes of last pockets of land in eastern syria the kurds warned of another threat they say the fighters kept captive along with the women and children are a quote a time bomb that needs diffusing so while many countries are turning away foreign fighters and their families chechnya has

a different approach step wasit has this report from its capital grozny. thank you that was pregnant with her third child when she and her family crossed the border from turkey to join eisel she says they were lured by videos betraying a land of pure islam but found torture war and oppression instead fearing reprisals from eisel she doesn't want to show her face. there was a lot of injustice there a lot of evil they not only tortured others those who were not from my school they were torturing that we do schooling there that's why the place fell apart it cannot be called islamic state things that took place there do not exist in islam after saddam's husband was killed she managed to contact chechen of priorities and was put on a flight home where she became part of a deal radicalization program and is carefully watched she was one of the last women allowed to return the russian government now only repatriate children much to

the despair of hundreds of parents who come from all over russia to chechnya urging the authorities to bring back their daughters richest in the challenge to the it's harder to stay hopeful for the third year there's no news about the case the last phone call fatima received from her daughter was in february two thousand and seventeen visit i was in mosul with her five children. we have the government will give a chance with these girls to be reunited with their mothers if the op found if they are alive they should be able to live in a normal human atmosphere with the help of the state without any worries the organization who lobbied for their return has filed of more than seven hundred russian women and fifteen hundred children still missing twenty of them is a citizen of course we are all worried they were women who really wanted to get to the caliphate but those women are among the first to run away now they can get here illegally that is why if we bring them back through the program and under the close

eye of the special services they will be less dangerous. while men who have returned were sent to prison women have been given money and a place to live as policy of rehabilitation for former eisel women has taken many by surprise deal is perhaps better known for being a tough uncompromising leader and unexpected approach in a region known for its violent crackdown against people considered extremists so this policy of returning women and children from former eisel territories is seen by some as a way for the biro to boost his poor human rights record as well as to crack potential insurgent and to promote his stature as a muslim leader had us had over is now trying hard to convince your throat is to bring home more women despite criticism that she's helping people who joined a band organization she sees rehab taishan of these women as the safest option making her the only hope for parents to be reunited with their children not only in

russia but parents from as far away as germany have come to her for help stop passing al-jazeera constantly russia. a powerful storm is battering australia's northwest coast with wind speeds of up to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour now communities in low lying areas are being told to find shelter away from the coastline a cyclon veronica courses the town of port hedland it's moving slowly and a combination of high tides and strong winds could cost flooding and it is the second major storm to hit us trail this week. well we cannot speak to our mcbride who is in port hedland so our brother as we can see there is very windy can you tell us more about the conditions there. that's right there on the quay is still packing a punch to people here have been told to expect but extreme weather event tonight is exactly what they are getting veronica has touched the land it has made landfall

one hundred kilometers or so from here but the problem with this. oh and it has been out at sea for so long lingering and gave even strength affecting all of this part of the coastline and rather than just racing your land and then the three go out it's still exerting a very strong give fluence on this part of the coast we're still we are told that we have got to have gradually receding winds but at the moment they are still very strong and people here are still under what is known as a cycle and red alerts this is the highest level of preparedness for a cycle over people are being told basically as you mentioned their state ports protect yourselves this is a big one it is potentially hazardous now this is a red alert has been in force now for over twenty four hours so this is the second night sunday night here in western australia that people are going in staying in their homes with this alone to force basically a lockdown which could be in force for another twelve hours until they get the all

clear in their being time we are getting confirmation that there has been some damage of the big concern obviously but many people is the flooding that often goes along with these storms and i understand that people have been warned in time some of them have been evacuated how are they coping and have most people left their homes. yeah this part of the coastline where there are these low lying areas some people have been told you are likely to be inundated they are used to psychosomatic before they probably be flooded before so they will go to evacuation centers and other people have been sandbagging to try to keep the floodwaters out sadly that many people know that their homes will be inundated with water as you mentioned there this is the second site that we've also had psychotic trevor which is rabbit sleep nor the territory which is now has started to peter out but that again was a massive system there something like the size of the state of new south wales

hundreds of kilometers across and although these cycles to be happening in relatively less populated areas more remote areas they are hope of course to and many of australia's indigenous peoples people who live in communities that are very vulnerable to these types of storms to if you're probably right and port hedland thank you very much. and just a few moments we well. have the weather but still ahead and. they merge over but not before a relaxing turned into a terrifying ordeal near norway. and demanding its second back that referendum hundreds of thousands joined the people's vote march in london. and paris is writing a star continues to take down the top ten players but her latest opponent makes her feelings known to be able to explain the sport.

as you saw those images with robert brought i want to give you the update on what is happening with the storm the big picture and also what is happening with the speed of the story soon satellite that big guy that the storm had as it approached the land now we're dealing with winds right now about one hundred fifty kilometers per hour winds gusting up to about two hundred five it is moving very very slowly to the south if it's not already stationary in the area now the eye of the storm is just off the coast then just to the west of port hedland but those outer feeder bands are already affecting inland areas and that's why you saw in rob's piece all those gusty winds the very very heavy rain across much of that area now we're going to be seeing as we go towards the next couple days we think is the storm is basically station and that's the big problem in being

a stationary storm that means it's going to be raining in the same area for lisa next twenty four hours the storm is going to weaken very slowly tomorrow and then as we go towards tuesday we do expect the storm to make its way down here towards the south west parallel to the coast drop down to a tropical storm intensity but still some bring some very heavy rain across much of the region and as we go towards wednesday finally we'll see some break in the rain across much of that area in terms of the rain this what we expect to see anywhere between four hundred to five hundred millimeters of rain and maybe even a higher in some locations. sponsored by town and. against the odds and in spite of the devastating loss of their loved ones and their homes women from crucial have shown enormous resilience fighting against the odds to keep going in the absence of their beloved brothers. twenty two the cost of al-jazeera while tells the story of female courage in the village the last of

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they're watching god is there and here is her minder for top stories this hour the polls have closed in thailand's first general election since the twenty four thousand military coup and more than fifty one million thais are eligible to elect five hundred members of parliament but critics say it isn't truly democratic since the end our upper house is appointed by the military. and the death toll in one of southern africa worst natural disasters is continuing to rise more than a week after swept across the region more than seven hundred people have died in mozambique zimbabwe in malawi the risk of disease is now spreading. and remains high. and kenya's government warns more than a million people at risk of starvation as parts of the country ensure a severe drought conditions in thirteen counties are getting worse and people are struggling to grow food. ok can i get more in our top story in that sunday's election in thailand the polls have just closed form so

there are is the directed in and punched sidorov is a director of the institute of security and international studies at chulalongkorn university and he joins says from bangkok. thank you very much for coming on the program good to have you here now for our viewers if you wanted to break this down and very simplistic terms could be describe these elections as those supporting the military and perhaps those against the military governments and supporting texan's parties. yes it could be interpreted. on those terms is a referendum on military government over the last five years but also a vote on the talks in saga over the last fifteen years at the same time you have to realize that this is a step along the way it's not a return to democracy as such it's a democratic exercise in order to regain

a democratic path there's a long road ahead so we have to be mindful and sober about what's to come is not a genuine democracy is a democracy democratic transition and military custody thirteen so there are a lot of younger people now entering the fray people who probably weren't able to vote before in the previous elections many years ago does that change the whole nature of these elections and that's the back to give you an idea of what's likely to come out of these elections. yes this is the site in part about these elections i mean this election you know we see a lot of all faces veteran m.p.'s the constitution is stacked in favor of the military parties in military government and it looks like we're headed for a longer term military supervision of thai politics but at the same time we're also seeing a younger generation entering the fray this is we haven't had election no election

for almost eight years now i think a lot of younger people who are and thirty nine under twenty five they have grown up over the last fifteen years seeing their country being polarized you know with two military coups judicial who is and so on and they think that probably this is their future that they want to secure they want to make a difference because otherwise it's their country too that they have to live in so we seeing a lot of younger voices across parties not just within new parties but even though all parties are having new or younger faces this is something that can build a kind of democracy around going forward because the older faces the veterans they have been the problem they have been the obstacle in thai politics and so i think we have to really welcomed these new young faces and new young voices that are emerging now in the sense we got from our correspondents we had one in china my one in bangkok is that there seems to be some kind of a momentum behind the electorate if the opposition does well what does that mean

for the military and government does that weaken them or do they still have a very central place. of the mean for government has the constitution is in its favor it will last the appointee the senate the senate will have a role in selecting the prime minister in the lower house of representatives five hundred m.p.'s is divided into three fifteen one fifty so now the government will try to play with the numbers to get as many as they can't but if the opposition bloc if the parties come up with anywhere above two hundred to half of the lower house to fifty plus then we're looking at a minor minority government a kind of a parliamentary deadlock or you can take the reins of government but you cannot govern and this deadlock will lead to some kind of a constitutional crisis and it's likely that that kind of government

a coalition government with a very strong opposition numbers will not last very long sitting on pong so there are thank you very much great to get your analysis there's been fierce fighting in the yemeni city of ties between an element of the enemy army supported by saudi arabia and fighters backed by the united arab emirates video has been shared online of several buildings on fire after several days of intense street battles sources on the scene say a number of civilians were killed in the clashes a cease fire has since come into effect between the factions much of ties which is yemen's third biggest city is under the control of the yemeni army. this week marks four years since the start of the war in yemen we can now take a closer look at the cost of this conflict yemen's economy and shrunk by fifty percent since twenty fifteen more than two thirds of small and medium businesses have laid off half their employees and the price of food has increased by one

hundred twelve percent priyanka good has more details. the markets of santa were once at the crossroads of trade in the middle east. today the street is an all calm market one of the oldest of the city are selling whatever little local farmers can produce prices a steep and out of reach for most the few who can buy are often in debt. and with a smile has a family of eight he's among the millions of yemenis for whom the war has meant sleeping on an empty stomach that the war destroyed the gulf arabs and the saudis and the u.a.e. destroyed us food prices are ten times higher because the yemeni real has no value at present in yemen central bank is split between government controlled aden and who the controlled so now saudi arabia publicly pledged a loan of two billion dollars but only to the bank in aden to keep the currency

afloat as of december it had received only three hundred forty million dollars the money from the bank in aden pay salaries of government workers most of yemen's workforce. but five hundred thousand civil servants and who the areas haven't been paid it through here as. black markets like these are try being in summer and in aden it's beyond imagination that there's oil shortage here in aden can you believe that patrol is not available in their patrol stations but is available in the black market i am astonished to see trucks carrying patrol from the even oil refineries but no idea where these trucks go and where the patrol is profits from yemen's booming coffee industry and farms have plummeted because of high fuel prices yemen depended on its oil exports before the war production has almost stopped since the conflict began is under the control of emirati back fighters. but the main problem

is this the port in her data to which eighty percent of food aid comes in and that is out of bounds for most. the impact of the war and the crumbly economy has forced within twenty four million yemenis to depend on aid just to survive and humanitarian aid is not enough you need a political solution that is going to allow the economy to revitalize that will allow restrictions on imports to be lifted that will allow sellers to be paid the jobs created markets to be revitalized. such sectors to come back to life again so that people. you know slowly can start to sort of resume a life that used to exist prior to the construct a hope that perhaps many yemenis still have despite the real threat of hunger and famine priyanka gupta on to see. a protest by teachers seeking better working

conditions has been broken up by police and morocco they used water cannon thousands of demonstrators in the capital robot the protesters had planned to spend the night outside parliament ahead of a bigger demonstration called by opposition parties several rallies started on wednesday marking eight years since marcos the arab spring protests. evacuations from a cruise ship previously at risk of being grounded off the rock in a region codes have ended helicopters airlifted nearly four hundred people from the viking sky some thirteen hundred passengers and crew were on board when it sent a mayday call after the vessel encountered engine problems and bad weather the ship is being towed to a nearby port authority gates and he has this report. it was meant to be a relaxing cruise. that passengers on the bike and sky say it ended in a terrifying ordeal i. think

. the ship suffered engine failure and stormy conditions of norway's west coast on saturday afternoon as it drifted towards rocky ground the captain sent out a mayday signal because. it's clear that it's a serious situation when a cruise ship with over thirteen hundred passengers is in one of northern europe's worst waters they've managed to anchor the boat so it's lying at rest they've also managed to start one engine there are four engines on board and now they want to start more so they can move themselves thanks strong winds and waves up to eight meters high cools windows to break and water to flow in the passages mostly from the united states in the united kingdom were told to put on life jackets and wait for help the bad weather meant rescuers were unable to use lifeboats to take them ashore. the helicopters were said to winch them one by one to safety

the viking sky was more than halfway through a twelve day trip around norway and was shared tool to arrive in britain on tuesday . it's a trip passengers say they'll never forget but for all the wrong reasons victoria gates and be there. it's up to a cabinet member says a new brags the deal is still possible for pam incessant agreements can be negotiated a parliament continues to reject prime minister to resumes deal so a draw from the of the chancellor of the exchequer mark came a day after crowds of people marched through central london calling for a second regs at referendum so has the story. they bought central london to a standstill at a time when the government is power lies by brics it this was supposed to be the week when the u.k. would have begun its divorce from the european union instead.

there is more uncertainty more waiting and more anger and the forty eight percent of britons who voted in the referendum three years ago to remain in the european union are increasingly exasperated this wasn't what they were promised this was a campaign based on lies and i think people. leaving the european union were actually means was politicians from across the spectrum called for the government to arrange another referendum echoing the demonstrators concerned that the deadlock whether you. voted for remain in europe you know to leave european union whichever place will fall to support i think we could all agree that the talks were being forced on the national interest filmmakers so poor and the rich are so like us weaker not stronger it's making us more divided not more you know. they came from all over britain all against the very idea of brics it and given the strength the

feeling on show here it's very difficult to see how this can be reconciled when an even if it happens i wanted to remain because i'm european i'm one of a cloud and i want to stay one of a club i don't want us to be little britain are on our own there is a lot riding on what happens over the next few days now the prime minister to resign may face extra time to push through her deal she is facing the political fight of her life one but she may not survive may has blamed british m.p.'s for the bricks and obstacles and that has cost us support for another attempt at a vote on ho withdrawal agreement the marchers insist that nothing is a done deal britain is in full. swing of a political crisis not seen in decades there is a political stalemate it is impossible to predict what happens next but opposition to it here is alive and kicking. anytime soon. al-jazeera.

demonstrators have clashed with french police during the nineteenth straight weekend the feel of us protests tear gas was fired after a peaceful march through paris ended with some protesters setting fire to garbage cans paris police banned demonstrators from gathering on the. after shops and businesses were looted there last weekend tougher security measures saw the french army guard public buildings to help protect the city a move that's been widely criticized violence between police and protesters also broke out in other cities including the leader and in the north and to lose in the south these are the scenes as police fired tear gas the demonstrations began last november a fuel tax rises but that's.