port in the town of martini's sacks of ground up rice husks will be sold and fed to cattle and the interdependence between the herders and the farmers has lasted for centuries as well the herders buy food from the farmers and in the dry season the farmers pay the herders to take their livestock out onto the plains for grazing but that interdependence is now strained. hundreds of been killed in the last 3 months as militia connected to both groups of burned homes and massacred villages. many of those who fled to the safety of nearby towns are hungry instead of handing out food un's world food programme is keeping credit on cards for people to buy from local traders they have the right to trolls on their free for this is the forgotten 30th from their village this is for the dignity of choosing what they want to. second the most. through does and those what it was.

like most here try to matter jagat terry had to leave everything behind when her village was attacked and that may have been you well we really need is peace the crisis needs to be handled and brought. forth to matter will be raising her children alone in a camp she says her husband was killed in front of her. the attacks keep happening every week the piece she longs for seems a long way off. we're joining me now from rome via skype is cindy holman she's a senior economist with the food and agriculture organization and co-author of the report the state of food security and nutrition in the world in 2019 good to have you with us so hunger levels are not falling right now according to u.n. findings what's behind that you know this is important because what we're doing we're seeing you're witnessing is

a reversal and trends and terms of the long term trend of decline hunger hunger is now rising and one of the key drivers is that we're we're showing that hunger is increasing in countries that are experiencing economic slowdowns or downturns and what's important we're finding is that it's not in low income countries but middle income countries so there's a link between economic slowdowns and hunger is an important driver and can you give us an example of some of these middle examples of some of these middle income countries where food insecurity is a problem yes i mean one of the things that we find is that many of the militant countries that are experiencing rising hunger are highly dependent on commodity in primary commodities for trade and what is happening is that over the last few years primary commodities that like oil mineral fuel prices have been declining and this is affected the overall revenue that so good for countries and it also expects

a slowdown in terms of the economic performance so that so this link between the reliance and commodity parlance and also slowing economic trade is affecting hunger for example in africa many many and and in middle income countries in africa are affected by all countries agreed to achieve 0 hunger by 23rd. under the sustainable development goals that means ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030 do you think that's that's achievable is are they taking the right approach well the simple answer is no or we wouldn't be seeing the trends that we're seeing in hunger and malnutrition and i think what needs to happen is that we need to look more closely at the drivers behind these trends and we need to start to take bolder actions hunger and different forms of tradition are interleaved therefore it's not one sector that will be able to resolve this problem

or address it it takes tackling it from many different angles for example agriculture health also economic policies and trade we need to make sure that households and the poor especially have access to affordable nutritious food and we need to protect our in terms of economic downturns so so when there didn't need to be a different approach kind of a paradigm shift we need to start thinking of hunger i'm out tricia and as a human issue but it also is an economic issue if we look at the cost related to undermine our titian there staggering asia and africa are the 2 regions that have the highest levels of hunger and malnutrition and if you look at under nutritional load the projections are this could cost now levon percent of their g.d.p. in the next few years also overweight and obesity which is

a growing problem in asia and africa is estimated to cost $2.00 trillion dollars annually so the approach we're taking is not enough we need this multifaceted multi sectoral approach it involves governance private sectors. the we need a transformation of our food systems we need a transformation of agriculture will revive healthy nutritious food system for able cindy holman good to speak with you thank you. now burbery dolce and gabbana and d. k. and y. have all attempted to crack one of the fastest growing markets islamic fashion what started off with brands targeting wealthy muslims with one or fashion lines for religious occasions has now grown to a global trend for women who prefer to dress conservatively according to the pew research center muslims are the world's fastest growing major religious group by 2050 it estimates there will be 2700000000 muslims worldwide making up 29.7 percent of the global population and when it comes to islamic or modest

fashion sector spending is forecast to grow 5 percent annually to $361000000000.00 by 2023 a turkey is the biggest spender on modest fashion at $28000000000.00 a year followed by the u.a.e. and indonesia but it's not a one size fits all trend what's popular in indonesia may not have the same appeal in the middle east. let's get more now on what's driving the market joining me now from london is she is the founder and chairman of the islamic fashion and design council good to have you with us so let me ask you 1st of all now the islamic economy is growing and growing fast from food to travel fashion and so on what what is islamic or modest fashion then and why do you feel the need to build a platform to support this industry well islamic fashion is by the parameters

of what they call modest fashion today. it follows the guidelines of coverage that people adhere to in order to practice their faith the islamic faith but there's a strong secondary market as well from the jewish in the christian following as well who have similar practices and. we needed this this platform for a long time. this is not a new thing it's not a passing fancy it's been around since the beginning of time and it will be til the end of time and it's actually surprising that we didn't see a platform like this years ago and we came along we saw a need and it was desperately needed to be filled and what has helped it grown so fast around the world i think what's helped it to get noticed around the world is social media it's always been growing has them and that's what's amazing about this

industry is that the opportunity has always been there we've had a huge consumer market you know for a long time in the end primarily led by the muslim global population which is the fastest growing population in the world it's indeed a coveted consumer and and finally this consumer is being noticed and getting a nod from brands like dolce and gabbana. and why you know victoria beckham tommy hilfiger all of them now as our eye has come up with their own ramadan collection and really i think it's because they noticed that on social media there was huge following wherever you have these. muslim fashionista or modest fashion influencers who were able to don a great stylish look and yet stay within the parameters of the modesty guidelines that they follow a many big names in fashion they used to you've mentioned there have in the past

tried to to to crack this market but didn't succeed why is that you think. what i think still there's hits and misses and i think that's that truly boils down to not understanding your audience there's not a huge learning curve but there is some due diligence required here it's a completely different mindset it's a different audience it's a different consumer behavior and if the brand can understand that they will succeed. you know there were a few of these brands that kind of didn't do it right the 1st time around some of the ramadan collections that 1st came out didn't quite get the point and consumers spoke about that and there was a lot of chatter on social media where the fashionistas were feeling like they weren't being represented correctly so remember there is there are certain guidelines that need to be respected. and you know this is

a lifelong journey for them so they're not doing it this season and out next season and if you do get this audience you've got a consumer for life or are there any young muslim designers startups that are succeeding in your view and. well the young muslim designers and startups that are succeeding are doing so because they understand this market and perhaps they are the market as well. the reason i founded and started the sonic fashion and design council is because i felt either misrepresented or not represented or under represented and i initially thought perhaps it might be a good idea to come up with a collection or a line of my own. that would sort of speak to a professional woman who wants to cover and yet remain stylish and elegant and all the things that that you see in our in our mainstream counterparts and that was very hard to find so 2 coming up with the council was important because there was

no agency or even the local chamber of commerce that could provide you with the basic information that could guide you in succeeding in this in this consumer market and so that's what we did and and it just keeps growing and growing from there alina com thank you for being with us thank you germany's comic is all rushing to get electric cars into production and on to the road but how realistic is it to maintain an electric car going to cane reports from the heartland of germany's vehicle making industry still got. this is the e.q. see the sadie's most recent venture into the electric car market a vehicle for their green ambitions to replace fossil fueled engines says leon had given every possibility to change the recuperation notes so in some situations you want to get back to smarter energy as possible it's clear maceda sees aleck

trick as a long term investment but what about long distance driving the traditional weakness of battery powered they were saying expensive q.c. of us 471 kilometers off fully electric range so far more than 95 percent of every day driving this is totally sufficient of course there are distances for example if you drive from here from step closer to where this is not sufficient and therefore we have always had a standard on the car the so-called d.c. frost charger which allows you to recharge the car in 40 minutes which is a break you probably would do anyhow i'm such a distance so is that right there not just give me the case let's find a half hour we can drive. as it stands the car is saying we can drive it for more than 300 kilometers before recharging many green campaign they say this is not a problem because most daily journeys are only around 20 to 40 kilometers so it's fine for urban driving but out here on the outer band comes the real test driving

at high speed. right has dropped considerably it's me who want to carry on. after calling the nearest charger. and that is another traditional shortcoming to these sorts of cars in germany a glance at this map shows the distribution of charging points right now on the face of it there appear to be very many but some people think society needs to think more creatively to make electric cars feasible such as providing charging points in lamp posts and other existing street. that's the fun about focus on what to do as long as cobbett thought and we are convinced that it is a good solution in areas where drivers park their cars for longer periods of time and we see from statistics that cars are charged where people park for longer and that's usually at home or at work and so we want to have a way for people to charge their cars close to home. back in the e.q.

see our 3 hours behind the wheel almost it's time to head back to base the cost says it can go another 200 kilometers or so manufacturers say electric power is the future of the german car industry and that is our show for this week remember you can get in touch with us by tweeting me at casm secret and use the hash tag a j c t c when you do or drop us an e-mail counting the cost of al-jazeera dot net is our address as always there's more few online at c.n.n. dot com slash c.t.c. that will take you straight to our page which has individual reports links and entire episodes for you to catch up on that's it for this edition of counting the cost and has a secret from the whole team here thanks for joining us the news on al-jazeera is next. and just you know close to god just to be called on the trial. is to rely on their expertise sneaks.

mcalpin from their traditional music and down to adapt and survive in. bad just hands down series on how to see. one of the really special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story a feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know is that it turns out in the butt to be heard because you have a lot of people that are deployed their own political issues. the people who believe to tell the real story so i'll just mend it used to do the work in depth and the reason we don't feel in fear of a good audience across the globe. take the worst possible material you radio grounded into dust comparable to flour and make up a lot of it and put it into place where people live it is a cause of the brain. has gone for many people thinking this is the silent heat.

but doesn't make you feel nice you feel like a movie we have created an enormous amount of mental disaster. and investigation south africa toxic city on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. and you're watching the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes if the situation is not resolved quickly there will be serious calls for those

britain's foreign secretary issues a stern warning to iran over its seizure as a u.k. slide tanker. and this is only goes to show what i'm saying about a rare. trouble nothing but trouble us. president donald trump says he'll speak to the u.k. about the seizure. a dutch supreme court upholds a ruling that the state is partially responsible for the massacre of muslim men and srebrenica. taiwan says it will consider giving asylum to protesters free hong kong. but don't be disappointed with your school to end there are scenes of jubilation in algeria. a 1000000 goal of the cynical enough to hand the old the sick the africa cup of nations tried to.

iran has seized the british flag the oil tanker in the straits of hormuz as tensions continue to escalate in the gulf now u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt condemned the move as on acceptable he's warning of serious consequences unless the situation is quickly resolved iran's revolutionary guard says it captured the ship because it was violating maritime regulations and other tanker was stopped earlier but has since been released at the same time the u.s. and iran continue to square off in the region the president donald trump says american forces shot down an iranian drone on thursday iran denies this and has released footage it says proves the drone returned safely to base all this as an iranian oil tanker remains in powdered and gibraltar a court that has now extended that detention for in another 30 days practical hand has more from washington d.c. . this british tanker and presumably its crew is now in iranian custody as

announced on state t.v. a british oil tanker called stana imperio was stopped while passing through the strait of hormuz because of failing to observe international maritime regulations at the request of ports and navigation authority of our most gun province the tanker was guided to the coast after being stopped and was handed over to the ports and navigation authority iran had 2 tankers one british lacked the other liberia and we will respond in a way that is considerate robust and we are absolutely clear that if the situation is not resolved quickly it will be serious consequences iran later announced the liberian tanker had been warned and release news of the tankers being seized in iran broke shortly before u.s. president donald trump left the white house for his new jersey country club his reaction was muted there will be working with the u.k. though i have a new prime ministers are which is a good thing and we'll be working with the u.k. but we have no written agreement but i think we have an agreement which is

longstanding that was in contrast to his remarks just a few hours earlier where he showed his usual bravado we hope for the sake don't do anything for wish they do they will pay a price like nobody's sympathetic place. this all comes as the 2 countries dispute in earlier incident in the strait of hormuz where the president insists the m.p.v. ship the u.s.s. boxer was threatened by an iranian drone so they took it down in response iran released this drone video that it says proves there drone conducted surveillance and returned to base and now news of the tankers reportedly taken in iran likely a response to the british detaining an iranian tanker weeks earlier another clear escalation but the u.s. secretary of state is signaling a way out to get the end of president trying to make a decision about how to proceed he's made clear it appeared to conduct negotiations with no preconditions he waives continue to say well let's talk but only if and only if the united states. if there's something we need them to come to the table it's the right way to resolve these challenges iran says it will talk if us

sanctions are lifted 1st so for now the standoff continues. al-jazeera washington. and shortly we'll get reaction from terrorism with source a job ari but 1st let's get the latest from jordan and washington d.c. so rose as we see there washington now weighing in on the seizure of those tankers how much of a concern is this for them. it is a concern to via for the u.s. government i think what we all heard in a petty culhane story is the fact that the u.s. is trying not to escalate tensions any more than they've already been raised what you heard there was a real sense of let's try to see if we can work this out diplomatically and i think it's noteworthy that the u.s. president before he went away for the weekend basically said let's see what the british want us to do let's see how we can support the british and it is worth

pointing out that this comes after a week in which the u.s. and iran were basically accusing each other of not behaving in good faith also in jordan with the reaction from washington thank you very much we can now get the view from the iranian capital with source a job are you standing by for us now 1 so door so what's terror on saying about this. well this seizure apparently took place earlier on friday and there were a few events that led to the re new revolutionary guard seizing this british vessel 1st the local officials in home was gone province south of the country said that this is vessel hit came in contact with a small fishing boat and that is when they tried to contact it and a few attempts were made but no response was received by the iranians and that's

when the officials called the revolutionary guards to the scene and that's when the revolutionary guard said that the vessel was in a number of violations 1st that it was going in the wrong maritime direction 2nd that it had turned off all its tracking the g.p.s. devices and 3rd it was not responding to any of the warnings that was being issued that is when they decided to seize the tanker and it is now sitting in the port city of bam there are bus with $23.00 crewmembers on board. and meanwhile there are contradictory reports on that the u.s. shooting down the drone with terror on saying that they have video of the drone returning to base can you tell us more. yes this video was released earlier this evening by the revolutionary guards aerospace division they said that this drone that went on a reconnaissance mission and it's very strict standard for them to do so once

foreign ships enter the strait of hormuz they steer a knee and sent out these drones to monitor them to make sure that they are keeping in line with the rules and regulations in the strait of hormuz and the rains have said that for over 3 hours this drone monitored that this u.s. vessel and at no point was there any warnings given to this drone up by the americans and there is absolutely no indication that there was any problems between this drone and this vessel and this vessel got quite close from the footage that we've seen that's been released it managed to get quite a good look at what was on board this vessel as well and the iranian revolutionary guard say it returned after completing its mission without any incident so they're saying any claims made by the u.s. government that this drone was shot down is that why and they have released this video just to prove that they are the ones that are correct in that this drone is actually back at its base and there was no incidents where anything of iranians were drones were shot down doors with the latest from terror on thank you

right mark kimmitt is a retired u.s. army brigadier general unease served as both an assistant secretary of state for political military affairs and the deficit director of plans and strategy a sense of calm and joins us live from washington mark kimmitt good to get you on the program and them given your experience with some call my 1st question is about central command now saying that they will be monitoring the straits of her most can you explain the significance of that. well 1st of all they've been monitoring the straits of hormuz ever since incomes been formed but i think more significantly it sounds like they're going to be putting more patrol aircraft in the region moving more perhaps drones and satellites into the region to keep an eye on much closer scrutiny on the movement of the ships inside the region now from the start since that ship was seized off the waters of gibraltar the grace one iran has said that

they will retaliate so are you surprised it's come to this. well i really am this doesn't seem to make a lot of sense unless you take a look at perhaps a split inside the government right now between the i.r.g.c. between the revolutionary guards and the conventional government i mean you have mohamed zarif the foreign minister in new york right now trying to come up with some new deal to lift the sanctions but at the same time the revolutionary guard corps is seizing british tankers and creating other concerns in the strait of hormuz so i'm really wondering what's going on here if this is calculated on the part of the iranian government or just confusion right 30 years ago that was so hot however there were issues in the straits along the waters around here and it was dubbed the tanker war it eventually led to firepower how reminiscence are these

latest moves of that. but it really is i mean people ask me about the tanker war and i say what its primary purpose was to keep oil flowing through the straits of hormuz since that time though we've got a lot more commercial traffic going through the straits but in any case i think you're seeing our department of defense trying to put together a coalition of nations to do what was done during the tanker war protect the freedom of navigation protect the movement of strategic materials in and out of the region and prevent protect all of the sailors and those assets from. attacks by nations inside the region. now the actions we've seen from both the u.s. and tear on and now the british seizing detaining ships shooting down of drones are maybe not shooting down of drones where do you think this is all leading to. but i

think what we're seeing is a precursor to diplomacy i know that sounds all odds but as you can hear from secretary of state my pump aoe today he is still reaching out to the iranians saying let's sit down and negotiate i think we're fairly close to that i think the major danger however is that there is a misstep or a miscalculation or an accident in all this give and take the receiving in the region right now that may be unnecessarily provocative and cause us to go in a direction we don't want to go but it's clear the iranians need those negotiations they are being heard significantly by the sanctions so the sooner we get away from the military actions and into diplomacy out the better i think the situation is going to be sure but meanwhile we have trump saying that there is he's planning to speak to the u.k. about particularly the the tankers and the strait to formalize what do you think

that conversations going to sound like.