and many forlornly herders animals have been stolen or killed banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river. played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these boats bring produce from farming areas and it's traded here at the port in the town of martinis 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 tools on their feet for this is the full 13 year from their village this is for their dignity of choosing what they want to. second the most. and that's what it was. like most here that it mattered jacket had to leave everything behind when her village was attacked and their new years and yet what we really need is peace the crisis needs to be handled and brought to. fatty 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 2919 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. the 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 outrage and as a human issue but it also is an economic issue if we look at the cost related $200.00 now 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 levon percent of their g.d.p. in the next few years also overweight in obesity which is a growing problem in asia and africa is estimated to cost $2.00 trillion dollars annually so the pro-choice taking is not enough we need this multifaceted multi-sector approach it in all the government 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. well i think still there's hits and misses and i think that that purely 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 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 why 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 to 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 you know that would sort of speak to a professional woman who wants to cover and yet remain stylish an elegant and all the things 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 a local chamber of commerce that could provide you with 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. thank you for being with us thank you for germany's calm makers are rushing to get electric cars into production and onto the road but how realistic is it to maintain an electric car the money came 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 leone 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 miss it is seize aleck trick as a long term investment but what about long distance driving the traditional weakness of battery powered eco they're saying expensive q.c. office 471 kilometers of fully electric range so for 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 or not that's giving 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. half the fun of. the lot

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 car 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 answer as in 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 for you 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

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a council flies to cairo citing security concerns. also marching to remain thousands take to the streets of london in a show of solidarity with europe 3 months before the united kingdom is set to leave the european union also. 3 but if you want to know. how quiet. marking the exact moment 50 years ago when the 1st man set foot on the moon. welcome to the program the u.k. foreign secretary is warning of dangers to international shipping after a british flag tanker was seized in the strait of hormuz jeremy hunt called it a hostile act and is expected to announce further measures against iran on. monday so now the u.k.

is warning all its vessels to avoid the strait which is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and this is what triggered the response commanders from iran's revolutionary guards seen here seizing the oil tanker on friday the u.k. says iran has tried to justify it as a tit for tat response to the earlier capture of the iranian tanker in gibraltar france and germany have condemned the arabian action while u.s. central command has stepped up air patrols over the strait or on those says the british flag tanker was involved in an accident with a fishing boat and has opened an investigation into whether it broke the law the barker has more from london. this is the moment the british tanker was seized by iran's revolutionary guard in the strait of hormuz special forces dropped down on to the deck of the speeding bessel forcing it into iranian waters the 30000 ton stana imperio was on its way to saudi arabia nothing's been heard from her 23 crew

since the revolutionary guard who released these images say the tanker was being escorted by a privilege warship that tried to stop the seizure britain's ministry of defense declined to comment on the claim but detain tank is now at the center of a diplomatic storm these images were released by news agency linked to the iranian government iran says the ship breached maritime rules when it collided with a fishing boat and has been taken to the nearby port of panda for investigation for the british flag tanker was involved in an accident with an iranian fishing boat on a transit british and a distress call was sent to assist the causes of the accident unfortunately the british vessel ignored this and began to change course contrary to international regulations a 2nd tanker the british operated liberian flag mess star was also briefly detained before being allowed to resume its journey the british government warned u.k. vessels to stay away from the strait of hormuz for an interim period in

a phone call with his a rainy and counterpart britain's foreign secretary jeremy hunt told mohammed javid zarif he was extremely disappointed with the seizure serif said the vessel would face legal action this is totally and utterly unacceptable it raises very serious questions about the security of british shipping and indeed international shipping in the straits of hormuz the seizure of the tanker comes after british forces detained this iranian vessel grace one of gibraltar earlier this month saying it was transporting oil to syria in breach of e.u. sanctions iran. announced the detention calling it an act of piracy and senior iranian officials threatened to impound a british tanker in retaliation which is why many in britain's foreign office view the seizure of the stoner impera as direct tit for tat retaliation jeremy hunt britain's foreign secretary has said that he needs to find

a delicate way of diffusing tensions over grace one without endangering more british ships it will require very nimble diplomacy it's all about getting the greats one back and now they have a lot more leverage in this game because the british government now is to make sure that they get their tanka back as silly as it sounds but i think that's the kind of environment where the u.k. is in the middle of growing tensions between the u.s. and iran over the u.s. is decision to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal and impose tough new sanctions on the country the u.k. opposes the move but remains a key u.s. ally it might seem counter intuitive for iran to cease the stand imperio given britain's support for the nucular deal but this could be one way of getting the u.k. and its european allies to encourage the u.s. to ease off iran barker al-jazeera london when you lawrence is a professor at the elliott school of international affairs at george washington

university he says the u.k. response needs to be measured in order to avoid escalating the crisis. the u.k. is about to announce action sanctions either sunday or monday. briefing the parliament on the situation and it's possible that they will put in place the same sanctions that they imposed on iran prior to the iran nuclear deal and if they go that far if the sanctions are that severe we could create another reason for rand to to continue to violate the terms of the nuclear agreement and increase its and richmond over uranium etc etc so it's very much in britain's interests right now to disconnect as much as possible the sentients from the iran nuclear situation and from the us maximum pressure campaign and to just connect it which was the reason this was done to the of course the seizing of the iranian tanker in gibraltar and then it will be interesting to see going forward whether the the british can can

can open up lines of diplomacy that can deescalate further by making concessions to iran right now of course theresa may is stepping down next week and the british are in a very weak position in terms of you know what they're going to do in terms of their own domestic organization politically and how that plays out internationally and they did not join yet the international coalition operations center and all that's there to protect shipping in the straits and that was a mistake on britain's part so they're going to have to figure out what they're going to do to protect shipping going forward. british airways. suspended close to the egyptian capital cairo so doing security concerns the big suspension will last 7 days to allow for a security assessment and it's given no details about what prompted the move egypt's tourism sector was already a depression after a series of attacks on visitors in 2050 and more than 200 people were killed in the

public of a russian passenger jet. the live honest against all but essential travel to certain parts of egypt the government's web site warns of we quote terrorists are very likely to try and carry out attacks in egypt although most attacks occur in north sinai there is a risk of terrorist attacks across the country he knows that he is a foreign policy adviser gulf state and a live picture he says security problems may take a toll on economic growth i do not believe it's going to have any impact in the short term but because egyptian economy is heavily dependent on tourism if it continues for a long period of time i think it will show impact impact on the egyptian economy egypt for the fiscal year of $2182019.00 has had a 5.6 percent economy growth which after year that has it's going to rebounding

but as i said if it's going to this going this is going to continue for for a long period of time it will impact the growth and the position of president fifi in egypt i believe president p.c. . is really on able to establish or maintain security in certain parts of parts of the country especially the time kind insular and the western desert and when i was looking at the state department u.s. state department's travel advisory website it said either as of july 2nd they have increased the risk of travel to egypt which as i said it's going to have a negative impact on actually caught me by going back to what i was saying i don't think cairo is able to maintain security or separation security in some parts of the country. thousands of people have marched

to the u.k. parliament hoping to persuade the next prime minister to stay in the european union organizers of the march for change say they want to send a pro europe message to boris johnson the man tipped to take office next week. was demanding a rethink with time running out until britain's next breck's it deadline campaign is from around the country rejected the idea of leaving the e.u. with no deal something both prospective conservative leaders say they can live with is dangerous and democratic now the electorate but we think that brit is a better idea to want to make sure that they know what we think we should now have a step in the engine and so that now the people are well informed and know exactly what we're being up to snow when they're what we were told in the name of to reason may's replacement is conservative leader and prime minister is announce next tuesday these protesters accuse both county takes jeremy hunt on boris johnson

attracting the same populist grounds as nigel farrar as leader of the bracks it party but few doubt johnson he famously made the now defunct claim breaks it would say 350000000 pounds a week is headed for 10 downing street yet it seems the fact that we are about to get a prime minister imposed on us that a very very very slow and incredibly unrepresentative portion of the population has elected who is peddling the worst kind of bricks and no deal crush out bricks that will hurt jobs young people's opportunities and potentially even peace clearly it's boris johnson and his commitment to leaving the e.u. home what may that's motivating many of these protesters ironically the chances of a no deal breaks it may have diminished in the last few days. this week britain's independent economic full cost set a new deal breaks it would plunge the economy into recession next year and chancellor philip hammond has hinted he would vote against his own. to stop or no

deal scenario was. some cabinet colleagues rebelled in a comedy vote which effectively stops the prime minister suspending parliament in the run up to the brics it deadline at the end of october still the threat remains real for these marches and with an early election a real possibility they want the politicians to listen to the barber al-jazeera number. well japan's governing coalition is on track to win a solid majority in sunday's upper house election but it's still unclear whether prime minister shinzo will secure the 2 thirds majority needed for constitutional change the could loosen restrictions on the armed forces at the g 20 last well donald trump criticized the u.s. security treaty with japan the u.s. is obliged to go to japan's aid in a crisis but the japanese constitution restricts japan's armed forces from assisting its allies abroad or the solomon has more from tokyo of course many of the main issues in this election.