will be dry in the week ahead. warm as well with sunny spells. but a band of rain is coming through on thursday. and that's your weather. bye for now. this is bbc news, the headlines: north korea's foreign minister has told the un general assembly that president trump's threats made it inevitable north korean rockets would — as he put it — "visit the entire us mainland". the comments come as the us flew bombers and fighter jets over international waters east of north korea. iran says it has successfully tested a new ballistic missile, with a range of 2,000 kilometres. the us has warned that tests could jeopardise the deal that ended sanctions in return for the halt of it's nuclear programme. iran denies its missile development breaches the un resolution. mexico has been struck by another strong earthquake — the third in less than three weeks. the latest tremor, measured 6.1 and was centred

in the southern state of oaxaca. the tremors were felt in mexico city, where rescue efforts already underway in the capital were temporarily suspended. now on bbc news a special report from our world on the crisis in yemen. nawal al maghafi reports on this unfolding catastrophe. herfilm ‘conflict and cholera' contains distressing images that viewers may find upsetting. yemen. the world's worst humanitarian disaster. as the richest countries in the arab world relentlessly battled as the richest countries in the arab world relentlessly batter the region's poorest, the west is accused of complicity. if something is not done soon, literally hundreds of thousands of children will die. the hunger, death and disease rampant here are not accidents of nature.

this crisis is a direct consequence of the way the war is being fought. and now, there's a deadly new threat — cholera. at this general hospital in the city, it is a chaotic place at the best of times. these are the worst of times, however. in the eye of the storm, this doctor is ready. i met him here last year when the hospital was overwhelmed

with patients from the villagers, who were dying of starvation. today, it is worse than ever. and now, patients infected with deadly cholera are turning up here. this doctor takes me to wear the new arrivals are treated, well away from the main hospital. what price, a childhood in yemen? what price, a child's life? i was born here. after leaving, i returned home every year to visit my family. in march 2015, a ten—nation coalition led by saudi arabia and backed by the us and uk, started bombing yemen.

they came to reinstate the government that was pushed out by the houthis, who received support from iran. i have covered fighting, bombing and starvation. the suffering of ordinary people is a direct consequence of the way this war is being fought. both sides are using control of food and fuel as a weapon. the latest result is the biggest outbreak of cholera ever reported. 500,000 people have been affected and millions more are at risk. i am heading up to the highlands to see for myself where this outbreak started. this is what cholera does to a man. and this is what cholera does to a child. she looks newborn,

but is 17 months old. she has caught cholera for the second time. her mother walked for a day to get her baby to this clinic. now, she can't afford transport. this nurse tells me it is cases like this that this nurse tells me it is cases like this that show authorities are failing to deal with the problem at the source by correlating the water, and finding out where the bacteria is spreading from. the nurse tells me of a village where one of the latest outbreaks started, so that is where i am going. 0n the way up, i come across this scene. they say water is life, but in yemen, it can also mean death. cholera, a waterborne bacteria, spreads through public supplies such as wells and reservoirs,

contaminated with faeces. it has killed 20 people in the settlement i am going to now. this man and his sister have been showing cholera symptoms for 2h hours. this is the same well they drink from. it is still contaminated with cholera. the people here have no alternative source. it is a potential death sentence

for the whole community. i have come back to the general hospital, to the familiar scenes of exhaustion and despair. all these people have spent all the money they have to get this far. now the electricity is off, so all the machines are off, all the incubators are off, all the oxygen has stopped. this happens all the time. this morning, i meet this boy and his family. he is just three years old and lives around the corner. his dad works in the local factory.

he has severe malnutrition. 2a hours later, he has deteriorated badly. suddenly, a bed is found. this may be his best chance for survival. desperately malnourished, he lies between life and death. yemen's hunger is the result of food shortages and soaring prices.

i am heading into the port for some answers. it is the most important harbour in rebel territory. 20 million people's food supplies are supposed to come through here, but now it is barely operating. bombing and a blockade imposed by the saudi coalition has impeded the access of food, fuel and aid. the saudis justify this by saying that iran are smuggling weapons to their allies. the manager is a very political man, very powerful. he denies the smuggling allegations. evidence to suggest the houthis have been profiteering from the blockade, and scoring political points by playing the victim. the un says both sides in yemen's war should do more to put civilians first. we are trying to work with all parties involved to engage both sides, and to some degree they both help and to some degree

they have issues. the cranes at hodeidah port have been bombed out of action. but the replacements, already paid for by the us, have been blocked. we loaded up the planes, we brought them in, and the saudis and the allied forces locked us from bringing the cranes in, so we had to send them back. if something is not done soon, what do you feel will happen? it this port is bombed and continues to be useless, literally hundreds of thousands of children will die and millions of people will die along with them. 90% of cholera deaths in the worst cases are in houthi controlled areas. the united states and united kingdom are saudi arabia's main allies. they have helped carry out the war and block independent enquiries into war crimes. they also have military officers in the command centre for saudi strikes. they are the main suppliers of the billions of dollars of advanced weapons that have devastated yemen. bridges, hospitals, factories, schools, weddings and funerals have all been hit by coalition airstrikes. the saudi led blockade of houthi—held areas does notjust affect big ships or armed smugglers. 0rdinary people are being targeted directly with military force.

these fishermen tell me their boats were attacked by the coalition just days ago. ibrahim lost his two sons, his brother and a nephew in the attack. 15 people across three extended families now depend on him for survival. the blockade has had a devastating impact on people's —— bridges, hospitals, factories, schools, weddings and funerals have all been hit by coalition airstrikes. the saudi led blockade of houthi—held areas does notjust affect big ships or armed smugglers. 0rdinary people are being targeted directly with military force. these fishermen tell me their boats were attacked by the coalition just days ago. ibrahim lost his two sons,

his brother and a nephew in the attack. 15 people across three extended families now depend on him for survival. the blockade has had a devastating impact on people's ibrahim lost his two sons, his brother and a nephew in the attack. 15 people across three extended families now depend on him for survival. the blockade has had a devastating impact on people's everyday life here. this used to be a profitable farm, but it collapsed when the coastal blockade cut off the export routes. sudden poverty caused by the war has

destroyed the ability of working yemeni families to cope. all of this has taken a terrible toll on their baby. starving children are a horrifying, and horribly common sight across yemen. but this crisis is also ruining people in ways you can't see. the working class and even civil servants now have no jobs, no incomes, and they are going hungry. since the yemeni government has moved the central bank from the rebel held capital, millions of state employees, including medics and sanitation workers had not been paid for months. this money supply crisis has

throttled the yemeni economy. these men are even selling their aid rations for ready cash. people keep telling me a lack of hard currency is making it impossible for them to weather this disaster. i find out more about this when a grandmother invites me to her home. there are many ways to die in yemen. i am suddenly called back to the central hospital by alaa's mother. she tells me only to film the truth about what is happening to yemen ‘s children. when i arrive, it is a disaster. alaa has spent the night

in the intensive care unit, fighting for his life. here is the body of another yemen child. another statistic in a forgotten war. the child had a name, they all have names. he was called alaa, and he was three years old. he was born into a war and the war claimed him. alaa never raised a weapon in his life, he barely raised a murmur as he died. he had a family that loves him. he had friends he played with. three days ago, he had a future. and he lost it all. hi there. yesterday, we had two types

of weather through the afternoon. for a number of places, northern ireland, scotland, northern england, it stayed rather cloudy. this was one scene in buttermere, in cumbria. other places had glorious sunshine. good parts of southern england, and the midlands, and into wales had the best of that. where the sunshine came out, it became warm, with temperatures up to 21 celsius. that is 70 in fahrenheit. notably, across scotland, around the moray firth, temperatures were about six degrees above average for this time of year. looking at the weather, as we start the day today, we have a band of rain pushing east. as it does so, it will bump into high—pressure across scandinavia and europe. so it will be a slow—moving front. quite often, it will be weak as well. starting with a band of rain to start the day for western scotland. damp in northern ireland, and spits and spots of rain across west wales,

devon, and cornwall, too. 12 to 15 degrees in towns and cities. across central england it should stay dry with sunny spells all day. high cloud in the sky will make it hazy at times. you can see the rain does not move far from where it starts. it gradually trickles into central areas of scotland, with cloud breaks for eastern scotland, sunny spells will come through from time to time. northern ireland perhaps brightening up in the afternoon. across wales and south—west england, sunshine at a premium, quite often be cloudy with patches of rain. not rain all the time, but some on and off through the day. central and eastern england in the sunshine will be warmer. temperatures 22—23 celsius for a high. going through sunday evening, it looks like the rain will be pepping up. more persistent across scotland, western england and wales. we will see some fog patches form underneath underneath clearing skies in northern ireland, where things will turn out quite chilly. it could be a murky start there on monday. monday morning, that fog will clear away slowly in northern ireland. this band of rain will weaken across scotland, west england and wales. after a cloudy start across eastern england, the cloud break up with sunny spells throughout. temperatures for most of us

between 16—19 degrees celsius with that sunshine coming through northern ireland. once the fog clears out of the way. looking at the next few days, often the weather will be dry in the week ahead. warm as well with sunny spells. but a band of rain is coming through on thursday. and that's your weather. bye for now. this is bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: the war of words hots up, with north korea's foreign minister launching a blistering attack on president trump at the united nations. translation: he tried to insult the supreme divinity of my country by referring it to a rocket. by doing so, however, he committed an irreversible mistake. it comes as iran test—fires a new medium—range missile,

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