the headlines: the un says millions more children in yemen could suffer malnourishment after a shortfall in funding caused by the covid—19 pandemic. the country is five years into a civil war that's already led to what's seen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the unicef agency's urgently appealing for aid. in the us, the states of florida and texas reimpose some restrictions as the number of coronavirus cases rises steeply. a record high of around 40,000 people were diagnosed with covid—19 in the last day. doctors say they're treating an increasing number of younger patients. mexico city's chief of police has survived an assassination attempt that he's blamed on a powerful drugs cartel. 0mar garcia harfuch was shot and injured when gunmen opened fire on his car. two bodyguards and a passerby died in the attack. 12 suspects are under arrest.

the mother of two sisters who were found stabbed to death has accused the police of dehumanising her children and treating them as if they were nothing. bibaa henry, who was a6, and nicole smallman, who was 27, were found dead three weeks ago in a park in london. yesterday, two police officers were arrested and suspended, on suspicion of sharing inappropriate photos from the murder scene. 0ur religion editor martin bashir reports. 0n the first friday injune, at fryent park in north london, social worker bibaa henry, along with her sister nicki and some friends, celebrated her 46th birthday. but by the morning, they couldn't be contacted. so i then phoned the police. i said we don't even know if there's been foul play here. we have no idea. we're now 36 hours on and they haven't turned up. impatient with the police response, nicki's boyfriend adam went to the park.

then adam says, "mina, mina, we've found a knife. mina, mina, i'm going to need you to sit down. i've found them, i've found them but they've gone. they've gone." police sealed of the area and recovered the bodies but for the family, their grief was about to be compounded when they met with a police commander and a member of the independent 0ffice for police conduct. the lead person said, "i don't know how to tell you this but police officers were taking selfies and posing for pictures with your dead daughters." you know in the deep south when they use to lynch people? and you would see smiling faces around a hanging dead body? those police officers... dehumanised our children.

almost three decades after the murder of stephen lawrence, this case raises the same questions about institutional racism in the police. if it is as it appears to be, then it is shocking. it's disgusting and the whole of the met would condemn what has happened here. if ever we needed an example of how toxic it has become, those police officers felt so safe, so untouchable, that they felt they could take photographs. mina smallman — the first female black archdeacon in the church of england — says she's only been sustained by her christian faith.

meanwhile, the police investigation into the death of her daughters continues. martin bashir, bbc news. now it's time for our world. in december last year, locusts started swimming across east africa. now hundreds of billions of these tiny creatures have invaded the region from somalia to uganda. well. i've never seen anything like this. they're eating virtually everything. it's a nightmare. it's the worst locust outbreak he has seen in 70 yea rs. locust outbreak he has seen in 70 years. threatening to destroy the livelihoods of millions.

if nothing is done each generation of locusts multiplies by 20. so the race is on to stop them breathing again. —— breeding. the bbc‘s senior africa corresponded andi the bbc‘s senior africa corresponded and i have spent the past few months stuck in nairobi covering the impact of the covid—i9 pandemic. is that 0k? yes. thank you very much. today i'm leaving the city to find out about another crisis which has the potential to be even more

destructive than covid—i9 for some areas of my country. nairobi is one of the hotspot areas for covid—i9 and so movement in and out of the metropolitan area is forbidden, except for essential services and that includes journalists like us stop but we still had to get this letter from the media stop but we still had to get this letterfrom the media council of kenya just to satisfy that we were allowed to travel outside the metropolitan area we have a press because to show the security officers who are making sure there is no movement in and out of that area. we are travelling to northern kenya, where they reported a swarm of locusts almost the size of moscow at the beginning of the year. albert lemasulan‘s family have lived on this land for generations. they are

samburu who rely almost entirely on their animals. taking care of their livestock is not only their way of life, but crucial for the survival. iamjust life, but crucial for the survival. i am just escorting the goats. we are going to... but these vast swamps of desert locusts threaten the vegetation they rely on to feed the animals.

albert took an extraordinary decision. he has spent the last five months and much of his personal savings tracking the locust swarms and sending co—ordinates to the team is working to prevent a plague. now they call him the locust man. the original migrant locust swarms came to kenya from the southern arabian peninsula. extreme weather conditions there allowed at least

three generations of locusts to breed undetected. despite international efforts, months later a new generation of kenyan born locusts hatched. now it's a race against time to stop them breathing another larger and more destructive generation. it and albert is with a government surveillance team tracking the latest swarm. swarms of desert locusts can contain tens of billions of individuals and travel up billions of individuals and travel up to 150 kilometres a day. they need to pinpoint the current swarms so need to pinpoint the current swarms so the spray planes can cover the area with pesticides. they've found

the swarm. so we estimated what area? 200 hectares. that's huge. 0ther‘s first job is to enter the information into an app that allows people to track these forms.

a member of the grasshopper family, these normally try —— shy insects become gregarious when food starts to dry up and they are crowded together. each locust can eat its own body weight daily. even just an average swarm can destroy crops sufficient to feed 2500 people for a yearin sufficient to feed 2500 people for a year injusta sufficient to feed 2500 people for a year in just a day. the team has called in their location to the spray called in their location to the spray planes. but if it doesn't get here soon the locusts will start moving again. it looks like time is running out to tackle this swarm. it must be a

toughjob tracking tackle this swarm. it must be a tough job tracking them. so all that effort will have been lost? they didn't manage to spray this form in time. albert now relies on motorbikes to do much of the ground tracking. it's all rough ground here and how to access. —— harder to access. this is it? when he started out, albert was doing this work

alone. but with the support of an international ngo he has trained a group of young men who shared the geo— co—ordinates and information on the swarms on the app tracking desert slope —— desert locusts. so they now know to spray. albert has asked one of his spotters to go and check a spot that was sprayed last month. luckily, it appears to have been a

success. that swarm was destroyed. it's a new day and albert has found the biggest swarm's ever come across. all across north of kenya trees that look burnt, but when you get closer you realise theyjust full of locusts. when locusts hatch, the first form of the bands, a stage where they are unable to fly. it lasts about six weeks. then, they turn pink in colour, start flying and form swarms. when they mature, they turn yellow and they are ready to lay eggs. the whole process takes about

three months. this is what albert feels most. this swarm is almost ready to breed. an average female lays 150 eggs in her lifetime. if a second canyon generation hatches, it could be devastating.

—— if a second kenyan generation hatches, it could be devastating. this is captain iltasayon neepe. he flies one of the surveillance helicopters for the un food and agriculture 0rganisation. as we are filming, they get more bad news. heavy rain means the spray planes further south cannot take off. this enormous swarm of mature locusts is able to fly again. and

they are one—day closer to breeding they are one—day closer to breeding the next generation. albert is going home to see his family for the first time in two weeks. but the threat of covid—i9 means family reunions are difficult. albert has not spent more than one week at home since his youngest son

was born. albert's wife angeline is looking after their four children and albert's 101 year old grandmother. despite the sacrifice, albert is determined to help his people.

it is dawn north of kenya. this is one of the operation‘s bases for tackling the locus. the un food and agriculture 0rganisation works with the kenyan government to manage aerial and ground spraying. but kenya only has five spray planes and it is one of the most difficult countries in the region battling locus. this is the only way the locust swarms locus. this is the only way the

locust swarms can locus. this is the only way the locust swarms can be controlled, using these pesticides. kenya has stockpiled them but because of the covid—19 pandemic, the global supply chains have been disrupted and that means it is becoming increasingly difficult to import more chemicals. and that is the big fear now. with chemicals, it is crucial they are sprayed in the correct spot and it is albert and the surveillance team'sjob to is albert and the surveillance team's job to get the information to the pilots.

today, spraying has been a success. but to stop the devastation, they need to destroy the majority of the swarms before they breed a new generation. 0ver swarms before they breed a new generation. over the next two weeks, albert keeps tracking the swarms as they travel north. he sent us his reports.

when they are mature, the locusts dig holes to lay eggs in the earth. they are hard to spot and even harder to destroy. then, the moment they had all been dreading. the next generation hatches. enormous hopper bands are discovered all across the desert areas of master bit, northern samburu and into turkana.

wejoin albert again we join albert again and travel north to the county of turkana. it is the end of the rainy season here and the crops are almost ready to harvest. it does not take long. 0ur drive up to turkana is interrupted by a massive band of hoppers crossing the road. taking over everything they can.

rebecca and her eight children grow maize and beans on the farm, just a few kilometres from the border with uganda. heavy rains meant they were expecting a good crop. they are trying everything to defend their farm they are trying everything to defend theirfarm from invading hopper bands.

the only hope now for rebecca is that pesticides will work, if they get here in time. while we were with rebecca, we heard of anotherfarm into turkana that had already been taken over into turkana that had already been ta ken over by into turkana that had already been taken over by hopper bands.

albert and the teams are fighting as ha rd albert and the teams are fighting as hard as they can to prevent a plague of locusts through the region. but with this generation likely to be the biggest of all, the future looks very uncertain for millions.

hello. the hot, humid weather that we have seen over the past week or so will be exchanged for something quite a bit cooler and fresher through the weekend. as a low pressure moves its way in from the west, plenty of heavy shower rotating around that area of low pressure. so saturday likely to start off dry across parts of scotland and also north—east england, but really heavy showers push their way north—eastwards across all parts through the course of the day. it will be cooler than recent days — about 17—22 degrees on saturday. some drier, brighter weather in the south, especially later on, but a windy picture wherever you are. into sunday, and those showers are going to be staying with us. not quite as hot and humid overnight, though, with temperatures first thing sunday morning around about 10—13. another day of sunshine and showers in store for sunday as low pressure

sits just to the north of the uk. the heaviest of the rain will be for parts of northern ireland, north wales, northern england and scotland. fewer showers further south. a bit of sunshine developing here. a cooler day with highs of around 14—20 degrees and a noticeable wind, too. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm james reynolds. the un says millions more children in yemen will suffer malnourishment unless it makes up a shortfall in aid caused by the covid—19 pandemic. texas and florida reimpose restrictions after a record number of americans are diagnosed with coronavirus in a day. mexico city's chief of police survives an assassination attempt, but three others die in a shooting blamed on a drugs gang. indonesian fisherman defy government orders to rescue dozens of rohingya refugees stuck at sea.