bangladesh the dawn of islamism and exclusive d.w. report starts october eighteenth. this is the deputy line from berlin new figures show ever more people around the world are starving yemen is one of the countries where people especially children are suffering most and nearly thirty percent of its population is on the brink of starvation also coming up the most violent storm to hit florida in living memory crashes ashore hurricane michael after the state was fierce winds torrential rains

more than four hundred thousand homes and businesses without power. thanks so much for being with us i'm brian thomas the number of people suffering from hunger worldwide is rising according to the world hunger index more than one hundred twenty four million people are experiencing hunger that's forty four million more than two years ago it is the african continent that suffers most the majority of the countries in africa have a serious hunger problem there are just eight african countries where hunger and starvation are not an issue central african states are at the top of the index. while side of africa war torn yemen is one of the worst hit countries of its twenty eight million people war than eight million are on the brink of starvation and

there's concern that that figure could double by the end of this yr. these other faces of a famine. the scars of war are visible everywhere in yemen and i say waffen the most vulnerable lot children. in the hospital in aden every very miss filled with tiny patients he came with a seat up with money through asia for me to share a habitation and communicated with a kid what they did a area that's what i do think it is the. clinics here are overwhelmed after three years of conflict some five million children are at risk of starvation it's going to be no use freezing use of new food shortage in terms of. local production of the symptoms in border movies. even the for.

the many in who has been over the last one almost two one of. the blockade of the vital pulled city has caused food prices to skyrocket the world food program and numerous n.g.o.s are working to deliver aid to the many people who need it but the situation is precarious. fighting continues in her data and elsewhere and there's no guarantee that the aid corridors that are open today will be open tomorrow. providing assistance to eight million people every month which is what world food program's target is in a very complex conflict situation is very challenging not. only the conflict in yemen has been called the world's forgotten war that makes its citizens the forgotten people the u.n.

want in may that if conditions don't improve choose thirds of the population could stop. by the end if they say. w.'s marina strauss spoke with the director of the world food program david beasley about the spike in the number of people facing starvation she asked him what can be done to prevent the situation in yemen from getting worse. yes it is undeniably the greatest catastrophe on earth today so many people or lives are at risk nation of about twenty nine million people literally eighteen million people of food insecurity about eight to nine million literally are on the brink of starvation we're calling on all parties to end the war in the conflict so that we can bring some civility back to the people of yemen is a disaster globally speaking what other countries are experiencing a right to hunger and conflict the main culprits here. the good news in the last

forty fifty years we've made so much progress most so much progress on hunger reducing the hunger rate but in the last two years the hunger rate has risen from seven hundred seventy seven million people two hundred to eight hundred twenty one million people the problem the severe hunger rate has risen from eighty million to one hundred twenty four million substantial increase in just two years in the question is why and the number one reason men may conflict men may in conflict with you talk about yemen or syria or south sudan or or rag countries like this one thousand areas of substantial conflict that is driving hunger across the world the second reason is climate extremes what we're seeing in the greater so hell reason impact you know already a very fragile area compound it by extremist groups coming in to exploit that situation and poor governance it's a disaster waiting to happen and so when we're there with food security because if

you don't address food security you have no other security at all so what can be done to change that well we have seen from experience for example would syria in in fact chancellor merkel said you know we can't repeat the mistake that was made in two thousand and fourteen with not addressing the hunger of the syrian people because what we know for a fact with a. every one percent increase in hunger there's a two percent increase in my give home we find this with any culture any nation people want to stay home but they will move two three four times inside their home country before they leave and here's what's amazing to support let's say an individual a syrian in syria costs us about fifty cents a day to feed a syrian that same syrian in berlin for the total humanitarian cost is fifty euros per day and they don't want to be here so if we can address the root cause it whether it's syria or all the greater seville region the consequences in the costs

are so much less if we get on the front in and not react after the fact that was the director of the world food program david beardsley beesley rather speaking with g.w. earlier to the united states now and one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the mainland has been battering southern coastal states hurricane michael made line for fall in florida yesterday leaving widespread damage and flooding in its wake. these pictures taken by the international space station captured the storm shortly before it hit the southern part of the state known as the panhandle. it was florida spears's weather and more than eighty years the storm's intensity has waned as it moves inland but neighboring states like georgia in the carolinas are bracing for more destruction. supercharged by the woman waters of the gulf of mexico hurrican michael blustered ashore battering southern florida with winds of up to two hundred fifty kilometers an hour residents in coastal areas who hadn't

already heeded warnings to leave were told to stay put travel now just too dangerous. hurricane michael is the worst storm that the for the panhandle has ever seen or the worst power storms to ever make landfall in the united states. panama city felt the full force of her a concern on the slopes the wind was so strong and with these trees you can hear disavow air we treat quacking in breaking in the ranges hitting up against a house it is you could tell it was something major but again if you've never experienced a hurricane or a major storm trust me this is something that you never want to go through the dumbest thing i've ever built they've given you just to stay for her like a jet engine. i mean the winds just super super high pitch you can feel it in your hears like the pressure just changing it in and out full in trees and power lines

are among the hazards left in her a can michael's wake thousands of rescue workers ready to move in after making landfall over florida michael has lost some of its destructive power as it continues inland across the southeast u.s. as a still highly dangerous storm. are correspond stuff and simon's joins us now from thomasville georgia that's about sixty kilometers north of tallahassee florida where this storm hit very hard stuff and even driving for a number of hours to reach where you are right now can you tell us what you've been saying. well georgia is getting now what to florida got when state heavy heavy rains and even the wind is still. getting or having some punch year with one hundred sixty kilometers per hour still and that's why you don't see anything behind me it's pitch black and dark here because the power is

out and that's a big problem for a lot of communities see in georgia now who are dealing with. michael who is now a tropical storm as you had mentioned another hurricane anymore and the same is true for florida of course and as soon as day breaks here rescuers and organizations who are supposed to move in right away fim are for example the federal emergency management agency as well as people who found shelter in many many public shelters they will be eager to assess the damage in florida for the. coast as well as he and george are talking about florida. this is the worst hurricane to ever hit florida's panhandle the people there have enough time to prepare for. yes they had enough time forty eight hours is normally for us floridians enough time to prepare for a storm and many many people took advantage of the warning which came fairly early

forty eight hours before the storm hits that this will be a monstrous storm and as you said the strongest hitting the panhandle in about eighty years in the second strongest after andrew from one hundred ninety two and maybe some remember this was a horrible storm too so yes many many people floridians went to shelters or made it to relatives or friends. away from the coast and up north georgia the carolinas but there's always some people who decided to hunker down and to ride the storm out and we'll see probably as soon as they like breaks here how well those people really did. are people getting the support they need what are you hearing about that briefly a place. all right now rescuers going out knowledge despite nighttime embers despite the fact that it starkie the

darkness in a flood situation which we have now in georgia as well as of course in florida is really really dangerous since you really cannot see anything you don't know if there are power lines under the water trees or any any obstacles so this is a very very dangerous and precarious. effort from rescuers however in the morning you will and we will witness a rush of. agents and people who can help those who are now maybe trapped in their in their attics or on their roofs or in their houses somehow so yeah people will get a lot of help and of course power companies will do their utmost to to restore power as soon as possible thanks so much for that stuff president says he's spoken with saudi authorities quote at the highest level to demand answers about the missing journalists. the correspondent has been writing for media outlets from

the united states and has been highly critical of the leadership has not been seen since entering the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul in turkey more than a week ago. this time a shop to buy tech media allegedly shows journalists homolka shogi walking into saudi consulate the last time anyone saw him eight days have passed and there are no traces of ballots. to say they believe a saudi arabian hit squad kuta fifty nine year old media outlets published proposing to show the suspects a rival a day before went missing. before his disappearance he worked for the washington post during his self-imposed exile in the us. there he wrote columns criticizing saudi arabia's new rule as the washington post supports the view that saudi arabia captured him and says that u.s. intelligence knew about the plan to capture that columnist the u.s. denies any formal h.

president donald trump says he has talked to high level saudi authorities to demand and says over the case it's a very sad situation it's a very bad situation and we want to get to the bottom meanwhile saudi arabia remains silent as the alleged c.c.t.v. images friend on news shows. it has yet to prove its claim that he left the saudi consulate buy it back till. we have some breaking news this hour reports are coming in that an accident has occurred during a launch of a russian rocket to the international space station the soyuz rocket was carrying a russian cosmonaut and an american astronaut they are said to be preparing to make an emergency landing possibly kazakhstan we're just looking at some pictures here of that launch in kazakhstan one unconfirmed report says the two astronauts have a jack did from that vessel and that a rescue mission has been sent out to final that are said to be unhurt. one.

and we will bring of course more on that story as details come in i'm brian thomas this is the news live from berlin and the entire team thanks so much for being with us and rita will be with you at the top the hour by. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good. eco africa people and projects that are changing no one are meant for the better it's a. different political. d.w. .