aisling mcveigh, bbc news.rain is not leaving the ports is exacerbating the situation in the horn of africa region, where an unprecedented drought is pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation. the us development agency's administrator samantha power has called for more international support to deal with food insecurity there. speaking during a visit to turkana in northern kenya, she said the us alone cannot meet the demand of people in need of emergency aid. 0ur senior africa correspondent, anne soy reports from turkana. a community devastated by drought. even their colourful adornment can barely hide their suffering. this is in northern kenya. four failed rain seasons and fears of ethics have four failed rain seasons ——and fears of a fifth have reduced even the most respected here to beggars. like this elder in the village. translation: i have many problems. i lost all my livestock. that is all my wealth, to the drought. my children have had to drop out of school. things are so bad and my wife has

aisling mcveigh, bbc news. united states continues to spread rapidly near yosemite national park. firefighters have been unable to control the so—called 0ak fire, which started on friday. people across the united states are preparing for record temperatures to rise further, as wildfires continue to sweep europe too. with the latest, here's mark lobel. it's an explosive combination with combustible results. california's fuel—choked, highly flammable forests combined with drier conditions linked to climate change has now caused this oak fire, the biggest wildfire this season, in part resembling a cauldron or volcano. as the wildfire rages since first igniting over two weeks ago some of the world's oldest giant sequoia trees remain under threat. researchers say human—caused global warming has played a role in the continuation of this current drought on nevada's lake mead, the us's largest reservoir, a crucial water source for millions here. there is excessively hot weather in the cotton producing xinjiang region o

aisling mcveigh reports. 16,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide prompted the world health 0rganization tonal concern. the strongest call to action the agency can make. and while the development could be seen as concerning, health officials in the uk have stressed the situation is not something people should unduly worry about. for the uk, the risk to individuals currently is no different today than it was yesterday, following the who announcement, but of course that doesn't mean that we're not being very proactive in our interventions to try and prevent any unnecessary transmissions of the virus and we have got a number of different programmes in place. monkeypox is a viral disease from africa. the symptoms are a rash that develops into scabs. it requires close contact to spread, mainly skin to skin, and can also be spread through coughs and sneezes. currently, there are 2,208 confirmed cases in the uk. while anyone can get monkeypox, the majority of cases continue to be in gay and bisexual men. this week the nhs announced it was stepping up his it was stepping up its vaccination programm

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