fred: like much of east africa, south sudan has suffered scorching droughts.a cruel twist, many parts of this country are actually still inundated from flooding late last year. >> what has happened in the last three years in south sudan has never been seen in living memory. fred: nhial tiitmamer is a climate scientist based in south sudan's capital, juba. this country has been ravaged by war before independence in 2011, civil conflict since then, and erratic weather. flooding added hundreds of thousands of climate refugees to those fleeing conflict. about two million people live in squalid camps. the country faces an acute hunger crisis. >> so the fields, as you can see, are pretty water logged already, and we're told that the rains have not really arrived in earnest. fred: justutside the northern city of malakal, we visited farmers laboring on and preparing their fields, investing as much in hope as any harvest. >> we grow okra, collard greens, maize, and cassava, but because of all the water, most of these things are n going to be planted. fred: nyanakim ach

sailing off to which countries brave commander, the un chartered ship carrying ukrainian weights to east africa. it's finally arrived in djibouti. and since august 14th, the western mainstream media has been hyping it up to no and the united nations chartered ship brave commander will depart ukraine for africa in coming days after it finishes loading more than 23000 metric tons of wheat in the ukrainian port of p n e a u n. official, said the vessel, the 1st specially chartered by the u. n. s. world food program to unblock food shipment stuck after rushes. invasion of ukraine will head towards your beauty, from where the grain will be transported to ethiopia, the restarting of food aid from ukraine could mark a major turning point in the fight against worsening global hunger. we heard about it again on the 16th of august, and then again on the 18th of august and 2 days after that, the un secretary general praised its mission as well. so moving to see in the stumble, the w. f. p. ship brave commander, loaded with tons of ukrainian wheat, destined for much needed hunger relief in the horn of afri

s humanitarian coordinator for somalia and to ethiopia where drought is devastating east africa. finally, attack philanthropy. we look how right-wing billionaire barre seid has used his fortune to attack climate science, fight medicaid expansion, and remake the higher education system in a conservative mold. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in ukraine, there are fresh reports of heavy fighting around the russian-occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, where local residents have been urged to evacuate. earlier today, ukraine's top nuclear inspector said the deteriorating security situation may force officials to close the plant in order to help prevent a nuclear disaster. inyiv, volodymyr zelenskyy said wednesday a counteroffensive in the east has succeeded in pushing back russian forces from around the besieged city of kharkiv. at the united nations, the u.s. and its allies accused moscow of forcibly moving up to 1.6 million ukrainians to russia. speaking to the u.n. secretive council wednes

the drought is not just the problem here, but throughout east africa it hasn't rained properly for more than a year. nothing grows here any more. people and animals are suffering from water shortages. so kenya has decided to slaughter any animals that are already weak, would gladly l unless i am 30 cows and are all emaciated because of the drought. let's get out if it doesn't rain soon, it will be a huge loss for me. i was so i've come had to sell my house, mostly women and children sit by a tree and enjoy my they would get. they have walked for hours in the heat. in the hopes of getting help for their malnourished children other than what live? i might have that one. i took my child to hospital for treatment and was told at white to little. then i'm going to a patrick doc is a nurse at their nearby ye lie health center. he tries to help where he can, but the use of drought, the heat and the long distances make it difficult. most families only have mays flour mixed with water to eat. so they see what the most of the times. so was or then say don't get these other fruits because here and

the horror unfolding in east africa. 22 million facing starvation. the children in desperate need. the 3-year-old weighing what a 1-year-old weighs. matt gutman inside somalia and how you can help. >>> good evening and it's great to start another week with all of you at home. we begin tonight with hurricane ian barrelling towards florida. the storm and what they call a rapid intensification period, expected to go from a category 2 to a category 4 in the next 24 hours. racing across very warm waters, with little shear to knock down any strength. every county in florida under a state of emergency. the first mandatory evacuations now under way tonight. parts of tampa bay and clearwater included. more than 300,000 people told it's too dangerous to stay, that they should get out now. hurricane ian just upgraded to a category 2, winds 100 miles an hour. tropical storm warnings in effect for the lower keys. a hurricane warning already for tampa bay tonight. this evening, look at the size of this storm. this massive swirl seen from the international space station. the hurricane pummelling

that could dramatically worsen the situation across east africa.lanes, cars, trains -- they're all very noisy. in the eu alone, more than 100 million people are exposed to high levels of noise pollution in their daily lives. and it's not only people who suffer -- animals do, too. particularly marine life. the propellers of the more than 62,000 cargo ships on our seas create an enormous amount of noise, which can heard for kilometers around. and there are many other sources of ocean noise pollution too. the din drives fish from their feeding and breeding areas, and, in the worst cases, it can even kill them. reporter: the ocean is a symphony of sounds, at least where they can still be heard. we humans have made the sea noisier than ever before. and the way things are going, the underwater world is set to become one thing -- even louder. with devastating effects on marine life. lindy: from feeding to predator avoidance, sensing their environment, food finding, reproduction, the whole thing. reporter: let's explore some smart ways of turning down the

la nina in the pacific, which can bring weather impacts across the globe, including dryness in east africae have two rainfall season in a year, we need to have two consecutive rain seasons that have failed for people to start experiencing the severe impacts of this rain shortage and unfortunately for this specific case, this is the fifth consecutive season. what it means is that people actually have no longer at all anything to rely upon, apart from humanitarian help, in that drought—affected region so, as a result, there will be a need for humanitarian organisations to increase the help. and this is also, i think, an opportunity to call for more resources to kind of shift more attention towards this region, which is becoming more and more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. some of your weather watcher pictures now, and more views of the uk's record—breaking july heatwave. as well as hitting a0 degrees for the first time, new national records were set in scotland and wales. northern ireland was just 0.1 degrees short of its all—time record, which was set injuly last year. and in

that to dramatically worse in the situation across east africa, we planes, cars trains that whole very noisy in the e u alone. more than a 100000000 people are exposed to high levels of noise pollution in their daily lives. and it's not only people who suffer animals due to particularly marine life, the propellers of the more than $62000.00 congo ships on our seas create an enormous amount of noise which can be heard for kilometers around. and there are many other sources of ocean noise pollution to the dim drives fish from that feeding and breeding areas. and in the worst cases it can even kill them . 2 lou, the ocean is a symphony of sounds, at least where they can still be heard. we humans have made the sea noisier than ever before. and the way things are going, the underwater world is set to become one thing. even louder with devastating effects on marine life. oh, keating, tis creditor, lloyd, and sensing their environment, they're really finding or is it actually okay? let's explore some smart ways of turning down the volume in the ocean and find out why this might also be good f

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selling off to which nations brave commander, the un chartered ship carrying ukrainian weights to east africa, it finally arrived in djibouti. and since august 14th the western mainstream media has been hyping it up to no. and the united nations chartered ship brave commander will depart ukraine for africa in coming days after it finishes loading more than $23000.00 metric tons of wheat in the ukrainian port of pivot. any, a un official said the vessel, the 1st specially chartered by the u. n. s. world food program to unblocked food shipments stuck after russia's invasion of ukraine will head toward your booty. from where the grain will be transported to ethiopia. the restarting of food aid from ukraine could mark a major turning point in the fight against worsening global hunger. we heard about it again on the 16th of august, and then again on the 18th of august and 2 days after that, the un secretary general praised its mission as well. so moving to see in the stumble, the w. s. p. ship brave commander, loaded with tons of ukrainian wheat, destined for much needed hunger leaf in the horn of

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says millions more are at risk of hunger and famine across east africa, including in kenya and ethiopia for more on the world hunger emergency, we are joined in new york by abby maxman, president and ceo of oxfam america. she recently returned from a trip to somaliland where a famine may be declared as early as october. oxfam is one of the signatories to an open letter submitted by over 200 ngo's to world leaders this week calling on them to take immediate action. welcome to democracy now!, abby maxman. can you start out by lang at the scope of the problem and what you're calng for? >> good to be with you. having just returned from somaliland last week, i'm able to connect what we are seeing, the real les of people and how they are affected come and connect with them with those global numbers you already outline. 345 million people are facing extreme hunger as a result of that confluence of climate, covid, conflict. 345 million people, more than the entire population of the ited states, this in the 21st century. we know -- we have been calling the alarm for veral years. ife had used our

just a challenge in the indo-pacific but also a challenge to our interests across the middle east and africa and beyond. america's role in the middle east is at a critical moment and our approach to our relationships with our partners will speak volumes to our allies and are adversaries alike. perception is vital and given some of the administration's policy missteps, one could come to an erroneous conclusion about america's role, intent and influent in a region where we have traditionally been the partner of choice. the withdraw from afghanistan, the somewhat nebulous indo-pacific strategy, at the iran policy that could disrupt the delicate balance of power, restrictive arm sales policies, the biden administration's related embrace of the abraham accords. it's not hard to see how our adversaries are weaving these threads into a broader narrative of u.s. disengagement. as our perceived light waivers, china is aching to fanfares into a flame. we already know the region is key to beijing's economic ambitions. a substantial portion of its over land and maritime trade routes rely on regional acc

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ah, it's that time of the day for your weather updates here across the middle east and africa. good to see. so teachers around the golf, they're starting to climb up for us here and they'll have $42.00 degrees. so when you see those temperatures come up, it's a hint that the humidity is also going to drop off. so here's a closer look on monday, especially in doha, in a feel it on tuesday, much more comfortable compared to where it has been over the last for a while now for boxed on lower syn province, eastern same province. seen the return of some rain high temperatures here as well . karachi, $38.00, that's above average, and also still some rain lingering across northern areas of pakistan spilling into afghanistan. so some showers seem likely in cobble with a 125 degrees. temperatures of lowered, bish kick tashkent and shabby. you're now in the high to mid twenties on monday after turkey we go slug of rain moving across the boss for as seen. those winds pick up his wall, for example, with the high 26 degrees in central africa, the tropics. here it's really west of nairobi, we

later, the representative of ukraine in the middle east and africa was introduced. we saw an increasen communication between zelenskyi and the leaders of african countries, literally somewhere in july , june, over the summer. he spoke with literally ten leaders of african countries, and significantly contacts increased, two african countries were involved in the crimean platform, that is, liberia was there, and it was quite a big success of ukrainian diplomacy, because earlier african countries tried to avoid this issue of crimea, not to spoil relations with russia, and this is such a good start, in addition, a tour of the minister of foreign affairs is planned affairs and to africa, and this should be another such significant achievement for relations with the continent, that is, its presence was growing informational but of course the problem remains that there were many years before that, that is, first of all, the ukrainian presence there is still weak, and the embassies are small, literally 50 diplomats work on the entire continent, this is very little, and there is also a proble

last week, a ship carrying 23000 tons of ukrainian grain arrived in east africa. the supreme court in iraq has ruled it does not have the constitutional authority to dissolve parliament, leaving the nation in a state of political deadlock. politicians allied with influential she, our leader, mcsaunder outside. i re filed a petition for disillusion last month. sada supporters have been protesting for months, schooling for political overhaul and new elections. but the supreme court now says parliament can only dissolve itself. iran has condemned a decision by albania, to cut diplomatic ties, after accusing turan of launching a major cyber attack, they albanian government has ordered iranian diplomats and embassy staff to leave within 24 hours. prime minister eddie rama says the response is proportional me so got some alert. sheely minister to garment has decided with immediate effect to an diplomatic relations with islamic republic of iran does. extreme response is full proportionate to the gravity and risk of the cyber attack that threatened to paralyzed public ser

you instead of last week, a grain as ship carrying 23000 tons of ukrainian grain arrived in east africa. that in or says at the western sanctions had backfired. and now threatened the whole world, even though some so newly her because of the sanctions from the west have been an aggressive attempt to get other countries to follow certain models. there are questions around sovereignty and subordinating to their will. these are policies which have been carried out for decades, but there's been a slipping away of us domination. they haven't been able to see the objective fact . if we look at recent times, the entire system of international relations is going through tectonic changes the suspect and i must stabbing and canada has died as a result of self inflicted injuries mile. sanders, them had been on the run, but was found and taken into custody there. ross 10 scotch, 110 people were killed and at least 18 injured on sunday. the wednesday there what stock says it cannot verify iran's nuclear program for exclusive, exclusively, for peaceful purposes. and unpublished i. e, a report, finds

with soaring global food prices triggering what could be the world's deadliest hunger crisis in east africamillion starving, according to the u.n. world food program. somalia the epicenter. more than two years without significant rain has turned grazing grounds into animal graveyards. somalia has yet to declare an official famine, but many agencies believe it's already here. >> for me, the declaration of famine is irrelevant. look around you. what is this? if this is not famine? >> reporter: we've traveled to the front lines of what could be the world's deadliest climate change disaster to accompany a mission by the fao, the u.n.'s food and agriculture organization. off the country's north-south highway, our convoy carving through the dust to communities deep in the bleached moonscape. at one of the scoops, fao senior technical adviser absure youssef tenderly kneels near a dying sheep. you're watching animals and humans both get weaker and weaker? >> livestock is critical for these communities. no livestock, no life. >> reporter: we are following fao tankers delivering water, a desperate at

some countries in africa and the middle east have been really hard hit this deal was intended to helpm. president putin claims it's not the case. >> we have done everything to ensure that ukrainian grain is exported and of course we have proceeded with this. i met with leaders of the african union, with the leaders of african states, and i promised them we wouldo everything to ensure their interest and facilitate the export of ukrainian grain. we did it together with turkey. as a result, if we exclude turkey as an intermediary country almost all of the grain exported from ukraine was sent not to the developing and poorest countries, but to eu countries. >> today 60 trucks carrying ukrainian grain arrived in ethiopia. the 320,0 tons of food arrived in djibouti last week and thousands of other ships are headed to yemen, egypt, and sudan. the claims esident putin made in the speech are part of a disinformation campaign about the war. >> what president putin and state-controlled media in russia has been saying is thatussia is not actually invading ukraine. and in doing so, this is stabili

, and, by the way, this is confirmed by the fact that the countries of the middle east and africaot support sanctions against russia and belarus, they do not believe in the west, again a lie. we all remember very well, we agreed to allow russia to export grain, and that's it. it went to the richest countries in europe, they do not hide it, they are not interested in the head, they are more interested in unleashing a war in europe, they took it, they blew up ukraine although blowing up serbia, kosovo is quiet. now they tried to blow up armenia and azerbaijan. they want everything to blaze everywhere for what, so that we live well, so that there is no hunger, in order to compete dishonestly. let's rep today also raises questions in the formation of a single migration space , representatives of the standing committee of the union state are invited to participate in the work, the ministry of foreign affairs of the russian federation and the ministry of internal affairs of belarus , the ministry of internal affairs of the russian federation a warrior, so each withdrawal of poland was o