the un warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. anita dullard is from the international committee of the red cross — and gave me her analysis of thec stilthart, has been there over the past week to support and meet with our team in the country, and we've been there for over 50 years. and what we're seeing is a really serious food crisis that's come about even before the worst of winter hits, where we can see it escalate. and region—by—region, we're seeing that children can be severely malnourished up to 2—3 times the regular rate, pushing it into the emergency category. so in kandahar alone, we see that global acute malnutrition has increased by 31% since this time last year. and concretely, what that means is that our paediatric intensive care unit has seen admissions more than double from mid—august to september, and children are arriving with malnutrition, dehydration, and pneumonia. at exactly the same moment, the hospital system is on the brink of collapse and healthcare workers haven't been paid salaries for months. they tell us that, in fact, they can't afford the transport to get to work. so, even though they are so commit

anita dullard is from the international committee of the red cross, and joins me from bangkok. from the icrc is currently at the end of a week—long visit in afghanistan — can you describe what they've seen there and what they've found? sure, thank you. our director of operations has been there over the past week to support and meet with our team in the country. and what we're seeing is a really serious food crisis that's come about even before where we can say it's escalated. in region by region, we are seeing that children can be severely malnourished up to 2-3 be severely malnourished up to 2—3 times the regular rate, pushing it into the emergency category. in kandahar alone, we see that global acute malnutrition has increased by 31% since this time last year. concretely what that means is that our paediatric intensive care unit has more than doubled from mid august to september, and children are arriving with malnutrition, dehydration and pneumonia. at exactly the same moment, the hospital system is on the brink of collapse and health care workers haven't been paid salaries

he's the director of operations for the international committee of the red cross. he joins us now from the afghan capital. cobble dominic, i read the very vivid statement. you put out. it's clear, you're very, very angry about what's going on there. so let me start by giving you an opportunity to tell us what you're actually seeing. well, 1st of all, thank you for having me and yes indeed, i now spend 6 days a ton of gone is done and you are walking into a country that bees at the brink of a huge you know, many terry and disaster. you can hear it. you can feel it everywhere where you go, why spend the few days in come to are in the country? i had the opportunity to leave it. the largest referral hospital in the files of god is done and i saw that children admitted to the pediatrics. lar, if the abstract board is good, i'm more children that have been a big defense august and it's just really extremely difficult to reach more of a lot more generally speaking and decides about god. it is a 30 percent degrees in my boss. and and what really upsets me if this is a man m

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of the taliban took over. in august. dominic still heart is the director of operations for the international committee of the red cross. he says, the countries on a precipice. i have now spend 6 days here, a of gone is done and you are walking into a country that is at the brink of a huge human terry and disaster you can eat, you can feel it everywhere. where you go. i spent a few days in come to our country. i had the opportunity to leave it. the largest referral hospital in the files of god is done and i saw that change and admitted to the pediatrics with the attic ward is who i am more children. that have been a big since august and it's just really extremely difficult to reach on what really upsets me if this is a man may disaster ab, the frozen assets and the suspension of by not thrown aid that has made the nomic or lapse a 40 percent compact of the economy that this is the estimate of august and people are suffering. winter has started. people have no food to put on the table and no money to heat their homes. closing argument to be made in the us state of georgia in the amen aubrey murder trial. 3 white men are

it's access assets abroad to be unfrozen. dominic still hard is the director of operations for the international committee of the red cross. he says the countries on a precipice. i have now spent 6 days here. a of gone is done and you are walking into a country that is at the brink of a huge you know, many terry and disaster. you can hear it. you can feel it everywhere. where you go . why spend a few days in come to are in this country? i had the opportunity to leave it the largest reform hospital in the files of god is done and i saw that children admitted to the pediatrics large in the attic ward and east. i'm more children that have been a bit in august and it's just really extremely difficult to read in there. what really upsets me. this is a man may disaster ab, they're frozen assets and the suspension of by not through 8 that i've met the nomic or lapse, a 40 percent compact of the economy that the estimate of august and people are suffering. winter has started. people have no food to put on the table and no money to heat their homes. for my south korean president john do want, has died at the age of 90. john was an

south of the line of contact around 200 local residents, a believe to have been taken hostage key of the denies those reports. we spoke to the head of the international committee of the red cross affiliate in done yes, key says the long running conflicts taken of toll on civilians and new crime. a few of them are conflict done by the last a heavy burden on the population. people who live on, instead of close with atlanta unpack lives in uncertainty office and provide support to more than 23000 persons across 57 central. and on the, on the latter part, the most of them are on plan contact and he has been providing support to those settlements since the beginning of the conflicts provided the food and had you parcels drinking water heating for winter construction material, another light savings support 2 main pillars for the i can work on an x from all parties to the conflict. it could be challenges sometimes. but we maintain our dialogue with the old types to do the prospect to ensure that we reach to the population that is effective and that we can to the human period assistance. well, i said that was a last story though. exclusions are more for you. so let's go straight to th

the education rights of girls. thousands of people, including female judges, have fled the country and are now living abroad. meanwhile, the international committee of the red crosster. a lot of development aid has been frozen since the taliban takeover in august. the red cross is currently supporting 18 afghan hospitals. the women's tennis association says it's still concerned about chinese tennis player peng shuai. social media pictures of the star have now emerged as well as images from a video call with the ioc president. the player disappeared from public view after accusing a senior chinese politician of sexual assault. a rapper whose popular song has been banned in mainland china, says he has no regrets about being blacklisted. namewee's social media accounts were blocked after the song, which makes fun of beijing and young chinese nationalists on social media, went viral. the bbc spoke to the malaysian singer—songwriter. the brit awards — the uk's answer to the grammy�*s — will scrap gendered categories for the first time at next year's ceremony. the male and female awards for best artists will be combined into a single prize from 2022. artists like sam s

you said he's director for the africa region of the international committee of the red cross. he was just in at the top of it. he joins us from geneva. patrick, welcome back to the news or you've just come back from the country. what did you leave behind? what was it like there? um and welfare for us, thanks for having on your show on the situation is extremely diary, as you can imagine, we continue operating within the limits of a rapidly evolving situation. and we are currently assessing the impacts of the imposition by the council of ministers of a nation wide state of a number emergency, which as you can imagine, in such a humanitarian situation. dire humanitarian situation, the focus should be indeed to the liver, vital. i repeat vital life saving aids to people who need it in again and environment that has been rapidly deteriorating, as illustrated, by the way in the, in the last few days, by a large number of people being uprooted, moved without anything, and installed in public housing for schools that unfortunately are not sustainable for people affected by war. do you

the education rights of girls. thousands of people, including female judges, have fled the country and are now living abroad. meanwhile, the international committee of the red crossion in afghanistan this winter. a lot of development aid has been frozen since the taliban takeover in august. the red cross is currently supporting 18 afghan hospitals. the mayor of the biggest city in the french overseas territory of guadaloupe has said france must restore order on the caribbean archipelago after days of violent protests over coronavirus restrictions. there are fears that organised criminal groups are taking advantage of the unrest. france has sent special forces to beef up security. a private investigator has been describing the lengths he says he went to around 15 years ago to get information about prince harry and his then girlfriend chelsy davy. gavin burrows has told the bbc that he targeted her voicemails for a newspaper. prince harry is part of a group involved in ongoing legal action against the news of the world and the sun that could culminate in a trial. the private investigator is a witness in the legal case. his claims have yet to be heard in court and a

the education rights of girls. thousands of people, including female judges, have fled the country and are now living abroad. meanwhile, the international committee of the red crossthis winter. a lot of development aid has been frozen since the taliban takeover in august. the red cross is currently supporting 18 afghan hospitals. the mayor of the biggest city in the french overseas territory of guadaloupe has said france must restore order on the caribbean archipelago after days of violent protests over coronavirus restrictions. there are fears that organised criminal groups are taking advantage of the unrest. france has sent special forces to beef up security. 70 years ago denmark conducted a �*social experiment�* on children from greenland — taking them away from their parents so they could become �*more danish�*. twenty two inuit children were taken to live in denmark fora year in1951. only six of them are still alive and they�*re now seeking 38,000 dollars each in compesation. the lawyer representing the group says their childhoods were ruined, and they lost theirfamilies, language and culture. courtney bembridge has the details. comrade was a danish colony a

forces for providing medical care to protest this to the point that the head of the international committee for the red cross here in put them, had to put out a thing that medical mission should be protected in the country and that those in need of medical assistance should be provided with those services. the fact that protests of having to buy security forces is something that processes have been saying repeatedly, but they say that despite the violence, despite the fact that they've been chase that or just to inside the hospitals where they've been receiving medical care. and despite the fact that at least $43.00 people have been killed, according to the central committee people to the needs doctors and more than $200.00 injured since the military take over last month. this is it will continue to protest against the takeover and against the deal that was signed between the military and prime minister, the lamb on november 21st. uganda has deployed troops across the border into democratic republic of congo as the nations jointly battle and on the group. it follows air and artillery strikes against the alli

this is the president of the international committee for the red cross. >> at the present moment, we e the light at the end of the tunnel. the message to all parties to a conflict is always the same. the earlier we find a political solution bringing us out of the conflict, the better it is. because let's not fool ourselves. even if the conflict stops tomorrow, we will still have hundreds of thousands of people displaced and enormous needs. ros: so, finally, this side looks ready to come to the negotiating table. the prime minister vowed to "bury this enemy with our blood and bones." earlier, we got reaction to the prime minister's threat. >> we have seen this a hundred times over. the spoken threat vowing to bury his enemies, that will include people and children. he is making the same vow. this time around, he is not going to fool anyone. ros: there is concern now that the tigrean fighters will continue advancing on the capital. here is the spokesperson. >> we will potentily enter the capital. for us, marching on the capital is not about taking over addis ababa. it is about making su

and this is the president of the international committee for the red cross. d the political solution bringing us out of the conflict, the better it is. because let's not fool ourselves. even if the conflict stops tomorrow, we will still have hundreds of thousands of people displaced and enormous needs. so far, neither side looks ready to come to the negotiating table. on wednesday, ethiopia's prime minister, abiy ahmed, vowed to "bury this enemy with our blood and bones". and earlier, my colleague matthew amroliwala spoke with a spokesman for the tigrayan people's liberation front and got his reaction to the prime minsiter�*s threat. we have seen this movie several times over. - abiy's spoken threat has always been vowing to bury his enemies. - that would include people, i that would include children. i can only say that he is making the same vow except this - time around, he's not going to fool anyone. | as i mentioned earlier, there is concern now that the tigrayan fighters will continue advancing on the capital. here is spokesman again questioned by matthew

the country, especially the national committee of red cross and national sedation of red cross under business societies. so the contingency planning has been provided to international donors and organizations to cover the requirements and needs of the african display population for 2 months, 6 months or even more. so the initial contingency planning is trying to cover the needs of 150000 people for 2 months at the, at the moment. so data entered and is trying to provide the human services, especially for the relief emergency sheltering water sensation house pci circle. psychological supports and saw, so these are the plan which we try to provide to my phone services to them. but let me also say that said, due to the current situation of sanctions to the country. unfortunately, we are not able or we are not able to receive the national donations assistance because the banking challenge are blocked and then we are not able to receive the donations. so, so for you don't try to provide its own sources for the then the african displace populations for approaching the border. as it is mentioned by, by your colleagues and reports of the average number of the populations w