oxfam sayshe worst outbreak ever recorded in a single year. it's killed 2000 people. and, according to oxfam, there are hundreds of thousands more suspected cases. and this is a man made disaster: yemen has been torn apart by a brutal civil war for over two years. the bbc‘s nawal al maghawi is in yemen's capital sanaa. another crisis has hit yemen. people here question how much more they can take. war and poverty have combined to mean cholera swept through this country faster than any on record. unless treated quickly, this waterborne disease can kill. most have walked hours to get treatment, but only the fortunate make it in time. aid agencies are doing what they can, but the magnitude of this outbreak is outstripping their ability to respond. one person dies in yemen every hour from cholera. this is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, and it's completely man—made. pockets of famine are growing. cholera is spreading. and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a sa

and, according to oxfam, there are hundreds of thousands more suspected cases. a man made disaster. yemen has been torn apart by a brutal civil war for over two years. the bbc‘s nawal al maghawi is in yemen's capital sana'a. another crisis has hit yemen. people here question how much more they can take. war and poverty have combined to mean cholera has swept through this country faster than any on record. unless treated quickly, this waterborne disease can kill. most have walked hours to get treatment, but only the fortunate make it in time. aid agencies are doing what they can, but the magnitude of this outbreak is outstripping their ability to respond. one person dies in yemen every hour from cholera. this is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, and it's completely man—made. pockets of famine are growing. cholera is spreading, and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a salary in over ten months. there's one thing that people here keep telling me, and it's that they feel completely forgotten by the world. people face the biggest

oxfam say they have been 360,000 suspected cases already this year.r year. so far, the death toll stands atjust over 1800. it is feared that that total could rise to 600,000, making it one of the largest outbreaks since records began in 1949. yemen is one of the arab world's poorest countries and in the last two years it has been devastated by war between forces loyal to the saudi backed government and the rebel movement. blockade has triggered a humanitarian disaster leaving the majority of the population in need of a. earlier this month, the un's a chief made this month, the un's a chief made this appeal to the security council. this scandal is man—made by the conflicting parties and those beyond yemen's orders who are leading, supplying, fighting in perpetuating the fear of the fighting. in recent weeks there have been signs of the epidemic slowing. with the rainy season getting under way, there are fears that will create perfect conditions for the disease to spread even further. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: ajoint us and european poli

oxfam say there have been 360,000 suspected cases already this year. records began in 19119. yemen is one of the arab world‘s poorest countries and in the last two years, it has been devastated by a war between forces loyal to the saudi—backed government and the houthi rebel movement. a blockade imposed by the saudi—led coalition has triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving the majority of the population in need of aid. earlier this month, the un‘s aid chief made this appeal to the security council. this cholera scandal is man—made by the conflicting parties and those beyond yemen‘s borders who are leading, supplying, fighting, and perpetuating the fear of the fighting. in recent weeks, there have been signs of the epidemic slowing. but with the rainy season getting underway, there are fears it will create perfect conditions for the disease to spread even further. air traffic controllers say today will be their busiest day of the year. they‘re expecting to handle nearly 9,000 flights as millions of us start our summer holidays. but there‘s a warning

and, according to oxfam, there are hundreds of thousands more suspected cases.n. people here question how much more they can take. war and poverty have combined to mean cholera has swept through this country faster than any on record. unless treated quickly, this waterborne disease can kill. most have walked hours to get treatment, but only the fortunate make it in time. samira rushed here from the village to save her daughter. her family have suffered all three tragedies of this war. they have lost their home to an air strike, the children go without food, and now they are all fighting cholera. too malnourished to breast—feed, samira has been feeding her daughter powdered milk with cholera—infected water. more than 7 million people here also face the threat of famine. cholera costs pennies to treat, but being malnourished makes it much harder than the body to fight the waterborne disease. in another clinic lies abdullah. for months now, he has had very little food or access to clean water. aid agencies are doing what they can, but the magnitude of this outbreak

in yemen, oxfam is warning the spiraling cholera outbreak could become "the largest ever recorded in any country in a single year since records began." the world health organization says as many as 5000 yemenis are being infected every day and that the disease will only spread further as the rainy season begins. the cholera outbreak comes as more than two years of u.s.-backed saudi-led bombing in yemen has devastated the country's health, water, and sanitation systems. this is u.n. human rights agency spokesman rupert colville. >> the fighting hugely exacerbating the ability to stop this epidemic of cholera and of disintegration of the health system in yemen as a result of the conflict at the time of cholera is a lethal combination. amy: we will go to yemen for more on the cholera epidemic and the u.s.-backed bombing campaign later in the broadcast. in the united states in texas, at least nine have people died from heat exposure and asphyxiation after they and 30 others were crammed into the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer as part of their journey to enter the united states from

claire seaward of oxfam, thank you. let's find out how the weather is looking. hello. just about to show you some ona hello. just about to show you some on a plate, what a superb picture from yet another of our weather watchers in derbyshire. so the week ahead, can we keep that sort of thing going? no, of course we can't. there will be rain for some on tuesday. it will turn warm and humid as well. write widely across the greater part of england and wales, it really was a case of summer today. i will show you the western side of scotland because it looked a lot more like that. the 2nd ofjuly, it did not look like it, did it? that'll came from a weather front which will ease its way out of scotla nd which will ease its way out of scotland and northern ireland bringing rain from the north—west of england and wales as well. temperatures dipping away a touch. a close night across southern parts. this is how we shape up through monday. i think the weather front brings quite a bit of cloud will stop bits and pieces of rain, maybe a passing shower elsewhere. on the grand scale

oxfam's released a new report on yemen calling a cholera outbreak there the worst on record number of people with the disease is now the largest ever recorded in any country in a single year. a two thousand and fifteen military incursion led by saudi arabia has left yemen in a state of ruin well over ten thousand people have been killed if us report a number of times about civilians being killed in asterix over the saudis claimed who think these pose a direct threat to the border has. found yemen or was under the saudi arabia can only be stopped when sales to riyadh halted. the ongoing war is very much a part of the problem and need to add and we basically are calling for a cease fire and then of course we calling for the stuff. to to saudi arabia to be youth in yemen bumbling is not the solution it's that you can't. country into into into pieces or whatever the aim is basically the parties need to come together and reach a peace agreement and the conflict and at least for now and give us. and the international community the u.n. and the government the time an opportunity to respond t

oxfam's released a new report on yemen calling the cholera outbreak quote worst on record the number of people with the disease is now the largest ever recorded in any country in a single year. yemen has been embroiled in conflicts since twenty fifteen when a saudi led coalition began its incursion against who the fighters more than ten thousand people have since been killed he once reported a number of times about civilians dying there and air strikes and other means over the saudis claim but who are these pose a direct threat to their borders. yemen a representative says sales to saudi arabia have to stop in order to directly and this humanitarian crisis. the ongoing war is very much a part of the problem and need to add and we basically are calling for a cease fire and of course we calling for the stock. of arms. to saudi arabia to be used in yemen had bombing is not the solution it's you can't bomb a country into. into pieces or whatever the aim is basically the parties need to come together and reach a peace agreement and end the conflict and at least for now give us. and the in

civilians being killed in airstrikes over the saudis claimed these pose a direct threat to their borders oxfam's yemen representative said saudi arabia can only be stopped when arms sales to riyadh halted their ongoing war is very much part of the problem and need to and we basically are calling for a cease fire and of course we calling for the stop. to to saudi arabia to be used in yemen bombing is not the solution it's you can't bomb a country into. into peace or whatever the aim is basically the parties need to come together and reach a peace agreement and the conflict and at least for now give us. and the international communities and the government the time an opportunity to respond to the crisis. the media has been obsessing over the looks style and mannerisms of donald trump ever since the billionaire businessman made his bid for the white house but how important is style over substance jacqueline verger has been trying to find out. america's commander in chief is meant to be a representation of the country as a whole and its values and what does america pride itself on if not diversity w

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the outbreak started three months ago and oxfam says there are already 360,000 suspected cases.the numbers seen in haiti in 2011. the epidemic follows two years of a brutal civil war in yemen. also making news today. police have launched teargas at protesters in the streets of the venezuelan capital caracas during a nationwide strike. the strike was called by the opposition as part of a civil disobedience campaign against president nicolas maduro. millions of people stayed home from work and closed their businesses but mr maduro says the strike had little affect. the head of minneapolis police has distanced her force from the death of the australian woman justine damond. in a press conference a short time ago, police chief janee harteau said she'd spoken to ms damond's fiance and told him the death was the result of one individual and did not have to happen. ms damond was shot after approaching two officers in their car on saturday after reporting a suspected rape. the officer responsible has refused to be interviewed over the incident. thousands of people have been demonstratin

the civilian death toll remains unknown earlier today i spoke to the country director of the ngo oxfam. award of the deep and potentially long lasting impact on civilians. what we see is people with nothing highly come occurrence living on that i suspect has been the scene? of the level of violence have been going through. plus not having full of no hiding what the not having anything specially for the children and women has been terrible. on top of addressing the immediate humanitarian needs of the displaced the government also faces the challenge of dealing with the root causes of the crisis. the sunni population also has long felt abandoned by the shiite led government in baghdad. which is fueled support for the terror grou. we don't want ice just come back who have to close that gap. and we close to compromise in either case in providing the means and the minimum service providing child. good government governance for the people he wouldn't do that has. millions will be needed to rebuild muscle and to address these needs. humanitarian agencies also worry that with the highest group

oxfam says there are country in a single year. 0xfam says there are 360,000 suspected cases of there are 360,000 suspected cases of the disease after two years of brutal civil war. the time isjust the time is just after 00:30am. next, talking books. welcome to hay festival. now celebrating its 30th year. it brings together scientists, historians, novelists, musicians, all of them here to discuss their latest ideas and stories. today i'm interviewing the multi—award winning author elizabeth strout. her sixth novel, all of them receiving critical acclaim, but it was olive kitteridge that received the pulitzer prize. born and raised in small towns in new hampshire and main, her latest book anything is possible explores the cost of extraordinary characters and their own small—time lives. —— explores a cast. i stand to be corrected, but i think it was chekhov who was asked by i think his brother, it was a hint about writing, and he apparently said, you know, the thing about writing is find the small detail that reveals the big story. i think elizabeth strout, if i may say so, follows in t

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. >> that number comes from oxfam, they go to g-20 and world economic forum, interesting statistic, eight people have as much wealth as the bottom 3.6 billion in the world. pretty incredible the concentration of wealth in this world. joining me now is ed markey of massachusetts, on the foreign relations committee serving as the top democrat on the east asia subcommittee. thanks for being with me again. >> good to see you again. >> let's talk about this. it's a day before the direct bilateral meeting between president trump and president putin. donald trump criticizes russia for destabilizing parts of the world yet tells our own hall lee jackson, not even sure there are 17 intelligence agencies, sure russia must have been involved in some hacking but other people are too. many need him to confront vladimir putin about this issue and put conditions on the table and he's not even agreeing with the 17 intelligence agencies he's not sure ist. >> well, right now donald tmp is the only american whooes not believe that the russians interfered with our elections and i think his discussion with put

this is steve price-thomas of oxfam. >> we live in a world where just eight men have the same wealth as the poorest half of the world population. that is 3.6 billion people. where one in 10 people live on less than two dollars a day, where almost 800 million people go to bed hungry every night. that situation is completely unacceptable. we are here at the g20 in hamburg and it is essential that g20 but the quality number one on their agenda. amy: earlier today brazil, russia, india and china -- the so-called brics countries -- called on the g20 to push for implementation of the paris climate deal despite trump's decision to pull the united states out of it. meanwhile trump is scheduled to meet later today with russian president vladimir putin on the sidelines of the g20. we go now to the streets of hamburg where we are joined by the croatian philosopher srecko horvat who took part in the g20 alternative summit -- the global solidarity summit. he is one of the founders, along with yanis varoufakis, of the democracy in europe movement, also known as diem25. his latest piece for the gua

human rights watch, amnesty international , oxfam. doctors without borders, you name it, i'm probably a member of it. okay, so this went on for a while, this kind of confusion. how had the 1940s, the greatest decade in the history of american foreign policy, how had given way beginning in 19 2003 to the greatest disaster in american foreign policy which of course is with us today. and in both cases, using liberal internationalism as an explanation. >> the only way to deal with this was to go back to woodrow wilson. and to study in more depth than i had before what wilson had to say. >> what i discovered, does this work better? >> okay. >> so what i found in going back to woodrow wilson was that for him, democracy was very much a question of time and place. you cannot expect the democracy will spread globally. either quickly or easily or perhaps at all. >> he illustrated this with the french revolution. as opposed to the american revolution. our revolution he said was barely a revolution at all. we were simply asserting the rights of t

we have level of inequality going back to -- your level in your group, partly british, oxfam, richestlevel of inequality you have to go back to the ancient pharaohs to see. we have had two he collapses last 75 years. one in '30s, and one in 2008. most americans are not back since 2007 with real jobs, less secure, fewer benefits. i think you're seeing return to socialism not so much because people like socialism. that may come. i don't think it is there yet. people who don't like what they got and what they see and what they see for their kids. stuart: i think we are on the european road. i think we in america are moving down that collectivist road he. how long do you think before we become like a denmark or a france or something like that? >> i don't think anyone knows. i certainly don't. i think that is going to be a question what we on the left call struggles. stuart: do you want it? do you really want it? >> oh, yes, i want a society of much less inequality. of much more security for people. i think we're better to each other as human beings that way. charles: i like individual fre

the outbreak started three months ago and oxfam says there is already 360,000 suspected cases.ea and dehydration. the epidemic follows two years of brutal civil war in yemen the number of pupils being excluded from schools in england is at the highest level for nearly a decade. in the last year there were nearly 350,000 permanent or fixed term exclusions from state schools. more than 11,000 of those were for sexual misconduct, or drugs and alcohol abuse. road tolls on the severn bridges will be scrapped by the end of next year, putting an end to what some described as a tax on entering wales. ministers say the decision will deliver a significant boost to the local economy, and strengthen links between england and wales. laura jones is standing on the english side of the crossing for us this morning. very good morning to you, laura. just tell us a little more about the story. yes, welcome to a windswept severn beach this morning. they've been charging people to cross here since 1966 when the first severn crossing was opened. back then it cost about 12p to cross this, here is the