that has led to this announcement yesterday in the end was led by the campaign against arms trade oxfam was intervenor in that case we'll have to see whether the. cat has decided to try and carry on with the case or whether they will allow it to be dropped. clearly we're going to have to work with m.p.'s to scrutinize government policy carefully. and in international fora the arms trade treaty conference of states parties in the united nations will have to keep up the pressure that. we have been working on for 20 years to stop states selling albums into situations where there are human rights abuses occurring show ok martin it really not until she's going to leave it there that was martin but your policy adviser campaign oxfam thank you. thank you for watching take just coming up to 1230 here in moscow more from us that the topic. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport that's less i'm show business i'll see of that. time after time called her ration to repeat the same mantra sustainability very important it's accelera

parts of the world oxfam says as many as 12000 people a day could die from hunger linked to the fallout from the pandemic the organization's new study shows disruption to food supplies and falling aid funding could push well over 100000000 to the brink of starvation this year middle income countries like india south africa and brazil are especially after it's. let's get more on the story now we're joined by matthew truscott he's the head of humanitarian policy at oxfam international matthew it's good to have you with us on the w. your organization is saying the knock on effects of the pandemic are more widespread than the virus itself why is that. well so we're looking at an additional $121000000.00 people potentially pushed to the brink of starvation by the social and economic fallout of this pandemic and what we have to look at is this is it's it's a link to a system so when we're looking at these numbers we look at the same time as the biggest food and drink companies paid out over $18000000000.00 to shareholders so we have a dramatically unequal food system and we also have a number

station hits the buffers when the new suggestion by transport authorities proves to be no better and oxfam warns that code 90 could cause mass hunger across the globe and kill 12000 people a day. in the u.s. . developing in an otherwise middle income and a fellow treats the money is flowing to the big companies and it's really not getting down to the people that need it. there good morning it's saturday the 11th of july you're watching r.t. international where it's just gone 9 o'clock in moscow now turkey's landmark yourself a museum which through its long history has also been a cathedral and a mosque has been converted back into a place for muslim press. change i mean like hold of the mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and muslims feel humanity's common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status and a more sincere and more unique way by finalizing preparations quickly we plan to open hagia sophia for worship on friday july 24th 2020 with friday prayers. orson's worshippers have to wait another 2 weeks for the hasten t

global hunger a crisis that's dramatically worse than because of coke at 19 the humanitarian group oxfam says the pandemics knock on effects are more widespread than the virus itself. and in china a wave of human rights lawyers were arrested 5 years ago now some are being released we meet one street lawyer who is getting his life back together so he can fight for rights again. and who believes in europe 19 nation body of countries using the euro currency the frontrunner for the job is spain's not here kind of you know she would be the 1st woman to run the euro group this in the biggest crisis off the time. i'm sumi so misconduct thank you for joining us anti-government rallies have filled the streets of serbia's capital belgrade for a 2nd day and night protesters are angry over what they see as the government's mishandling of the corona virus pandemic critics say the sharp spike in cases is the fault of serbia's president who lifted an earlier lock down to allow for elections authorities are expected to reimpose a partial ban on gatherings today. pandemic frustrations bubble over on the

talk of a potential 2nd wave of coronaviruses some fearing yet another shortage of 5 pm and oxfam warns that 19 could cause mass hunger across the globe and kill 12000 people a day. to. developing in an otherwise middle income a developed country the money is flowing to the big companies and it's really not getting down to the people that need it. hello good afternoon it's 3 o'clock am in moscow and without international back turkey's landmark i guess if a museum which through its long history has also been a cathedral and a mosque has been converted back into a place for muslim prayer. change i mean like all of other mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and muslims hagia sophia humanities common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status in a more sincere and more unique way by finalizing preparations quickly we plan to open hagia sophia for worship on friday july the 24th 2020 with friday prayers. since worshipers have to wait then another 2 weeks they had to fit to reopen for press this friday to see them gathering

oxfam warns that covert 19 could cause mass hunger across the globe and killed 12000 people a day. developing in an otherwise middle income and country the money is flowing to the big companies and it's really not getting down to the people that need it. the poll finds of mixed feelings in the e.u. on welcoming u.k. tourists. as brits get the green light to travel to 59 countries. by i think they will be regarded so would be suspicion 1st of all we need to make sure that they do not have the virus that they have had to test and then then they have . music which was originally founded as a cathedral is converted back into a mosque however turkey's move triggers anger especially from abroad. by broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right aside from the impact on health and leaving millions jobless the coronavirus is also threatening to leave people hungry as well a new report by oxfam warns that covert 19 is triggering a food crisis that could potentially double the number who die from hunger eac

and oxfam warns that claim that 19 could cause mass hunger across. developing in an otherwise middle income and if i look at the street the money is flowing to the big companies and it's really not getting down to the people that need it it's. like good afternoon just don't want to talk in moscow view watching international turkeys landmark case if a museum which 3 weeks long history has also been a cathedral and a mosque has been converted back into a place for muslim prayer change i mean like all of other mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and muslims syfy of humanity's common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status in a more sincere and more unique way by finalizing preparations quickly we plan to open hagia sophia for worship on friday july the 24th 2020 with friday prayers. since bush has have to wait another 2 weeks for the theatre and for pres this friday can see them gathering at side can the president come shortly after to these high court and the 934 decision to turn

converted back into a mosque however turkey's moved to anger especially from abroad also to come this hour oxfam warns that 19 could cause mass hunger across the globe and kill up to 12000 people a day. developing in otherwise middle income and developed countries and the money is flowing to the big companies and it's really not getting down to the people that need it and as you frictions are being slowly lifted in the u.k. talk of a potential 2nd wave of coronaviruses fearing yet another shortage of final a.p.'s . good afternoon is just turned for health care in moscow you're watching the international. scene which through its long history has been a cathedral and a mosque is being converted back into a place for muslim prayer. like all of other mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and muslims hagia sophia humanity's common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status in a more sincere and more unique way by finalizing preparations quickly we plan to open hagia sophia for worship on friday july the 24th 2020 with friday prayers.

and oxfam does warn that could cause mass hunger across the globe and kill 12000 people a day. to you any chance of hunger developing in an otherwise middle income and a philip outreach company money is flowing to the big companies and it's really not getting down to the people that need to. follow the good morning it's saturday the 11th of july you watching r.t. international is just gone 10 o'clock here in the russian capital turkey's landmark i guess if a museum which through its long history has also been a cathedral and a mosque is being converted back into a place for muslim press change i mean like a lot of other mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and muslims to fear humanity's common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status in a more sincere and more unique way by finalizing preparations quickly we plan to open hagia sophia for worship on friday july the 24th 2020 with friday prayers. since we do have to wait another 2 weeks we have to fear the pres this friday can see them gathering outside the no

and oxfam warns that code 19 could cause mass hunger across the globe and kill 12000 paypal and. new enchanters of hunger developing in otherwise middle income and developed countries the money is flowing to the big companies and it's really not getting down to the people that need it. so they're welcome just on the day here in moscow you're watching international turkeys landmark. which through its long history has also been a cathedral and a mosque has been converted back into a place for muslim prayer. i mean like all of other mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and muslims hagia sophia humanities common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status in a more sincere and more unique way by finalizing preparations quickly we plan to open hagia sophia for worship on friday july the 24th 2020 with friday prayers. or since bush appears to have to wait another 2 weeks for the hacking safina to reopen for prez this friday saw them gathering at side the newly converted mosque the president coming shortly after to his

oxfam warns that covert 19 could cause mass hunger across the globe and kill 12000 people a day. to. develop in otherwise middle income a developed country the money is flowing to the big companies but it's really not getting down to the people that need it. the poll finds mixed feelings in the e.u. on the welcoming u.k. tourists without self isolation as brits get the green light to travel to 59 countries. i think they will be regarded so what with suspicion 1st of all we need to make sure that they do not have the virus that they have had to turn a central ok and then then they have the right to enjoy themselves. very welcome you're watching aussie international with me carrying our psyches longmont hagia sophia museum which through its long history has also been a cathedral and a mollusc has been converted back into a place for muslim press. change i mean like go to all of the mosques the doors of the hagia sophia will be open to all locals all foreigners muslims and non muslims hagia sophia humanity's common legacy will continue to embrace everyone with its new status in a mo

millions could face starvation as coronavirus takes its toll wild wide that warnings from oxfam and says hunger caused by the pandemic will kill more people than the virus itself so we should step in to stop this design stuff this is inside story. and over and welcome to the program i'm laura carlisle more people will die this year from hunger caused by the pandemic than from coated 19 that's according to the charity oxfam which says 121000000 more people could face starvation because of reduced aid mass unemployment and destruction to food production and supplies it also describes that middle income countries such as india brazil and south africa as a merging epicenters of hunger with millions of people facing being tipped over the edge on the social and economic effects of the crisis. well let's take a closer look at some of the figures in that report oxfam says some of the world's poorest countries could see $12000.00 extra deaths per day due to hunger before the end of 2020 the charity says this is more than the peak global current virus death rate of $10000.00 per day in april the 1

millions jobless the chrono virus is also threatening to leave people hungry as well a new report by oxfam warns that covert 19 is triggering a food crisis that could potentially double the number who die from hunger each year matthew truscott is the head of humanitarian policy for oxfam international he says it's even affecting developed countries. what's really worrying in this report is we're seeing new essentials on developing in an otherwise middle income in developed countries some of the countries we do look at in the reports i think that india south africa brazil these countries where there recently developed economies and yet impact that we're seeing from coronavirus is going to have dire consequences on the most vulnerable people in those societies and say it's going to happen i mean this this poor people in every country and the same impacts are going to slow down so what we're seeing from coronavirus is that both it makes its more sort of vulnerable for poor people but it also makes them more vulnerable to the economic side as well and that's going to be across the world 8 of t

and i go into me after this no no no no no oxfam all global organization working to end poverty ran the numbers and found that 9 out of every 10 of those extra dollars these companies are going to rake in it's going to shareholders you know a bunch of already rich people oh and with that $1.00 left over only $0.32 will go to black and latino communities so basically here you go peasants while the shareholders take the out again this time in newport rather than nantucket so what can you do what can we do well how can we hold these corporations accountable while oxfam is already on it calling for lawmakers to institute a pandemic profits tax kind of like the one that was passed in the forty's during world war 2 now it's designed to tax a portion of a corporation's profits that stemmed from an external event not of the companies making after all we didn't start using hand sanitizer till our lives literally depended on it now oxfam estimates that this tax could bring in $80000000000.00 and the things we could do with that money and less we could actually fund a media an ongoing covert testi

or the charity oxfam has warned us that war old hunger is being worsened by the coronavirus pandemic and is calling for urgent action on what it calls a broken food system by the end of the year 12000 people per day could die from covert linked hunger potentially more than from the disease itself the world food programme estimates that $217000000.00 people will be in crisis level hunger by the end of the year as a result of the pandemic nearly 16000000 people are facing extreme hunger in war torn yemen but that report also shows a middle income countries such as india south africa brazil we're just seeing chile are also experiencing rapidly rising levels of food poverty. well eric was is the senior manager of food and climate justice at famine merica joins us now from washington d.c. via skype thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera now family farmers to it as at a broken food system where covert 19 was really the final straw just talk us through what the fact there is war that the pen that make obviously exacerbated but that now weighs resulting in so many people either

this year from hunger caused by the pun demick than from coated 19 that's according to the charity oxfam which says 121000000 more people could face starvation because of reduced aid mass unemployment and disruption to food production and supplies it also describes middle income countries such as india brazil and south africa as a merging epicenters of hunger with millions of people facing being tipped over the edge on the social and economic effects of the crisis. well let's take a closer look at some of the figures in that report oxfam says some of the world's poorest countries could see $12000.00 extra deaths per day due to hunger before the end of 2020 the charity says this is more than the peak of global current virus death rate of $10000.00 per day in april the 10 extreme hunger hotspots the report highlights include afghanistan syria and south sudan where the charity says the situation is most severe and getting worse thanks. let's talk about this further with our guests today and from madrid we have chamma vera the executive director of international from santa waleed al food jer

policy adviser on arms campaigns from oxfam loss in butcher believes yemen has already suffered enough and the u.k. is only making matters worse. this is something that we hadn't expected to happen the news came out of the blue especially the day after sanctioning saudi arabia for human rights abuses as far as oxfam is concerned there is a pattern of events which amount to serious violations of international humanitarian law happening in yemen that by the saudis by other members of the coalition and by the haiti's as well and these arms sales should not go ahead the naval blockade which is cut yemen off from the world for 5 years now allowing minimal amounts of humanitarian aid and food through is also in some aspects a breach of international humanitarian law and of course the bombing has led on to . things like you know the lack of clean water meaning the world's biggest cholera epidemic the vast majority of the population are going hungry some on the edge of starvation famine so the yemen is really in a desperate situation the last thing it needs is the u.k. government to be. in. so

a stark warning from oxfam,as te u.k.harities as more people could die from hunger as a result of theavirus and from the disease itself. a few sobering statistics in the latest report for you to digest. pewarns that by the end of this year, 12,00le per day may not have enough to eat because of covid-19. it identifies 10 hotspots where e virus, combined with conflict and an escalating climate crisis, might leave millions on the brink of starvation. here is oxfam's regional direction for east and central africa. >> if you look at the budgets of most of these countries, like ethiopia, kenya, etc., much ct their budgetlly goes to servicing debt. and only a fraction goes into, for instance, the agricultural sector, or into social protections that would actually support the 61%fost populations of this world that are employed in the informal sector. so we need a concertedffort to globally as well as nationally to recognize that hunger is a real threat. and moreeople may end up dying from hunger than from the actual cod disease itself. and therefore, to focus more on measures tha enable these

a humanitarian group oxfam is warning that the coronavirus is crisis the hunger crisis in the poorest parts of the world they say that as many as 12000 people a day could die from hunger linked to the fallout from the pandemic a new study shows the disruption to food supplies and aid funding could push well over $100000000.00 the brink of starvation this year the lincoln countries including india south africa and brazil are said to being particularly at risk. when live years ago with oxfam international regional director for the whole east and central africa joins us from nairobi welcome to g.w. so that tell us more than about the connections between the pandemic and this worsening hunger. so what what is happening is that we already have a 'd vulnerability is within the system lead to the fact that in some of these countries conflict has been an ongoing issue climate the climate crisis was living affecting them and we have a global broken food system anyway and higher consuming inequalities in many parts of the world and the confluence of all of this is what has driven more people in

people who might respond jeff we want to come back to that point in a moment just before we do ana oxfam is supporting this initiative let's just get an idea lay out an idea of where this money is most urgently needed so obstinate support this initiative because we've been working to fight inequality for many years now mainly because we know that an equality absence of huge barrier to quality reduction which is what fundamentally tad about and we saw you know back in january of just a 155 individuals in the world owns the same amount of wealth of the bottom half of humanity that's people who own the same amount of wealth as 3500000000 people now that was well coached at 19 the situation has got so much worse not only has it got so much worse but governments are also needing to spend big bucks as you said to start to pay for the health response but also to take the economic response and the stimulus packages so where are they going to get this money or what and spending it on as you said and i think maybe the main issues that we're looking at. reducing inequality and poverty reduction her

millions could face starvation as coronavirus takes its toll world wide that warnings from oxfam and says hunger caused by the pandemic will kill more people than the virus itself so we should step in to stop this design stuff this is inside story. and welcome to the program i'm laura cause more people will die this year from hunger caused by the pun demick than from coated 19 that's according to the charity oxfam which says 121000000 more people.

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thank you for joining us from damascus matt hammes a promising commanche communications adviser for oxfam. now to mali prayers have been held for anti-government protesters killed in the capital bamako at least 4 people have died in demonstrations over the last 2 days influential eman holy duca who is spearheading the demonstrations has called on protesters to remain calm the tensions are high despite president brand of the car kate has promised to form a national unity government and dissolve a constitutional court. first of all i want to pay tribute to the young who died in the latest protests i call on all mali and soon the young in particular not to fall into the trap of violence we can be strong without being violent our determination for this struggle is unshakeable we fight to restore the honor of the nation to end this catastrophic situation that this government has led us into for the decay of mali to no longer be a reality but a memory this movement we have started is the beginning of hope our desires are met address says resentment has been building in money. all of a sudden in

let's check in now on some other stories making news around the world the aid group oxfam is warning that the number of people facing hunger and acute from shortages could soon top a 1000000000 people due to the coronavirus crisis that could cost as many as 12000 lives a day if governments fail to take action. the number of crimes committed by extreme right and left wing groups in germany continues to rise german authorities registered around 30000 incidents last year alone investigators say violent attacks carried out by right wing groups targeting minorities continue to be one of germany's chief threats and italian authorities have seized a migrant rescue boat operated by the german and geo sea watch claiming it did not comply with safety rules last month the vessel was used to rescue more than 200 people stranded at sea in april illy banned migrant rescue ships from docking at its ports because of the pandemic. to china now where some of the 300 lawyers and activists arrested in a 2015 crackdown are being released they have pushed back against president xi jinping has moved to tig

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cholera because covert 19 has overwhelmed health facilities that that's the latest assessment from oxfam which says that many are scared to seek treatment for fear of contracting the corona virus according to the u.k. based charity the start of the rainy season next month could worsen the cholera outbreak more than $100000.00 suspected cases were recorded in the 1st 3 months of this year wilson city keep is the yemen country director for oxfam international he says the shortage of health facilities is posing a huge challenge. you to the 5 years of war are worth the humanitarian crises. coming 19 and then now. actually yemen is on it truly horrific catastrophe because. 1000 and cholera could in the coming weeks rainy season begins but we have seen a kind of significant drop of color act is this the past. like 100000 that we have seen. this water while the rain has started and. last year we have seen 70 percent increase actually people are afraid they're frightened so they're not actually reporting to the health center to get treatment and only really narrowed. u.s. attorney general willia

cholera because cook at 19 has further overwhelmed health facilities according to a new report from oxfam people are scared sick treatment for fear of contracting the virus the u.k. based charity says the start of the rainy season next month could worsen the color of crisis more than 100 tons of suspected cases of the disease as were recorded in the 1st 3 months of the year. is the yemen country director for oxfam international he says the shortage of health facilities and worsened the crisis. due to the over 5 years of war yemen is worth a humanitarian crises and now we are coming 19 and then now the cholera in huge actually yemen is on a truly horrific custody because border could be 1000 and cholera could in the coming weeks the rainy season begins but we have seen a kind of significant drop of color active this the past quarter one reported one reported like 100000 that we have seen divert and grab this water while the rain has started and some areas where they had last year that we have seen 70 percent increase actually people are afraid they're frightened so they're not actually rep

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