jim a is the interim executive director for oxfam international. we really appreciate your time this things unfair, right? if you're an advanced economy and you're already doing ok, you can spend, spend, spend, the i.m.f. says it will be fine. but if you're already struggling, belt tightening will come and things could get worse. it will not work, it will not work for the people. i mean, overseas are just found that 84 percent of the 91 they and their colleagues, 1000 loans and polish, and some cases it won't require countries to a lot, talks are the measures in aftermath of the health crisis is a thanks, at least, 767 lower middle income countries from the u.s. to $25.00 or 70 measures could include cuts, public services including wage freezes, cats, the public sector. workers like doctors and nurses. it includes increases in value of the taxes which apply to every they call it seeing food, household soup, soup lies and full disproportionally young women in the poorest parts of the population thinking human terms. i mean, just when people think th

save the economy something we're going to talk to the interim director of oxfam international about a little later in the program but i want to come back to this advice for advanced economies at least to spend spend spend this is just mean that we're going to see an increase in debt and deficits we just 12 months ago would have been think about . well you know there are different ways you i think create stat mole if you are you a cut of a process all along the supply chain so you can just contract things economists. call the fishes that track things things that say by that you'll you'll back. seeing creasing if you're the fabless to. confirm that i'm driving the birds spending route is a good instructor so essentially he thinks that because essentially the color made already the states of gravity how i think about bringing back not just throwing in a rope and experiences on. the station to supply chains because essentially men stefansson probably means have safety that so and that's they support people in jobs through expending that have to support people answer through the welfare sy

worry that the move will disrupt international aid and u.n. peace. senseless oxfam says the g 20 member countries have exported $17000000000.00 worth of alms to saudi arabia since it intervened in yemen's war in 2015. a report by the charity organization says that's 3 times what's going to yemen, an aide to reports been released as g 20 leaders prepared to meet the surely this week for a summit hosted by saudi arabia. a weather update banks here on out 0, then banking on a vaccine. and we'll look at how europe's biggest economies are reacting to promising data from the u.s. on the most powerful atlantic storm this year. hits central america aid agencies are describing catastrophic damage. but the weather is looking lousy fine in try to cross many western policy of here, but we have got some areas of cloud tumbling into the northwest. we have got some west of weather and some windy weather rolling across the british isles, pushing into scandinavia and logical storms just around the vocals. at the moment, just around the edge of the attic is fun to try cause many west

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worry that the move will disrupt international aid and u.n. peace efforts efforts. oxfam says the g 20 member countries of exported $17000000000.00 worth of arms to saudi arabia, since attentive, intervened in yemen's war in 2015. a report by the charity organization says that that's 3 times what's going to yemen in aid reports been released as g 20 leaders prepare to meet virtually this week for a summit hosted by saudi arabia with president donald trump facing the end of his administration. his team is looking to seal some final foreign policy victories. one of those is a diplomatic push to resolve the blockade of qatar under chapelle reports. the secretary of state is back in the region to drum up support for normalization deals between israel and some arab states, increase pressure on iran and make some headway in talks to end the blockade of cattle. my pump a was due in doha and riyadh in the days ahead. this is us cattery and saudi officials have signaled in recent weeks that a breakthrough may be near. on monday, u.s. national security adviser, robert o'brian added

international agencies for assistance. and until that help arrives, these men say they will continue to diffuse, learn minds one at a time. have a big job with al-jazeera part are, you know, oxfam says g 20 may be countries have sold $17000000000.00 worth of arms to saudi arabia, since it intervened in yemen's war in 2015, a report bond charity organization says that is 3 times what's gone to yemen in 8 reports being released as g 20 leaders prepared to meet virtually this week for a summit hosted by like saudi arabia. we spoke to us on the call from oxfam in london. he says, action is needed from world leaders to end yemen's humanitarian crisis. it's very difficult as yemen rolls into its 6th year of conflict to watch the situation in the country and unravel with the death, destruction and, and level of disease and infection in the country. and as we, as we work, as humanitarian organizations to respond to the coronavirus, we're seeing a dramatic drop in a low level of response for in the humanitarian funding levels. and we're only seeing around 40 percent of, of the humanitarian appeal being funded today. it's the old cliche of how important these forgotten crises are. and we