translation: there's a huge humanitarian crisis in tigray. i people are dying., 1411 people died of starvation. this is only from three zones of tigray region. 492 suspects are under investigation. we investigate it seriously. we have almost concluded the investigation, and 198 of them are charged. the majority of those charged worked for the local authorities. they hope the action taken will mean distributions can restart. wfp acknowledge that the consequences have been dire, but it says the position was necessary to be sure no more food would be taken away from those most in need. a spokesperson told the bbc that they are accelerating efforts to resume food aid, but first, it is making sure the most stringent processes are in place to best serve the millions of hungry people who depend on their support. tigray has still not recovered from two years of civil war, where agricultural land was abandoned and food and health care systems attacked. many died of hunger then, but many more are dying now. she delivered a baby girl. she is healthy for now, but the world

on that date a 16-year-old was at home with her mother in tigray when and if you can soldier demandedbe let in. for her protection, we have changed her name. >> he entered the house alone, carrying a stick with him. there was another soldier with a going away outside. he tried to take me to the bush, but he refused. he told me he had a knife and a handgun and he beat me with a stake. reporter: she still has nightmares of what happened next. over the course of several hours, he raped her multiple times. the attack left her bleeding heavily. she managed to get basic care at a nearby hospital, but desperately need psychological care too, she says,. >> they should be held accountable. not only for me, but for all the victims of rape. guest: in tigray's capital, this hospital medical director has been struggling to provide care for patients like hadas for the last two years. >> we don't have any logistical education, we don't have any chronic medications. we can only provide 10% or 20% of the medications these patients need. reporter: he had hopes that things would quickly change after eth

we also know that during the conflict between the government in tigray and amhara, two years ago, fanoacked the government. and somehow the government provided weapons to fano, that is what the fight is about now because the government wants to disarm this -- these fighters. they say no. we note domestic flights have been canceled because of what is going on. and the situation is -- and we have also spoken to some people who live there, who say they are very fearful about what is going on, there is a lot of uncertainty. and they want this resolved as quickly as possible. ♪ adrian: let's bring in our guests, we are joined by kemal hashi mohamoud. from new york, joined by yohannes woldemariam. specializing in the horn of africa. and from north carolina, tewodrose tirfe, chairman and founding member of the amhara association of america. many people inside of ethiopia may have interpretative this as support for the prime minister. was that not the case? >> no that was not the case. the amhara people, when they were fighting in the war in northern ethiopia, they were fighting to defend them

it tigray doubt, a dealer based in denmark, who bought items on ebay which he discovered were britishm property. he wrote to johnathan williams the museum deputy in february 2021, about a disturbing discovery i have made, involving theft from the british museum. he followed it up in june, asking the director if an internal investigation had begun. a month later, can this response from the deputy, confirming the museum has conducted a thorough investigation, has found the objects concerned are all accounted for with no suggestion of wrongdoing. mr. williams adds, the collection is protected. in fact, we now believe or than 1500 objects, were stolen, damaged or missing in a crisis that is rapidly becoming damaging to the british museum. >> this is being reported across the globe in the media. the british museum is probably the world's most famous museum. the culture department will be wanting to assure itself from the board of trustees that it has the governance in place to protect these items now and in the future, enterprise rent anything like this from ever happening again. reporter:

bbc has been told that at least 1,400 people have starved to death in ethiopia's northern region of tigrayhumanitarian aid to the region by the world food programme and its key donor, the us government, was terminated due to corruption in the distribution system. twitter — or 'x", as it's now known — is removing the blocking features from its services. 0wner elon musk says "makes no sense". musk said users will still be able to block people from directly messaging them. but many people on social media said it will make it hard for people to remove abusive posts from their timeline. russia has banned 54 british nationals and people working for uk organisations from entering the country. the country's foreign minister says it's retaliation for uk sanctions on its citizens. a number ofjournalists from the bbc, the daily telegraph, and the guardian are also on the list. the bbc said it would "continue to report independently and fairly". you're live with bbc news. leaders of the us, south korea, and japan have accused china of dangerous and aggressive behaviour in the south china sea. the asse

bbc has been told that at least 1,400 people have starved to death in ethiopia's northern region of tigraysuspended in april. it comes after humanitarian aid to the region by the world food programme and its key donor the us government was terminated, due to corruption in the distribution system. in the uk, a nurse, lucy letby, has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others when they were in her care at a hospital in cheshire, in the north—west of england. it means the 33—year—old is the uk's biggest killer of babies in modern times. in a statement, the families of lucy letby�*s victims said thatjustice could not reduce the extreme hurt, anger and distress they had experienced, adding that they were heartbroken. lucy letby was also acquitted of two counts of attempted murder and thejury were undecided on six charges of attempted murder. she will be sentenced on monday. the government have ordered an independent inquiry into the circumstances around the murders. the bbc�*s anna foster joined my colleague carl nasman earlier to discuss the case. anna, what

plus: a special report from ethiopia's tigray region, where the bbc is told that 11100 people have starveder events thousands of miles apart, involving fire and water and disrupting the lives of local communities. in a moment, we'll have the latest on the evacuations in canada where a town of some 20,000 people is scrambling to safety. then we'll focus on the aftermath of the hawaii wildfires and new questions over how the blazes started in the first place. but we start in california, where, for the first time ever, a tropical storm could hit the southern part of the state. right now, hurricane hilary is a category 4 storm. it's expected to make landfall in mexico in the state of baja california, seen here, on saturday. it will likely then downgrade to a tropical storm before hitting southern california, with san diego and los angeles in the path. you can see preparations are already under way there, including working to shore up hillsides. officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. the last tropical storm to hit california was in 1939, over 80 years ago.

recently, the strategy was also used in ethiopia relative to the tigray population.s quite troublesome and it is devastating also because there is opportunity that azerbaijan has been moving toward pacifying the region. there are various factors involved in this historic opportunity considering russia has weekend -- weakened. it is a historic opportunity because russia for almost a century has been using it -- to remain relevant. geopolitical stakes of a peaceful principal, dignified resolution of this conflict remained significant. amy: anna ohanyan, thank you for being with us, professor of political science and international relations at stonehill college. and luis moreno ocampo, argentine lawyer who served as the first prosecutor of the international criminal court. he also is the deputy prosecutor in argentina's trial of the juntas. a correction, he was also featured in the film "argentina 1985," which was about the trial of the junta against the leaders of the argentine coup. coming up, the intercept reports secret pakistan cable documents u.s. pressure to remo

amhara soldiers fought on the side of the ethiopian military during the two-year conflict in northern tigray. migrant deaths around el paso, texas, reached a 25-year high this year with at least 136 deaths, roughly 100 of those were recorded starting in may as temperatures started to soar. the death toll is at least 87% higher than last year. the area in question spans the u.s.-mexico border from just east of metropolitan el paso in texas across new mexico's southern border. some deaths were caused by people falling off border fences, but most of them are attributed to extreme heat. ground temperatures as hot as 150 degrees have been recorded this summer amid record-smashing heatwaves. a texas judge just ruled a new state law barring cities from making a wide range of local decisions unconstitutional. among other things, it would have prohibited water breaks. texas's hb 2127, dubbed the "death star" bill, was set to go into effect friday and was part of an effort by the state's republican party and governor greg abbott to control increasingly progressive and democrat-led cities. the law was

and fired explosive weapons at asylum seekers who were fleeing human rights abuses in ethiopia's tigray region and attempted to cross the yemen-saudi border. guards also executed people at close range. the report cited firsthand accounts from 42 ethiopian asylum seekers, over 100 verified videos and photos, and an analysis of satellite imagery. the biden administration has not publicly criticized saudi arabia, a close ally, for the killings. to see our coverage, go to democracynow.org. a young palestinian man has died of his wounds nearly two months after he was shot in the head during an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank. 20-year-old ezzedin kanan was from the town of jaba outside the city of jenin. he's one of at least 172 palestinians killed by israeli forces since the start of the year. human rights watch once last year was the deadliest year for palestinian children in the west bank in 15 years, and this year is on track to meet or exceed last year's levels. human rights watch added in a statement, "unless israel's allies, particularly the united states, pressure israel t

the armed conflict in ethiopia's tigray region, along with drought and famine, have forced more ethiopians the dangerous journey through yemen to saudi arabia. the u.s. and south korea began their annual joint military exercises today amid increasing aggression from the north. the 11 days of drills are larger than in years past. tens of thousands of soldiers are expected to take part. that comes as north korean state media reported leader kim jong un observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles. and, stocks were mixed on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average lost 37 points to close at 34,463. the nasdaq rose 207 points. the s&p 500 added 30. still to come on the "newshour", an anti-corruption outsider triumphs in guatemala's presidential election. a popular weight loss drug may prevent heart attacks, but remains costly. tamara keith and amy walter break down the latest political headlines. an artist examines the legacy of the vietnam war, and its impact on his own life. plus much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from wbt a studios in washington and in the west, fr

. >> but was not the point of the letter tigray chaos? >> i think so. >> so this isn't the first amendment issue despite the fact the trump's lawyer was talking about this. it's a scheme, it's a conspiracy to lie and, to the election of perhaps even cause riots in history. >> that's absolutely right and i think elie honig put it really well in the last segment. you cannot lie for the purpose of cheating and stealing people of anything. there are multiple criminal statutes in this country, wire fraud, mail fraud, all of these statutes criminalize people who used to seat to steal from others. what you see in this 45-page indictment is a sweeping effort by the former president of the united states to basically steal the franchise from over 81 million americans. that's what's happening here. he is trying to steal the election. it is the heart of what is referred to in 18 usc 15 12 the obstructing official proceeding. it is required to your obstruction be corrupt. this is the heart of corruption. he is doing it to bring himself back into the m

here's what i might do my, was called -- tigray on. and he was already an extremely accomplished petition, you might hear about re-mom services, he did a lot of working complex analysis, and gas looked at remains list and pointed to the one that we mom thought was the most boring. namely, the foundations of geometry. he was a dutiful student, he wanted to teach, and he went up to do it. you can read his paper, no one ever reads these, but -- and in it he kind of complaints that he has to do this he's like, yet, this isn't what i'm really good at but i was told it is that i'm adviser. -- -- and the question is, when you have something that is arbitrarily curved, that seems like very hard to capture in an equation, or an expression. how do you take the information of what the geometry is, and in code it in some data? and the answer, that fremont came up with, this is why he was very smart, if i draw a curve in arbitrary geometry, and i have a formula that will tell me the length of every possible curve i can draw, that will fix the geome