the house will come together with a budget that will be that i think will be good for the world food programme so we can continue to address around the world and then when you think about the united states' commitment to the world food program last year two thousand and seventeen was two point five billion dollars this year you know we're hopeful that we come out with at least two billion but i'm confident that the leadership in the united states will stay strong on international humanitarian aid. now in many of your public appearances you're. feeding the world's most vulnerable is a viable alternative to military spending you think it's a way of combating extremism and apparently the president perhaps has a different view on that what is your strategy now to try to dissuade the president or to try to work with the congress and hopefully defeat his budgeting proposals there well as i've told my friends in the u.s. senate and the u.s. house the republicans and the democrats as well as the president and his administration if you want to spend another half a trillion dollars on military cut the w

that is the beauty of the world food programme. s of conflicts receive the food they need so they don't have to yield to extremist and terrorist groups. the extremist groups will deprive people of food and we haven't fed your little girl or a week or two, you will fall prey. you will sign up. we are there, and that is what we are all about — bringing safety and security in regions that are otherwise in chaos and conflict. when you put yemen on the table, you put syria on the table — to give you an example — when we feed a syrian in syria, it is about 50 cents per day. when that same syrian refugee end up in munich, total humanitarian cost is 50 euros per day, and that syrian refugee wants to be at home, not in another country. you are getting more food to syrians in besieged areas? syria is a very complex situation. some days we feel we are making great headway, but there is still perceived areas. we are feeding several million syrians on any given day. we have been doing airdrops, airlifts and everything we can to bring some food i

the house will come together with a budget that will be that i think will be good for the world food programme so we can continue to address around the world and then when you think about the united states' commitment to the world food program last year two thousand and seventeen was two point five billion dollars this year you know we're hopeful that we come out with at least two billion but i'm confident that the leadership in the united states will stay strong on international humanitarian aid that in many of your public appearances you're stressed that feeding the world's most vulnerable is a viable alternative to military spending you think it's a way of combating extremism and apparently the president perhaps has a different view on that what is your strategy now to try to dissuade the president ought to try to work with the congress and hopefully defeat his budgeting proposals there well as i've told my friends in the u.s. senate and the u.s. house the republicans and the democrats as well as the president and his administration if you want to spend another half a trillion dollars on mi

outranked while to discuss that i'm now joined by david beasley executive director of the world food programme mr beazley it's great to talk to thank you for your time it was good to be with you thank you now when the news of your appointment came foreign policy magazine and road that the yuan put appointee of the head of the world food programme to quote help stave off u.s. cuts if that was their rationale has it worked out well it has a bit it came kicking and screaming into the system because i was not necessarily un person you know but when i heard the facts of how bad the situation was around the world with all the conflict war and hunger coupled with the fact that the united states very will make. i decided i would take the role in so i hit the ground running.

to discuss this is the head of the world food programme. hunger are very distressing. what are you learning? the great news is for the last 30 years , we the great news is for the last 30 yea rs, we have the great news is for the last 30 years, we have reduced hunger around the world. the bad news is the last couple of years the rate has gone back up and that is because the war and conflict. 82% of expenditure is in warzone and conflict. 82% of expenditure is in war zone places like yemen, syria, south sudan, somalia, iran, afghanistan. it is man—made conflict and renew compound that with climate change, it is a disaster in the works. we are dealing with this and every time you have hunger, you have a migration. we know that every 1% increase of hunger, there is a 2% increase of hunger, there is a 2% increase in migration. you see why the europeans in the us are coming together because it is in their national security interest to address food security. you find you are inside the munich security conference, so are inside the munich security

needs to happen is for the fighting to stop and then humanitarian organizations including the world food programme can then go in and assess the situation but also provide emergency humanitarian assistance from our perspective that would be food that would then sustain the people on a week to week basis but what thank you very much for talking with us that was walt there talking to us from damascus she's with the u.n. world food program. staying in syria government backed troops have entered a free day kurdish enclave in the north of the country turkey is preparing to lay siege to the city as part of an offensive against kurdish militia it uses terrorists and a security threat but the arrival of troops backed by damascus is stoking fears of a confrontation with turkey that could further complicate syria's civil war. pro syrian government forces chant unity slogans after entering the northern enclave of offering they've come to help kurdish fighters resist the turkish offensive which began a month ago. we are in the heart of offering with huge numbers and will stay here until we kick out the ottoma

revive sustainability sustainable development resilience for example in the united nations world food programme we believe that every single person this enabled body to know who's receiving food they ought to be in a community development improvement properly but for that you have to solve the number one issue which is meet conflict he mentioned the word famine and then the way to yemen and i want to see is that there's a potential chalk specifically about this country because i think it's stands out as a as a confluence of disasters or heard you say that you've been trying to raise the issue of the saudi contact with the trumpet ministration did you find it responsive yes it's been interesting know what and see that the international community has has come together to help bring about a change in the saudi in the sort of coalition by that you mean then the plants that they may just recently offer additional aid and easing out of there saying well you know two or three things number one the saudi led coalition in the blockade was creating catastrophic situation and so lack of money lack of acce

revive sustainability sustainable development resilience for example in the united nations world food programme we believe that every single person this enabled body don't know who is receiving food they ought to be in a community development improvement program but for that you have to solve the number one issue which is meet conflict you mentioned the word the way yemen and i want to see is that there is a potential chalk specifically about this country because i think it's stands out as a as a confluence of disasters or heard you say that you've been trying to raise the issue of the saudi conduct with the trump of ministration did you find it.

needs to happen is for the fighting to stop and then humanitarian organizations including the world food programme can then go in and assess the situation but also provide emergency humanitarian assistance from our perspective that would be food that would then sustain the people on a week to week basis but what thank you very much for talking with us that was. their talking to us from damascus she's with the u.n. world food program. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today at least five thousand people have been cut off by landslides and hundreds of tourists are stranded after a powerful storm battered new zealand's sol final and the storm was the tail end of cycling which tore through several pacific nations last week the u.s. state department says north korea canceled a planned meeting with vice president mike pence at the last minute he was supposed to hold talks with government representatives during the olympic games in south korea go on chang reportedly scrapped the idea after parents denounced the north's human rights abuses. and brazil senate has approved a

needs to happen is for the fighting to stop and then humanitarian organizations including the world food programme can then go in and assess the situation but also provide emergency humanitarian assistance from our perspective that would be rude that would don't sustain the people on a week to week basis or what thank you very much for talking with us there was more they're talking to us from damascus she's with the u.n. world food program. those mothers stories making news around the world today the u.s. state department says north korea canceled a planned meeting with vice president mike pence at the last minute it was supposed to hold talks with government representatives during the olympic games in south korea reportedly scrapped the idea after pence denounced the north's human rights abuses brazil's senate has approved it to create that authorizes the army to take command of police forces in the state of rio de janeiro the measure comes in a bid to curb violence is driven by drug gangs brazil's president michel tamar said they have virtually taken over urban. and at least fifty at least five

david beasley, the executive director of the united nations world food programme, is speaking right nowy will be introducing the president very shortly. every president since dwight david eisenhower has addressed the national prayer breakfast going back 66 years. this year once again as has been the case over a decade they are at the washington hilton in northwest washington on connecticut. ainsley: carson wentz, who is the quarterback for philadelphia, for the eagles, he actually didn't play in the super bowl because of that injury but he also will be speaking. has been very vocal about his christian faith. that is very important to him. the crowd will appreciate hearing from him. brian: the president is known to embrace moments like this. also ad-lib some moments like this. so he will have some scripted, some not scripted. he will also realize when he looks into the audience he will be looking at his base. barack obama kidded about that at washington correspondence dinners, when he looked at press, it is good to be with my base. they are not his base. this is really his base. ainsley:

come on the programme: we meet the south korean team with a mission to combat one of the highest suicide rates in the world. also on the programme: is speed breeding the answer to the global foodback down to earth. prince charles has chosen his bride, he proposed two weeks ago and she accepted without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of all its. at the gates of mr marcus ‘s sanctuary, the name itself supplies and one of the cruellest regimes. the world 's first clone has produced of an adult mammal. scientists have reduced a ship called the lift using cells from another sheep. citizens have tried to come to grips with their new freedom. though there isjoy to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. not to 20 years have locusts being seen in such numbers in this part of africa, some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope, very soon for the sake of the credibility and the authority of the next pope. an addict the 16th in his own world will be hidden from the world for the rest of this is newsday on the bbc. i‘m rico hizon in singapore. i‘m shara

world of work. that is bernadette gigliotti, speaking earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: second hand food.where millions live under the poverty line. also on the programme: the lunar new year tradition of giving children lucky money. but can parents pocket it? a court in china had a say. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern aaia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly, using a cell from another sheep. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope, very soon for