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the world food programme says houthi rebels in yemen are stealing food aid from the hungry and sellingt for a profit. 2019 is being rung in around the world. an hour ago, it was the united kingdom's turn. earlier, paris, dubai, moscow, hong kong and sydney all celebrated the start of the new year with huge firework displays, as caroline rigby reports. australia was one of the first places to welcome in the new year, and sydney's celebrations went off with a bang, with its biggest ever fireworks display. huge thunderstorms earlier in the evening didn't dampen the spirits, as 1.5 million spectators turned out to watch. just hours before, auckland, new zealand, became the first major city to see in 2019. pyrotechnics launched from the sky city tower. in north korea, a mass choir held a concert in pyongyang. while almost $2 million worth of fireworks bathed hong kong's victoria harbour in colour, accompanied by a dizzying mash up of auld lang syne sung in english, cantonese and mandarin. russians braved the cold to welcome in the new year in moscow's red square. while warmer weather in dub
the world food programme says houthi rebels in yemen are stealing food aid from the hungry and sellingt for a profit. 2019 is being rung in around the world. an hour ago, it was the united kingdom's turn. earlier, paris, dubai, moscow, hong kong and sydney all celebrated the start of the new year with huge firework displays, as caroline rigby reports. australia was one of the first places to welcome in the new year, and sydney's celebrations went off with a bang, with its biggest ever fireworks...
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reem nada works for the un's world food programme in cairo.ion had found. we have photographs of lorries taking — illicitly taking food from food distribution points to unknown locations, and for the food to be appearing after that on the streets in the markets in yemen, at a time when yemenis are struggling. the most poor, whom we are targeting, are struggling to feed the little ones. mothers are seeing their children dying and wasting away, while they are the rightful owners of this food. we are demanding that the local authorities in sana'a take appropriate action towards the one organisation that — one partner that we have identified as diverting our food to undeserving people. and there was a letter sent by the executive director of the world food programme to the local authorities, and it does indeed say that within ten days, if we do not see action's being taken, we will withdraw our assistance in that area. and we have actually, and we have — this has been reported already. in that identified area, 40% of our assistance is what has bee
reem nada works for the un's world food programme in cairo.ion had found. we have photographs of lorries taking — illicitly taking food from food distribution points to unknown locations, and for the food to be appearing after that on the streets in the markets in yemen, at a time when yemenis are struggling. the most poor, whom we are targeting, are struggling to feed the little ones. mothers are seeing their children dying and wasting away, while they are the rightful owners of this food....
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the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthild. a separate news agency investigation had found that similar misuse of food aid is being perpetrated in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. london is among the latest european capital cities to welcome the start of 2019. big ben, the great bell of the clock—tower at parliament was recommissioned to ring in the new year. in paris, the arc de triomphe was bathed in multicoloured lights. earlier, thousands of russians joined festivities in moscow's red square. now on bbc news — stephen hawking, aretha franklin, tessa jowell and ken dodd — just a few of those who left us this
the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthild. a separate news agency investigation had found that similar misuse of food aid is being perpetrated in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. london is among the latest european capital cities to welcome the start of 2019. big ben, the great bell of the clock—tower at parliament was recommissioned to ring in the new year. in paris, the arc de triomphe was bathed in...
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the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthis and illegally sold. a separate news agency investigation had found a similar misuse of food aid in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. now it's time for one of our highlights of the year — a special programme about the unique choir, who played their part in celebrating the royal wedding of harry and meghan. trish adudu presents the royal wedding singalong. the marriage between harry and meghan has put smiles on faces all over the world. their engagement six months ago inspired gospel singer sandra godley to come up with an idea, to find volunteer singers to form an amateur choir and record a charity single as a wedding gift to the happy couple. but it's no ordinary choir. all her singers are facing up to physical or mental difficulties in their lives. # and life is like.... at the age of four, i was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. the doctors said i wouldn't live to see 16. we're looking for people with all sorts of abilities, all sort of backgrounds, and boy, have
the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthis and illegally sold. a separate news agency investigation had found a similar misuse of food aid in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. now it's time for one of our highlights of the year — a special programme about the unique choir, who played their part in celebrating the royal wedding of harry and meghan. trish adudu presents the royal wedding singalong. the marriage...
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the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthi rebels and illegally sold. a separate news agency investigation had found a similar misuse of food aid in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. now on bbc news: it is the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year. hello and welcome to the media year 2018. in the next half an hour, we are going to look at the intersection between technology and the media over the past 12 months, a golden age of tv and audio and the increasing impact of data on all our lives. this has been the year of the techlash, a global backlash against silicon valley's biggest companies prompted by controversies over privacy, misinformation, foreign interference and much else besides. and one company has been in the spotlight and feeling the heat more than any other. facebook‘s wobbles and worries morphed into constant woe. revelations emerged a
the world food programme says that food aid in yemen is being stolen in areas under the control of houthi rebels and illegally sold. a separate news agency investigation had found a similar misuse of food aid in regions under the sway of the saudi—led coalition. now on bbc news: it is the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year....