for more i'm joined by bettina luscher from the world food programme which is providing relief in mozambique right now thanks for coming in this morning what more do we know about the situation in the affected areas in mozambique it's really tough when you fly over this area it looks as if there's a whole ocean that has moved inland miles and miles of water people on roofs people spend days in trees schools are sheltering. people so we're bringing in food we have these little energy biscuits that have all the nutrients that a person needs to survive because they can't cook they have nothing and we bring in water we bring in supplies we have teams on the ground who do emergency telecom so that the aid workers can actually talk to each other and organize a response but it's a massive crisis it is an unsupported get people to to higher ground right now there's been hearing you have two hundred people on the ground and what are they saying what are the main obstacles for them right now it's the water i mean we're bringing in helicopters we're dropping off food and other supplies and water to peo

challiss mcdonough works for the un world food programme.d to imagine. there were homes under water, people have lost their crops, their livestock. the roads in and out of the port city of beira are com pletely the port city of beira are completely underwater, so that critical port city has been largely cut off by road and the government estimates that around 600,000 people are affected, and we have done satellite imagery that indicates that there could be up to 1.7 million people in mozambique alone who might have been affected by the storm, so it really is a catastrophe of absolutely mind—boggling proportions and it is going to be an enormous challenge for the people who are on the ground, who are facing those floodwaters, who had climbed onto trees and the tops of their houses to escape them, but also for the government and humanitarian agencies are trying to get assistance to them because the infrastructure has been decimated. when you have such a huge disaster across so many when you have such a huge disaster across so many different co

the world food programme it's active in mozambique malawi and zimbabwe where the cyclist get the most damage she told us more about the situation when you fly over this area it looks as if there's a whole ocean that has moved inland miles and miles of water people on roofs people spend days in trees schools are sheltering. people so we're bringing in food we have these little energy biscuits that have all the nutrients that a person needs to survive because they can't cook they have nothing every bring in water we bring in supplies we have teams on the ground to do emergency telecom so that the aid workers can actually talk to each other and organize a response but it's a massive crisis so we're bringing in helicopters we're dropping off food and other supplies and water to people that are stuck in areas but you also have to mount a huge logistical response we're going to bring. cargo planes in. coming is coming in from all over southern africa because we will feed five hundred thousand people just think of that and that takes a lot. but it's it's massive because we already were on th

a little later we will speak to somebody from the world food programme to find outjust how on earth aid with such difficult circumstances so stay with us difficult circumstances so stay with us for that. another story that continues to dominate the news here in the uk is brexit. the uk's leaving the european union. britain's prime minister, theresa may, is writing to the eu to formally ask for brexit to be postponed. with just 10 days to go until britain is due to leave the eu, she's now asking for an extension until at least the end ofjune, and possibly much longer. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says britain must come up with a concrete plan if it wants a delay. the european council will need to assess what is in the best interest of the eu. extending this uncertainty without a clear plan would add to the economic cost for oui’ would add to the economic cost for our businesses but could also incur a political cost for the eu. it is for the british government and parliament to decide very quickly what the uk wants to do next. also making news today, the us president,

the un world food programme says the cyclone has write out a year's worth of crops in mozambique, malawibabwe. i will correspond and is in mozambique. once a classroom of this school has become an open air shelter for over 2000 people. many are getting help, but not all. news spreads of the arrival of a few beds of donated clothes. we need everything. there is no food. we need everything. some have gone back to patch together their lives and their homes. this man lost nearly everything in the storm. the hardest part is finding money to build my house and food to feed my family because the water took it. the storm has passed but the danger hasn't. we on the food in bricks and mortar, people here need emergency health care. as the threat of disease hovers. so far, only a handful of cholera cases have been confirmed. thousands more have been treated for diarrhoea. a tell—tale sign of the waterborne disease. when epidemic threatens. the storm water from cyclone idai may only be starting to recede, but its effects linger on. right, let's check out the latest weather forecast for you now with

international efforts including the world food programme, world health organization, they are deliveringstill a huge challenge. some of the people, up to 100,000 people, have still not been reached, cut off for more than a week now. the time is 1:17pm. our top story this lunchtime... theresa may has arrived in brussels, where she will ask eu leaders at a summit to grant a short delay to brexit. and still to come... a sharp rise in the number of people being tricked into making payments to fraudsters from their bank accounts. and in the sport on bbc news, the toast of cheltenham, bryony frost, is going to miss next month's grand national meeting at aintree. she's broken her collarbone after a fall earlier this week. new zealand is to ban all military style semi—automatic weapons and assault rifles after last week's gun attacks in christchurch, which left 50 people dead. the prime minister, jacinda ardern, said new zealand's history has changed forever, and now its laws would too. naomi grimley reports. another day of mass funerals at a cemetery in christchurch. these graves are a physical

the world food programme brought two tons of high nutritional food much to the relief of the villagers who lost everything in the psych loan homes crops possessions and some their loved ones this aid is coming just in the nick of time for these people their food had run out they were cut off for twelve days the water's only receded here four days ago they still need flour they still need oil and they still need medicine but for now they're ok they're going to survive but there are other isolated pockets like these around the country who still need help in this area they're used to flooding but not with such ferocious winds and we're going to win before and we didn't expect the cycling to be so bad it was frightening when we were told that the winds will be more than two hundred kilometers per hour and we didn't take it seriously that's why so many people suffered five people from the community were swept away in drowning clued in a young boy most are now having to live in a local school. aid agencies estimate that they have reached six hundred thousand people so far but they need to ge

another thousand and the flooding has affected rights and communications the united nations world food programme a stick that the flood crisis among its top response. so that brings up so that's how things are looking so far today we're back again at the top of the. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i want to the new challenge and the for. the tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been played only implement from the inside venezuela things look different we're going to announce sanctions against the troll is to venezuela associate. in the school of a supplement to. the temple that. sad to say on the eve of the moment. the whole story isn't new nixon called in henry kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated in latin america and old terms of economic and social system could take hold and therefore

the executive director of the un's world food programme said a number of his staff and other un employeesen named asjoanna toole, who was heading to that un conference. the aircraft was brand—new. ethiopian airlines, africa's biggest and most successful operator, received its first boeing 737—800 max aircraft last june. the plane that crashed was only delivered in november four months ago. it had flown up from johannesburg this morning. it is the same kind of aircraft bought by lion air that crashed off indonesia last year, operated by lion air. there was a loss of 189 passengers and crew killed, and it also crashed shortly after takeoff. boeing said it was deeply saddened and that a technical team was ready to provide assistance. while all thoughts are with the families of those killed, work has already begun to find out what caused the crash. the us federal aviation authority says it will be involved in the investigation. the venezuelan government have told people to stay at home after the power has been disconnected for 72 hours. there has been reports of looting in the capital. our co

the world food programme is moving twenty tonnes of emergency food aid to the affected areas. n 300 cities across the world took to the streets on friday for the first ever global climate strike. the protesters used more than 40 languages to tell world leaders that they must act now to address the climate crisis and save their future. hundreds of thousands of protesters waving the national flag of algeria have been marching through algiers for the fourth consecutive friday to demand swift political change. 0rganisers had warned against demonstrating outside the presidential palace, government offices and parliament. the protesters have already forced president abdelaziz bouteflika to abandon his bid for re—election and postpone next month's vote. let's return now for more on our main story. brenton tarrant, a 28—year—old australian said he was the gunmen. alice security clinic brenton tarrant seen here in his car and an image he streamed live on the internet. moments later he would enter a mosque to kill. so what do we know about him? won in australia he travelled widely in rec

the world food programme brought two tons of high nutritional food much to the relief of the villagers who lost everything in the psych loan homes crops possessions and some their loved ones this aid is coming just in the nick of time for these people their food had run out they were cut off for twelve days the water's only receded here four days ago they still need flour they still need oil and they still need medicine but for now they're ok they're going to survive but there are other isolated pockets like these around the country who still need help in this area they're used to flooding but not with such ferocious winds and more into went for and we didn't expect the cycling to be so bad it was frightening when we were told that the winds will be more than two hundred kilometers per hour and we didn't take it seriously that's why so many people suffered five people from the community were swept away in drowning clued in a young boy most are now having to live in a local school. aid agencies estimate that they have reached six hundred thousand people so far but they need to get to an

the executive director of the un's world food programme said a number of his staff and other un employees brand—new. ethiopian airlines, afrika's biggest and most successful operator, received its first boeing 737 800 max aircraft lastjune. the plane that crashed was only delivered in november, four months ago. it had flown up from johannesburg this morning. it's the same type of aircraft bought by lion air that crashed off indonesia last october with the loss of 189 passengers and crew, also shortly after take—off. boeing said it was deeply saddened and that a technical tea m deeply saddened and that a technical team was ready to provide assistance. while all thoughts are with the families of those killed, work has already begun to find out what caused the crash. the us federal authority says it will be involved in the investigation. alistair linford, bbc news, nairobi. as we heard in that report, the aircraft was a relatively new model — and concerns have been raised about its safety systems. our transport correspondent tom burridge has been looking into it. debris recovered in october

and today, the world food programme is bringing him and aid home. suddenly, he spots the village and this is his reward. a welcome fit for a hometown hero. people here have been cut off since the cyclone struck, that is now nine days ago. that's nine days without any food, without any shelter, without any help. but the aid is a small drop in a troubled sea. we met rescued families tired, hungry and sometimes injured, finally reaching dry ground. what we're now starting to see up and down this coast is people not waiting for aid agencies. the local fishermen going to rescue stranded villagers. in beira, mozambique, delphine telling us a tree smashed through her home on the night of the cyclone, crushing her right ankle. we give her a ride to the hospital. she's now getting help, but so many others here must simply wait and hope that help is coming. up until a few days ago, this was one of the main churches in this city. this situation is repeated all around here. churches, schools and hospitals, and of course, homes razed to the ground. the scale of

the executive director of the un's world food programme said a number of his staff and other un employeesed. the aircraft was brand—new. ethiopian airlines, africa's biggest and most successful operator received its first boeing 737 800—max aircraft in june. it flew up from johannesburg south africa this morning. it is the same type of aircraft bought by lion air that crashed off indonesia last october that killed passengers and crew shortly after take—off. the technical team is ready to provide assistance. while all thoughts are with the family of those killed, work has already began to find out what caused the crash. the us aviation authority says it will be involved in the investigation. our correspondent, emmanuel igunza, is at the crash site near bishoftu in ethiopia, and sent us this update. the recovery efforts you can see going on behind me have been continuing since early morning, when the flight came down here in this farming area. we have been talking to some of the people and they told us they heard a loud bang and the plane burst into fire. you can see here, the area has been

the world food programme says they need more than £90 million to provide emergency supplies to 1.7 millionambique's capital, volunteers are tirelessly receiving and repackaging donations for shipping to those in need. the response to the disaster has been growing by the day. and it's notjust here in maputo. the uk's disaster emergency committee launched an appeal on thursday night. the british government said that in march there was £2 million donated by the public, bringing its total contribution to £20 million. please, don't leave us. when you have given food and medicine. because the biggest challenge will come on how now we reconstitute the lives of these families. in the worst hit area, large swathes are still submerged. buildings have been destroyed and roads washed away. but the most critical thing now is to get to those who have been cut off to safety. anne soy, bbc news, maputo. police have confirmed a body recovered from the humber estuary earlier this week, is that of the missing university student libby squire. the 21—year—old went missing after a night out in hull last month.

the executive director of the un's world food programme said a number of his staff and other un employeeskilled. the aircraft was brand—new. ethiopian airlines, africa's biggest and most successful operator, received its first boeing 737 800 max aircraft in june. the plane that crashed was only delivered in november, four months ago. it had flown up from johannesburg this morning. and it is the same type of aircraft bought by lion air that crashed off indonesia last october with a loss of 189 passengers and crew, also shortly after take—off. boeing said it was deeply saddened and that a technical team was ready to provide assistance. while all thoughts are with the family of those killed, work has already began to find out what caused the crash. the us federal aviation authority says it will be involved in the investigation. emmanuel igunza is at the scene. well, the recovery efforts you see behind me have been continuing since early morning, when flight et302 came down here in this farming area not far from bishofta town. six minutes after the plane took off from bole international airpo

the un world food programme says idai has wiped out a year's worth of crops in the region.cholera. our correspondent nomsa maseko sent this report from the port city of beira. two weeks after the devastating cyclone struck, people who lost everything are beginning the slow task of rebuilding their shattered lives. amid the devastation, tales of survival and tales of loss. translation: we were at home but moved to the school to seek shelter. when we got there the water was too high and we went somewhere else, but the water kept coming. there were mango trees and i climbed one with my son, but i fell into the water and i lost my baby. i tried to save him but couldn't find him. i went to a place i thought was safe and now he's gone. i think about him all the time. food is scarce. much of the vital crops have been destroyed. international aid is getting through, but much more is needed. these people's lives have been devastated. they have no livelihoods now. they have lost their homes and lost their farms and lost their crops. they have lost loved ones and they are going to nee

the world food programme says they need more than £90 million to provide emergency supplies to 1.7 millionging donations for shipping to those in need. the response to the disaster has been growing by the day. and it‘s notjust here in maputo. the uk‘s disaster emergency committee launched an appeal on thursday night. the british government said that in march there was £2 million donated by the public, bringing its total contribution to £20 million. please, don‘t leave us. when you have given food and medicine. because the biggest challenge will come on how now we reconstitute the lives of these families. in the worst hit area, large swathes are still submerged. buildings have been destroyed and roads washed away. but the most critical thing now is to get to those who have been cut off to safety. anne soy, bbc news, maputo. let‘s cross to beira now where we can speak tojill lovell she‘s projects director at mission educate which is an australian christian aid organisation working in mozambique. thank you forjoining us. we will show some of the pictures that your organisation has ta ken show

flooding has disrupted the lives of millions across southern africa, with the world food programme warning of a major humanitarian emergency that is getting bigger by the hour. this is wfwfp emergencies direcr margot van derer velden. clclick severe flooding and cyclone effectsts. 600,000 people affected, possibly even going up to onee millioion people. communication completely brorok. infrastructure severely damaged. also, all of the roads have been cut off. amy: cyclone idai dropped more than t two feet of rain in parts of southeastern africa, nearly a year's worth of rain in just a few days, an extreme weather event that climate scientists say is consistent with models of climate change. in the united states, authorities have declared states of emergency in missouri, nebraska, and iowa for communities along the missouri river as warming temperatures have melted snow from last week's storms, causing the river to breach levies and overflow its banks. the floods have killed four people over the past week and caused an estimated $1 billion in damage. the extreme weather comes as a federal c

tony berkeley al-jazeera beera david beasley is the executive director of the united nations world food programme is there in mozambique and says it will take a long time for the region to recover. well the cycle own has come and gone but the devastation is here to stay in this going to impact this region of the of africa for quite some time because literally the world food program we have scaled up two hundred fifty thousand people already we plan to scale up to six hundred thousand in the next five to six days and possibly one point seven million over the next few months people have lost their homes in fact two hundred fifty thousand people without homes villages without electricity without water without food and we're doing everything we can to get food supplies into these villages the problem is the roads are don't let tristian is gone there's no clean water so we have serious issues all throughout this region that has been devastated and what compounds the problem is that this cycle own in the flooding hit the worst time of the year it was harvest time so farmers have a waltz at all and so v

the un world food programme says idai has wiped out a year's worth of crops in mozambique, malawi andthe cyclone crashed into this close line two weeks ago. the city, countryside and lives hurled upside down. 0nce countryside and lives hurled upside down. once a classroom, this school has become an open air shelter for over 2000 people. many are getting help but not all. news spreads at the arrival of a few bags of donated clothes. people need everything, there is no clothes, there is no food. we need everything. some have gone back to patch together their lives and their homes. they lost nearly everything in the storm. translation: the hardest part now is finding material to rebuild my house and money to buy food to feed my family because the wind and the water took it all. the storm has passed but the danger has not. beyond the food and bricks and mortar, people here need emergency health care. and the threat of disease hovers. so far only a handful of cholera cases have been confirmed by thousands more have been treated for diarrhoea, a telltale sign of the waterborne disease. and

let‘s speak now to gerald bourke from the ‘world food programme‘, who is in beira this morning. eat and nowhere to shelter. cyclone idai swept away almost everything in its path. it created small islands where a city once stood, trapping those who survived it. nearly a week later relief has started trickling in. south africa has sent its military helicopters to deliver aid. international organisations are planning more. we are very happy about the first helicopter has arrived today, wednesday the 20th. there are several challenges to get through the weather, from uganda. the uk has sent emergency shelter kits and family tents. and more aid is on the way. the british government has set aside £18 million for the relief effort. here in the capital, a huge aid operation is getting under way. i have seen individuals and companies arriving here with foodstuffs and other basic supplies, coming to donate to people who have been affected by the cyclone. across the border in zimbabwe, some belief as more people are rescued. thousands need help to get out. the injured and the vulnerable ar

the un‘s world food programme is also warning a year‘s worth of crops has been wiped out. to get their feedback on the ground. this sow image showing the storm as it happened. just another way to show you the extent of the flooding beira is mozambique‘s fourth largest city. —— the satellite image. here is the area inland. completely green before the storm and after the storm you can see the amount of storm spread in in land. problems in mozambique are being compounded by rain that fell in other countries, flowing downstream. into mozambique and these inland lakes have been created. and with the flooding comes the threat of water—borne diseases. nomsa maseko has more. after the storm now in its wake comes the threat of a public health crisis. the focus increasingly turning to preventing the inevitable outbreaks of diseases like malaria and cholera. doctors are finding a desperate battle to contain the outbreak but the challenge is an enormous and in danger of becoming overwhelming. of course, it is strained at the moment. because if you have one case you have to expect that

the world food programme says the government should ask neighbouring south african to send helicoptersponse manager for the charity save the children. she spoke about the situation in the affected areas. imminent risk, various. first, could be the outbreak of diseases, because in beira there is no water, the services are down, some of them. the health infrastructure, some are destroyed. some of the medicines that were stored there also are destroyed. people don't have a place to stay, because some of the houses were destroyed. most of them are in accommodation centres. so there is a risk for disease in the accommodation centres. also, although they are receiving some assistance in terms of food, so far, but still not enough, because there are many people in these accommodation centres. as for the information we are receiving, it seems that 90% of the town is destroyed. this includes, also, roads. getting access to beira is extremely difficult now. very challenging, because the roads, some of the section of the main roads, are cut. the only way that you can reach beira now is flying, or

the un world food programme says idai has wiped out a year‘s worth of crops in the region., people who lost everything are beginning the slow task of rebuilding their shattered lives. amid the devastation, tales of survival and tales of loss. translation: we were at home but moved to the school to seek shelter. when we got there, the water was too high and we went somewhere else, but the water kept coming. there were mango trees and i climbed one with my son. but i fell into the water and lost my baby. i tried to save him, but couldn‘t find him. i went to a place i thought was safe and now he is gone. i think about him all the time. food is scarce. much of the vital crops have been destroyed. international aid is getting through but much more is needed. these people's lives have been devastated. they have no livelihoods now. they've lost their homes, they've lost their farms, they've lost their crops, they've lost loved ones. they're going to need help at least for the next six months to 12 months to get their feet back on the ground. after the storm, now in its wake comes

the world food programme says they need more than £90 million to provide emergency supplies to 1.7 millioner has been growing by the day. and it's notjust here in maputo. the uk's disaster emergency committee launched an appeal on thursday night. the british government said that in march there was £2 million donated by the public, bringing its total contribution to £20 million. please, don't leave us. when you have given food and medicine. because the biggest challenge will come on how now we reconstitute the lives of these families. in the worst hit area, large swathes are still submerged. buildings have been destroyed and roads washed away. but the most critical thing now is to get to those who have been cut off to safety. anne soy, bbc news, maputo. now it's time for a look at the weather with lucy martin. hello, turning coolerfrom the north and west as we move through today and west as we move through today and into the weekend. a cold front is bringing rain to scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales as it pushes south—east behind it to are dragging in cooler air. though

you iron actually the emergency response coordinator of oxfam and i am responsible with the world food programmegauge how big it is. at the moment we are focusing on search and rescue and yesterday we were able to get many people out as the first wave. however, the weather has once again forced us to shut down our operations and, unfortunately, we are trying to be able to resume them now. in terms of access to and support to the incoming affected people, as well as all of those who have been badly affected since the cyclone hit, humanitarian activists have now been given the go—ahead to send food operations into all of the riskier areas and triage centres as well as... to meet the needs of those who have not had assistance since the cyclone hit as well as those who are being rescued from the floods that are now starting to arrive. how important a factor is time in the work that has being done? time is absolutely of the essence. due to the blackouts that we had for the first several days, the advance a team that was set up to respond, we were any black at his own. now telecommunications and there