while a new report by the world food programme and the international organization for migration did find that lockdown restrictions have limited human mobility and cause significant losses in incomes as well as the remittances of which on which $800000000.00 people around the world do depend. last month, the world bank warned remittances to low and middle income countries are falling in the wake of the pandemic, and that could leave an additional $33000000.00, people at risk of hunger, according to the world food program, already oppose the program senior food security adviser told us just how bad the situation has become. 19 had a compounding effect on the already deter, eating food security situation on the road. the pandemic hit at a time when hunger has been on the rise for all of our 4 constitutive number of years, mainly due to conflict, climate data charts and economic crisis. already in 2100, more than 135 people going food crisis, meaning that they don't know where their next meal is coming from. so all early on we estimated, actually, because of the pandemic that up to 27000000

and that could leave an additional 33000000, people at risk of hunger, according to the world food programme we speak. we spoke to a senior food security advisor from the un body. kuwait 19 had a compounding effect on the already deter, eating food security situation on the road. the pandemic hit at a time when hunger has been on the rise for all 4 consecutive number of years, mainly due to conflict, climate data chunks and the economy crisis. already in 2900, more than 135 people were in food crisis, meaning that they don't know where their next meal is coming from. so all early on we estimated, actually, because of the pandemic that up to 270000000, people around the world could now become food insecure. different in secure, due to the negative social cannot make effects caused by the kind and you know, that 495000000 full time jobs has been lost as an immediate consequence of the pandemic. and that is the news for now. here are not international sask, it'll be here at the top of the hour to keep you updated throughout. the greater trends are going to say. simpson, exacerbating alarming ev

predictably qubit 19 is making it a lot worse according to the united nations world food programme which is the organization that was awarded this year's nobel peace prize the number of people worldwide who suffer from crisis level hunger could almost double by the end of this year it also says that the region hit hardest so far is latin america that's followed by central and southern africa and an oxfam estimates that if we don't do more to limit the social and economic impact of the virus up to 12000 people a day could soon be dying from the effects of undernourishment just to compare even on the very worst days for mortality so far in the pandemic there have never been more than 10000 deaths attributed to the virus in 24 hours i think that the most this aspect of this crisis is that with the exception of a few countries food is actually available in many of the places that are suffering most famine isn't being only driven by a lack of food but also by the simple fact that people no longer have the means to buy it the hunger crisis is not only expanding rapidly because of disruptions i

kopp polson is a senior official at the world food programme, who is on the ground at the refugee camps in sudan. he says a priority right now is to ensure that the thousands of refugees arriving there. 'd have enough to eat, but the task is big current, the u.n. h.-l. reports that some 35000 people have a right as of yesterday and probably more a coming across the border today. what we are doing right now is trying to assist them at the border crossing and then trying to continue that assistance once they set them in one of the camps with longer term assistance. so initially we do, you contribute to your needs your, for your hot meals. and we also provided high energy biscuits once they settle in the camps certainly provide them with a monthly ration that should sustain them. here we also have to work with partners, other than u.n.h.c.r., working with the minister of health, with unicef, to work on the nutrition programs to make sure that women and children get the right nutrition should have suffered before or was coming here. both the united nations agencies that work on the medical

predictably qubit 19 is making it a lot worse according to the united nations world food programme which is the organization that was awarded this year's nobel peace prize the number of people worldwide who suffer from crisis level hunger could almost double by the end of this year it also says that the region hit hardest so far is latin america that's followed by central and southern africa and and oxfam estimates that if we don't do more to limit the social and economic impact of the virus up to 12000 people a day could soon be dying from the effects of undernourishment just to compare even on the very worst days for mortality so far in the pandemic there have never been more than 10000 tats attributed to the virus in 24 hours i think that the most this has aspect of this crisis is that with the exception of the few countries food is actually available in many of the places that are suffering most of famine isn't being only driven by a lack of food but also by the simple fact that people no longer have the means to buy it the hunger crisis is not only expanding rapidly because of disru

relations through other diplomatic means and international organisations, such as the un and the world food programme that possible trade deal between the uk and the us, never mind the one in the works with the eu. and jonathan, do you get the sense that the election ofjoe biden will in itself make a difference to the talks between the uk and the eu? well, i think it is undoubtedly going to be a factor, perhaps in terms of the backdrop to the talks, not necessarily changing the dynamic of the talks themselves in any way, because the uk and the eu have said from the outset that they would both prefer a trade deal but they are willing to accept a future without one. but i think it does add a new emphasis perhaps, a new imperative for the uk emphasis perhaps, a new imperative forthe uk and emphasis perhaps, a new imperative for the uk and the eu to agree a deal, becausejoe for the uk and the eu to agree a deal, because joe biden for the uk and the eu to agree a deal, becausejoe biden has made no secret of the facts during the campaign that he thought brexit was a bad idea, and has suggested that without