ahead of the world food programme, visiting kabul a head of the world food programme, visiting kabulnext six months are going to be catastrophic, it is going to be hell on earth. we reach bamiyan, an agriculture centre hit by drought. like many other parts of afghanistan. and of course, there was an infamous taliban crime here. a couple of hundred yards along the cliff from the place where the statues of the buddhas used to stand, until the taliban destroyed them, a woman called fatima lives. she is a widow, raising her seven frondly intelligent children on her own. before the taliban took over, she got by with occasional food aid and the money she and her eldest boy earned from weeding the fields and herding sheep. but the drought has put an end to that and food aid doesn't reach here, within weeks they could be starving. some women sell their daughters for marriage, i say would she? if it was absolutely necessary to keep everyone alive she answers but she would hate it. listening to all this it was hard not think of your own family. that is a response which david beasley of the wor

s world food programme is answering elon musk's challenge and detailing a plan to spend more than $6 to combat world hunger. last month david beasley urged billionaires to meet the problem head-on on a onetime basis. in an interview with cnn, he named the world's two richest men, jeff bezos, and musk as logical candidates for that task. >> wake up, smell the coffee, and help. i mean i ask any billionaire, come with me. just come with me on one trip and let me show you the reality. this isn't some humanitarian scheme to raise money. i want to put the world food programme out of business. but, my god, people are dying out there. every four seconds someone's dying out there from hunger-related causes. we've got solutions. we've got a vaccine for this. it's called money, food. it's easy. billionaires need to step up. >> now, beasley noted that $6 billion would be just 2% of musk's net worth. now musk responded on twitter saying, if the program could describe exactly how $6 billion would solve world hunger and if he could see the books on where it was spent, he would sell tesla stock imme

and what the world food programme people and david beasley and others are trying to do is attract theot to a disaster that is under way, but a disaster that could happen really within a matter of weeks. so here i am in bamiyan, one of the main centres of hunger and also the place where the taliban 20 years ago blew up the 6th century figures of the buddha. you wouldn't really get much sense that there was hunger right now, because the shops have got a lot of food, particularly fruit, which has been grown over the last few months. but there has been a serious drought here and in other parts of afghanistan and that is causing all sorts of problems. i went to see just this morning a widow who has seven children and lives virtually in a hutjust off the mountain almost beside the buddha, and her children are aged between 16 are aged between 16 down to about three, and her husband died some months ago and she is absolutely on her last legs in terms of knowing how she is going to feed the children. it was extraordinarily moving to speak to her. i have to tell you, it was difficult to listen

of life or death and i have been in contact over the last few months with the head of the world food programme comparing that to what agronomists see, we are approaching a food crisis in parts of the world for sure. i note you have had to cut production by a0%, your largest shareholder is that norwegian government. have you received pressure on how you distribute the fertiliser you are processing?- the fertiliser you are processing? the fertiliser you are ”rocessin ? ~ ., ., the fertiliser you are ”rocessin? ~ ., ., ., ., , processing? we have not had any olitical processing? we have not had any political pressure _ processing? we have not had any political pressure so _ processing? we have not had any political pressure so we - processing? we have not had any political pressure so we are - political pressure so we are running the business as usual but that said we have made donations and last year together with the world food programme we made a donation of 40,000 tonnes of premium fertiliser are we allocated that to smaller farmers and in africa we are able to trace that fertiliser down to e

the world food programme warns that millions in afghanistan will die if the international community doesn'tlp. the united states reopens its borders to fully vaccinated uk visitors. and, tributes to a world war two veteran, and the dog who saved his life. mps will hold an emergency debate on parliamentary standards later, as the government continues to come under fire over allegations of sleaze and corruption. the prime minister has been criticised for his handling of the case of conservative mp, owen paterson, who resigned last week following a row over lobbying rules. the labour leader, sir keir starmer is demanding an apology from the prime minister for his handling of the events. the liberal democrats want an independent inquiry. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. mps return here today to debate the standards and rules of this place after the best part of a week of rows about sleazy behaviour. it all began when the former cabinet minister owen paterson broke the rules by making the case to ministers and others on behalf of companies that were paying him. butjust when par

the head of the world food programme says that the country faces being turned into hell on earth. reports. winter's coming, and it looks like being a bad one. camels are on the move to warmer areas. we are heading west out of kabul through the taliban roadblocks. it's not long before we reach the snow. injalrez district, food aid is being distributed, flour to make bread. everyone here knows that things are likely to get really bad in a few weeks. "there is a real possibility we'll be frozen this winter," this man tells me. these people are so poor they can't afford to buy food orfuel for heating. a humanitarian disaster could bring the taliban down, so they are cooperating with the international aid agencies, even if they don't like them. the head of the world food programme, visiting kabul, doesn't mince his words. the winter months are coming, we're coming out of a drought. the next six months are going to be catastrophic. it's going to be hell on earth. we reach bamiyan, an agricultural centre which has been hit by drought, like many other parts of afghanistan and, of course,

that is the latest warning coming from the head of the un world food programme, who's described the situationeasley. he said 95% of people there already don't have enough food as winter approaches. our world affairs editor john simpson reports from bamiyan in afghanistan. winter's coming, and it looks like being a bad one. camels are on the move to warmer areas. we are heading west out of kabul through the taliban roadblocks. it's not long before we reach the snow. injalrez district, food aid is being distributed, flour to make bread. everyone here knows that things are likely to get really bad in a few weeks. "there is a real possibility we'll be frozen this winter," this man tells me. these people are so poor they can't afford to buy food orfuel for heating. a humanitarian disaster could bring the taliban down, so they are cooperating with the international aid agencies, even if they don't like them. the head of the world food programme, visiting kabul, doesn't mince his words. the winter months are coming, we're coming out of a drought. the next six months are going to be catastrophic. it'

the head of the world food programme, david beasley, says the country faces being turned into "hell onhe withdrawal of us and allied troops. our world affairs editor john simpson has travelled to some of the areas most at risk this winter and has sent this report. winter's coming and it looks like being a bad one. the camels are on the move to warmer areas. we are heading west out of kabul through the taliban roadblocks. it's not long before we reach the snow. injalrez district, food aid is being distributed, flour to make bread. everyone here knows that things are likely to get really bad in a few weeks. "there is a real possibility we will be frozen this winter," this man tells me. these people are so poor they can't afford to buy food or fuel for heating. a humanitarian disaster could bring the taliban down, so they are cooperating with the international aid agencies, even if they don't like them. the head of the world food programme visiting kabul doesn't mince his words. the winter months are coming, we are coming out of a drought, the next six months are going to be catastrophic.

the head of the world food programme, visiting kabul, doesn't mince his words.ht. the next six months are going to be catastrophic, it is going to be hell on earth. we reach bamiyan, an agricultural centre which has been hit by drought, like many other parts of afghanistan. and of course, there was an infamous taliban crime here. a couple of hundred yards along the cliff from the place where the statues of the buddhas used to stand, until the taliban destroyed them, a woman called fatima lives. she's a widow, raising her seven friendly, intelligent children on her own. before the taliban took over, she got by with occasional food aid and the money she and her eldest boy earned from weeding the fields and herding sheep. but the drought has put an end to all that and food aid doesn't reach here. within weeks, they could all be starving. some women sell their daughters for marriage, i say, would she? "if it was absolutely necessary to keep everyone alive", she answers, but she'd hate it. listening to all this, it was hard not think of your own family. imagine if th

the head of the world food programme, visiting kabul, doesn't mince his words.oming out of a drought. the next six months are going to be catastrophic. it's going to be hell on earth. we reach bamiyan, an agricultural centre which has been hit by drought, like many other parts of afghanistan and, of course, there was an infamous taliban crime here. a couple of hundred yards along the cliff from the place where the statues of the buddhas used to stand, until the taliban destroyed them, a woman called fatima lives. she's a widow raising her seven friendly, intelligent children on her own. before the taliban took over, she got by with occasional food aid and the money she and her eldest boy earned from weeding the fields and herding sheep. but the drought has put an end to all of that. and food aid doesn't reach here. within weeks, they could all be starving. "some women sell their daughters for marriage," i say, "would she?" "if it was absolutely necessary to keep everyone alive," she answers, but she would hate it. listening to all of this, it was hard not to thi

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world food — day. we heard from the head of the world food programme _ day. doing everything the world food programme want because the taliban themselves know how desperate this is. they know the whole place could come crashing around their ears and they won't help so that they are allowing the aid agencies to do anything that the agencies think they ought to do. i have seen the food yelled out, it is well organised. the taliban are doing the organisation. people do not have to worry their money will end up in a bank account in geneva. the government here, they are just not operating on that level. they have no idea about corruption on that scale, like the previous government did. and so there are people —— things people can do and can be done with assurance. you things people can do and can be done with assurance.— with assurance. you are in taliban -controlled _ with assurance. you are in taliban -controlled territory. _ with assurance. you are in taliban -controlled territory. i _ with assurance. you are in taliban -controlled territory. i want i with assur

the head of the un's world food programme has condemned the international community, for not steppingch the snow. in this district, food aid is being distributed. flour to make bread. everyone here knows that things are likely to get really bad in a few weeks. "there's a real possibly we'll be frozen this winter," this man tells me. these people are so poor they can't afford to buy food orfuel for heating. a humanitarian disaster could bring the taliban down, so they're cooperating with the international aid agencies, even if they don't like them. the head of the world food programme, visiting kabul, doesn't mince his words. the winter months are coming, we're coming out of a drought. the next six months are going to be catastrophic, it is going to be hell on earth. we reach bamiyan, an agricultural centre, which has been hit by drought, like many other parts of afghanistan. and of course, there was an infamous taliban crime here. a couple of hundred yards along the cliff from the place where the statues of the buddhas used to stand, until the taliban destroyed them, a woman called fa

the world food programme is currently providing emergency money and food to people here, but it sayste. the first time i saw, ijust cried. i was really, really shocked - about the situation of the children. you can see in the face that the child is very. sick and almost to die. insects are part of the diet in madagascar, but for some children, they are now the only food available, the un says. historians will look back at madagascar as probably the first time a country was brought to the brink of famine just by climate factors. no war in madagascar, no conflict. but if you ask me, do i think this will be the last time this happens — no way. i have no doubts that there will be more cases like this. don't imagine the climate crisis is some vague future threat, warns the un. marari is worried it is already too late for her family. translation: i have no hope that i will stay alive. _ i will die. and when i think of my family, i realise that we will all die, because we have nothing to eat to survive. justin rowlatt, bbc news. president biden came back from that summit in glasgow to find

the world food programme says they're doing everything they can, but it's not enough.on't know where my next meal is coming from. nafisa tells me she's desperate. it has been eight years since my husband left me for his other wife. i used to work at a school, my salary was 5000 afghanis. it has been four months that i've had no salary. what is the point, living with no food and water? we have just been abandoned. i often pray and ask god tojust end my life. the taliban says the world needs to act. the international community has a hand in that, because they have imposed sanctions and other steps, which has led to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. i think the international community who are educating of human rights, they have such claims. they should reconsider, not take steps which lead to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. and these are the faces of the crisis. this is the ward where some of the most severely malnourished children are being looked after. gulnara is three, so weak she can barely open her eyes. marwa is nearly one. translation: the powdered milk

the world food programme estimates that more than half the population-about 22.8 million people-facee food insecurity. 3.2 million children under five could suffer acute malnutrition. given the history of the past 20 years, it should be obvious that we have a deep responsibility to this country and to its people. mr. speaker, they are dying, and they need our help. it is only two months since the allied forces relinquished control of the country, so can the prime minister update us on what exactly his government are -- is doing to end the famine in afghanistan? pm johnson: i thank the right honorable gentleman. he raises an issue that i know is on the mind of many people in this house and across the country. we are proud of what we have done to welcome people from afghanistan, but we must do everything we can also to mitigate the consequences, for the people of afghanistan, of the taliban takeover. what we did, as you will recall, is we doubled our aid commitment for this year to 286 million pounds. we are working with the un agencies and other ngos to do everything we can to help th

as director of the united nations world food programme in afghanistan, mary—ellen mcgroarty is on theyeah, we've had no rain since spring. since spring time right? february. when are you expecting the rain again? when should it start? well, towards the end of october. the country is already suffering drought, and when winter hits, with temperatures down to —40 celsius, movement of anything becomes almost impossible. so all agencies are desperate to act now. the entire humanitarian sector, because, i mean, it's notjust the food and nutrition, but it's also shelter items as well to help people try and keep warm. so, all the different sectors now are really, you know, trying to stabilise the situation, a situation that continues to deteriorate every day and every week. can you give us a sense of some of the cases that you're encountering? people are coming in from the provinces because as the money has been cut off from the international community, the health services are collapsing in the provinces. and they're coming into the major towns. and they're coming in too late. i mean, in term

the world food programme says they're doing everything they can, but it's not enough.a tells me she's desperate. the taliban says the world needs to act. the international community has a hand in that, because they have imposed sanctions and other steps, which has led to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. i think there are many in the international community and other countries who are speaking about human rights and educating of human rights, they have such claims. they should reconsider, not take steps which lead to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. and these are the faces of the crisis. we've just come to the indira gandhi children's hospital, where there are many cases of children suffering from acute malnutrition. gulnara is three, so weak she can barely open her eyes. marwa is nearly one. it's notjust patients suffering. health care staff haven't been paid for months. every single person i'm speaking to has the same story. they can't pay for their ticket to come here, they can't pay for theirfood here. and she was just saying that someday they may have to

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the world food programme says it is the biggest humanitarian- crisis in the worldj developing there.ther. critical or emergency. we are going into. the winter months. i think one of the other things the international community i has to figure out is arei they going to recognise and deal with the . taliban, yes or no? there is the $9 billion of- foreign assets frozen outside afghanistan. i think the afghan foreign minister has been lobbying in doha this week saying, let us have that money at least. the question is, are we going to deal with the taliban, - yes or no? do we hold our nose and deall with them and free this money on the basis that if we don't we will see the economy, . which is already collapsed, there is absolutely no wayl of getting it back. i think a lot of people around the world feel slightly- embarrassed, ashamed even about the way afghanistan was left. - very vulnerable to the kind of economic and famine . shocks that we are seeing. aid is getting in. the taliban are not. preventing it getting in because they do not wantl a failed state on their hands. they don't wa

though, that the west is equally guilty about coming in i'm thinking of afghanistan with the world food programme to the world food programme millions of people will starve to death, some families are already starving in their homes. i can't imagine that holding up. once _ i can't imagine that holding up. once the — i can't imagine that holding up. once the picture start arriving, look. _ once the picture start arriving, look. the — once the picture start arriving, look, the taliban are not going to agree _ look, the taliban are not going to agree to — look, the taliban are not going to agree to that set of demands, and they are _ agree to that set of demands, and they are not the most concerned with they are not the most concerned with the welfare _ they are not the most concerned with the welfare of their own people. they've — the welfare of their own people. they've got internal divisions, they've — they've got internal divisions, they've got a mini civil war starting _ they've got a mini civil war starting already, but actually, they are not— starting already, but actually, they are not going

and the world food programme warns that millions in afghanistan will die if the international communityng legal action against the royal berkshire hospital, saying staff failed to spot the signs of the life threatening condition. shelley young from thatcham says she wants to raise awareness of spesis kills a8,000 people in the uk every year, that's more than breast, bowel and prostate cancer deaths combined. briony leyland has been to meet her. max will be two and a few days' time. he is thriving. his mum is still suffering pain and trauma after developing sepsis in the days after developing sepsis in the days after he was born. shelley says the initial signs of his condition were missed. on a home visit, a maternity support worker told her how high temperature and pain were probably down to flu. i temperature and pain were probably down to flu. . , temperature and pain were probably down to flu. ., , ., temperature and pain were probably down to flu— down to flu. i was not making much sense to my — down to flu. i was not making much sense to my husband. _ down to flu. i was not making

. >> the world food programme, the w.f.p., says that 14 million people in this country cannot feed themselves, they don't know where their next meal is going to come from. that's out of a country of 38 million. >> woodruff: and, it's friday. f jonathan capehart and gary abernathy consider this week'shi surprising election results, and reflect on the life and legacye of colin powell. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connectsbn us. >> fidelity wealth management. >> johnson & johnson. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> b.d.o. accountants and advisors.vi >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. d >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.th an >> woodruff: for most of today, capitol hill has been in

world food programme called on billionaires to donate.ay not end up being hunger. mosque asked to sit with him to work out a plan. mosque imosque, is worth $300 billion. nice to see him step up in this way. six dollars may not be enough, but may spur others. spencer, he could donate $300 billion and still be left with $300 -- left with $11 billion. [laughter] spencer: has a good point. i love that he is willing to do this. he wants to see how that will be used and created. he wants transparency. and as you pointed out, it may spur other millionaires to contribute to the effort. dan: that money could easily be wasted, he is right to want it accounted for. chris: definitely, opening dialogue and taking action, if you will, to make it happen. as you mentioned, one person with his stature doing it, could spur other people to do the same. kristen: are. the queen of talk is helping us gear up for the holidays. oprah revealed her favorite things list today, the 21st anniversary of her holiday tradition. several bay area companies are featured. s

the hunger crisis in afghanistan is continuing to worsen, with the head of the un's world food programmeare facing starvation, with charities reporting that taliban restrictions, on women operating as aid workers, are worsening the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. heather barr is associate director of the women's rights division at human rights. heather, we have been haring for a few days how difficult things are, what is your experience? 50. few days how difficult things are, what is your experience?- few days how difficult things are, what is your experience? so, as you have said. — what is your experience? so, as you have said. the _ what is your experience? so, as you have said, the taliban _ what is your experience? so, as you have said, the taliban are _ what is your experience? so, as you have said, the taliban are replacing| have said, the taliban are replacing restrictions on women aid workers which is marking it harderfor them to reach women and girls and women headed household, those are some of the most in need because women have been pushed out of paid employment by talib

the world food programme says they're doing everything they can, but it's not enough.'s desperate. the taliban says the world needs to act. the international community has a hand in that, because they have imposed sanctions and other steps, which has led to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. i think there are many in the international community and other countries who are speaking about human rights and educating of human rights, they have such claims. they should reconsider, not take steps which lead to a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. and these are the faces of the crisis. we've just come to the indira gandhi children's hospital, where there are many cases of children suffering from acute malnutrition. gulnara is three, so weak she can barely open her eyes. marwa is nearly one. it's notjust patients suffering. health care staff haven't been paid for months. every single person i'm speaking to has the same story. they can't pay for their ticket to come here, they can't pay for theirfood here. and she was just saying that someday they may have to admit her here

the world food programme is currently providing emergency money and food to people here, but it saysd almost to die. insects are part of the diet in madagascar, but for some children, they are now the only food available, the un says. historians will look back at madagascar as probably the first time a country was brought to the brink of famine just by climate factors. no war in madagascar and no conflict. but if you ask me, do i think this will be the last time this happens? no way, i have no doubts that there will be more cases like this. don't imagine the climate crisis is some vague future threat, warns the un. for marari, it is already too late for her family. translation: i have no hope that i will stay alive. _ i will die. and when i think of my family, i realised that we will all die because we have nothing to eat to survive. justin rowlatt reporting there health officials are urging parents to get their children vaccinated against the flu — amid fears there could be a surge in the virus alongside a rise in covid cases in the months ahead. let's talk to nhs doctor and tv pres

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in october, the un s world food programme warned 22.8 million people in afghanistan will face acute hunger already in urgent need of food aid. drought, displacement, the collapse of public services and an economic crisis are pushing the country towards a precipice. the red cross is urging international donors to find creative ways to send funds to the country to stave off severe malnutrition. but many countries are concerned that risks funding terrorism, and propping up a brutal taliban regime. my colleague yalda hakim is in kabulfor us. christian, thank you so much, and as he summed it up, how much has actually changed in this country in the last hundred days and from your summary, a huge amount. this is a nation in crisis, and dealing and grappling with an economic crisis, and humanitarian crisis and of course all of the uncertainty surrounding the security of this nation which will no doubt have an impact on the wider region and the international community. joining me now is masoud andarabi. this is a changed nation and they are dealing with a number of issues. the taliban and say that

afghanistan's humanitarian assistance through non governmental organizations, un agencies like the world food programme all of these organizations have long experience working in challenging environments, where there has been civil war. so we have confidence in that system that if we achieve see anomalies or c money seeping off to the taliban, we will stop the programs. we have a statutory operation that says no funding to the taliban. >> thank, you mister chairman. >> thank you, before i recognize senator murphy, i wish we had had the alarm bells sounded when president trump made a deal with the taliban that told them with a date certain we will leave by this date and release thousands of taliban prisoners to the taliban, which only augmented their fighting force. that automatically reduce our troop presence before this administration took over. and that got none of the commitments from the taliban cemented before all those actions were taken. that set the stage. i don't excuse anybody for execution of what they decided. but if the set the stage. senator murphy. >> thank, you mister chairman. senator

world food programme costs almost 8 1/2 billion dollars.d part of it, where he says, okay, i will liquidate my stock right here, right now, tell me that you can spend this effectively. he says it must be open source accounting so the public can precisely see how the money is spent. now in response to that the u.n. director in that interview of course says we have transparent systems in place to show you account for where every dollar goes. if you believe that. >> the united nations has a history of not being open with the public about its accounting. biggest scandals of u.n. has to do with billions of dollars misspent, went more for bureaucrats having lunches at chichi steakhouses than on -- >> most were in agreance. a lot of people say where is the most of the 6 approximately dollars going to go? into administrative bs. let you guess what bs -- david: elon musk, if he is listening get ahold of bono. the musician bono. he spent a lot of time dealing with the hunger projects. i dealt with him once, i was so frustrated a lot of -- >> first-na

the world food programme says they are doing everything they can. but it is not enough. alth care staff haven�*t been paid for months. every single person i�*m speaking to has the same story. they can�*t pay for their ticket to come here, they can�*t pay for theirfood here. and she was just saying that someday they may have to admit her here as a malnutrition patient herself, because she doesn�*t know where she�*s going to get her next meal from. even before the taliban came to power, there was a humanitarian crisis in this country. drought, aid cuts and the economic collapse have turned crisis into catastrophe. yalda hakim, bbc news, kabul. i have spoken to taleban leadership who say age should not be —— aid should not be condition —based. —— spoken to the taliban. they will not engage until certain conditions are met which includes an inclusive government which includes people other than members of the taliban regime or the base and that should include women for example, the rights of women and girls who are still being denied the right to go to school, girls over the a

the world food programme is currently providing emergency money and food to people here but it says therst time a country was brought to the brink of famine just by climate factors. no war in madagascar, no conflict. but if you ask me, do i think this will be the last time this happens? no way, i have no doubt that there will be more cases like this. don't imagine that the climate crisis is some vague future threat, warns the un. marare is worried it is already too late for her family. translation: i have no hope that i will stay alive. _ i will die. and when i think of my family, i realise that we will all die, because we have nothing to eat to survive. that was justin rowlatt reporting there. let's speak to frederica andriamanantena from the world food programme. good morning. great to see this morning. incredibly disturbing images there in that report. how close is madagascar two, well, are they on the brink of disaster now? good morning. yeah, indeed. it's quite terrible sounds and images we are hearing now. we have tens of thousands of people on the baker famine due to climate indu

one of the most effective, in my experience, is the world food programme and the executive director is american, always has been. that is an agency involved in support of humanitarian efforts for the united nations that has a pretty good track record and one, again, where the top person is an american citizen. we need to get a special representative, like of the secretary general, into kabul, someone with strength and integrity, someone we can work with. such people are out there. i mentioned one of them. i think we can certainly help support an international effort on humanitarian relief that does not empower the taliban. >> sure. and focused on the needs of the afghan people, not being diverted to the taliban or foreign terrorist efforts in afghanistan, right? >> yes, and we need the right person. we've seen that you and operations, left to themselves, they're likely to make nice with the taliban, likely to do it. so having the right people upfront is crucial. >> sure. let me ask you, secretary armitage, as you know, afghanistan borders xinjiang province, inhabited by the uyghurs, fl

on monday the world food programme warned that millions of people could face starvation within weeks,rs editor, john simpson is in bamiyan, in central afghanistan. i think what we are seeing is a fairly elaborate dance between the international community and the government here, trying the outside world, the world bank, being the latest example, trying to force the taliban to be different in the way they govern, less extreme, less conservative. but the fact is it is like a dance where the music certainly caught up with things and it is going faster and faster. i suspect we are getting fairly close to some kind of... perhaps a change of attitude by the taliban. i don't have any information about age, it is very hard to get inside the taliban but there is a taliban delegation going to pakistan led tomorrow —— tomorrow led by its foreign minister and i think there is at least a possibility that the taliban will tell the pakistanis that they will change their attitude towards women in education, for instance, and if they do that, that could start to unlock some of the really quite hostile

the un says more than 70 drivers working for the world food programme have been detained by the ethiopiand can be delivered to millions of desperate war victims in the tigray region. a un spokesperson said it was liaising with the ethiopian government to understand the reasons behind the detentions. human rights watch says a government imposed blockade on ethiopia s tigray region is preventing women who have been raped during the one year conflict from getting the medical care they desperately need. the rights group says that during the first nine months of the conflict ethiopian, eritrean, and amhara forces pillaged and destroyed health facilities in tigray. live now to emmanuel igunza.emmanuel igunza this marks another low between the un and the ethopian government. 0n un and the ethopian government. on tuesday, round 16 staff were detained by the ethopian authorities, so far, there has not been any reason given by the authorities why they were detained, they want to say that six of them were released, but they are still trying to get access to some of those who are still being detained

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