saudi arabia's air and naval blockade of yemen has led to thousands and thousands of deaths in yemen from lack of food and medicine. the u.s. should end all arms sales to the saudis until they end their blockade of yemen. president biden said he would change the trump policy of supporting saudi's war in yemen, but it's not all that apparent that policy has changed. today we challenge the biden administration's sale of $650 million worth of armies including air-to-air missiles to yemen. two months ago the biden administration approved $500 million worth of arms including maintains of attack helicopters. someone would differentiate offensive weapons from p defensive weapons, but really even defensive weapons can allow a country to absorb attacks in order to consider offensive operations. the real question is not an artificial designation of weapons as offensive or defensive, but whether congress is serious about using the leverage of arms sales or withholding arms sales to end the blockade in yemen. that the biden administration continues to reward saudi arabia with weapons seems to in

yemen is not the only one.nd it is difficult to maintain the attention of somewhere like yemen, which has become now such a protracted crisis, but it is getting worse. just when you think it couldn't possibly, it is getting worse. . we have half of all families with inadequate food consumptio food prices are soaring. thousands of people are being displaced, 70,000 have been displaced just in the last few months by the conflict. so it is important today as it ever has been. phil: we thank you for your time and be with you well. pigot so much for joining us. the united nations repeated its call to belarus and poland to address what it says is the appalling situation of migrants on their joint order where hundreds of people, mainly from iraq and syria, remain stranded. poland and the e.u. accuse the belarussian leader of encouraging people to travel to belarus to try to gain entry into the european union. belarus denies this and says the e.u. is to blame for the humanitarian crisis. reporter: belarusian authoritie

the island is part of yemen, so it's not so surprising. but the civil war that has raged for years on the mainland is far away. the united arab emirates launched the 1st direct flights here in 2021. it's a 2 hour flight. so coach lies directly off the horn of africa, about 400 kilometers from the yemen. he mainland peter, our guide. he is having a travel agency and he's doing some podcast at all traveling. so he and he's from co worker talking about the contract. and when they prepare district, i decided that i really want to go because it's so strange destination. and because of the war in yemen, it's very that the chance that you will come here again later it's very, very low. or if the situation will be better and more tourist will come, the country will definitely change. so to, to see that at this moment, it's really amazing. right? so culture is really far away from almost everything. while war is raging in yemen, the island is a peaceful haven, a safe place to go on vacation. caves are not something completely new for the slovak tou

the island is part of yemen, so it's not so surprising. but the civil war that has raged for years on the mainland is far away. the united arab emirates launched the 1st direct flights here in 2021. it's a 2 hour flight. so coach lies directly off the horn of africa, about 400 kilometers from the yemen. he mainland peter, our guide, he, he's having a travel agency and he's doing some podcast at all traveling. so he and he's from co worker talking about the contract. and when they prepare district, i decided that i really want to go because it's so strange destination. and because of the war in yemen, it's very that the chance that you come here again later it's very, very low. or if the situation will be better and more tourist will come, the country will definitely change. so to, to see that at this moment, it's really amazing. right? so culture is really far away from almost everything. while war is raging in yemen, the island is a peaceful haven, a safe place to go on vacation. caves are not something completely new for the slovak touri

let's talk about yemen.re were air raids on the capital with reports of massive explosions in the city's northern neighborhoods. saudi officials said they targeted houthi military sites in retaliation for the rebel group's earlier drone attacks on sites in saudi arabia, including a major oil hub in jeddah. the latest violence comes after thousands of people marched through the streets of sanaa protesting u.s. support for the saudi-led military coalition. >> we the yemeni people took to the streets today to denounce the military escalation carried out by america, the economic blockade, and the continuation of aggression. we had thought when joe biden took office, he would keep his promises and stopping the war in yemen and open the airport in sanaa. they turned out all that talk was a lie. amy: talk abt what is happening in yemen, professor priyanka motaparthy. >> the war in yemen is in its seventh year. let's remember this is first of all there is the war we are all familiar with that we see daily in the new

the human cost of the war in yemen.en, cameraman dave bull, and producer cara swift, with that report. it's emerged that the omicron strain of coronavirus may have been spreading around the world earlier than previously thought. tests show it was present in a sample taken in the netherlands five days before it was first reported to the world health organisation by south africa. meanwhile the boss of one of the biggest covid—vaccine producing companies has warned that he doesn't think the currentjabs will be as effective against the new strain as they have been against the previous ones. sara monetta reports. as the omicron strain continues to spread around the world, with cases detected across europe, in canada, and now injapan, the question being asked is, how effective will the existing vaccines be against it? the answer, according to the boss of moderna, which produces one of the most widely used jabs, is not as effective. stephane bancel told reporters... he added... that could take weeks, or even months. in the mea

the island is part of yemen, so it's not so surprising. but the civil war that has raged for years on the mainland is far away. the united arab emirates launched the 1st direct flights here in 2021. it's a 2 hour flight. so coach relies directly off the horn of africa, about 400 kilometers from the yemen. he mainland ether, our guide, he in his having a travel agency and he's doing some pot castile traveling. so he and his from co worker talking bicycle track. and when they prepare district, i decided that i really want to go because it's not just beautiful. they are of great scientific interest. they are an index for climate change. luckily alice middle offers, it's even better as on the pictures of the imagined before coming here. the drivers, the guides and the cooks are very happy that tourists have returned to the island for many years. so coach herb was practically cut off from the rest of the world because of the war in yemen. one of them, we are proud that tourists are coming here again and that we have work men and we hope that mo

the human cost of the war in yemen.ull, and producer cara swift, with that report. british mps have warned the home secretary that her plans to turn back people from attempting to cross the english channel are dangerous and probably unlawful. priti patel saiid last week the tactic would help deter smuggling gangs like the ones thought to be behind the deaths of 29 people last week, meanwhile in an interview with the bbc one of the survivors from that capsizing has told us he's still haunted by what he saw that night. bbc persian�*s soran qurbani reports from the french port city of calais. this is a man who says he stared death in the face and survived. he is one of the two survivors from wednesday's migrant boat disaster in the english channel. we set out around 10p on the night before and we were already sailing for three hours and a half when water began to get into the boat and in about 30 minutes it started to sink. mohammed and the only other survivor swam for ten hours until they were rescued by french fishermen.

i'm just explain to us a little more about why the wi fi is cutting food i to yemen. well, by now we're in a really difficult situation whereby we just, we just simply don't have the funds to be able to maintain assistance at the current levels. so what we're doing from january is that we're cutting to $8000000.00 people last $8000000.00 out of the total of $13000000.00 people that we support. so they will receive about home rations and then and then that allows us to maintain full rations for the 5000000 people who are the most acute acutely food insecure. so they're the ones that immediate risk of famine. but really, it's an impossible situation to be in because we are in effect being to reduce food assistance to the hungry in order to feed the hungry. right. and this is because countries have not followed through on their pledges of money. well this year actually w p received around 75 percent of what we are school. that was 1400000000. and with that, we were able to, to resume for russians because in 202014 we had, we had also been forced to cut a various moments

the human cost of the war in yemen — our middle east editor jeremy bowen sends a special report. way this war ends is not in the hands of yemenis because big regional powers have intervened. the people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. test results from the netherlands suggest omicron had spread globally before it was identified. mark meadows, donald trump's former chief of staff, agrees to appear at the investigation into the assault on the capitol building. and, we have a rare interview with britain's spy chief, who says china is his agency's top priority. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in yemen — where houthi rebels are pressing hard to capture the key city of mareb. it's the last stronghold of the internationally recognised government — and at the heart of yemen's oilfields. the fall of mareb would be a major turning point in the conflict that's been going on for years.saudi arabia — backed by the us and uk — intervened in yemen in 2015 — after the houthis ousted the government from t

i'm just explained to us a little more about why the w p is cutting food i to yemen. well, by now we're in a really difficult situation whereby we just, we just simply don't have the funds to be able to maintain assistance at the current levels. so what we're doing from january is that we're cutting to $8000000.00 people last $8000000.00 out of the total of $13000000.00 people that we support. so they will receive about half rations and then, and then that allows us to maintain full rations for the 5000000 people who are the most acute acutely food insecure. so they're the ones that are immediate risk of famine. but really, it's an impossible situation to be in because we are in effect being to reduce food assistance to the hungry in order to feed the hungry rock. and this is because countries have not followed through on their pledges of money. well this year actually w p received around 75 percent of what we are school. that was 1400000000. and with that we were able to to resume food rations because in 202014 we had, we had also been forced to cut a various moments

arms sales to saudi arabia amid the devastating ongoing war on yemen. for more, we're joined by bill hartung, director of the arms and security project at the center for international policy. author of a new report titled "arming repression: u.s. military support for saudi arabia, from trump to biden." his latest book, "prophets of war: lockheed martin and the making of the military-industrial complex." welcome back to democracy now! first of all, if you can just respond to the house passage of the largest weapons spending bill in u.s. history since world war ii. >> i think it is an outrage. if you look at what we really need, and the roundup he talked about the preparedness, the world is on fire with the effects of climate change. we have deep problems with racial and economic injustice in this country. we have an insurrection, violence on our democracy. the last thing we need to do is throw more money at the pentagon. it is a huge amount, more than we spent in vietnam, the korean war, the buildup in the 1980's all throughout the cold war. even at the

the island is part of yemen, so it's not so surprising. but the civil war that has raged for years on the mainland is far away. the united arab emirates launched the 1st direct flights here in 2021. it's a 2 hour flight. so coach, lies directly off the horn of africa, about 400 kilometers from the yemeni mainland. that's the thir, our guide. he is having a travel agency and he's doing some podcast about traveling. so he and he's from co worker talking bicycle track. and when they prepare the strip, i decided i really wanna go because it's so strange destination. and because of the war in yemen, it's very that the chance that you come here again, later it's very, very low or in the situation will be better and more tourists will come. the country will definitely change. so to, to see that at this moment, it's really amazing. right? so culture is really far away from almost everything. while war is raging in yemen, the island is a peaceful haven, a safe place to go on vacation. caves are not something completely new for the slovak tourists.

after seven years of war in yemen, hundreds of thousands fled their homes.houthi rebels gained ground, we report from the makeshift camps of people replaced by flighting -- fighting. >> war creates a crisis. the way this war ends is not in the hands of yemenis, because big regional powers have intervened. >> the head of britain's secret intelligence service goes public with concerns against china, russia, terrorism, and much more. the american born and activist josephine baker takes her place amongst the heroes of france, her adopted home. ♪ >> welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. the omicron strain of covid was already in europe over a week ago, before it was identified in south africa. tests carried out in the netherlands showed two people who tested positive were infected with the variant. south african officials raised the alarm on november 24. it raises questions about how quickly the latest variant is spreading. medical officials around the world are scrambling to find out if the vaccines we have can stop us getting sick. we have

since then, yemen has suffered the world�*s worst humanitarian crisis.east 800,000 people displaced by the war have fled to marib, and more are on their way. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, made his way to the city, and a warning — his report contains some distressing images. the plains outside marib are not much of a refuge, but it�*s all there is for more than 16,000 people who have fled the houthi offensive in the last three months. at this camp, the newest arrivals are in flimsy tents with little food and salty water. children don�*t have schools. in the desert, the nights are cold. they�*ve lost almost everything, except enough trauma for a lifetime. between them, these two women have fled the fighting with their families 11 times in four years. this woman said her six children freeze in the ripped tent. translation: e witnessed everything. fear and panic every time. the kids are terrified when they hear missiles or shooting. so, she was wounded? her daughter was badly hurt in a houthi attack. her two—month—old son was killed. these are pictur

this is what is going on in yemen. the u.s. is supplying weapons to the saudi's that are used against innocent civilians in yemen. the third is we use weapons and they upgrade to terrorism. we've seen this in the philippines during the pandemic. the filipino government used u.s. weapons to arrest opposition it the government. finally, we look at dispersion. we find ideas that these are dispersed and end up in the wrong hands because they go to unstable nations. the taliban has access to u.s. weapons in afghanistan. why hasn't congress done anything? is senator murphy -- it's a supermarket problem. arm sales are low hanging issues. i'm going to talk about the legislative problem and how this would work to overturn this and change this. i'm going to give a brief history of the legislation and talk about why congress can't do anything. i will conclude about how this helps. a brief history, nobly cares about restricting weapon sales until the 1970's. you have the u.s. using weapons in to arab-israeli wars. you have the withdrawal f

z world food program says that it will have to reduce rations for 8000000 people in yemen. due to a lack of funding. the cutbacks will begin in january. the u. s. agency is warning of serious consequences. as hunger rises, the country's been on the brink of famine since 2016 because of the civil war that the world food program says the 5000000 people. a close to starvation that speak to a be a turf up who is a senior spokesperson with the world food program. she joins us now live from cairo . good to have you with us. so 5000000 people just a step away from starvation. this actually though, potentially affects many more people, doesn't it? yes, absolutely. a funding conscious forcing the world full jump. this katy back food, the systems that means reducing food rations to 8000000 people in yemen. these cuts the coming of the worst possible time for the 13000000 people who are dependent on the wealth for programs, assistance to survive. 5000000 people are on the brink of a fan of famine. and these are the ones that we're going to keep the food rations in tax, but that is a h

by civilians in yemen. third is we use weapons we see this in the philippines during the pandemic where the filipino government uses weapons to amass opposition to the government we find the idea that these can be dispersed in the wrong hands because they go to other nations that the taliban has access to the weapons in afghanistan. >> so it is the supermarket problem in part but is also legislative so i will talk about the legislative problem and how this will work tost overturn this and changes so first i would get the brief history of weapon sale legislation and why congress cannot do anything and how this helps. so a brief history nobody really cares about restricted restrictions until the seventies and you have us using weapons to help israelis fight ande then withdraw from vietnam and then watergate and now congress cares about weapon sales so in 1874 they cosponsored the being impact really wasan the initial plan to restrict weapon sales any sale over $25 million congress had to review and add 20 day

the island is part of yemen, so it's not so surprising. but the civil war that has raged for years on the mainland is far away. the united arab emirates launched the 1st direct flights here in 2021. it's a 2 hour flight. so coach or lies directly off the horn of africa, about 400 kilometers from the yemen. he mainland ether, our guide, he is having a travel agency and he's doing some podcast about traveling. so he and he's from co worker. talk about circle track and when they prepare the strip, i decided i really wanna go because it's so strange destination. and because of the war in yemen, it's very that the chance that you will come here again later it's very, very low. or if the situation will be better and more tourist will come, the country will definitely change. so to, to see that at this moment it's really amazing. right? so culture is really far away from almost everything. while war is raging in yemen, the island is a peaceful haven. a safe place to go on vacation. caves are not something completely new for the slovak tourists. s

also on the program, the world food program sounds the alarm over yemen, despite millions of people starving from war. un agency says it has to cut food aid in the new year. ah, and in spain, the prize money is flowing in the countries traditional christmas lottery. ah, i'm almeni's if welcome, germany's infectious diseases agency has worn that alma crohn will become the country's dominant variant within weeks. the whole but coff institute says germany is health system and critical infrastructure could be compromised. if the latest wave is not stopped, the german government has responded by stepping up vaccination efforts and tightening restrictions on gatherings. they'll also be limits on social contacts, but not until after christmas. ah, the festive preparations might be continuing across germany. but the country's top public health body has won people not to let christmas be the spark that lights the omicron fire. there are no official restrictions on festive celebrations, but small gatherings being encouraged a mystics. the most important thing apart from vaccinations is reducing contac

he blocked the elevation to become the leader of al qaeda in yemen. he told them not to identify himself or al qaeda would be back. one of things he said to everyone he was in contact with, don't try to set up a local islamic state. do not, and to focus on the united states that was a constant theme. he would write 40 page memos to his top deputy. in the top deputy would disagree with those orders, but take a different path of the organization. you can make the argument he was micromanaging the organization i was still in charge. i was hard for him to manage because he had to communicate in a very constrained way. after constantine people to attack the united states, kill barack obama and biden because he is not prepared to be president. his costly tasking him with things are completely preposterous. when he's moving his army divisions around europe. it did not really exist. it is a complicated picture it is a legal trying to micromanage things to his best of his ability with the troops he had. >> there is a lesson there for all of us. oftentimes the

she since the aide budget set aside for yemen, a shrunk due to multiple global crises. these cuts the coming of the worst possible time for the 13000000 people who are dependent on the wealth with programs, assistance to survive. $5000000.00 people are on the brink of a fan of famine, and these are the ones that were going to keep their food rations in tax. but that is a huge risk to more millions, more. who are basically surviving every day on very meager resources. the wilson program needs $800000000.00 to maintain the current level of food assistance for the next 6 month. at this in 2022, w a f t needs at $2000000000.00. that's huge amount of money because we're assisting over 13000000 people and that's just with, with the badly enough food basket to keep people alive. now, donors have given and provide the funding in, in this year, around with fundraising, 1400000000, but the nice growing piece that's, you know, that's higher than our ability to continue to generate resources. also, there are a lot of humanitarian crises that on the world, you know, type food, hurri

the island is part of yemen, so it's not so surprising. but the civil war that has raged for years on the mainland is far away. the united arab emirates launched the 1st direct flights here in 2021. it's a 2 hour flight. so coach, lies directly off the horn of africa, about 400 kilometers from the yemen, mainland theater, our guide, he, he's having travel agency and he's doing simple cost about traveling. so he and his co worker talking about the culture. and when they prepared the strip, i decided i really want to go because it's so strange destination. and because of the war, and it's very, the chance that you will come here again later. it's very, very low. or if the situation will be better and more to it will come the, the country will definitely change. so to, to see that at this moment it's really amazing. so coach is really far away from almost everything while war is raging in yemen, the island is a peaceful haven, a safe place to go on vacation. caves are not something completely new for the slovak tourists. slovakia has many of

in his christmas message, pope francis highlighted the tragedies in yemen and syria, which he said areng passed over in silence. and lift off! the world's most powerful telescope has blasted into space — soon to offer unprecedented images of the universe. # while we're here can we all spare a thought # for the ones who have gone #. and christmas with ed sheeran and elton — we find out how the stars spend the festive period. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the queen has spoken movingly in her christmas day message about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip. she said there was "one familiar laugh missing", and expressed empathy with other families who'd lost loved ones this year. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. windsor castle on christmas morning. the royal standard signifying that the queen was in residence. merry christmas. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwalljoined the congregation at st george's chapel for morning service. the queen did not attend as a precaution against covid, according to officials. from

the world food program was that 8000000 people in yemen faced cups in food rations due to a lack of funds. and iraqi street artists draw on history and tradition to transform one of back dad's oldest neighborhoods and in sport and b, i started told it's time to learn to live with corona virus. me. commissioner adam silva insist there are no plans for a shut. ah, israel may become the 1st country to roll out a 4th dose of the cove at 19 vaccine. a government panel has recommended the people over the age of 60 be given. the job prime minister natalie bennett, says that it will help fight the spread of alma kron. israel reported its 1st death with the variant on tuesday, dr. ballots. bank county is a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter as medical school. he says that unless poor nations are fully vaccinated, rich nations immunizing their population multiple times will not stop variance emerging. every little controlled exposure to the wireless is proteins enables your body bodies immune system to be reminded and then reminded again that you need to make immunity against me.

in his christmas message, pope francis highlighted the tragedies in yemen and syria, which he said areng passed over in silence. the world's most powerful telescope has launched into space — to offer unprecedented images of the universe. and after 3 months of spewing lava and ash, the volcanic eruption on the spanish island of la palma, has finally come to an end. the queen has spoken movingly — in her christmas day message — about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip. she said there was "one familiar laugh missing" — and expressed empathy with other families who'd lost loved ones this year. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. windsor castle christmas morning. the real standard signifying that the queen was in residence. the duchess of cornwalljoined the congregation at saint george's chapel for morning service. the queen did not attend as a precaution against covid—19 according to officials. from the very first moments of the queens broadcast, there was a keen sense of the loss she has felt over the death of prince philip last april after their 73 year

he picked up yemen. 0f world leaders in these speeches. —— pope.ink that in particular is a part of the world where he feels there is... i particular is a part of the world where he feels there is... i think he is picking _ where he feels there is... i think he is picking op _ where he feels there is... i think he is picking up a _ where he feels there is... i think he is picking up a part _ where he feels there is... i think he is picking up a part of - where he feels there is... i think he is picking up a part of the - where he feels there is... i think. he is picking up a part of the world where there is less international attention than there ought to be. he has a great sense that there is a culture of indifference, that we are withdrawing into our silence. we are concerned about our own petty local concerns and we actually need to open our eyes to a world that is fundamentally interconnected, in which we find ourselves morally related to other people on the other side of the world. that is why he is constantly drawing attention to these storie

a senior spokeswoman with the world food program says the a budget set aside for yemen has shrunk due to multiple global crises. >> these cuts are coming at the worst possible time for the 13 million people who are dependent on the assistance to survive. 5 million people are on the brink of famine, and these are the ones that will keep their food rations intact. these are the people basically surviving on meager rations every day. the world food -- the world food program needs $18 million to maintain the current level of food assistance for the next six months. it is a huge amount of money because we are assisting over 13 million people, and that is just with barely enough food to keep people alive. donors have given and provided under this year, but the needs are growing at a pace that is higher than our ability to continue to generate resources. also, there are a lot of humanitarian crises around the world. typhoons, hurricanes, food crisis in south sudan, afghanistan, which is making it extremely difficult for situations and emergencies like yemen to generate funding at this level

we will also focus on yemen.thi rebels are gaining ground in the conflict that has already caused shocking levels of suffering and has caused some to live in makeshift desert camps. >> the people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. ros: barbados has been enjoying its first day of the republic with the president, not the queen as it had of state. there is evidence the omicron variant of covid was present in europe days before international travel restrictis were introduced, and before it was first reported by south africa. a number of things to show you on the variant. let's begin with the bbc health correspondent. >> we had thought the first cases came to the netherlands over the weekend, but there were two test samples between the 19th and 23rd. that is because south africa reported its findings, starting this omicron thing off, on the 24th. should you be alarm that cases were actually in the netherlands before south africa said anything? no. the world health org

food program has issued another warning to the international community about the ongoing conflict in yemen. they say millions could pay starvation because the w. r f. p will have to reduce food rations from january. the u. n. agency says donors have failed to fulfill their pledges of assistance. it's meal time for this yamini mother and had 3 daughters. the families village was destroyed by air strikes. now they live in a camp for internally displaced people relying on i'd from the world food program seventies of fighting between hootie rebels and sadie back government forces has created what many consider the world's worst humanitarian crisis. food and medical shortages are causing millions to suffer, including many children in the children's ward of the al sabine hospital in santa, the suffering is plain to say dangerously malnourished. their bodies bay, the marks of war. and this is happening even with the current levels of food assistance provided by ngos. soon, families will start getting barely half of the world food programs. daily minimum ration you in agencies including the world

really 400000 people have died during 7 years of war in yemen. mean mars military has been accused of killing at least 30 people from the karen minority in the countries . east witnesses said the victims were killed while trying to flee. fighting between the army and resistance groups, the aide group save the children, says 2 of its members were caught up in the violence and are missing. the vehicle was found burned out along with dozens of charred bodies. and i'm joined now by continued the managing director of the berman news international group. she is currently in bangkok. can you tell us please all you know about the latest attack? thank you a so that is after in the state of mama. so these people, the flag from the 15 and then why the lien and they will stop by the, the coup millage in military gym army and that they were all put into different different vehicles and finalize these include women and also children. so far we can confront about $34.00 people, but they seem like it would be around 40 people that those have been fun alive in that area. and that might also include 2

for us, the biggest problem is yemen. c, o. know about a young william, we're less than 200 kilometers away from the coast of yemen. this is one of the main traffic in not only which he does, but also for all kinds of endangered species and weapon and even able and if the monumental scott is able to effectively monitor this area with a co sign up more than 800 kilometer nearly impossible to stop the legal marketing . and as long as the wealthy are willing to pay huge sums to buy wild animals, the future of cheat as is in jeopardy. you know, as much as possible, wild animals should be left in the natural habitat. and as it for now, from all stories go to d, w dot com slash africa, or visit us on facebook and twitter. i would say always great to hear from you. so you can also get in touch with me on twitter at eddie micah. we'll see you next time i find out ah ah ah, with ah ah ah, with it all started with the computer and a hole in the wall suit gotta mitra used to be a programmer but for decades he was fascinated by the way chi

about the comments were made concerning the war in yemen. for that he said the host, the rebels were defending themselves in their fight against the sally led coalition of band all lebanese imports and recalled it's a master the bring in xena, hers. she's like for us in by route, so we've have this resignation announced what reason is called the di officially give for why he's resigning. well, according to the information minister, he said after much thought, i do not want to be the reason why. there has been a deterioration and relations between lebanon and its traditional allies. saudi arabia, along with other arab gulf states, has comments really that were aired in october, triggered the latest crisis. but even before his comments relations work strain like you mentioned, he called the war in yemen, a saudi aggression. but saudi arabia housed repeatedly said that the crisis is not in his comments, but the crisis as much bigger than that. saudi arabia believe that this country is now under the control of iran, and that the rounds ally in l

as hunger rises, the cutbacks that will begin in january, yemen has been on the brink of famine since 2016 because of the war. 5000000 people are close to starvation, millions more rely on aid. the organization needs almost $2000000000.00 to continue to deliver vital food assistance. rescue teams are still searching for a lease that 70 missing people in me and mar following a landslide at a mine. it hit while workers were digging for jade and the northern state of catching that was swept into a lake. one person has been confirmed dead. the area is at the center of the walls biggest, the most lucrative jade mining industry. but people often working dangerous conditions . witness is coming up next vi ah me. oh, in the the they used to say about the internet that the internet changes everything. that's what's gonna happen with synthetic biology. it's going to change everything for information. it was the computer for the industrial revolution was energy. it was the machine for us, it's the cell. it's going to change everything. think of synthetic biology in 50 years, a 100 years. what on

the world health the world food program has warned that millions of people in yemen will face hunger after it was forced to cut aid to the war torn country. the un agency has received only half of the funding it requested in march to keep up food supplies to yemen. the european commission says it's taking legal action against poland for undermining law and the independence of its national judiciary. the move comes amid aid, ongoing spat between brussels in warsaw over the rule of law that began when poland ruling nationalists and euro. skeptic, pos party took power in 2015. the united nations has again called on both belarus and poland to address what it describes as the appalling situation of migrants on their joint border. hundreds of people mainly from iraq and syria, remains strand at their poland and the u. accused bell russian leader alexander lucas shanker. of encouraging them to travel to bella roost to try and gain entry into the european union. and the rooster nice that says that you is to blame for the humanitarian crisis. bella was sing authority, say almost 600 people re

george co di, attributed diplomatic crisis off to make comments about saudi's role in the war in yemen. it led to a band on lebanese imports, on the recall of the saudi ambassador, in a 100 reports from bay route. it's an announcement that's supposed to help open the door for negotiations with saudi arabia and other gulf arab states shall be done. one of them's was he lebanon's information minister george credit, his comments calling the war and yemen. a saudi aggression triggered the worst deterioration in relations. in years for weeks credit he rejected calls to resign. he now explains why he changed his mind. right. if i don't see him, i do have a french president. manuel mccaul is heading to saudi arabia on an official visit. what i understood from the prime minister who i met 3 days ago, is it france wants to use my resignation to help open dialogue with saudi arabia. french president manuel macross has been urging gulf states not to isolate lebanon . it's believed he wants to use the resignation as a bargaining chip to convince saudi arabia and other states to restore economic an

the un says it's been forced to reduce food rate rations for millions of people in yemen due to a lack of funding. it's world food program agency says that there will be serious consequences. hunger rises, the cutbacks will start in january. yemen has been on the brink of famine since 2016 because of the war. 5000000 people are close to starvation and millions more rely on age. the organization needs almost $2000000000.00 to continue to deliver vital food assistance. half the population of young men is facing food insecurity for short. that just they are unable to put food on the table for their families. 5000000 of these are in, in a very precarious situation. that's what we call the emergency food level of emergency level. the food insecurity, so meaning that if you know, if the situation gets worse, they'll be the 1st ones to be in a famine like condition. the very serious situation, the causes of this hunger crisis are complex, but the impact on the people of yemen is very clear. the inner, they quit for the consumption as rising food prices are increasing, access to food is becomi

and places like syria, libya, and yemen, eval and eval suffered extremely of course iraq. we all know what happened to the museum baghdad. all of these places get looted and these are manifestations of basically the inability and loss of control by law enforcement agencies and the institutions are intended to protect cultural heritage sites and monuments. and usually the looting is done either by organized trafficking gangs, et cetera, which is one way this is done. but also we mustn't forget that in many cases it's just average people everyday people who just want to make ends meet and we refer to these as subsistence looters. and between the 2 of them, you end up with a lot of stuff, flooding the market or armor. we also saw this from ice as we saw this from terror groups. we saw isis, which was out either destroying. ah, you know, big a cultural relics, you know, buildings and, and sites of worship. but taking these antiquities to also help fuel itself. tell us about back this. well, certainly m, we'd appreciate that groups like isis and isis is not exclusive in this ba