For 12 years, the ngo fund for peace has been publishing an index of fragility around the world. While many countries are politically and economically stable, others like mozambique or south africa are more fragile. The situation is particularly bad in syria, somalia, and yemen. Reporter wind whistles through the gaping hole in alis parents home. The saudi missile attack that caused the damage also killed his father. Ali now lives with his uncle. He hopes to get his house repaired at some point when peace has returned and people no longer live in fear of foreign bombs. The situation in yemen is very bad. This war has to stop. Reporter the saudi attacks have left their mark not only on the buildings. At the marketplace, traders have a lot of time to chew khat leaves, the local stimulant. Theres hardly anyone here with money to spend. After 20 months of war, yemen is in ruins, and its civilians who suffer the most. Many districts no longer have access to electricity or water, so every da
For 12 years, the ngo fund for peace has been publishing an index of fragility around the world. While many countries are politically and economically stable, others like mozambique or south africa are more fragile. The situation is particularly bad in syria, somalia, and yemen. Reporter wind whistles through the gaping hole in alis parents home. The saudi missile attack that caused the damage also killed his father. Ali now lives with his uncle. He hopes to get his house repaired at some point when peace has returned and people no longer live in fear of foreign bombs. The situation in yemen is very bad. This war has to stop. Reporter the saudi attacks have left their mark not only on the buildings. At the marketplace, traders have a lot of time to chew khat leaves, the local stimulant. Theres hardly anyone here with money to spend. After 20 months of war, yemen is in ruins, and its civilians who suffer the most. Many districts no longer have access to electricity or water, so every da
Corruption is widespread. There are barely any Public Services in yemen, and only a shell of a legal system. As a result, the country is in a very bad state. For 12 years, the ngo fund for peace has been publishing an index of fragility around the world. While many countries are politically and economically stable, others like mozambique or south africa are more fragile. The situation is particularly bad in syria, somalia, and yemen. Reporter wind whistles through the gaping hole in alis parents home. The saudi missile attack that caused the damage also killed his father. Ali now lives with his uncle. He hopes to get his house repaired at some point when peace has returned and people no longer live in fear of foreign bombs. The situation in yemen is very bad. This war has to stop. Reporter the saudi attacks have left their mark not only on the buildings. At the marketplace, traders have a lot of time to chew khat leaves, the local stimulant. Theres hardly anyone here with money to spen
Building behind me. The venue for this edition of global questions. It is Blackheads House. Latvians had hoped they had put their turbulent history of occupations behind them. When theyjoined the European Union along with fellow Baltic States, lithuania and estonia. But russias Annexation Of Crimea has reawa kened concerns about moscows ambitions and whether nato could protect them if russia were to interfere in their affairs. In the last few months, there has been a build up of nato troops in the region, with british units leading the effort in estonia, close to the russian border. If moscow and washington were to reset relations, would that leave the Baltic States feeling more exposed . Putin and trump, a new era . Welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from riga, the capital of latvia. Were at the Blackheads House in the heart of the old town. I am joined by an esteemed panel and a wonderful audience, some of them are from here in latvia but others have travelled to be
Its been almost 70 years since the Korean Peninsula was split in half. Since then, north korea has been ruled by a communist dictatorship. Life in the two countries could hardly be more different. The average Life Expectancy in north korea is 70 years. Whereas in south korea, its 80. In north korea, 24 out of every 1000 children die before the age of five, a result of poor medical care and nutrition. In the north, adults weigh just 52. 6 kilos on averge. Thats 12 kilos less than in the south. Hardly anyone in north korea has internet access. The country is virtually shut off from the rest of the world. And yet, despite the odds, some North Koreans do manage to escape. Chanyang ju wanted very simple things enough to eat every day, a chance to spend time with her family, a boyfriend. My name is chanyang ju. I am 25 years old. Her incredible story begins here in north korea,a, where she was born and grew up in the midst of a famine. Accocording to estimates, 2 Million People in the people