..it takes two to tango. we ve discussed abiy ahmed and you ve used your accusations many times. let s move on. i want to know whether the humanitarian assistance desperately needed by hundreds of thousands of people who are facing famine is actually reaching them right now. the world food programme chief says that hundreds of trucks a day are needed to deliver urgent aid to those people. are trucks getting through? yes or no? they re not getting through. i know of 178 trucks that have gotten through, but it is the tip of the iceberg compared to the kind of volume that is required to feed hundreds of thousands of people. abiy ahmed s forces are obstructing the traffic. they are coming up with all kinds of excuses. in fact, they are using conflict that is taking place in areas where there is no traffic whatsoever, and he is giving all kinds of excuses and pretexts to obstruct food convoys. and, of course, i again
desperately needed by hundreds of thousands of people who are facing famine is actually reaching them right now. the world food programme chief says that hundreds of trucks a day are needed to deliver urgent aid to those people. are trucks getting through? yes or no? they re not getting through. i know of 178 trucks that have gotten through, but it is the tip of the iceberg compared to the kind of volume that is required to feed hundreds of thousands of people. abiy ahmed s forces are obstructing the traffic. they are coming up with all kinds of excuses. in fact, they are using conflict that is taking place in areas where there is no traffic whatsoever, and he is giving all kinds of excuses and pretexts to obstruct food convoys. and, of course, i again reiterate that the ball is in abiy s court, and it is for him to relent on his chokehold on tigray, to allow even humanitarian
for the next two weeks. the world food programme says food convoys held in ethiopia s afar region are finally on their way to the northern region of tigray. access into the region was cut off last week after the only available route for aid delivery was made inaccessible following an attack on a world food programme convoy. humanitarian agencies have been warning that many in tigray are facing catastrophic levels of hunger. to the tokyo olympics now, and day eight is just getting under way. the bbc s sarah mulkerrins has the latest on what we can expect to see on the middle weekend of the games. well, it s the middle weekend of the olympics, and there is some great action ahead on the track on saturday. not least the women s 100 metres final. we ve been billing that, haven t we, over the last couple days because there are so many star names in that. they ve all made it safely through the heats, and they ve been setting some very, very quick times on the track at the olympic stadium. sh
some of which turned violent. the world food programme says food convoys held in ethiopia s afar region are finally on their way to the northern region of tigray. access into the region was cut off last week after the only available route for aid delivery was made inaccessible following an attack on a world food programme convoy. humanitarian agencies have been warning that many in tigray are facing catastrophic levels of hunger. the philippines has agreed to restore a military deal with the united states, just a year after saying it would end. the visiting forces agreement allows us troops to train and take part injoint exercises in the philippines and was agreed after talks between president rodrigo duterte and the us defence secretary, lloyd austin. north korea s economy has had its steepest decline in more than 20 years, due to harsh covid restrictions and un sanctions. that s according to an assessment from south korea s central bank,