In france. Hello, people in the besieged syrian town of madaya have told the World Food Program that 32 people have starved to beth during the past month. The u. N. s Childrens Program says its workers saw a teenager die of malnutrition on tuesday, and another two people died on friday. The syrian red crescent has sent a mobile unit and medical team to madaya after the government gave permission. Reporter hunger has been constant for many in this town. Now for the first time in months, people in madaya are getting outside help. Truckloads of food, medicine, and doctors are streaming in. Come Nun Community workers ska hunger has killed more than 30 people in the past month. Translator when we entered we heard of children in need. We saw such cases ourselves, and hoped we could get them out of madaya to be taken care of in our centers. Reporter that will require permission from the forces that cut off the town in the first place. Fighters supporting syrias president have controlled maday
Are in the low to mid 70s ahead of this cold front. Currentlu 72 degrees in Pembroke Pines. 71 in homestead. Definitely warmer. It will be wetter. It will be definitely windy as we get through the morning. Temperatures will be in the mid 60s around 6 00. Make sure you have the rain gear. Youre definitely going to need it today. Were going to see downright stormy conditions. Wet and w wdy throughout the afternoon. The cold front clears by about 8 00 tonight and then drier, comfortable conditions will be in place. Until then a cluster of showers headed your way down by homestead. Ill have more of when the rains going to move into miamidade and broward coming up. All right, julie. A grandmother walking to her car, not knowing she was being targeted. A criminal ends up carjacking her but it did not end there. Only on local 10. Reporter a criminal quickly sets his sights on an 82yearold grandmother. She has no idea shes ing followed until its too late. The guy grabs her keys. People are get
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In france. And a tv comic is sworn in as guatemalas president. And ill be here with all of the day as sport, including joe root scores a century for england. The World Food Program says seem in madaya have toll them that 32 people there have starved to death during the last month. The United Nations Childrens Program unicef says its workers saw a teenager die of malnutrition on thursday, and another two people died on friday. The syrian red crescent has sent a mobile clinic and a team to madaya . Reporter the bombs and guns come and go, but hunger has been constant for many in this town. Now for the first time in months, people in madaya are getting outside help. Truckloads of food, medicine, and doctors are streaming in, although for many people its too late Community Workers say hunger has killed more than 30 people in the past month. Translator when we entered madaya we heard of children in need. Cases of malnutrition. We saw the cases, and hoped we could get them out of madaya to b
Myanmars leaders are serenadeked by their formers military masters. The main Syrian Opposition group is in geneva for talks ending the civil war, but only hours after arriving they are now threatening to walk out. Theyre calling for u. N. Says solutions to be acted on and demand humanitarian access for besieged areas. Our correspondent has more from geneva. Reporter a very large group of press here, quite chaotic scenes when they arrived here because we all want to know the exact position of this, the main opposition grouping. The spokesman when he came here said that they still believe that that u. N. Resolution at the end of december means there are things which should be put in place now before talks take place. He said they werent his groups conditions, they were conditions of the u. N. Secretary council. I then pressed him as to whether these conditions had to be met before they would sit down for talks. Reporter if those conditions are not met, will you engage in talks . We will.