Theres a stark warning that millions of children in yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation unless International Aid is dramatically stepped up. It comes from unicef, the United Nations childrens organisation. The country faces the worlds worst humanitarian crisis, with the covid 19 pandemic compounding the effect of five years of civil war. Houthi rebels backed by iran have been fighting yemens government, itself backed by a Saudi Led Coalition which is supported by the us and the uk. Two million of yemens children are malnourished, and 1. 7 million have been forced to flee their homes. With only half of the countrys Health Facilities in operation, one child dies every ten minutes from a preventable disease. Our middle east editorjeremy bowen sent this report, and i must warn you, there are distressing images right from the start. Selwa al odabei is five, the same age as the war. Selwa has cerebral atrophy brain damage caused by malnutrition shes had since she was two months