Its 8 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 3 00am in yemen, where according to the United Nations a catastrophe is unfolding. The country is struggling with the worlds worst cholera epidemic, and the looming threat of famine. Un Officials Say yemen has been brought to its knees by more than two years of war between Houthi Rebels and a saudi led coalition. Our correspondent orla guerin has gained rare access to the Southern Port City Of Aden and sent this report. We cross the red sea to reach yemen, past the sunken wreckage of a hidden war. This was the only way to the port city of aden. The saudi led coalition, bombing the country, grounded the un plane due to fly us in. This is the kind of suffering they dont want the world to see. Rassam is 11. He is one of many children wasting away across the country. Since the war, Malnutrition Rates have soared. Hunger is menacing this nation, from the very old. To the very young. Like hussain. His mother showed us how he fights for every brea
Amazon Founderjeff Bezos briefly becomes the worlds richest person. But wall street nerves about the companys massive Spending Push him back down to number two. Plus, Making America Grow again. Will the latest figures on the us economy bring President Trump closer to his 3 target . Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Also coming up a billion dollar round of coffees as starbucks buys out its chinese partner. But first we start with retail giant amazon. It has seen its shares fall sharply after its latest figures disappointed wall street. The good news it is raking in huge sums of money as its sales keep expanding. The bad its spending a fortune on developing its business, and that is making investors nervous. Lets show you the details. Total sales in the three months tojune jumped almost a quarter compared to last year to just under 38 billion. Unfortunately, they spent almost all of it Operating Expenses surged to well over 37 billion. That means there wasnt much actual