welcome back. this is bbc world news. i m lewis vaughan jones. the latest headlines: the liberal democrats have won an historic by election in chesham and amersham, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been conservative. the us supreme court has rejected the latest republican led challenge to the law known as 0bamacare the third time the law has survived a vote. it s close to eight months since war broke out in ethiopia s tigray region and there continue to be reports of abuses. the un warns of an imminent famine, unless drastic measures are taken fast. despite repeated international calls for hostilities to end to allow humanitarian access aid agencies are not reaching all those in need. kalkidan yibeltal sent this report. gitesh has had heart problems since he was a child. he needed constant medical attention. but as tigray s war raged,
he needed constant medical attention. but as tigray s war raged, it became difficult to find care and food. translation: we had medical appointments, but roads - were closed due to the war. so we had to walk for three days without food. this affected my son a lot. before the war, we had hospitals and health centres. since it started, we literally had nothing to eat. 40 minutes north of mekelle. this was a clinic, then a military camp and now a distribution centre. many people fled to the mountains when the fighting began. lots are still far from the reach of aid agencies and cameras. the un says famine is imminent in tigray. they warn that hundreds of thousands could starve. travelling through tigray and meeting people whose lives have been shattered by this bloody conflict, which is now into its eighth month, one just gets the sense of the immensity of its tragic impact. we came here in march, and returning months later we could easily understand that there are so many untold stories,
it became difficult to find care and food. translation: we had medical appointments, but roads - were closed due to the war. so we had to walk for three days without food. this affected my son a lot. before the war, we had hospitals and health centres. since it started, we literally had nothing to eat. a0 minutes north of mekelle. this was a clinic, then a military camp and now a distribution centre. many people fled to the mountains when the fighting began. lots are still far from the reach of aid agencies and cameras. the un says famine is imminent in tigray. they warn that hundreds of thousands could starve. travelling through tigray and meeting people whose lives have been shattered by this bloody conflict, which is now into its eighth month,
the liberal democrats have won an historic by election in chesham and amersham, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been conservative. sarah greene won the buckinghamshire seat, overturning a majority of more than 16,000. the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan, who died in april. the us supreme court has rejected the latest republican led challenge to the law known as obamacare. it s the third time the affordable care act law has survived a vote. barack obama said it showed that his signature policy was here to stay . the united nations is warning of an imminent famine in ethiopia s tigray region, unless drastic measures are taken fast. it s close to eight months since war broke out and there continue to be reports of abuses. there have been repeated international calls for hostilities to end.
this is bbc news. iam i am lewis vaughanjones. the latest headlines: the liberal democrats have won an historic by election in chesham and amersham, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been held by the conservatives. the us supreme court has rejected the latest republican led challenge to the law known as 0bamacare the third time the law has survived a vote. it s close to eight months since war broke out in ethiopia s, tigray region and there continue to be reports of abuses. the un warns of an imminent famine, unless drastic measures are taken fast. despite repeated international calls for hostilities to end to allow humanitarian access, aid agencies are not reaching all those in need. kalkidan yibeltal sent this report. gitesh has had heart problems since he was a child.