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and in sport as wales ends ireland s hopes of winning the six nations, england has the chance to retain their crown later today when they take on scotland. and in half an hour, looking at ways to tackle air pollution, click go out on the streets of london to test a new thermal imaging camera that can identify gases invislbe to the human eye: good morning and welcome to bbc news. the united nations has issued a stark warning saying the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since 1945, with more than 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine. the un s humanitarian chief has issued an urgent plea for help for people in yemen, somalia, south sudan and nigeria. unicef has already warned that 1.4 million children could starve to death this year. andy moore reports. a child called fatima. she lives in yemen, where two thirds of the population need food aid, and seven million are hungry. the united nations has been told the famine across four countries is n ....
affecting three other countries. this is a refugee camp in south sudan. which, like yemen, has been torn apart by conflict. families forced to freely their homes and left with little to eat. already a famine has been officially declared he was almost half the population in urgent need of help. we stand at a critical point in our history. already at the beginning of the year we are facing the largest unitarian crisis since the creation of the united nations. now more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. without collective nato global efforts, people will simply starve to death. the number of people the un says is now in danger is now huge. almost 2 million in nigeria, nearly 5 million in south sudan, nearly 3 million in somalia and 1a million in yemen. the un is predicting that without serious help, 1.4 million people could die before the end of the year. unless more aid money is found. they are calling for £3.6 billion to tackle thi ....
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since the end of the second world war, say the united nations. its humanitarian chief says more than 20 million people face the threat of starvation and famine in four countries in africa and the middle east nigeria, somalia, south sudan and yemen. the un say 5.5 billion is needed, byjuly, to avert disaster. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin has more details. for months now, it s been known that millions of people, including young babies like this, in yemen, have been starving. she was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. and across yemen, hundreds of thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to stay alive. and the threat of mass starvation is affecting three other countries. this is a refugee camp in south sudan, which, like yemen, has been torn apart by conflict. families forced to flea their homes and left with little ....
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. aid agencies say the international community must not ignore a warning that the world faces the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of the second world war. the united nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, stephen o brien, says more than 20 million people are at risk of starvation in four countries nigeria, somalia, south sudan and yemen. he warns that three and a half billion pounds is needed byjuly to avert disaster. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin has more details: for months now, it s been known that millions of people, including young babies like this, in yemen, have been starving. she was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. and across yemen, hundreds of thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to stay alive. and the threat of mass starvation is affecting three other countries. this is a refugee camp in south sudan, which, like yemen, has ....
in the last few minutes, england have retained the six nations title. they comfortably beat scotland at twickenham. that result not only gives them the title but they also equal new zealand s record of 18 successive test wins. big celebrations at twickenham and we ll bring you the latest in the course of the news. the world s facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1916. that s the assessment of the united nations which says more than 20 million people face the threat of starvation and famine in four countries in africa and the middle east. three and a half billion pounds are said to be needed byjuly to avert disaster. this report from our world affairs correspondent richard galpin. for months now, it s been known that millions of people, including young babies like this, in yemen, have been starving. she was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. across yemen, hundreds of thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to s ....