This is bbc news, im james reynolds. Our top stories texas and florida reimpose restrictions after a Record Number of americans are diagnosed with covid 19 in a day. In yemen, the pandemic hits after years of civil war. The un warns that children are most at risk. How the coronavirus outbreak has led to increased the chief of police in mexico city survives an assassination attempt by a powerful drugs cartel. And how the coronavirus outbreak has led to increased harrassment of Asian Americans well get the response of those whove been targetted. Hello and welcome if youre
watching in the uk or around the world. The United States has recorded an all time daily high of 40,000 coronavirus infections, according to figures from the Johns Hopkins university. Two of the countrys biggest states, texas and florida, have reimposed some lockdown restrictions. The governor of texas has ordered all bars to close. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. Florida seemed to be flourishing beaches had
Is unlikely to progress. 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 10 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 s
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 10 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 o
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
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