somalia has a long history of droughts, but due to climate change, the intervals between dry periods are getting shorter, and this one is the worst in a0 years. it s estimated that more than half the population nearly 8 million people are currently living in drought affected areas. it s growing into a full blown famine, where households have no food, and children suffer acute malnutrition. andrew harding s report comes from dolow, where people have come in search of life saving help. a warning that you are likely to find parts of it difficult to watch. from the parched plains of southern somalia, a weary exodus. these families have trekked for days across a hostile wilderness in search of food. tens of thousands have made similarjourneys in recent weeks, drawn to places like this. the crowded outskirts of dolow, a border town where some help is at hand. the local hospital, funded by britain since the last famine here back in 2011, is playing a vital role. the baby is real
somalia has a long history of droughts. but due to climate change, the intervals between dry periods are getting shorter, and this one is the worst in a0 years. it s estimated that more than half the population, nearly eight million people, are currently living in drought affected areas. it s growing into a full blown famine, where households have no food, and children suffer acute malnutrition. andrew harding s report comes from dolow, where people have come in search of life saving help. a warning that you are likely to find parts of it difficult to watch. from the parched plains of southern somalia, a weary exodus. these families have trekked for days across a hostile wilderness in search of food. tens of thousands have made similarjourneys in recent weeks, drawn to places like this. the crowded outskirts of dolow, a border town where some help is at hand. the local hospital, funded by britain since the last famine here back in 2011, is playing a vital role. the baby is re
hello and welcome. prime minister liz truss will try to save her leadership this week as three conservative mps publicly call for her resignation. it comes as all eyes are on the markets this morning after the appointment of new chancellorjeremy hunt on friday. our political correspondent ben wright reports. fighting for her political survival, today she will try and show she is listening. as the chancellor works in the new government budget the prime minister will hold a reception for her cabinet this evening to hear their views about what should go into it. tax rises and spending cuts are clearly in the mix, and the plan will be presented to parliament in a fortnight. the prime minister has very little time to convince financial markets and her party that she has a plan for restoring stability. but some tory mps are run out of patience and are calling for liz truss to go. can liz truss survive? no, i think the game is up and know it isjust no, i think the game is up and kno
atjosef stalin, soviet citizens who fell foul of the authorities were often labelled enemies of the people. after invading ukraine, vladimir putin vowed to cleanse russia of what he called traitors, some and the fifth column. some love. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight with a peace deal in ethiopia s civil war, which has been raging for two years, leaving thousands dead and millions without enough to eat. a surprise ceasefire has been reached at the peace talks in south africa, and the agreement should allow aid to reach people trapped by the fighting. ethiopian government troops have been fighting forces from the tigray people s liberation front in northern ethiopia. easy to say that a disarmament plan has been agreed on and before case to be made without any. here is a clip from a report we brought you two weeks ago, from hussein mohamed at the bbc s africa eye, at a hospital in tigray struggling to treat its patients. and a w