who are facing famine across africa and the middle east. the united nations says the crisis in nigeria, south sudan, yemen and somalia threatens to be the worst in 60 years. in somalia, conflict and corruption has made the effect of a two year drought even worse. our correspondent andrew harding is in baidoa in the country s south west. you may find some of the pictures in his report distressing. this is baidoa, a town besieged by two unforgiving enemies. the soldiers are here to guard against al shabab, the militant islamists controlling the countryside in this corner of somalia. but it s the second enemy, drought, that is now far more dangerous. nine year old ali has just been carried into the local hospital. he is unconscious. but it s not from hunger not yet. after three years of failed rains, clean water is hard to find. the doctors here believe they are battling a sudden outbreak of cholera. inside, weak from diarrhoea, dozens of new cases. many families have walked m
britain has stepped significantly closer to leaving the european union. parliament has given its final approval to a crucial law that allows the government to trigger brexit. mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guarantees on the rights of eu nationals in the uk, and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. this from our political correspondent chris mason. so, it was the final stage of the whole process of getting a law to give the british prime minister, theresa may, permission to say to brussels that the uk is going to leave the european union. now, you might think, well, that s a bit odd. didn t british people leave the european union almost a year ago, so why couldn t she have just done it anyway? well, there was a challenge in the courts, that decided that there had to be this law for the brexit process to start. that took place a couple of months ago. since then, the legislation ha
britain has stepped significantly closer to leaving the european union parliament has given its final approval to a crucial law allowing the government to trigger brexit. mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guarantees on the rights of eu nationals in the uk and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. this from our political correspondent, chris mason. so, it was the final stage of the whole process of getting a law to give the british prime minister, theresa may, permission to say to brussels that the uk is going to leave the european union. now, you might think, well, that s a bit odd. didn t british people vote to leave the european union almost a year ago, so why couldn t she have just done it anyway? well, there was a challenge in the courts, that decided that there had to be this law for the brexit process to start. that took place a couple of months ago. since then, the legislatio
in business: free to fire the brexit starting gun, but how prepared is the uk economy? we make sense of the latest data. the waiting game. toshiba shares plunge in tokyo, as it delays its results announcement for a second time. britain has stepped significantly closer to leaving the european union. parliament has given its final approval to a crucial law that allows the government to trigger brexit. mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guarantees on the rights of eu nationals in the uk, and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. here is our political correspondent chris mason. contents, 118. not contents, 274. so the knot contends have it. with those words, the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debate here in the house of lords and in the house of commons, are for now at least, done. what came very clearly