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China's grain output hit a record high 683 million metric tons this year, up 2 percent yearon-year, the National Bureau of Statistics announced on Monday.

Of south sudan. so, this entire town has been flooded since august, and the waters are still getting higher and higher even though the rainy season is now over. hi. a group of women catch sight of us and want to talk. hi. where are your homes? have your homes been destroyed? they survived years of vicious civil war here. but these floods may pose the greatest threat, yet. they tell us their crops have been completely destroyed. so, what are you living on right now? what are you surviving on? the...

Us and want to talk. hi. where are your homes? have you homes been destroyed? >> reporter: they survived years of vicious civil war here, but these floods may pose the greatest threat yet. they tell us their crops have been completely destroyed. so what are you living on right now? what are you surviving on? the lilies? >> yeah. >> the water lilies? >> yeah. >> are people getting sick from the dirty water? >> reporter: many people have wa water-borne diseases. the wells are covered, so we have t...

Wanda perez works to help remaining farmers after seeing thousands leave. >> they have looked for better opportunities. >> reporter: that migration gave the forests an opportunity to grow again. then four years ago, hurricane maria devastated the farms that were left. a third generation coffee grower. is it easy to be a farmer here in puerto rico? >> its been very, very hard. we can look at that mountain. that used to be two things that were grown there, coffee and citron, now you only see the f...

Of south sudan. so, this entire town has been flooded since august, and the waters are still getting higher and higher even though the rainy season is now over. hi. a group of women catch sight of us and want to talk. hi. where are your homes? have your homes been destroyed? they survived years of vicious civil war here. but these floods may pose the greatest threat, yet. they tell us their crops have been completely destroyed. so, what are you living on right now? what are you surviving on? the...

Waters are still getting higher and higher, even though the rainy season is now over. >> hi. >> reporter: when they catch sight of us and want to talk. where are your homes? have your homes been destroyed? they survived years of vicious civil war here. but these floods may pose the greatest threat yet. they tell us their crops have been completely destroyed. so what are you living on right now? what are you surviving on? the lilies? the lilies? the water lilies? >> yeah. >> reporter: many people...

Actually that alien an idea. if you look at the outcomes of that, they are very positive. we see people who are very positive. we see people who are prescribed heroin, their health improves, they can live stable lives and getjobs and look after their families, all the things that we would like to say through giving legal heroin on prescription. it is not a particularly alien idea even for some of the more dangerous crops but you would not regulate heroin in the same way as cannabis and you would...

The newly formed Committee on Revision of the Penal Code recommends repealing...

Tens of millions of people are facing severe food shortages across a huge area of east africa as the region faces the worst drought for many years. crops are failing and animals on which many communities depend are dying of thirst. theres been three years of poor rainfall in northern kenya, much of somalia and southern ethiopia. its feared the drought will continue long into next year, putting millions of lives at risk. the bbc�*s senior africa correspondent anne soy reports from northern keny...

Males have an x and y. the process involves inserting half the gene editing molecule into the fathers y chromosome, and the other half into the mothers dna. after mating, male xy embryos containing both halves of gene editing molecule will not develop. but female embryos will grow normally. gene editing can be used to make other genetic changes. these piglets are resistant to a lung disease that often devastates herds. the government is considering whether to allow the use of the technology by t...