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With temperatures spiking to 110 degrees once more, Jeetram Yadav sat in the shade on his farm outside New Delhi and cupped a handful of this season's disappointing wheat between his calloused palms. The grains were brown and the size of cumin seeds, shriveled by heat.

September 11, 2019 Right now, more than 15 million people in Yemen are on the brink of starvation. More than one million have cholera. At least three million have been forced to flee their homes, and almost 400,000 children are suffering from severe malnutrition. The U.N. numbers of the situation in Yemen are almost unimaginable. And things there are getting worse—much worse. The number of people in “acute need” in Yemen rose by nearly 30% from 2018 to 2019, the U.N. says. “The situati...

tonight on "worldfocus" -- a wave of explosions pummel baghdad killing and wounding hundreds. whats happening to the security america has spent and sacrificed to bring about? how to measure success in americas other war in afghanistan. the obama administration prepares its first progress report. well take you airborne to look at an extraordinary effort by the u.s. military to save lives in the middle of a war, welcome aboard an air ambulance. and germany wants a million electri...

> tonight on the "worldfocus" -- a wave of explosions pummel baghdad killg and wouing hundreds. whats happening to the security america has spent and sacrifice to bringabout? how to measure success in americas other warn afanistan. ares its first progress report. well take you airborne to look a an extraordinary effort by the u.s. military to save lives in t middle of the war, welcome aboard anir amlance. d germanyants a million ectric vehiclesn the road by 2020. well plug you...

tonight on the "worldfocus" -- a wave of explosions pummel baghdad killing and wounding hundreds. whats happening to the security america has spent and sacrificed to bring about? how to measure success in americas other war in afghanistan. ares its first progress report. well take you airborne to look at an extraordinary effort by the u.s. military to save lives in the middle of the war, welcome aboard an air ambulance. and germany wants a million electric vehicles on the road ...