That 1. 5 Million People are on the brink of famine in south sudan with half the country facing severe food shortages. Armed conflict is fuelling the crisis. Many people are unable to grow food and dozens of aid workers have been kidnapped and murdered in recent months. After years of civil war, a peace deal was signed three years ago between south sudans government and rebel fighters. But its been largely ignored by both sides. From juba, our chief africa correspondent anne soy reports. A troubled beginning for the worlds youngest nation. Tens of thousands have been killed. One in three here is displaced, and now they face the threat offamine. The youngest suffer most. This is the face of starvation. Christine jackson weighs half as much as she should at almost two years. Shes now on life saving treatment, but her father worries that he wont be able to feed her well when they get discharged. Jackson should be one of the better off south sudanes. Jackson should be one of the better off
The United Nations is warning that 1. 5 Million People are on the brink of famine in south sudan, with half the country facing severe food shortages. Armed conflict is fuelling the crisis many people are unable to grow food and dozens of aid workers have been kidnapped and murdered in recent months. After years of civil war, a peace deal was signed three years ago between south sudans government and rebel fighters. But its been largely ignored by both sides. From juba, our chief africa correspondent anne soy reports. A troubled beginning for the worlds youngest nation. Tens of thousands have been killed. One in three here is displaced, and now they face the threat offamine. The youngest suffer most. This is the face of starvation. Christine jackson weighs half as much as she should at almost two years. Shes now on life saving treatment, but her father worries that he wont be able to feed her well when they get discharged. Jackson should be one of the better off south sudanese. He has a
Brief you on all you need to know on global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Weve been tracking events in davos all week. Is it a critical way for World Leaders to get their messages out . Or hot airfor a cold climate . Theres a question. Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. Donald trump will deliver his keynote speech at the World Economic forum in davos later. The us president has already made his presence known at the gathering of World Leaders, offering better trade deals and inviting big business to invest in america. Mr trump has also threatened to stop aid for the palestinians unless they take part in peace talks with israel. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. Unfamiliar territory the donald trump. Arriving in davos amidst a world wind of expectation. Whirl wind. The first us president to show up since bill clinton 18 yea rs to show up since bill clinton 18 years ago. But mr trump, a salesman in chief,
Now from abc 7 live breaking news. That breaking news is happening in a Tiny Community near daily city where someone walked into a Convenience Store and shot three people. Im eric thomas. Im dion lim. It happened in broadmoor. Abc 7 reporter kate larsson just arrived on scene. What are you learning . Reporter i can tell you there are a lot of very concerned people out here. Concerned it was their Family Member that got shot. Police are saying someone fired shots inside a market, its called the hillside market. We are on the border of broadmoor and daily city. The market is up the street and at 8 45 there was a shooting there. Two, possibly three people were shot. Were hearing different reports about the status of their injuries. We believe that one person may have died and you can see a very large police scene here. Broadmoor police are in charge of this investigation. However, a number of agencies throughout this area have responded, including pacifica and san mateo county. I want to
The Afghan Government has accused pakistan of providing support for militants who killed at least ninety five people in a suicide bombing in kabul. It says the attack on saturday was carried out by the taliban linked haqqani network. Islamabad has always denied supporting afghan militants. President trump has called for decisive action. It is one of the deadliest attacks on kabul in recent months, and the second to target the capital in a week. An ambulance packed with explosives was blown up in a busy part of the city. Zia shahreyar reports. An ambulance packed with explosives, driven into crowds on their way to work. The force of the blast shook the windows of buildings at least a mile away. Some low rise structures collapsed. A plume of smoke was visible across the city. The attacker had driven his vehicle past a police checkpoint, claiming to have a patient inside. When guards at a second checkpoint became suspicious, he detonated the bomb. Translation i was in an armour plated veh