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US to spend $1 billion on food aid abroad amid global hunger crisis

The countries that will receive food aid - including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, South Sudan, Sudan, and Haiti - are among the most stricken by hunger.

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African teff in the spotlight as researchers modify crops to fight hunger

Scientists are trying to genetically modify teff, a staple crop that feeds more than 150 million people in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa.

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Africa: One Third More Girls Set to Face Double Blow of Climate Change and Child Marriage By 2050 - Study

Africa: One Third More Girls Set to Face Double Blow of Climate Change and Child Marriage By 2050 - Study
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Tragedy of baby who can't even cry - and who hasn't been able to smile in months

Little Nasro, two, is so dehydrated she cannot produce tears. For seven long days her devoted mother Samiro has kept a bedside vigil at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital

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One in ten people worldwide go to bed hungry every night: UN food chief

The WFP chief said the agency estimates that nearly 47 million people in over 50 countries are just one step from famine. | World News

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Newsnight 20240604 21:44:00

Having an open dialogue with voters about the issues that they care about. as i said, people are see labour is a credible government in waiting and particularly on the issues that the conservatives were desperate to run away from during the by elections. they can see that labour s offering something very different indeed. on the cost of living crisis, on the crisis of crime on our streets, the crisis in our nhs, labour has very clear plans to set our country back on the right path to support people right now, no plans coming from the conservatives at all. now, no plans coming from the conservatives at all. let s bring in christine jardine. conservatives at all. let s bring in christine jardine. you conservatives at all. let s bring in christine jardine. you have - conservatives at all. let s bring in christine jardine. you have a - conservatives at all. let s bring in | christine jardine. you have a habit christine jardine. you have a habit of calling these by elections early doors have you won in somerset and froome? ., ., ., froome? don t want to go counting any chickens froome? don t want to go counting any chickens too froome? don t want to go counting any chickens too early, froome? don t want to go counting any chickens too early, but - froome? don t want to go counting any chickens too early, but we - froome? don t want to go counting any chickens too early, but we are l any chickens too early, but we are confident any chickens too early, but we are confident. we have had a very positive confident. we have had a very positive response on the doors and i think. positive response on the doors and i

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Newsnight 20240604 21:46:00

Is people who voted conservatives all their lives are fed up with this conservative government being out of touch with conservative government being out of touch with the problems that they face touch with the problems that they face. with high mortgages, inflation that is face. with high mortgages, inflation that is still face. with high mortgages, inflation that is still too high. the nhs is in crisis that is still too high. the nhs is in crisis. education is in crisis. that in crisis. education is in crisis. that is in crisis. education is in crisis. that is what in crisis. education is in crisis. that is what we are seeing here, people that is what we are seeing here, people turning to the liberal democrats, because they know sarah bike, she democrats, because they know sarah bike, she has run a fantastic campaign, she is from a local farming campaign, she is from a local farming family and they see the amount farming family and they see the amount of work she has done. and they know amount of work she has done. and they know that liberal democrat mps work for they know that liberal democrat mps work for their chunt. community what we have work for their chunt. community what we have seen are people who are fed up we have seen are people who are fed up and we have seen are people who are fed up and looking for an alternative. sounding up and looking for an alternative. sounding confident there in somerton, christinejardine, anneliese dodds would you co operate in some way with other opposition parties against the conservatives? well, i have to say that when there has been talk of pacts, or back room

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Newsnight 20240604 22:05:00

For the parched local produce. explaining sharp comments from kenya s foreign ministry this week, one official calming president putin s decision a stab in the back . then again once again ukraine cannot supply the grain, there will be a big problem indeed in sudan and i see kenya going that way. putin says his decision is final. the eu says it will spark a global hunger crisis. and so are the worrying scenes in kenya now a harbinger of unrest elsewhere to come? joining me now is the chief economist of the world food programme, arif husain. what is the impact of this rise in the wheat prices and the corn prices? the wheat prices and the corn rices? . .

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Newsnight 20240604 22:07:00

Are in crisis or worse level of food insecurity even before this last episode. world food programme assisted 160 million people. third year of consecutive records. i can say when world food programme is setting records, that is not a good thing for the world. right now, we are looking at severe funding short falls. we need $25 billion in 2023. we have, we project we will get about 10. we have, we project we will get about10. in we have, we project we will get about 10. in this type of environment, if the prices go up more, what does that mean? that means our ability to assist more people is minimised. we are making cuts after cuts, in many country in terms of substantial food commodities they need. your boss told me that commodities they need. your boss told me that after commodities they need. your boss told me that after the commodities they need. your boss told me that after the russian i commodities they need. your boss| told me that after the russian deal there would be some famines and

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Summer 2023 Impact Report

Read about the life-saving assistance provided to children and families affected by earthquakes in Syria and Türkiye. Learn how your support is making a difference and how you can contribute to helping children in need.

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