protesters are calling for the mayor to resign as well. then to the crisis in yemen. quite this cholera scandal is w who arean-made leading, supply, fighting, perpetuating the fear and the fighting. amy:y: "an absolute e shame on humanity." that's hohow the international d organization care is describing the deepening humanitarian crisis in yemen. over 1800 people have died of a massive cholera a outbreak. we will go to sana'a for the latest. then we look at how the trump administration is looking at ways to withdraw from the iraniaian nuclear deal. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in the west bank and jerusalem, seven people -- four palestinians andnd three israels -- have been killed amid a wave of violence and protests over israel's refusal to remove metal detectors from the holy al-aqsa mosque. on friday, 18-year-old muhammad sharaf was killed by an israeli settler, while 17-year-old muhammad khalaf and 20-year-old muhammad ghanam were killed by israeli soldiers. on saturday, 21-year-old yousef abba

harrowing scenes from inside yemen, a country brought to its knees by disease and war. parents carry in famished children — many now defenceless against a major outbreak of cholera. this hospital alone receives about 100 new cholera cases every day. those who get help recover quickly, within hours. but many in yemen are dying needlessly, because they can't get the most basic treatment. an international bbc team has gained rare access to yemen and witnessed the harrowing struggle of people to survive. also tonight: do you see anybody english to work here? what will happen to eu migrant workers after brexit? the government moves to reassures business there'll be no "cliff edge". thousands of firefighters in the air and on land continue to battle forest fires in southern france. an increase in violence and a record number of prisoners released by mistake from our prisons. setting off for the last time — prince william ends his life as an air ambulance pilot to focus on royal duties. in sportsday on bbc news it is only rain and alastair cook that find a way to stop south africa

the human tragedy that is the war in yemen — one person every hour is dying from cholera. the innocent victims — desperate parents bring in their dying children for what little medical help is available. this hospital alone receives about 100 new cholera cases every day. those who get help recover quickly, within hours. but many in yemen are dying needlessly because they can't get the most basic treatment. what hope for yemen? two years into the war, we look at the causes and what might bring it to an end. also tonight: grenfell tower — the police say there are reasonable grounds to suspect corporate manslaughter was committed by the council and the tower block management organisation. the government moves to reassure business that there'll be no sudden cut off of eu workers after brexit. an increase in violence in prisons in england and wales and a record number of inmates released by mistake. and england's women beat portugal to qualify for the quarter—finals of the european championships. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, the return of rooney to goodison park. b

deepens. yemen's war leaves millions on the brink of famine. now disease threatens many more. many in yemen are dying needlessly because they cannot get the most basic treatment. after more than two years of war, half the health facilities in the country are not functioning. the us orders the families of its embassy staff to leave venezuela ahead of sunday's controversial election. critics say the country is sliding towards dictatorship. check this — this is our life. inside a refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos. an exclusive report on the thousands of vulnerable people left to cope in deteriorating conditions. and i'm rachel horne. in business news — king for a day! amazon founderjeff bezos briefly becomes the world's richest man but wall street nerves about the company's massive spending push him back down to number two. plus, making america grow again. will the latest figures on the us economy bring president trump closer to his 3% target? hello and welcome to the programme. war has been raging for two years inside yemen with devastating consequences for its people. the

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: the human tragedy in yemen. the country ravaged by war, where one person every hour is also dying from cholera. police investigating the grenfell tower fire say there are grounds to suspect that corporate manslaughter may have been committed. the government moves to reassure business that there'll be no sudden cut off of eu workers after brexit. on newsnight, we speak to the immigration minister and the shadow home secretary about the deep cracks over brexit at the very top of of the government. and the opposition. and a special report from caracas. is venezuela sliding into civil war? good evening and welcome to bbc news. we have a special report tonight on the devastating human cost of a war that has been raging in yemen for two years. yemen is split by a fierce civil war between the internationally recognised government, backed by a saudi led coalition, and houthi rebels, allied with iran. yemen has become a breeding ground for disease. cholera has swept the country, with nearly 2000 deaths since the outbreak began in april. access for

crisis deepens. yemen's war leaves millions on the brink of famine. now disease threatens many more. many in yemen are dying needlessly because they cannot get the most basic treatment. after more than two yea rs of basic treatment. after more than two years of war, half the health facilities in the country are not functioning. congress in washington votes overwhelmingly to impose new sanctions on russia, iran and north korea, despite president trump's objections. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme, as the us bans its citizens from visiting north korea, the communist state says it "doesn't care a bit." and the woman at the centre of a political storm in japan and the woman at the centre of a political storm injapan — is the country's defence minister about to resign? good morning. it's 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 3:00am in yemen, where — according to the united nations — a catastrophe is unfolding. the country is struggling with the world's worst cholera epidemic, and the looming threat of famine. un officials say yemen has been brought to its knee

, england. >> woodruff: now, we turn to the grinding civil war in yemen - which has also become a proxy conflict between neighboring saudi arabia, and its archrival, iran. a two-and-a-half-year long saudi-led bombing campaign with iran, has killed thousands. vast swaths of the country lie devastated. compounding the horror: yemen is on the brink of famine; there are critical shortages of aid and medical care; and now, an outbreak of cholera is spreading. the country has been essentially closed to journalists for months, but filmmaker martin smith and his team from frontline were able to gain access to yemen in may. frontline has posted a short film on its website documenting what they saw. here is an excerpt, beginning in the capital, sanaa. >> it's not just the jets you hear overhead, or the buildings that are bombed, or the airport that's demolished. it's the knock on effects of the war on infrastructure. when we came into town what struck me right away was the amount of garbage on the streets. the garbage workers hadn't been paid in eight months. the rains came, washing through

saudi—led coalition continues military operations in yemen, the country faces a massive epidemic of cholera. pockets of famine are growing, cholera is spreading and civil serva nts cholera is spreading and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a salary in ten months. the victim of an armed robbery in which oj simpson was jailed tells us why he should be freed. the palestinian president freezes ties with israel as three palestinians are shot dead and three israelis killed in an outbreak of violence. hello, and welcome to bbc news. donald trump's press secretary, sean spicer, one of the most recognisable white house faces, has resigned. it's the latest in a series of developments as the white house comes under increasing scrutiny, as an investigation into alleged russian interference during the presidential election gathers pace. our chief correspondent, gavin hewitt, reports from washington. a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly

famine and disease. the country of yemen faces the last caller outbreak in history with few resources to cut. many in yemen are dying needlessly because they can't get the most basic treatment. after more than two years of war. a health facilities in the country aren't functioning. and washington had a sentry is running rampant. at one of america's most famous monuments trump votes is one to little less drama and a little more action. but he was the right guy is the time to shake things up. move things forward. what is causing too much chaos and not bring enough water government? and the new full length film is the fast of kind in decades. his father some drama is performed completely engaging. welcome to world news america. to me is a fair civil war has been raging in yemen. the devastating consequence. the government banned by saudi led coalition controls the country south. well here's the rebel supported by iran control the capital and yemen's north. fighting is less the already impoverished nation on the brink of famine. black color has swept through the country the near

the tragedy of yemen — ravaged by war and now the largest ever recorded epidemic of cholera ina year. the face of starvation — as hundreds of thousands contract the deadly and relentless disease. they know the water is poison — but it's all they have to drink. pockets of famine are growing. cholera is spreading. and civil serva nts cholera is spreading. and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a salary in over ten months. there's one thing people here keep telling me and it's that they feel completely forgotten. how has the crisis in yemen been allowed to reach this point? and what is the international community doing about it? also tonight. to see stories come out that are patently false, narrative that are wrong, to see fake news. donald trump's press secretary, controversial and much lampooned, decides to quit. how children are being abused in their own homes via a live streaming app owned by twitter. panic as an earthquake hits the holiday island of kos. two people have been killed. and chris froome — can he make it his fourth win of the tou

reged ahmad. our top stories: the world's worst humanitarian crisis deepens. yemen's war leaves millions on the brink of famine, now disease threatens many more. many in yemen are dying needlessly because they can't get the most basic treatment. after more than two years of war, half the health facilities in the country are not functioning. the us orders the families of its embassy staff to leave venezuela, ahead of sunday's controversial election. critics say the country is sliding towards dictatorship. open warfare in the white house — donald trump's new communications director launches a foul—mouthed attack against two of his senior colleagues. and a new film about orthodoxjews, in yiddish, premieres in new york. but religious rules mean its target audience is unlikely to attend. and prince william quits hisjob as a pilot. hello and welcome to the programme. war has been raging for two years inside yemen, with devastating consequences for its people. the un is calling it the world's worst humanitarian crisis with the country on the brink of famine. cholera has swept through yemen,

case claim british weapons are being used in the conflict in yemen location of the saudi strongly denied and today the high court rejected suspending export licenses for the seal or transfer of military equipment well since the conflict in yemen to be the ruby. has spent more than three billion pounds on arms most of it going on warplanes helicopters and drones the gulf marcie know has twice as many british made warplanes as the u.k. zone royal air force the trade deals have been condemned several times in the british parliament. was a speaker thousands of civilians have been killed in yemen including a large number by the air force actually done not using british built planes the pilots who were trained by british instructors we have to put political pressure on the saudis this is being presented against saudi arabia against the people of yemen what's. more garbage no wonder the countries in poverty other who are allowing these people to get away with it so far we do not believe the has been a clear risk of breach of international humanitarian law what matters is the strength of

operations in yemen, the country faces a massive epidemic of cholera. pockets of famine are growing, cholera is spreading, and civil servants, like the doctors and nurses, here, haven't received a salary in over ten months. the palestinian president freezes ties with israel as three palestinians are shot dead and three israelis killed in an outbreak of violence. the victim of an armed robbery in which oj simpson was jailed tells us why he thought the former football star should be freed. hello. welcome to the programme. one of the most recognisable faces at the white house, the president's press secretary, sean spicer, has resigned. spicer, who became known for his rocky relationship with journalists, reportedly quit in protest over an organisational shake—up by mr trump. but in his first interview since resigning, mr spicer insisted he was proud of the chance to work for the president. gavin hewitt has this report. a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly resigne

who has issued an urgent plea over the conflict in yemen in light of some truly horrific humanitarian numbers that still ahead. global war hawks selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles they don't. produce offspring to tell you that they'll be gossiping probably by itself a little support today. off the maverick as he tells me you are not cool enough and wants to fight their product. all the hawks that we along with our audience will watch. if we take for instance the size large enough to destroy a city say forty meters or so of the million or so asteroids out there we have discovered perhaps a percent or so of that ten thousand of them. so in other words that means that ninety nine percent of them are undiscovered so you should expect that the great majority of asteroids it's going very close to the earth as a surprise. the red cross is calling on the west and the saudi led coalition to use their influence to end the devastating conflict in yemen the organizations president has said that western countr

groups challenge the government because of weapons being used to kill civilians in yemen. or the german. dangers posed by leftist radicals after the g. twenty summit in. iraq's prime minister declares victory. but the city. has its people high price for liberation. of your choosing in from around the world welcome to moscow and to our. names you know neal if your company are breaking news this hour britain's high court house rules. are legal the government was being challenged by human rights groups who say british weapons are being used by the saudis against civilians in the war in yemen let's go live now to westminster and polly polly what are we learning by this ruling. well that yeah the high court here has thrown out the campaign as claim that the u.k. sales to saudi arabia are illegal say that policy can continue that relationship has been deemed perfectly legal by the judge head today now the reason campaign is and many a politician have had. concerns about the u.k.'s policy of arming riyadh is because of the brutal conflict taking place in yemen at the moment where saudi

used to kill civilians in yemen to bring you more about this out. also making headlines this monday the german chancellor is under fire for underestimating the dangers posed by leftist radicals after this big riots blighted the g twenty summit in hamburg. iraq's prime minister declared victory over islamic state in mosul but the cities in ruins as its people pay a high price for liberation. why they kept it we did this. international just a little bit more on the breaking news coming through before we bring you much for full around about it but it seems as we here in the last few minutes the campaign is have lost a high profile case calling for a u.k. sales to saudi arabia to be stopped they're worried about the humanitarian concerns and how they'd be used in yemen it looks like judgments been made at the high court in london and the judge basically said we concluded the material decisions of the secretary of state there in the u.k. were lawful therefore we dismissed that claim they were going to go to london get more on that we've got a correspondent lined up to bring you more details

the saudi—led coalition continues military operations in yemen — the country faces a massive epidemic of cholera. pockets of famine are growing. civil serva nts pockets of famine are growing. civil servants have not received a salary in over ten months. three palestinians shot dead and three israelis killed — and the palestinian president freezes ties with israel children as young as nine groomed online — questions raised about the safety of the online video app — periscope. hello and welcome to bbc world news. donald trump's press secretary sean spicer, one of the most recognisable faces of the current white house administration, has resigned. it's apparently in protest at the president's decision to appoint a former wall street banker, anthony scaramucci, as his new head of communications. however speaking to reporters mr scaramucci played down a clash of personalities. mr spicer is famous for his angry outbursts at reporters during heated media briefings, but hasn't been as visible in recent weeks, prompting speculation he'd been sidelined. our chief correspondent ga

yemen claim the saudis strongly deny your london correspondent polly boyko. the high court here has thrown out the campaign is claiming that the u.k.'s on them sales to saudi arabia are illegal so that policy can continue that relationship has been deemed perfectly legal by the judge did today now the reason campaigners and many a politician have had concerns about the u. case policy of arming riyadh is because of the brutal conflict taking place in yemen at the moment where saudi arabia is leading a military coalition that's conducting as strikes against the rebels in yemen and saudi arabia's been accused of violating humanitarian law there in that conflict and also they've been accused of targeting civilians indiscriminately and they've been doing that with a lot of british equipment ukase licensed over three billion pounds worth of arms to saudi arabia since the conflict began in two thousand and fifteen and to give you an idea about the sorts of customers saudi arabia iraq the saudi military has doubled the number of british made warplanes than the brits have themselves so in li

identity by using his brother's passport, he left france and traveled to yemen to join al qaeda. >> rotella: here you have a convicted terrorist who is able to leave the country, go to a dangerous part of the world, a terrorist haven, without being detected. how's that possible? >> well, absolutely, so somebody should not be able to cross international borders who's been convicted of a terrorism offense and who's seeking to travel to a place like yemen. here in the united states after 9/11, we established a single watch list for known or suspected terrorists-- the no-fly list. in europe, there's not one single watch list for europe. they have not developed a way to effectively stop somebody from traveling, even though in this case, the individual was convicted of terrorist offenses. >> narrator: for more than a decade, counterterror chiefs have proposed laws to improve border defenses, such as giving european security forces systematic access to data that airlines collect about all passengers on the continent. u.s. border guards have used this tool, known as passenger name record, or pnr, f

in yemen. one person every hour is dying from cholera. many are dying needlessly because they can't get the most basic treatment. after more than two years of war, half the health facilities in the country on functioning. congress in washington votes overwhelmingly to impose new sanctions on russia, iran and north korea, despite resident from's objections. also in this programme, final call for americans wishing to visit north korea. we are live on the border, to gauge the impact of the travel ban imposed by washington. and the woman at the centre of a political storm in japan. and the woman at the centre of a political storm injapan. is the defence minister in the country about to resign? live from studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in yemen, where, according to the united nations, a catastrophe is unfolding. the country is struggling with the world's worst cholera epidemic, and the looming threat of famine. un officials say yemen has been brought to its knees by more than two years

places like iraq, syria, lebanon and now yemen. even reached as far as afghanistan. so our concern is the expansionist policy of iran, is the hedge mondayic behavior of eye iran, and as a diplomat that represents a country that has three of it's lands occupied by iran, until today, since 1971, there is not theoretical. we see iranian footprints everywhere in the region. and if you are to map out 15 years ago where iran's influence, iran's footprint was and would you do the same math today, that area would be much, much larger. they have a much stronger influence in iraq. much stronger influence in syria and lebanon. and part of the reason we are in yemen is to prevent that from happening in yemen. we do not want to see iran replicate hezbollah in yemen. >> rose: what is our-- what do we plan to do in this government as far as you know about iran's behavior? >> so what i understand, yousef knows more than i do, is that we plan to challenge in specific places in the middle east iranian misbehavior. mostly behind the scenes. but we're going to take it on. and there is a significant change. f

in yemen — as the country struggles with the world's worst cholera epidemic, and the looming threat of famine. police investigating the grenfell tower fire say there are grounds to suspect that corporate manslaughter may have been committed. a promise there'll be no cliff—edge on immigration when britain leaves the eu — the home secretary says any new system will be phased in. new figures reveal an alarming increase in the number of prisoners released by mistake. the head of the us military says there'll be no change to its policy on employing transgender people until the defence secretary receives direction from president trump. also in the next hour... day four of tackling the wildfires in the south of france. french firefighters appear to have contained blazes that threatened holiday areas near st tropez. and 50 years after decriminalising homosexuality in england and wales — the prime minister says more still needs to be done, to achieve equality. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we report tonight a war that has been raging for two years in the middle east country of

it. but i don't have any friction with sean. torn apart by civil war, yemen is now in the grip of what aid agencies say is the worst outbreak of cholera in the world ever recorded. of cholera in the world palestinian of cholera in the world leader suspends all conflicts palestinian leader suspends all conflicts with israel amid clashes of the streets of a bbc investigation into online abuse reveals children as young as nine are being groomed using the periscope app which is owned by twitter. hello, and welcome to world news today. donald trump's press secretary sean spicer, one of the most recognisable faces of the white house administration, has resigned. it's apparently in protest at the president's decision to appointment a former wall street banker as his new head of communications. mr spicer, famous for his angry outbursts at reporters during media briefings, hasn't been as visible in recent weeks, prompting speculation he'd been sidelined. sarah huckabee ‘s spicer will replace mr spicer. i'm grateful for sean's work on behalf of the administration and the american people.

which is sweeping the war ravaged country of yemen is now believed to be the largest ever recorded in a single year. injust three months since the outbreak started, there have been more than 360,000 suspected cases. this is just the latest crisis to hit the country after two years of a devastating civil war and a famine that followed. nawal al—maghafi has been to the area in and around hajjah province where the outbreak started. another crisis has hit yemen. people here question how much more they can take. war and poverty have combined to mean cholera has swept through this country faster than any on record. unless treated quickly, this waterborne disease can kill. most have walked hours to get treatment, but only the fortunate make it in time. samira rushed here from the village to save her daughter. her family have suffered all three tragedies of this war. they have lost their home to an air strike, the children go without food and now they are all fighting cholera. too malnourished to breast—feed, samira has been feeding her daughter powdered milk with cholera—infected water

ongoing cholera epidemic which is sweeping war—ravaged yemen. it's believed to be the largest ever recorded in a single year — with one person dying every hour in the country from the disease. and how a music video performed by schoolchildren in a yorkshire village has caught the attention of one of the biggest music stars in the world. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump's press secretary sean spicer has resigned. it follows the president's appointment of a former wall street banker, anthony scaramucci, as his new head of communications — and reports in the us media suggest mr spicer resigned in protest at the appointment. mr spicer‘s performance in the post had been heavily ridiculed — not least by the us tv comedy show saturday night live, on which he was regularly impersonated by hollywood actress melissa mccarthy. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt has more. a dramatic day at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the faces of the trump administration, has resigned. spicer has been involved in a number of high—pr

its border region with iran and so saudi arabia obviously is by fighting with iran in yemen and in the region and the whole so qatar is basically now looked at as an enemy to the saudis and the judges here as one of the one of the issues that's coming up but there are a lot on the table. you can't talk about saudi arabia today without talking about what's going on in yemen in the in the war that they're waging there and you asked her about yemen let's let's hear what you have to say. a kind of bombing that is happening it is completely being missed i mean stream media more than three million people children are impoverished and there is a child dying every minute and you know couple of minutes it is said that there are call around the time when this country is the poorest country out there in the middle east and it is being bombed constantly cholera treatment centers are being bombed centers for the disabled centers for the blind hospitals are are being bombed the only place to visit. the u.n. and unicef could have sent their aid was the son of a port and that has been born and so un r

, and now yemen. they have even reached afghanistan. our concern is the expansionist policy of iran, the hegemonic policy of iran. i am telling you this as a diplomat that represents a country that has three of its islands operated by iran until today this is not theoretical. , 1971. we see iranian footprints everywhere in the region. if you were to map out 15 years ago where iran's influence was and you would do the same map today, that area would be much larger. they have a much stronger influence in iraq, syria, and lebanon. part of the reason we're in yemen is to prevent that in yemen. we do not want to see iran replicate hezbollah. charlie: what are we planning to do as far as you know about iran's behavior? michael: what i understand, he knows more than i do, is we plan to challenge in specific places in the middle east on iranian this behavior. mostly behind the scenes, but we are going to take it on. this is a significant change for the united states. time,very long period of we ignored iranian misbehavior in the region, even when it was focused directly at us. the beirut em

golestani. our top stories: as the saudi—led coalition continues military operations in yemen, the country faces a massive epidemic of cholera. pockets of famine are growing, cholera is spreading, and civil servants, like the doctors and nurses, here, haven't received a salary in over ten months. president trump's spokesman quits as a new voice takes over white house communications. the palestinian president freezes ties with israel as three palestinians are shot dead and three israelis killed in an outbreak of violence. hello. welcome to the programme. an ongoing cholera epidemic which is sweeping war—ravaged yemen is believed to be the "largest ever recorded" in a single year. injust three months since the outbreak started, there have been more than 360,000 suspected cases. yemen has become a breeding ground for the disease after two years of a devastating civil war that has split the country between a saudi—led government coalition and iran—backed houthi rebels. few communities have been left untouched by the disease, but the worst—hit areas are controlled by houthi rebe

united nations security council members are calling for immediate action in yemen the country has long been plagued with disease conflict and political upheavals u.n. has blamed the cholera outbreak on perpetrators of the ongoing war against the impoverished country and its supporters archies czerny chavez is outside the u.n. with more the condition in yemen continues to worsen with thousands either dead or injured and many more suffering from poverty and the u.n. security council met today to discuss the dire need of the suffering country cholera a risk of famine remain acute all but one of the twenty three governments across the country. and in the midst of this huge day millions of people in yemen are struggling to survive the conflict the poverty and the end of the tell the grind just to survive one day at a time. yemen has been devastated by the war between forces loyal to the government of president hadi and allied forces with the hooty rebel movement the conflict has paralyzed and continues to threaten the very existence of the country and its people. members of the council

... the un says a catastrophe is unfolding in yemen as the country struggles with the world's worst cholera epidemic, and the looming threat of famine. a promise there'll be no cliff—edge on immigration when britain leaves the eu the home secretary says a new system will be phased in. new figures reveal an alarming increase in the number of prisoners released by mistake. the head of the us military says there'll be no change to its policy on employing transgender people until the defence secretary receives direction from president trump on the issue. in the next hour... day four of tackling the wildfires in the south of france. at least 6000 firefighters and troops are using all available resources to battling the fires. the 50th anniversary of decriminalising homosexuality in england and wales — the prime minister says more still needs to be done, to achieve equality. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we report tonight on a war that has been raging for two years in yemen, with devastating consequences for its people. yemen is now on the brink of famine and has become a bree

look at syria and we can look to yemen but it looks like the saudis are being prodded along early and given the green light from their allies does this worry you for the region and for saudi arabia itself go ahead sami. definitely that is in a new era in saudi arabia i mean some put it this is that of of appeasement that is definitely in change and. it's more. it's better for the young prince given what's going on was in yemen given the challenge of facing up to iran which is not an easy challenge given that the line in oil prices i mean the conditions of his leadership are not easy at all but however one has to keep in mind it has been directly hit by. inside saudi arabia so that was very close to a yard and maybe this pushed the leadership to this new change in leadership and giving the fact that for the last decade iran's influence in that region has been increasing by the day let's not forget that in two thousand and three iran was trying to find a deed was the united states of america to be the second in line after the war in iraq today in iraq controlled largely by iran or iran

number of people in yemen with cholera is now the largest ever recorded in any country in a single year since records began. the outbreak started three months ago and oxfam says there are already 360,000 suspected cases. that's more than the numbers seen in haiti in 2011. the epidemic follows two years of a brutal civil war in yemen. greg dawson reports. yemen is a country weakened by war, on the brink of famine and, now, overwhelmed by deadly disease. in theory, cholera should be easy to prevent and treat. but in yemen, where there is limited access to clea n water where there is limited access to clean water and medicine, it is a thriving. translation: were originally appealing to the international community to supply medicine and medical supplies as soon medicine and medical supplies as soon as medicine and medical supplies as soon as possible. thousands of people are malnourished and vulnerable to the infection which causes nausea and dehydration. this hospital in the capital says it is treating hundreds of new cases every day. oxfam say they have been 360,000 suspected cases a

civilians in yemen or to correspond to holy boyko as more. the high court here has thrown out the campaign is claiming that the u.k.'s on them sales to saudi arabia are illegal so that policy can continue that relationship has been deemed perfectly legal by the judge did today now the reason campaigners and many a politician have had concerns about the u.k.'s policy of arming riyadh is because of the brutal conflict taking place in yemen at the moment where saudi arabia is leading a military coalition that's conducting as strikes against the rebels in yemen and saudi arabia has been accused of violating humanitarian law there in that conflict and also has been accused of targeting civilians indiscriminately and they've been doing that with british equipment he's licensed over three billion pounds worth of arms to saudi arabia since the conflict began in two thousand and fifteen and to give you an idea about the sorts of customers saudi arabia iraq the saudi military has doubled the number of british made warplanes than the brits have themselves so in light of this conflict in yemen many po

on in yemen in the in the war that they're waging there and you asked her about yemen let's let's hear what she had to say. kind of the bombing that is happening it is completely being missed by. more than three million people killed around our employments there is a child dying every minute. couple of minutes it is said that there are call around this country is the poorest country out there in the middle east and it is bombed constantly cholera. when centers are being bombed centers for the disabled centers for the blind hospitals are being bombed the only place through vetch. un and unicef could have sent their aid was the santa ana port and that has been born and so un relief efforts cannot reach these impoverished people and people are dying of starvation and hunger and the worst was there they cannot even sustain their own economy because their fields are being bombed at this point how can we continue to sell arms to this particular country which is terrorizing victims across the globe. and that is the big secret behind all this is in its arms deals and money and that's real