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BBC OS: 2023/08/18 16:06 GMT: Starvation in Ethiopia's Tigray region

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Starvation in Ethiopia's Tigray region

2023/08/18 16:06 GMT

2023/08/18 16:06 GMT: Starvation in Ethiopia's Tigray region

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Starvation in Ethiopia's Tigray region

What's behind the starvation deaths in Tigray?

The BBC has been told that at least 1,400 people have starved to death in Ethiopia's northern Tigray since food aid was suspended because it was being stolen. Our correspondent in the region explains.

We talk about a country song by Oliver Anthony, that is set to become number 1 on the US billboard chart but has been branded by some as offensive. 

We find out why the International Chess Federation has temporarily banned transgender women from competing in its women’s events.

The United States has given approval for F-16 fighter planes to be sent to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands. Our BBC Monitoring colleague explains the significance. 

Our Environment correspondent explains why floods and torrential rain in India's Himalayan region are now more dangerous. 

Presenter: Karnie Sharp. 

(Photo: Tsige Shishay, 10, a severely malnourished girl weighing 10 kg due to food aid suspension from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), lies on her bed at the Ayder Referral Hospital, in Mekele, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, June 22, 2023. Credit: Tiksa Negeri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/Reuters)

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