:00:00. > :00:07.The shocking human cost of Yemen's Civil War.
:00:08. > :00:09.Fergal Keane reports on one of the Arab world's poorest
:00:10. > :00:13.countries, where 7 million people are facing famine.
:00:14. > :00:17.There are several causes of this war - a battle between regional powers,
:00:18. > :00:25.But there's only one consequence - death and destruction
:00:26. > :00:32.John Maguire catches up with the first woman to fly
:00:33. > :00:36.across the English Channel on a paramotor.
:00:37. > :00:38.Once the cliffs get bigger and bigger and bigger,
:00:39. > :00:49.We start with powerful new evidence that the suffering in Yemen,
:00:50. > :00:52.one of the Arab world's poorest countries, where the Civil War
:00:53. > :00:55.is having devastating human consequences.
:00:56. > :00:58.More than 7000 people have been killed in the fighting,
:00:59. > :01:02.the majority in air strikes by Saudi-led forces.
:01:03. > :01:05.3 million people have been forced to flee their homes and,
:01:06. > :01:09.according to the UN, an estimated 14 million are at risk
:01:10. > :01:12.of hunger and half of them are on the brink of famine.
:01:13. > :01:15.Fergal Keane, producer Kate Benyon-Tinker and cameraman
:01:16. > :01:19.Robert McGee have travelled to one of the worst-affected areas.
:01:20. > :01:27.Their report contains some distressing images.
:01:28. > :01:42.All the living have fled along roads where death can descend at any time,
:01:43. > :01:53.This is the story of a journey into a people's tragedy that
:01:54. > :01:56.will reveal images of child suffering that are not easy to look
:01:57. > :02:06.at but without which we cannot comprehend the cost of this war.
:02:07. > :02:24.She has been fighting to survive since the day she was born.
:02:25. > :02:29.10,000 children have died from preventable diseases.
:02:30. > :02:47.This baby, nine months old, is one of the few who make it to hospital.
:02:48. > :02:54.Half the health facilities no longer function.
:02:55. > :02:56.TRANSLATION: We have few resources and that limits
:02:57. > :03:01.We hope we will get support from international aid
:03:02. > :03:13.Child malnutrition has jumped 200% in two years.
:03:14. > :03:19.Before the war, Yemen imported 90% of staple food but the supply
:03:20. > :03:28.God will punish the bombers, this man says.
:03:29. > :03:31.The bridge was hit just two weeks ago.
:03:32. > :03:37.Civilians and food trucks use the same roads as soldiers.
:03:38. > :03:39.In the rural areas, they are furthest from aid,
:03:40. > :03:47.In this village, medics from Save The Children battle to help.
:03:48. > :03:54.In another, people brought their sick infants to us.
:03:55. > :04:00.The old man and his hungry grandchildren.
:04:01. > :04:03.This baby is nine months old, sick with liver problems
:04:04. > :04:14.He died of malnutrition five months ago.
:04:15. > :04:17.Their mother has no money for medicine.
:04:18. > :04:19.What do you want to happen for this child?
:04:20. > :04:36.Coalition bombing and import restrictions devastate the economy.
:04:37. > :04:38.The rebels frequently delay aid getting through because they seek
:04:39. > :04:45.And just half the international funding promised has been delivered.
:04:46. > :04:48.This is a crisis that we just don't recognise and it will come back
:04:49. > :04:53.to haunt us because the consequences of our indifference,
:04:54. > :04:56.the consequences of what we are not doing here will play back at us.
:04:57. > :04:59.But at the same time, we are trying to grasp sand
:05:00. > :05:01.because we can't deal with what's going on here because
:05:02. > :05:04.the numbers are so massive, the pressures are so great
:05:05. > :05:16.It all leads back inevitably to this - to this baby, 21 days old.
:05:17. > :05:20.His twin brother died soon after he was born.
:05:21. > :05:28.He seems impossibly fragile but fights to live.
:05:29. > :05:32.There are several causes of this war - a battle between regional powers,
:05:33. > :05:39.But there's only one consequence - death and the destruction
:05:40. > :05:46.And an image like that, no matter how many wars you've covered,
:05:47. > :05:57.This girl is three, with energy only for that most universal
:05:58. > :06:06.This is what it means to be forgotten by the world.
:06:07. > :06:15.One woman, 7000 kilometres, 11 countries, all by paramotor.
:06:16. > :06:17.It's been quite a journey for conservationist Sacha Dench,
:06:18. > :06:20.who's become the first woman to complete the epic journey.
:06:21. > :06:24.It's all part of her daring bid to track the migration of Bewick's
:06:25. > :06:29.John Maguire has been following her journey and he caught
:06:30. > :06:32.up with her as she crossed the English Channel and touched down
:06:33. > :06:38.For Sacha Dench, the human swan, crossing the English Channel
:06:39. > :06:42.will mean her expedition is almost over but this is her most
:06:43. > :06:46.For the past three months, her expedition has followed
:06:47. > :06:50.the migratory route of the Bewick's swans from their breeding
:06:51. > :06:53.ground in northern Russia to their winter home on the banks
:06:54. > :06:56.of the River Severn at the Wildfowl Wetlands Trust
:06:57. > :07:01.Her mission has been to find out why their numbers have declined
:07:02. > :07:05.dramatically over recent years and to educate people
:07:06. > :07:08.along the swans' flyway, to persuade them not
:07:09. > :07:16.But now, the only consideration is getting safely from Calais to Dover.
:07:17. > :07:21.I expect it's going to look quite daunting because, there,
:07:22. > :07:24.you're at the midpoint where there is absolutely no chance
:07:25. > :07:29.So it might be slightly different up there and we won't know
:07:30. > :07:31.exactly what the conditions are like until we are
:07:32. > :07:36.The Flight of the Swans expedition hasn't been without its setbacks.
:07:37. > :07:40.Sacha injured her knee so had to adapt her paramotor.
:07:41. > :07:43.She now flies a trike rather than on foot.
:07:44. > :07:47.So, after 7000 kilometres, several weeks flying all the way
:07:48. > :07:50.down from northern Russia, this is the very last
:07:51. > :07:54.Perhaps though the biggest, of course, crossing the Channel -
:07:55. > :07:57.a huge expanse of water, the busiest shipping
:07:58. > :08:02.Perhaps the final challenge for this expedition.
:08:03. > :08:07.Microlight pilot and instructor Rob Keane explained why
:08:08. > :08:10.this leg of the journey, although just 20 miles
:08:11. > :08:16.All pilots really have a fear of going across a long
:08:17. > :08:19.bit of water because, if they go in the water in December,
:08:20. > :08:22.you haven't got long before you need to be rescued because you'll
:08:23. > :08:26.certainly suffer from major hyperthermia very quickly
:08:27. > :08:34.We leave the safety of France, the solid ground, and head
:08:35. > :08:40.As we climb above 2500 feet, the white cliffs, tinted golden
:08:41. > :08:44.by the early morning sun, seem enticingly close
:08:45. > :08:50.After around 40 minutes, the cliffs are no longer ahead,
:08:51. > :08:59.The first woman to cross the Channel in a paramotor, Sacha is back home.
:09:00. > :09:03.Nerve-wracking in the middle of it where you know that the water
:09:04. > :09:09.Once the cliffs get bigger and bigger and bigger,
:09:10. > :09:14.The number of Bewick's making this perilous,
:09:15. > :09:18.annual odyssey has fallen from 29,000 to around
:09:19. > :09:22.The achievement has been made possible because of all
:09:23. > :09:26.of the professionalism, the teamwork and modern technology.
:09:27. > :09:30.The swans, of course, just have instinct to rely upon.
:09:31. > :09:36.To be able to add a first-person or a first-swan view
:09:37. > :09:43.By tracking the swans with radio collars and flying as they do,
:09:44. > :09:48.the expedition's already learned so much about the threats they face.
:09:49. > :09:53.The human swan has done her bit to protect her feathered friends.
:09:54. > :09:59.And that's all from Reporters for this week.
:10:00. > :10:25.From me, Tim Willcox, and the whole team here in London, bye-bye.
:10:26. > :10:32.Rain is setting to spoil the day across England and Wales. Better
:10:33. > :10:33.conditions for Northern Ireland and Scotland where we have