Over 30 million people 'one step away from starvation', UN warns

The pandemic, climate crisis and conflict combining to drive alarming' levels of global hunger, says report

Acute hunger is likely to soar in more than 20 countries in the next few months, the UN has warned.

Families in pockets of Yemen and South Sudan are already in the grip of starvation, according to a report on hunger hotspots published by the agency's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP).