Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis - BBC News                            (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5ynl63v0pyo)  (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5ynl63v0pyo)  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5ynl63v0pyo)  (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5ynl63v0pyo)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-36.413a37b227.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-48.010dc96bcf.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-57.1fcd0dc805.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-60.52f68a148f.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-72.f155fdb25f.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-76.cb5ee392d4.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-96.35ee2d1e20.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-114.7ccdf53cba.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-120.73e20442a9.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-128.060d346f09.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-144.e08bc23631.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-152.4de1981be0.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-180.1a18cb7b72.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-192.3ac042fa43.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-384.728e3a03d3.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-512.685da29e9e.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/favicon/news/favicon-16.8a240ceacc.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/favicon/news/favicon-32.5cf4e6db02.png)  (../../../static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/manifest.11b0cb15658c4719a2c19e25644577223adaa7b2.json)   (https://www.bbc.com)   BBC Homepage    (cr5ynl63v0pyo@at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss.html#main-heading) Skip to content  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/) Accessibility Help          (https://account.bbc.com/account?lang=en-GB&ptrt=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fcr5ynl63v0pyo)    Your account       (https://www.bbc.com) Home  (https://www.bbc.com/news) News  (https://www.bbc.com/sport) Sport  (https://www.bbc.com/future/earth) Earth  (https://www.bbc.com/reel) Reel  (https://www.bbc.com/worklife) Worklife  (https://www.bbc.com/travel) Travel  (https://www.bbc.com/culture) Culture  (https://www.bbc.com/future) Future  (https://www.bbc.com/culture/music) Music  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9m) TV  (https://www.bbc.com/weather) Weather  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds) Sounds   (cr5ynl63v0pyo@at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss.html#global-navigation-more-menu)    More menu     (cr5ynl63v0pyo@at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss.html#global-navigation-more-menu)   More menu    (https://www.bbc.com/search?d=NEWS_GNL)    Search BBC      (https://www.bbc.com) Home  (https://www.bbc.com/news) News  (https://www.bbc.com/sport) Sport  (https://www.bbc.com/future/earth) Earth  (https://www.bbc.com/reel) Reel  (https://www.bbc.com/worklife) Worklife  (https://www.bbc.com/travel) Travel  (https://www.bbc.com/culture) Culture  (https://www.bbc.com/future) Future  (https://www.bbc.com/culture/music) Music  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9m) TV  (https://www.bbc.com/weather) Weather  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds) Sounds   (cr5ynl63v0pyo@at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss.html#more-menu-button)   Close menu          (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news)   BBC News      (cr5ynl63v0pyo@at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss.html#product-navigation-menu)    Menu  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news) Home   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cmj34zmwm1zt) Climate   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world) World   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/us_and_canada) US & Canada   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk) UK   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business) Business   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology) Tech   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment) Science   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment_and_arts) Entertainment & Arts   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health) Health     (cr5ynl63v0pyo@at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss.html#product-navigation-more-menu)    More     (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in_pictures) In Pictures   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/bbcverify) BBC Verify   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat) Newsbeat         (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world) World   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/africa) Africa   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/asia) Asia   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/australia) Australia   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe) Europe   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/latin_america) Latin America   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east) Middle East           Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis          To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played       Figure caption,  Watch: Children in Yemen face homelessness and malnutrition as war rages       By Orla Guerin Senior International Correspondent ,  Reporting from Aden      Published 6 hours ago           From the day they were born, just seven weeks ago, twins Raghad Hassan and her brother Raad have been battling for survival.  They came into the world prematurely, as fighting surged in Yemen's long-running civil war between Houthi rebel fighters and government forces. When the Houthis reached their village in the Kahboub mountains in south-west Yemen, their family of seven was forced to flee amid bombs, missiles, and drone attacks – the twins protected only by blankets. What followed was three days on foot heading for the port city of Aden.      (Raad Hassan is held by his mother Lina, as his twin sister Raghad lies beside him on a bed at a hospital in Aden, Yemen)    Image source,  Lee Durant/BBC  Image caption,  The twins' family walked for three days before being given a lift to Aden       "It was very difficult," says their father, Bajash Ali Sagir Hassan, a softly spoken shepherd. "We didn't find cars or transportation. One kind person brought us here [on the fourth day] while others refused." As the family walked, the twins got weaker, according to their mother Lina. "They were exhausted… there was cold and dust. Their vomiting and diarrhoea got worse." By the time the newly homeless family arrived at al-Sadaqah hospital in Aden, the twins were barely clinging to life. "Just skin and bone," said a doctor, shaking his head, as he looked at their wasted limbs. Raad was the sicker of the two - his ribs visible and his chest heaving as he took rapid, shallow breaths. He was barely bigger than the hands of the nurse who carried him gently to be weighed and measured. Bajash looked on, worry etched on his face. He told us the twins were fed twice a day, but sometimes he could only give them water - after the war drove up the price of baby milk. The diagnosis came quickly - severe acute malnutrition. That can be as deadly as a bullet.      (Camp for displaced people in southern Yemen)    Image source,  Lee Durant/BBC  Image caption,  More than 250,000 people have been displaced over the past three months, the UN says       Malnutrition in Yemen is a crisis within a crisis - another frontline in a devastating civil war. Hunger did not arrive with conflict, but it's spreading with the latest bloodshed. The United Nations says around 800,000 people can no longer receive lifesaving aid and more than 250,000 have been displaced, after an informal ceasefire collapsed in the summer. Since then the Houthis have made a lighting advance along the Red Sea coast,  and they have now completely cut off Yemen's third largest city, Taiz. The UN says civilians there are "at grave risk" and lacking food due to soaring prices. The internationally-recognised government is fighting back against the Houthis - or trying to - with the help of Saudi air strikes. Caught in the middle of all this are fathers like Bajash, fighting to get help for their children. We saw another mother with a malnourished baby being turned away.      (Malnourished boy Raad Hassan at a hospital in Aden, Yemen)    Image source,  Lee Durant/BBC  Image caption,  Raad was unable to keep down the fortified milk he was fed by his mother Lina       We followed Bajash as he rushed through the corridors, trying to get the all-important admissions slip. He found an ally, a forceful supervising nurse, Aisha Ragab, who had run from the war herself, back in 2018. "I feel for them," she said, "because I have already lived through the situation myself." Two beds could not be found, but Aisha was undeterred. "I will settle this by having the twins share a bed... so that we can save them. By God, I will convince them [the doctors]." Within an hour the twins were lying on a single bed, their tiny bodies taking up little space. Lina was feeding them sips of fortified milk from a tiny bottle, but Raad could not keep it down. He was cradled in her arms - his eyes wide and his cheeks sunken. Asked if she thought her twins would recover, Lina replied quietly, "God willing."      (Malnourished girl Raghad Hassan at a hospital in Aden, Yemen)    Image source,  Lee Durant/BBC  Image caption,  Raghad, like her brother, was diagnosed as having severe acute malnutrition       As we walked through the unit with its pink walls, some doors were padlocked shut. There are 22 beds, but staff told us only 13 patients were admitted at a time - the most critical cases - due to the lack of international funding, staff, and equipment. That's a bitter pill to swallow for Dr Noor Mohammed, a harried young doctor. "It's sad to say, but we lose patients [because of the conditions]," she says.  "We don't have good equipment like ventilation machines, and oxygen bottles," she adds. "There are no good resources. A lot of laboratory investigations... it's very hard to do them." A recent flare-up in fighting has left civilians in the firing line. Even before the latest escalation, the UN calculated that half a million Yemeni children would suffer from severe acute malnutrition this year.      (Dr Noor Mohammed, at a hospital in Aden, Yemen)    Image source,  Lee Durant/BBC  Image caption,  Dr Noor Mohammed says families with no money or insurance depend on her hospital for treatment       The malnutrition unit in al-Sadaqah hospital is a conveyor belt of suffering. As one severely ill baby leaves, another arrives. And some of those discharged are back all too soon. "Sometimes a child comes back to us after a week, or two days," says Dr Mohammed. "Sometimes it is the same day. They come back and we admit them and the story begins again." They return because parents cannot afford proper nutrition or vitamins or antibiotics. "Every child here, his parents came because they don't have anything," she tells me. "They don't have money or insurance. They are here because they can't afford a private hospital." She does her best for them, she says, and she cries for them.      (Bajash Ali Sagir Hassan (R) with his young children, at a hospital in Aden, Yemen)    Image source,  Lee Durant/BBC  Image caption,  Bajash and his other children were forced to sleep on the street       Many parents - like Bajash - are trying to outrun both war, and poverty. He is now a shepherd without a flock. When he fled, he had to leave 10 sheep behind. They were his only livelihood. As doctors monitored his twins, he cared for his three older children - all aged under five. They lingered on a bench in hospital reception without toys, bedding or baggage of any kind. But they could not sleep there. So, they spent the night outside, on the street - one more family with war wounds that cannot be seen but will disfigure a generation. Additional reporting by Wietske Burema, Lee Durant and Suaad Al Salahi       (Map of south-western Yemen showing the location of the Kahboub mountains, Taiz, Aden and the Bab al-Mandab Strait)         Related topics  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c77jz3mdq72t) Yemen  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cp7r8vgl24lt) Yemen crisis  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/clrl4zn7plnt) Houthis         More on this story (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm62y6lp73zdo) Houthi missile attack on Yemeni presidential palace kills five, minister says     Published 6 days ago          (A screengrab of a verified social media video showing smoke rising from the presidential palace in Aden, southern Yemen, following a Houthi missile attack (15 October 2026))          (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5m2dn7zz4nyo) On Yemen's desert battlefield, a war with global consequences is being waged     Published 12 October          (Commander Tawfiq Al Haboun in combat fatigues gestures next to Orla Guerin wearing blue in a group of armed people wearing combat fatigues)          (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c670pzpv9gk4o) Children brave snipers and mortars to go to school near Yemen front line      Published 6 October          (A young girl smiles shyly at the camera. She is wearing a dark yellow hooded coat with a cream headscarf.)                (vertical video collection) The video playlist   Watch our pick of standout clips from across the BBC      Previous     Next         0:47 'I'm speechless': Olivia Dean on making UK chart history. 00:00:47, play video 'I'm speechless': Olivia Dean on making UK chart history    (Olivia Dean has long, dark, curly hair and is wearing a black dress.)           0:47 Two named storms set to hit UK in coming days. 00:00:47, play video Two named storms set to hit UK in coming days    (Large waves crashing over a black and white striped lighthouse at the end of a pier.)           1:23 Warning to anyone with credit card debt. 00:01:23, play video Warning to anyone with credit card debt    (A man with short dark hair wearing headphones talks into a microphone)           0:43 No more bed stripping: Airbnb cuts guest chores list. 00:00:43, play video No more bed stripping: Airbnb cuts guest chores list    (Woman washes a yellow plate with a green sponge in sink as water from the tap falls.)           1:06 Image of elderly couple almost naked during France riots is AI fake. 00:01:06, play video Image of elderly couple almost naked during France riots is AI fake    (A fake, AI-generated image showing an elderly couple in their underwear during the French riots.)           1:04 Why have websites around the world been taken down? 00:01:04, play video Why have websites around the world been taken down?    (Dark screen with hands typing on a computer laptop)           1:01 Like 'weeing lava': living with chronic UTIs. 00:01:01, play video Like 'weeing lava': living with chronic UTIs    (Woman in pink hoodie bent over in pain)           1:28 Dame Judi Dench: 'I can't do a play, a film or read' 00:01:28, play video Dame Judi Dench: 'I can't do a play, a film or read'    (Dame Judy Dench has short white hair and wears a white shirt with a blue jumper)           0:26 Water appears to pour from clouds above hidden cave. 00:00:26, play video Water appears to pour from clouds above hidden cave    (Image appears to show water pouring from a blue sky.)           1:11 Don't Stop Believin'- Glee set for a reboot. 00:01:11, play video Don't Stop Believin'- Glee set for a reboot    (Members of the original cast of glee singing in a classroom.)           1:09 'I started ketamine at 14 and needed nappies at 22' 00:01:09, play video 'I started ketamine at 14 and needed nappies at 22'    (Megan has long, wavy reddish brown hair. She is wearing glasses, a white and blue top, and is smiling at the camera. She is sat on a dark leather chair, with a window and white walls in the background)           0:54 Wanted man arrested over $126m US postal fraud case. 00:00:54, play video Wanted man arrested over $126m US postal fraud case    (Man in a grey t-shirt and a white face-mask on with handcuffs being led by two other people.)           1:04 Midweek meal: Tandoori salmon traybake. 00:01:04, play video Midweek meal: Tandoori salmon traybake    (Salmon and potatoes in a white dish)           1:35 Can a giant tunnel save Windermere? 00:01:35, play video Can a giant tunnel save Windermere?    (View of Lake Windermere, surrounded by green trees and hills.)           0:53 Man found guilty of animal cruelty after stealing flamingo. 00:00:53, play video Man found guilty of animal cruelty after stealing flamingo    (A man standing in a lift holding a flamingo by its neck)           0:52 Rescue operation to save shark trapped in South Korean canal. 00:00:52, play video Rescue operation to save shark trapped in South Korean canal    (Shark swimming in South Korean harbour with crowd watching.)           0:49 Christina Applegate says she was wrongly diagnosed with MS. 00:00:49, play video Christina Applegate says she was wrongly diagnosed with MS    (Christina Applegate looks into camera with wavy blonde hair wearing a suit jacket.)               Top stories (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwd094x57p32o) Prepare for supply chain disruption from cyber or climate emergencies, Streeting warns     Published 41 minutes ago            (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9j34zgmkxx1o) Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found     Published 4 hours ago            (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cq0ld7e0jg2eo) AI discovered a massive cyber-security flaw - here's what happened     Published 9 hours ago                More to explore (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5ynl63v0pyo) Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis      (Malnourished twin Raad Hassan is held by his mother Lina while his sister Raghad lies beside him on a bed at a hospital in Aden, Yemen)         (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlye4v721nwo) Diabetes and ADHD drugs to be tested on Alzheimer's patients in new study      (Steve and Angela Bucksey sit side-by-side smiling - Steve has grey hair and is wearing a light blue shirt with a collar, and Angela has shoulder-length greyish hair and wears a green round-necked T-shirt and a necklace)         (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c69wzv5pg447o) Only one female scientist named in GCSEs, research finds      (Two black and white photographs of Rosalind Franklin( left) a close-up portrait  (right) a photo shows Franklin looking down through a microscope in a lab in 1955.)         (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n049gg75r4o) Airbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip beds and wash dishes under new rules      (A woman with red nail polish stands over the sink washing a yellow plate. She is wearing a patterned top and can only be seen from her waist to her shoulders.)         (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmzxj4e8w44vo) Better weather, pay, more opportunities: Why graduates are ditching the UK to move abroad      (From left to right, Charlie West, Rachel James and Owein Iveson)         (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4g1j05028mo) Pumpkin patch family rejects 'worst in UK' claim      (A variety of different types of pumpkins positioned on or next to a hay bale)         (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm0j0d8p4lj7o) Daughter of woman killed by partner 'refuses to be another victim'      (Keeley has a neutral expression. She is wearing a black tshirt, cream trench coay and gold bar necklace with her name on.  She has long hair.)         (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwly3g0g371go) Chronic UTIs affect millions in the UK - these women are out to end the stigma      (Young woman with long blonde hair smiling, wearing a black dress, with green foliage in the background.)         (https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsletters/zgmn46f) US Politics Unspun: Cut through the noise with Anthony Zurcher's newsletter      (A cut of of Anthony Zurcher wearing a suit and tie in front of a red, black, grey and blue graphic background featuring the US Capitol Building)             Elsewhere on the BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002stm7?at_mid=AGN4uoj05A&at_campaign=The_Reluctant_Vampire&at_medium=display_ad&at_campaign_type=owned&at_nation=NET&at_audience_id=SS&at_product=iplayer&at_brand=m002stm3&at_ptr_name=bbc&at_ptr_type=media&at_format=image&at_objective=consumption&at_link_title=The_Reluctant_Vampire&at_bbc_team=BBC) Trending now: The Reluctant Vampire        (The Reluctant Vampire)        (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0phg39g?at_mid=lmXZflLuUx&at_campaign=The_Martin_Lewis_Podcast_Question_Time_19th_Oct&at_medium=display_ad&at_campaign_type=owned&at_nation=NET&at_audience_id=SS&at_product=sounds&at_brand=p02pc9xt&at_ptr_name=bbc&at_ptr_type=media&at_format=image&at_objective=consumption&at_link_title=The_Martin_Lewis_Podcast_Question_Time_19th_Oct&at_bbc_team=BBC) Premium Bonds, pensions and credit applications        ()        (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0c991f9?at_mid=Gp0EOzPiEZ&at_campaign=Ellie_and_Natasia&at_medium=display_ad&at_campaign_type=owned&at_nation=NET&at_audience_id=SS&at_product=iplayer&at_brand=p0c99012&at_ptr_name=bbc&at_ptr_type=media&at_format=image&at_objective=awareness&at_link_title=Ellie_and_Natasia&at_bbc_team=BBC) New surreal sketches from icons Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou        (Ellie & Natasia)        (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0033tzp?at_mid=m1OuGGO3ik&at_campaign=Tell_Me_Im_Wrong_21_Oct&at_medium=display_ad&at_campaign_type=owned&at_nation=NET&at_audience_id=SS&at_product=sounds&at_brand=m0033j07&at_ptr_name=bbc&at_ptr_type=media&at_format=image&at_objective=awareness&at_link_title=Tell_Me_Im_Wrong_21_Oct&at_bbc_team=BBC) Are UK girl groups the best in the world?        (Tell Me I'm Wrong)            Most read 1 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30rlpkglkwpo) Gasps as Prince William makes surprise appearance on Graham Norton Show       2 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwd094x57p32o) Prepare for supply chain disruption from cyber or climate emergencies, Streeting warns       3 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy0ryjx7741o) Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit        4 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6m2dwddl3xlo) Items recovered in search for missing fishing boat and crew       5 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9e8lz4mrg88o) Russell Brand accuser said alleged rape 'really hurt', court hears       6 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9j34zgmkxx1o) Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found       7 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6jdm095d89yo) TV star's brother 'never recovered' from her death       8 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8n5ve5gg35no) Woman charged after police officer injured in shooting       9 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckq6nz12mgg5o) I will make final decision on Rosebank oil field, energy secretary insists       10 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5yn9z3vnego) Crowd of 50 beats foreigner to death in South Africa               BBC News Services  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10628994)    On your mobile  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/help-50068132)    On smart speakers  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10628323)    Get news alerts  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/20039682)    Contact BBC News     (https://www.bbc.com) Home  (https://www.bbc.com/news) News  (https://www.bbc.com/sport) Sport  (https://www.bbc.com/future/earth) Earth  (https://www.bbc.com/reel) Reel  (https://www.bbc.com/worklife) Worklife  (https://www.bbc.com/travel) Travel  (https://www.bbc.com/culture) Culture  (https://www.bbc.com/future) Future  (https://www.bbc.com/culture/music) Music  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9m) TV  (https://www.bbc.com/weather) Weather  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds) Sounds   (https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms) Terms of Use  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc) About the BBC  (https://www.bbc.com/usingthebbc/privacy) Privacy Policy  (https://www.bbc.com/usingthebbc/cookies) Cookies  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility) Accessibility Help  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/guidance) Parental Guidance  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact) Contact the BBC  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers) Careers  (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnewsletter) BBC emails for you  (https://www.bbc.com/advertisingcontact/) Advertise with us    Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidance/links-and-feeds) Read about our approach to external linking.         ()