Imogen Folks

Iris Waring is hopeful that the study can begin to change attitudes towards gender, romance and relationships.

Iris Waring is hopeful that the study can begin to change attitudes towards gender, romance and relationships.

Argentina's decision to leave, though nowhere near as financially damaging as Washington's, is still a slap in the face for the World Health Organization. Just two days ago, the WHO Director General urged member states to persuade the US to reconsider, pointing to global successes against polio and life-saving programs on HIV-AIDS, TB and malaria. But the WHO has become a political football.

Argentina's decision to leave, though nowhere near as financially damaging as Washington's, is still a slap in the face for the World Health Organization. Just two days ago, the WHO Director General urged member states to persuade the US to reconsider, pointing to global successes against polio and life-saving programs on HIV-AIDS, TB and malaria. But the WHO has become a political football.

The United States is the single biggest contributor to United Nations humanitarian aid. We're talking tens of billions of dollars in some areas. I mean, think about the Democratic Republic of Congo, where we've seen a really serious upsurge in the conflict in the last couple of weeks. The United States provided more than half of the aid funding there last year.

The United States is the single biggest contributor to United Nations humanitarian aid. We're talking tens of billions of dollars in some areas. I mean, think about the Democratic Republic of Congo, where we've seen a really serious upsurge in the conflict in the last couple of weeks. The United States provided more than half of the aid funding there last year.

We're talking about programs against sexual violence, support for victims, food, vaccination, all that kind of stuff. Interestingly, proportionately, though, in terms of its own wealth and in the size of its economy, the US is not the most generous contributor at all. But because it's such a big economy, the actual loss in cash jumps is absolutely huge.

We're talking about programs against sexual violence, support for victims, food, vaccination, all that kind of stuff. Interestingly, proportionately, though, in terms of its own wealth and in the size of its economy, the US is not the most generous contributor at all. But because it's such a big economy, the actual loss in cash jumps is absolutely huge.

Afghanistan was actually one of the countries we were hearing about this morning. Now, it is a country in humanitarian crisis. It has one of the highest levels of maternal mortality in the world. I mean, think about this. Every two hours, a woman dies in Afghanistan because of complications in pregnancy.

Afghanistan was actually one of the countries we were hearing about this morning. Now, it is a country in humanitarian crisis. It has one of the highest levels of maternal mortality in the world. I mean, think about this. Every two hours, a woman dies in Afghanistan because of complications in pregnancy.

A small UN agency, or one of the smaller ones, the UN Population Fund, it runs maternal health clinics in Afghanistan, and they serve hundreds of thousands of women. They are mostly women-led services, which is not easy to do in Afghanistan nowadays, but this agency does do it. They have been told not just that their future funds are cancelled, their current funds must not be spent anymore.

A small UN agency, or one of the smaller ones, the UN Population Fund, it runs maternal health clinics in Afghanistan, and they serve hundreds of thousands of women. They are mostly women-led services, which is not easy to do in Afghanistan nowadays, but this agency does do it. They have been told not just that their future funds are cancelled, their current funds must not be spent anymore.

Well, there's another one which hasn't been getting too much attention at the moment, which did for me personally cause some shock, and that is demining. So we know that unfortunately mines and unexploded ordnance lie around in countries from Ukraine to Bosnia to Syria, but many of those programmes are also now, the funding has been suspended.

Well, there's another one which hasn't been getting too much attention at the moment, which did for me personally cause some shock, and that is demining. So we know that unfortunately mines and unexploded ordnance lie around in countries from Ukraine to Bosnia to Syria, but many of those programmes are also now, the funding has been suspended.

Well, I think we know if we look at the back and forth about trade tariffs over the last 48 hours, that what is said from the White House doesn't always necessarily end up a done deal. But I think that the humanitarian agencies, they are all focused

Well, I think we know if we look at the back and forth about trade tariffs over the last 48 hours, that what is said from the White House doesn't always necessarily end up a done deal. But I think that the humanitarian agencies, they are all focused

frantically assessing the consequences and really expecting, knowing really that they will have to make cuts and that these will affect some of the most vulnerable people on the planet.

frantically assessing the consequences and really expecting, knowing really that they will have to make cuts and that these will affect some of the most vulnerable people on the planet.

These were snails that were at risk of extinction or thought to be actually extinct in the wild. That's Chester Zoo's invertebrate keeper, Imogen. So we were lucky enough to... have them brought to us and this is where we've managed to breed up from very low numbers to what we have here today which is almost like 1,400 snails ready for a release.

These were snails that were at risk of extinction or thought to be actually extinct in the wild. That's Chester Zoo's invertebrate keeper, Imogen. So we were lucky enough to... have them brought to us and this is where we've managed to breed up from very low numbers to what we have here today which is almost like 1,400 snails ready for a release.