Cyclone brings Burmese military to its knees: Now aid workers say at least 20,000 are dead and tens of thousands more injured. There are fears that the number will rise due cholera and other water-borne disease breaking out amongst the two million people made homeless by the cyclone.The Burmese military is under mounting pressure to allow UN aid workers unlimited access to deal with the disaster. However, as our correspondents report, they are resistant to receive outside help.

Cambodian school children drop out of school after the WFP stops providing rice: Global stocks of rice are at their lowest in two decades. As a result rice prices have more than doubled since the start of the year. The United Nations World Food Programme’s spokesperson, Paul Risley, says the “poorest of the poor” will go hungry because their agency can’t afford to buy rice. As of this month the United Nations World Food Programme has suspended free breakfasts to nearly half a million school children. Sorn Sarath from VOD went to visit one of the schools affected to see the impact.

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