I'm Carla Zeus.

Thank you for watching today.

Last year, United Nations found that 1% of the aid that it was sending to the nation of Yemen had gone missing.

But a CNN undercover investigation indicates the problem could be far bigger.

Since 2000 for a militant group called the Houthis has been fighting the Yemeni government.

The Middle Eastern countries civil war heated up in 2015 and the U.

N says at least 7000 civilians have been killed since then, with thousands more injured, though estimates from other international groups say the actual death toll is many times that because of war, disease and widespread poverty, aid workers say 80% of your many czar in need of help and protection.

The U.

N considers Yemen to be the site of the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

But even a civilian suffer.

There appears to be no end in sight for the fighting.

The Houthi rebels are part of a Shiite Muslim minority in a country that's mostly Sunni Muslim.

That's significant because this war goes beyond Yemen's borders.

The nation of Iran, whose population is mostly Shiite Muslim, is supporting the Houthi rebels who are fighting Yemen's government.

The nation of Saudi Arabia, whose population is mostly Sunni Muslim, supports Yemen's government.

Saudi Arabia has led a coalition of several countries in a military campaign against the Houthis.

Now there are signs that in Yemen, where millions of people are starving, food may have become a weapon.

This is warrior country, an ancient land that seems designed for conflict.

And now Yemen is being torn apart again.

The U.

N says it's one step away from famine because of war.

But on a 4000 kilometer journey through the worst hit areas, we found innocent people brought close to death by a rebel Houthi government that's manipulating aid while U.

N officials try to stop them.

Way found evidence of this throughout northern Yemen.

First in Bunny case, five hours drive from the capital.

How use Surviving for food.

How did you get?

My husband goes to work.

He gets 500 or 1000 rials and he buys food for us and goes home.

But there is no money for clothes, diapers for the Children or medicine.

Why do you think you You're not getting aid here too, People.

Why are people not getting help.

They don't reach us here.

They used to give us grains and flower, but then they refused to give it to anyone.

They don't give us anything already.

Dirt poor people here relied on U N handouts.

They stopped when the World Food Program discovered that supplies were going missing.

So in this village there's some malnutrition, and people are saying that they're not getting any aid.

What?

Why is that?

They used to give parents a bag of grains, oil and other stuff every month.

This stopped two months ago.

We don't know why.

There are people higher up who know why.

It's a problem that's been raised at the highest levels.

We've certainly in several situations, had to say to local authorities, You don't let us in there.

We can't continue these programs, and that's why we've been forced into situations where we've said if you don't let us in, if you don't let us do our jobs properly, then we're not gonna be able to continue.

This is a slam.

The U.

N has been denied access to this area and has stopped food distributions because they cannot be monitored.

It's only a few miles from the front line.

10,000 people have poured into camps like this in a few weeks.

They're victims of a war being waged by a Saudi led coalition armed by the U.

S.

And others against the Iranian backed Houthi rebels.

Way what we have, we scrounged from others.

And when we get our rations from the World Food Program, I give back people what I owe.

But we haven't had anything from the World Food Program for two months.

We have nothing now.

So again, vulnerable people are being denied aid by the U.

N.

Because the Houthi government won't allow access and independent monitoring in Yemen.

Now nearly everyone is short of food.

Malnutrition is only a problem among the displaced and the host community.

We have it to even us.

The employees are Children back home are malnourished.

The Houthis are under siege.

Their access to the outside world cut by coalition attacks on this, the main port of her data since the sounding led coalition imposed a blockade on this port and attacked it from the air.

It's done about $800 million worth of damaged.

It's hard.

The amount of food and other materials coming into the port, and it's destroyed about 60% of its capacity.

The idea, of course, is to try to strangle the capacity of the Houthi regime to survive.

The irony, of course, is from the Houthi perspective.

A control over a limited amount of supply, particularly when it comes to food, means you have control over everything.

The Houthis have now relinquished control over the port, but their control over a distribution remains absolute.

In the capital, Sanaa, the Houthi government denies this.

Essentially, they're saying that you're very controlling and that you're using this for two to win friends politically around the country, using foreign aid, toe win, friends to win political influence.

What you said to be described as inaccurate.

Mistakes happen sometimes, but that doesn't mean we're doesn't represent a policy on our side.

We are happy with whatever aid reaches citizens because these citizens are our strength and support.

They are our capital in this war.

But here eight officials insist that food has been weaponized.

Without free food from the outside world, the Houthi government would struggle to survive.

The U.

N.

Plans to feed 12 million this year, mostly in the poofy areas.

You know, worried by being here, you could be prolonging the war.

Certainly humanitarians air, not political.

We're here to keep people alive.

The responsibility for ending the conflict.

It's in the hands of the people who are driving that conflict.

12th trivia.

Unmixed herbal ingredients like oil and water can be blended and held together.

By what?

Hydrogenation.

Almost if IRS, black toast or pasteurization emulsifiers help keep food mixes together when and after their process.

Emotion fires are common in ultra processed foods, and a new study in the journal Cell Metabolism says those kinds of foods can cause people to gain more weight than unprocessed foods.

Ultra processed refers to foods that have emulsifiers, high fructose corn syrup, flavoring agents and hydrogenated oils.

In the study, 10 healthy adults eight An ultra process diet for 14 days.

It included foods like baked potato chips, turkey, bacon and bagels with cream cheese.

10 others ate an unprocessed diet, including oatmeal, bananas, meats and walnuts.

Then the two groups switched diets for another 14 days.

The meals all had the same amount of calories, fat and carbohydrates, but participants were allowed to eat as much or as little as they wanted.

They also exercised about the same amount each day.

The results on the ultra process diet people ate faster and took more helpings, consuming about 500 more calories per day than those on the unprocessed diet.

With the ultra processed foods, they tended to gain about £2.

With the unprocessed foods, they tended to lose about £2.

So one big conclusion was that limiting the ultra processed foods we eat can help prevent obesity.

But that's not always easy.

Researchers say it takes less time to prepare the ultra processed foods, and they cost less.

A week of processed meals was estimated to be around 100 and $6 a week of more natural meals $151.

That may be why another study found that a majority of the foods that Americans, Britons and Canadians eat is ultra processed.

This is the kind of giant bear you wouldn't mind stumbling on, but, honestly, what would you do with it?

It's not gonna fit in your room.

It may not fit in your house.

The new Guinness world record holder for biggest teddy bear is more than 65 feet long.

It weighs more than four tonnes.

It took more than three months to sew together and more than five hours just to measure.

It's meant to attract tourists to a town near Mexico City.

And while a lot of people can share it and others travel there just to stare, it's not gonna fit.

Hardly anywhere.

It just sits there.

A few rooms could bear it.

Want one?

Well, your home whereabouts better be a gigantic bear housing warehouse.

Santa can't bring it.

You'll need a quote from a shipping group that needs a bigger boat.

If it stays afloat and sees.

Ain't too heavy.

You might just see your record setting Teddy I'm Carlos, whose stitching up another edition of CNN.