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Yemen twins fight for survival; mob kills foreigner in South Africa
The seven-week-old twins and their family walked for three days before getting a lift to Aden, as nearly 260,000 people have fled fighting since August.
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- First reported by BBC: “Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis”, with reporting from Yahoo News (BBC report), Yeni Safak and Symplexia Labs (BBC report).
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 7:00 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: South Africa.
- BBN covered this story before: Bavuma's 179 powers South Africa's comeback against Australia (October 21).
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- BBCNewborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis
- BBCCrowd of 50 beats foreigner to death in South Africa
- Yahoo News (BBC report)Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis October 22, 2026 · facts used on air
- Yeni SafakYemen displacement hits 260,000 since August as Taiz faces health crisis facts used on air
- Symplexia Labs (BBC report)Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis - Symplexia Labs October 22, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's seven Eastern, four Pacific, and this is BBN Tonight.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo seven-week-old twins in Yemen are fighting for survival, and a doctor describes them as just skin and bone.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTheir family fled the fighting between pro-government forces and the Houthis, and walked for three days before getting a lift to Aden.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe father says one kind person finally gave them a lift on the fourth day, while others refused to help.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe United Nations says renewed fighting has pushed nearly two hundred sixty thousand people from their homes across Yemen since early August.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIn South Africa, the BBC reports a crowd of about fifty beat a foreigner to death.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe victim has not been identified, and the attack follows a wave of anti-migrant protests in the country this year.
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