
UN struggles to respond to Myanmar earthquake needs
Shortages of supplies are hampering search and rescue efforts
UN aid agencies say they're struggling to respond to the scale of the earthquake disaster in Myanmar - a country where millions were already in desperate need because of the civil war. We speak to Michael Dunford, the World Food Programme representative in Myanmar.
Also in the programme: A look ahead to US President Donald Trump’s next set of tariff announcements to be delivered on 2 April, a day he has dubbed "Liberation Day" and a sample of The Giver, a song that made history this week when it became the first gay song in the country and western genre to top the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Joining presenter Paul Henley to discuss these and other stories are Jasmine El-Gamal, a foreign affairs analyst and former Middle East advisor at the US Department of Defence and Michal Ovadek, lecturer in European politics at University College London.
(Picture: An officer performs CPR on a survivor at the site of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, 28 March 2025. According to the National Institute for Emergency Medicine, dozens of construction workers are feared trapped following the collapse of a high-rise building in Bangkok, due to a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar, causing tremors that could be felt in neighbouring Thailand.
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar, tremors felt in neighboring Thailand, Bangkok - 28 Mar 2025. Credit: Photo by NARONG SANGNAK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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