'Food security is national security,' McCain warns as WFP faces funding pressure [PBS NewsHour] ↳

As outgoing World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain steps down, she warns PBS NewsHour that U.S. aid cuts, compounded by global funding reductions and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have left the WFP able to cover less than half of what the world needs, with more than 315 million people now facing acute hunger, more than double the 2019 figure.