when it comes to flour people actually using animal feed however the animal feed is starting to get scarce in the market and people are not finding it. a six year old girl missing in gaza has been found dead — as well as the two paramedics despatched to rescue her. ukraine says a russian drone attack has killed seven civilians in the north—east city of kharkiv — 3 of them children leaders of rival parties in pakistan claim victory after the general election. even though the final results are yet to be announced. police in london start searching the river thames for the body of a chemical attack suspect. we begin this hour

in the middle east. there's growing concern over food shortages in gaza , with the united nations warning of looming famine. people living in isolated northern areas have told the bbc that children are going without food for days, and animalfeed is being used to make bread. with renewed fighting and aid convoys still regularly blocked from reaching some areas, half of gaza's population is now in a food emergency, according to the un. it says one in four households is facing a catastrophic lack of food. we start our coverage with this special report from our middle east correspondent lucy williamson. in the middle of a war, a battle for survival. men sent to fight over cans of beans and sacks of flour. the un is warning that famine is coming fast,

to gaza's northern areas, as aid arrives more slowly. this, the first aid to arrive here for 11 days, brings crowds surging close to israeli forces. who fire to push them back. in northern areas, residents say children aren't eating for days. in some places they are tapping waterfrom underground pipes. translation: we are back to the stone age, 30, - 40, 50,000 years ago. we dig water out, filter it from sand and use it for cooking. the un says israel's army blocked more than half the aid deliveries to northern areas last month, and that child malnutrition has spiked. when it comes to flour people

are actually using animal feed. however, even the animal feed is starting to get scarce in the market and people are not finding it. when it comes to canned food, there is nothing left in the market, literally. what we had was actually from the six to seven days of truce we had at the beginning of this war, and whatever aid was allowed into gaza and the north of gaza has actually been consumed by now. the world food programme told us that four out of its last five deliveries to northern gaza were blocked by israel. this shouldn't be a logistics crisis, it shouldn't be a logistic problem. we are in the mediterranean, there is enough food around this region to feed 2.4 million people and prevent a famine in the gaza strip. the issue is access, the issue is being able to get that food to people.

israel says it needs to control aid to prevent food and fuel reaching hamas. for some israeli protestors that is not enough. they have been blocking border crossing points to try to force hamas to hand over israeli hostages. even with talk of a hostage deal, protestors are demanding a siege. aid is a lifeline for gaza, but here they say it's a lifeline for hamas. three miles from the israeli border, european planes air drop supplies to thejordanian hospital in gaza city. solutions here are getting more extreme. military planes over gaza point to its devastation. even when they are carrying aid in place of bombs. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.

we have had some more news coming out of gaza in the past hour. the grandfather of a six—year—old girl, hind rajab, who went missing while under fire in gaza city last month says she has been found dead. hind made a desperate call for help to the palestinian red crescent from a mobile phone, while in a car with her uncle's family — all of them had been killed — and she said her car was surrounded by israeli tanks. the family was fleeing the fighting in gaza city — when their car appears to have come under fire at the fares petrol station. the palestinian red crescent say two of their staff, sent to rescue hind, were also killed at the same location, and have accused israeli forces of deliberately targeting them. our correspondent, nick beake told me more from jersualem. on october the seventh, the more than 1200 people who were killed, the hostages who were taken, and of course, the more than 27,000 people in gaza, according to the health ministry there who have been killed

in the past three or four months. but in in the past week, there has been one story which has really got a lot of attention. that is the story of six —year—old hend. because there was this incredible recording of her talking to people from the emergency services, this emergency call in which she describes how she's trapped in her uncle's vehicle with her relatives around her who have been killed. it seems the vehicle had come face to face with an israeli tank, and for 3 hours she was talking to the emergency responders over the phone. at one point, the conversation is patched through so that she can talk to her mother and he becomes increasingly upset during this time. we know that there was an ambulance that was dispatched after about 3 hours or so with two paramedics, but then nothing more was heard of the paramedics or six —year—old him. but as you say, catherine, what we're hearing today

from hind's grandfather is that her body has been found. also, we've got some information from the palestinian red crescent, and they have said today that their two staff were killed. they have accused the israelis of deliberately targeting the vehicle. they say this ambulance was found burnt outjust a few metres away from the family vehicle. and they say this is despite the fact that there had been coordination conversations with the idf, the israeli defense forces, about getting the emergency medics to that location. now, we have approached the israeli army for a response to this, but as of yet, nothing from them. in the south of gaza — the us, eu and un have all warned israel that invading the city of rafah would be a disaster. on friday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordered his military to prepare to evacuate civilians from the overcrowded city, ahead of an expanded offensive against hamas there.

more than two million people live in gaza, and more than 80% of them are now displaced — with most taking shelter in rafah, right up against the border with egypt. the palestinian authorities say that two years ago rafah�*s population was about 260 thousand. but since israel began its war on gaza — with the population ordered to move further and further south for their safety — it's now shot up to 1.4 million — and it's already come under attack from israeli air strikes. let's hear from some palestinians in rafah — talking of their fear and frustration — ahead of that expected israeli invasion. translation: here is netanyahu and his government, _ the government of war, threatening to invade rafah. where shall we go if they try to pressure us to migrate to egypt? we will not go to egypt, we will return to gaza and die in gaza, or anywhere on gaza's land,

and we will not migrate to egypt or any other place. we are so afraid, where will we go? to where? we are so worried. i don't want to migrate. i want to die in my own country, i want to stay here and i won't leave here. let israel do whatever it wants, i am staying in my tent. i won't go anywhere and i will die here. what about us? where will we go? we don't know where to go. we have absolutely no—one. our home is in gaza, - we want to return there, that's all we want. we have a tent made of nylon and wood. . we have never left our home before and the shelling here shakes- the tent when it happens. i will not move south towards egypt, no matter what happens, because egypt will not be a substitute for my home land. also we are not ready to accept leaving one day ti sinai, but if it happens we will return to our homes, no matter the cost.

if death is inevitable, we will die in our homes, and die in our land. i also asked our correspondent nick beake about the israeli military�*s plans in gaza. we know that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has asked the military to come up with a plan. he talks about a dual track plan. so, on the one hand, an operation, a military operation, going into the city of rafah, south of gaza. to eradicate the hamas fighters there. he talks about there being four remaining battalions that he says must be destroyed. but also, he is asking his generals to basically come up with a plan to move the people from rafah. we know that more than 1.2 million people are now in rafah. it is really worth stressing that a lot of them, the vast majority of them have come from other parts of gaza. because they were told that it would be a relatively safer place.

and there has been intense fighting in the places they have left behind. we were talking to one family who said they were in five places before they arrived in rafa. there is now a bleak situation there. the hospitals, the doctors, aid agencies, also crucially, the people themselves say there is a lack of food, water and medicine. 0ne charity, action aid, says people have resorted to eating grass because they are so hungry. a really dire situation. there is no indication yet from the israelis where these people will go. how do you move more than1 million people and to where do you direct them? this is the concern of the americans, in particular, the white house saying this week it would be disastrous to embark on any such mission without a clear plan. a russian drone strike has hit a fuel depot in the ukrainian city of kharkiv, killing seven people, according to regional officials.

the attack caused a fire which spread to nearby residential buildings. the governor says three of the dead are young children, killed in their homes with their parents. at least 50 people were evacuated from their homes. kharkiv has been targeted more frequently by russian forces in recent weeks. here's our correspondent — sarah rainsford — in kyiv with the latest. the authorities are trying to clarify exactly what was targeted and what was hit. they originally said it was a petrol station. we now understand it was an oil depot so we are just trying to get a bit more clarity and exactly that detail. certainly what we know is what it caused. it caused a huge fire which spread down a residential street, 15 houses were destroyed by fire and a number of people were killed. as you mentioned that included some children. seven people were killed, three of them were children in one family. according to the local authorities there it was a child of seven, four, and a baby of six months. all of them boys.

as we have got details from the authorities there they described fuel mixing, diesel and petrol mixing and the local head of police there has called it a hellish lava that then flooded down the street catching fire and causing such devastation and such a loss of life. the children were all from one family. they all died in their own home as they were trying to escape from the fire. it was caused by russian drone. we do know from kharkiv that it is so close to the russian border, it is extremely difficult therefore for air defence systems to shoot down drones, to shoot down missiles, they come in very quickly and the danger is extremely real for families and civilians living in that area. now it's time for a look at today's sport with mike bushell. it's a big weekend in the premier league title race. and in the next few hours,

manchester city can return to the top of the table, for the first time since mid november, with a win against everton — that game gets under way in just over an hour's time. everton are currently in the bottom three, but city boss pep guardiola is keen to ensure, his side don't underestimate their opponents. i have a huge respect for them. like i have a huge respect for them. like i said before. the way he plays, the belief he has, the players he has in his disposal. focus on what you have to do. city's lead would only be short—lived if liverpool can beat burnley, later on saturday. burnley deep in relegation trouble. elsewhere, bottom side sheffield united, travel to the team, who have for now escaped the bottom three, luton town. follow all those scores on the bbc sport website throughout the day. there's an interesting title race in germany too, as harry kane's bayern munich have the chance to go top of the bundesliga later, when they face bayer leverkusen.

bayern are looking for a 12th straight title, and england captain kane knows a win would be massive towards achieving his goal of claiming his first major trophy. i want to be winning team trophies, and that is one of the things that is missing from my career so far. but, as always, i'm not going to panic. either way, you know, i'm just going to keep my head down, keep doing my best for the team, and hopefully that starts with a good win on saturday. in rugby union, it's a big day at the six nations — scotland are looking to record successive victories to start their campaign, for the second year running... they take on a france team who will be wounded after a heavy defeat to favourites ireland last week. ireland play tomorrow. but scotland are expecting their opponents to respond after that opening weekend loss. from the french perspective they know that they didn't play their best rugby so there will be a

reaction from that. i would imagine we would get a reaction from that performance but they were a man down for most of that game so they will take encouragement that with 15 on the field they came back even with 14 on the field at one stage but we know that they are a quality team, the top three or four in the world. after that, england and wales renew their rivalry at twickenham. wales are looking to get their first points. after starting with a defeat to scotland, despite their stirring fight back last week, while the hosts will want to continue building momentum, as they try to whip up, a frenzy on their return to twickenham. some big cricket news, because india will now be without batsman virat kohli for the remainder of the test series with england. kohli missed the first two tests due to personal reasons, and that has been extended for the remaining three matches. the third test gets under way on thursday, with the series currently tied at 1—1. staying with cricket, australia have taken the lead in their t20 series with the west indies, after an 11 run victory in hobart.

elsewhere, pathum nissanka, hit a double century as sri lanka beat afghanistan, by 42 runs in the first game, of their three match, one day series. the second 0di starts on sunday. the los angeles lakers had a spectacular 87—point first half to thank as they beat the new 0rleans pelicans 139—122 on friday night. before the match, crowds gathered at the new statue of kobe bryant which honours their late superstar, outside their arena. the 4,000—pound statue depicts bryant in his white no.8 jersey, with his right index finger raised as he walked off the court following his 81—point performance against the toronto raptors in january 2006. and that's all the sport for now. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you these live

pictures that we are getting from pakistan. irate pictures that we are getting from pakistan. ~ , ., ., , , pakistan. we understand that this is a rotest pakistan. we understand that this is a protest by — pakistan. we understand that this is a protest by pakistan's _ pakistan. we understand that this is a protest by pakistan's religious - a protest by pakistan's religious political parties the tlp, this is a protest that they are holding outside of the election commission officers. protesters there campaigning against what they say have been delayed results from the countries general election. we have been following these elections from pakistan over the last few days which took place on thursday. at the moment official fire final results have not been declared but the main contenders in pakistan's general elections have claimed victory. the jailed former prime minister imran khan used an ai generated message to reject a victory by his opponent. mr

sharif who has been promised a three times mr sharif, who's been prime minister three times, times ee times, says his party is best placed to form a government, and urged others tojoin him in coalition. in a statement on saturday, pakistan's foreign office said that international comments criticising the elections ignore what it says is the "undeniable fact" of pakistan conducting elections successfully. let's speak to sameen ali who is the assistant professor of international development at the university of birmingham. thank you forjoining us on the programme. viewers are now seeing these demonstrations happening outside the election offices, election commissions offices, how will it neutral is it for results not to have been announced some two, three days since the elections were held? it three days since the elections were held? , ., , , ., ., , held? it is really unusual and it is auainst held? it is really unusual and it is against the _ held? it is really unusual and it is against the election _ held? it is really unusual and it is against the election commissionsj held? it is really unusual and it is - against the election commissions own rules which state that result should

come out the morning following the election or at latest 10am on the following morning. it has been nearly two days. this is extremely unusual and it is bring the whole exercise in excessive amounts of question. exercise in excessive amounts of cuestion. , , ., ., question. nevertheless the two main arties in question. nevertheless the two main parties in these _ question. nevertheless the two main parties in these elections _ question. nevertheless the two main parties in these elections are - question. nevertheless the two main parties in these elections are both i parties in these elections are both claiming victory. how will this be resolved? ., , ., resolved? the only way to resolve it is by negotiating- — resolved? the only way to resolve it is by negotiating. as _ resolved? the only way to resolve it is by negotiating. as you _ resolved? the only way to resolve it is by negotiating. as you have - resolved? the only way to resolve it is by negotiating. as you have seen| is by negotiating. as you have seen there is a huge number of independents who have won, these are independents who have won, these are independents who have won, these are independents who might be affiliated with pakistan, imran khan's party, or they may not be affiliated with anybody. now it's what is going to happen is the parties are going to try to rule these independents into

their camps and whoever ends up with their camps and whoever ends up with the most independents will be able to cobble together a coalition even though it will be every coalition. you mention negotiations, what room for mediation is there between the two parties? do you think there is any chance that the two sides could reach some agreement emits this? i think it is extremely unlikely, partially because the pti has stated every day since the election that they will not work with the bm ln. they have also said the same for other parties. they say they have sufficient majority to form a government on their own. the only thing that is preventing that his rigging. they have filed a number of court cases to challenge results in various constituencies in the fact that there has been this long delay results means that there are some

legs to those claims and so there is quite a bit of evidence that there has been fudging of results between the end of polling and as have results have trickled in. disputed elections are _ results have trickled in. disputed elections are not _ results have trickled in. disputed elections are not new _ results have trickled in. disputed elections are not new to - results have trickled in. disputed | elections are not new to pakistan. is there anything about the election this time round? i is there anything about the election this time round?— this time round? i think the scale ofthe this time round? i think the scale of the manipulation _ this time round? i think the scale of the manipulation for _ this time round? i think the scale of the manipulation for the - this time round? i think the scale l of the manipulation for the election and in this period of results is perhaps unprecedented in the sense that we have not seen it since the last few decades. as you have say there is was been irregularity and manipulation, pressure and harassment and violence, although things have happened but this level of blatant interference in results is something we haven't seen before. thank you very much. that is the assistant professor of international development at the university of birmingham. here in the uk. police have started searching the river thames for the body of a man they believe carried out

a chemical attack on a mother and her two daughters in south london. officers have been searching for abdul shokoor ezedi for nearly ten days — but say they now believe he went into the river shortly after the incident. let's speak to our correspondent charlie rose who's at the scene of the search. charlie we have just been seeing these pictures coming in, what more do we know about the search where you are? do we know about the search where ou are? , ., ., do we know about the search where ou are? , ., ., ., ., you are? yes good morning catherine, olice are you are? yes good morning catherine, police are searching _ you are? yes good morning catherine, police are searching this _ you are? yes good morning catherine, police are searching this part - you are? yes good morning catherine, police are searching this part of- police are searching this part of the river times because this is the last known sighting of him. the last place where he was seen at about 1130 pm on the wednesday before last, four hours after the attack on this morning police have started their search because they are trying to take advantage of the low tide. this is the latest chapter in this huge nationwide manhunt for the suspect. it has involved multiple

police forces studying hours and hours of cctv footage searching properties, in east london and his home. his home city of newcastle. it is a huge operation. they have been calling on the media for their help. they have been drip feeding information to the media and they have even put up a reward of up to £20,000 for information leading to the arrest of him. so far the trails have gone cold, he appears to have vanished. there is cctv showing him arriving in this bridge at 11:30pm but there is nothing to suggest he left this area. they are now looking for his body in the river today, taking advantage of the low tide well they can. taking advantage of the low tide well they can-— taking advantage of the low tide well they can. briefly, do we have an u date well they can. briefly, do we have

an update on _ well they can. briefly, do we have an update on the _ well they can. briefly, do we have an update on the condition - well they can. briefly, do we have an update on the condition of - well they can. briefly, do we have an update on the condition of the | an update on the condition of the mother and the two children brought up mother and the two children brought up in this attack. ? yes mother and the two children brought up in this attack. ?_ up in this attack. ? yes there are three main _ up in this attack. ? yes there are three main victims, _ up in this attack. ? yes there are three main victims, 31-year-oldl three main victims, 31—year—old woman who is a mother of two children, the young children's injuries, their mother remains sedated and there are fears that she could have lost the sight in one have her eyes. police say despite their best efforts they may never find the body. he may never surface. thank you very much. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. we've got a generally quiet weekend of weather compared to the last few days.

there are till numerous flood warnings in force across england and wales, after all that rainfall we have had rushing down into the rivers. this morning has been quiet serene, quite beautiful in wigan, with a few bright spells. this is the satellite image through this morning. you can see the swirl of cloud here. this is an area of low pressure, that will throw in some showers today, but you can see there are some breaks in the cloud to give us some sunshine. generally speaking, it is mild as well, but in the far north of scotland we still have some pretty cold air, so this morning there has been a bit of snow, but that will generally clear away, and for many parts of scotland it will be fairly cloudy, some showers moving in. some cloud developing with rain affecting some central and south—eastern areas, heavy showers into the south—west. maximum temperatures nine to 12 degrees, but maybe three to five in the far north of scotland. tonight, this area of rain will continue to develop and move northwards into eastern scotland. still some showers affecting the far south and south west. some gusty winds to go with those showers as well. further north and west, it is quieter, some clear spells, maybe one or two fog patches, and overnight temperatures down to about 3—7 degrees.

this area of low pressure is still with us as we go into sunday, bringing further showers. and this little feature here, running up towards the north and east, that will bring outbreaks of rain on sunday morning. it will gradually move away to the north east. then, there will be sunny spells, followed by showers moving in from the west. and maximum temperatures round about 7—11 degrees. not as cold across the far north of scotland. we lose that colder air. going for the rest of the week, that area of low pressure moves away. we still have the influence of the atlantic, so we will see some areas of rain moving their way in, with low pressure close by. but for monday, for most of us, it is looking relatively dry. there will be some sunny spells. some showers coming into the north and the west, those will be wintry, just over higher ground really, not down to low levels. maximum temperatures about 7—10 degrees celsius. just a little bit below the average for the time of year. and then, during the rest of the week, temperatures perhaps coming up a bit — 14 celsius in southern areas. mixed, though, as we can see, with some areas of rain at times

but also some sunny spells. that's it from me. bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. as the united nations warns of looming famine, people living in gaza's isolated northern areas have told

the bbc that children are going without food for days, and animalfeed is being used to make bread. according to the un, half of the population is now in a food emergency, with renewed fighting and as aid convoys are still regularly blocked from reaching some areas. leaders of rival parties claim victory after pakistan's general election. jailed former prime minister imran khan has called on his supporters to celebrate. but another former leader, nawaz sharif, says his party has emerged the largest and urges others tojoin him in coalition. and ukrainian officials say a russian drone attack has hit a fuel depot in the north east city of kharkiv, killing seven civilians. now on bbc news — unspun world withjohn simpson.