and republican rivals for president, donald trump and nikki haley, hit the campaign trail in south carolina, two weeks out from the state's critical primary. hello, i'm carl nasman. we begin in gaza, where the humanitarian crisis is deepening. residents tell the bbc they are surviving on animal feed and rice as food stocks dwindle. the un says 300,000 people living in the isolated north of gaza are largely cut off from aid. more than half the aid missions to northern gaza were denied access last month. that's according to the un's umanitarian coordination agency. mahmoud shalabi from medical aid for palestinians says the situation there is dire. when it comes to the flour, people are actually using animalfeed.

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. and what we had was actually from the six to seven days of truce that we had at the beginning of this war. and whatever aid was allowed into gaza and in the north of gaza has actually been consumed by now. the israeli military says it does not limit humanitarian aid sent to gaza and that there is no starvation there. the bbc has been speaking to eylon levy, an israeli government spokesman. israel wants to see as much humanitarian aid enter the gaza strip as possible. that's why we have excess capacity at the israeli crossings for more trucks of food, water, medicine and shelter equipment to enter the gaza strip. we encourage countries to send more. unfortunately we have a problem at the moment that the un agencies on the ground responsible for disputing that aid are struggling to do so at the pace that israel

is facilitating its entry. we are calling for the international community to activate aid agencies that have responsibility and experience distributing aid in other disaster zones to replace unrwa, because unrwa has failed and it is a hamas front. children are among the most vulnerable victims of hunger in gaza. the un warns that acute malnutrition among young children in the north is rising and is now above the critical threshold of 15%. unicef says children in gaza are in desperate need of life—saving support. hald of the estimated 1.7 million people displaced in gaza are children. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says 28,000 people have died in the israel—gaza war, many of them women and children. one of them is hind rajab, a six—year—old girl who went missing 12 days ago in gaza city after the car she was in came underfire. she was found dead, along with several relatives and two

paramedics who tried to save her. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson sent this report, which contains distressing material. today, it was hope that died — long after six—year—old hind was killed. she survived the gunfire that killed her uncle, aunt and cousins as they fled gaza city in the family car. her calls with the emergency services as she hid among the bodies of her relatives in sight of israeli tanks sparked a campaign to find her. today, as israeli forces withdrew from the area, paramedics went in. they found hind's body with those of her relatives in the shattered car. her mother has been waiting for her daughter at a nearby hospital for almost two weeks.

translation: for every i person who heard my voice, my daughter's pleading voice, yet did not rescue her, i will question them before god on the day ofjudgment. netanyahu, biden, and all those who collaborated against us, against gaza and its people, i pray against them from the depths of my heart. near where hind was found, the ambulance car that was sent to get her — the bodies of its two crew members inside. they were deliberately targeted, although our ambulance have very clearly the red crescent emblem on top of our ambulances and we had it clearly also on all sides of the ambulance. we asked the israeli army about this but received no response. residents re—emerging in gaza city after troops had left

found a cratered wasteland. witnesses said dozens of bodies were collected from its streets and buildings today. in the southern border town of rafah, they fear they might be next. the bombing here has been getting more intense. three members of hamas security forces were killed in a strike on their car. and funerals were held for seven adults and five children, killed in overnight air strikes on their homes. this town, the final refuge for gaza's civilians, the final target in israel's ground war. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. king charles has expressed his gratitude for the messages of support he's received since he was diagnosed

with cancer. in a message of thanks, the 75—year—old monarch said... the king has stepped back from all public—facing duties while he is being treated, with senior royals — including queen camilla and the prince of wales — taking on his duties for some events. it has not been revealed what type of cancer the king is being treated for. pakistan's powerful army chief has called for unity after two former prime ministers claimed victory in thursday's election. the final results still haven't been announced. but candidates backed byjailed party leader, imran khan, appear to have won the most seats and say they're now trying to form a government. mr khan's pti party was barred from running by the electoral commission, forcing its candidates to run as independents. the party has threatened to hold peaceful protests

on sunday, if complete results haven't been released. the rival pakistan muslim league — led by nawaz sharif — has also claimed victory and says it has begun talks with others about forming a unity government. from lahore, our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has more. the final results in pakistan's general election are now starting to come in. and it seems pretty clear that imran khan's backed candidates are in the lead, followed by mr nawaz sharif�*s party's, the pmln's, candidates. they have the second largest number of seats. it is not clear at the moment who is going to form a government, but we are starting to see international reaction about this vote. we have heard from the eu who have said they note a lack of a level playing field. from the us, who said there were undue restrictions. and from the uk who expressed concerns about the fairness of this election. today, we have now heard from the foreign office here in pakistan. they have said they are surprised by the negative tone of some of these international statements, which would neither take into account the

complexity of the electioral process, they say, nor acknowledge the free and enthusiastic exercise of the right to vote by tens of millions of pakistanis. that is quite a firm push back against some of these comments that we have started to hear internationally as well. we have also heard from the chief of the army staff here in pakistan. the army is an incredibly powerful and politically powerful organisation here in pakistan. the army chief has said that pakistan's diverse pluralism will be well represented by unified government of all democratic forces. now, that suggests that he is encouraging there to be some form of coalition government that will happen here in pakistan. we understand that there will be a lot of negotiations that will be going on behind the scenes, but, at the moment, it still not clear who will be governing the country. turning to the 2024 us presidential race where former president donald trump has started to campaign in south carolina. the state will hold its republican primary on february 24th.

south carolina is home to former governor nikki haley, trump's last main challenger for the republican presidential nomination. haley is trying to restore momentum to her campaign after only receiving 30% of the vote in nevada's primary. 63% of the vote there was for "none of the above", written in by tens of thousands of trump supporters. with trump seemngly destined for the republican nomination — despite his many legal issues — the contest in south carolina is considered by some to be haley's last chance to turn her campaign around. a few hours ago she took aim not only at mr trump, but us presidentjoe biden. we've had enough chaos with donald trump, we have had enough... we have these cases now and they are saying biden, he doesn't know any better, you can't hold him accountable for having these national—security papers that he wasn't supposed

to have, and now donald trump is saying if you did it for home you have to do it for me. what bothers me about that is both those men knew better. president biden and donald trump are both facing questions about their age. but earlier this week, concerns over biden�*s age boiled over when comments in a report on his handling of classified documents raised concerns about his mental fitness. it prompted him to hold a press conference where he fought back against those doubts. in the last hour, i asked republican strategistjeanatte hoffman whether there's a double standard about age with trump and biden. yes, well, listen, donald trump has always been held to a different standard is a candid end and i think it is because he came into this as a celebrity. he often says things that are completely off the wall and doesn't get hurled to account but nikki haley comes underfire for things she account but nikki haley comes under fire for things she said, about the cause of the war, the civil war, about the cause of the war, the civilwar, not about the cause of the war, the

civil war, not saying it was slavery, president trump says wild things like that every day and he doesn't get called into question. similarly, he is about the same age asjoe biden but certainly his mental fitness in called into account as much as former president biden. that being said, he does seem to have a lot more energy and enthusiasm and he is on the campaign traila lot and enthusiasm and he is on the campaign trail a lot more than president biden so that seems to make a little bit more sense to make a little bit more sense to me. but nikki haley is pursuing a good strategy of trying to tie them both in two do you really want this country being run by an eight—year—old man? live now to democratic strategist, ameshia cross. you heard that the thoughts on the republican side about donald trump and joe biden, why do you think the age issues seems to be hurting the current president more than the former president?— president? because the current resident has — president? because the current resident has a _ president? because the current resident has a black— president? because the current resident has a black female - resident has a black female vice president and when we talk

about the issue of race in this country, which is one that goes back to the founding of this country, it is something that voters seem to not be able to get around. and they think that if he his vice president are not, harris, we would answer theseissues not, harris, we would answer these issues of love as much as they are. they are three years apart, that is not a significant age difference at all, so the issue is nowjoe biden is four years older than he was four years ago, well so is everyone else. that is kind of how ageing works. that is not the issue that people want to say out loud, but they do what you say out loud as they have a problem with vice president kamala harris, they have a race problem. the ollin: have a race problem. the polling shows _ have a race problem. the polling shows a _ have a race problem. the polling shows a majority of voters are concerned about the age of president biden, we saw this big conversation taking place now that is a mental fitness, and in that press conference that the president called, he had another mix—up,

he mistakenly referred to the president of egypt as the prison of mexico, so do you think the discussion we were just talking aboutjoe biden himself, is it a fair discussion? clearly the voters are concerned. i discussion? clearly the voters are concerned.— are concerned. i don't think that it is — are concerned. i don't think that it is because _ are concerned. i don't think that it is because we - are concerned. i don't think that it is because we are i that it is because we are having that discussion we also have to have the discussion about donald trump mixing up mint nikki haley and nancy pelosi and mixing up cities and not knowing where he was during some of his rallies, i think there are lots of things we could talk about, is a discussion point. to be quite frank, president biden has had gas over the course of his career, he has had gas over his course of his career, that has been a cornerstone of president biden but these are not issues related to policy and policy is what the american voters care about and it is what most this country forward. jae about and it is what most this country forward.— about and it is what most this country forward. joe biden has

been campaigning _ country forward. joe biden has been campaigning on - country forward. joe biden has been campaigning on by - country forward. joe biden has been campaigning on by the i been campaigning on by the nomics, he says i have a lot in terms of the economy, is that enough, what should the president be doing to prove his doubters wrong when it comes to his ability to hold us off now but another four years in the white house. he but another four years in the white house.— but another four years in the white house. he is doing what he should _ white house. he is doing what he should be _ white house. he is doing what he should be doing, _ white house. he is doing what he should be doing, but - white house. he is doing what he should be doing, but it -- l he should be doing, but it —— visiting the battleground states, fundraising, that is a party that is in shambles, the republicans, with the leader who is running away from 94 plus criminal charges, rape allegations, and in addition to allegations, and in addition to all of the problems associated with trying to steal the election on january the 6th. with trying to steal the election onjanuary the 6th. we are in the fight for american democracy and the preservation of who we are as a nation and in protecting our allies with funds to ukraine, there is a huge difference between the two and that is about more than a few years in age and a few gaffes on the campaign trail.

biden is ensuring health care access is available to everyone despite where they work or the colour of their skin or zip code, this is a man working for america to work for all americans, notjust those who are rich and wealthy, america is a very diverse country with a lot of diverse countries and views and this is a president working to ensure that we are unified, competitive, and working to ensure that the future of america is as bright as it can. in future of america is as bright as it can-— future of america is as bright asitcan. ., , ., as it can. in a couple of weeks we are going _ as it can. in a couple of weeks we are going to _ as it can. in a couple of weeks we are going to see _ as it can. in a couple of weeks we are going to see voters - as it can. in a couple of weeks we are going to see voters go | we are going to see voters go to the polls to decide between donald trump and nikki haley. if donald trump has another convincing victory at that primary, do you see this is basically a done deal? it is a done deal — basically a done deal? it is a done deal quiet _ basically a done deal? it is a done deal quiet now- basically a done deal? it is a done deal quiet now quite i done deal quiet now quite frankly. nikki haley is running because she is able to fundraise. the rnc once nikki haley out, donald trump once nikki haley out, there is no

political path numerically right now along the campaign trailfor nikki haley right now along the campaign trail for nikki haley to win. undoubtedly, she is going to lose by double digits in her own home state of south carolina, that will be devastating blow. carolina, that will be devastatin: blow. . ~' ., devastating blow. thank you for takin: the devastating blow. thank you for taking the time _ devastating blow. thank you for taking the time to _ devastating blow. thank you for taking the time to talk - devastating blow. thank you for taking the time to talk to - devastating blow. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. i as we mentioned, former president trump is speaking in south carolina today as he rallies support for the upcoming primary. he touched a variety of topics, including how he might handle the ongoing russian invasion of ukraine. nato was busted until i came along, i said everybody has got to pay, they said, well, if they don't pay, are you still going to protect us? i said absolutely not. they asked me that question, a president of a big country stood up and said, sir, if we don't pay and we are attacked by russia, will you protect us? i said, you didn't pay, y°u

protect us? i said, you didn't pay, you delinquent, let'sjust say that's happened, no, i would not protect you, in fact i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want, you've got to pay your bills. potentially controversial statements there, and we had the former statement —— president in office being critical of the nato alliance. let's return to our top story — the difficult situation facing children in gaza. residents tell the bbc — many people in gaza, including young children, are surviving on animal feed and rice as food stocks dwindle. the un warns that acute malnutrition among young children in the north is rising, and is now above the critical threshold of 15%. unicef says children in gaza are in desperate need of �*life—saving support.�* let's go now to ricardo pires with unicef. thank you forjoining us. i want to ask you about the humanitarian situation, we have heard reports that gazans are resorting to eating animal feed just to survive. how real is

the danger of starvation right now and does it?— now and does it? thanks for havin: now and does it? thanks for having me. _ now and does it? thanks for having me, carl. _ now and does it? thanks for having me, carl. very - now and does it? thanks for having me, carl. very real. | now and does it? thanks for i having me, carl. very real. the risk of starvation in gaza is real and we have banged the drums before and we continue to do so. the humanitarian situation in the gaza strip since the 7th of october has become catastrophic. children are at the sharp end of this, they are always the ones who suffer the most. thousands have been killed, many thousands more have been injured. they have lost loved ones, they had seen the houses destroyed, they have been displaced several times and are now pushed into a tiny strip of land where at least 6000 are living, children are living at this point, so they are being pushed at the end of an abyss and we need to do something quickly and the only thing we can call for and continue to call for is a humanitarian ceasefire so more supplies can get in, and that desperation can be reduced more

and more. ., ., desperation can be reduced more and more-— and more. you mentioned those su lies and more. you mentioned those sunplies and _ and more. you mentioned those supplies and israeli _ and more. you mentioned those supplies and israeli officials - supplies and israeli officials have been taking cash telling the bbc they're not holding up deliveries of aid into gaza, so why do you think the ad is not reaching the people that need it, especially in the north of gaza? ., ., ., gaza? the north of gaza has been quite _ gaza? the north of gaza has been quite unreachable - gaza? the north of gaza has been quite unreachable for i gaza? the north of gaza has| been quite unreachable for a while. we had a convoy that had unicef supplies in it going in up unicef supplies in it going in up to the north, beyond gaza city, and december, that is months ago or at least quite a few weeks ago, and it is just not enough, the situation is absolutely urgent and catastrophic. and it is not only in the north, it has spread along the strip. right now, children are lacking food, lacking medicine, lacking proper access to health care, they are lacking clean water, they are lacking clean water, they are lacking clean water, they are resorting to using contaminated water to kill their first, contaminated water to kill theirfirst, and contaminated water to kill their first, and that has many risk of disease and of course.

so, overall, this has been an absolute nightmare for children, for 120 days, and it seems like it will continue to do so unless we had that humanitarian ceasefire. the united nations _ humanitarian ceasefire. the united nations has - humanitarian ceasefire. the united nations has called gaza a graveyard for children, at least 10,000 children have been killed during this war so far. can you put those numbers into perspective for us? how unprecedented is the situation in gaza right now for children? we have been saying this is a war on children, and it clearly continues to be so. we estimate that nearly 40% of casualties out children. again, in rafah right now, there are 1.2 million people, 600,000 of those are children, children who have been displaced, moved around, are traumatised. we hearfrom around, are traumatised. we hear from our colleagues on the ground, and i have spoken to many colleagues who have been in gaza for a while, and indeed it has become a graveyard for children, we have children still under the rubble who haven't been taken out because

there hasn't been an opportunity, a safe time are a safe window to operate, not only to rescue those who might still be in need, but also to get more humanitarian supplies in. the average number of trucks we have now is way below what we used to have before the 7th of october, so all this combined again is pushing children to the edge and we are very, very concerned that it will get worse if military operations escalate into rafah in the next coming days. bud in the next coming days. and briefl , in the next coming days. and briefly. how _ in the next coming days. and briefly, how concerned are you about the potential humanitarian fallout of this expected israeli advanced into the southern city of rafah? rafah right now is a city of children. more than half nearly half the population right now our children, children again of all ages who have been displaced, moved around, uprooted, are extremely vulnerable, living under

makeshift tents, so if indeed that escalation happens, talking about population density, rafah right now has double the population density of new york city can we imagine that? that is absolutely unimaginable and unacceptable. they are strained and stretched without resources, without supplies, without food, without water, without medication, traumatised. the picture is very grim, carl, and we are very, very concerned. ricardo, thank you _ very, very concerned. ricardo, thank you very _ very, very concerned. ricardo, thank you very much _ very, very concerned. ricardo, thank you very much for - very, very concerned. ricardo, j thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us. thank you. let's turn to some important news around the world... the president of hungary, katalin novak, has resigned — after she pardoned a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children's home. 0pposition supporters have been holding protests, and even her close ally, the prime minister, viktor 0rban, has distanced himself from her. in a televised address, novak

admitted she'd made a mistake. hundreds of volunteers have joined emergency workers trying to clean up a major oil spill in trinidad and tobago. the accident was caused by a ship that overturned a few days ago — after hitting a coral reef. specialist divers have been trying to isolate the leak from the vessel, which was abandoned by its crew. the head of tobago's assembly said — the spill had now extended many kilometres along the atlantic coast. tens of millions of people around the world have been celebrating the lunar new year with parties, family meals and visits to buddhist temples. the new moon has ushered in the year of the dragon — the most auspicious of the 12 animals in the chinese zodiac. lunar new year is typically celebrated in parts of asia — notably china, south korea and vietnam — but it is also celebrated by diaspora communities around the world such as in europe and the us. the bbc�*s courtney bembridge has been following the celebrations happening across the globe. bringing in the year

of the dragon in beijing. this display marks the start of 15 days of celebrations, and big public events like this haven't been held in recent years because of the pandemic. as you can see, they are back with a bang. in taiwan, worshippers gathered to light incense and pray for prosperity for the new year while in hong kong, another way to celebrate, tattoo artists there have reported an increasing demand dragon designs. also, iconic buildings around the world, this is the tokyo tower lit up in red to mark the holiday. also new york's empire state building. celebrations on the streets of cuba, this is downtown havana, you can see the dragon front and centre there, and it is considered the most auspicious of the chinese zodiac signs, so this is a special year. and in peru, these are the streets of lima where you can see crowds that gathered to celebrate.

it's nowjust under 24 hours to the start of the super bowl in las vegas between the san francisco 49ers and the kansas city chiefs. but super bowl 58 is likely to be remembered for not what happens on the pitch, or even in the famous half time show. many will be tuning in specifically to see a certain celebrity in the stands — of course, i'm talking about taylor swift. she will be cheering on her boyfriend travis kelce of the kansas city chiefs — and her millions of fans around the world seem to bejoining her. a baker in walsall, england has created this huge taylor swift cake ahead of the big game. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. there were some spells of sunshine around on saturday, but hopefully a good bit more of it to come on sunday. but also some outbreaks of rain, so a bit of a mixed picture. and beyond the weekend, it's a fairly mixed picture into next week, with low pressure systems tending to dominate. and after monday, temperatures

actually tending to climb. but let's look at all of that in detail. first of all, through the overnight period, we can see we've got fairly wet weather towards parts of eastern england, in towards eastern scotland. elsewhere, a little bit drier with some clear skies. where it's clear we could see some mist and fog. and still a number of showers pushing in towards the west and the south. that wet weather, though, across parts of the north—east of england, into north—eastern scotland, with us first thing on sunday and tracking its way northwards into the northern isles. elsewhere, though, sunday is an improving picture with some decent spells of sunshine and also a few showers coming in on a westerly wind. so by mid—afternoon, much of that heavy rain has cleared. although lingering across parts of the north—east of aberdeenshire and in towards the northern isles. elsewhere, though, avoid the showers and you will see some sunshine and temperatures up to around 10 or 11 degrees. and then through sunday evening and sunday night, we start to see largely dry and clear conditions, and that means it will be colder than overnight saturday into sunday.

so this is tomorrow night, sunday night. you can see temperatures there in towns and cities but across parts of northern england and scotland, a touch of frost in the countryside. to monday, low pressure situated to the north—west, and we are dragging in some rather cool air from the north—west. so showers pushing in through parts of scotland, could well be wintry on higher ground, a number of showers in towards northern ireland as well. but elsewhere for much of england and wales, it's a dry and a fine day. it will be a chilly start, mind, a touch of frost here and there, but by the afternoon, temperatures up to 9 or 10 celsius. cooler further north. and then from tuesday onwards we start to see a shift, because the wind is changing direction to more of a south—westerly, so we are dragging in cloudier skies and some outbreaks of rain, but the temperatures will be on the rise. on tuesday it should still be largely dry and sunny across scotland, some showers in the north, but the general trend from tuesday onwards is for cloudier conditions with outbreaks of rain. but you can see on the outlook there, the temperatures will begin to climb and certainly for some reaching the low to mid—teens. that's the forecast for now.

you're watching bbc news. we'll have your headlines at the top of the hour after this programme.

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