and hungary's president resigns over her decision to pardon a man convicted of covering up child abuse. 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 is according to the un's humanitarian co—ordination agency. 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. 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 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 is 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 distributing that aid are struggling to do so at the pace that israel

is facilitating its entry. now, 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 unwra 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. half 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, 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 ambulances have very clearly the red crescent emblem on top of our ambulances, and we have 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. earlier i spoke with ricardo pires, who is a communications manager at unicef, for more on what children in gaza are facing.

thank you forjoining us. i want to ask you first of all about that humanitarian situation there in gaza. we've heard reports that gazans are resorting to eating animal feed just to survive. in your mind, how real is the danger of starvation right now in gaza? thanks for 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 7 0ctober has become catastrophic. children are at the sharp end of this. they're always the first and the ones who suffer the most. thousands have been killed. many thousands more have been injured. they've lost loved ones, they've seen their houses destroyed. they've been displaced several times and are now pushed into a tiny strip of land where at least 6,000 children are living at this point. so they're being pushed at the end of an abyss,

and we need to do something quickly, and the only thing we can call for and will continue to call for is a humanitarian ceasefire so more supplies can get in, and that desperation can be reduced more and more. you mentioned those supplies, and israeli officials have been telling the bbc that they're not holding up deliveries of aid into gaza. why do you think, then, aid simply is not reaching the people who need it, especially when we're talking about the north of gaza? well, the north of gaza has been quite unreachable for a while. we had a convoy that had unicef supplies in it going in up to the north, beyond gaza city, in december. that's months ago, or at least quite a few weeks ago, and it's just not enough. their situation is absolutely urgent and catastrophic, and it's not only in the north, it's spread along the strip.

right now children are lacking food, they're lacking medicine, they're lacking proper access to health care, they're lacking clean water. they're resorting to contaminated water to kill their thirst, and that has many risks of disease, 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 again we have that humanitarian ceasefire. the united nations has called gaza a graveyard for children. at least 10,000 children have now 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? well, we've been saying this is a war on children, and it clearly continues to be so. we estimate that nearly 40% of all casualties are children. again, in rafah right now, there are 1.3 million people. 600,000 of those are children, children who've been

displaced, moved around, or traumatised. we hearfrom our colleagues on the ground, and i've 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 or 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 7 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. and briefly, if you don't mind, ricardo, how concerned are you about the potential humanitarian fallout of this expected israeli advance into the southern city of rafah? well, rafah right now

is a city of children. more than half or nearly half the population right now are children — children, again, of all ages who've 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're very, very concerned. ricardo pires, communication manager with unicef, thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us. thank you. the president of hungary has resigned live on television over a decision to pardon a man convicted of covering up a child sexual abuse case. the names of 25 people pardoned by katalin novak in april last year as part of a visit to hungary by pope francis

were made public by hungarian media last week. since then, protests calling for ms novak to step down were steadily growing. the bbc�*s nick thorpe sent this report from budapest. this was completely unexpected and, i think, very shocking for most hungarians. i think they'll be hearing this news really and truly come as a bolt from the blue. she has been under pressure in previous days. it's a very embarrassing case involving paedophilia. she actually granted an amnesty, she pardoned, she dismissed the case against a person who was not convicted himself of paedophilia but he'd covered up for his boss who was the head of an orphanage who was convicted and sent to jail for that particular crime. just in the last few days, the details of her pardon for 25 people — the pardon

actually happened more than a year ago, at the time of the pope's visit to hungary, but only just last week were the names made public. and because she as president and formerly as the minister in charge of family affairs and this government had made the traditionalfamily, family policies, a cornerstone of its politics, this has been deeply embarrassing and deeply confusing for voters for the governing party, fidesz, deeply embarrassing for the prime minister. there have been small opposition demonstrations against her, but her resignation has been completely unexpected. king charles has expressed his gratitude for the messages of support he has 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's 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've 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 pushback against some of these comments that we have started to hear internationally as well. we've also now 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 polity and 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's still not clear who will be governing the country. spain is the latest flashpoint forfarmer protests in europe. since tuesday, spanish farmers have joined their counterparts in germany, france, italy, portugal and belgium in daily protests featuring tractors with flags and handwritten signs. the demonstrations have been broadly peaceful, but on saturday scuffles broke out with police when farmers attempted to block a main road into madrid. among several other complaints, farmers say they are protesting environmental regulations imposed by the eu which they say makes them less

competetive. translation: while we are producing under very high prices and losing money, products keep arriving that don't meet the requirements and conditions, as they don't have the same agriculture policy. translation: we are fed up because we can no longer live off of— because we can no longer live off of the _ because we can no longer live off of the field. they bring us products— off of the field. they bring us products from morocco but they are demanding lots of sanitary conditions, laws and paperwork for the — conditions, laws and paperwork for the cattle, while in morocco and other countries, they— morocco and other countries, they are _ morocco and other countries, they are not required to do so. on saturday, a group of spanish truck drivers also came together with farmers to call for a national strike. the groups are demanding help from both spanish and european leaders. 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 2a february. 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 seemingly 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've had enough. you have these cases now and they're saying, well, 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 him, 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. 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. for her take on how age is affecting the race and to look at nikki haley's chances of beating trump to the republican nomination, i spoke with republican strategist jeanette hoffman. i want to start first of all with nikki haley's strategy.

she will be driving around with a billboard highlighting donald trump's mental deficiencies. what do you make of that strategy?— what do you make of that strate: ? , , strategy? yes, well, listen, she is trying _ strategy? yes, well, listen, she is trying her _ strategy? yes, well, listen, she is trying her hardest - strategy? yes, well, listen, she is trying her hardest to | she is trying her hardest to combine them into one person. joe biden and donald trump, 280 something —year—old man with memory lapses, not fit to be president. i think she even has one commercial calling them grumpy old man. she referred back to donald trump's previous beaches where she confused with nancy pelosi and she thinks thatis nancy pelosi and she thinks that is going to be a winning strategy for her, especially after that really damning report that came out from the justice department where it says joe justice department where it sastoe biden is not fit to stand trial in the classified documents case. and of course, carl, as you just said, former president trump also wilfully took some classified documents. so not only is she tying former president trump tojoe biden and his memory issues and his age issues but she is also tying him to former president trump with the classified documents. and she is also saying, listen, we've had enough chaos ofjoe biden and donald trump, and she points

out, rightly so, that over 50% of american voters do not want a trump biden rematch. so that's her strategy going into south carolina, her home state. but also, more importantly, into super tuesday, where the majority of delegates will be awarded, 874 delegates. and that's a really important point. that's a really important oint. ~' that's a really important oint. ~ ., that's a really important oint. ~ . ., point. do you think that donald trum is point. do you think that donald trump is being _ point. do you think that donald trump is being held, _ trump is being held, potentially, to a different standard when it comes to things like age or issues like mental capacity? we've seen now this flurry of attention being put on the current president, but we also seen, as you mentioned, similar gaffes by donald trump. he is also up there in age, 77 years old, not far behind joe biden, and yet it doesn't seem to be that he's got the same amount of criticism not only from the media but also from voters themselves. yes, well, listen, donald trump has always been held to a different standard as a candidate,

and i think it is because he came into this not as a politician but as a celebrity. he often says things that are completely off the wall and doesn't get held to account, whereas nikki haley comes under fire for things she's said 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. and similarly, he is about the same age asjoe biden but certainly his mental fitness isn't called into account as much as president biden. but that being said, he does seem to have a lot more energy and enthusiasm and he's on the campaign trail a lot more than president biden, so that seems to make a little bit more sense to me. but nikki haley is pursuing a good strategy of trying to tie them both into — do you really want this country being run by an 80—year—old man? and yet you look at the polling numbers, and this course is her home state of south carolina, nikki haley trailing by about 30 points. what does she have to do to try to close the gap there, and is this too big of a

gap really to try to close for nikki haley? it gap really to try to close for nikki haley?— gap really to try to close for nikki haley? it looks- listen, it's going _ nikki haley? it looks- listen, it's going to _ nikki haley? it looks- listen, it's going to be _ nikki haley? it looks- listen, it's going to be an _ nikki haley? it looks- listen, it's going to be an uphill - it's going to be an uphill battle for her, make no mistake, just as it has been in all the previous primaries. but what the nikki haley team is planning on is the fact that south carolina, just like michigan, which is a couple of days later, is an open primary. and that means it's notjust republicans who can vote on the primary, its independence and democrats. so that was her strategy here, just like you need independence to come out in a general election, she is going to need independence to come out for her in these open primary is. and in the super tuesday states, two—thirds of those states, of the 15, they are open primary is as well. so she really needs to get independents who support her much more than they support donald trump to come out and vote for her if she has any chance of getting to even be close to the delegate count that donald trump has. and he right now has 67 delegates to her maybe 12. so is really going to be an uphill battle

for her, but she's going to try and am her messaging as we need to win in november, we need change, we can't have our country being run by 80—year—old man who unfit to run this country. ah, 80-year-old man who unfit to run this country.— run this country. a critical state therefore _ run this country. a critical state therefore nikki - run this country. a critical. state therefore nikki haley, and of course, super tuesday right behind on the fifth of march. thank you so much for your insights. march. thank you so much for your insights-_ your insights. thanks for havin: your insights. thanks for having me. _ your insights. thanks for having me, carl. - 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�*s got to pay. they said, well, if we don't pay, are you still going to protect us? i said absolutely not. they couldn't believe the answer. 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, you delinquent? he said, yes, 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. let's turn to some important news around the world: the government in myanmar has announced compulsory military service for all young men and women. the ruling requires men under 35 and women under 27 years old to serve at least two years. the military, which seized power in a coup three years ago, has been struggling to contain a series of insurgencies. 0ver recent months it has been defeated in battles with ethnic militias and anti—coup fighters. the army also appears to have struggled to recruit soldiers since it took power from myanmar�*s civilian government. 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. well, as we count down to kick—off in sunday's super bowl between the san francisco 49ers and the kansas city chiefs, we have some good news for taylor swift fans. the pop star has landed in the us ready to support her boyfriend, travis kelce, of the kansas city chiefs in the game. and her fans around the world have been getting very excited. take a look at this. a baker in walsall, england, created this huge taylor swift cake before the big game. lara mason took 38 hours to construct it, using almost 130kg of ingredients. that's around 290 pounds.

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, in towards 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'll 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 to 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, a low pressure situated to the north—west, and we're dragging in some rather cool air from the north—west. so showers pushing in through parts of scotland, could well be wintry on the 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 afternoon, temperatures up to around nine or 10 celsius, coolerfurther 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're 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. v0|ce—0ver: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour,

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