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operation to deliver aid on the scale needed come into place where 85% of the population is displaced. people are so desperate for food, for fresh water, for any supplies, that they risk their lives in getting any food any supplies to support their children, support themselves. without a secure aid operation in the midst of continuing war, the people of gaza wait for the next tragedy. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. us airdrops would be a drop in the bucket for what's needed in gaza. office for the coordination the u.n. office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs says more than half—a—million palestinians are on the brink of famine.

a short while ago i talked with the spokesman for the un secretary—general, stephan djarric about thursday's deadly incident in gaza, as well as new efforts to provide humanitarian aid. what would an investigation look like and how hard is it to conduct when given the continued military operation in gaza? that when given the continued military operation in gaza?— operation in gaza? at some point there will have _ operation in gaza? at some point there will have to _ operation in gaza? at some point there will have to be _ operation in gaza? at some point there will have to be a _ operation in gaza? at some point there will have to be a credible i there will have to be a credible investigation and no need to be accountability for what happened. it is challenging to conduct one in the midst of a conflict and this one of the reasons why we wanted to see a humanitarian cease—fire as quickly as possible and at the end of the day, we had more than a hundred people dying because they were dying to get food and in the end, they were killed either by bullets from the israel army, trampled by others in a mode of panic or run over by trucks. none of this is acceptable and all of this is just heartbreaking to say the least. you

mentioned the _ heartbreaking to say the least. you mentioned the death toll in the level of panic and who right now is responsible for ensuring the safety of civilians in gaza?— of civilians in gaza? israel is the oompying _ of civilians in gaza? israel is the oompying power— of civilians in gaza? israel is the occupying power and _ of civilians in gaza? israel is the occupying power and has - of civilians in gaza? israel is the occupying power and has a i occupying power and has a responsibility towards the civilians but it also bears to say that all parties to the conflict of a responsibility to protect civilians and ensure that civilians are not being targeted and ensure that infrastructure is not destroyed or used in military operations. it used in military operations. it bears asking what needs to be done to ensure the safety of gaza and make sure incidents like this do not happen again. the make sure incidents like this do not happen again-— happen again. the way to ensure safety end _ happen again. the way to ensure safety end the — happen again. the way to ensure safety end the fighting _ happen again. the way to ensure safety end the fighting and i happen again. the way to ensure safety end the fighting and get i happen again. the way to ensure safety end the fighting and get a | safety end the fighting and get a humanitarian cease—fire immediately. they are doing their utmost to deliver humanitarian aid in a conflict situation which means that we are being opportunistic instead

of being able to scale up to meet the needs of over 2 million civilians and there is a breakdown of civil order in gaza and we have very little, if any confliction and coordination with the israeli forces can we do not have enough trucks in gaza and there's not enough aid going in gaza despite all of this, we are finding breaches in which we can actually deliver some aid. today, yet collects to spend two and a half hours or the hospital in northern gaza to deliver fuel and medicines and vaccines and supplies but it is all a drop in the bucket. talking about benjamin netanyahu who was said recently he wants to see the permanent closure of the agency. will you stand by this if israel orders are to be shut down? the?r

orders are to be shut down? they o erate orders are to be shut down? they operate under _ orders are to be shut down? they operate under a _ orders are to be shut down? true operate under a mandate orders are to be shut down? tt31: operate under a mandate given orders are to be shut down? tt31 operate under a mandate given to it by the un general assembly. that is the authority. it breaks and —— operates in gaza, georgia, syria and lebanon. it is the backbone of health and education and social services and so many parts of the region and in gaza, it is the humanitarian heart of the work we are trying to do to keep people alive. the collapse would be disastrous for more than 2 million palestinians currently in gaza and not account for those who rely on services and other parts of the region. right we thank you for your time. live now to ambassador mark green, the ceo and president of the wilson center, and former administrator of usaid.

buy—back president biden said it will begin aid drops in the gaza is a former usa administrator, how effective can these kinds of things being? i think with the administration is doing among other things and responding and the humanitarian needs are vast and are simply not enough humanitarian support coming forward and they are really looking at this is a sense of desperation. what is important to know is that air drops are very difficult to do. and everyone has the sense that you just send money and some boxes of supplies and that is not the way it works. and very difficult to organise in their front with wrists not only the obvious risk of fraud in danger in terms of who gets their hands on it but the logistics of this very difficult i think the administration is right to

look for every way that it can to deliver humanitarian assistance but i don't think that people believe this is easy or that is necessarily will take care of much of the challenge that we see. talking about the deadl i also want to ask you about this deadly incident at an aid convoy in gaza that killed more than 100 people. what does this say about the challenges of getting food and medicine into the territory going forward? they are an enormously difficult and again, humanitarian assistance is very difficult to do in any setting, let alone a setting is complicated and tumultuous is what we have seen and tumultuous is what we have seen and that is why no one should view humanitarian systems is any kind of solution. it is something we do out of desperation and we need to do this because every day that goes by, people are suffering but we really

have to find ways of ending the conflict and ending the conflict means getting the hostages released and we are really starting to think about the future. t and we are really starting to think about the future.— and we are really starting to think about the future. i want to turn to ukraine now, it appears russian forces are making progress on the frontlines, i know you have just returned from a visit to ukraine. how concerned are ukrainians about the state of the war effort? first off, i am incredibly impressed with the resilience of ukrainian people and what we're saying over and over and they kept on saying, tell americans that we are tired but not exhausted. they understand this is a battle for the very survival and despite the tough odds they face, where the largest armies in the world, they incredibly resilient and therefore finding ways to

rebuild as things go on and on the other hand, they clearly need our help and i am confident in the effectiveness of ukrainian military and ukrainian government but they're running out of supplies and they need help to really take care and so it is a long conflict. and need help to really take care and so it is a long conflict.— it is a long conflict. and you are a former congressman _ it is a long conflict. and you are a former congressman and - it is a long conflict. and you are a former congressman and you're l former congressman and you're confident in ukraine and how confident in ukraine and how confident are you in us lawmakers to pass the bill to deliver more military aid to ukraine? america does the right _ military aid to ukraine? america does the right thing _ military aid to ukraine? america does the right thing after - military aid to ukraine? america does the right thing after it's i military aid to ukraine? america l does the right thing after it's done everything else and i think at the end of the day, we will come forward and help out but again, times passing and ukrainians really do need our help. they have done an enormously well against these difficult odds but we are seeing brutal tactics from vladimir putin and the kremlin and clearly,

ukrainians are being tested. {eat} and the kremlin and clearly, ukrainians are being tested. ceo and resident of ukrainians are being tested. ceo and president of the _ ukrainians are being tested. ceo and president of the wilson _ ukrainians are being tested. ceo and president of the wilson centre i ukrainians are being tested. ceo and president of the wilson centre and i ukrainians are being tested. ceo and president of the wilson centre and a | president of the wilson centre and a former administrator of us, thank you very much. massive crowds gathered on the streets of moscow on friday to bid farewell to opposition leader alexei navalny, who died in an arcticjail two weeks ago. tens of thousands of people defied warnings from russian authorities to turn out for navalny�*s church service and burial in a nearby cemetary. to turn out for navalny�*s church service and burial in a nearby cemetary. a russian human rights group said about 130 people have been detained in cities across the nation. despite a heavy police presence, there were chants of navalny�*s name throughout moscow, where our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. they came to say goodbye to the man who had given them hope but died in prison. and outside the church, longer and longer, the queue of russians wanting to pay their last respects to alexei navalny.

"he was our hope," anna tells me. "i feel like i am burying my own son." he is the only person i could trust, and i was dreaming of him to become our president, really, and it's a huge tragedy for me and for my people. the kremlin had called mr navalny an extremist, a criminal, but listen to the reaction when his coffin arrived. crowd: navalny! by now, the whole street was watching and chanting the name of vladimir putin's fiercest opponent. navalny! navalny. "we won't give in," they cried. and suddenly, the climate of fear that has descended on russia seemed to clear, for a time, despite all the police that were here. "no to war," they chanted.

in the church, alexei navalny�*s parents sat by the open coffin as an orthodox priest recited prayers for the soul of their son. mr navalny�*s death, first and foremost, a family tragedy. when the service was over, the coffin was carried back to the hearse. then, from his supporters, a spontaneous show of respect for the man who had challenged the kremlin. with carnations and roses, they sent him on his finaljourney. and the crowds followed. as they walked towards the cemetery, they chanted the kind of anti—government slogans unheard on russian streets for two years. "freedom to political prisoners" and "russia will be free".

the authorities did not want alexei navalny�*s funeral to become a very public event, a public display of sympathy for the man who was a vocal critic of the kremlin. but that is what it is turning into. lots of flowers, but one tribute today came in a message for mr navalny�*s wife yulia. she is abroad and may risk arrest if she returns. she said farewell by posting, "i don't know how to live without you, but i will try my best to make you up there happy for me and proud." as alexei navalny was laid to rest, a band played music from terminator 2 and the sinatra classic my way. his way had been to stand up to power and imagine a different russia he would not live to see. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. around the world and across the uk.

this is bbc news. let's look at some stories in the uk. britain's prime minister used a hastily—arranged address on friday to warn of rising extremism. rishi sunak said democracy is being targeted by extremists, and that there are forces that are quote "trying to tear us apart". he spoke about the affect the war in the middle east is having on communities in the uk. and mr sunak said the victory of controversial mp george galloway in last night's rochdale by—election was "beyond alarming." more than 91,000 nhs appointments in england were rescheduled because of the five—day junior doctors strike that ended on wednesday. nhs england said the walk—out meant at least 23,000 staff were absent. union members want a 35% pay increase, which ministers have rejected. new figures show that last month was the warmest february on record for wales and england. and with the warmth comes more rain. the south of england had its wettest february on record —

going back to 1836. the uk as a whole saw its second warmest february. the statistics are in line with long—term projections of warmer, wetter winters due to climate change. you're live with bbc news. voters headed to the polls on friday in iran's elections for a new parliament and the assembly of experts — which selects the country's supreme leader. it's the first test of public opinion there since a series of protests against the hardline islamic regime after the death of mahsa amini while in custody of iran's morality police in 2022. a news agency controllled by iran's revolutionary guards has estimated turnout in friday's parliamentary elections to be more than forty percent. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei urged citizens to vote. authorities have labelled the country part of the "axis of resistance" against what they see as us and israeli influence in the region, framing this election as a way to strengthen iran.

the bbc had not been allowed to report from iran for five years — but now our correspondent caroline davies was given rare permission. the marks, made. the polls are closed, but the question is how many voted. at a central tehran polling station, a celebratory mood. this is one of the polling stations where both foreign and local media are directed to come, which means that for some, it's also a place that they come to if they want to be seen to be voting. a newly married couple, former ministers and families like mr rouhani's, out to cast their votes here. translation: those who don't vote are cutting themselves off— from their own fate. they are saying "we don't want to decide the future of our country". for me, it's not the right choice. early polling suggested that this could be a record low turnout across iran, but officials are optimistic.

translation: the presence of people today proves that all the threats i to the country and all the negative propaganda of the foreign media has failed. still, people have come out. iran has suggested that failing to vote risks undermining the country's security, but some have other reasons not to. shoppers were nervous to speak to foreign media today. one woman agreed, but anonymously. translation: the | economy is very bad. everything has gone very expensive and the salary we get is very low. even if i vote or not vote, my demands are not solvable. some analysts think a lost turnout means lost faith. low turnout means dissatisfaction — dissatisfaction on cultural issues,

on political issues, on economic issues. i feel that people have lost their interest in politics in general, and this low turnout will be another sign of that too. final turnout is pending. today's ballot comes at a sensitive time for iran abroad, as the authorities are counting their popularity at home. caroline davies, bbc news, tehran. a presidential election campaign also got under way in mexico on friday. the country is likely to elect, its first everfemale president, with opinion polls showing former mexico city mayor claudia sheinbaum as an early favourite. she's currently polling about 20 to 30 points ahead of her main challenger xochitl galvez. sheinbaum is a 61—year—old scientist who is a close ally of mexico's current president andres manuel lopez 0brador. she's vowed to continue many of his most popular policies. mexican voters will cast ballots onjune 2, the same day the they'll vote for lawmakers in both chambers of congress,

eight governorships, the mayor of mexico city, and thousands of other local officials. 0ur mexico correspondent will grant has more. almost certain that they'll have their female almost certain that they'll have theirfemale president at almost certain that they'll have their female president at the end of this and with the next 90 days of campaigning, and three months things might look a little bit different but certainly former mayor of mexico city who has not yet spoken but her supporters are arriving in droves streets ahead and it seems pretty confident in victory that she is an extension of the incumbent president and his popularity is translating to and his popularity is translating to a large extent to his candidates who was claudio who mentioned her opponent and that is very much the focus of fear. fear over the drug war and her focus of fear. fear over the drug warand her campaign and

focus of fear. fear over the drug war and her campaign and for without fear and for the coming weeks indeed, which of these messages resonate most with the electorate. let's turn to some important news around the world, the two largest us pharmacy chains will begin selling the prescription abortion pill, mifepristone, this month. cvs and walgreens said they will start distribution in a handful of states where abortion is legal. the move follows a decision by the us food and drug administration last year allowing pharmacies to sell the pill. mifepristone has been legal in the us since 2000 but was previously only accessible through clinics and hospitals. elon musk is suing 0penai — the makers of chat—gpt. he argues the firm has departed from its original nonprofit, open source mission. instead, his lawsuit says 0penai is putting profits first, especially for major investor microsoft. mr musk helped set up the artificial intelligence firm, but left in 2018 to set up a rival. and before we go, we have some hair—raising footage from the us state of kentucky, where a truck was left dangling dramatically over the edge

of the clark memorial bridge after it crashed through a barrier. firefighters confirmed the driver was pulled from the truck using ropes and ladders, and was back safely on the bridge in about 45 minutes. it not yet clear how the incident happened. officials say the driver was unharmed. thank you for watching, i'm carl nasman. i'll be back in 30 minutes with more. stay with us here on bbc news hello. friday was the first day of meteorological spring — but it was also a day that winter refused to relinquish its grip. here in northern ireland, enniskillen, seeing a fresh fall of fairly chunky snow. there were also some snowfall over the peak district — this is the cat and fiddle road — road that goes between macclesfield and buxton — it's quite high up, but we had some problems reported on that, as well. low pressure then has been

across the uk, with this cold air mass in place. we've got lots of showers at the moment, particularly across england and wales, northern scotland, and this band of rain and hill snow across parts of the far north of england and southern scotland. now there is a chance of seeing a centimetre or two of snow across the cheviots, the north pennines, the southern uplands over the next hour or two, so it could get quite icy here. and also in the showers affecting the higher parts of wales — again, above 200 metres elevation, you might come across an odd centimetre or two of snow across the high ground here. temperatures getting close, if not below freezing in a few areas, so there will be a risk of a few icy patches heading into the first part of saturday morning. then we've got this clump of more organised showers working across wales in the midlands — well, they could have a bit of sleet or snow mixed in, probably struggling to settle, and quite a few of those showers will still have just cold rain. it is a day where showers will be really widespread on saturday, some of them with hail and thunder. and, although there'll be a bit of sunshine between the showers,

those sunnier moments, probably quite short—lived. temperatures below average, about 6—9 celsius. now, the same area of low pressure stays with us through saturday night and into sunday. it will tend to drift northwards, tending to weaken somewhat. and so, of the two days of the weekend, sunday looks like it's likely to be the better, in terms of weather. should be a fair bit of dryer weather after a locally misty and foggy start to the day, a better chance of seeing some sunshine. there'll still be a few showers around, particularly for scotland and northern ireland, 1—2 for wales and western england, but bigger gaps between those showers and a bit more in the way of sunshine. it will continue to feel cool though, for the time of year. into next week, low pressures continue to move in off the atlantic from the west, but they're running into this area of high pressure that's centred over scandinavia. and so, we'll get something of an east—west split with the weather.

for western areas, it stays quite cloudy with the threat of further outbreaks of rain. eastern areas tending to become drier, sunnier, and a bit milder, as well. that's the latest, bye for now.

the thorny issue of which pronouns to use for transgender people. welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up — was bbc news wrong to describe the transgender murderer scarlet blake as a woman? and why was there no tv news designed for a uk audience anywhere on the bbc at 10pm on tuesday night? the news agenda can sometimes be grim — and this was one of those moments, with a number of murder cases featured across the media. the sentencing in one of those cases took place on monday afternoon, and it was covered beforehand on the bbc�*s news at one. 26—year—old scarlet blake targeted jorge martin carreno as he walked

home from a night out in oxford injuly 2021.