martin griffiths, deputy secretary general of the united nations for humanitarian affairs, also said: anorwa's service to more than three quarters of the people of gaza should not be stopped. so far, 12 countries, including the united states, germany, france, england, canada, italy, the netherlands , and australia , have announced the suspension of financial support to the united nations relief agency for palestinian refugees. claiming that 12 unrwa employees were involved in the al-aqsa storm operation, the zionist regime has demanded the cessation of humanitarian aid to this organization. according to the palestinian information center, anavara is the only mens structure. it is in the gaza strip that it distributes various aid among the refugees, and currently one million gazan refugees live in 156 unrwa centers. the palestinian statistics center has announced that since the beginning of the zionist regime's invasion of the gaza strip, more than 24,000 palestinian children have lost one or both of their parents in the camps of this regime. these children. displaced and without shelt

secretary general for humanitarian affairs, martin griffith said he is appalled that a medecin sans frontiere shelter was shelled last night in gaza, injuring staff and killing members of their family. in social media post, mr. griffith said humanitarians are putting their lives on the line, and like all civilians, they must be protected. our humanitarian partners working on water, sanitation and health issues in gaza warned yesterday that urgent action. is needed to address the public health catastrophe unfolding in the gaza strip. most people have had no access to clean water, with only one of the three water pipelines from israel still operating, and at at less than half of its normal capacity. about 83% of ground water wells are out of service in gaza, and none of the wastewer treatments are functioning. let's continue the conversation with. my guests lamp priny thoma and thoma and chris williamson in the time we have left and chris um i want to pick up on what camela emmanuel said earlier uh something about popular sentiment versus government action and the wishes of the military industr

griffith said israel's military push into rafa, where at least 1.4 million displaced palestinians have taken shelter could lead to slaughter, he said the regime can't ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion, the un official also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in the city, saying the assault against palestinians quote on. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees expressed concern over the situation in raffa, saying there is absolutely no safe place there. um, basically uh, we were talking about the situation in raffa, which is a deeply, deeply concerning, and as you know, people are anxious and in fear of a possible large scale military operation. um, if this military operation is taking place, the question is, where will the civilian go? there is absolutely no safe place raffa anymore, and the fear is that the number of people killed and injured might again significantly increase. philip lazarini made the comments after meeting with un member states in geneva, he added that it was impossible to e

the statements martin griffith said israel's military push into raffa could lead to slaughter. he said the regime cannot ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion. the un official also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in raffa. he said the assault against palestinians there is quote unparalled in its intensity, brutality and scub. the un humanitarian chief said that any ground invasion would lead to the immediate sessation of the already fragile humanitarian operation there. islamabad based political analyst munir ahmed joined us earlier. with his take on the dire humanitarian condition in the southern gaza city of raffa and the potential israelt there, despite all the statements from some countries and huge response from different nations and people, but still we could not do any concrete step to save the palestinian people, now pushing or... the people to rafa where the like where 1.5 million people have been switched around and this seems that the un observation is much right that they there will be

in his statement, martin griffith said israel's military push into raffa could lead to slaughter. he said the regime can't ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion. the un official also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in rafa. he said the assault against palestinian zeir is, quote, unparalleled in its intensity, brutality and scope. the humanitarian chief said any ground invasion would lead to the immediate. the already fragile humanitarian operation there. the head of un relief and works agency is dismissed as short-sited the calls for dismantling of honor that was created tell palestinian refugees in the region. philip lazarini argues that terminating mandate weakens the world's ability to respond to the humanitarian crisis in gaza. and i have warned about the impact, i have said that this calls are short-sided, the impact is not just on the short term, it's not just weakening our collective ability to respond to the humanit crisis. at the time, i want to remind the icg has asked this response to be s

griffith said israel's military push into rafa where at least 1.4 million displaced palestinians have taken shelter could lead to slaughter. he said the regime can't ignore the recurring international against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion, the un official also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in the city, saying the assault against palestinians there is quote: unparalled in its intensity, brutality and scope. the un humanitarian chief said any ground invasion would lead to the immediate sessation of the already fragile humanitarian operation there. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees has made similar comments. um, basically uh, we were talking about the situation in raffa, which is deeply, deeply concerning. "and as you know, people are anxious and in fear of a possible large scale military operation, um, if this military operation is taking place, the question is, where will the civilian go, there is absolutely no safe place in raffa anymore, and the fear is that the number of people killed and injured might again significantly i

martin griffith on the displaced palestinians in rafa said it's unthinkable suffering they're going through, they've been on the move for months, braving bombs, disease and hunger. he asks where are they supposed to go, how are they supposed to be safe? please try to help us explain the answer that question, sir. well, it's it's quite clear, good, good morning for you and your guest as well as all your viewers uh. it's quite clear that the israeli forces are you know forcing more and more on the palestinians which creating a condition of a disaster in in in terms of the humanitarian conditions for the palestinians. we are talking about rafah. rafah now is almost more than 1.5 million people who are evacuated from different areas around um gaza, now they are going to rafah and there there isn't enough places even for them, and we are talking about even tents being established on the roads and on the bavements and everywhere. rafah is about 65 square kilometers and you are talking about 1.5 million that would make it more than 27,000 each kilometer, which is the highest density. ever in the w

in his statement, martin griffith said israel's military push into rafa, where at least 1.4 million displaced palestinians have taken shelter could lead to slaughter. he said the regime can't ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion, the un official. also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in the city, saying the assault against palestinians there is quote unparalleled and its intensity, brutality and scope. the un. humanitarian chief said, any ground invasion would lead to the immediate cessation of the already fragile humanitarian operation there, remember on tuesday, the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees expressed concern over the situation in rafa, saying there is absolutely no safe place there. um, basically uh, we were talking about the situation in raffa, which is deeply, deeply concerning and as you know, people are anxious and in fear of a possible large scale military operation. um, if this military operation is taking place, the question is, where will the civilian go? there is absolutely no sa

in his staven martin griffith said israel's military push into rafa where at least 1.4 million displaced palestinian. have taken shelter could lead to slaughter. he said the regime cannot ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion. the un official also raised. concerns over unraveling humanitarian crisis in the city saying the assault against palestinians there is, quote, "unparalled in its intensity, brutality, and scope. the un humanitarian chief said any ground invasion will lead to immediate cessation of already fragile humanitarian operation there. earlier on tuesday, the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees also expressed concern over the situation in raffa, saying that there is absolutely no safe place there. um, basically uh, we were talking about the situation in raffa, which is a deeply, deeply concerning, and as you know, people are anxious and in fear of a possible large scale military operation, um, if this military operation is taking place, the question is, where will the civilian go? "there is absolutely no s

in his statement, martin griffith said israel's military. push into rafa where at least 1.4 million displaced palestinians are taking shelter could lead to slaughter. he said the regime cannot ignore recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences. consequences of any such invasion. un official also raised concerns over unraveling humanitarian crisis in the city, saying the assault against palestinians there is unparalleled in intensity, brutality and scope. the un humanitarian chief said any ground invasion will lead to immediate sessation of the already fragile humanitarian operation there, and earlier on tuesday, head of the un agency for palestinian refugees, onra, expressed concerns over the situation. as well saying there is absolutely no safe place in rafa, um basically uh we were talking about the situation in raffa, which is a deeply deeply concerning and as you know people are anxious and in fear of a possible large scale military operation, um, if this military operation is taken. in place, the question is, where will the civilian go? there is absolutely no safe pl

in a statement, martin griffith said israel's military push into raffa could lead to slaughter. he said the regime can't ignore the recurrent international uh calls against the dangerous consequence. of any such invasion, the one official also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in rafa, he said the assault against palestinius quote unparalled in its intensity, brutality and scope, the un humanitarian chief said any ground invasion would lead to the immediate cessation of the already fragile humanitarian operation there. islamabad based political and simon ahmad joined us earlier with his take on the dire humanitarian situation in the southern um gaza city of rafa and potential israelt there uh despite all the statements from some countries and huge response from different nations and people but still we could not do any concrete step to save. the palestinian people now pushing the people to rafa where they like where 1.5 million people have been switched around and this seems that the un observation is much right that they there will be a larger scale killing

griffith said israel's military push into rafo where at least 1.4 million displaced palestinians have sought shelter could lead to slaughter. he said the regime cannot ignore recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion. "the un official also raised concerns over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in the city, saying the assault against palestinians there is unparalleled in intensity, brutality and scope. un. humanitarian chief said any ground invasion will lead to immediate sessation of the already fragile humanitarian operation there. now earlier tuesday, head of the un agency for palestinian refugees expressed concern over the situation in raffa, saying there is absolutely no safe place there. um, basically uh, we were talking about the situation in raffa, which is uh... deeply, deeply concerning, and as you know, people are anxious and in fear of a possible large scale military operation. um, if this military operation is taking place, the question is, where will the civilian go? there is absolutely no safe place in raffa anymore, and the f

in his statement, martin griffith said israel's military push into raffa where at least 1.4 million displaced palestinians have taken shelter could lead to slaughter. he said the regime can't ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion. the un official also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in the city. saying the assault against palestinians ears quote unparalled in its intensity, brutality and scope, the un humanitarian chief said any ground invasion would lead to the immediate cessation of the already fragile humanitarian operation there, the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees has made similar comments. um, basically uh, we were talking about the situation in raffa, which is a deeply, deeply concerning and as you know, people are anxious and in fear of a possible large scale military operation. um, if this military operation is taking place, the question is, where will the civilian go? there is absolutely no safe place in raffa anymore, and the fear is that the number of people killed in india might again

in the statement, martin griffiths a said that israel's military push into raffa could lead to slaughter. he said the regime cannot ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion. the un official also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in rufa. he said the assault against palestinians there is quote unparalled in its intensity, brutality and scub. un humanitarian chief said that any ground invasion would lead to the immediate sensation of the already fragile humanitarian operation there. islam about based political analyst munir ahmed joined us earlier with his take on the dire humanitarian condition in the southern gaza city of rafa and the potential is really ground assault there uh despite all this statements from some countries and huge response from different nations and people, but still we could not do any concrete step to save the palestinian people, now pushing the people to rafa where the like where one point five million people have been switched around and this seems that the un observation is much right th

griffith called on the us and its allies to reverse their decision saying the whole humanitarian response for gaz is completely dependents on honorawell. onra's life saving services, as was mentioned by so many member states yesterday. say to over three quarters of gaza's residence should not be jeopadized by the allegation, alleged actions of few individuals. it is matter of extraordinary disproportion. our humanitarian response for the occupied palestinian territory is dependent, completely dependent on rna being adequately funded and operational. honoral was founded in 1949 to help hundreds of thousands of palestinian refugees following the formation of thesign estent un. secretary general antonio guteresh also defended the agency saying it is backbone of all humanitarian operations in gaza. he appealed to all member countries to guarantee the continuity of honor's life-saving work. i underscored the importance of keeping under's vital work going to meet the dire needs of civilians in gaza and to ensure its continuity of services to palestine refugees. in the occupied west bank, jordan

martin griffiths also expressed concern about the possibility of the zionist regime attacking the city of rafah, which houses more than one million palestinian refugees from other parts of the gaza strip. griffith's statements angered the officials of the zionist regime , including the representative of this regime in the united nations . benigandes and. they threatened to dissolve the war cabinet. the media of the zionist regime reported that the conflicts and differences between the zionist war council and its members have increased. regime tv channel 11 the zionist announced: some members of the war cabinet, including benny ganses and gadi eisenkot , have demanded the acceptance of a cease-fire and the fruition of the osra exchange negotiations, but netanyahu insists on continuing the war and attacking rafah and believes that ganses is with. direct negotiations with american officials are smoothing the path of his prime ministership and removing netanyahu . the war cabinet of the zionist regime is a coalition with the presence of some officials who oppose the government. by forming

martin griffiths said the deprivation the people of gaza are suffering is severe and deep and no amount of aid will be enough to meet their needs. the director general of the world health organization announced that the health and humanitarian situation in this region is deteriorating and said that the gaza strip has become a death zone. must. one of the residents of a house was martyred. the attack on the car at the entrance of deir al-balah also left six martyrs. in khan yunus in the south of the gaza strip following the bombing of a refugee camp, 6 people were martyred and several were injured. in an attack on a house in rifa. at least 8 people, including a child, were killed in the southernmost city of the gaza strip. 293 people were martyred and 693 people were injured in the attacks of the zionist regime on the gaza strip. siege war and the hunger of the children of the gaza strip took to the streets. palestinian children protested the living conditions in the city of rafah in the southern gaza strip. in their demonstration, these children demanded the end of the war against the g

in his statement, martin griffith said israel's military push into raffa where at least one and a half million palestinians displaced are taking shelter could lead to slaughter. he said the regime cannot ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion. un official also raised concerns or the unraveling humanitary. in crisis in the city saying assault against palestinians there is quote unparalled in its intensity, brutality and scope. un humanitarian chief said that any ground invasion will lead to immediate sessation. of an already fragile humanitarian operation there earlier on tuesday, head of the un agency for palestinian refugees expressed concern over the situation in rafa, saying that there is absolutely no safe place there. um, basically uh, we were talking about the situation in raffa, which is a deeply, deeply concerning, and uh, as you know, people a anxious and in fear of a possible large scale military operation, um, if this military operation is taking place, the question is, where will the civilian go? there is absolutely

the un humanitarian chief martin griffiths has warned the planned assault on the city could lead to slaughter. occupation forces have raided several cities in the occupied west bank too. they've stormed a refugee camp in nabulas and blocked ambulances from reaching the area. multiple israeli air strikes on southern lebanon have killed at least 10 civilians. they come day after rockets attacks from southern lebanon onto the north of occupied palestine that killed one occupation soldier and injured several others. apartide israel has killed more than 28,500 palestinians so far, most of the dead are women and children. joining me for the discussion in the studio, political analyst mahmoud and via skype, new york-based rabbi, david waise, good to have you both with us, let me start with rabbi ways, how serious is the prospect of the military invasion of rafa, and do you think... think um, it's perhaps more of push by the israelis for political leverage in the ceasefire negotiations that are underway. well, first with the help of the almighty, i pray to the almighty upon his truth is wisdom that i

martin griffith said: "the deprivation that the people of gaza are suffering from is severe and deep, no amount of aid will be enough to meet their needs." director general of the world organization health announced that the health and humanitarian situation in this area is deteriorating and said that the gaza strip has become a death zone. with the focus of the zionist regime's attacks on the center of the gaza strip today, more than 45. people were martyred in this area. nusirat deir al-balah camp was also the target of zionist attacks. in one of these attacks, 25 residents of a house were martyred. the attack on a car at the entrance of deirle also left six martyrs. in khan yunus , in the south of the gaza strip , 6 people were martyred and a number of others were injured following the bombardment of a camp. in an attack on a house in rafah, the southernmost city. out of hand at least 8 people, including a child, were martyred. in air and artillery attacks. in the past 24 hours , 118 people were martyred and 163 people were injured in the gaza strip. the attacks were focused on the

griffiths uh said he is appalled that a medecin sans frontiere shelter was shelled last night in gaza, injuring staff and killing members of their family. in a social media post, mr. griffith said humanitarians are putting their lives on the line, and like all civilians, they must be protected. our humanitarian partners, working on water, sanitation and health issues in gaza warned yesterday that urgent action is needed to address the public health catastrophe unfolding in the gaza stripped. most people have had no access to clean water, with only one of the three water pipelines from israel still operating and at at less than half of its normal capacity. about 83% of ground water wells are out of service in gaza and none of the waste water treatments are functioning. let's continue the conversation with my guests lamp priny thoma and thoma and chris williamson in the time we have left and chris um i want to pick up uh on what camela emmanuel said earlier uh something about popular sentiment versus government action and the wishes of the military industrial complex. what do you make o

griffith said israel's military push into rafa could lead to slaughter he said "the regime can't ignore the recurrent international calls against the dangerous consequences of any such invasion. the un official also raised concern over the unraveling humanitarian crisis in rafa. he said the assault against palestinians eers quote "unparalled in its intensity brutality and scope. the un humanitarian chief said any ground invasion would lead to the immediate cessation of the already fragile humanitarian operation there." "well, south africa has submitted an urgent request to the international court of justice to examine if israel's planned assault on the palestinian city of raffa in the southern gaza strip breaches the court's orders. the south african government has in a statement said it was greatly concerned that the unprecedented military offensive against raffa has already led to and will result in further large-scale killings. the staven also added any ground invasion would be serious and irreperable breach of the genocide convention. and the court's order of january the 26th, last

the united nations humanitarian coordinator martin griffiths has warned that ongoing telecom blackout main internet service providers have been off—line for more than a week. mr griffiths said people were also unable to transfer funds because of the blackout. in a post on social media, he urged those responsible to restore the networks. millions of people around the world are tuning in to watch the super bowl, pitting the kansas city chiefs against the san francisco 49ers. the 49ers are currently up by 10-3. we the 49ers are currently up by 10—3. we will get some pictures from las vegas, from the stadium. it is half—time at the moment. we're counting down to a live performance usher. could it be third time lucky for carey mulligan at next month's oscars? she's one of only two british actors to be nominated for an academy award this yearfor her performance in maestro, about the complicated life of the composer and conductor leonard bernstein. the film is co—written and directed by bradley cooper, who also plays bernstein. carey mulligan has been speaking to our culture editor, katie ra

martin griffiths said at least 25 million people are in need of assistance — and the un has had verys. more than 9 million people have been displaced in ten months of conflict between rival military leaders. this image of a young polar bear asleep on an iceberg, has won the wildlife photographer of the year people's choice award. british amateur photographer nima sarikhani took the photograph after 3 days searching for polar bears through thick fog, off norway's svalbard archipelago. he's been telling us how he took the photo, and how it felt to win. i'm still just totally shocked and incredibly humbled and it's such an important competition for anyone who is into wildlife photography and i never thought that i would get anywhere near this day. i'm still trying to take it all in. it was an ice breaker up exploring the north in the middle of covid. it was the only boat operating so we had the whole boat to ourself. the skies opened and we were able to spend eight hours with the bears. i couldn't believe it. it wasjust magical. unbelievable. this image wasjust before midnight. having t

martin griffith said at least 25 million people are in need of assistance and the un has had limited people have been displaced in ten months of conflict between rival military leaders. and sweden's public prosecutor closed an investigation into the sabotage of the nord stream gas pipelines saying that the jurisdiction did not apply. three of the pipelines between russia and germany were blown up russia and germany were blown up under the baltic sea in 2022. the prosecutor said that there's no evidence that swedish citizens were involved or that swedish authorities used it. investigations continue, and the kremlin called the swedish decision "remarkable". the image of a young polar bear asleep on an iceberg has won the wildlife photographerer of the wildlife photographerer of the year people's choice award. this stunning picture of a young polar bear sleeping on an iceberg — captured by the british amateur photographer — neema sari kani was the people's choice — among a roll—call of fabulous pictures. i'm stilljust i'm still just totally ammed and shocked and incredibly humbled and i

very much now the un humanitarian affairs chief martin griffith says he is a pull that the killing of dozens of people while waiting for food. and his social media posts. griffith said, even after close to 5 months of brutal hostilities, gaza still has the ability to shock us. i'm appalled at the reported killing an injury of hundreds of people during a transfer of 8 supplies west of guys, a city today. this comes as the death toll across garza since october. the 7th hits the $30000.00 mark. life is draining out of gaza at terrifying speed. bernard smith is an occupied east jerusalem for more on this. bernard is real. acknowledges that it opened fire on palestinians, but it's not taking full responsibility for what happened. what are they saying happened and why do they say they opened fire? the serial is riley military brief, the media a few hours ago on what it says happened in northern gauze. or it says it'd be a truck to clear the why the gauze, the check point, this is a, this is a division that is right. was made to separate garza from the north and the south. it had gone throug

martin griffiths said the un had very limited access, and at least 25 million people were in urgent needn assistance. 25 million people — far too many of them children. 18 million people are "acutely food insecure". qatar has beaten iran 2—0 to progress to the final of the asian cup on saturday. the men�*s team will now facejordan in the final on saturday. polls open soon in pakistan�*s general elections — it comes the day after two bomb explosions near candidates�* offices in the pakistani province of balochistan killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens. the vote has been marred by violence and claims of poll—rigging. former pm imran khan is barred from contesting. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies reports. these are the images the pakistan government didn�*t want to have in the public mind before the election. two explosions at two election offices the day before the polls open. isis has now claimed responsibility for one of them. pakistan has seen an increase in militant attacks, and that comes on top of economic problems and political instability. but the question that�*

what we are seeing is what martin griffiths, that same un official you just quoted, we are seeing themax if you like of this, what martin called an unprecedentedly barbaric assault and i say that president biden needs to stop talking about benjamin netanyahu going over top. we need to see a massive humanitarian mobilisation, the protection of palestinians can no longer be in the israeli hands. if the americans can get warships to the eastern mediterranean for military purposes, they can get them therefore merit —— are monetarily in purposes. president 0bama in 2010 signed an executive order after the 80 earthquake and 20,000 service personnel were mobilised, floating ships, helicopters and ships to evacuate the sick and wounded and dying. that is the kind of humanitarian response we need. the safe area in inverted commas designated by israel is six square miles, not enough for 1.5 million people, even to stand up in. in amongst all this, unwra has been in focus facing accusations that some staff colluded with hamas in the october the 7th attacks and they may have knowingly let hamas b

martin griffiths was warning of a potential slaughter. do you share that sort of alarm?re that sort of alarm? ~ , alarm? absolutely, i was there m self alarm? absolutely, i was there myself recently. _ alarm? absolutely, i was there myself recently. it _ alarm? absolutely, i was there myself recently. it is _ alarm? absolutely, i was there myself recently. it is a - alarm? absolutely, i was there myself recently. it is a sea - alarm? absolutely, i was there myself recently. it is a sea of. myself recently. it is a sea of people, wherever you go, wherever you drive, where it is very difficult to drive, simply because everything is congested and you drive at a donkey cart pace, if you wish. everywhere you go there is people, and the shelters are overflowing, overcrowded. the question is where did they go? they have no right to go. the question is where did they go? they have no right to go.— question is where did they go? they have no right to go. the un has said it will not participate _ have no right to go. the un has said it will not participate in _ have no right to go

humanitarian chief martin griffiths said palestinians in gaza were suffering an "assault that is unparallelednsity, brutality and scope". a day of negotiations in cairo on a new ceasefire deal between israel and hamas has ended without a breakthrough. live now to our correspondent, barbara plett usher, injersualem. i don't know if you have any more information about the reports we are getting about the evacuation of the hospital. getting about the evacuation of the hosital. , , , ., , getting about the evacuation of the hosital. , , ., , ., hospital. yes, the hospital is one ofthe hospital. yes, the hospital is one of the few _ hospital. yes, the hospital is one of the few functioning _ hospital. yes, the hospital is one of the few functioning hospitals l of the few functioning hospitals left in gaza and it has been under siege for many weeks because it is in khan yunis, the focus of the israeli military operation. they said that's where hamas has its command structure and its leadership. but the hospital has been surrounded by tanks, the palestinians are there, the doctors have for a while r

what we are seeing is what martin griffiths quoted, this is the climax of an unprecedentedly barbaricssault. i say that president biden needs to stop talking about this. and mr netanyahu going over the top need to see a massive humanitarian mobilisation of protection of pallet testing —— palestinians. if the americans can get warships to the eastern mediterranean for military purposes. 20,000 us service personnel were mobilised with floating ships, with helicopters and they are on ships to evacuate the sick and wounded and dying. that is the kind of humanitarian response we need. the safe area, in inverted commas that israel has designated, is a six square miles, which is not enough for 1.5 million people even to stand up in. let's speak now to the military correspondence from the times of israel. you speak to a lot of people who are high up in the israeli military. what is the thinking in this sense of what will happen in rafah, from where you are. for the army to operate in rafah, and it eventually will, the palestinian population of 1.5 million civilians currently sheltering in the

the un's humanitarian coordinator martin griffiths says leaders from both sides have agreed to meet forthe delivery of aid — though it's unclear when that will happen. mr griffiths says at least 25 million people are in need of immediate help and the un has had limited access. the world food programme reports that 18 million people across the country face acute hunger. nearly 5 million people now face emergency levels of hunger. security threats and roadblocks have made the work of humanitarian agencies nearly impossible. the un is appealing for $4.1 billion to fund humanitarian operations in sudan, and help neighbouring countries hosting refugees. here's the high commissioner for refugees speaking from sudan this week. it is important to reiterate our call, especially to the military leaders here in sudan. they have to go back to peace talks. they have to go back to a meaningful piece track. at least with a ceasefire so that people can go back to their homes, the millions of those that have been displaced. and then,in that have been displaced. and then, in the meantime, while this comp

the united nations humanitarian coordinator, martin griffiths, has warned that ongoing telecom blackoutessential services. most of sudan's main internet service providers have been offline for more than a week. mr griffiths said people were also unable to transfer funds because of the blackout. in a post on social media, he urged those responsible to restore the networks. the head of nato has strongly criticised donald trump, after he suggested at a campaign rally, he might encourage russia to attack any nato members who didn't pay their dues. jens stoltenberg said the comments could undermine security and put soldiers at risk. the white house called mr trump's words �*unhinged'. our security correspondent frank gardner has more. we're still nine months away from the us presidential election, but already the man who wants to be back in the white house has been accused of encouraging russia to attack nato countries that don't pay enough for their defence. have a listen. one of the presidents of a big country stood up, said, well, sir, if we don't pay and we're attacked by russia, will yo

griffiths has said he is appalled by reports that more than 100 people have been killed in gaza whileas the ability to shock us, he wrote on x. he added this comes as the death toll across gaza since the 7th of october hit the 30,000 mark. hello, there. quite a mixture of weather around this afternoon. across eastern areas of england, we have a slow—moving weather front, bringing persistent outbreaks of rain. further north—west, we've got heavy showers — some of these will have thunder and hail mixed in, but the rain certainly set in across east anglia, down through southeast england, where it's going to stay, really, through the rest of the day today. so particularly wet weather here. showers in northern ireland aren'tjust going to stay for western counties. they're going to sweep right the way across with hail and thunder in those. also hail and thunder in the showers across western areas of scotland. the day's top temperature ranging from 8 to 12 celsius for most. now, overnight tonight, a new area of low pressure is set to develop with a band of rain starting to push in through th

the un's humanitarian coordinator martin griffiths says leaders from both sides have agreed to meet for on the delivery of aid, though it's unclear when that will happen. mr griffiths says at least 25 million people are in need of immediate help and the un has had limited access. the world food programme reports that 18 million people across the country face acute hunger and nearly 5 million now face emergency levels of hunger. security threats and roadblocks have made the work of humanitarian agencies nearly impossible. the un is appealing for $4.1 billion to fund humanitarian operations in sudan, and help neighbouring countries hosting refugees. here's the high commissioner for refugees, speaking from sudan this week. it is important to reiterate our call. especially to the military leaders here in sudan. they have to go back to peace talks. they have to go back to a meaningful peace track at least starting with a ceasefire so that people can go back to their homes, the millions of those that have been displaced. then, in the meantime, when this complex political exercise goes on, it

martin griffiths said at least 25—million people were in urgent need of aid because of the civil war.ealing forjust over four billion dollars to fund aid operations. the british dental association has called the government's plans to give bonuses to dentists who take on new nhs patients in england " rearranging the deckchairs". the measures include one—off payments to those who practice in under—served areas, incentives to take on new patients and more help for children. labour says the plans don't go far enough. prince william has returned to royal duties, after taking some time to be with his wife, the princess of wales, as she recovers from surgery. this evening, he has been attending a charity gala to raise funds for the london air ambulance. we start in the middle east — the us�* top diplomat, secretary of state antony blinken says there's �*still space for agreement�* on a deal to release israeli hostages in gaza. secretary blinken met with regional officials today — including israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu and president isaac herzog. the secretary of state also met

aid chief martin griffiths. >> there is a certain kind of obscenity about the humanitarian world whichis the competition of suffering, a competition. i have more suffering than you so i need more money. i don't think there's anywhere quite so tragic in the world today as sudan. nermeen: the world food programme warned last week sudanese people are dying of starvation as the conflict has cut off many people from accessing aid. this comes as 13 sudanese asylum seekers died after their boat capsized off tunisia's coast wednesday. 27 other passengers were missing as of thursday. the international organization for migration found more than 3000 people drowned in the mediterranean sea while attempting to cross to europe in 2023. and in related news, a greek court has acquitted 16 humanitarian workers who helped rescue refugees in the mediterranean in 2015 and 2016. they had been accused of espionage and other charges in what has been condemned as the criminalization of humanitarian work. but the aid workers are not in the clear yet as they still face a separate felony trial with charges incl

s top humanitarian official martin griffiths said that an assault on rafah "could lead to a slaughter." amy: we go now to rafah where we are joined by journalist akram al-satari. welcome back to democracy now! we have just heard these chilling reports from inside nasser hospital right before israel occupied it and the bombing of it. you have sent out a picture of some of the ammunition used by the israeli military. explain what happened inside and also what is happening around you in rafah. >> the situation continues to be extremely dire. inside nasser medical, occupation forces have been targeting the facility. they were destroying the walls of the hospital come the exterior of the hospital. they targeted the surgery department in the hospital and injured at least -- when he was inside come the surgery department. they ask people to leave the hospital and when they leave the hospital, they shot them dead. they i asked him one guy a man was killed ande ground. around 80 bodies in front of the gates of nasser hospital come up to 200 meters away from the hospital. fear, death, and shock

now also, we heard from the un a chief martin griffiths saying that a military operation could lead to a slaughter, saying it would lead humanitarian efforts in gaza at death's door. we've also seen from the egyptian side of the border with gaza that there seems to be according to european the insecurity officials, a buildup of security potentially concerned about any spillover from what could happen if this if this operation did go ahead. rosemary and elliot, let's go to you now, live in london. what what is the latest on those hostage? go station talks in cairo. >> rosemary, no breakthrough, but no breakdown in the talks either. they are still ongoing, albeit perhaps at a lower level. we of course had the head of the most ad from israel. we have his counterpart from egypt. and of course his counterpart from the us. bill burns, and also the qatari prime minister as well discussing the framework deal that was proposed in paris. just the other week. and also, hamas has counter proposal for a hostage deal that would see the more than 100 israeli hostages who were taken captive as part of

and you and a chief martin griffith. so said that so don, keeps getting forgotten by the international community. how hard is it to help people when the world's attention moves away? this is the extreme, the difficult to to, to keeps providing why in the world is totally forgetting about. so dawn, there are more than 25000000 people boss struggling with 100. and we have 18000000 people facing acute tongue. i think people are just getting used to this crisis. all of these numbers of people and people display people who was targeting, eat something from sleeping with an emphasis to look. the situation is pulling up this topic. and you come on, just keep dead when a blind is the situation. and so that we went through some of the numbers just a moment ago. and the thing that strikes you immediately is just the size of the numbers are astronomical. how difficult is it for your agency and agencies like yours to be able to simply cope with the numbers that need help it's, it's really difficult, especially the, with the war on g

where you answer monetary chief martin griffiths describing this as a potential slaughter in the cards, but up lots of stake right now, nada bashir in cairo. thank you very much for that report. tonight, two former hostages rescued from gaza are thanking is security forces 60 year-old fernando marman, and 70 year-old louis har, spent more than four months in captivity >> i want everyone who was kidnapped and is still being held in gaza to be returned to us in peace. we will do everything so it can come true. and so they can be as happy as we are today. >> luis jr.'s son-in-law, eden, measure ono's joining us now from israel. it all five of, all five of his relatives were taken hostage back on october 7, three were released in november you don thank you so much for joining us. i'm happy so members or your family are back with you. what is a bit like for your family to experience this reunion? >> and this reunion, kayla's came to us very, very unpredictable moment and it caught us really a 3am 315 in the morning when we got a call and since then, the whole family became a turbulent and t

and also the un, a chief martin griffiths who gave a statement saying, quote, today, i'm sounding the alarm. once again, military operations and rafah could lead to a slaughter in gaza they could also leave an already fragile humanitarian operation at death's door. so there are some very dire warnings coming from a number of different areas. the uk foreign minister david cameron also saying that that is is at risk of violating international law if it does not allow the humanitarian aid to get into gaza where it is needed. now we know on the egyptian side of the border as well with gaza, that according to european security officials, there's a buildup of security. we understand in the northern sinai as well, there is more of a security he presence as egypt is very concerned, that there could be a significant invasion into rafah, there were 1.3 million palestinians in this small area. at this point, the vast majority of them about 1 million of them in a sprawling tent city, many of them have been moved on a number of times before all they have fled violence in the northern gaza, central

here one humanitarian chief, martin griffith says war, and that would be a nightmare if displace palestinians are forced to flee into egypt. jose, and how easy is a former egyptian assistant for a minister. he says that egypt already has plans for the area of design i desert, where preparations appear to be taking place of what's going on there. i guess is this the supplier, this urban development plan being implemented? it shouldn't be interpreted, it shouldn't be interpreted as user is grouped pratt is preparing to accommodate the stadiums, lee and the minutes that there's that i even minutes the at that if, if it may not get back will take place. but i would like to underline that, that we, we, we have had our own plans to develop that part of northern, of the northern eastern side 9. and it is not related. it's not should not be related to not be seen as related to the ongoing situation in roughly or in the augusta said, having said that, of course, of course, resend by the front as being as it goes up. there's different government is doing. it's more to stop these that i eat is from a go

during the security council's meeting, un aid chief martin griffiths called on the us and its allies to reverse their decision saying the whole humanitarian response for gaza is completely dependent on anroa. anra's life saving services, as was mentioned by so many member states yesterday, to over three quarters of gaza's residence should not be jeapardized by the allegation, alleged actions of few individuals. it is matter of extraordinary disproportion. our humanitarian response for the occupied. palestinian territory is dependent, completely dependent on her being adequately funded and operational. honor was founded in 1949 tell hundreds of thousands of palestinian refugees following the formation of the zianity. un secretary general antonio guteris also defended the agency saying it's the backbone of all humanitarian. operations in gaza. he appealed to all member countries to guarantee the continuity of honor's life-saving work. i underscored the importance of keeping undra's vital work going to meet the dire needs of civilians in gaza and to ensure its continuity of services to