we rely on unrwa's capacity and operate unrwa school. and health clinics and as was detailed, the organization has and still is responsible for a massive relief operation in the hour of greatest need for the palestinian civilians in embasessa. there are of course important recommendations in the report that the organization is and must be implementing, but again, you need to know that we and most importantly, the palestinians simply cannot do without unrwa. based on reports from my colleagues on the ground and my two latest visits in recent months i will share hard facts about realities on the ground. first, the positive good news. the ceasefire between israel and hamas has at long last allowed hostages and the number of detainees to finally be reunited with their families and introduced a welcome hold in the hostilities in gaza. starting yesterday, we have seen tens of thousands of civilians finally could make their way back home to their homes in gaza's north. but when i visited gaza in december, i was shocked by the disruption that th

you are not here to serve unrwa or the employees of unrwa. yet this council and the general assembly availed countless sessions fixated on protecting this broken vehicle, losing sight of the real priority, the people it is meant to serve, the surfaces, the education -- services, the education, valve cleanings. it is time to abandon the illusion that a compromised agency achieves anything meaningful. funds and efforts must no longer stain an organization blacked by this function and infiltrated by terror. the focus must shift to supporting other organizations that are untainted, accountable, and generally committed to protective development. israel is more than ready and willing to work with agencies with proven track record of efficiency and accountability. agencies have already begun to fill the void left by unrwa's failures. and with increased support, they can do even more. the international community must make these efforts a priority rather than turning a blind eye to corruption and collaboration with terrorism. the defenders of unrwa of

the 30 january - approaching the 30 january deadline, when an israeli law will take effect forcing unrwang it difficult to wake in gaza and the west bank. what you expect to take place in a matter of days?— what you expect to take place in a matter of days? truly they have been _ in a matter of days? truly they have been no _ in a matter of days? truly they have been no details _ in a matter of days? truly they have been no details provided | have been no details provided around this law in terms of how it will affect unrwa and the occupied palestinian territory, gaza, the west bank including — we have seen injerusalem how they are stopping our activity there. in gaza and the west bank, there have been no details. we expect it will be difficult for unrwa staff to obtain visas and any of our ongoing efforts to be able to reach some agreement for them to go into a certain area of gaza and the west bank without being targeted. 0f gaza and the west bank without being targeted. of course we have 272 unrwa staff killed by israeli military during this last 15 months, and we are very concerned f

unrwa must go. what i've just described is not what the american people want out of their taxpayer dollars. our contributions should serve america's interests first. i know you will bring that message to the united nations system loud and clear. representative stefanik, i believe it is reasonable to evaluate every u.n. agency to determine if what they are doing is directly beneficial to america and hold them account until the answer is a resounding yes. anything less should not be tolerated but these agencies cannot be changed. and at this point, the u.s. should seriously examine if further contributions and indeed participation in the u.n. is even beneficial to the american people. i'm interested to hear your plans for change at the u.n., and i look forward to seeing your tremendous work i know you'll do for our country to make the world a safer place for future generations. thank you. senator shaheen? sen. shaheen: welcome. and welcome to your family as well. whether it's stemming the flow of fent

thank you, juliette touma from unrwa. staying in the middle east.israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in southern lebanon, and says 15 people have been killed and dozens injured. israel's military — which missed today's deadline to leave the area, after a 60—day ceasefire deal expired — says its troops had fired "warning shots" in order to "remove threats". both israeli troops and his brotherfighters were supposed to have completed their respective withdrawals. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega is in beruit and outlined what the deal was. this deal stipulated the withdrawal of israeli troops from the south of the country, and also the removal of hezbollah fighters and weapons from the south, and at the same time, thousands of lebanese soldiers would be deployed to that part of the country. now, what the israelis are saying is that this deal hasn't been fully implemented, that the lebanese military hasn't really fully deployed to the south. and in response, the lebanese are saying that there have been delays in

roland friedrich from unrwa in _ strip. roland friedrich from unrwa in the _ strip. unrwa in the occupied i strip. roland friedrich from. unrwa in the occupied west bank, thank you very much for your time on bbc news. ajudge in kenya has warned he will imprison the police chief for contempt of court on monday if he fails to show up for a third time and account for a recent string of alleged abductions. police have denied involvement, but the disappearance of dozens of young government critics since anti—tax protests last year has provoked a public backlash. 0ur africa correspondent barbara plett usher reports. in the season of kenya's gen z protests, the town of kitengela was a flashpoint. police struck hard at demonstrators angered by tax hikes and corruption. dozens were arrested, but many around the country disappeared. they were surveilling our mobile phones. they were tracking us down. jamil�*s brother aslam was one of the protest organisers. he'd been warned to stop. both were pulled into a car outside their home, hooded and handcuffed. after that, no sign of t

at unrwa, we have on the back. rooms left. people are seeking �*where are seeking shelter where they are, they were just trying to are. they were just trying to one room, are. they were just trying to one room, two rooms, secure one room, two rooms, putting tents and putting plastic tents and sheets around their putting plastic tents and sheets were, und their putting plastic tents and sheets were, und they their putting plastic tents and sheets were, und they th build from “one“ tee—e, and the " heritd' "w w 7 r ~ , ~ from there. “a"e' ee sea the" l'fl ——~ —— — , —— — —— from there. really scale up the north. need to scale up in the north. it is we get it is essential that we get these supplies in. many of the supplies we are distributing sunnlies we are distributing , �*have sunnlies we are distributing , �* have been supplies we are distributing , �* have been stuck sunnlies we are distributing , �* have been stuck of gaza now have been stuck out of gaza for seven or months. we now have been stuck out of gaza for

they still need reform efforts and modernization but don't have the terrorist unrwa ties that unrwa - terrorist ties that unrwa had, particularly in the october 7 attack against israel, whether it was the unrwa office, the hamas data center, or individuals within unrwa who participate in the terrorist attack against israel on october 7. so i fully support the president's commitment to defunding, and i'm proud to have voted for that in the congress. sen. hagerty: great. i have several more questions, but i want to touch on one last one quickly. that has to do with the accountability of the world health organization. taking into consideration the concerns are on cover pandemic, what happened there, the w.h.o. role there. president trump i think right lead withdrew us from funding, president biden put us back in it. what are your thoughts on the accountability that we received so far? rep. stefanik: i support president trump's's decision to walk away from w.h.o. w.h.o. failed on a global stage in the covid pandemic for all the world to see and instead spewed ccp talking points that i bel

isjuliette touma — director of communications at the united nations agency for palestine refugees, unrwak to you. just tell us what the ceasefire deal would alleviate in terms of the humanitarian suffering on the ground there.— ground there. thank you for havin: ground there. thank you for having me _ ground there. thank you for having me and _ ground there. thank you for having me and good - ground there. thank you for having me and good to - ground there. thank you for l having me and good to speak ground there. thank you for - having me and good to speak to you. there is quite a lot of anticipation to say the least for what will happen should this deal go into effect on sunday noon time in gaza. i think everyone is absolutely exhausted in gaza. it would bring a bit of respite. we also hope this will bring a massive boost of humanitarian supplies and commercial supplies to help the private sector stand back on its feet. the private sector stand back on its feet-— on its feet. the ceasefire would stipulate - on its feet. the ceasefire would stipulate 600 - on its feet. the ceasefire i w

early last year, "the wall street journal" reported that 10 prongs of unrwa's -- 10% of unrwa's staffst militant groups. among them, six took part in the october 7 assault that left 1200 israelis dead and hundreds more in captivity. after reports emerged that an unrwa teacher held an israeli hostage in his attic, i pressed the agency to investigate that employee. instead of taking action, the group dismissed this request and this claim as unsubstarchiaitied, and called -- unsubstantiated and called on the israeli news to, i'm quoting, immediately delete the post. we also know unrwa has indoctrine ain'ted palestinian children with schools that glorify terrorism and promote violent hatred of jews, allowed hamas to store weapons in their buildings, provided support and aid to the terror group. now, a new report from u.n. watch, the top watchdog for holding the u.n. accountable, shows that unrwa works with hamas, as well as palestinian islamic jihad at the highest level of the agency. to quote the report, this secret relationship allows the terrorist organizations to significantly influen

unrwa health centres are being repaired, rapid repair to get those centres back up and running. overary care centre the north. some of the field hospitals that have where people are. the on that trek home. not a particular 2: way way but in �* having reach but in �* having reach a iut in �* having reach a iut in burnt iaving to reach a possibly burnt or home. many others destroyed home. many others finding their home mm will kee- an e e on of deepseek — a low—cost chatbot built by a chinese had fallen to $2.9 trillion. trillion—dollar club. on monday, there were fresh questions about america�*s less powerful chips and less data. nvidia, by far the largest casualty, dealing it the slide also knocked it from its position demand for al hardware. the need for more of its chips. tariffs to start at 2.5% on all american imports. bessent believes tariffs should be raised on a month—by—month basis. i think it is important to start by saying he prefers starting with the bigger headline tariff rate and wants to do that as soon this weekend on mexico and canada. his view but not the deals it wa

all of us humanitarian agencies cannot replace unrwa just like that.er. 13,000 unrwa staff inside of gaza. >> schools. >> schools, warehouses, trucks, everything that are being used also by organizations like ours. so that will be difficult and we would hope that there will be certain exemptions to allow for that operational effectiveness to happen. >> because it would be illegal for you to do any work with them? >> yeah. >> right? you have a tremendous amount of work, janti soeripto, ahead of you. thank you very much for sharing with us. and i know you've been working in california as well with children out there. >> as well. yeah. it -- well, we try to be there for kids wherever the crisis hits. >> thank you. we will be right back. >>> that's it for us today on this very busy sunday. cbs news will be on the air and streaming startig at 7:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow with "cbs mornings," followed by our coverage of the -- of mr. trump's second inauguration all day long, including a primetime special at 10:00 p.m. i will see you then. for "face the na

sam rose is acting director of unrwa affairs in gaza. are beginning to make their way back home. whether they find a home is another matter. thatjoy that people felt when the ceasefire came into effect is fading for some as they returned to find there is nothing left of their former lives. if you would like to follow more on the gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, you can take a look at the live page of our website, and you will see the reference at the top two emily damari, the british israeli hostage who was freed yesterday, saying she is the happiest in the world. there is another picture of her with her mother mandy further down in that reporting, where her mum says she is doing better—than—expected. you can follow all of those developments on the bbc news website and the bbc app. this is bbc news. tiktok is back up and running in the united states after a short—lived ban. the app's chinese owners thanked mr trump, saying he'd clarified that there would be no penalties for companies hosting the platform. a leading figure in british busi

sam rose is acting director of unrwa affairs in gaza. can say is that the aid trucks started flowing at 11.15. so as soon as the ceasefire came into effect, those trucks started flowing. trucks have been able to go backwards and forwards to the crossing points in southern gaza today. so we are expecting a major uptick in the volume of aid that has come in. and, of course, it is far easierfor us to go and collect that aid, because many of the problems we have faced so far in the war go away when the fighting stops. we are no longer moving through an active conflict zone — we no longer have to coordinate all these movements with the israeli authorities because we are going through a conflict zone. and we have not, today — and it is too early to say whether this will hold, but we hope that it will — we have not faced any major problems with looting and criminality. we have been able to go into the crossing relatively freely and we have been able to go out, importantly, using the routes that we want to use to get the aid to our warehouses an

agencies have already begun to fill the void left by unrwa's failures. and with increased support, they can do even more. the international community must make these efforts a priority rather than turning a blind eye to corruption and collaboration with terrorism. the defenders of unrwa often argue that its termination would create a humanitarian crisis. this is a falsehood. >> we are going to leave this state program here, which you can finish watching at c-span.org, as we take you live to a trump resort where the house republican retreat is being held. house speaker mike johnson holding a fireside chat there, with live coverage on c-span. >> 94% of those republicans have been deeply engaged in the conversations. they've gone to the scores of discussion sessions that we've had. they've been part of the debate and discussion. it has all been healthy and productive. that leads us up to where we are now. this is the next step in that process. our objective by tomorrow is to have a blueprint for the budget resolution that will unlock the reconciliation proc

as unrwa, we were running large—scale aid programmes before the war.und who can do this work. in many ways, the distribution of supplies — supplies that have been outside gaza for several months, this is the easy bit. we have got to move away from thinking about people's needs in gaza as a function of the volume of aid, the number of aid trucks that get in. real rebuilding process here will take an awful lot of time. we are notjust talking about food, health care, buildings, roads, infrastructure. we've got individuals, families, communities that need to be rebuilt. the trauma that they have gone through, the suffering, the loss, the grief, the humiliation and the cruelty that they have endured over the past 16 months, this is going to be a very, very long road. every person in gaza has been traumatised by what has gone on. everyone has lost something. most of those homes are now destroyed, most of the roads are now destroyed. it's going to be a long, long process of rehabilitation and rebuilding, but we absolutely have to make it work. here in the uk,

the order comes months after the israeli parliament voted to ban unrwa from operating in both israeles aid, education and health care to palestinians — have said the move is contradictory to israel's international obligations as a member state. staying in the middle east. the lebanese health ministry has accused the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in southern lebanon, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens more. israel's military has missed a deadline to leave the area, as a 60—day ceasefire deal expired — it has not said how long its forces will stay in lebanon. both israeli troops and his brotherfighters were supposed to have completed their respective withdrawals. israel says lebanese troops have not deployed fast enough, while the lebanese military blames israeli procrastination. lebanon's new president, generaljoseph aoun, called for restraint. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega is in beruit and outlined what the deal was. this deal stipulated the withdrawal of israeli troops from the south of the country, and also the removal

doubling our aid for sudan, helping hundreds of british people leave lebanon, restoring funding for unrwa up for international causes and taking tough decisions and export licences but not flinching and defending israel against an flinching and defending israel againstan iranian flinching and defending israel against an iranian regime that wants to destroy it. while at the same time working for that ceasefire in gaza so we can bring all the hostages home and advance a two state solution. and when it comes to china, progressive realism means consistency, not isolation, as i set out when i was visiting beijing and rachel reeves's is continuing this week, pragmatic engagement to cooperate with china where we can on trade, climate, global health, ai regulation, but also very robust dialogue and challenge where there are clear threats. sanctioning chinese firms who supply technology to support putting's war, working for the release ofjimmy lai, calling to an end for human rights abuses and an end cyber attacks on the uk and an end to sanctions and our parliamentarians. and on the climate and n

but for example, unrwa. and other international organizations. without which hamas wouldn't have many of the resources it needs to conduct these violent attacks on israel and our own people. when the gentleman from massachusetts talks about the plight of the people in gaza, we should be reminded of the massive piles of pallettes of food and relief that are stacked up because the united nations is too incompetent to move those pallettes, and remind our friends of the extent to which hamas has been taking those resources and not distributing them to the people in gaza. the fact of the matter here, this legislation is inherently america first. we have had situations where we have had american soldiers and our people targeted by the i.c.c. it will happen again if the house of representatives and the senate and the president don't take action to sanction the i.c.c. to prevents this from happening again in the future -- to prevent this from happening again in the future. i appreciate the chairman, i appreciate the support of virtually every member of t

[applause] and most egregiously, it included unrwa, perhaps the most revealing of all, which had a hamas data center underneath its headquarters having nearly two dozen staff members directly involved in the october 7 terrorist attacks with another 100 with terrorist ties. that is why we need to defund unwrapped immediately! -- defund unwrah immediately! of course, it included the absurdly named human rights council composed of some of the worst human rights abusers having a standing antisemitic agenda item related to israel and adopting a resolution stating israel should be held responsible for water crimes while failing to condemn the atrocities and barbarism committed by hamas. even the secretary-general cannot bring himself to condemn hamas after the murder of hostages including the american-israeli. finally, this antisemitic influence came to ahead on wednesday of this week as the you voted 124-14 to strip israel from the right to self-defense against palestinian terrorism in the west bank, gaza strip, and east jerusalem. unfortunately, this comes as no surprise when you examine the

good decision of the president because you have to look at what's happening in organizations like unrwand, actually, the money goes -- liz: to terrorists. >> or incitement against the u.s. or israel. liz: well, we hope to see the next tranche of hostages released on saturday. ambassador, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, liz. liz: silicon valley's best and brightest front and center at trump's inauguration yesterday. the leaders of amazon, meta, apple, tesla and alphabet all on hand despite all being past supporters of the democratic party. billionaire marc lasry supports the democratic party. he is here in a fox business exclusive to full us -- tell us why he thinks we've seen such a u-turn. and a.i. voice recognition sound hound might one day be on the list, the claman countdown caught up with him at ces in las vegas. not only did he demonstrate the latest a.i. voice offering he's created that serves up hands-free restaurant voice is ordering experience embedded in car technology, but in a special everyone talks to liz episode, i sat down with him the hear how he transfo

we all remember last november when dozens of unrwa aid carrying trucks were looted or lost. so once that ability is there to go into the region, how does it happen in an organized way? >> look, our teams are on the ground. we have thousands of employees who work for unwra, who are seasoned aid workers, who are there to deliver those supplies. we have hundreds of thousands of people who continue to take shelter in unrra buildings. so the aid will be brought from the crossing point as soon as it's allowed in, as we normally do when these aid shipments happen, and then we will deliver straight to the shelters and the people in need. it's going to depend quite a lot on the security overall, on whether, for example, the police will be allowed to deploy because that helped us a lot in securing these convoys and reducing the looting that you refer to. >> and as you're speaking, we're sharing with our viewers images from the region, specifically from the rafah border crossing, where we're seeing all these trucks basically staging and waiting for that green light to be able to move i

an organisation like unrwa remains critical. , ., , , organisation like unrwa remains critical. , , . very good to talk to you and _ critical. james, very good to talk to you and good - critical. james, very good to talk to you and good luck. critical. james, very good to i talk to you and good luck with all your work in gaza. thank you so much. let's also talk about the hostage families. we've been talking to him and hearing from them with their reactions because this conflict began on the 7th of october 2023, when hamas fighters burst into israeli communities, killing about 1,200 people and taken roughly 150 hostages. earlier, we werejoined by moshe emilio lavi. his brother—in—law, omri miran, is among the hostages currently held in gaza. here's what he shared with us about how life has been for his family since october 7th. our world is upside—down ever since october 7th. on october 6th, i was in new york. i was heading to a party in a nightclub. and then everything, all the news emerged from israel, from my hometown, from my communities, from my friends, teachers, my family. and e

i am delighted that you spoke tojulietjust now because what is needed immediately from sunday is unrwa humanitarian aid thatis increase in humanitarian aid that is needed for the palestinian people and i am also hopeful that with qatar and egypt involved in monitoring the movement of palestinians between north and south gaza, freedom to move within their own territory, that there can be palestinian agency in this matter. i heard your previous speaker talking about local level representation. there needs to be palestinian agency and it needs not to be israeli collaboration.- needs not to be israeli collaboration. ~ . ., collaboration. what about some of those tricky _ collaboration. what about some of those tricky discussions - of those tricky discussions about running gaza and those being pushed back into the long grass's do you feel the ceasefire could break down bickle before some of those could be broached?- bickle before some of those could be broached? there is a risk. could be broached? there is a risk- there — could be broached? there is a risk. there needs _ could be broached?

and it's especially challenging now because the israelis have effectively cut off unrwa, which was effectivelye boots on the ground for humanitarian assistance, and if they're no longer able to operate there and the israelis are talking about cutting off a whole bunch of other ngos, it is unclear how the food will be delivered to the people who most need it on the ground. find to the people who most need it on the ground.— on the ground. and if that happens. _ on the ground. and if that happens. how _ on the ground. and if that happens, how does - on the ground. and if that happens, how does the i happens, how does the international community and the us government stand over a situation like that?— situation like that? well, we've seen _ situation like that? well, we've seen the _ situation like that? well, i we've seen the international community's response. there have been war crimes allegations from the israelis coming out of the icc and icj and i think you'll see more and more of that. i think the really interesting piece of this is how trump chooses to handle the israelis. because the assu