orla guerin, bbc news, eastjerusalem.t of recession. it grew by 0.2%, boosted by sales in shops and online, and more construction activity. dharshini david joins me now — so this is some good news, finally? we are desperate for a glimpse of better times after a tough period, and looking at those figures today, we did get some signs that there could be a short lived recession because the economy expanded by 0.2% but i always turn up with a view caveat and even that modest growth came at a price because retailers, to get a boost in sales, slashed prices quite drastically to off—load leftover christmas stock, and on top of that those figures are subject to change. it is a tentative first step but we need to see the growth figures for february and march before we can say for certain we have turned the corner and emerged from recession, and in the meantime a reminder of why this matters, if we look at another set of figures, if you take into account inflation and population growth, we are worse off by £140 compared to just a c

meanwhile in eastjerusalem, neara meanwhile in eastjerusalem, near a refugee camp, 12—year—old boy whoi police. the police say he was aiming the firewood towards them and they've been hit by molotov cocktails in riders and the family of the 12—year—old say he was just a kid and this firework in the m presented no threat at all but the policeman has been congratulated by israel's far right national security minister for right national security ministerfor in his words, defending israel from terrace. on the aid front, it is a slightly more positive note with six trucks from the u.n. world food programme managing to reach northern gaza, an area thatis to reach northern gaza, an area that is not received any food aided all since the middle of february and they've taken a route for the first time allowed by israel since this war began. now, the food aid has been slow and ineffective in coming in over ground, israel has been holding up trucks consistently since this war began so that is why western countries are having to resort to air drops but a maritime corridor coming in from cyprus with

hello, i'm anna foster in eastjerusalem.ion is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. his comments come as a united nations backed report says famine is imminent in northern gaza, as the war between israel and hamas continues. the un is warning that 1 million people — that's half of the territory's population — are now facing starvation. the european union's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects.

0rla guerin, bbc news, eastjerusalem.ng its non—essential staff from haiti, although workers who carry out life—saving activities will remain. political leaders are negotiating the formation of a transitional council, set to take over after the prime—minister, ariel henry, stands down. there's hope that following henry's resignation, the violence in haiti will recede. but in the meantime, the humanitarian situation there is worsening. at least four million people are facing severe food insecurity. gangs are in control of roughly 80% of the capital, port—au—prince, and injust the last couple of weeks, more than 15,000 people have been forced to leave their homes to escape the violence. meanwhile, the un is setting up an air bridge from the dominican republic to help deliver aid. the bbc�*s central american correspondent, will grant has more from haiti's border with the dominican republic. life at the border crossing between the dominican republic and haiti is taking on a certain rhythm that every day, throughout the day, s

orla guerin, bbc news, eastjerusalem.or the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester, who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to "hate all black women" and should be shot. rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist but that mr hester�*s apology for making rude comments should be accepted. this evening, diane abbott attacked both the conservatives and labour for their response to the controversy. here's our political editor chris mason. will you give the money back, prime minister? the big questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today... would the party take more money from mr hester? ..after a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. i would think about the company i kept and i would give that money back. i have to give you my view, rather than what the party should do. but i have thought about how i would handle that situation. if today, mr hester said "i would like to give - you another 10 million",

yesterday we were in eastjerusalem where palestinians are starting to celebrate the muslim holy month way to normal. the palestinians of gaza do not have anywhere near the food and resources they need and are living under bombardment. i went into the muslim quarter in eastjerusalem and asked people about the impact on their minds what they were seeing as ramadan began. translation: there is no “0 , no ramadan began. translation: there is no joy. no ramadan _ ramadan began. translation: there is no joy, no ramadan celebrations. - nojoy, no ramadan celebrations. look at the streets, it is all because of gaza. there is no desire to celebrate. the atmosphere is very bad. �* ,, �* the to celebrate. the atmosphere is very bad-_ the old - to celebrate. the atmosphere is veryl bad._ the old ramadan bad. translation: the old ramadan when there was _ bad. translation: the old ramadan when there was no _ bad. translation: the old ramadan when there was no war _ bad. translation: the old ramadan when there was no war in _ bad. translation: the old ramadan when there was no war in gaza, - bad. tra

at least five palestinians are also killed in occupied eastjerusalem. a freed israeli hostage speaks to the bbc about his campaign to free remaining hamas captives in gaza. hello, i'm helena humphrey. the ceo of tiktok has warned that a potential ban on the platform here in the us could risk thousands ofjobs and cost the economy billions. in a video message posted to the social media app, shou zi chew said his company will do all it can to protect itself. this comes after the us house on wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that could force tiktok�*s chinese owner to sell their stake in the platform, orface a nationwide ban. presidentjoe biden urged the senate to take swift action to pass the bill. lawmakers say the app poses a national security threat as its parent company, bytedance, is based in beijing and is subject to a law requiring it to share data with the chinese government. tiktok has told lawmakers that it has taken steps to ensure the data of american users isn't compromised by employees in china. nevertheless, the legislation

welcome to damascus gate in the city walls here in eastjerusalem.st day of ramadan. you can see people moving around. this is one of the places in eastjerusalem palestinians often, this time of year. broadcast interrupted by interference. a humanitarian ceasefire could be reached by the beginning of ramadan but that hasn't happened, even though channels of communication still remain open. and this is of course the holiest month in the islamic calendar, it is when muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, normally breaking that fast with an iftar meal but in gaza it will be a different ramadan this time around. the united nations have warned of potential mass starvation there. they say that 25% of the population are at risk of mass starvation at the moment. they say the hamas run health ministry in gaza says that 23 people have died so far of malnutrition and they say the majority of those are children. i just want to show you these pictures from eastern gaza. this was people last night trying to mark as best they could the beginning of ramadan. you can s

hello i'm anna foster in eastjerusalem.rica's top diplomat, secretary of state, antony blinken, has secretary of state, antony blinken, been using str| has said that 100% of gaza's population is at "severe levels of acute food insecurity." his comments come as a united nations backed report says famine is imminent in northern gaza, as the war between israel and hamas continues. it could come as soon as may as the war continues. the un is warning that 1 million people, that's half of the territory's population, are now facing starvation. the european union's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. here's what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. according to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that's the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100% — the totality

but here injerusalem, particularly in eastjerusalem, where i am, there's now a focus on the holy sitesold city, because, of course, during ramadan, muslims around the world will fast during their holy month. and muslims here in eastjerusalem will visit the al—aqsa mosque and pray — it's the third most holy sites in islam. but it also shares the complex with the temple mount, which is the holiest site injudaism. and during this time, there have been violent clashes in the past in the old city. and the israeli government has really been looking carefully at how to try and manage that, particularly during this time of heightened tensions while the war continues in gaza. and we've had a briefing from the israeli prime minister's office about heightened security around there and how they intend to keep things as peaceful as possible. the entrance of worshippers to the temple mount will be permitted in similar numbers to previous years. i want to say this loud and clear. there is no threat to the holy sites during ramadan. this month and every month, we will allow safe and proper prayers and

this is something, tensions in the occupied west bank and eastjerusalem have been high since the 7thhe war began. we also saw this morning at one checkpoint on the outskirts ofjerusalem, a palestinian, reportedly 15 years old, carry out a stabbing attack in which two members of the israeli security forces were injured. as we move towards the first friday prayers of ramadan, always a time when tensions are high and we have seen violent clashes around al aqsa mosque in the old city ofjerusalem in recent years, security is tightened and i have seen it myself in jerusalem, additional security forces put in. i know a lot of focus and attention is being paid on what may happen there over the next few days. anna foster. we have been having a lot of technical and automation issues. apologies for that and hopefully they will be fixed in the next little while. here, the prime minister has told the commons that comments allegedly made by conservative party donor frank hester were wrong and racist. mr hester is reported to have said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate all black women, and

his home was here in eastjerusalem, sealed off by walls and fences and israel's occupation.st night, rami was playing with friends, holding a firework. a shot rings out. gunshot. rami is dead on the ground with a bullet to the heart. his father, moussa, was there in seconds, struggling to hold back his mother. today, moussa is mourning his youngest child. "he used to help everyone," he tells me. "all the neighbours." but then grief overwhelms him. this is the street where his son died. standing here, it's hard to imagine how rami, a 12—year—old boy with a firework in his hand, could have been any kind of threat to the border police who were down the road, beyond that high wall, with the fence at the top, heavily armed and well protected. this was rami's friend who was by his side when he was killed. were you afraid they might shoot you, too? "i was afraid i would be shot or killed or badly injured," he says. "and if i were shot, they would take me and torture me." israel's far right security minister, itamar ben—gvir, was backing his men today. "i love you guys," he says. bu

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hello, i'm anna foster in eastjerusalem." his comments come as a united nations—backed report says famine is imminent in northern gaza, as the war between israel and hamas continues. the un is warning that 1 million people — that's almost half the territory's population — are now facing starvation.

with tensions running high for ramadan in eastjerusalem he was killed by an israeli border policeman was a disgrace that israeli police were investigating the officer. translation: fix, investigating the officer. translation: �* ., , investigating the officer. translation: �* ., translation: a combatant comes and does exactly what _ translation: a combatant comes and does exactly what to _ translation: a combatant comes and does exactly what to expect _ translation: a combatant comes and does exactly what to expect from - does exactly what to expect from him. it is simply the biggest scandal but i am here for questioning.— scandal but i am here for cuestioninu. ., questioning. overnight, other palestinians _ questioning. overnight, other palestinians were _ questioning. overnight, other palestinians were killed, - questioning. overnight, other palestinians were killed, two | questioning. overnight, other- palestinians were killed, two here, one aged just 16, in a village near jerusalem. this morning there was a stabbing at this israeli military checkpoint. israeli police say they shot

here in eastjerusalem, beyond the walls of the old city, is the al—aqsa mosque.me as the scene of clashes. we saw sums clashes last night as israeli security forces tried to hold back. we saw them with batons drawn trying to hold back some younger palestinians who wanted to pray at al—aqsa. we know that security has been tightened. the israeli government said they would have extra security in this area during ramadan. during gaza is going to be very different. i want to show you these pictures from the eastern coast of gaza, you can see families and children lighting their traditional ramadan lanterns and singing the songs and doing what they can to mark a special and wholly time for them, which comes during war. wholly time for them, which comes during war-— wholly time for them, which comes during war-_ we - wholly time for them, which comes during war._ we put | wholly time for them, which comes i during war._ we put up during war. translation: we put up decorations five _ during war. translation: we put up decorations five or _ during war. translation: we put

the imam was a former imam at the al—aqsa at eastjerusalem.say they will resume funding the main united nations aid agency for palestinian refugees in gaza, they paused funding to moscow when israel accused some unrwa staff of involvement in the cuba seventh attacks in southern israel. those allegations led many donors to pull financial support for unrwa which says it is still investigating the claims. canada, sweden and the eu as well as now australia have said they will resume that funding to unrwa. that is all from here for now, more to come from eastjerusalem throughout the day. 25 people have drowned after a boat capsized off the coast of turkey. it happened of the largest island which is in the ag and see. the victims' nationalities are now. local efficiency two people were arrested by the turkish coastguard and another two managed to make it out of the water on the road. a search operation has been taking place involving planes, helicopters and more than a dozen boats. we will bring you more on that story as we get it. now to russia, wh

hello, i'm anna foster in eastjerusalem. america's top diplomat, secretary of state, antony blinken, has said that 100% of gaza's population is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. his comments come as a united nations backed report says famine is imminent in northern gaza, as the war between israel and hamas continues. the un is warning that 1 million people — that's half of the territory's population — are now facing starvation. the european union's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. here's what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. the european union's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. here's what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. according to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that's the first time an entire population has

welcome to eastjerusalem and damascus gate. which is tense at moments like this. i'm looking at the worshippers arriving but a large number of israeli security forces here. they have set up a perimeter that goes out a distance from here at damascus gate and of those worshippers, they have come to checkpoint. they shouldn't be anybody here between the ages of ten and 50, they have been strict on numbers on the type of people who can come here because they are concerned this could reflect on what has happened in previous years and we could see valid classes at this location. but so far, everything has been peaceful as people come to pray. one of the interesting lines from here overnight, what seems like a bit of movement in the ceasefire agreement talks between israel and gaza, now this is something at times really seems to have stalled. we had last night that while tacro had put forward, adapted, let's say, a proposal with some changes in it. israel said they were still unrealistic demands when it came to that. but they are conv

tensions remain high here in the occupied west bank and in eastjerusalem, where israeli security forces reportedly killed five palestinians — including a thirteen—year—old boy. rishi sunak under pressure to return a £10 million donation to the conservative party made by a businessman now accused of racism. lithuania blames russia for attacking a close aide of the late opposition figure alexei navalny. is the clock ticking for tiktok in the us, the house faces a vote to split from its chinese owner or face a ban. welcome to verified live. apologies for problems with the automation and pictures there. we start with breaking news in gaza, with more details emerging of an explosion at a un relief agency warehouse, in rafah in southern gaza. the hamas—run health ministry says, five people have been killed, with more wounded. these are pictures verified by the bbc, filmed at a nearby hospital, where casualties were taken. israel has not commented so far on the incident. it comes as the us and others continue to urge israel, not to launch a full scale assault on rafah, where over a million pal

i am anna foster live here in eastjerusalem as palestinians mark the beginning of ramadan — a month ofof the murdered transgender teenager, brianna ghey, has met the family of one of the killers. and the

that is all for nowt from here in eastjerusalem, back to london.. he had been forced to cancel promises last year after being diagnosed with cancer. that m25 between junctions ten and 11 is reopened after being closed all weekend to demolish a bridge. the daytime closure of the motorway, one of the country but my busiest stretches, was unprecedented. national highway says the work was finished eight hours ahead of schedule. a fictional starship is landed on 50p coin. the royal mint has unveiled its latest collectible star wars pieces. collectors and fans can enjoy a feature on the coin depicting a silhouette of the millennium falcon. there is also the rebel alliance symbol for all you fans out there. you're live with bbc news. a bbc investigation has revealed extensive abuse of african women working in oman as domestic servants. dozens of malawian women, who have been lured there by recruiting agents, have told bbc africa eye that they were beaten, raped and treated like prisoners whist working in the gulf country. whilst working in the gulf countr

israel deployed thousands of police across the old city in occupied eastjerusalem as muslim worshippersthe first friday of ramadan. with tensions soaring over the gaza war, palestinians in the west bank crossed israeli checkpoints, to reachjerusalem's al—aqsa mosque compound. our correspondent anna foster said the morning had passed off peacefully amid tight security. thousands of people are coming out of damascus gate now in eastjerusalem after the first friday prayers of ramadan. it appears to have been quite peaceful, there were concerns that violent clashes that we have seen in previous years might have been repeated here, but you can see there is a strong security presence. you can seejust behind me, this regular gate post at damascus gate where israeli forces are based. there have been many hundreds of them inside the old city this morning while people went into prey. you might notice as well the people who are passing around me are children around the age of ten, women over the age of 50 and men over the age of 55. there were real restrictions on the numbers and type of people wh

have been killed in raids and airstrikes. with the latest, our correspondent anna foster is in eastjerusalematest? hello team again. can you bring us up-to-date with the latest?- up-to-date with the latest? hello. let's have a _ up-to-date with the latest? hello. let's have a look— up-to-date with the latest? hello. let's have a look at _ up-to-date with the latest? hello. let's have a look at al _ up-to-date with the latest? hello. let's have a look at al shifa - let's have a look at al shifa hospital. it was raided again. the idf have updated. they say they killed around 90 gun men and arrested 160 a night raid. a statement says over the past day, troops have eliminated terrace and located weapons in the hospital area while preventing harm to civilians, medical team and medical equipment. is in a statement. has been condemnation of the operation because it obviously focused on a hospital. hamas said israel had violated international law because hospitals are supposed to be protected. civil rights groups and human rights groups have called for more protection for hospitals. has also been fr

i'm anna foster, live from eastjerusalem. al—shifa hospital as its forces again raid the facility. rishi sunak says he has "confidence for the future" as he battles to shore up his position as uk prime minister. what matters is the future of our country, that is what i am squarely focused on. as gangs tighten their grip on haiti — the first flight evacuating us citizens has landed in miami. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin in russia where vladimir putin has vowed to strengthen the armed forces and prioritise the war in ukraine, after yet another landslide victory in an election that western leaders have criticised as neither free nor fair. exit polls give him 87.8% of the vote

at least five palestinians are also killed in occupied eastjerusalem.o, i'm helena humphrey. the ceo of tiktok has warned that a potential ban on the platform here in the us could risk thousands ofjobs and cost the economy billions. in a video message posted to the social media app, shou zi chew said his company will do all it can to protect itself. this comes after the us house on wednesday voted

just watching people arriving here in eastjerusalem this morning.sraeli government yesterday saying there would be heightened security because of course in this part of east jerusalem, notjust this ramadan but previous ramadans we see heightened tensions and last night we saw some security forces inside the city walls pushing back some younger palestinians who were trying to get to the al—aqsa mosque to pray, particularly at a time of war there are heightened concerns that there might be violence in clashes in this particular area around damascus gate which has seen it so often before. we know that security is being tightened. the israeli government also say they are going to do what they can to let a certain number of worshippers in as well. there is much more to come from here throughout the day. back to london, samantha. studio: thanks very much. some breaking news on our top story, with growing questions over a picture of the princess of wales first published sunday, the picture released for mother's day showing catherine with her three children

at least five palestinians are also killed in occupied eastjerusalem.helena humphrey, good to have you with us. us presidentjoe biden says he wants the senate to take swift action to pass a bill that could force tiktok�*s chinese owner to sell their stake in the platform. orface a nationwide ban. this comes after the us house voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill on wednesday. lawmakers say the app poses a national security threat as its parent company, bytedance, is based in beijing — and is subject to a law requiring it to share data with the chinese government. tiktok has told lawmakers that it has taken steps to ensure the data of american users isn't compromised by employees in china. nevertheless, the legislation should head to the senate next.

tensions remain high here in the occupied west bank and in eastjerusalem, where israeli security forces—year—old boy. rishi sunak under pressure to return a £10 million donation to the conservative party made by a businessman now accused of racism. lithuania blames russia for attacking a close aide of the late opposition figure alexei navalny. is the clock ticking for tiktok in the us, the house faces a vote to split from its chinese owner or face a ban. welcome to verified live.

the state of palestine has to become independent, as on 4june 1967, with eastjerusalem as its capitalon the basis of international law and un resolutions. these are the positions of the international community and, therefore, we will be marching to the security council soon in order to tell the security council, "you are unified around the two—state solution. "we ask you now to admit the state of palestine "to membership as an investment in peace "and as an investment in saving the two—state solution." i hope the security council to act on the basis of this unanimous position on the two—state solution by allowing us to become a member state. so two states, member of the united nations... ambassador. ..will deal... ambassador. ..with the issues in the international conference to implement the two—state solution. ambassador, you know as well as i do, the likelihood of the united states right now deciding to formally recognise the palestinian state at the united nations is zero. that's the truth. no. i hope that they would be influenced by foreign minister, er...cameron, who is saying th

with tensions running high for ramadan in eastjerusalem, he was killed by an israeli border policemanay a far right minister praised his action, saying it was a disgrace that israeli police were investigating the officer. translation: a combatant comes and does exactly - what we expect from him. it's simply the biggest scandal that they invite him here for questioning. overnight, there were other palestinians killed. two here, one aged just 16, in a village nearjerusalem. then this morning there was a stabbing at this israeli military checkpoint. israeli police said they shot and killed the attacker, a 15—year—old palestinian boy. ramadan is always a sensitive time in the israel — palestinian conflict. but this year, with no truce agreed in gaza, there is a particular worry that trouble could spread. a lot depends now on what happens on the ground. in the shadow of famine, the un says israel's military opened a new route to allow this aid convoy to reach northern gaza. there have also been new airlifts to try to alleviate the deep humanitarian crisis. meanwhile a charity ship carrying

i held a baby in a hospital in eastjerusalem being cared for along with her two baby sisters.es, how their mother had been forced back into gaza straight after giving birth. she hasn't been allowed a permit to visit since then. a motherforced to allowed a permit to visit since then. a mother forced to leave allowed a permit to visit since then. a motherforced to leave her babies in those crucial early days, at kept apart from them for months by this trouble and terrible war. the the prime minister today to make a diplomatic priority to let that mother and others like her come back to her babies she belongs. for us, moved to tears have been watching the brave journalist trying to report all this, it is vital we try to understand how both people have experienced the last few months, how both peoples have been so badly let down by their political leaders for so many years. my visit confirmed my pride in how our party have responded to this crisis and pride in the way that leila has spoken so insightfully and understood both peoples. applause. asa as a daughter of palestine, with

let's look at the middle east now — and our correspondent anna foster is in eastjerusalem, over to youi military have urged displaced palestinians around the al—shifa hospital in gaza to evacuate for their own safety. this is after another is really read on the al—shifa hospital overnight. this is the biggest hospital in gaza. it has been rated by the israeli military before. people reported hearing sounds of exchanges of fire. israel said they had what they called credible information that hamas had regrouped and once again using the hospital as a base and command and control centre to launch operations. the cd detained around 80 people in those reads. hamas accuse israel of violating humanitarian law by targeting a hospital. let us hear a bit more from the idf. following concrete intelligence that demanded immediate action, we know senior hamas terrorists have regrouped inside the al—shifa hospital and are using it to command attacks against israel. 0ur targeted mission isn'tjust an operational necessity, it is a global imperative. 0ur forces have undergone specified training to prep

this part in eastjerusalem, normally on the first day of ramadan, would be so busy.aring trade, selling sweets. and even though you can see people passing by and it looks busy. one woman said to me, actually, normally on the first day of ramadan, you would not be able to move. of ramadan, you would not be able to move. would be pressing, people would be pushing. and actually, comparatively, this is so quiet because this ramadan does not feel like a normal celebration. people here are thinking about palestinians in gaza, particularly about the issues they're facing with hunger. don't forget, the united nations has said that a quarter of palestinians in gaza are facing starvation at the moment. they won't be breaking their fast with anything like the kind of food that you would get here at the end of today. and i also just want to show you as well down here now, this is the narrow street that takes you down to al—aqsa mosque. and we saw last night there were videos that started to circulate on social media of israeli security forces actually pushing back young palestin

there are 700,000 jewish settlers in the israeli occupied west bank and eastjerusalem.under international law. israel disputes this. from the west bank, our senior international correspondent orla guerin sent this report. the hills of the west bank, palestinian land eaten away for decades by illegal israeli settlements. they are an obstacle to peace, the un says. but now, many on israel's far right want to bring settlements back to gaza. like yehuda shimon, who has raised ten children in this settler outpost in the west bank. he lived in gaza in the past and claims a god given right to return. do you want to go back? do you think that others will go back? we must do it. it's part of israel area. this is the land that god gave us. and you couldn't go to god and told him, "ok, you give me, i give other people." no. these are the 21 gaza settlements that were demolished in 2005. but daniella weiss is already mapping out a new gaza, without the more than 2 million palestinians who live there. the 78—year—old is the grandmother of israel's settler movement. gaza arabs will n

almost all the applications for permits we've made for west bank christians to come into occupied eastjerusalemand because with everything else going on in gaza, although we can mark our services and celebrate easter, we do it with a very heavy heart, because we cannot forget that whilst we celebrate the joyous message of easter, of the resurrection ofjesus christ, our brothers and sisters all over gaza, and especially our christian brothers and sisters, are suffering. everybody is suffering, but we feel a particular intimate closeness to our christians in the two churches, and our staff at the hospital, which is an anglican hospital. i’m and our staff at the hospital, which is an anglican hospital.— is an anglican hospital. i'm sorry to interrupt- _ is an anglican hospital. i'm sorry to interrupt. i— is an anglican hospital. i'm sorry to interrupt. i want _ is an anglican hospital. i'm sorry to interrupt. i want to _ is an anglican hospital. i'm sorry to interrupt. i want to ask- is an anglican hospital. i'm sorry to interrupt. i want to ask you, l is an anglican hospital. i'm sorry i to inter

there are 700,000 jewish settlers in the israeli—occupied west bank and eastjerusalem.d illegal under international law. israel disputes this. from the west bank, our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. the hills of the west bank, palestinian land eaten away for decades by illegal israeli settlements. they are an obstacle to peace, the un says. but now, many on israel's far right want to bring settlements back to gaza. like yehuda shimon, who has raised ten children in this settler outpost in the west bank. he lived in gaza in the past and claims a god given right to return. do you want to go back? do you think that others will go back? we must do it. it's part of israel area. this is the land that god gave us. and you couldn't go to god and told him, "ok, you give me, i give other people." no. these are the 21 gaza settlements that were demolished in 2005. but daniella weiss is already mapping out a new gaza, without the more than 2 million palestinians who live there. the 78—year—old is the grandmother of israel's settler movement. gaza arabs will

needed to try and achieve in the immediate humanitarian ceasefire to get more aid in and here in eastjerusalem and talking to palestinians in the muslim quarter of the old city because as they start to try to celebrate ramadan, the holiest month in the islamic calendar, they look to see what fellow palestinians in gaza are living through and it makes it very difficult for them to celebrate what should be a special time. believe me there's nojoy. there are no ramadan celebrations. look at the streets and it's all because of gaza. there's no desire to celebrate anything. the atmosphere is very bad. the old ramadan, whenl there was no war in gaza you would see crowded streets. and now in al aqsa, they're letting only older people in. _ they don't let young people go in. the day before yesterday, i they beat them with sticks. they wanted to go into al aqsa but they didn't let them. - why? al aqsa is for us. well, just some thoughts there from people i was speaking during east jerusalem and an interesting point there about some of these scuffles in clashes we saw on the first night of ramadan and i

year—old boy who was killed has been identified by local media really was the first person killed in eastjerusalemn saying for a few days now that tensions are running particularly high, this is a sensitive time. what the israeli police have said is that a single shot was fired by an officer towards a suspect who they say endangered the forces while firing aerial fireworks in their direction. that this boy was initially arrested and later died from his wounds. this has inflamed tensions injerusalem, as you would expect, and really there were other incidents happening. you could see that other pictures on social media showed teenagers in this camp where there is an israeli security forces present and their act narrow streets, clouds of tear gas being used against him and other fireworks were being hired. this is something that has happened at the same time as in the occupied west bank we saw overnight incident injenin with two palestinians killed there, at least two more palestinians killed by israeli security forces shotjust outside ofjerusalem in a village. and we had reported this morning of a s

because during ramadan, muslims around the world will fast during their holy month and here in eastjerusaleml visit the mosque to pray. it is the third most holy site in islam and shares complex with the holiest site injudaism. during this time, there have been a violent past clashes, and the government is looking at managing that during this time of heightened tensions while the war continues in gaza. we have had a briefing from the israeli prime minister's office about heightened security and how they intend to keep things as peaceful as possible. the entrance of worshippers to the temple mount will be permitted in similar numbers to previous years. i want to say this lad and clear. there is no threat to the holy sites during ramadan. this month and every month we will allow safe and proper access. we want to safeguard the public injerusalem and other places in the public, muslim, jewish and christian. are key statements there from the israeli prime minister's office and it is worth saying that even though there were hopes the ceasefire deal could be struck by the beginning of ramadan, we

the people in the west bank, eastjerusalem are notjust suffering because of the economic fallout of the there are heightened movement restrictions, there are heightened violence both from the army and armed settlers towards palestinians, which is also reflected in the higher number of arbitrary arrests and detentions that have taken place. so the situation is extremely serious and extremely concerning for anybody seen living under the israeli rule at the moment. and, of course, the economic suffering of the palestinians is something that shouldn't be overlooked because this is what they need to live, to survive beyond. i mean, this is beyond the current situation in gaza. the situation for the palestinians, economic situations was extremely dramatic even before the 7th of october, owing to the economic costs of occupation. that was the un special rapporteur for the occupied palestinian territories. is want to show you some live pictures from gaza. this is by the coast, in the eastern part of the strip and you can see the conditions that so many displaced people are living in at the mome

this part in eastjerusalem, normally on the first day of ramadan, would be so busy.oaring trade, selling sweets. and even though you can see people passing by and it looks busy. the atmosphere should be really, really festive. and even though you can see people passing by and it looks busy, one woman said to me, actually, normally on the first day of ramadan, you would not be able to move. not be able to move, the crowd would be pressing, people would be pushing. and actually, comparatively, this is so quiet because this ramadan does not feel like a normal celebration. people here are thinking about palestinians in gaza, particularly about the issues they're facing with hunger. don't forget, the united nations has said that a quarter of palestinians in gaza are facing starvation at the moment. they won't be breaking their fast with anything like the kind of food that you would get here at the end of today. and i also just want to show you as well down here now, this is the narrow street that takes you down to al—aqsa mosque. and we saw last night there were videos th

welcome to eastjerusalem, this is damascus gate, you are talking about the first friday prayers of ramadanave passed peacefully. there was really tight security, all the streets were closed by israeli soldiers and police. they were only allowing worshippers from certain demographics, there was nobody here between the ages of ten and 50. a huge number of people come here for the first friday prayers and we have seenin the first friday prayers and we have seen in previous years violent clashes in this area and because of that additional security, things so far have been peaceful and quiet. while that was going on here, there was actually a meeting of israel's security and wall cabinets, about the latest moves towards a ceasefire deal. israel haven't rejected the deal, they spoke strongly about it and last night, the prime minister's office said it contained unreasonable demands, he said that what hamas vision was a step to far and israel have engaged with that. after the cabinet meeting, they said they would be sending an israeli delegation to qatar, qatar and egypt are the two brokers, they

that's all for now from here in eastjerusalem, they can hear the calls to prayer ringing out from they in the old city. much more to come from here but for now, back to come from here but for now, back to lauren in london. the pakistani military says at least seven troops have been killed in an attack on a security post in the north—west of the country. it said the insurgents began the attack by ramming an explosives—filled vehicle into the post followed by multiple suicide bombings that led to the collapse of a portion of a building in the north waziristan region. but the military did not say which group was responsible for the assault. there have been several attacks on security forces in recent months, many of them claimed by the pakistani taliban. as war continues to devastate sudan, the un's humanitarian chief says that up to five million people are at risk of catastrophic hunger in the near future. in a letter to the security council, martin griffiths warned that 18 million sudanese were already facing acute food insecurity due to the damage in agriculture, infrastructure and st

for you are those discussions about the ceasefire talks as well, much more to come from here in eastjerusalem and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making the news. prime minister rishi sunak rules out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, when voters will go to the polls for local elections in england. the prime minister had previously refused to rule out the possibility of a spring election, but said his "working assumption" is that an election would be held in the second half of the year. mps will get a 5.5% pay rise from april, meaning their annual salary will increase to over £91,000. the independent parliamentary standards authority says the decision was in line with the award recently agreed for senior civil servants, adding that it aims to be "fair, both for mps and the public". food delivery firm hellofresh deniesw taking subscriptions from customers who say they had cancelled their accounts. some customers say their accounts reactivated with money taken for orders they had not made. they believe thatjust logging on to the app reactivated their