nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti.astating cyclone struck the french indian ocean island of mayotte. french authorities say they aim to deliver more than 100 tonnes of food to the territory by the end of the day. officials say the water system has been partially restored to half of the population — but half of the territory remains without power. rescue teams continue to search for survivors. france says 22 people are known to have died, but local officials warn the toll could rise significantly. france's president emmanuel macron is expected to visit on thursday. 0ur correspondent has more. our correspondent has more. the reason why _ 0ur correspondent has more. tie: reason why efforts were set up here, there's only one airport in mayotte, the runway has been partially damaged by the cyclone and at the moment only military airplanes are able to to land there, commercial airplanes can't yet land there. 0nly airplanes can't yet land there. only with military planes, they can only land at night. this has completely cut t

nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti. fault at a supply works. water stations have been set—up to provide bottled water, and more than 20 schools have been forced to close. southampton general hospital has also been affected. southern water says the problems, could last into the weekend. a record number of children in england, around 160,000, are currently having to live in temporary accomodation with theirfamilies, provided by local councils. but often the homes, b&bs and hotels are unsuitable, with children living in shocking conditions. now the government has set out how it intends to spend £1 billion, designed to prevent and deal with homelessness, to tackle what ministers are calling the worst housing crisis in living memory. michael buchanan has the story. imagine cooking in this kitchen, in this house you didn't choose, when you have to live with this. i have to spray this house every morning. i have a lot of this, different types of it, to spray all the house before my kids start coming downstairs to eat their bre

nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti. now, a look back at the movie year.2024 is drawing to a close and as is the custom, every december, we look back at the film is released during the last 12 months. some were quite good, some were brilliant and they were a few that were truly awful. anyway, there is my list of the top ten films of 2024. at number ten, the seed of the sacred figure, a family drama that serves as a microcosm of life and of around's authoritarian government. this critique of the government was filmed in secrecy avoiding detection. in ninth place, a musical crime film and genius story of a mexican drug lord that undergoes agenda transition. it is told with great flair and empathy by french director. at number eight, conclave, a drama revolving around the heated election of a new pope. a classy commercial picture with a great performance from ralph fiennes. , , ., ., ., a great performance from ralph fiennes-_ it i fiennes. this is not a war. it is a war! _ fiennes. this is not a war. it is a war! make _ fiennes. this is not a war. it is a wa

nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti.ocean island of mayotte. french authorities say they aim to deliver more than 100 tonnes of food to the territory by the end of the day. officials say the water system has been partially restored to half of the population — but half of the territory remains without power. rescue teams continue to search for survivors. france says 22 people are known to have died, but local officials warn the toll could rise significantly. france's president emmanuel macron is expected to visit on thursday. in france, the trial of 50 men accused of raping a 72—year—old woman at the behest of her husband who had drugged her with prescription sleeping pills is expected to end tomorrow. dominique pelicot has admitted that, over ten years, he recruited men online to rape his wife while she was unconscious. gisele pelicot has been praised for waiving her right to anonymity and standing up to her abusers in court. 0ur paris correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to the daughter of one of the men who

nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti.e ribes, international rescue committee emergency country director in port—au—prince. thank you for being on the bbc. i know the receipt thank you for being on the bbc. i know the receipt paused thank you for being on the bbc. i know the receipt paused its operations in haiti last year due to violence. what is the situation like now? is it safe to be operating?— situation like now? is it safe to be operating? yes. thank you for making _ to be operating? yes. thank you for making time _ to be operating? yes. thank you for making time to _ to be operating? yes. thank you for making time to talk - to be operating? yes. thank you for making time to talk about. for making time to talk about it. we definitely need that now. we have been operating for the last two years. the situation is hard. i think we just heard some of your reporters. my team and partners at the irc is working with our extremely courageous, they work under a lot of pressure and threats but i think most importantly, the pe