it will be with philippe lazzarini, the head of unrwa. be about rafah, because of course, as we have been reporting, there has been inoffensive, an israeli offensive that is being by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu despite the concerns around the 1.4 million people at least, palestinians, who are in rafah they're sheltering today. he has promised an evacuation plan. the details are not clear yet which has led to an international outcry from his allies as well. we will bring you the latest from that press conference as soon as it comes up and as soon as philippe lazzarini arrives. stay with us. there is clearly much more on bbc news. now, let's look at some uk in the —— news in the uk. a charity which monitors anti—semitism across the uk says there's been an increase in assaults and abuse targeting jewish people. the community security trust says there were more than 4,000 incidents of antisemitism across the uk in 2023, some involving jewish school children. here's our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. there are guards an

according to philippe lazzarini, this international organization is paying the price for raising its voice to draw attention to the plight of the people of the gaza strip. country. western countries including america, england, germany, france and canada have recently suspended their aid to anorva in support of the zionist regime. took off claiming that 12 unrwa employees were involved in hamas operations, the zionist regime has demanded the termination of humanitarian aid to this organization and the resignation of unrwa's commissioner general. dozens of journalists gathered in front of the bbc building in london and condemned the british media's support for the zionist regime in the gaza war. media activists chanted the slogan of shame on you in this protest rally. protesters criticized the approach of the british government and the state media of this country in supporting and supporting the zionist regime politically and media , and emphasized on stopping the genocide in gaza. media the zionists announced that about 30,000 zionist settlers left occupied palestine yesterday. channe

been subjected to a coordinated political attack led by israel , unrwa commissioner general philippe lazzarini said in a statement. it is gaza that more than two million people depend on it for their survival, many of them are starving because the situation is getting worse. before this action, nikki haley, the candidate for the 2024 us presidential election, said: if the organization's budget is in the black, i will cut off the nations as much as possible. stopping american support to international organizations because of supporting the zionists is not limited to this and that case. in 2010, the united states, in opposition to palestine's membership in unesco, threatened to donate 80 million dollars to unesco, which is about 20 the percentage of the budget of this organization will be cut off in 2016. following trump's announcement that the us president would move the country's embassy to jerusalem, he announced that he would cut $65 million from the aid paid to unrwa to cover its budget, and would pay only $60 million. the political motivations of the american decision were not about the pe

unrwa's chief philippe lazzarini says the agency's ability to fulfil its mandate was seriously threatenedto dismantle the agency and the freezing of funds from donors at a time of unprecedented humanitarian needs in gaza. indonesia has been struck by some of the strongest winds ever recorded in the country, injuring at least 33 people. buildings were damaged as the winds tore through west java province. the mother of the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has finally been allowed to see his body almost a week after he died. the 47—year—old was being held in a remote penal colony in siberia. his death certificate says he died of natural causes. navalny�*s mother has accused the russian authorities of trying to blackmail her into a secret burial with no mourners. our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. alexei navalny, president putin's fiercest critic, dead for nearly a week. only now has his mother been given access to her son's body. she's been forced to sign a certificate saying he died of natural causes. translation:— to the law they should have given me his body imme

israel demands the resignation of the un commissioner general philipp lazzarini, this is due to his claims of ignorance regarding the location of the hamas tunnel under the agency's headquarters in gaza. this was announced by the ministry of foreign affairs of israel. earlier, israeli forces discovered a network of tunnels of hamas militants under the headquarters of the un agency for palestinian aid. in the gas, to which lazzarini replied that the agency did not know about it, all employees left the building as early as october 12. espresso tv channel invites you to join the collection of fpv drones for a separate platoon of unmanned aerial vehicles complexes of sapsan, state special service of transport. these courageous soldiers are actively fighting in the donetsk direction, attacking and restraining the enemy. thanks to fpv drones, our defenders have already destroyed a lot of russian equipment. fortifications and manpower of the aggressor, so we have a goal to collect 1 million uah for flying weapons, we already have more than 150, uah. remember, the best investment in our freedom is

philippe lazzarini has urged countries to resume their funding of unrwa so it can carry out vital worknts an �*absolute guarentee' that the agency will not employ staff who are willing attack israel. we have half a million children at the age of the primary and secondary school deeply traumatised. our collective priority, we have to bring them back to an education environment because the more we wait to do this, the more we might sow the seeds for further resentment and future hate, and this is certainly not the recipe to promote peace and security in the future in the region. and the only organisation capable to provide, at scale, public services like education is unrwa because the agency was created to provide these services to one of the most destitute communities in the region, being the palestinian refugees. and you can follow the story live, get the latest developments as they happen, and read expert analysis on the bbc news website and bbc news app. the uk has fallen into recession. the economy shrank by nought point 3% in the final three months of last year, according to the of

unrwa's chief philippe lazzarini says the agency's ability to fulfil its mandate was seriously threatenedncy and the freezing of funds from donors at a time of unprecedented humanitarian needs in gaza. indonesia has been struck by some of the strongest winds ever recorded in the country, injuring at least 33 people. buildings were damaged as the winds tore through west java province. congressman mike gallagher is the head of the us china committee, and the latest american representative to visit taiwan, in a series of visits to display solidarity. the us have labelled these trips as expressions of support for the territory, and their �*shared commitment to democratic values'. but in china, many are seeing these visits as a provocation. i spoke to ivan kanapathy, former us national security council official about the importance of the meeting. there is a long history of these visits both from executive branch officials and congressional officials like we are seeing here today. thea;c congressional officials like we are seeing here today. they may have been _ are seeing here today. they may

in a letter to the un general assembly, unrwa's chief philippe lazzarini said the agency's ability to speak to our correspondent, jenny hill, injerusalem. let's talk about those talks most of all, jenny. there have been vaguely positive noises coming from israel in recent days, after that resolute rejection of the hamas proposal of a couple of weeks ago, calling them "delusional", there is some slight positivity. "delusional", there is some slight ositivi . , ., , ~ positivity. yes, a minister in mr netanyahu's — positivity. yes, a minister in mr netanyahu's war— positivity. yes, a minister in mr netanyahu's war cabinet - positivity. yes, a minister in mr. netanyahu's war cabinet sounded positivity. yes, a minister in mr- netanyahu's war cabinet sounded an extremely cautious note of optimism when he said that preliminary signs were that there was the possibility of progress towards this deal, so, as cautious as you can get. some might read into the fact that israel is sending a delegation to paris, it suggests that at least they believe thatis suggests that at least they believe that

philippe lazzarini, head of the palestinian refugee agency unrwa said aid entering gaza had dropped byebruary, compared with the month before. that brought a sharp response from cogat, the israeli military agency responsible for facilitating assistance to gaza. "if unrwa wasn't such a failure logistically," they posted, "then more aid would reach the people of gaza." let's speak to amy potter, a nurse activity manager with medecins sans frontieres who has recently returned from gaza. thank you very much for being on the programme. what did you witness while you were there? what programme. what did you witness while you were there?— while you were there? what i witnessed — while you were there? what i witnessed was _ while you were there? what i witnessed was easily - while you were there? what i witnessed was easily one - while you were there? what i witnessed was easily one of. witnessed was easily one of the worst humanitarian situations you could ever imagine. i saw the equivalent of 1.7 — 1.8 million people crammed into a space that formerly held just a few hundred thousand people.

in a letter to the un general assembly, unrwa's chief philippe lazzarini said the agency's ability toened. mr lazzarini said israel's repeated calls to dismantle the agency and the freezing of funds from donors had come at a time of unprecedented humanitarian needs in gaza. meanwhile the israeli war cabinet has given the go—ahead for negotiators to leave on friday for another round of ceasefire talks in paris. this comes as a senior united nations official has been telling the bbc about the squalid conditions in gaza itself. the un humanitarian co—ordinator, jamie mcgoldrick, has just returned from gaza and told our correspondent paul adams about the situation in the strip. it is overcrowded. you go there and the squalid condition the people find themselves in, water and sanitation problems, getting clean water, kids were just running around with nothing to do and struggling to survive and you can just see them. they are quite emaciated in terms of being drawn and pale and that is as a result of poor nutrition. when you see the statistics in term of gun healthiness of the kids who liv

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