tess ingram. we _ left for me to go, they said. tess ingram. we are — left for me to go, they said.to go, they said. tess ingram, we are very grateful - left for me to go, they said. tess ingram, we are very grateful you joined us on bbc news, thank you for that update. i said we were watching the pictures from the white house, that features coming in, japan's prime minister has been meeting at the start of a summit, we saw great ceremony on the south lawn of the white house but they are inside, just talking to the assembled media, nothing in terms of the middle east, reaffirming the importance of the us japan relationship and if there is more we will obviously return to it. words just mentioning given that we are talking aboutjoe biden, he has said today he is considering australia's request on the wikileaks founderjulian assange's founder julian assange's prosecution. australia's founderjulian assange's prosecution. australia's prime minister in february backed a motion in the lower house of parliament calling for the return ofjulian assange to australia. us officials are looking

thank you, tess ingram, from unicef. spokesman for the israeli army says they are trying to find more ways of getting aid into gaza. israel continues to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into gaza. and find new ways to increase this effort. we are constructing the northern crossing, new land crossing, from israel into northern gaza to enable more aid to flow directly to civilians, in the areas that have been challenging for the trucks to access. is there, from the israelis. —— that response, they are, from the israelis. waiting lists for routine hospital treatment in england have showed little change, according to new figures. 7.54 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of february, down from 7.58 the month before. the fall happened largely because some community cases were removed from the statistics — nhs england said the trend was broadly flat from the previous month. the prime minister says the figures show the government's plan when i became prime minister i said that cutting waiting lis

tess ingram, we have to leave it there.of the is zero gaza war. what do they think? polling from gallup last week showed that only 27% of voters believe he is handling the situation in gaza well. there is also growing pressure from within his own administration. last week, a state department official working on human rights issues in the middle east resigned. annelle sheline stepped down after a year as a foreign affairs officer in the bureau of democracy, human rights and labour. and annellejoins me now from washington. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. . ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. wh did programme. thank you for having me. why did you — programme. thank you for having me. why did you resign? _ programme. thank you for having me. why did you resign? i _ programme. thank you for having me. why did you resign? i resigned - programme. thank you for having me. why did you resign? i resigned over i why did you resign? i resign

on wednesday while waiting to enter northern gaza thankfully, no one was injured here's unicef tess ingramn just a moment and was part of that convoy >> active shooting broke out in the area. are car was hit by a few bullets are just got back and this be, clear, bullet, hits here another one here along the window. and a few others >> this came ten days after seven aid workers with world central kitchen were killed in what israeli officials call eight mistakenly targeted military strike aid agencies are reporting dire needs in gaza and yesterday on capitol hill, samantha power, america's top humanitarian official said, yes, when asked if famine was already occurring in gaza unicef tess ingram joins me now with more test. it's good to have you can you walk us through what exactly happened as i understand it, you are on a coordinated aid mission yesterday in northern gaza what happened next? >> so as you say, it >> was a coordinated >> mission, we'd planned in advance. we have unrwa and unicef colleagues together trying to bring nutrition, supplies, medical supplies, and 10,000 liters of fuel

. >> tess ingram, thank you for we can take a look at president biden's handling of the israel-gaza waramericans think about the -- only 27% of voters believe he's handling the situation well. growing pressure from within his own administration. a state department official resigned, stepped down after a year as a foreign affairs officer. and she joins me now from washington. thank you for coming on the program. why did you resign? >> i resigned over this policy, the u.s. is enabling what experts on genocide have described as a genocide. the u.s. is also not upholding u.s. laws. it would mean because israel is blocking humanitarian aid and is engaging in gross violations of human rights, it is not eligible to receive u.s. military assistance. yet the weapons keep flowing. >> why do you think that is? >> i think it is political calculation that increasingly may be out of date. i think biden is a self identified zionist and this has been his stance thugh his long career. what i think americans are devastated and horrified by the images coming out of gaza. i think we are seeing a shift. i w

unicef�*s communications specialist, tess ingram, joined me from gaza a little earlier.ed her what she made of the idf explanation as to how the deaths came about. i think it's unacceptable. international law is clear — humanitarians must be protected, as do all civilians. pregnant women, children, journalists — and we've just lost far too many people, innocent civilians, over the last six months, and i think that makes it kind of clear the type of war this is. this is an indiscriminate war that is killing children, killing humanitarian workers, about 200 now, and so we need these mistakes to stop piling up. let's talk to our panel, annabel denham and seema mehta. let's start with you, seema. joe biden, a significant change in tone in that phone call 2a hours ago. what did you make of that and the impact you think it will have? i you make of that and the impact you think it will have?— think it will have? i think the president — think it will have? i think the president has _ think it will have? i think the president has been - think it will have? i think the i president

let's talk to tess ingram from unicef, who was in gaza. you are in gaza this morning.d the news here in the gaza strip, our hearts broke both of our colleagues and for their families. these were brave humanitarian workers doing their job, just trying to help the people of gaza. so there absolutely should not happen in the line of duty, and it is appalling that they have been killed. in terms of operations, unicef is staying and delivering. we had a mission yesterday and i will go out today to meet some women and children in rafah, but there will certainly be an impact from world central kitchen forcing their operations, because they are one of the main players delivering food to people in gaza, who we know are on the break of famine. find people in gaza, who we know are on the break of famine.— the break of famine. and reporting on the deaths _ the break of famine. and reporting on the deaths of _ the break of famine. and reporting on the deaths of the _ the break of famine. and reporting on the deaths of the seven - the break of famine. and reporting on the deaths of t