are outraged and concerned over the decision by some countries to cut funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees that has been assisting over 5 million palestinians across the region. our gaza correspondent has talked. to some of the gassons about the impact of the decision on their lives. let's take a listen. many palestinian families depend mainly on the aid provided by onrova. if they are going to cut them off, then poverty will prevail, and we will face multiple aftermath. without any doubt, this is an unfair decision, and nothing justifies it, especially in these catastrophic conditions caused by the continuous israel war on. the entire people of gaza became refugees due to this israeli aggression on gaza. 2.3 million people in gaza today have no food. how could they manage to survive? how could they feed their children? the us and britain joined the israeli forces in this war and they are complicit in the israeli crimes. it is not the first time they talk about severing the unra8. this is consistent with the israeli agenda. as you can see, we are devastated, we lost everything. my five flo

the embattled un agency for palestinian refugees came back behind, clicked the embattled un agency for palestinian refugees. he met behind closed doors with ambassadors from 35 nations following accusations that 12 employees of the new uh agency, participated in the last tear attack on israel on october 7th. last year. several countries, including germany, have subsequently suspended their funding. farmers in france continued to block highways around paris in protests of the government's environmental regulations. they are demanding the government ease rules and protect them from rising costs. the government has announced a number of concessions to farmers protest follow similar demonstrations in germany, belgium, spain, and italy. social media joined take talk is set to lose access to millions of songs. universal music group home to top selling artist like taylor swift, has said it will pull its music from the platform. after talks over, payments broke down, universal accused tick tock of trying to under pay on royalties for its audience. well, weeks of bombing and heavy combat have l

head of the united nations has begged governments which have suspended funding to the un agency for palestinian refugeesas horrified by israeli the head of the united nations has begged governments which have suspended funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees to guarantee the continuity of its operations. the post office has been struggling with the fallout from the horizon scandal and a failure to hit commercial targets. queen camilla has visited king charles in hospital in london a day after the british monarch underwent treatment for an enlarged prostate. a series of opinion polls have suggested that the main opposition labour party is set to win the next general election, which is likely to happen later this year. that would mean sir keir starmer becoming the first labour prime minister since gordon brown left office in 2010. with that in mind, we've been testing public opinion, hearing from a group of nearly 50 voters with a range of political views, all of whom live in constituencies

france has become the latest government to suspend payments to the un agency for palestinian refugeesa plea from the un chief for countries to continue funding. and reports from paris say an israeli delegation has arrived for talks about a gaza ceasefire with representatives from the us, egypt and qatar. us negotiators are said to be cautiously optimistic that a deal is within reach. i will be back with a full bulletin of news at the top of the hour. now, disappeared: mexico's missing 43. september 26. 43 male students from a teaching college visited the city of iguala and guerrero, mexico and went missing. how do you disappear 43 people? it helps if the government tasked with investigating that disappearance is involved in carrying out the disappearance. 43 were abducted, according to the attorney— 43 were abducted, according to the attorney general's office, by members of the municipal policing iguala _ members of the municipal policing iguala. they were members of the dru- iguala. they were members of the drug cartel. we - drug cartel. we had work in a number of drug cartel. — we h

we begin with the crisis facing the un agency for palestinian refugees.ding for unwra, the latest to halt aid being germany, its second—largest donor. eight others, including the us and the uk, have suspended funding to the agency known as unrwa. this comes after the agency announced it sacked several staff members over allegations they were involved in the october 7th hamas attacks. the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, expressed shock at the suspension of funding, saying the decision to withhold those funds threatens the lives of people inside gaza who depend on unrwa.

earlier this month. us and japan is suspending funding for the un agency for palestinian refugees that joins a growing list of donors, including the us, germany and britain that has stopped payment since israel accused some staff of being involved in the last october 7th terror attacks. the un is urging governments to keep funding the agency with gaza on the brink of famine was a condo, one of gulls, as last lifelines so many here. these blue and white bags of flour, a roll that stand between them and install evasion. but with more and more of the agencies don't, is cutting off that funding. people here in the southern city of rafa. the other west told me in stopping moonrise 8 distribution is a catastrophe in the gaza strip. of like is it was a handout um main supports and if they so that will be a salmon like the one of the know that color is going to be much as i'm a part of the summer when i can isn't what kind of move on the ross don't helping us then i'll people will face death a minute, 5 minutes, who was helping on people who are hungry and suffering. if they stop him, we'll ha

we begin with the crisis facing the un agency for palestinian refugees.—largest donor. eight others, including the us and the uk, have suspended funding to the agency known as unrwa. this comes after the agency announced it sacked several staff members over allegations they were involved in the october 7th hamas attacks. the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, expressed shock at the suspension of funding, saying the decision to withold those funds threatens the lives of people inside gaza who depend on unrwa.

moving on, the un agency for palestinian refugees warns a bleak post war future. for palestinians in the gaza strip, honor chief philip lazarini gave the warning following his fourth visit to the palestinian territory since the outbreak of the war on october the 7th. he said the majority of the 2.3 million residents of the besieg strip have been displaced and 60% of the buildings destroyed. he added hundreds of palestinians in gaz are now living in the streets and makeshift tents. the honora chief also expressed concerns over what he called the brutal living conditions of palestinian. children, lazarini said there is growing fear over the emergence of a generation of lost kids in gaza who are deeply traumatized by war. meantime, economic palestinian organization has warned about the catastrophic. situation in gaza, saying famon may claim more lives in the fully blockaded territory than the ongoing war. unfortunately, the devastation is huge, we have, if not, we are not careful, maybe more people will be killed or or die from hunger and famin than the war itself, which is to bring in

for their cause. welcome back several agencies. have warned about the catastrophic consequences of decision by some countries to cut funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees honora, in a joint statement the heads of multiple un bodies described the halt of honor. funding is pariless, cautioning that it will lead to the collapse of the humanitarian system in gaza. the group says such collapse will have far-reaching humanitarian and human rights consequences uh in the occupied palestinian territory and across the region. earlier, the un aid coordinator for gaza stressed the great capacity of honoral and delivering and distributing aid across the strip. zigrid kog said other organization can replace or substitute honora considering the agency's ability and its knowledge of the population. in gaza. political commentator scott bennet joined us sir from san francisco with his take on the catastrophic consequences of decision by certain countries to cut funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees. let's take a listen. that's israel's strategy is to create this black hole of misery that it can then use to detach itself and distract the world from when it do

meanwhile, the un agency for palestinian refugees or unrua says the gaza strip is becoming uninhabitablery. there are currently 1.9 million displaced people across gaza, of whom around 1.4 million seek shelter in 155 schools and shelters run by the united nations. based on on on the the latest figures from the ministry of health, so we are currently talking about more than 2300 fatalities of which 70% women and children, so that is actually 1%, you talked about 1% of the population in gaza. an international advocacy group for children has also described 2023 as the year of genocide for children in palestine, defense for children in. national has described as unprecedented the number of kids killed by israel in gaza. according to some rights groups, more than 10,000 infants and children have been killed since the start of the israeli attack on the gaza strip on october the 7th. with 10,00 children killed so far uh in this war, almost 1% of gaza's uh gaza's children's population, it felt like a war on children, it felt like every... day you would see more and more of these kids being broug

for everybody. israel's genocidal onslot on the gaza strip shows no sign of abating as nearly 100 palestinians are killed in fresh air strikes on the southern city of rafa. the un agency for palestinian refugeesays a majority of the 2.3 million residents of gaza have been displaced and 60% of the buildings destroyed. also on our headlines, the germany army says that it is targeted u.s. ship off the coast of aiden with appropriate naval missiles and the strike was precise and direct.

the un agency for palestinian refugees onrawa says the gaza strip is becoming uninhabitable place. meanwhile, world health organization officials have voiced concern about the possible collapse of hospital provision in southern and central gaza with hundreds of medical staff and patients having fled the facilities for their lives. who officials have worn that medics at alaska hospital, the only functioning hospital in deral balak governet have been forced to seize lifesaving and other. activities and leave after an evacuation order was issued emid increasing israeli military activity, more than 600 patients and most health workers have reportedly been forced to leave the facility. i'm in a hospital in the middle area of gaza, the middle part of the gaza strip in the emergency department where they're treating children, several children on the floor and a gourney behind me, doctors calling out for sc um, many people coming in from an explosion, there's one child who unfortunately passed away who's body has not identified, according to the un health agency, no hospitals are fully fun

cases as the hospital is way beyond full capacity. the un warrans that defunding the un agency for palestinian refugees risk the catastrophic humanitarian collapse in gaza. if the countries that suspended their funding to una maintain their decision, the impact will be catastrophic on the people of gaza right now as the war continues. 15 countries, including major donors like the us, germany, britain and sweden, have suspended funding to honora over accusations that several of its staff members were involved in the hamas october 7 operation. unra rejects the accusation saying that it is extremely important to have an independent investigation into specific individual cases that israel has raised. in the case of our staff in the west bank, including east jerusalem and in gaza, we share the names of all our staff once year with the israeli government. we do something similar in all the host countries where we work, so we do share the name of our staff with the governments of jordan, lebanon and syria, because we want to know if there are concerns from these governments, so we will continue doing this and

to the united nations condemns the us and its allies for suspending funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees riad mansure. tribes efforts made to undermine unra as inhumane, cruel and irresponsible. israel strikes and artillery fire continue pounding gaza for 118th day, now the palestinian health ministry says nearly 150 people died and over dozen attacks across the territory in a matter of 24 hours.

un agency at the centre of these claims. unrwa is the initialised name of the un's relief and works agency for palestinian refugees.arted its work in 1950 and says it provides essential services for the well—being, human development and protection of those people. this includes healthcare, education, social services, and infrastructure work. it has around 13,000 staff in gaza — almost all of them palestinians. its funding comes from un member states, the european union, and other governments and private organisations. in 2017, unrwa says the contributions amounted to more than $1.1 billion — much of which is spent in gaza and the west bank. so far, nine countries have suspended funding, inlcuding the us, the uk, canada, germany and australia. with me is said shehata, from bbc arabic. thank you for talking to us. this came as a shock, these allegations emerged yesterday. take us through what the allegations are and in terms of who these people are. the allegations _ who these people are. tue: allegations brought who these people are. tte: allegations brought by the israeli officials that some employees by unwra were

un agency for palestinian refugees has condemned the israeli regime for its non-stop attacks.

also intensified around besieg hospitals and shelters in the... the city of francis, un agency for palestinian refugees has condemned the israeli regime for its non-stop attacks on civilian sites and con unis, calling them utterly unacceptable. the agency says the situation upon unis underscores consistent a failure to uphold the fundamental principles of the international humanitarian law.

the un agency for palestinian refugees, or unrwa, firing several employees for alleged involvement in hamas' assault on israel. a body set up to protect, accused of attack. britain and a handful of other countries have now paused theirfunding. the foreign office said it was appalled by claims of complicity in what it called "a heinous act of terrorism." hamas stormed israel on the 7th of october, killing more than 1,200 people and abducting at least 240. israeli intelligence has reportedly passed on material said to show the participation of unrwa staff and the use of its vehicles and facilities. its government has seized on the allegations as the world remembers another massacre. translation: it was proven on international holocaust i remembrance day what we have been saying for years, that the unrwa employees are collaborators with the terrorist organisation hamas and that the un has become not only a place where the existence of the state of israel is de—legitimised, but also a place where employees are physically collaborating in the extermination of israel. the un, which has freq

france has become the latest government to suspend payments to the un agency for palestinian refugeesostages in gaza and a possible new ceasefire were "constructive" but "gaps remain". we will have a full bulletin of news at the top of the hour. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, sarah mulkerrins. coming up... a famous test victory for england in one of the toughest places to tour. ben stokes calls the win over india his greatest triumph since he became captain. as the fifth round of the fa cup continues,

the united nations secretary general has implored governments not to defund the un agency for palestinian refugeestonio guterres also vowed to hold to account any un employee involved in acts of terror, after israeli allegations that several unrwa staff were involved in the deadly attacks by hamas last october. nine countries have paused their funding, including the us and the uk — although scotland has not changed its policy. mr guterres says: israel has called for the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, to resign. the israel military is pressing ahead with its operation against hamas in the south of the gaza strip. palestinians continue to stream out of khan younis, where the israeli army says it's involved in intense fighting. multiple israeli air strikes have been reported there. the hamas—run health ministry says a hundred and sixty five palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours, taking the total number killed since the start of the war to more than 26,400. let me take you live to the kerem shalom crossing between israel and gaza, where right—wing israeli protesters, together with the

we begin with the crisis facing the un agency for palestinian refugees.ing germany, its second largest donor. eight others, including the us and the uk have suspended funding to the agency known as unrwa. this comes after the agency announced it sacked several staff members over allegations they were involved in the october 7th hamas attacks. the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, expressed shock at the suspension of funding, saying the decision to withhold those funds threatens the lives of people inside gaza who depend on unrwa. let's take a closer look now at unrwa's role in gaza. the agency says it spends most

we begin with the crisis facing the un agency for palestinian refugees.second—largest donor. eight others, including the us and the uk, have suspended funding to the agency as well. this comes after the agency announced it sacked several staff members over allegations they were involved in the october 7th hamas attacks. the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, expressed shock at the suspension of funding, saying the decision to withhold those funds threatens the lives of people inside gaza who depend on unrwa.

we begin with the crisis facing the un agency for palestinian refugees. several countries have paused funding for unwra —— several countries have paused funding for unwra, the latest to halt aid being germany, its second largest donor. eight others, including the us and the uk, have suspended funding to the agency known as unrwa. this comes after the agency announced it sacked several staff members over allegations they were involved in the october 7th hamas attacks. the uk said it was, quote, appalled by the accusations. the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, expressed shock at the suspension of funding, saying the decision to withhold thosefunds to withhold thosefunds threatens the lives saying the decision to withhold those funds threatens the lives of people inside gaza who depend on unrwa, which helps coordinate aid, and run many of the schools and hospitals in the strip. other countries who halted financing include australia, italy, canada, finland, the netherlands and switzerland. from jerusalem, our correspondent mark lowen reports. crushed from t

now, a bit more on israel's accusation that staff from the un agency for palestinian refugees were involved bit more on israel's accusation that staff from the un agency for palestinian refugees were involved in the october 7th attacks. australia, italy and canada have now suspended their funding to the agency. the us state department has also suspended its additional funding to un—ra. the organisation's head said a full investigation into the allegations is being carried out — and anyone found to have been involved will be held accountable. an oil tanker with british links has been attacked by houthi missiles. the marlin luanda was travelling in the red sea off the coast of yemen when it was struck. the uk government says it reserves the right to respond appropriately. it is the latest attack in and around the red sea, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. this is the marlin luanda, carrying russian oil from greece to singapore, the latest houthi target. now on fire, abandoned by its crew. the houthis were quick to take credit, their sp

france has become the latest government to suspend payments to the un agency for palestinian refugeesefire with representatives from the us, egypt and qatar. us negotiators are said to be cautiously optimistic that a deal is within reach. i will be back with a full bulletin of news at the top of the hour. now, disappeared: mexico's missing 43.

israel ups the pressure on the un agency for palestinian refugees, saying its boss should resign — followingolved in the 7th of october attacks. the un agency says it has sacked a number of staff and is investigating. it's slammed the decision of several countries to suspend funding — calling it collective punishment for palestinians in gaza. the uk post office chairman, henry staunton, is asked to step down by the business secretary, kemi badenoch, amid ongoing tension over the postmaster it scandal. he was appointed in december 2022. and donald trump addresses a rally in las vegas, a day after a court orders him to pay 83 million dollars in damages to a woman he defamed. we will have a full bulletin at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello, welcome to poltical thinking, a conversation with, rather than an newsy interrogation, of someone who shapes our political thinking, about what has shaped theirs. my guest, no guests, this week used to face each other

we begin with the crisis facing the un agency for palestinian refugees. for unwra —— several countries have paused funding for unwra, the latest to halt aid being germany, its second largest donor. eight others, including the us and the uk, have suspended funding to the agency known as unrwa. this comes after the agency announced it sacked several staff members over allegations they were involved in the october 7th hamas attacks. the uk said it was, quote, appalled by the accusations. the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, expressed shock at the suspension of funding, saying the decision to withhold thosefunds to withhold thosefunds threatens the lives saying the decision to withhold those funds threatens the lives of people inside gaza who depend on unrwa,

also coming up more countries suspend funding for the un agency for palestinian refugee. softer is religious. several staff members took part in how mazda is october, 7th of tax, the hello and terry martin. thanks for joining us. the united states, as 3 of its troops, have been killed and dozens more wounded in a drone attack near a base on jordan's border with syria. us officials say the drones struck near a barracks at the base. and the coupon region is the 1st time the strike has killed american soldiers in the area since the start of the israel from us war. president joe biden blamed, ran back to meliss militants for the attack, and vowed to respond. rand denies any involvement that'll be used. washington bureau chief in his pole has more of the killing of the 3 americans in jordan, near the border with syria is definitely a significant escalation of an already precarious situation in the middle east. uh, this is the 1st time, as you just mentioned, that us troops have been killed, but enemy fire in the middle east since the beginning of the cause of war. and the problems reaction of pre

let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines or the un agency for palestinian refugee says it has filed several employees for the alleged involvement in the october 7th terror attacks. by how mos on these route, your organization, which has been delivering aid into the gaza strip, says an investigation is now under way. the u. s. has meanwhile suspended funding for the agency following these allegations. following days of protests, the french government has abandoned plans to reduce tax breaks for agriculture. families have been blocking key roots into the french capital powers and has been preparing to block them all. most of the ways over government proposals to graduate in cost subsidies on the diesel fuel for agricultural and some sports news from the world of soccer livable mine as a young clubhouse analyses, leaving the club at the end of the current season. since joining the reds back in 2015, the german has overseen an error of success, which is intuitive from any i'm champion, sneak and titles, he is what he had to say earlier today. i will leave the club at t

sonya gutierrez has started a stay sick to guarantee the continued operation of the un agency for palestinian refugees. japan has become the latest country to post funding for on rob joining major donors like the us gemini and the u. k. this comes off to israel, alleged at 12 office, took part in the mos october 7th, tara tax and rose headphones that suspended funding could threaten the lives of those who depend on the agency for survival, as gauze of faces, a deepening humanitarian crisis, racing to get a sack of flour. now precious commodity in garza. these men are a few of the lucky ones who manage to get one others who are less fortunate. this is the amount i got today. this is for 7 people. look at how little this is. it's a rare day in gaza. city, very few a trucks make it to the heart of the strip. this one operated by the main you an agency and gaza was empty 10 minutes. some people got 3 bags of flour and some got 4. and i didn't get any, i have 3 children, and i don't know how i'm going to feed them. the situation could get even worse. several countries have temporarily paused the funding to

the us suspends funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees — over allegations of some of its staffook part in the october 7th attacks. welcome to world news america. we begin with breaking news on donald trump's defamation case. a new yorkjury has ordered the former president to pay more than 83 million dollars in damages to the writer ejean carroll. a new yorkjury has decided the former president must pay ejean carroll $18.3 million in compensatory damages and $65 million in punitive damages. that's a total $83.3 million that the former us president must pay. he president must pay. said ifully he president must pay. said i fully disagree with both vertex he said i fully disagree with both vertex and will be appealing this whole biting witchhunt focused on me and the republican party. he continued... our legal system is out of control and used as a political weapon. this is not america. donald trump was found civilly liable of defaming her when she wrote about it. lets go live to our correspondent nada tawfik in new york. what can you tell us what has happened in court?— what can y

i of the un agency for palestinian refugees has 5, several employees eventually involved in the october 7th terror attacks by him off on israel. and ross is an investigation is underway. us has suspended funding over the obligations. washington was one of the relief organizations. biggest financial back is the agency has previously said its ability to deliver aids to garza is on the verge of collapse. or these are these washington correspondent benjamin alvarez . the group has full on the us reaction to the quotes decision. the department of state has announced that it is temporarily. we don't know how long that will last, but it, that has positive funding for this un agency if for policy and refugees with washington is saying that it is now looking into this allegations and the steps that the united nations to you and is taking to address them we heard the secretary blinked and spoke with you and secretary at general antonio terrace. he emphasized how important it is to have a swift investigation that's according to a press release that the department of state published and send out to

general antonio gutierrez has urgent donor countries to continue funding the in battle un agency for palestinian refugees. he met behind closed doors within passengers from 35 nations following accusations. the 12 employees of the under agency participated in the homeless terror attack on israel . on october 7, last year, several countries including germany, have subsequently suspended their funding. farmers in france continued to block highways around paris and protests of the government's environmental regulations. they are demanding the government ease rules and protect them from rising costs. the government has announced a number of concessions. the farmers protest follow similar demonstrations in germany, belgium, spain, and italy. social media giant, tick tock is set to lose access to millions of songs. universal music group, home of top selling artist like taylor swift, has said it will pull its music from the platform after talks over, payments broke down. universal accused strict talk of trying to underpay on royalties for its audience. former pakistani prime minister in ron hahn and his wife bu

faces collapse after keep the owners to spend funding israel's, as workers for the un agency, for palestinian refugees joined the october 7th terrorist attack the village. welcome to the show. we started with some breaking news from turkey. one person has been killed in an armed attack on a catholic church and is symbol turkeys. interior minister says to armed assailants, attacked the santa maria search and the cities. sorry your district. he said one person on the sunday mass was killed. an investigation has been opened and authorities are working on capturing the attackers and our corresponding julia hahn is following the latest for us and it's dumble. you'll get this is of course a developing story. but what can you tell us at this point as well? officially we know what the interior minister has been tweeting according to him. the attacks took place at $1140.00 local time during sunday, mass, 2 armed assailants. he said storm the church and killed one pass and local media have also been reporting that several other people have been injured. but we do not have an official confirmation to that yet. u

also coming up more countries suspend funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees after israel alleges several staff members took part in mazda is october 7th attacks and a port in hong kong orders. the chinese property company ever ground to liquidate. we look at the river, potions for china, and global economy, the sarah kelly, welcome to the program. the united states, as the 3 members of its armed forces had been killed and thousands more wounded. in a drone attack, near a base on jordan's border with syria, us officials say that the drones struck near a barracks in the base in the book fond region. it is the 1st time that it strikes has killed american soldiers in the area. since the start of the israel hamas war us president joe biden blamed run back to militants for the attack. and his vowed to respond around the noises, any involvement. a good while i'm all of my government, the resistance groups in the region do not take orders from these. lemme and republic of the wrong with regard to their decision making all actions walter rollin does not welcome the development of