samer abdeljaber is palestine country director for the world food program, the wfp.nd we have najla shawa, who is an aid worker and a mother of two children, and a longtime resident of gaza. she and her family have survived several israeli raids on the city. a warm welcome to all of you. najla, i would like to start with you, if i may. as i say, you are a mom and a military and worker, you see it from all sides. we have a situation now where food prices are up 20%, money coming in is down radically, and all the time you are living under the israeli blockade and ongoing attacks. describe for us, if you will, what it is like trying to run a family as a resident of gaza, what daily life is like. najla: yeah, sure, thanks for having me. well, honestly, it's a constant state of anxiety at best for those who can't afford daily living and still can survive. the problem is that with a majority of the population around us and the community around me, we continue to suffer from this kind of fluctuation in everything. there is every day uncertainty and anxiety in how life can b

place, especially from the beginning of this week, where we have seen humanitarian organisations like wfpt they could stretch their distribution and get to the people who are most in need. but now there are fears that aid trucks would be stopped, they could be looted and things may get worse. unfortunately we cannot really tell, as of now, what this means tomorrow or next week for the people of sudan. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the weather for half—term week continues to frustrate some but glorious for others. west has certainly been best — wednesday was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland, just shy of 25. once again along the east coast of scotland and england, it was cool and grey at times. that is because the high—pressure centred to the far north—west, and with the wind direction swinging round clockwise, it's always going to be driving in cloud off the chilly north sea. thursday, we start off grey and gloomy, damp enough for some drizzle but the sunshine will come through, and into the afternoon once again we have those contrasts. south west england and wa

the wfp says sudan's conflict could increase the number of people facing food insecurity by about 2.5 million in the coming months. ukrainian officials say russian air strikes on kyiv overnight killed three people, including a mother and her 11-year-old daughter. those attacks came as pro-russia officials said five people had been killed by artillery fire in a russian-occupied village in eastern ukraine. russia also said ukrainian drones struck two oil refineries near russia's biggest oil export terminals, triggering a large fire at one of the sites. in washington, d.c., white house spokesperson john kirby announced the biden images -- biden administration is sending ukraine an additional $300 million in military equipment, including patriot air defense systems, anti-aircraft stinger missiles, and more ammunition. north korea has failed in its first attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit. on wednesday, a north korean rocket crashed into the sea west of south korea after its second stage reportedly lost thrust. kim yo jong, the powerful sister of leader kim jong un, said afterwards

meeting with, and resigning enamel you with the wfp ig, as well as meeting with investor mccain and talking about oversight and collaboration issue. so, it's a key part of us doing our work effectively. >> for -- i was just going to add, the part that you open up to all of. us what, i agree with everything michael said, but at what i would just add as well that, one of the things i think that we've learned around the world. and the chairman referred to this at the very beginning, is the importance of getting it early, and getting established early, and doing the oversight. so iraq was way before my time as the d.o.d. ig, but having said that, one of the things we've really been stressing, and i think you heard in all of our opening statements, is the importance of coordinating early, working together upfront to get ahead of oversight, so that we are not playing catch-up later. so that's one important lesson. and then the other one is coordinating amongst ourselves. and with our partners, and all of our offices have robust relationships with we, have our own law enforcement we, have law enfo