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the un's world food programme says hundreds of people have been killed and thousands of homes destroyed by majorflooding in northern afghanistan. tens of thousands of demonstrators in georgia take to the streets of tbilisi in the latest protest against legislation they say will stifle opposition. and the most powerful solar storm in 21 years triggers celestial light—shows in many parts of the world — with scientists expecting another display later this evening. now on bbc news, the travel show: antarctica: the frozen frontier — part 2. welcome to one of the most breathtaking and extraordinary places on earth. i'm in antarctica... ..on a journey across the coldest, the windiest... ..and surely one of the world's most awe—inspiring continents. i'm sharing the experience with 400 passengers on an expedition cruise ship. in the second part of my journey, i'll be meeting the scientists performing vital research to protect this region's vast ecosystem. there's the calf, yeah. nice. we know that the pregnancy rates are high, the population is increasing, and we're also seeing more calves in th

we speak to the world food programme operating in affected areas. and the first guidance for the vatican in 40, on the reporting of �*apparitions�* and supernatural phenomena. hello, i'm matthew amroliwola. let's start in gaza, because us troops have, for the first time, used a temporary pier, to deliver humanitarian aid. these pictures from us central command show the structure. the first consignments were brought ashore a few hours ago. it comes, as israel has accused south africa, of distorting reality, in its attempt to get the international court ofjustice, to force a halt to its military campaign in rafah, in southern gaza. here's dan johnson. this is a floating lifeline bringing aid direct to gaza's shores, built by the us military, so larger ships can deliver additional supplies under the supervision of the world food programme and israel's military. the americans stress, this is humanitarian work, there are no us military boots in gaza. listen to the insistence this should only supplement aid by road. the pier is temporary and not meant to

the un's world food programme says hundreds of people have been killed and thousands of homes destroyedy major flooding in northern afghanistan. and the most powerful solar storm in 21 years — triggers celestial light—shows in many parts of the world — with scientists expecting another display later this evening. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. the israeli military says about 300,000 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday — when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. the israel defence forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al—mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel is planning an assault on hamas fighters in rafah and has ordered tens of thousands more residents — from eastern districts of the city to leave. evacuation orders have also been issued for thousands of people in parts of northern gaza. last night, a us government report criticised israel's use of american—supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying it's reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of international hum

are dead after devastating flash floods in afghanistan over the weekend, according to the world food programme floods have destroyed entire villages, washing away homes, livestock, and access to clean drinking water and food. taliban officials and are calling on the international community for help. and cnn's anna coren joins me now, live from hong kong with more on there. so anna, what is the latest on afghanistan as deadly floods rosemary, the images that we're getting out of baghlan province in the north of afghanistan are extremely distressing and we need to warn our audience that what you're about to see me upset some viewers. look, these are videos that have been shared on a journalist group in afghanistan. and it shows the ferocious flash flooding that hit on friday. you can hear people screaming run away, run away. the next footage that we will show you the rescue efforts. and these are children three, four children that have been plucked from the mud buried in the mud that they are shell-shocked and it is beyond stressing this little girl. >> she is telling the man the flood took ever

the director of the world food programme says northern gaza is now in a full blown famine cindy mccain told nbc news that the situation is called a she says it's hard to hear and watch with palestinians in gaza desperately need food, water, sanitation, and medicine. here she is whenever you have conflicts like this, and and emotions rage high and things happen in a war famine happens. and so what i can explain to you is, is that there's famine full-blown famine in the north and it's moving its way south. and so with what we're asking for and what we continually ask for is a ceasefire. and the ability to have unfettered access to get in safe and unfettered access to get into the enter into gaza fit various ports and various, various gay crossings in cairo negotiators are working to reach a ceasefire and hostage agreement. egyptian state media report that negotiators have made some progress, but they don't appear to be close to a deal in both us and israeli officials say any agreement could take days to finalize cia director bill burns is they're representing the us in the talks? officia

gotten through the crossings in southern gaza in recent days, the palestinian side and the world food programme say that they have not in fact, the world food programme says that their operations are at risk of shutting down if more aid doesn't get in june so you have these military operations continuing in an in and around rafat. >> you have this ultimatum from biden and this report from the biden administration about israel's use of american weapons the potential violations when it comes to national humanitarian law, how does all of this tie in yeah. >> so the report doesn't mandate any change in us policy toward israel, but it could well be a catalyst for it. it does not explicitly draw the conclusion that us weapons have been used by israel against international law. it says it doesn't have enough information to draw that conclusion definitively, but it says that it is reasonable to assess that goes on to say this, quote while israel has the knowledge experience, and tools to implement best practices for mitigating civilian harm in its military operations. the results on the ground, includi

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the world food programme warns of famine, something israel denies.willing," says this woman in rafah, "my big hope is that this ceasefire happens and we can all return to our homes." gazans are desperate for this war to end. so are many israelis, but others in israel see this as unfinished business. they want this war pursued until hamas is utterly destroyed. frank gardner, bbc news, jerusalem. and a short time ago frank sent in this update from jerusalem on those peace talks. both sides want a deal. the problem is that they want it in slightly different ways on different terms. israel has gone about as far as i think it's prepared to go. it reduced the minimum number of hostages that it wanted out in the first tranche. it reduced its figure from a0 down to 33. that's out of a figure of roughly 90 to 100 israeli and other nationality hostages thought to be still alive in gaza. they've also agreed to allow the return of displaced palestinians from rafah in the south, where they're currently concentrated, to their homes in the north. but the sticking p

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the un's world food programme says it believes that more than 300 people have died as a result of flashloods in afghanistan, caused by exceptional rain on friday. the taliban authorities say dozens are still missing. ukraine's president zelenskyy says his troops are conducting counter—attacks for a second day in the north—eastern border region of kharkiv. but he's admitted defensive operations are also continuing, given ongoing russian advances. cheering he's done it! switzerland has won. and after one of the most controversial eurovision song contests — switzerland are crowned this year's winners. now on bbc news, click. this week, we look at the latest tech being used to combat cancer. lara hits the lab to see how ai and robotics are being harnessed to create new treatments for the condition. we uncover the new blood monitoring system aiming to give cancer patients more independence. ijust fell in love with the machine. it gave me a little bit of control back as well. we meet the robots with a sense of touch. so, how did you sleep last night? _ did you sleep well? and spencer looks at

a world food programme spokesperson says crowds intercepted a convoy of 16 trucks that were loaded withthe organisation suspended deliveries from the pier on sunday and monday. iran is beginning five days of mourning, after its president, ebrahim raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash on sunday. he had been travelling with the foreign minister through thick fog and rain, in a remote area near the border with azerbaijan. iran's supreme leader, ali khamenei, says the vice president will take over, until elections on june 28th. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports. in the fog at first light on this forbidding terrain, the crash site was finally reached and the bodies pulled from this wreckage, including president raisi and his foreign minister, abdollahian. a journalist from iran's state tv reporting from this scene, the blue—and—white tailfin behind him. no—one survived when this helicopter came down in the mountains of north—west iran, killing eight people on board. they had flown in a convoy of three choppers, close to the border with azerbaijan. president raisi

the world food programme warns of famine, something israel denies.says this woman in rafah, "my big hope is that this ceasefire happens and we can all return to our homes." gazans are desperate for this war to end. so are many israelis, but others in israel see this as unfinished business. they want this war pursued until hamas is utterly destroyed. frank gardner, bbc news, jerusalem. let's get more now on the israeli government decision to close down the tv channel aljazeera in israel. aljazeera has condemned this, calling it "criminal". sebastian usher is our middle east analyst at the bbc world service. thanks very much for coming in. that just recently, that very strong statement from al—jazeera condemning the action and calling it criminal. yes, it amplifies what the regional manager of aljazeera already said, he called it a dangerous move and it was politically motivated. what this means essentially is that aljazeera from now, because this has been signed as something immediately by the communications minister in israel, that the broadcast equi

delivered to gaza, including on wednesday when thousands of litres were transferred to the world food programmecord straight with regard to all of south africa's outrageous misrepresentations. but the claim that israel deliberately hampering medical services in gaza, or that rafah is the last viable location for medical care, it cannot be left unanswered. studio: the principal deputy legal adviser of the ministry of foreign affairs of israel, speaking live at the international court ofjustice at the hague. let us bring in our correspondent anna holligan parfor us and listening across. today israel has been responding to what the south african side put forward yesterday, perhaps we should talk about their main accusations and how israel has responded today. yes. israel has responded today. yes, south africa _ israel has responded today. yes, south africa has _ israel has responded today. yes, south africa has accused - israel has responded today. t2: south africa has accused israel of violating the genocide convention essentially and asked the judges for an urgent injunction. these provisional m

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us military, so larger ships can deliver additional supplies under the supervision of the world food programme and is well�*s military. the americans stressed that his humanitarian work, there are no us military boots in gaza. listen to the insistence this should only supplement aid by road. the pier is temporary and not meant to replace land routes into gaza. and the royal fleet auxiliary ship cardigan bay has helped open the new route. aid has been restricted since the main border crossing from egypt was closed last week when israeli soldiers moved into rafah. we have very little food and fuel coming through the border crossings in the south and we are always trying hard but failing, currently to bring in consistent volumes of food. hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been further displaced and the un warns of dwindling food and impending famine. getting aid to people in need into and across gaza cannot and should not depend on a floating dock far from where needs are most acute. land routes are the most viable, effective and efficient aid delivery method, which is why we need all cro

the un's world food programme says it believes that more than 300 people have died as a result of flashkyy says his troops are conducting counter—attacks for a second day in the north—eastern border region of kharkiv. but he's admitted defensive operations are also continuing, given ongoing russian advances. cheering he's done it! switzerland has won. and after one of the most controversial eurovision song contests — switzerland are crowned this year's winners.

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the un's world food programme says more than 300 people have died and thousands more have been injured rivers of water and mud swept away houses. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. mikel arteta's arsenal return to the summit of the premier league, after beating manchester united at old trafford. but delirium for the red devils at wembley — as manchester united's women lift the fa cup for the first time. and djokovic crashes out in rome — he loses to the chilean alejandro tabilo in the big upset of the men's draw. the first female welsh boxing champion lauren price wins her first world title in just her seventh professional fight. hello and welcome along to the programme — and we start with the race for the premier league title, with arsenal now back on top again, after a 1—0 win over manchester united at old trafford. it was a game that failed to ignite — the two teams, so long rivals over the years, the goal that separated it. leandro trossard converting a kai havertz cross. arsenal back above manchester city then, by the finest of mar

us military, so larger ships can deliver additional supplies under the supervision of the world food programme that his humanitarian work, there are no us military boots in gaza. listen to the insistence this should only supplement eight by road. the pier is temporary _ supplement eight by road. the pier is temporary and — supplement eight by road. the pier is temporary and not _ supplement eight by road. the pier is temporary and not meant - supplement eight by road. the pier is temporary and not meant to - is temporary and not meant to replace land routes into gaza. there is british aid — replace land routes into gaza. there is british aid heading _ replace land routes into gaza. there is british aid heading from _ replace land routes into gaza. there is british aid heading from cyprus and the royal fleet auxiliary sheep cardigan bay has helped open the new route. aid has been restricted since the main border crossing from egypt was closed last week when israeli soldiers moved into rafah. irate was closed last week when israeli soldiers moved into rafah. we have ve little soldiers moved into

world food programme said gplplexity of the operatin the. project in a war zone is continuing to slow distribution. they knew all along hamas would come in ansd take all of this food and put it on the black market. >> trace, you said it, an absolute disaster. has all the hallmarks of the biden administration. there is no plan going in and unnecessarily puts service members at risk. it will cost hundreds of indian itf dollars in will help our enemies and hurt our allies. a ridiculous proposition that we will continue to give aid and most will go to hamas and help our enemy fight against our a .lly >> trace: that is exactly,as send it in where it can actualld get to the people who need it. e what do you make of the german government vowing to arrest the prime minister benjamin netanyahuer b?en the quote here is by the israely spokesperson, "i am old enough to remember german leader days after october 7th and stating hamas our new. many in the world need to check their compass and be on thethei right side of history. now seven months later, ger

s world food programme pushes back against that characterization saying that some of the aid was actuallyributed but acknowledges most of it was intercepted by hungry civilians including 11 truck stopped on the way to warehouse this week. >> we came here with the hope that giving the american aid. we are waiting for american aid but we did not get anything. >> it's not just northern gaza suffering from logistics issues in the south that city over off of there is no aid distribution from the u.n. after they halted distribution following security concerns. john? >> try to live in tel aviv with the latest. >> joining us for more and all of this is general keith kellogg a fox news contributor, good friend of ours, thank you for joining us. there is a lot to get to when it comes to israel i wanted to start with this about-face from the biden administration. first they were warning for months he can't go into raw for there is 1.5 million people there. how are you going to do a full on invasion of rocco without killing a massive amount of people? now apparently they can. do so, what changed in t

democratic senator mark kelly of arizona, and cindy mccain, the executive director for the world food programme. >>> to the economy, there are new signs the job market may be cooling, which could be good news. the government reported that 175,000 new jobs were added last month in april, below expectations. the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9%. wall street was thrilled. the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 all rising sharply, so what does it all mean for the economy? what's in your wallet? we want to bring in business correspondent christine romans with the latest. nice to see you. you're our resident expert on these topics. it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to folks that the job market would be cooling, unemployment ticks up, and yet this could be good news. why? >> the job market might have been overheating a little bit, too red hot for too long and that could be contributing to the inflation problem in the country. what you want to see is not too hot, not too cold, just right. the goldilocks job market that's still strong. these numbers are quite strong. 3.9% is a very good unemployment rate and

trucks it's have gotten through, but no one is claiming that it is a lot in fact, unrwa, the world food programme say that they are at risk of running out of food. very soon. if more isn't allowed in the streets of rafah are also looking increasingly bear. but according to our cnn stringer on the ground, there's a lot of people who will tell you that they are either there are unwilling or unable to leave because of sickness or exhaustion case in 0.1, elderly man who spoke to cnn said that he had initially decided to stay put in rafah and then later changed his mind to be with his wife and his daughter, but he has no money for a car. they're very expensive right now in rafah, given the a scarcity of them. and so he's going there on foot, but to add insult to injury on his way there, what little he had a change of clothes and some food. was robbed. >> here. he was robbed of that. other people doubt the safety of that al-muwasi humanitarian zone as israel is calling it saying that israel could strike there. anyways, here's what one man told reuters over the weekend and rafah, listen rule. we are tir

military ships to the actual beach where it is unloaded and it is handed over to the world food programmer distributing it to the people in northern gaza, who so desperately need it. many of whom are now in full blown famine. so, there are u.s. service personnel on that temporary pier. there are u.s. service personnel on the smaller boats bringing the aid to the coast. there are no american boots on the ground in gaza, according to the pentagon. but secretary of defense lloyd austin acknowledged this is a war zone, those american service personnel on the pier are within range of the fighting in gaza. and that there are u.s. men and women in uniform potentially in harm's way now. jose? >> raf sanchez in jerusalem, thank so very much, appreciate it. >>> joining us now is ambassador pincus, always a pleasure to see you. thank you for injure time. just want to start with your reaction to this breaking news of the bodies of three hostages recovered. >> three that have been recorded. there could be more. and the question, jose, is whether or not these were individuals who were murdered on octob

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but both he and unrwa say it's still falls woefully short last week, the world food programme said the flow of aid is still crippled by red tape. >> spending hours a day to get through a checkpoint is not good enough being able to only use checkpoints for a short period of the day is not good enough. >> we have enough food. it's do we have enough access? >> the israeli army said wednesday, it is expanding areas in the south of gaza to which civilians can move and where they say humanitarian aid will flow it's assumed to be part of israel's plan to evacuate more than 1 million civilians from raffa on the southern border before a long threatened ground offensive a move that humanitarian agencies warn would be catastrophic. >> more than 1.2 million people are now seeking shelter in rafah governorates. >> they have very little to eat oddly, any access to medical care little shelters and nowhere safe to go in gaza every day. here's a battle to survive the bombing injuries, the lack of food, water, shelter the situation is worsening by the de according to the un, saying disease and starvatio

even wrote by now, we have heard from the world food programme, chief, let's, let's listen to what she whenever you have conflicts like this and an emotions rage high and things happen in war famine happens. >> and so what i can explain to you is that there's famine full-blown famine in the north and it's moving its way south and so with what we're asking for and what we continually ask for is a ceasefire and the ability to have unfettered access to get in safe and unfettered access to get into the into gaza. various ports and various, various gay crossings now latest figures from the united nations say that they believe some one million palestinians have been displaced from within gaza. >> and it's only a population of 2.2 million. so just to show the devastating impact of what has been happening there it's october 7. and we've also been hearing, of course, from the israeli sayyed that if there isn't a hostage deal done, if there isn't a ceasefire in place, then instead they will be going ahead with their operation. a major ground offensive. they call it is raffa itself, which would h

the world food programme warns of famine, something israel denies.afah, "my big hope is that this ceasefire happens and we can all return to our homes." gazans are desperate for this war to end. so are many israelis, but others in israel see this as unfinished business. they want this war pursued until hamas is utterly destroyed. frank gardner, bbc news, jerusalem. the united nations has warned against an israeli attack on rafah in the gaza strip, saying it risks causing many more deaths. israel has said that even if there is a ceasefire agreement it will be temporary, and that it plans a military assault on rafah to destroy hamas. around 1.4 million people are sheltering in rafah — many of them have been displaced from other parts of gaza. our special correspondent fergal keane reports now on the crisis facing rafa h. the story of desperate need to hold on single line. stretching on the road to rafah. this is the key on the egyptian side of the border. rafah is both at the hub through which most of gaza's eight passes, and no home to nearly 1.5 mill

of course, we've heard from the world folk food programme just earlier this month that northern gazas in a full blown famine and also warning that that is spreading to the other parts of gaza. but this specific location where this humanitarian aid is coming in, us official stress that the goal isn't for it to replace the humanitarian aid coming in from the other locations. it's for it to be a supplemental to that. so the expectation is that once they get up to 150 trucks per day, which is going to be the goal. that would be in addition, of course, to the trucks that are coming in through the other humanitarian ports over excuse me, not ports overlay that have already been operating. and the one last thing i want to know is that there have been challenges in setting up this peer over the last few months, it was president biden who ordered this peer during his state of the union address in march, but we should note that it was set up pretty swiftly that happen over the course of the last two months before this who's able to be at a place where it is today, where it is about ready to be

killed and thousands of homes destroyed in flash floods in afghanistan according to the un's world food programmenal rain caused rivers of water and mud to crash through villages and across farmland. newly released body—camera footage shows the shock and confusion among police officers as they watched the collapse of a major bridge in the us city of baltimore. the francis scott key bridge fell into the river after being hit by a container ship in march. six construction workers repairing potholes on the i.6—mile long structure were killed in the incident. working parents in england can now apply for 15 hours of government—funded free care a week for children from the age of nine months. but there are concerns about a shortage of available places and childcare providers say the government's hourly rate often doesn't cover their full costs, so parents can be charged extra. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has more. the lack of affordable childcare is often one of the biggest barrier cited by parents trying to find or get back into work. the government hopes by expanding free childcare plac

on the 17th of may, 2024, the world food programme warned that it had been able _ food programme warnedon the basis _ progress on access. end of quote. on the basis of— progress on access. end of quote. on the basis of information before it, the basis of information before it, the court — the basis of information before it, the court is — the basis of information before it, the court is not convinced that the evacuation — the court is not convinced that the evacuation efforts and related measures that israel affirms to have undertaken — measures that israel affirms to have undertaken to enhance the security of civilians — undertaken to enhance the security of civilians in the gaza strip and in particular those recently displaced from the rafah governorate, are sufficient to alleviate _ governorate, are sufficient to alleviate the immense risks to which the palestinian population is exposed as a result of the military offensive — exposed as a result of the military offensive in rafah. the court observed, for instance, that according _ observed, for instance, that according to a statement