what what is the world health organisation trying to do?know, it's attracted i think quite a lot of pubuc attracted i think quite a lot of public constant although perhaps less so to from less so to date from parliamentarians and the media generally. and what they're trying to do is they are under two different agreements attempting to give themselves really on the face of it, quite surprising powers . so at the surprising powers. so at the moment, the world health organisation identifies pandemics and it makes recommendations as to how to deal with those pandemics . we deal with those pandemics. we can argue about whether it does that. well. i think a few of us are very dubious about that based on its performance during covid. under these two covid. but under these two agreements, that would as currently drafted, change and they are proposing to give themselves effectively binding power to not only identify . but power to not only identify. but to coordinate the global health response as part of that power, they're also giving themselves t

a new variant of covid—i9 has been classified by the world health organisation, as a "variant of interestidly increasing spread around the world. back at the start of november, the world health organisation said thejni strain made up just over 3% of global cases of covid—i9. that figure rose to 27% a month later. the strain has so far been detected in 41 countries, including the uk, france, india and the us. but — despite its high level of growth — the who says the strain currently possesses a low level of risk overall. dr anne rimoin, professor of epidemiology at ucla's fielding school of public health talked about how concerned we should be. we're continuing to monitor these variants, look to see is it more transmissible, is it causing more disease? is it causing more hospitalisation? more deaths? these are the things that we need to be tracking, we always need to be tracking this. so i think it's great that we're continuing to monitor with the data that is available and continuing to have situational awareness. we are starting to see hospitalisations for all respiratory pathogens tick

meanwhile, the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza's al ifa hospital which has been working under much reduced capacity following israel's military offensive. the organisation said the team supplied medicines, surgical and other medical equipment to the hospital which it said was "currently minimally functional". one member of who staff posted this update from the hospital. it this update from the hospital. is completely overw with it is completely overwhelmed with patients, very few staff, we have been here for the last 30 minutes, non—stop stream of injured people coming in, on trolleys, on donkey carts and stretches been pushed down the road. there are almost no medical staff here, this largest hospital here in gaza has become a trauma stabilisation point. they can only provide the most basic care for people with very serious injuries and very serious injuries and very serious illnesses. palestinian media say at least four people have been killed in clashes with israeli forces across the west bank. a sixteen—year—old boy was shot dead ne

the head of the world health organisation has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact onre there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. more on that in a moment, but first, this report is from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. the misery of life under canvas. four in five gazans have now fled their homes and away from the front lines, they're still fighting to survive, with severe shortages of food and drinking water. aid agencies say that they're struggling to deliver the basics even close to the egypt border where supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people, and we're simply not able to get the access that we need to get through. for the past four or five, six days, aid agencies such as unicef have only been able to access the rafah governorate, and even then it's been with very limited aid. and if we can't get through soon, people are going to really, really struggle because there isn't enough water, there isn't enough food,

the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza's al shifa hospital serbians are at the polls to elect a new parliament in snap elections. the former conservative peer michelle mone has admitted she could benefit from millions of pounds of profit from protective equipment sold to the government during the pandemic. i sold to the government during the andemic. . , sold to the government during the andemic. ., , ., , ., , pandemic. i was not trying to pull the wool over _ pandemic. i was not trying to pull the wool over anyone's's - pandemic. i was not trying to pull the wool over anyone's's eyes. i i the wool over anyone's's eyes. i regret— the wool over anyone's's eyes. i regret and — the wool over anyone's's eyes. i regret and i_ the wool over anyone's's eyes. i regret and i am sorry for not saying straight _ regret and i am sorry for not saying straight out — regret and i am sorry for not saying straight out yes i am involved. hello. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire

the world health organization says it has delivered medical supplies to the al—shifa hospital, which has been working on the reduced capacity following israel's military offensive. the organisation supplied medicines, surgical and medical equipment to the hospital, which it said was currently minimally functional. one member of the world health organization staff posted this update. it's completely overwhelmed with patience. very few staff remaining. as we have been here for the last 30 minutes, there have been people coming in on trolleys and donkey carts. the british mp layla moran says her relatives are among hundreds of civilians trapped in a catholic church in gaza city, members of the liberal democrat's extended family — a grandmother, herson, his wife and their ii—year—old twins are christian palestinians who sought refuge inside the church after their home was bombed in the first week of the war. they have been staying on mattresses along with dozens of others in rooms in the holy family church for more than 60 days. i spoke to ms moran earlier. she told me that the situation in gaza has been deteriorating all week. i haven't had an update overnight. we are at the point

the world health organisation says it has been able to deliver crucial medical supplies to gaza's alspital which has been working under much reduced capacity following israel's military offensive. the organisation said the team supplied medicines, surgical and other medical equipment to the hospital which it said was "currently minimally functional". one member of who staff posted this update from the hospital. it's completely overwhelmed with patients. very few staff remaining. as we've been here for the last 30 minutes, there's been a nonstop stream of injured people coming in on trolleys, on donkey carts, on stretchers being pushed down the road. there are almost no medical staff here. this largest referral hospital here in gaza has become a trauma stabilisation point. they can only provide the most basic care for people with very serious injuries and very serious illnesses. and sean casey, who you saw there, spoke to me earlier. he's the emergency medical teams coordinator at the world health organization, and has just returned from the al—shifa hospital in gaza. this was our fir

the special meeting of executive board of the world health organisation just ended and a resolution has consensus, calling for unimpeded, sustained and immediate access of humanitarian aid, including medical supplies and also calling for protection of health workers and access for health workers to all patients in need. so, this is really good news that all countries could agree on this. what we need really now is a political will to put in practice what has been agreed. really, there is no health without having a cessation of hostilities and even if we bring medicalsupplies, if there is a conflict going on, there will inevitably be more victims, more injured people and more suffering for people of gaza. here in the uk, it'sjust two days before parliament votes on rishi sunak�*s revised legislation to send some people seeking asylum to rwanda. but the conservative mp robertjenrick — in his first broadcast interview since leaving government last week — says the plan won't work. mrjenrick, who resigned as immigration minister over the bill, said it would become "bogged down" by legal chal

fighting since its invasion of gaza eight weeks ago — the world health organisation warns the situations getting "worse by the hour�* coming up we will be live in jerusalem with the latest from our correspondent there but first, a quick round up of the sport. we're going to start with football and a crucial night in the women's nation league on tuesday with far more than just a place in the finals at stake. england go head to head with scotland hoping to book their ticket to next years olympic games. the english nominated as the home nation with eligibility to obtain a spot for great britain, so the added twist that some scotland players could feature in that olympic team. england must win to maintain team gb hopes of an olympic place they started perfectly a looping alex greenwood header giving the visitors the lead after 12 minutes. a quickfire double from laurenjames 2 goals in 2 minutes approaching the break. beth mead has just put england to 4-0 beth mead has just put england to 4—0 up in scotland so it really is england in cruise control. for all the other nations league results,

. the world health organisation.that's my opinion. of course . and you're free to course. and you're free to disagree . disagree. joining me this evening is tom buick, friend of the show. tom, what do you make of my assertion that more people should be worried about what's happening in ireland? >> it's good to be back. merry christmas to you, neil. any rush legislation , in my view, is legislation, in my view, is folly. i mean, you mentioned the patriot act there, but just listen to your monologue , listen to your monologue, although it's been a while , you although it's been a while, you know, it hasn't lost any of the potency that i've come to hear from you. neil but as ever , you from you. neil but as ever, you take quite a gloomy view of human nature. i think you take a slightly quasi conspiratorial view of the technology and some of the people that might be behind it. that's not to say i don't think there are some real worries about what a surveillance society, whether that's the new laws, draconian laws, in my

for palestinian refugees has described the situation in gaza as �*hell on earth' and the world health organisationacks on healthcare in the region. civilians living in the other palestinian territory — the west bank — have had their rights and freedoms severely curtailed. our international editorjeremy bowen has this report. and a note, some images in his report are distressing. at al nasser hospital in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed

for palestinian refugees has described the situation in gaza as �*hell on earth' and the world health organisation attacks on healthcare facilities in the region. i spoke tojoseph belliveau, executive director of doctors without borders in canada about the worsening health crisis in gaza.

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ground operation in gaza. say the number of israel fatalities is much higher. the head of the world health organisation says it's almost impossible to prove the health situation in gaza given the current circumstances there. pedronum said the israely unslot has left catastrophic impact on health sector in the palestinian territory. he had that resupplying medical needs is now extremely difficult considering the security situation on the ground. tedros also regretted the un security council's failure to agree on gaza, you speaking at who executive boards meeting in geneva. the board adopted a resolution by consensus that calls for medical personnel and supplies to be sent to the besieg strip. regarding the humanitarian situation in gaza, several un agencies have also issued fresh warnings. the un agency, onrua condemned israel's use of food, water and fuel as weapons of war. the united states has veto the un security. council resolution that called for sease fire gaza. our correspondent in the occupied west bank, on our candial ask people to tell us what they think about the us move? what america has do

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the world health organisation has warned that the health system in gaza is collapsing. it has renewed calls for immediate cease fire in gaza sounding the alarm about the worsening situation of the healthcare system there. palestinians in the besige stripper facing severe shortages of basic supplies due to israeli curbs on the entry of eight there. "the world health organization has once again sounded the alarm on deepening humanitarian and medical crisis in wartorn gaza. it has called on the international community to take urgent steps to alleviate the grave peril facing palestinians in the besieg territory. according to the latest who assessments, gaza has 13 partially functioning hospitals, two minimumly functioning ones and 21 that are not functioning at all. there are actually no functional hospitals left in the north. al-ahli was the last one, but is now minimal functioning." and still treating patient but not admitting new ones along with all shipad and sahaba hospital and ladies and gentlemen we're interrupting uh the broadcast right now uh to go live to uh addre

university that the total rate of salt was 4,048 million grams per liter. as said by the world health organisationfor drinking water is around 1500 milligrams per liter. the tab water here is very brackish as if it was brought right from the sea. see we have water now, suffer, as you can see, i have water now, just have look, there you go, this is the tab without water, the other one has water too, barely dripping, i'm suffering from the situation, when i want to take a shower, there is water, i feel the seawater in this pale, i shover using the kittle like that due to the lack of water, i go to the sea taking one pale or two with me and fill them with the seawater, as you know the sea is polluted nowadays and the water is not clean, can i do to get rid of this situation? i go home and take a shower in the middle of my home. sometimes i don't want to take a shower, but my wife has to wash the dishes after we have eaten. when she finds water, my wife asks me to get one or two pells of water from the sea. i walk around 100 meters, then i go down around 30 mes to get the water and come back from the

phenomenon of high salinity can be seen in all the wells in the gaza strip. according to the world health organisation, the allowed rate of chloride. the high proportion of salt in the underground. water used by the residents of the strip is mainly due to the mixture of seawater and ground water that feeds the underground water reservoir. if the reservoir is filled with rain water alone, the underground water should not be that salty. this electrical conductivity meter device measures the salt in water and of course the salt dissolved in water. in case of ionization, there are two poles of electron within the device. the electrical conduction takes place between the poles of electrons when placed in water, whenever the rate of salt is too high, the current is too high. we found in the sample, which represents the ground water of al-azhar university, that the total rate of salt was 4,048 million grams per liter. as said by the world health organization, the normal rate for drinking water is around 1500 milligrams per liter. the tab water here is very brackish as if it was brought right from the sea as

world health organisations also announced that there are no longer any functional hospitals in the northern part of the palestinian territory. now is a shell of hospital, until two days ago it was the only hospital where injured people could get surgery in northern gaza and that was overwhelmed patient needing as you can, there are no operating theaters anymore due to the lack of fuel, power, medical supplies and health workers, including surgeons and other specialists, it completely stopped functioning and and is only operating as hospice currently with no or very little care, there are actually no functional hospitals left in the north, al was the last one but is now minimal functioning and still treating patient but not admitting new ones along with allshipa, alada and al sahaba hospital. who will keep striving to supply health facilities in the northern gaza, but without fuel, staff and other essential needs, medicines, it won't make, yeah, medicines will make a difference, and all patients will die slowly and painfully. patients were crying out in pain, but they were also trying out fo

the head of the world health organisation has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on robertjenrick, redoubles his attack on the government's rwanda plan, saying it's unworkable. and the huge skull of a 150 million—year—old sea monster is revealed after it was extracted from cliffs on the south coast of england. here in the uk, the prime minister rishi sunak is under growing pressure over his plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda. the government has published new legislation which it says will allow the uk to send asylum seekers to rwanda, despite a previous ruling by the supreme court. robertjenrick, who was until last week the immigration minister responsible for the plans, said he won't support the government in a key vote on the issue on tuesday. another senior backbencher says right—wing conservative mps have received legal advice that the legislation is not fit for purpose, increasing pressure on mr sunak. our political correspondent peter saull told us more. robertjenrick, the immigration minister, as you say, resigned on wednesday, just hours after the governm

the world health organisation has once again sounded the alarm on deepening humanitarian and medical crisis in wartorn gaza. it has called on the international community to take urgent steps to alleviate the grave peril facing palestinians in the besieg territory. according to the latest who assessments, gaza has 13 partially functioning hospitals, two minimumly functioning ones and 21 that are not functioning at all. there are actually no functional hospital. was left in the north, al was the last one, but is now minimal function and still treating patient but not admitting new ones along with al-shipa, alada and al sahaba hospital, so these hospital are still sheltering also thousands of displaced people, atly about currently about 10 stop, all junior doctors and nurses continue to provide basic first pain, pain management as much as possible, wound care and trauma students the nasert medical complex, which is the most important referral hospital in southern gaza, is partially functioning. the world body is expressed concern about reports of residential areas being ordered to evacu

to put an end to the sufferings and support or save our people. we call on honora and the world health organisation to take the humanitarian and ethical responsibilities and to do their role in sending humanitarian aid and emergency aid medical aid to the guza strip in the north and the south and not to bow down to the pressures and dictates of occupation with contradict international human rights and we say very clearly that onura is not playing the role required from it and also unfortunately the palestinian red cre is also not doing its duty as it should and the on not doing what it should do and also the palestine reset not doing its role in the appropriate manner has led to problems to in distributing aid to the people to malfunctional problems. encountered intributing the what is required now is that these two organizations should play or should take up their responsibilities, their human responsibilities and national responsibilities, whatever happens, they are the ones. impossibility for distributing aid and they are for the repercussions in not doing the role as required, we call on the re

world health organisation warns that the health system in gaza is beyond or being destroyed, describing the decimation of the territory's health system as a tragedy. and in a letter to pope francis ivan's president hopes the international community would take measures during the new year to end the israeli genocide in gaza. hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in tehron. thank you for joining guys. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the gaza war has exacted very heavy price on the regime. netanyahu said israel has no choice but to keep fighting to achieve his goals including the elimination of hamas and the return. the captives, he made the comments after the israely army confirmed that 14 troops have been killed in gaza since friday, he said 153 israeli troops have been killed and nearly 500 oters wounded since the beginning of israel's ground invasion in gaza. hamas says the number of israeli army casualties is much higher. kevin barret, editor of veterans today earlier joined us from sydia, morocco. he said the future of israel is bleek. let's li

world health organisation has renewed warnings that famon is looming in the palestinian territory.g territory. the military wing of the palestinian resistance moved hamas says that his fighters blew up the entrance of a tunnel in central gaza. brigades added that the operation led to the killing of number of israeli forces there. his fighters also killed four israeli troops at the jabal refugee camp in northern gaza. the military wing of hamas added that five israely tanks were destroyed as they were trying to advance into javalia. according to other resistance groups, israely war planes have been targeted by air defenses in the southern city of hanjunis. the one security council has passed a resolution to facilitate aid delivery. to gaza, which is which is reeling from deadly and devastating israel. the resolution however fails to call for sease fire. the original draft by the was repeatedly watered down by the us to remove. clause for sessation or even a suspension of israeli attacks. this provoked the outrage of russia, which also pointed to what it called a dangerous provision

with people lining up for hours just to get to toilet. according to the data compiled by world health organisation from november 29 to december 10, cases of diarrhea in children under the age of 5 jumped 66% and climbed 55% for the rest of the population in the same period. the un agency said the numbers were inevitably incomplete due to the meltdown of all systems and services in gaza because of the war. doctors of the pediatric ward at nasa hospital and khan unis in southern gaza have told reporters that the ward was overrun with children suffering extreme dehydration causing kidney. failure in some cases, while severe diarrhea was four times higher than normal. the conditions of the war have led to the spreading of lot of epidemics and sicknesses, the first epidemic of which has been one of acute gastroentritis, which we have most frequent cases of in the children's world. there are a number of patients come with cases of extreme dehydration, some of which can get to the point of kidney failure or weakening kidney function. things are very bad. i have four children with gastrointestinal disease

press tv's news and reef the world health organisation has warned that almost all hospital.t ambassador to the united nations has condemned israel's assassination of a senior iranian military advisor in syria's heinous and cowardly. amir said urged the international.

the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza's al shifa hospitalhich is working with a much reduced capacity. serbians vote in snap elections largely prompted by outrage over mass shootings in the country. and after years of denials, the former conservative peer, baroness mone admits she could benefit from millions of pounds of profit made from protective equipment sold to the uk government during the pandemic. now on bbc news. the travel show. it's incredible to think that this thriving metropolis was once a sleepy little fishing village. it became an international port, a crucial meeting point between east and west, a fusion of cultures and a global financial centre. hong kong is always evolving. it's often at the sharp end of political debate, and right now, it's in a fascinating time of transition. this former british colony was handed back to china in 1997, and ever since then, its connection with the past, the mainland and its future has been evolving. the transition hasn't always been smooth, but hong kong retains its own currency and identi

the world health organisation has warned that the health system in gaza is being destroyed. who's head tedras atdhanam said the decimation of the gaza health system is a tragedy. he reiterated his call for immediate ceasefire. the un health agency has long been sounding the alarm about the state of healthcare in the beseest territory. gaza's original 36 hospitals only nine are now partially functional. all of them in the south. and all of them overwhelmed. after missions last week to two badly damaged hospitals in the north, who staff described unbearable scenes of largely abandoned patients, including young children begging for food and water. the israel regime continues to kill palestinian journalists in gaza on an almost daily basis. israel forces have killed scores of journaos since october 7th of this year in a grave violation of. national laws and norms. intentional targeting of journalists is considered a war crime and a crime against humanity. on october 7th iz regime launched brutal bombardment of the gaza strip killing and maming tens of thousands of innocent civil

the world health organisation representative for gaza, richard peeperkorn, has been giving an updatealth situation in gaza. he said that northern gaza has been left without a functional hospital due to a lack of fuel, staff and supplies. 0nly nine out of 36 health facilities are partly functional in the whole of gaza. all of these, in the south. there are actually no functional hospitals left in the north. al—ahli was the last one, but is now minimally functional. still treating patients, but not admitting new ones. along with al shifa, al—awda and al—shuhada hospitals. so, these hospitals are still sheltering thousands of displaced people. at al—ahli, there are currently about ten staff, alljunior doctors and nurses, continuing to provide basic first aid, pain management as much as possible, wound care and trauma stabilisation services. the fighting still continues and the humanitarian aid effort still continues. sarah elisabeth davies from the international committee of the red cross explained the difficulties in distributing aid in gaza. it is a very challenging situation. what we

the head of the world health organisation has said the war in gaza is having a "catastrophic" impact care there. tedros ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent, hugo bachega, has the latest. this is nasser hospital in khan younis, and the aftermath of another night of unrelenting israeli attacks. in the chaos, a father desperately searches for his son. mohamed abu shihab says a sniper opened fire when he was in his house, giving water to his two sons. the oldest was wounded. the youngest killed. "the sniper killed my son, i want to see my son," he says. this footage from the israeli army shows its soldiers in gaza. in the south, israeli tanks are advancing on khan younis. hamas is fighting back and some of the battles are house—to—house. there is intense fighting also in the north. the humanitarian situation is "catastrophic", in the words of the un. it says half of gaza's population is starving. aid agencies are warning that those who haven't been killed by bombs may not survive hunger

the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza's al shifa hospitaltain tom lockyer is "stable" after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch in a premier league match. and... i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest. pop star and actor olly alexander is to be the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision song contest. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.

warning that "an even more hellish "scenario is about to unfold" in the gaza strip with the world health organisatione situation is getting worse by the hour. the israeli military is intensifying its ground operations in the south with what it described as aggressive actions against hamas and other armed groups in khan younis. this is some of the latest footage from the israel defense forces. it's also released a video of ground troops moving through buildings shooting at hamas in gaza. we don't know where or when it was filmed but take a look. lieutenant colonel richard hecht from the idf gave this update on israel's military campaign. since the hostilities have returned we are expanding our operations against hamas across all of gaza. we are targeting operatives, infrastructure, and mainly the tunnel network. so far we have located over 800 tunnel shafts and destroyed 500 of these. the level of fortification is unprecedented. while we have been operating we are ensuring that there is minimum harm to civilians, with soldiers on the ground going from building to building. leaflets are reported to hav

the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza's al shifa hospital. former conservative peer baroness mone admits she stands to benefit from millions of pounds of profit from protective equpment sold to the government during the pandemic. i wasn't trying to pull the wool over anyone�*s eyes and i regret and i am sorry for not saying straight out, yes, iam involved. serbs vote in snap elections largely prompted by outrage over mass shootings in the country. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision song contest. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel's war ag

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engaged in some of the heaviest fighting since its invasion of gaza eight weeks ago — the world health organisationt first, a quick round up of the sport. we're going to start with football and a crucial night in the women's nation league on tuesday with far more than just a place in the finals at stake. england go head to head with scotland hoping to book their ticket to next years olympic games. the english nominated as the home nation with eligibility to obtain a spot for great britain, so the added twist that some scotland players could feature in that olympic team. england must win to maintain team gb hopes of an olympic place they started perfectly a looping alex greenwood header giving the visitors the lead

the head of the world health organisation has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact onever be a target. britain's former immigration minister robertjenrick redoubles his attack on the government's rwanda plan, saying it's "unworkable". in argentina, right—wing libertarian economistjavier milei is sworn in as president. hello, i'm maryam moshiri. welcome to bbc news. israel has ordered residents to leave the centre of gaza's main southern city, khan younis, as fighting there intensifies. there's been heavy bombardment of the territory overnight. the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on healthcare there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work

bbc news, the headlines: israel intensifies its operation in the south of gaza — as the world health organisation with rwanda ? as they try again to fulfil its promise — to send asylum seekers to the country. and a billion—dollar version of grand theft auto is revealed in a new trailer — it'll be the first update of the game in a decade. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. manchester united manager erik ten hag insists his squad are "together" — and denied reports of a dressing room rift. the club are 7th in the league and take on chelsea on wednesday — and earlier took the step by excluding four media organisations from their scheduled news conference earlier after reacting furiously to reports up to half of the squad were either unhappy with ten hag, or his training and tactics. they should come to us first and not go around our back.

for palestinian refugees has described the situation in gaza as �*hell on earth' and the world health organisationed a resolution calling for immediate humanitarian aid in gaza — saying there has been 499 attacks on healthcare in the region. civilians living in the other palestinian territory — the west bank — have had their rights and freedoms severely curtailed. our international editorjeremy bowen has this report. and a note, some images in his report are distressing. at al nasser hospital in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed in the night by israel. at the end of the line was a baby killed on the day she was born. laid across the bodies of her mother and her father. "don't cry", he told theirson, mohammed. "they are in heaven." gaza has been turned into a living hell for civilians by israel's offensive. thousands of children are among the palestinian dead. theirfamilies say there is only one way to make a difference. "everyone is only talking aboutaid", said ibrahim. "we don't care about aid, we want them to stop the bloodshed." the americans say israel is killing t

the world health organisation describes the emergency department of gaza's al—shifa hospital as a "bloodbathafter delivering crucial medical supplies. former conservative peer baroness mone admits she stands to benefit from millions of pounds of profit from protective equipment sold to the government during the covid—19 pandemic. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest... pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom's entry for next year's eurovision song contest. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show. what's in store for 202a? another year of struggle for the global economy. but are things about to get brighter? how much we spend in the shops, jobs and interest rates as well as elections and war are all on the agenda for the next 12 months. but what will it mean for our cost of living? i'm going to tackle those questions with these two, there they are, the chief economist atjp morgan, one of the world's biggest b

the world health organisation says the humanitarian situation in gaza is "getting worse by the hour", south of the gaza strip. tha un has warned that it's no longer possible to create safe zones there for civilians. juliette touma, director of communications at unwra, the un relief agency for palestine refugees, is injordan and told us about the conditions her colleagues are facing in gaza. it's getting worse by the minute, it is safe to say. we are getting nonstop sos calls from our colleagues and friends who work for unrwa. i think we've hit rock bottom, and it is a turning point in this war. we're also hearing that the jabalia refugee camp, which is in the north, has been encircled. now, i don't know if you particularly have any recent data, but do you have any sort of estimation about how many people we're actually talking that are still in that refugee camp? we don't have the exact figures. however, if you recall, matthew, during the pause, the recent pause, our teams were able to make it to the north of the gaza strip, and they have confirmed that there are indeed people who con

for palestinian refugees has described the situation in gaza as �*hell on earth' and the world health organisation a resolution calling for immediate humanitarian aid in gaza — saying there has been 419 attacks on healthcare facilities in the region. live now tojoseph belliveau — exective director of doctors without borders in canada. joseph, the head of the who has called the health care situation in gaza, �*catastrophic�* — what are your colleagues now seeing on the ground there? that is not an understatement, from what my colleagues are describing this as a full until military attack on an entire population, who has nowhere to 90, population, who has nowhere to go, nowhere to escape and part of this has been a systematic destruction of the healthcare i ,so it , so it direct bombing of healthcare facilities, bombing of ambulances including very clearly marked vehicles, doctors without borders vehicles and the siege style warfare in which there is a denial of the most basic items necessary to do medical care but also the most basic items necessary for survival, food, water, the medical supplies a

and for more on the summit�*s goals, i spoke moments ago with the world health organisation's director—generalalth, vanessa kerry. iam i am concerned because the climate crisis is without question a health crisis is without question a health crisis and i think it's deeply underestimated by many people around the world. already, a study came out a few days ago that indicates that over 8 million deaths a year are from air pollution specifically. of those 8 million, 5 million are directly from fossil fuel use. those numbers are much higher than we had originally estimated. we know that health impacts us in... our health is being impacted by climate change in every possible way. look at what happened in libya. a storm that was created by climate change and killed them immediately. it impacts our cardiovascular health, diseases like malaria. we see it impact our access to food and agriculture which he spoke about which affects our nutrition, we see it in terms of how it impacts our mental health. so we are being impacted by climate change and our well—being is being threatened every single day. who

last week the world health organisation declared a "new variant of interest" which has been detectedul hunter, professor in medicine at the university of east anglia. and familiar to many of us. nice to see again, it feels like it has been a while. appropriate that we are again talking about covid. it feels to me it is everywhere again. is that the case?— to me it is everywhere again. is that the case? well, i wouldn't say everywhere. _ that the case? well, i wouldn't say everywhere. but — that the case? well, i wouldn't say everywhere, but it _ that the case? well, i wouldn't say everywhere, but it is _ that the case? well, i wouldn't say everywhere, but it is certainly - that the case? well, i wouldn't say| everywhere, but it is certainly been going up since the last week in november. the problem is we no longer have as many tests available, so it is difficult to judge exactly how many infections we are seeing, but the resurrected ons survey published just before christmas and that would suggest we are seeing as many cases and probably more cases of infection across england, at lea

the world health organisation says the humanitarian situation in gaza is "getting worse by the hour",rned that it's no longer possible to create safe zones there for civilians. well, we can now speak tojuliette touma, director of communications at unwra, the un relief agency for palestine refugees. she's in jordan. a quick thought about what the world health organization said, that it is getting worse by the hour? absolutely. it is getting worse by the minute and we are getting nonstop sos calls from our colleagues and friends and we have hit rock bottom and it is a turning point in this war. indie hit rock bottom and it is a turning point in this war.— point in this war. we are hearing that the jabalia _ point in this war. we are hearing that the jabalia refugee - point in this war. we are hearing that the jabalia refugee camp i point in this war. we are hearing i that the jabalia refugee camp which that the jabalia refugee camp which is in the north has been in cycled. i don't know if you have any recent data —— and circled. do you have any estimation about how new people are still

engaged in some of the heaviest fighting since its invasion of gaza eight weeks ago—the world health organisationmore than sixty billion dollars. the white house has warned the money for ukraine will run out by the end of the year. in return, republican senators want strict border policies to tackle the migrant crisis on the us—mexico border. our north america correspondent nomia iqbaljoins me from washington dc.

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