are in dire need of basic necessities like food, water, and shelter. the un estimates that, since the start of the conflict, more than 9 million people have fled their homes with 24.8 million people in need of assistance. the un says sudan is the world s worst internal displacement crisis. this week, the un s refugee chief visited sudan s displacement camps where over a million sudanese have sought shelter because of the fighting. filippo grandi expressed deep alarm at the scale of the humanitarian emergency, and urged all nations to do everything possible to stop the conflict. let s be very clear. the civilians are the ones that have no responsibility, no fault of their own in this conflict and yet, as so often happens, they are the ones paying the highest price. this war has to stop. peace is the only solution so that we can help properly these people and all those to whom we have no access because of the war. this week, the un security council demanded an end to the si
renowned as a magnet for billionaires, bankers and beach lovers, it attracted nearly ten million tourists to its shores last year. but it s also an island nation, on the front line of climate change. whoa! it was the beacon of hope that we needed when the lighthouse came on because everybody knew, at that point, that there is hope. rising sea levels and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns are affecting everyday life here, so i m leaving the sunbeds behind to find out first hand how the people who live here are trying to save this stunning paradise. i m starting my journey in sweetings cay, a small, sun washed slice of the bahamas. ..where the ocean is as much a place of work as it is for enjoyment. shervin tate has been a fisherman here all his life. how are you doing, man? how are you, sir? good to meet you. - welcome to the bahamas! thank you very much! here, localfishermen dive, notjust for a day s catch, but to preserve a way of life passed down through generation
into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. israel s military said that operational plans for an offensive in lebanon had been approved and validated . the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned there is a real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. with me now said shehata from bbc arabic a from bbc arabic strike near the icrc compound, a strike near the icrc compound, what more can you tell us about it. tell us about it. the international - tell us about it. the - international committee of tell us about it. tue: international committee of the red cross on the x platf
the kind of set pieces so actually it is a good time to do some questions that people want answers to. yeah, so you ve sent in the questions. we re going to brainstorm the answers. crosstalk well, i don t know. some of these, i think, maybe are slightly more discursive rather than, like, right or wrong answers. right, question one is from phil, and he says. oh, this isjust basically what we ve just been saying. is there such a thing as election fatigue? and if so, how might campaigns track and consider this? do they work to time key announcements early to try and avoid policy commitments not landing with voters? so i think there s two things that seem contradictory there. one, yes, there is such a thing as people going, oh, my god, i want it over, just get on with it. there is also, however, the fact that there are lots and lots of voters who don t really tune in properly until the very last minute, because guess what people have got better things to do than obsess ab