The head of medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Thursday that Gaza faces a catastrophe extending far beyond a humanitarian crisis, describing the situation in the densely populated enclave as chaotic. Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip's biggest cities on Thursday in a new phase of the war that is now entering its third month, with wide areas of the narrow territory flattened by Israeli bombardment and 85% of the 2.3 million population left homeless, according to U.N. figures. "My people on the ground keep updating me on the situation, and I can tell you that it has gone far beyond the humanitarian crisis," Dr Christos Christou, international president of Doctors Without Borders, told reporters in Geneva.
0n the other side of the border, in mexico city, is our correspondent will grant. what are the migrants telling you about their hopes to cross into the us? are they aware of some of the policy changes coming? imean, it i mean, it isjust such a confusing situation for migrants at this stage. i think it was clearfrom migrants at this stage. i think it was clear from sarah s report, that concept of do you try and get there early, during title 42, or are your chances improved afterwards? it is a very, very hard question for people to answer when they are actually not armed with all the information, they simply don t know the answer, and i think many authorities really don t know the answer to that question either. what we do know is that they are going to be expected to apply as it were to come through the front door, before they reach the border, and if they don t, they will simply be turned away. the difficulty is one of the key elements, the supplying through an app called cbp one, is p
lockstep with the biden administration and potentially receive benefits from doing so further down the line, whether or not that is on the immigration related issues, he is very keen for example see more us investment in central america or on other things, such as trade or the illegal flow of guns from the united states south. so for the time being i think, andres manuel lopez 0brador wants to work with the biden administration but it is going to put huge pressure on the scarce resources of the immigration services in this country. great to talk to services in this country. great to talk to you. just hours before the expiration of title 42, the us house of representatives passed a new border security bill. the republican sponsored secure the border act of 2032 is unlikely to clear the democratically controlled senate but it would mandate the hiring of more border patrol agents, and resume construction of a border wall a centerpiece of donald trump s immigration policy. my co