million strong population is in dire need of humanitarian assistance. aid agencies can t get to them. diseases are rife. what are you and others trying to do to help them? thank you for having me. this war is entering its ten months with no end in sight. we are passing through probably the worst humanitarian crisis in the recent history of the country, with displacement, refugees, loss of life, shortage of everything food, medicine, shelter. ..destruction of infrastructure, property. ..collapse of the economy, collapse of the state. the un organisations like ocha, the who, unhcr. ..put the death toll atabout 13,000. ..which is a very conservative estimate, injuries, about 33,000. i think that this is far much higher than that. and i would like to believe we might spend years to be able to know the exact figure. as you said, there is huge displacement, over 11 million displaced refugees, around two million scattered all over the region. egypt hosting the highest number of re
here s where the bank s base rate stands at the moment at 5.25% it is the highest in 15 years. the bank has raised the cost of borrowing fourteen times to try and tame soaring prices but inflation has eased sharply in recent months and the expectation now is that rates may soon start to come down. however, for those in the uk hoping for cheaper mortgages and loans there was something of a bad omen in the us, where the chair of the federal reserve seemed to dash expectations of a rate cut next month. as michelle fleury reports. the fourth meeting in a row, the federal reserve did not raise interest rates. this is the longest pause since policymakers began their aggressive rate campaign to tame inflation back in march of 2022. but for rate weary americans, well, they will likely have to wait a few more months to see any relief, given these comments by the federal chair. based on the meeting today, i would tell you that i don t think it s likely that the committee will reach a
zuckerberg, insisted they were investing billions in safety and trust. here s our technology editor, zoe kleinman. today s vast social media empires are managed by a handful of big names meta, snap, tiktok, discord and x. their bosses faced angry lawmakers in washington for a tense grilling about why children continue to be exposed to harm on their platforms. as a mother, this is personal and i share the sense of urgency. words cannot begin to express the profound sorrow i feel that a service we designed to bring people happiness and joy has been abused to cause harm. it may have been heartfelt, but the senators weren t buying it. mr zuckerberg, you and i the companies before us, i know you don t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. mark zuckerberg from meta, which owns facebook and instagram, came under the heaviest fire. these results may contain images of child sexual abuse, and then you gave users two choices get resources, or see results anyway. mr z
this week, we explore some of the latest innovations created by and for women. menopause is basically what happens when a woman s ovaries stop working. the access to these kind of data basically allow us to read the dna of over 200,000 women who are menopausal. ..the digital platform providing a safe space for women. communia is a first of its kind social network that builds for social health. so you can connect with yourself as much as you connect with others. ..and the ai generated couture collection. it was something that i wanted to wear in the metaverse, but it was also something i wanted to wear in real life. no longer taboo, the menopause has finally become a hot topic, with what many women can go through hopefully becoming better understood. so i ve had a bit of a rubbish day today with feeling quite anxious. i had quite a bad night s sleep last night. hey, so i m just between cases today at work. - ijust had a quite - embarrassing hot flush. i m struggling with the l
for social health. so you can connect with yourself as much as you connect with others. ..and the ai generated couture collection. it was something that i wanted to wear in the metaverse, but it was also something i wanted to wear in real life. no longer taboo, the menopause has finally become a hot topic, with what many women can go through hopefully becoming better understood. so i ve had a bit of a rubbish day today with feeling quite anxious. i had quite a bad night s sleep last night. hey, so i m just between cases today at work. - ijust had a quite - embarrassing hot flush. i m struggling with the light. i m struggling to see. so, it s 6am on sunday morning and i m wide awake. i ve been perimenopausal for the last. ..seven or so years. definitely one of the most challenging symptoms i ve found over the last few years has been the brain fog. i m trying not to be too, erm, too upset about it. maybe, though, the way that women s reproductive health plays out doesn t need t