iowa caucuses, my conversation with ron desantis about his strategy is coming up. the big news, in my view, is that the media are throwing in the towel. here s politico. the defining feature of the race is just how uncompetitive it s become. donald trump has already iced the rest of the field, trouncing his competitors like a slow motion coronation. washington post, a growing sense among political veterans across the state that the basic outcome is set and a trump victory is all but assured. and that view has spread to television. we ve been talking about this as if it s a real race, but so far we haven t seen evidence that there is anyone who s going to be able to steal this mantel from trump. donald trump is still the front-runner among republicans. and any attempt by his rivals to sell themselves as reasonable alternatives are going even further down the tubes. she does not have a strong performance, that could spell trouble for the end of her campaign. and once agai
tonight the united nations hears a claim that 3,200 children have been killed in gaza injust three weeks, more than the number of children killed annually across the world s conflict zones since 2019. as israel s ground operation continues, what next for this escalting conflict? tonight talking us through israel s strategy for its ground operation inside gaza, mark will be with us. we ll be hearing from the director of a palestinian medical aid charity who refuses to leave northern gaza. everywhere you go right now there is a complete disaster happening right now and gaza strip. people are saying that gazza is the new aleppo, so i am still standing in the north of gaza and i believe i still have my dignity with me, staying in my home, scrapping for whatever food and water. and as the united nations security council holds another emergency meeting tonight, we ll bejoined live by an israeli cabinet minister and the un special rapporteur for the palestinian territories. is the u
hello, i m anna foster in southern israel. this is bbc news. you can see the gaza skyline behind me, let s bring you up to date with some of the developing lines in the story this morning. the un s agency, unrwa, says it is worried that civil order is starting to break down, following three weeks of war. it says while there was a communications blackout in the last few hours, warehouses had been broken into, people carrying away bags of flour, white, essential things, boxes of hygiene kits and other basic supplies for life. we know so little aid is getting into gaza at the moment and it really is a sign of the desperation there at the moment and you can see they are in picking up what they can and carrying it away, taking it to their families. this is a warehouse in the southern gaza strip. we will get the latest from unrwa very soon here on bbc news. also wanted to bring you some breaking news as well. some information about a hospital in gaza, that has come from the palesti
it comes after warehouses containing flour and other basic supplies were ransacked by thousands of people. the international red cross is warning that no adequate humanitarian response is now possible in gaza, which it describes as a catastrophic failing . israel had said egypt and the us would be expanding humanitarian aid into gaza today. but egypt has blamed delays on israel s inspection regime. it comes as the israel defense forces continue their ground offensive in gaza, entering what they say is the second stage of the war. the idf say they ve targeted a50 military targets belonging to hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, after moo israelis were killed in hamas raids on southern israel, on october 7th and more than 220 taken hostage. phone and internet communications are gradually returning to gaza, after being cut off by israel as it began its ground operation. there s a warning from iran of the conflict widening: its president, ebra
hello, i m anna foster in southern israel. we start in gaza where the un agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, says there are signs that civil order is starting to break down, following three weeks of war. this is one of the incidents which prompted that warning people breaking into aid agency warehouses, to carry off food and other essential supplies. just 80 trucks carrying aid have reached the territory in the past week. people are taking basic things like wheat and hygiene kits which are in short supply in gaza. people are taking what they can from the warehouses after breaking inside. people are carrying away what they can lift in their arms as the level of humanitarian aid remains at an extremely low, just 80 trucks carrying aid, reaching gaza in the last week compared to more than 100 a day which normally pass through there. israel s aerial bombardment and ground operation inside gaza are continuing. the israeli defence forces have released this video showing tan