it comes as a senior un aid official warned that half of gaza s population is starving, saying deliveries of food are now almost impossible because of the fierce fighting and aerial bombardment. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. the misery of life under canvas. fourin the misery of life under canvas. four in five gazans have now fled their home and they are still fighting to survive, with severe shortages of food and drinking water. aid agencies say they are struggling to deliver the basics, even close to the egypt order where supplies come in. supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only - supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline l at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get t
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 organisation has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care 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 sa
And london. Youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore. 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has finally signed his Replacement Executive Order on immigration. It reimposes Travel Restrictions on six muslim majority nations. But The New Order omits iraq, offers protection to people that already have green cards, and removes an indefinite ban on syrian refugees. Even so, new legal challenges are expected, as nick bryant reports. There was applause when President Trump signed the First Executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at americas airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to President Trump. So today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. The Washington Press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph ta ken instead by a white house staffer. He left it
And london. Youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore. 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has finally signed his Replacement Executive Order on immigration. It reimposes Travel Restrictions on six muslim majority nations. But The New Order omits iraq, offers protection to people that already have green cards, and removes an indefinite ban on syrian refugees. Even so, new legal challenges are expected, as nick bryant reports. There was applause when President Trump signed the First Executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at americas airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to President Trump. So today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. The Washington Press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph ta ken instead by a white house staffer. He left it
Here although it is chilly outside if you are just stepping out. For many of us it will be a dry start and a sparkly one with a Weather Front coming in from the south west introducing some rain later on. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story facebooks procedures for Vetting Content on its pages have been strongly criticised, after a bbc investigation found it was failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. The chair of the Commons Media Committee, Damian Collins, has said it casts grave doubts on the effectiveness of facebooks systems. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. The rules are simple. Facebook says it removes nudity or sexually suggestive content. But our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swa p paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene images of children. We informed the police, and this man was sent to prison for four years. Facebook told us it had improved its systems, so we put th