welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to be with you again, stephen. it s good to talk to you. you, of course, are a medical doctor. you have many colleagues in gaza. communication is very difficult. but does it seem to you right now that there is any semblance of a functioning medical and humanitarian system left inside gaza? no, the situation in gaza is absolutely drastic. it s a huge humanitarian crisis because not only of the israeli siege on gaza, but also, of this terrible bombardment. we ve lost up to now more than 10,000 people who were killed by israeli air strikes and bombardment. we ve lost 6,000 children 6,000 children, stephen. nothing can justify that. but on top of that, israel is depriving gaza from fuel, from electricity, from food, from water and from medications. we have 17 medical teams working there around the clock. they do their best, but they tell me that the situation is intolerable. first of all, we have more than 130 children in incubators who coul
The film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases as ever is mark kermode. Its a pretty good week. Yes, we are still in award season. We have Hidden Figures, a different look at the space race. We have the great wall in which matt damon goes head to head with crazy monsters. And moonlight, for my money, One Of The Best films ive seen this year. Lets start with Hidden Figures. True story, fascinating story. Please tell me its good. It is good, yes. There is a pun in the title. The Hidden Figures are both the hidden mathematical equations needed to get a man into space and also the hidden people used in making it happen. Its tag lined meet the women you dont know behind the mission you do. Its based on the story of African American women working in nasa in the early 19605 on the mathematical formula necessary to do the space race. The three main characters are all struggling to be recognised for their talent, both at work and at home. Heres a clip. Pastor mention
Looking forward to next week, when it is expected the government will fire the starting gun on brexit. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The worlds facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1916. That is the assessment of the United Nations, which says more than 20 Million People face the threat of starvation and famine in four countries in africa and The Middle East. £3. 5 billion are said to be needed byjuly to avert disaster. This report from our World Affairs correspondent Richard Galpin contains images you may find distressing. For months now, it has been known that millions of people, including this young baby, in yemen, have been starving. She was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. Across yemen, Hundreds Of Thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to stay alive. And the threat of Mass Starvation is affecting three other countries. This is a refugee camp in south sudan, which, like yemen, has been torn apart by conflict. Fam
Looking forward to next week, when it is expected the government will fire the starting gun on brexit. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The worlds facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1916. That is the assessment of the United Nations, which says more than 20 Million People face the threat of starvation and famine in four countries in africa and The Middle East. £3. 5 billion are said to be needed byjuly to avert disaster. This report from our World Affairs correspondent Richard Galpin contains images you may find distressing. For months now, it has been known that millions of people, including this young baby, in yemen, have been starving. She was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. Across yemen, Hundreds Of Thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to stay alive. And the threat of Mass Starvation is affecting three other countries. This is a refugee camp in south sudan, which, like yemen, has been torn apart by conflict. Fam
Looking forward to next week, when it is expected the government will fire the starting gun on brexit. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The worlds facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1916. That is the assessment of the United Nations, which says more than 20 Million People face the threat of starvation and famine in four countries in africa and The Middle East. £3. 5 billion are said to be needed byjuly to avert disaster. This report from our World Affairs correspondent Richard Galpin contains images you may find distressing. For months now, it has been known that millions of people, including this young baby, in yemen, have been starving. She was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. Across yemen, Hundreds Of Thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to stay alive. And the threat of Mass Starvation is affecting three other countries. This is a refugee camp in south sudan, which, like yemen, has been torn apart by conflict. Fam