On this programme before, but this is the first time that youre talking to us since you stepped down from your role as the uns humanitarian Chief Injune this year. Response that we will be facing a situation where people will drift fast it always is fast, its viral with famine into a situation where we cant see whats going on. The good thing about ethiopia, as you remember, was we could see what was happening and it attacked our consciences. Its not happening in sudan. Butjust to be clear, what ethiopia resulted in, it was A Million deaths from famine. So, you are saying that sudan could cause more than A Million deaths from famine . Yes. Yes, of course. And i know its very difficult to comprehend that because we dont really understand famine and we understand it probably less now in many ways than we did then when it was a very important subject of study and response. But to manage the response to famine in the middle of a war where we dont have access journalists, crucially, are not
We start in the Middle East where. Lebanon has called for us help to end a wave of israeli assaults the Deadliest Bombadment the country has seen in decades. Health authorities there say 569 people including many children have been killed since monday. The Foreign Minister says the number of people displaced from Southern Lebanon is probably approaching half a million. Israel says it wants its campaign against hezbollah to be as short aS Possible and says its killed a senior commander of the iranian backed group, which has been Firing Rockets into northern israel. And as World Leaders meet in New York, the un Security Council says it will discuss the escalation on wednesday evening. Orla guerin starts our coverage. A community in mourning. The village of saksakiyeh in Southern Lebanon today. Ii were killed here yesterday by israels massive bombardment. The dead included four women, an infant and a seven year old girl called joury. Herfather, mohammad halal, says she was an innocent ch