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
Disasters and tragedies when they happen to immediately help the families never get that process put its enormous i really hope that all of those people who were involved in this are really proud of what theyve achieved tonight. Nick, last week, in terms theyve achieved tonight. Nick, last week, in terms of theyve achieved tonight. Nick, last week, in terms of labour, theyve achieved tonight. Nick, last week, in terms of labour, it theyve achieved tonight. Nick, last week, in terms of labour, it was i week, in terms of labour, it was dominated by conversations about freebies and tickets and Dissent And Pay in numberio freebies and tickets and Dissent And Pay in number 10 so where are we particularly with the latter issues . Where we are with those political staff if they were very happy with the speech today, they think it went down really well and they think the Prime Minister did a really good job and theyre really loyal to him on the wider point about the dysfunctionality in Downing
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
into north west england. again falling on pretty saturated ground. the winds will pick up but it will not be as windy as it is today. on friday, a chilly start but a much more settled deal weather for most. this is bbc news, the headlines: funerals are being held for 2h soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war in gaza began. there s been intense fighting around khan younis israel says it s surrounded the southern gaza city. but could a hostage deal be close? israel proposes a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with hamas. the us and uk carry outjoint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. we will take you through the oscar nominations in about ten minutes time. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. afternoon. afternoon, thank you. we start dennis. cash we st
the israeli prime minister has vowed that israel will not stop fighting in gaza, until it achieves total victory over hamas. benjamin netanyahu was speaking after the deaths of 2a israeli soldiers in one day the worst loss of life for the israeli army since its offensive began. 21 of the soldiers were killed inside buildings they were preparing to demolish, moments before an attack by palestinian fighters. hundreds of people have been attending funerals today. reports from israel suggest the government may be considering a new deal with hamas, which could lead to a two month pause in fighting while prisoners are exchanged. intense fighting is continuing in gaza, with the israeli army saying its forces have encircled the southern city of khan younis. the hamas run health ministry says nearly 200 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell. and a warning, her report contains some distressing images. buried wi