since the fighting began. israel said its troops had reached the coastline to the south of gaza city saying that it had now effectively divided the territory in two. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who s been meeting regional leaders, said a humanitarian pause in gaza would be welcome. but israel said it needs progress on the release of hostages before agreeing to any pause in its offensive. hundreds of thousands of people are going hungry in gaza as food and water supplies run out, the world food programme has warned. the agency has told the bbc exclusively that out of 130 bakeries operating in gaza before the war, ii have been destroyed by israeli air strikes. many of those remaining are unable to operate due to shortage of fuel and flour. bbc arabic s adnan al bursh has visited some bakeries in southern gaza. long queues, frustrated families. these scenes have become a norm outside gaza s bakeries. translation: i have an entire family of at least 20 people w
america s top diplomat antony blinken held talks in ankara with his turkish counterpart, as he continues to push for humanitarian pauses in the fighting. in other news, prince william has been dragon boat racing and meeting with singapore s leaders ahead of his annual earthshot prize ceremony. # memories, like the corners of my mind. # the funny girl on the way we were barbra streisand reflects on the challenges of being a woman at the top of her profession during her six decade long career. you are watching bbc news. i am sarah campbell. more now on the israel gaza war and the us is devoting several senior members of the biden adminstration to try to find a diplomatic way forward. vice president kamala harris will host a phone call with world leaders later on monday, the director of the cia is in israel to talk about intelligence co operation and the secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey for talks with his counterpart in ankara. it s the fourth day of
World champion tyson fury is free to resume his career after accepting a doping violation. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Rising food costs, bigger electricity bills and higher air fares have all helped push inflation to its highest level for almost six years. The Consumer Prices index the measure the government uses hit 3. 1 last month. With the latest data showing that wages are growing at a slower pace, it means a squeeze on household budgets, just when those Christmas Shopping bills are coming in. Heres our economics correspondent, andy verity. At this baker on the outskirts of barnsley, its not just at this baker on the outskirts of barnsley, its notjust the bread rolls on the rise. Ingredients like butter and flour have shot up in the last year and a half so its hard to do everything it can to make sure its costs are covered. One of the things we have done with our suppliers, we have decided to take a radical approach which is pay all of oui radical approach whi
To get back to winning ways in the premier league as they visit huddersfield town. Good evening. We start tonight with a special report on a humanitarian crisis unfolding in the democratic republic of congo in central africa. Unicef is warning that at least 400,000 children there are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and could die within a year without emergency support. It also estimates that nearly one and a half Million People have been displaced from their homes. The crisis is centred on the countrys central kasai region where fighting erupted last year. It was sparked by the killing of a traditional leader in clashes with security forces. Since then, Anti Government factions have been locked in a spiral of violence with Government Troops and other government backed forces who are determined to crush them. The un says the crisis in the democratic republic of congo is now as severe as those affecting yemen and syria. 0ur africa editor fergal keane and cameraman Tony Fallshaw
Doing 0k. That you will be an uncle again. Mcdonalds is hit by its first ever strike in the uk, as some workers demand higher pay. The company says those whove walked out are a tiny fraction of its workforce. And, the queen opens the new Queensferry Crossing 53 years to the day since she opened the neighbouring forth road bridge. Coming up in the sport, eight months after a man attacked her with a knife in her home, Petra Kvitova is through to the quarterfinals of the us open. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. South korea says it has seen indications that the north is preparing more missile launches, possibly an intercontinental ballistic missile. The south has carried out live fire exercises, and says it is strengthening its Missile Defence system. The escalation follows north koreas testing of a Hydrogen Nuclear bomb at the weekend, which it announced can fit onto a long range missile. The us has warned that any threat to itself or its allies will be met with a massi