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Our Senior International correspondent orla guerin sent this report from tel aviv. A warning that you may find some of the images in her report upsetting. A truce cant come soon enough. In rafah, another day of harrowing loss. Palestinians mourn for 20 members of the abu ansa family, killed in their beds by an israeli air strike, according to Hospital Officials and gazas civil defence. Among the dead, five month old twins, as old as the war. They were laid down gently with their relatives. Their mother spent ten years trying to have them and endured three rounds of ivf. Now all she can cradle is their baby clothes. I gave birth during the war, she says. It started on saturday, i gave birth next friday. I didnt get enough of them, i swear i didnt get enough. I have no one else, she says. They have gone with their father. We were sleeping, i swear. Israel continues to say it takes feasible precautions to lessen civilian harm. There were about 35 people in the house, says farouk abu ansa. Most were children. There were no fighters. The house collapsed on them, three or four storeys. In israel, too, families and anguish. Their loved ones trapped in tunnels in gaza. They need to be released now. This weekend, they have been pleading with their government to do a deal to bring the hostages back home. Ofer is a very warm person. You can see his smile he is a family person. He has four children, lovely children. How hard is this time for the family . This wait must seem endless. It is like hell, you know. We are in some kind of loop since the 7th of october. We are living this day every day again and again. We have only one goal all these days to bring him back alive to his family, to his children. This is the only thing that matters. But there will be no homecoming for ofer or any of the israeli hostages without a ceasefire. And no respite for mothers like rania burying their children in gaza. On sunday, us Vice President Kamala Harris was in selma, alabama to mark the 59th anniversary of bloody sunday, when civil rights demonstrators were attacked by Police Officers on the Edmund Pettus bridge. In her opening remarks, she echoed president biden� s friday statement calling for an � immediate ceasefire� in gaza, and said that the killing of palestinians trying to get food from an aid convoy on thursday was a tragedy. They were met with gunfire and chaos. Our hearts break for the victims of that horrific tragedy and for all of the innocent people in gaza who are suffering from what is clearly a humanitarian catastrophe. Earlier i spoke with former white house middle east adviser Marc Ginsberg about the latest us calls for a ceasefire and the state of negotiations. Nikki haley Kamala Harris there was echoing comments made earlier by the president. But these comments are coming one day before she meets with Cabinet Members at the white house. We have a lot of moving parts here and part of the problem is that the Biden Administration has to deal with the domestic equation involving the president standing with his own party which is condemned to a large extent on the left. His handling of this crisis. At the same time, you have a Prime Minister in israel who acts harmless about the plight of gazans in a humanitarian catastrophe so the administration on one hand wants to support israel as best it can, but at the same time mr netanyahu has made it almost politically as well as from a Military Point of view almost impossible for the Biden Administration to accomplish the objective of supporting israel militarily but also pushing israel in a place where it seems to refuse to go. If you add the pieces up and you take president biden� s comments and his stated optimism for a ceasefire, you add that together with today hearing from Kamala Harris is this seeming to you to be a new Pressure Campaign on part of the us to really push for a humanitarian ceasefire . There is no doubt that the administration, the Biden Administration, has recognised that it can no longer sit on the sidelines and let Prime Minister netanyahu dictate the terms of humanitarian relief for gazans, just like the israeli public is disgusted with the Prime Ministers management of the conflict as well as the hostage situation. Evidence of the enormity of the situation is taking place in israel. So, you have the public on both sides yearning for some sort of respite in the war because it does not seem likely that before ramadan the israelis either will accomplish the objective of destroying or decapitating the leadership of hamas, and at the same time the return of hostages is merely a symptom of the broader issue inside israel where the israelis, after months of conflict, are asking themselves where is the beginning and middle and end to where they are engaged in a conflict that their leadership promised would come to an end long before the current day. We have been hearing that there is optimism around a potential ceasefire negotiation. Potentialfor a deal is in place and they need to get two sides to sign on. How much optimism is there around these discussions of a truce . I think we should be, based on the tea leaves we are hearing out of the discussions in cairo and in europe and qatar, egypt, United States, israel and hamas indirectly, i think both sides have come to the realisation that with ramadan quickly approaching that a respite from the conflict would give at least some of the parties an opportunity and i am referring to the United States, egypt, qatar and jordan to figure out along with the palestinians can they begin putting in place a framework that would at least give the israelis, let alone the gazans, some respite from their own fear and apprehension about what lies ahead. We have to understand irrespective of what we see going on with the israeli government, the israeli public is extraordinarily apprehensive and worried about their own security, and of course, that does not in any way, shape or form mitigate the fear factor the gazans themselves have about the endless conflict they are having to endure. We have about a0 seconds left. I just want to look ahead here now. If a ceasefire is in fact agreed in the coming days, how difficult do you think it will be for Aid Organisations, many of which have pulled out of gaza, to operate and bring the necessary supplies in, given what we saw this week and the mass horde around the aid convoy . Well, this is a terrible situation. There are no palestinian police. Hamas no longer is in control of these convoys. The Israeli Defence forces have not been trained in humanitarian relief. These Aid Organisations are desperately needed, but at the same time, the gazans themselves are desperate for the relief, and so these convoys have got to be protected. You just cannot have a repeat of the horrific incident that occurred. There is going to have to be some International Security force that is going to protect the drivers and the convoys from Desperate Gazans and that is the real dilemma at this point. Mark ginsburg, former ambassador to morocco and also the president of the coalition for a safer web, we appreciate you joining us. Thank you for having me. Nikki haley has just cliched her first victory in the us republican president ial race against her republican rivalformer president donald trump. She won the Washington Dc primary with more than 62 of the vote. Haleys campaign said, its not surprising that republicans closest to washington dysfunction are rejecting donald trump and all his chaos. She is the first woman to win a republican primary ever. Her focus now turns to Super Tuesday this week where 15 states and one territory will vote. She will need to do well there to have a shot in the race. Former president Trumps Campaign blasted ms haleys win, saying the swamp has claimed their queen. Mr trump has swept the other contests so far, leaving only a narrow path forward for ms haley. Facing Mounting Pressure to drop out, earlier she told supporters at a rally in vermont that shes still all in. The media has been all over themselves trying to figure out why i am not getting out of this rate, what is she keep fighting and what is she doing. When 70 of americans say they do not Wantjoe Biden or donald trump, yes i will keep on fighting. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at a major story we are following in the uk. The chancellor says he wants to find a way to bring down the tax burden but insists hell do it in a way thats responsible. Jeremy hunt will set out the governments tax and Spending Plans on wednesday. He was speaking to the bbc� s laura kuenssberg. Weve always said, and weve been very consistent, that we would only cut taxes in a way that was responsible and prudent. And if i may say, i think the most un conservative thing i could do would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing, because thats just cutting taxes and saying that future generations have to pick up the tax bill. I wont do that. But i do want, where its possible to do so responsibly, to move towards a lower tax economy, and i hope to show a path in that direction. The labour party says that even if the government cuts some taxes, people will be worse off, because of the Compounding Impact of 14 years of conservative governments. Youre live with bbc news. Parts of Western Haiti including the capital Port Au Prince are under a State Of Emergency after gangs stormed the citys main prison and released inmates. There are reports that about a dozen people were killed. A local journalist tells the bbc that a vast majority of the 4,000 men held there have now escaped. Among those detained were gang members charged in connection with the 2021 killing of haitis president. It comes after Prime Minister ariel henry travelled to nairobi thursday to discuss deploying a kenyan led Multi National Security Force to haiti. The prison break is part of a surge in violence on the island over the last few years. The United Nations estimates more than 8,400 people were victims of haitis Gang Violence last year. Thats more than double the number from 2022. For more, i spoke with jacqueline charles, whos the Caribbean Corrspondent at the miami herald. I first of ifirst of all i first of all want to ask you about the jailbreak. 4000 inmates believed to have escaped. How big a setback could this be for the Security Situation in the country . Well, it is a huge setback because it is notjust one prison, but two prisons the two biggest largest in the country. The National Penitentiary which had about 4000 and another to the east which had a few over 1000. We are still trying to ascertain how many of those prisoners had escaped but we do know that a number of gang chiefs have left as well as we are hearing unconfirmed reports that some individuals who were indicted in the assassination of the president of haiti may also have escaped from prison. What does a jail break of this magnitude say about the Security Situation in haiti . Is there any kind of law and order left . You have to put the jailbreak into context. Haiti is no stranger to jails but this happened after weve seen gunfire near the airport in the last couple of days that lead to American Airlines and spirit cancelling International Flights from south florida. They also tell us they are going to have to cancel flights again tomorrow. We have seen Police Stations that have come under attack. At least five Police Officers were killed in the last couple of days. There has been attacks on the police academy. There were attacks today as well. We can see the gangs are trying to move and take control of critical infrastructure. Usually in haiti, these things happen individually but what we see now is the gangs are rising up and they are targeting the port and that is what makes it interesting. Are they targeting the government itself . We are hearing that armed gangs launch these co ordinated attacks attempting to overthrow the government. It is the Prime Minister, ariel henry, in trouble here . How much of a situation is the government in . You have a police force that is decimated. They were already weak to begin with. Less than 9000 in charge of Public Security and way less than that that have been involved in going after these gangs and this is a country of 12 Million People. Today, the police are making decisions about i have got this crisis here, this crisis there. Which crisis do i run after . This is what we see they are being spread very thin. We wonder about their ammunition. We dont know if they are running out of ammunition. We know they were outgunned by gang members. It is a critical situation where you have people in the capital and 4 Million People very worried about their security because they really do not know what is coming next. We should talk then about this potential deal with canyon send 1000 Police Officers to help to reinforce the embattled Police Officers on the ground. How effective could this plan possibly be . This International Force that may be sent to haiti to help regain control . The can ons to help regain control . The canyons will to help regain control . The canyons will be to help regain control . The canyons will be the to help regain control . Tue canyons will be the backbone to help regain control . Tte canyons will be the backbone of a Multinational Security Support Mission that has the Support Mission that has the support of the United Nations but it is not a Un Peace Keeping force. The resolution was written by the United States. Other countries including benin engine maker who have experience with these gang operations, anti gang operations. But this is a force you have to build so right now the question is how soon can that force be deployed to haiti . We know they have said they are not going to leave unless the money is available and we have seen republicans in the United States block the request that the State Department put out so that is a real issue right now in terms of what will happen in washington over the next few Daysin Washington over the next few days in order to ensure the reinforcements are sent to haiti. ~. , reinforcements are sent to haiti. ~. , , haiti. We have a few seconds left to but haiti. We have a few seconds left to but i haiti. We have a few seconds left to but i wanted haiti. We have a few seconds left to but i wanted to haiti. We have a few seconds left to but i wanted to ask,. Left to but i wanted to ask, how important is a stable haiti for the region itself . Tt is for the region itself . It is very important. For the region itself . It is very important. Look for the region itself . It is very important. Look at l for the region itself . It is l very important. Look at the fact that you have Dominican Republic across the border in the Turks And Caicos and the bahamas and florida less than two hours away. The concern is always about having migrants washing up on the shores and today you have a situation where armed gangs are running amok in the country, why would they notjump on a boat or on a plane and come to a neighbouring country and we are already dealing with violence throughout the caribbean. This is a concern for regional governments in this region. Jacqueline child, caribbean consultant correspondent correspondent for the miami herald. Us College Basketball star Caitlin Clark has become the all time leading scorer in Division One Basketball mens or womens breaking a 54 year old record set by the late pete maravich, known as pistol pete. Clark who plays for iowa entered sundays game needing just 18 points to pass the previous record of 3,667 by maravich. She didnt mess around breaking the record in the first half, before going on to finish the game with 35 points. Clark announced thursday that she would enter the 2024 wnba draft, where she is

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