are dying of hunger. un experts have accused israel of intentionally starving gaza. this isjust a drop in the ocean and aid agencies say it's inefficient and a last resort. when help trickles in, the desperate come running, seizing what they can carry. this man managed to grab a sack of flour. this man wasn't so lucky. he had to try to scoop some up from the ground. it's better than eating animal feed, which many gazans have been reduced to. childhood now is a struggle for survival. president biden wants the us military to set up a port in gaza, but that will take weeks and there'll be no american troops the ground. so who will secure the aid once it arrives? and who will prevent a repeat of this? crowds swarming aid trucks last week. there was chaos and gunfire from israeli troops. some were crushed to death, more than 100 were killed. how long will it take to get aid to fardy al zahn, wasting away in hospital in northern gaza? he has cystic fibrosis and has gone months without treatment. now he is struggling for every breath. "he needs a particular kind of milk," says his mother. "we used to get it from the hospital and we used to get his medicine, but from the start of the war, we couldn't get either. he used to walk but look at him now." president biden says israel must let in more aid, no excuses. he says children's lives are on the line. aid workers say if he wants to save lives, he should stop sending us weapons to israel. orla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. joe biden will announce the temporary port during the us president's annual state of the union address, which starts in a few hours�* time. our north america editor sarah smith is in the state of philadelphia, where she's been meeting people experiencing the harsh consequences of rising food prices. in this philadelphia warehouse, they're packing up almost twice as many food parcels as they had to just a couple of years ago. as food prices have shot up, more people can't afford to feed themselves without help. we need help more than ever from the folks that we are serving and we are seeing less and less assistance coming from washington. the high price of food hits everyone. voters say the economy is the issue they care about most, with many feeling worse off sincejoe biden became president. that does not bode well for his re—election. wild caught, that's expensive. do you know how much this is in the supermarket? this woman gets one of the food boxes delivered every month. in her tiny apartment, she explains why she can't, any longer, pay for all her own groceries. but the food is just outrageous. example, you go to a supermarket, a pound of cheese, $3.99. it went up to almost $6.98. now, for a person who has a limited income, that's like, what? so you start eliminating, no cheese. they blame the president, honey, if they get a cold. this is america. we want our president to be sitting right up here on the right side ofjesus, 0k? president biden will be campaigning here in philadelphia tomorrow. pennsylvania is a key state that he needs to win and it's also where he's from, where he gets his credentials as blue—collarjoe, who understands the struggles of the working class voters. he's got to start making the case to them that he's not the problem, he's the one who's got the answers. stan greenberg has been advising democratic presidential campaigns for decades. this year, he's really worried about the polls that suggest donald trump's currently ahead ofjoe biden. the issues are prices, i prices, prices for voters, and crime and homelessness, and i think part of hisjob - will be, in the state _ of the union, to show he's made progress on this. today, mr biden isjoking with actors who have played the president. well, sarah, in my capacity as president, all i had to deal with was a meteor. tonight it's serious, as he makes the case for his re—election. sarah smith, bbc news, philadelphia. i'm joined now by our correspondent helena humphrey, is there on capitol hill in washington. this is an opportunity for a bite into this thing was himself. do you know what areas he's going to target? we himself. do you know what areas he's going to target?— he's going to target? we have some early — he's going to target? we have some early releases _ he's going to target? we have some early releases of - he's going to target? we have some early releases of some l some early releases of some sections that we know president biden will address in his speech to begin with. reproductive rights. he's expected to say that some people have been bragging about their role in over toning role versus wade —— roe versus wade. we know that president trump appointed three conservative supreme courtjustices to the bench who had that key role in overturning roe versus wade. president invited will say american women have been underestimated. they came out in the midterms on this issue and will do this again in 202a. it's an important point when you consider this country, 53% is in fact women. he's to touch on themes of freedom and democracy, saying some people his age want to spreader is revenge and resentment. trying to draw attention to the fact that there's not that many years between former president trump and joe biden at the time when there are concerns about joe biden�*s age. i think on paper, this is about setting out the ledge was legislative agenda, it was his best shot so far. drawing those differences between him in the former president. between him in the former president-— between him in the former resident. , _ , president. theirs policy, but there's also _ president. theirs policy, but there's also perception. - there's also perception. pearson's do matter. —— appearances. he will be looking to allay those concerns? he well, to allay those concerns? he well. it's — to allay those concerns? he well, it's not _ to allay those concerns? he: well, it's not what you to allay those concerns? he well, it's not what you say, it's how you say it. i think this is going to be abundantly clear. president biden is facing those concerns over his age, over his mental acuity, even coming out of that investigation into handling of classified documents. robert her saying he was looking to present himself with of sympathetic but elderly gentleman with memory problems. in terms of whether he faces any heckling, that remains to be seen. mikejohnson has called on republican loss makers not to do so. —— lawmakers. i think how that spontaneous situation is handled if it does arise will go around the world and will either heighten or soothe any concerns about president biden�*s age. concerns about president biden's age.— concerns about president biden'saae. :, , . biden's age. thanks very much, helena humphrey, _ biden's age. thanks very much, helena humphrey, on _ biden's age. thanks very much, helena humphrey, on l. -- - helena humphrey, on l. —— capitol hill. and there's full coverage of the state of the union address here on bbc news live from washington and on the bbc news website — starting in an hour's time. the uk has pledged a further £125 million to supply ukraine with drones to target the russian army and its black sea fleet. the defence secretary grant shapps made the announcement during a visit to kyiv. in eastern ukraine, russian forces continue to push forward. and a slowing of western support is affecting ukraine's ability to halt the advance. i'm joined now byjohn e herbst, senior director of the atlantic council's eurasia center and a former us ambassador to ukraine. thank you forjoining me this morning. biden will almost certainly highlight the importance of getting his assistant package through congress when he makes his state of the union address. he wants to break the deadlock there. we are seeing of russia's success in eastern ukraine. is there an appreciation in ukraine about how desperate the situation is becoming? inaudible i think ithink ukraine i think ukraine is able to... this thing is not resolved by late summer of... there will be very serious consequences. does the us care — very serious consequences. does the us care enough, _ very serious consequences. does the us care enough, do - very serious consequences. does the us care enough, do you - the us care enough, do you think, or is there a growing sense this is a european problem?— sense this is a european roblem? ., ~ ., ., problem? no, i think a large ma'ori problem? no, i think a large majority of _ problem? no, i think a large majority of americans, - majority of americans, certainly democrats, at least a plurality of not a small majority of republicans understand how critical this is. sadly, there is a small but sufficiently large group of republicans in the house of representatives who, by threatening the position of the speaker it, is preventing it getting to the floor. they were able to get rid of the previous speaker kevin mccarthy, and now they're threatening mike johnson with the same fate. how do ou johnson with the same fate. how do you think _ johnson with the same fate. how do you think vladimir _ johnson with the same fate. how do you think vladimir putin and china are viewing all of this? the middle east, for example. there's no question that this is a gift to putin and a gift to xi. it makes us hard to defend interest. a russian victory in ukraine would be a direct threat to america's european interests. so they welcome it. but you can't blame the small faction of republicans and the house for the problems the americans are experiencing in the middle east. biden has been asked to bid in dealing with the iranian and houthis threats as he has been with the threats from russia. the same thing that keeps them from sending the more advanced weapons. what's it auoin more advanced weapons. what's it going to _ more advanced weapons. what's it going to take _ more advanced weapons. what's it going to take for _ more advanced weapons. what's it going to take forjoe _ more advanced weapons. what's it going to take forjoe biden - it going to take forjoe biden to take this —— push this through. ? to take this -- push this through-— to take this -- push this throuuh. �* : �* ., through. ? i'm credit biden for -aushin through. ? i'm credit biden for pushing the — through. ? i'm credit biden for pushing the right _ through. ? i'm credit biden for pushing the right way, - through. ? i'm credit biden for pushing the right way, so - through. ? i'm credit biden for pushing the right way, so too l pushing the right way, so too the republicans in the senate and those in the house who understand how critical this is. they've got to either persuade mikejohnson to put the bill on the floor or they have to get enough republicans to sign a discharge position which requires a majority of the members of the house to put the members of the house to put the package on the floor. i think that will happen, which is why believe that over a period of 68 or more weeks, we will see in a package past. —— six, eight or more. i wish it would happen sooner. it is making it harderfor ukraine. we'll see howjoe biden addresses this. thanks very much, john herbst. mi; addresses this. thanks very much, john herbst. we've been getting more details in the was our in west africa about the massive reduction of school children. a head teacher in north—west nigeria says more than 280 pupils were abducted from his school by gunmen. it was initially reported that bandits on motorcycles had seized more than 100 pupils in kaduna state, taking them to a nearby forest. a teacher who managed to escape says local people tried to rescue the children, but were repelled by the gunmen. it's the second mass kidnapping in the region in a week. the army is still searching for at least 200 internally displaced people who were abducted by boko haram fighters in borno state, in the northeast, over the weekend. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. a mother who went on the run with her newborn baby and partner has denied doing anything to harm her child and says she did nothing but show her love. constance marten and mark gordon deny manslaughter and other charges over the death of their baby victoria while they were living in a tent on the south downs last year. three teenage boys have been found guilty of killing 16—year—old mikey roynon. mikey from kingswood in bristol was stabbed with a large zombie knife during a row at a house party in bath last year. jurors found one boy guilty of murder and the other two guilty of manslaughter. they can't be named for legal reasons. a committee of mps has concluded that the post office is not fit to run the compensation schemes for sub—postmasters wrongly convicted because of the horizon it scandal. the business and trade committee said it was a disgrace that 80% of the money for redress payments still hadn't been spent. you're live with bbc news. ten years ago, today a malaysian airliner carrying 239 people on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing vanished, in what has become one of the greatest aviation mysteries. the aircraft has never been found, despite the largest and most expensive search operation ever mounted. a few parts of the plane eventually washed up thousands of kilometers away. i'm joined now by our south east asia correspondent jonathan head in kuala lumpur. jonathan, ten years on and the families of those onboard are still very much determined to find answers. yes, they are, steve. it was actually from kuala lumpur bridge that the flight departed exactly ten years ago what should have been a routine flight. 45 minutes in, there is what sounded like a perfect normal farewell exchange to the pilot to air traffic control here in malaysia, and the plane disappeared. all communications and stopped on the plane, it veered massively off force and it is remarkable, given all the efforts how little we still know about what happened to the plane in the hours after that. we know for sure it went somewhere down the southern indian ocean, but nowhere else that's known that's what made it really grueling ordeal for the families looking for closure over the last ten years. they are hopeful that this year, after a very long break, the search for mh370 may resume. for ten years, this man and his wife have been waiting for news of their son. they've come back to malaysia from their small village in china to mark the tenth anniversary of his disappearance on board flight mh370. translation: the airline said they had lost contact. - all these years, i keep asking, "what does that mean?" i've been searching for my child for the past ten years — and i think that if you lose contact with someone, surely you should be able to reconnect with them. the search for mh370 was the largest and most expensive in aviation history. all communications on the plane had been cut, but rudimentary satellite data suggested it had turned back and flown to the remote southern indian ocean, where it's presumed to have crashed. a few pieces from the plane were eventually discovered on beaches in east africa. but six years ago, the search was suspended. now, a retired british aerospace technician thinks he's pinpointed a much smaller search area by analysing signals sent out by short wave radio enthusiasts. you can imagine a huge fisherman's net across the globe full of radio signals. and every time an aircraft passes through this net, it sort of breaks a hole — and you know exactly where the aircraft was because you know you've now got a hole in the net at a particular point. the families badly need a breakthrough. they hold events like this every year to remind us that their loss is still unexplained. mr li's message was to his son. "your mum and i have come to take you home," he wrote. these battered fragments are some of the very few pieces ever recovered from mh370. the lack of answers after all this time is a source of enduring pain for the families of those on board — and there's a lot of frustration, too, over the lack of progress in the search for the missing plane. this year's event was attended by malaysia's transport minister after complaints that his government's been dragging its feet. "we are already negotiating a new search," he promised. there's no reluctance on the part of the malaysian government. no reluctance, as i've - mentioned numerous times. as far as the mission is concerned, - we are committed to the search, and the search must go on. - mh370 is an unfinished story with aviation safety lessons yet to be learnt. and for all the families, it is an unending tragedy. we heard malaysia's transport minister, anthony loke, we you spoke to a retired british aerospace technician who has a theory of how to narrow down the search. is that getting much traction? it's got some. it's remarkable, this group of motley volunteers and enthusiasts who have come forward both to find those pieces of the plane and to analyse the very, very skimpy data that we have of what happened to the plane. we don't know yet whether richard godfrey's research will bear fruit, but he's worked very hard on it for as part of a group called the independent group called the independent group of scientists and researchers. there are some very good minds they are thinking of anywhere at all they can narrow the search down. you have to remember that when the search took place, they did designate an area where they were sure the had gone down, but it was huge. it's inevitable that even with the best technology, they might have missed it. what richard and others are doing or hoping to narrow a much smaller area so that whenever a new search does start, they will be able to make a lot of passes with these underwater drones and have a much better chance of finding the plane. that is assuming that it is where his research is pointing to, and there is still a lot of uncertainty. i have to say for talking to the families, they still desperately want the search is a start again, but they are bracing themselves for many more years of perhaps not knowing the answers that they are really looking for. they mean so much them if they can get them. mean so much them if they can get them-— get them. it's a very difficult challenge — get them. it's a very difficult challenge ahead _ get them. it's a very difficult challenge ahead for - get them. it's a very difficult challenge ahead for them. . challenge ahead for them. thanks very much, jonathan, for all of that. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. haiti suspends its main port as armed gangs set fire to police stations in the capital. more than 15,000 people have fled their homes. a us army intelligence analyst has been charged with selling military secrets to china. the documents, which he allegedly sold for $112 million, include classified information on the us�*s defence of taiwan. a us committee has approved legislation that gives china's bytedance company six months to divest from tiktok, or face a ban in the country. bytedance has about 170 million users in the us. israel will be allowed to compete at the eurovision song contest after changing the lyrics to its suggested entry. the original song, called 0ctober rain, was thought to reference the hamas attacks. the red bull racing boss christian horner says it's "time to draw a line" under claims he acted inappropriately towards a female member of staff. he was speaking after it emerged that the woman who made the claims has been suspended from the team on full pay. mr horner said the intrusion on his family had been "very trying" since he was accused of inappropriate and controlling behaviour — which he denies. 0ur sports news correspondent laura scott reports. for all that christian horner tries to block out the noise, the controversy continues — all stemming from allegations made against him by a female colleague, which he denies. in saudi arabia today, every question from the media was directed at horner — none of them about formula one. asked if he had regrets about potential reputational damage of the saga, he said one has to go back to the basis damage of the saga, he said... at lunchtime, it emerged that the woman who accused horner of inappropriate and controlling behaviour had been suspended on full pay by red bull racing. red bull racing declined to comment, saying it was an internal matter, whilst horner maintains was an internal matter. whilst horner maintains his team are unified, the father of triple world champion max verstappen suggested otherwise, saying these off track matters were driving people apart. his son said he was not a liar. as well as rival teams., red bull racing's own sponsors have been calling for more transparency. one of their key partners, honda, told the bbc... much like the sport it's engulfing, this story is fast—moving and has power dynamics at its heart. for as long as key stakeholders still have questions about how the matter is being handled, horner�*s problems persist. laura scott, bbc news. he might be 92, but that's not stopping him from embarking on yet another adventure — another marriage. this time 67—year—old girlfriend. we are showing you, jerryhall showing you, ended in divorce in 2022 after six years. hall previouslywas a long—time partner of rolling stones —— of the nuptials will come just months after murdock stepped down as chairman as fox and news the new york times described her as from moscow and a retired a molecular biologist to whom murdock apparently began dating in the summer. the union address coverage will start in about half an hour. thanks for your company. i for now. —— bye for now. hello there. generally speaking, there'll be little change to the weather as we head into friday. however, what you will notice will be the strength of the wind — it'll be a cold, strong easterly wind blowing across all areas, but we should see more sunshine around than what we've had over the last few days. now, there's some cold air wrapped around that area of high pressure moving out of scandinavia, and that will be blown in. and that strong easterly wind across all areas, pushing some cloud again into eastern, particularly northeastern england and eastern scotland. the best of the sunshine, western scotland, parts of northern ireland, and a good deal of sunshine, i think, for england and wales, so that will compensate. however, the winds really will take the edge off the temperatures — strong and gusty at times, 30—a0mph in exposure, particularly strong along north sea and channel coasts. temperatures 6—7 celsius — you factor in the wind, it won't feel like that, it'll feel colder than these temperatures suggest, despite the sunshine. as we head through friday night, it stays windy. we'll see plenty of cloud again, eastern scotland, northeast england, and we could see this weather front bring some rain to parts of england and wales as we head through the night. that'll also lift temperatures up a little bit in the south, but another chilly night to come further north. now, for the weekend — for saturday, looks like this area of low pressure will start to push its way eastwards into the near continent, but i think saturday's not looking too bad at this stage. we should see a little bit of cloud here and there, 1—2 showers, but actually quite a bit of sunshine for parts of england and wales, and also western scotland. elsewhere, quite a bit of cloud, especially eastern scotland, northeast england. here, it will be quite chilly, but we'll tap in some milder air across the south, from france — could be up to 13 celsius there, given some sunshine. but it's change, i think, as we head into sunday, this weather front pushes northwards — it could bring a rather damp, dull, wet day for england and wales in particular, with some persistent and, at times, heavy rainfall. a lot of cloud around generally, probably the best of the sunshine again for western scotland, but grey and drizzly across eastern scotland, northeast england. and it'll feel cooler for all, including the south — that's because we'll have more cloud and rain there. eventually, we'll see the back of that area of low pressure as we move into the new week, it'll push off into the near continent. the winds will become lighter — but i think it will leave quite a legacy of cloud. so, even as we head into next week, i think there'll be further cloud and some spots of drizzle, particularly northern and eastern areas. the best of any brightness towards the south and the west. take care. us president biden will lay out his key priorities for the year ahead, when the state of the union kicks off on capitol hill. and in honour of international women's day today, we examine the strides made towards achieving gender parity. hello, and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. we begin in the us — where presidentjoe biden will deliver his third state of the union address soon. it's a pivital moment for him to lay out his policy priorities before the november election — and show the world if he's up to the job for another term. i spoke with angela mancini, from the consultancy firm control risks, who explained why this speech in particular is going to be closely watched. as we know historically, this is a chance for the us president to talk about what's happened in the last year, and what is a —— his priorities are for the next year ahead. typically this is an overrated speech but not this year. people will be looking at what president biden says and how he says it. so we can talk about the policy bits that'll be in there, most notably the announcement about building an emergency peerfor gaza, announcement about building an emergency peer for gaza, for the us military to deliver military aid. but to be clear, this is about performance. 61% of biden's voters have said he's too old for the job now, everyone will be looking for, regardless of what he says, how he says it, does he have the energy and vitality, and can he win over independence and nikki haley's motors?— haley's motors? certainly is a key thing _ haley's motors? certainly is a key thing people _ haley's motors? certainly is a key thing people are - haley's motors? certainly is a key thing people are talking l