israel is stopping the organisation from delivering lifesaving aid to people in northern gaza. philippe lazzarini said in a post on x that israeli authorities informed the un that they will no longer approve any unrwa food convoys to the north. he added: this is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man made famine. by preventing unrwa to fulfil its mandate in gaza, the clock will tick faster towards famine and many more will die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. this cannot happen, it would only stain our collective humanity. mark lowen has more from jerusalem. without unrwa getting the food out on the ground, there are few alternatives. they re essential, really, because they are the biggest un another body mass to get a few trucks into northern guys in the past couple of weeks but this appears to be a direct attack on unrwa itself, the head was blocked by the israeli from entering gaza last week and i went to a b
there. comedy. in russia, authorities have charged four men it says attacked a moscow concert hall and killed at least 137 people. three were marched, bent double, into a moscow court while the fourth was in a wheelchair. the kremlin has refused to comment on reports that the suspects were tortured. all were charged with committing an act of terrorism. they ve been ordered into custody pending a trial in may. media reports have named all four men, saying they are nationals of tajikistan. three have reportedly pleaded guilty. these live pictures show tributes to the victims placed outside the concert hall. the islamic state group says it carried out the attack and it s uploaded graphic vidoes of it. the chairman has said it is not appropriate to comment on this claim. the kremlin has said. anna aslam reports. handcuffed and blindfolded, four suspected gunmen were brought into court. they all appeared injured. one man arrived in a wheelchair and sat in the dock with his eyes
jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you ve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. you re very recently back from gaza. were you shocked by what you saw? profoundly, profoundly. i wasn t really prepared. even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in southern gaza, in rafah. so i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. and i must say, it s in 2024 and we re allowing this to happen. it is beyond belief. you talk about the hopelessness of the people living through that experience. what about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those vulnerable people? we re not giving up. when i go to such places, i become enraged. isee. i need to fight harder. i need to get more resources. i need to get more colleagues there. i need to
welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you ve been in the i humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. you re very recently back from gaza. were you shocked by what you saw? profoundly, profoundly. i wasn t really prepared. even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population, which is crammed together in southern gaza in rafah. so i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. and i must say it s 2024, and we re allowing this to happen. it is. it is beyond belief. you talk about the hopelessness of the people living through that experience. what about the hopelessness of people like you, who are supposed to be making lives better protecting those vulnerable people? we re not giving up. when i go to such places, i become enraged. i see.i need to fight harder. i need to get more resources. i need to get more colleagues there. i need to hel
jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you ve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. you re very recently back from gaza. were you shocked by what you saw? profoundly, profoundly. i wasn t really prepared. even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in southern gaza, in rafah. so i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. and i must say, it s in 2024 and we re allowing this to happen. it is beyond belief. you talk about the hopelessness of the people living through that experience. what about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those vulnerable people? we re not giving up. when i go to such places, i become enraged. isee. i need to fight harder. i need to get more resources. i need to get more colleagues there. i need to