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hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk and many western governments. there are growing international calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow more vital aid to reach gaza s residents. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has the latest. the slow trickle of aid. just eight lorries carrying water, food and medicine made their way into gaza last night. but what s not getting in is fuel. hospitals are struggling. here, medics use their phones to light the way as a patient arrives, as there s no fuel for generators and they re overwhelmed by casualties. israel has banned fuel from entering the territory, saying hamas, designated as a terrorist group by many western governments, including the uk, may use it for military purposes. the un agency which looks after palestinian refugees has warned it could stop its operation in gaza, as soon as tonight, without it. if we do not get fuel by tonight we will have to halt our operations and tha ....
hospitals are struggling. here, medics use their phones to light the way as a patient arrives, as there s no fuel for generators and they re overwhelmed by casualties. israel has banned fuel from entering the territory, saying hamas, designated as a terrorist group by many western governments, including the uk, may use it for military purposes. the un agency which looks after palestinian refugees has warned it could stop its operation in gaza, as soon as tonight, without it. if we do not get fuel by tonight we will have to halt our operations and that is likely to impact at least 600,000 people currently sheltering in 150 of our schools and other buildings. with plenty of aid building up in egypt, there s frustration about the sluggish relief effort. this is one of the who trucks loaded with the urgent needs for patients inside gaza. there is trauma kits, there is medicine and drugs, there is the disposable, which is much needed now to treat the patients and to manage c ....
the full effect of higher rates has yet to be felt but households and businesses are coping. for now. plus ripe for transformation. how developments in al are starting to bear fruit in the push for more sustainable agriculture. we are looking at the top business stories. we start in beijing where china s president, xijinping is hosting european union leaders for their first in person summit meeting since 2019. and there is one huge number that is looming over the talks. 400 billion euros. that s roughly the size of china s trade surplus with the eu the difference between what they sell to europe, and what europe sells to china. european commission president ursula von der leyen says it s because of china s unfair support for its industries which means its products are flooding global markets and threaten to undermine europe s industrial base. china says the complaint doesn t make sense when the eu stops it from buying certain sensitive technology such as advan ....
is in economic meltdown. venezuelans queue for hours for bread. the sick can t get the medicines they need. violent crime is thriving in the chaos. caracas is now the world s most dangerous capital. hugo chavez s socialist revolution has lost its charismatic leader, but not yet its grip on power. opposition to chavez s successor, nicolas maduro, is mobilising. the national assembly is at war with the government. venezuela is on the brink of a terrifying descent into darkness. can anyone pull it back from the brink? foreign journalists are rarely welcome in venezuela, so we charter a small plane to the country s caribbean island of margarita, where overseas visitors can still slip in with little fuss. this used to be a buzzing, prospering tourist town. now, the flow of people, money and jobs has dried up. many local businesses have closed down. more are likely to follow. the beaches have not lost their allure, but venezuela has. a broken economy, inflation spiralling bey ....
to bbc world news. an all time low the verdict on us relations with russia from both president trump and his secretary of state. rex tillerson‘s talks in moscow were never going to be easy, but it now seems clear the kremlin has not budged in its support for syria s president assad, despite last week s chemical attack. the us and russia are poles apart on pretty much everything from syria to the many questions about russian interference in the us election. from washington, laura bicker. president trump is paying a political price for launching these missiles against the syrian government. relations with russia are at an all time low. vladimir putin said this us attack was an act of aggression. but donald trump said it was in response to a suspected war crime. the us believes the syrian president was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians. at a press conference alongside the nato secretary general, mr trump condemned bashar al assad. that s a butche ....