the israeli military says it does not limit humanitarian aid sent to gaza and that there is no starvation there. the bbc has been speaking to eylon levy, an israeli government spokesman. israel wants to see as much humanitarian aid enter the gaza strip as possible. that is why we have excess capacity at the israeli crossings for more trucks of food, water, medicine and shelter equipment to enter the gaza strip. we encourage countries to send more. unfortunately, we have a problem at the moment that the un agencies on the ground responsible for distributing that aid are struggling to do so at the pace that israel is facilitating its entry. now, we are calling for the international community to activate aid agencies that have responsibility and experience distributing aid in other disaster zones to replace unrwa, because unrwa has failed and it is a hamas front. children are among the most vulnerable victims of hunger in gaza. the un warns that acute malnutrition among young ch
and, is ethiopia yet again going to be a byword for hunger and despair? this is the moment to try and fix this problem, - not six months down the line l when an awful lot more people have died and it s much harderl to turn the whole thing around. russia invades its neighbour after signing solemn undertakings that it wouldn t. some of the richest countries on earth impose crippling sanctions on it. and the invasion, far from being the walkover russia assumed, is only partly successful and hideously expensive. missile fire. so, what would you expect the result on russia s economy to be, two years after the invasion? well, the international monetary fund estimates that the russian economy grew by 3% in 2023. russian factories are operating flat out. russian banks have little trouble moving money around. russian oil and diamonds are earning huge amounts. so what can the west do about it? the bbc s economics editor, faisal islam, has been listening to the ideas of several politica
continuous at sea deterrent provides the ultimate protection. and that is why we are spending around £31 billion to bring in the next generation of dreadnought submarines and upgrade or deterrent. in a more contested world we need to bring the same world of deterrence to our conventional forces so modernisation a critical priority. taking the long term compatibility decisions, the need to transform our armed forces into a formidable deterrent, enabling them to maintain the uk strategic advantage, empowering them to be able to deliver the outcomes we need in multiple theatres at once. the growing success of that growth was powerfully shown last week when in less than 2a hours, the united kingdom was able to both take action to defend ourselves against the houthis and oft lift support to ukraine to a new record levels. if vladimir putin thought that we would be distracted by events in the middle east that last week because of the long term decisions this government has taken,
welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. tens of thousands of people have been gathering along this is ciudad juarez on the mexican side of the border. they ve been there for weeks, and many are expected to try to cross into the us in the coming days. that s because a temporary law introduced during the pandemic that makes it easier to remove migrants from the us is expiring later tonight. the us has been beefing up its security forces along the 2,000 mile border. that s where we start tonight. sophie long is in el paso, texas. sophie, president biden himself said this week that the border situation wil be chaotic for a while. what s the situation on the ground where you are? interestingly, at the moment, where interestingly, at the moment, where i am, in el paso, a stone s throw away from one of the crossings, it s very quiet. for many months here there has been hundreds of people who have made it across the border, sleeping on the streets of el paso, to