particularly around al shifa hospital, which is prompting a great deal of international concern. president biden has said he wants what he calls less intrusive action around the hospital hospitals in gaza. the world health organization has warned that al shifa the biggest hospital in gaza has become, in its words, nea rly a cemetery . al shifa s director says 179 people including seven babies have been buried in a mass grave. he went on to say, there are bodies littered in the hospital complex, and there is no longer electricity at the morgues . there is also the issue of how to help those in need of medical attention. around 30 babies were said to be in need of intensive care this is the image of them made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed because the incubators were no longer operational. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson told the bbc on monday that three premature babies had died. is
said they want the opportunity to do. but that humanitarian pause, to allow for extra time to get into, for aid to get into gaza is in line with what the us are calling for as well. i think it s achievable. not only is it achievable but i think it is essential so that we can alleviate that suffering, get more aid in and make sure that we don t see children as the innocent victims of this conflict. live now to westminster and our political correspondent damian grammaticas. just talk to us about imran hussain s position in the comments he has been making. 50. hussain s position in the comments he has been making. he has been making. so, what was interesting he has been making. so, what was interesting is he has been making. so, what was interesting is this he has been making. so, what was interesting is this came he has been making. so, what was interesting is this came out - he has been making. so, what was interesting is this came out late i interesting is this came
public confidence, what can be done about travel restrictions and proportionality, the seriousness of the crisis by the 4th of february doesn t appear to be reflected in that debate. i doesn t appear to be reflected in that debate- that debate. i think it is a seriousness that debate. i think it is a seriousness of that debate. i think it is a seriousness of a - that debate. i think it is a seriousness of a crisis - that debate. i think it is a | seriousness of a crisis that that debate. i think it is a i seriousness of a crisis that it became but it wasn t apparent at that time. there had been a cabinet meeting on the 31st of january in which, if i remember correctly, the chief medical officer as well as a health secretary and the health secretary, and at that time the advice was the probability of the worst case, reasonable worst case was about io%. and so what you see here is a good summary of a brief discussion. the purpose of the meeting was a bilateral about the ma
strong relationships, institutional and personal with the devolved administrations and spent time with each of theirfirst administrations and spent time with each of their first ministers, told them i was there cabinet secretary as well. they should think of me and supporting them as well. i wanted to make sure that the devolved administrations, recognising the different districts, the more collaboration the better. the devolved administrations were invited to attend the groups. was that a writer an invitation? it would be an invitation. cabinet committees do not normally involve devolved administrations for obvious reasons. they weren t included routinely in the international one because that is entirely preserved, but they were asked to join the others. and the expectation was that they were included. it wasn tjust they were included. it wasn tjust they would be invited ad hoc, they were part of that process. that was very much the intention. find were part of that process