hello. i m nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour in the middle east. the head of the united nations agency for palestinian refugees says israel has told him it will no longer approve its food convoys to enter northern gaza. in a post on social media, unrwa s head, philippe lazzarini, described the move as outrageous . he said israel s decision meant many more people would die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. there s been no word from israel. it comes as the country s defence minister, yoav gallant, is set to travel to washington, with israel leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah, in southern gaza. israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around al shifa hospital. juliette touma is from unrwa. she says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering gaza, famine will take hold. well, it s simply outrageous. the clock is ticking, an
today from the kremlin, but i can tell you what, on this national day of mourning, there is a long queue of people outside the crocus city hall here. people queueing up with flowers, roses and carnations, lining up at the makeshift shrine to the victims of this attack. people have been leaving messages too. one that i read was addressed to the attackers and it read, you are scum, we will never forgive you. and just from talking to people here, there is a deep sense of shock at what has happened, and a mixture, i d say, of grief and also anger. one woman was in tears when i spoke to her. she said that she felt a great sense of loss and had to come. one man said that he wanted president putin to remove the moratorium on the death penalty. he was very, very angry. as to who was behind this, people here are not sure, but, as you mentioned, russian officials have been hinting very strongly that, in some way, somehow, ukraine is connected to this attack. even though islamic state
hello, i m samantha simmonds. we begin in russia, where 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. 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. the islamic state group says it carried out the attack and it s uploaded graphic vidoes of it. 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 closed throughout the proceedings. all were charged with committing an act of terrorism. the four men are reportedly tajikistan nationals. russia says they were caught fleeing to ukraine and had contacts there. kyiv fiercely
translation: all those who were shooting and killing people were found and detained. they tried to hide and were moving towards ukraine where, according to preliminary information for them from the ukrainian side, a window to cross the border had been prepared. altogether, 11 people were detained. federal security services of russia, other services work on finding the whole base of support of the terrorists. russian state broadcaster rtr has aired footage of what it said was the location where law enforcement chased down the perpetrators of the concert hall attack. we can t verify this footage according to russia s national security service, the alleged perpetrators were driving white renault vehicles through the bryansk region when a chase with law enforcement took place, ending in an attempt to escape into the nearby wilderness. the fsb, and president putin, claimed that they were heading for ukraine, where they said an associate had been awaiting for them. ukraine s an
On March 22, an attack on a concert hall in suburban Moscow resulted in the deaths of at least 144 people, marking the deadliest incident in Russia in two decades. A branch of the Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, although Russian President Vladimir Putin, without providing evidence, has attempted to attribute blame to Ukraine - Newsx