provisions to feed 11,000 people for one month. washington is urging israel to do more to provide a sustained humanitarian access, and says it is deeply concerned about reports of imminent famine. officials who called for the rafah crossing to be reopened as soon as possible. egypt stopped allowing in supplies. the two countries have blamed each other for its continued closure. the us concern over the amount of aid getting into rafah has been echoed by the un. they are aid chief warmed that vernon is now an immediate threat and that un staff were struggling to help people displaced by the israeli offensive on the israeli offensive on rafah. we don t need to be a scientist to see the consequences of that lack of food. forfamine there see the consequences of that lack of food. for famine there are a lot of medical care and nutritional care, which is the precursor to simon, kills for a disease, as well as hunger. kills for a disease, as well as hunaer. , hunger. our corresponden
speaking at a news conference, the white house press secretary, karine jean pierre, said more was needed to be done. so this level of aid remains insufficient, and we want to continue to press israel to increase the level of assistance moving into gaza. we understand what ijust laid out is not sufficient. we want to get more in. we are continuing to have those conversations with israel, and we have seen some progress. we need to get more in. on thursday, us troops anchored a long awaited floating pier which will soon enable aid to enter gaza by sea. hundreds of tons of aid has arrived in cyprus, where screening takes place before being loaded on to ships for delivery to the pier. but the pentagon stressed this would not be enough to meet the needs of people in gaza. the purpose of this temporary pier is to deliver critical humanitarian assistance to the palestinian people. the pier is temporary, and not meant to replace land routes into gaza. and last, this is an internationa
and coming up on bbc news, liverpool managerjuergen klopp says he will not forget a day as he prepares for his final match after nine years in charge. hello. the boss of south west water says she s truly sorry for the outbreak of a diarrhoea type illness in south devon. 22 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed in the brixham area, with more than 100 others reporting symptoms to their gp. the water company says it s found the source where the parasite could have made its way into the network, but 16,000 homes and businesses have been told to boil all tap water. esme stallard is in paignton in south devon for us. lam here i am here in the beautiful seaside town in devon right near to one of the three water distribution points south west water has set up. all morning residents, businesses and holiday makers have been collecting water here, but now hearing they could face another week of the situation as south west water tries to clean up up the contamination. another da
court s previous orders. detailing inter alia. south africa then rushed to submit another request for provisional measures, it s forth, for fear that hamas s last significant stronghold would fall. hamas itself has repeatedly rejected every offer for a ceasefire. on the 25th of april 2024, 18 states called upon hamas to release immediately the hostages still being held in gaza. they said, and i quote, we emphasise that the deal on the table to release the hostages would bring an immediate and prolonged ceasefire in gaza that would facilitate a surge of additional necessary humanitarian assistance to be delivered throughout gaza and lead to the credible end of hostilities. wattle days ago, on the 13th of may 2020 for the united states national security adviser noted in the same vein that, and i quote, there could be a ceasefire tomorrow if hamas simply released women, wounded and elderly hostages. israel put a forward leaning proposal on the table. the world should be calli