the united nations says children and adults are now starving to death, and that more than 500,000 palestinians are on the brink of famine. ceasefire talks between israel and hamas have stalled, making it unlikely a deal will be reached by the start of ramadan this weekend. reports have emerged that five palestinians were killed friday after being hit by an air dropped aid package that failed to deploy its parachute. the bbc has not been able to independently verify the claims of civilian casualties. however, this social media footage, verified by the bbc, shows aid being dropped on friday, and a number of parachutes failing to open. the us is among countries air dropping meals to gaza. the pentagon says it delivered more than 11,000 meals on friday by air. us central command released this statement in the last couple of hours: we are aware of reports of civilians killed as a result of humanitarian airdrops. we express sympathies to the families of those who were killed.
the united nations says children and adults are now starving to death, and that more than half a million palestinians are on the brink of famine. ceasefire talks between israel and hamas have stalled, making it unlikely a deal will be reached by the start of ramadan this weekend. reports have emerged that five palestinians were killed on friday after being hit by an airdropped aid package that failed to deploy its parachute. the bbc has not been able to independently verify the claims of civilian casualties. however, this social media footage, verified by the bbc, shows aid being dropped on friday, and a number of parachutes failing to open. the us is among countries air dropping meals to gaza. the pentagon says it delivered more than 11,000 meals on friday by air. us central command released this statement in the last couple of hours. we are aware of reports of civilians killed as a result of humanitarian airdrops. we express sympathies to the families of those who were kill
humanitarian aid into gaza and allow for talks on an enduring resolution to the conflict. the issue is hamas, the issue is whether hamas will decide or not to have a cease fire that would benefit everyone. the ball is in their court. we are working intensely on it, and we will see what they do. but there s no doubt in my mind that getting to the cease fire with the release of hostages would be a profound benefit to everyone involved. ., . ., involved. how difficult would it cease-fire involved. how difficult would it cease-fire be involved. how difficult would it cease-fire be to involved. how difficult would it cease-fire be to reach - involved. how difficult would it cease-fire be to reach right - involved. how difficult would it i cease-fire be to reach right now, cease fire be to reach right now, seeing as many agree they have in fact stalled? the former un undersecretary general jamal benomar gave me an update on ceasefire negotiations. there is pressure on the
we speak to the mayor of freetown in sierra leone, subject of a new bbc documentary. we ll hear from award winning actress and activist nazanin boniadi on what s next for iran s women led protests. and iranian female djs use music to defy the islamic republic. hello, i m azadeh moshiri and welcome to our bbc news special programme on international women s day. i m standing in front of the millicent fawcett statue, here in parliament square. she was a suffragist in the 20th century, protesting to secure the right to vote for women. it s by the artist gillian wearing and it was made after a campaign by a feminist writer, caroline criado perez, who wanted to see a woman s statue here in the square. now, of course, what we re about to look at for the next half hour are just some of the issues affecting women today. there s plenty more coverage from the uk and around the world on the bbc news website and app. so let s begin with ukraine. and after more than two years of war in ukr
particularly cold. the war between ukraine and russia, though, where ukraine s progress through russia s ferocious systems of mines and anti tank defences has been slow and painful during the summer, continues to drag. the americans say ukraine has now started to make notable progress but ukrainian manpower is being increasingly squeezed, and that s a growing problem. at the same time, russia has now had to impose strict daily limits on the amount of bullets and shells its forces can use, so both sides are feeling the pinch. we ve been seeing some remarkable shifts over the summer altogether. china s economy has received a series of knocks with exports significantly down. bloomberg, the american financial and media conglomerate, now says china will never be able to overtake the us economy. xijinping s system faces some difficult internal challenges, too. he s tightening up in all sorts of ways. the latest victim is the defence minister, li shangfu, who s vanished from the pub