correspondent mark lowen. israel is seizing on another development as proof of what it says is the un s bias against it, which is that 12 members of staff of the un mission operating in gaza have been dismissed for. as they were found to be, to have been complicit in the hamas attacks on israel on the 7th of october. now, israel says that is proof that the un mission in gaza is not impartial that it is pro hamas. what the united nations and pro un voices are saying is, look, the entire workforce of that un agency is 30,000 people. so12 bad apples should not tarnish the entire reputation of the un agency. but, you know, israel is saying that this is proof that we are fighting, in israel s words, a just war and we have the right to defend ourselves. with me is our political correspondent, harry farley. first of all, tells more about the foreign office has said about this decision. i have been speaking to sources in the foreign office and in the last hour or so the, uk
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as its guinea pig to test of a method of execution never attempted before. it s the state s second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher s wife in a hired killing. in a statement following the execution, governor kay ivey says: alabama is one of 27 us states where the death penalty is still legal. however, there are executive orders in six of those states, shown in orange, that have placed a hold on executions. that includes california and oregon. all this is data from the non profit death penalty information centre. with me is the bbc s david willis. thank you forjoining. what more do we know about the execution now? in more do we know about the execution now? more do we know about the execution now? in the last few minutes the execution now? in the last few minutes the governor - execution now? in the last few minutes the governor of - execution now? in the last few minutes the governor of the i minutes the governor of the state
who depend on unrwa. let s take a closer look now at unrwa s role in gaza. the agency says it spends most of its funding, about 5a%, on education, including building and running schools in gaza, followed by health, 17%, and support services, 16%. it also provides emergency relief assistance, and since the recent conflict began, shelters displaced palestinians. that is given they are living in a war zone. unrwa is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions. pledges to the agency totalled more than $1 billion in 2022. the us, germany, eu and sweden were the agency s largest individual donors that year, contributing 61% of its overall funding. for more on the situation, i spoke to bonnie glick, a former deputy administrator of the united states agency for international development under the donald trump administration. they have terminated those contracts before the investigation was even completed. is that enough action in your view? oh, that is not enough action at all.