Martin griffiths, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Not so long ago, you said something very striking. You said, the state of the world is terrifying. And i suppose that one of the terrifying elements for you is that the scale of need so far outstrips your ability at the un to offer assistance. And also to be funded, to get the income you need to meet those needs. So, this year, 2023, we have. Over 350 Million People in the world need humanitarian assistance. Which is substantially more than last year. Substantially more than last year. So, the Direction Of Travel is negative. Its huge. Its almost vertical. The cost of the humanitarian programmes that im responsible for around the world, in 36 different countries, is about 56 billion for this year. To come from the Member States of the united nations. To come from the Member States, of which about 20 are donors, of which the top five pay 60 of all humanitarian aid. So, a very small donor base. As of today, we have received abou
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spokesperson said it would be open to an extension of the truth under the current agreement. president biden says extending the conflict in gaza would only play into the ideology of hamas. israel says it has received a list of hostages which could be released on wednesday. on tuesday, 12 more hostages were released, bringing the total number now freed to more than 80, including ten israeli citizens and two thai nationals. israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians, mostly women and teenage boys, who have so far been released from israeli jails since the truce began on friday. tal heinrich, a spokesperson to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, told the bbc the israelis are willing to extend the ceasefire under the current terms. we have received the list, we are notifying the families of the people who appear on the list, and all otherfamilies of the who appear on the list, and all other families of the hostages who are
39 kilometre time trial. The welshmans chances of winning the race were effectively ruined by the crash a couple of days ago, but the Team Sky Rider rode strongly on the lumpy terrain in the sagrantino wine growing region near peruguia to move up to 11th in the overall standings. Olympic silver medallist tom dumoulin was 49 seconds quicker, and stormed to the top of the general classification. He now leads the race by over two minutes. Thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers. A good day for arsenal, Manchester City and motherwell. Not such a good one for andy murray. Good night. Hello there, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me baroness alterman, the former pensions minister, and a columnist at the london evening standard. How is the new boss going down . Well, he is the new boss going down . Well, he is making all of these changes. is making all of these Changesli Wa Nt is making all of these changes. want all of th
James brokenshire, the secretary of state, has gone along with this discrimination against the former forces and pa ramilitaries, discrimination against the former forces and paramilitaries, as they see it. The dup may be asking about the threat to british vet and that serve her. One last point, enda kenny, the outgoing taoiseach, expressed the opinion that they should not damage the prospect of getting the Power Sharing back on task. We have had several secretaries of state for Northern Ireland echoing that point. Arlene foster has just said she wants to get Power Sharing back up and running. Is there a serious effort . Or does this deal undermined the prospects . It depends on how you read it but i would see it as sinn fein being the main obstacle is coming back. Ithink fein being the main obstacle is coming back. I think there is considerable spec Natalie Mcvey scepticism. As as for the nationalist possession is westminster, sinn fein did well but refused to take their seats. Enda k