hello, i m annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. for weeks, humanitarian agencies have been warning of famine and as a man as they struggle to get it into the territory. the un high commissionerfor human rights has told the bbc there is a plausible case that israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in gaza. he said that if that s as a weapon of war in gaza. he said that if that s intent as a weapon of war in gaza. he said that if that s intent were as a weapon of war in gaza. he said that if that s intent were proven, i that if that s intent were proven, it would amount to a war crime. israel and says it is letting on all the humanitarian aid that is needed. from jerusalem, jeremy bowen. gaza is no place to be ill. noura mohammed had lung and liver problems before the war. now, after months of starvation and without the right medical care, she is deteriorating fast. my daughter can t move, says her mother.
a teaching union in england says its members are reporting that levels of violence and abuse from pupils have risen sharply since the pandemic. nearly one in five teachers who responded to a survey commissioned by the bbc said they had been hit by a student this year. the same number say they have also experienced verbal or online abuse from a parent or guardian since september. here 5 more from education correspondent, elaine dunkley. across the country, clips posted on social media give an insight into the chaos in classrooms. the room got absolutely ransacked. the boards were ripped off the wall, displays were snapped and broken. you re going to get people shouting at you. when it comes to teenagers and what they re saying, quite sexualised. teachers pushed to the brink because of bad behaviour. the behaviour stresses me out. all my fillings fall out because i clench my teeth at night when i m sleeping. in dewsbury, this is stjohn fisher academy. it s a school with a bad r
in the icy waters of the patapsco river. four workers remain missing. these are live pictures from the scene where the search for the men has been suspended due to bad weather conditions. salvage crews are working to address dangerous materials and accident investigators are on the scene. our north america correspondent david willis reports 25 feet beneath the surface, near what had been the centre of the bridge, divers recovered a red pickup truck with two bodies inside it. maintenance workers, who d been repairing potholes at the time the structure collapsed. four of their colleagues are still missing and their bodies may never be found. we transitioned from search and rescue to recovery. we need to bring a sense of closure and comfort to the families, and we take that very seriously. the missing include miguel luna, a father of three from el salvador, and maynor suazo sandoval from honduras. like the rest, migrant workers from central america. the containership, dali, pile
good afternoon. proposals that could make scotland the first uk nation to legalise assisted dying have been introduced in the scottish parliament. it s an issue that provokes strong emotions with supporters of legalisation saying it would ease suffering, but opponents concerned some terminally ill people may feel under pressure to end their lives. the bill could be voted on next year. members of the scottish parliament have rejected previous attempts to legalise the practice, in 2010 and 2015. james cook, our scotland editor, has our top story. that s just my favourite photo of me and steve together. we were out at a barbecue. gillie s husband, steve, died less than a year ago. he had throat cancer and was 56 years old. gillie says even high quality palliative care did not ease his suffering. it wasn t a good death because he was distressed and he was upset. and it wasn t what he wanted. he wanted that choice, he just wanted to go to sleep. to me, it s quite obvious thatjus