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to enter northern gaza. in a post on social media, unrwa s head, philippe lazzarini, described the move as outrageous . he said israel s decision meant many more people would die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. there s been no word from israel. it comes as the country s defence minister, yoav gallant, is set to travel to washington, with israeli leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah, in southern gaza. israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around al shifa hospital. juliette touma is from unrwa. she says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering northern gaza, famine will take hold. well, it s simply outrageous. and the clock is ticking, and with this recent decision, the clock will be ticking even faster towards famine. you know, there s more than a quarter of a million people who depend on unwra s food assistance in the north, and we hav ....
something more enduring. negotiators continue to work, the gaps are narrowing, and we are continuing to push for an agreement in doha. it is still difficult work to get there, but i continue to believe it s possible. the us submitted a draft resolution to the un security council, for the first time calling for an immediate ceasefire tied to the release of hostages. the security council is expected to vote on the us draft resolution on friday. our us state department correspondent tom bateman is travelling the middle east with secretary blinken, and sent this report from that conference in cairo. this news conference just wrapped up with antony blinken and the egyptian foreign minister. that now concludes this part of antony blinken s trip before he heads to tel aviv on friday morning. what we heard from him here is reiterating that language we now know is in the security council draft resolution that is to be put on a boat in the us for the talks about the need for an ....
for an immediate ceasefire. mr blinken says talks in saudi arabia and egypt have been making progress and the gaps are narrowing in the pursuit for peace. our reporter, will vernon, has the story. this is antony blinken s sixth trip to the middle east since the war in gaza began. the secretary of state met egyptian officials on thursday, holding crucial negotiations to bring an end to the fighting. mr blinken said very good progress had been made in the talks. the gaps are narrowing. we still have some work to do, but i believe that again the progress is good, is real. i can t put a timeframe on it. but we are, i think, getting close to a point where we will have agreements. on the table a deal that would lead to a six week truce and the release of dozens of hostages still held by hamas militants inside of the war zone. later today, negotiators will be hoping for a breakthrough as they gather in the qatari capital doha. the qataris continue to urge both sides hamas to relea ....
we start in the us, where apple is being accused of monopolizing the smartphone market crushing competition and driving up prices for consumers. the us department ofjustice and 15 states have filed a landmark lawsuit against the tech giant claiming it violates antitrust laws abusing its control of the app store to lock in customers and shut out rivals. apple denies the claims and says it will vigorously fight the lawsuit. our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury has more. more than a billion of us around the world own an iphone. the appeal is how easy it is to use features like imessage, apple pay and the apple watch. for me apple works better than android, i had an android before. it didn t do too well with me. before. it didn t do too well with me- before. it didn t do too well with me. , ., , , with me. it s not my parents alwa s with me. it s not my parents always corny with me. it s not my parents always copy and with me. it s not my ....
themselves and have a go, that s huge. this hello, welcome to the programme. we start this hour in the middle east. the head of the united nations agency for palestinian refugees says israel has told him it will no longer approve its food convoys to enter northern gaza. in a post on social media, unrwa s head philippe lazzarini described the move as outrageous. he said israel s decision meant many more people would die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. there s been no word from israel. it comes as the country s defence minister yoav gallant is set to travel to washington, with israel leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around al shifa hospital. juliette touma is from unrwa. she says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering gaza, famine will take hold. it is simply outrageous. the cl ....