are totally rejected. the un s world food programme is struggling to deliver supplies to northern ethiopia and says its stocks are running out. wfp and our humanitarian partners need all parties to the conflict to agree to open up humanitarian corridors, so that we can have supplies flowing in through all routes into the tigray region, and then we will be able to access the communities at scale. but ethiopia s warring sides seem unlikely to come to the negotiating table, and it s children like these that continue to pay the price. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the us film director known for the last picture show and paper moon has died aged 82.
need all parties to the conflict to agree to open up humanitarian corridors, so that we can have supplies flowing in through all routes into the tigray region, and then we will be able to access the communities at scale. but ethiopia s warring sides seem unlikely to come to the negotiating table, and it s children like these that continue to pay the price. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news. the award winning american film maker peter bogdanovich has died at the age of 82. he was best known for films such as the last picture show and paper moon. he also played a part in the hit television series the sopranos. the bbc has announced its new worldwide head of news and current affairs. deborah turness, currently chief executive of itn, is to become chief executive officer of bbc news. she was previously the president
omicron was less severe and hospital numbers relatively would be lower than before, but he says it is the combination of covid and normal midwinter pressures that is the problem. and the biggest health board in scotland, greater glasgow and clyde, has urged people not to go to a&e unless the condition is life threatening or very urgent. with the latest, hugh pym, our health editor. a group of doctors in the tigray region of ethiopia has issued a desperate plea for help, claiming that a blockade by the government is causing many deaths. government forces and rebels have been fighting in the area for more than a year. but the government denies blocking aid supplies. the bbc has been shown evidence of terrible conditions at tigray s biggest hospital in mekelle, where medical supplies are dangerously low. our africa correspondent catherine byaruhanga sent this report. and a warning you may find some of the images distressing. ayder referral hospital
and some politicians are blaming this on outside islamists and well trained islamic terrorists. some will blame it on opposition forces abroad, but i think what we might be looking at is, in addition to a people power revolt, different kinds of forces trying to exploit what s going on, and i think we may also be seeing a real collapse of the planned transition that mr nazarbayev had in place, and seeing that falling apart in real time as well. a group of doctors in the tigray region of ethiopia has issued a desperate plea for help, claiming that a blockade by the government is causing many deaths. government forces and rebels have been fighting in the area for more than a year. but the government denies blocking aid supplies. the bbc has been shown evidence of terrible conditions
a nurse showed us the last remaining stocks of formula milk back then just seven packs that couldn t last more than three weeks. the children are coming to seek treatment, he says. but we re not able to help them. this is stressful. tigray in northern ethiopia has been at the centre of the country s civil war for over a year now. air strikes have hit the regional capital, mekelle, and other cities. now, the doctors reports from ayder hospital accuses the central government of blocking aid supplies sincejune, leading to severe shortages and deaths. in a statement, a government spokesperson told the bbc there is no deliberate embargo in tigray, any reports that continually focus on one location or group of individuals