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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 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 the al shifa hospital. juliette touma is from unrwa. she says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering 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 eve ....
agency for palestinians says israel is stopping the organisation from delivering lifesaving aid to people in northern gaza. philippe lazzarini said in a post on x that: israeli authorities informed the un that they will no longer approve any unrwa food convoys to the north. this is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man made famine. by preventing unrwa to fulfill its mandate in gaza, the clock will tick faster towards famine and many more will die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. this cannot happen, it would only stain our collective humanity. mark lowen has more from jerusalem without unrwa getting the food out on the ground, there are few alternatives. they re essential, really, because they are the biggest un mission in the palestinian territories. they employ about 30,000 staff, and so without unrwa getting the food in on the ground, there are few alternatives. i mean, another body, the world food programme ....
races speaks to the bbc. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with events in russia following the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow, which killed 137 people. the four suspected gunmen in the moscow concert hall attack have appeared in court accused of committing terrorism. they ve been ordered into custody pending a trial set to take place in may. the authorities said one of them a citizen of tajikistan has pleaded guilty. a nationwide day of mourning was observed on sunday with president putin lighting a candle in a church at his residence outside moscow, in memory of the victims. the islamic state group said it was responsible and has posted graphic videos online of the attack. russian officials, without evidence, have tried to implicate ukraine which kyiv has rejected outright. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the very latest. i ....
israel is stopping the organisation from delivering lifesaving aid to people in northern gaza. philippe lazzarini said in a post on x that israeli authorities informed the un that they will no longer approve any unrwa food convoys to the north. he added: this is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man made famine. by preventing unrwa to fulfil its mandate in gaza, the clock will tick faster towards famine and many more will die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. this cannot happen, it would only stain our collective humanity. mark lowen has more from jerusalem. without unrwa getting the food out on the ground, there are few alternatives. i mean, another body, the world food programme, which is another un agency, has managed to get a few trucks in to northern gaza in the last couple of weeks. but this appears to be a very direct attack on unrwa itself. i mean, the head of unrwa, philip lazzarini, was actually ....
translation: if they intend to do deportations, which - translation: if they intend to do deportations, which is - translation: if they intend to do deportations, which is not i do deportations, which is not up do deportations, which is not up to them, let me say this once and for all. we will not accept deportations from the texan government. we will not stand idly by. the texas governor remains adamant that his stable continue arresting across illegally. texas has the legal authority to arrest people coming across the razor wire barriers on our border, and we will continue to use our arrest authority and arrest people coming across the border illegally. let s speak about the situation now with the mayor of a texas city on the border. good to have you back on bbc news. there has been confusion over the legal back and forth here, is it clear to you what policy is it clear to you what policy is in place right now in texas? absolutely not. thank you for having me on. it d ....