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there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. as the israeli bombardment of gaza continues, the united nations says half the population of the territory are starving and nine out of ten can t eat every day. it comes as the world health organization holds a special session on the health situation in the occupied palestinian territories — we will hear from our correspondent on that later this hour. but first, our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. t...

slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. anna a n na foster anna foster has been giving us the latest. an agonising goodbye. at least 14 people were killed i...

a senior un official has warned that half of population of gaza are now starving, as israel continues its assault on the territory. the world food programmes deputy director, carl skau, says nine out of ten people are not eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a u...

humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. american officials argued such a move would be "divorced from reality". every other member of the council backed the resolution — apart from the uk, which abstained. theres been a chorus of outrage from other countries, charities and human rights groups. israel has thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas — which is classed as a terror group by many western governments — in gaza, theres no safe place, says the un secretary general. the h...

in gaza, theres no safe place, says the un secretary general. the health care system is collapsing. hospitals have become battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter and everything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday in the aftermath of an israeli airstrike as the military pushes ahead with its war against hamas. hours later, at the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and had this warning. there is a hig...

eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the veto made the us complicit in what he described as war crimes against palestinian...

the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a statement, he condemns the american position as a "flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values" and he holds the us "responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip". the us envoy said such a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. every other member of the council backed the r...

fighting in the city. theres also fighting in the north. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing gun battles in the jabalia refugee camp, which remains surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say theyve been without food and clean water for several days. earlier, the hamas—run health ministry in gaza reported the death toll since the conflict began now stands at 17,700. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. buried by ...

Front pages, including the mail, which claims people are wasting their time recycling christmas waste, which will likely end up in landfill. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President elect donald trump has gone head to head with the outgoing Us Government over its treatment of israel. Mr trump tweeted that israel was being treated with Total Disdain and disrespect. And the israeli Prime Minister has reacted with anger to a speech by the us secretary of Statejohn Kerry warning that settleme...

Front pages, including the mail, which claims people are wasting their time recycling christmas waste, which will likely end up in landfill. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President elect donald trump has gone head to head with the outgoing Us Government over its treatment of israel. Mr trump tweeted that israel was being treated with Total Disdain and disrespect. And the israeli Prime Minister has reacted with anger to a speech by the us secretary of Statejohn Kerry warning that settleme...