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it comes as a senior un aid official warned that half of gazas population is starving, saying deliveries of food are now "almost impossible" because of the fierce fighting and aerial bombardment. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. the misery of life under canvas. fourin the misery of life under canvas. four in five gazans have now fled their home and they are still fighting to survive, with severe shortages of food and drinking water. aid agencies say they are ...

belief in why they are fighting, but in others there is a deep resentment. why cant the un do more to get the kind of world peace that most of us long to see? youve got a structure here in the united nations that reflects a post—second world war order. the new order, the new balances of power, are not reflected in it. and what are meteorites made of? for that matter, whats space made of? when scientists add up all the matter, all the stuff we can see in the galaxy, that matter doesnt...

were up here on the roof of the bbc�*s headquarters in central london. in our last programme of 2023, not a particularly happy year, well be asking, whats morale like in the ukrainian front line as winter closes in? there are some areas where morale is higher, where there have been some gains, and theres a strong belief in why they are fighting, but in others there is a deep resentment. why cant the un do more to get the kind of world peace that most of us long to see? youve got a st...

So, i am curious, when spacex first proposed this all-private crew to visit the iss, what did you think? >> well initially, i was skeptical but the greater good is we are commercializing space. we are bringing industry off off the face of the earth, up into space. and in order to do that, we want them to get -- uh -- ready to build a space station that is a commercial station. so, after eight more years, that we can de-orbit the aging international space station and nasa can concentrate on furth...

Refurbished that pad. they have changed it up tremendously to accommodate the space x launches, so its a lot different and a lot slicker than the one i remember climbing up on, but thats the whole idea here, the more we can reuse, the more we dont have to do -- build and do something different every time, then that cost theoretically will come down and make this more efficient for everybody, and of course thats a huge goal and a very good target for everybody. >> jon: john, youre the aerospace e...

0 these are people with families, and the goal here really has been heartwarming. i think youve probably seen the footage of the interactions that this crew has had with children in the hospital. i mean, its been a fund-raising campaign for st. judes, 200 million dollars has been the goal. and theres been all kinds of interaction from them there. it just has been an amazing experience to see regular americans, like you and i, in space. only less than 600 people -- >> jon: hang on a second, alexa...