It could come as soon as may as the war continues. The un is warning that 1 million people, thats half of the territorys population, are now facing starvation. The European UnionsForeign Policy chief, josep borrell, Accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. Heres what us Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken said a short time ago. According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. Thats the first time an entire population has been so classified. We also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100 the totality of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance. Blinken� s comments follow us president joe biden� s first call with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu in over a month on monday. Mr biden told mr netanyahu that a major Ground Operation in the city of rafah would be a mistake. Mr netanyahu defended the possibility saying opposing the operation was akin to opposing total defeat of hamas. Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan called that � nonsense� and a � straw man� argument. Some 1. 5 million palestinians from other parts of gaza are seeking refuge in rafah. Thats almost half the population. The big issue is where you move these people to to make sure they are safe in the face of new Israeli Ground offensive. I spoke a little bit earlier to a representative of unrwa and he described the situation there. We have been saying for several weeks now, the situation is extremely catastrophic. It is beyond grim in rafah, i look out of my window and there are literally people everywhere, the place is teeming with people who have nothing. Many have been displaced several times, multiple times, this includes unrwa staff as well. But the place is full of people who have nothing. They are waiting, they are fearing, they wake up every morning with dread that this promised incursion into rafah will happen. They spend their nights listening to bombardments in khan younis, they also wait for news of relatives, friends, family who remain in the north where situation is difficult. Here in the south it is beyond catastrophic in gaza city and northern gaza. Where you are, the closest point to the Rafah Crossing where aid comes in. We have heard about the dire situation in the north, and you were reflecting on it, but even where you are, even at that point closest to entry there still isnt anywhere near enough aid arriving. No, there isnt enough aid arriving, there hasnt been now for several months since the borders was closed in early october. We struggled to get shipments in. Obviously, the situation is complicated, the with volume of aid in egypt, but it goes far beyond that. It is the procedures that are in place, the time it takes to bring aid in, the fact that if a truck has one item in it that doesnt meet the restrictions of the israeli authorities, the entire truck is turned back. We have functioning Crossing Points or Crossing Points that could function in the north of gaza that arent being used either. The un community and International Ngos have trucks of aid backed up on the border. I think it is important to say, i think one of the reasons why the situation is so catastrophic, you cant feed a population on aid alone. People need fresh food, they need proteins, ingredients that it is simply very difficult to bring in on a large scale basis through humanitarian aid shipments. This is why we are calling repeatedly for the commercial sector to begin functioning and to be allowed to resume functioning. Just describing the conditions where he is in rafah. At the same time as we are talking about this new planned Israeli Ground offensive in rafah with no timescale attached to it yet, at the same time in qatar there is a israeli and hamas Negotiating Team in ceasefire talks. A real contrast between those two things. Those talks started yesterday and they will be looking at a new hamas plan foot forward last week and putting forward the israeli position. There are still sticking points when it comes towards things like palestinians being able to move back to the north, the number of hostages, who would be released and how many palestinian prisoners would be freed from israeli jails. That ratio is also being discussed. We know that those talks are ongoing, there are times when the two sides havent been engaging at all so there is cautious optimism. In terms of timescale, everything we talk about takes a matter of weeks and it may be nothing concrete comes from those talks for at least a fortnight. There is potentially an update today, we are keeping across all threads of the story and bring them here on bbc news. There will be more from eastjerusalem but for now back to the studio. Now lets bring these live pictures from germany. This is the Ramstein Us Air base, where Secretary Of Defense lloyd austin makes opening remarks ahead of hosting a meeting of the Ukraine Defense contact group. It is the seventh Ukraine Defense support group meeting. The main issue is weapons and munitions supply to ukraine. This is coming as the president of ukraine has made an urgent appeal in the last few weeks for more ammunition. Ukrainian Defence Minister is also present, that is him there. We will bring you more from that meeting as we have information coming in. A new photograph that appears to show the princess of wales, has been published just over a week after she admitted editing an official portrait of her, and her children. The Sun Newspaper has printed the picture on its front page, as well as the video it was taken from. Catherine is seen smiling and walking alongside prince william. The paper says the video was taken at a Farmers Market in windsor. The princess has not been seen in public since attending a Christmas DayChurch Service and underwent Abdominal Surgery injanuary. Our correspondent simonjones gave us this update from windsor. Take a look at this. This is the front page of this mornings Sun Newspaper, the headline is royal world exclusive, first picture. And then it says, great to see you again, kate. This picture the suna says was taken from a video filmed by someone who was visiting the farm shop behind me on saturday. The paper has spoken to the man who took the footage. He says he was doing a bit of shopping, when he looked over towards the bread aisle and then he said he saw a woman who looked rather familiar. He couldnt quite place her. He said when he saw the man, he thought, is that the royal couple . After leaving the farm shop he went to this car and decided to film the couple as they left. It is possible that in the past, the sun and other newspapers may not have published an image like this because the couple were on a private trip. It wasnt any sort of official royal engagement, but the newspaper said it decided to publish the image and release the video because it says it wants to end what it calls the madness of recent social media speculation. Ever since it was announced that kate had gone into hospital to have Abdominal Surgery, there has been a huge amount of speculation online about what exactly she was suffering from, how her recovery was going. And that speculation reached fever pitch when on mothering sunday, Kensington Palace released a picture of catherine surrounded by her three children, but from the word go people thought the picture looked odd, something didnt seem right about it. The following day, catherine apologised saying she had edited the image like many amateur photographers. And she said sorry for any confusion. Kensington palace will be hoping that this picture in the newspaper today might help dampen down some of the more fevered speculation, but certainly looking at social media this morning the Conspiracy Theorists are still very much out in force. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. You are watching bbc news. Weve been reporting on the situation in haiti and as the days go by, its clear the country is sliding further and further into anarchy. Our correspondent will grant was one of the First International journalists to gain access. Hes described chaos and violence, and says the caribbean country is succumbing to a spiralling security crisis. Gangs control much of the capital, port au prince, and are fighting militias armed with machetes, trying to protect their own neighbourhoods. America is hopeful a transitional council, might be able to restore order, along with the deployment of international troops. But for now, the fighting continues. Heres will grant, reporting from cap haitien. Baby crying. Just a day old baby woodley� s first cries are the same of those of children born anywhere for food and for comfort. But as they get older, the children born in cap haitien� s maternity wing will find such essentials are far from guaranteed in haiti. Markinsonjoseph tells me she would take her newborn boy out of the country altogether if she gets the chance. But she doesnt have the money to flee. The first ward for pathology. As he shows us around dark and empty wards, dr clervil says the gangs� control of the roads is making it impossible to find enough fuel to keep the lights on, let alone to bring in the drugs and equipment they need. Translation as you can see, we have beds and staff, but often the patients just cant reach us because of their Economic Situation or, more often than not, their safety. For some, it has had terrible consequences. Louisemanie was eight and a half months pregnant when she came into hospital. By then, she had dangerously high blood pressure, and lost the baby. Pre eclampsia is treatable, had she been properly monitored or the baby been delivered early. Louisemanie knows her loss was avoidable. The head of unicef has called the situation in haiti horrific, and likened the lawlessness to the post apocalyptic film mad max. The security situation aside, the humanitarian need here is critical, and the aid response so far has been painfully slow. The essential things of life are increasingly hard to find. In port au prince, farah oxima and her nine children have been forced from their home by the violence, and shes struggling to provide the food and water they need. Only god can change this place, she says, because from where im sitting, i cant see where any other change is coming from. The gangs have such a grip of haiti, they are, in essence, dictating what happens next in this country who can govern it, who lives in it, and who dies. Will grant, bbc news, haiti. Earlier i heard from Francesco Segoni spokesperson for humanitarian Aid Organisation medecins sans frontieres. Theyve been operating in haiti since 1991. Hearing that haiti has been literally buried under the violence of the last few days. Fighting has spread to every few days, the hospitals face a massive influx of patients with gunshot wounds. The port was pillaged over the weekend, luckily we were able to retrieve our containers just before that happened but we are hearing that the containers of many aid agencies have gone. Containers of many aid agencies have one. , containers of many aid agencies have ione,. , , containers of many aid agencies have one. ,. ,. , gone. The un has been warning of around 3000 gone. The un has been warning of around 3000 pregnant gone. The un has been warning of around 3000 pregnant women gone. The un has been warning of| around 3000 pregnant women who gone. The un has been warning of around 3000 pregnant women who may give birth amid all of this, could you tell us more about the health risks . ,. ,. You tell us more about the health risks . ,. ,. , risks . The needs today are everywhere. Risks . The needs today are everywhere, caring risks . The needs today are everywhere, caring for risks . The needs today are everywhere, caring for the | risks . The needs today are everywhere, caring for the many injured people in the violence, the direct victims. But also the indirect victims, people left without option for Health Care Due to the breakdown of the health care system. The system has basically collapsed. There is still one functioning Public Hospital but the problem is not only Health Care Facility shutting down, it is increasingly a problem with people not being able to move in the city because there is a fear of being caught in the crossfire. Because there is a fear of being caught in the crossfire. Amid all of this, we caught in the crossfire. Amid all of this. We are caught in the crossfire. Amid all of this, we are hearing caught in the crossfire. Amid all of this, we are hearing some this, we are hearing some International Response from the us, they are talking about a transitional council, potentially sending international troops. What do you believe the International Response should be . For do you believe the International Response should be . Response should be . For me, i believe is response should be . For me, i believe is an response should be . For me, i believe is an organisation, response should be . For me, i believe is an organisation, wel response should be . For me, i i believe is an organisation, we are not really able to have a position, or advise on the political situation, that is not our role. But the International Response needs to be massively scaled up from humanitarian point of view. We need a larger humanitarian response. The next preoccupation is the situation in terms of water and sanitation, with many thousands of displaced People Living in unsanitary conditions. If a Cholera Outbreak happened in this situation, the results could be catastrophic. That was a spokesperson results could be catastrophic. That was a spokesperson from medecins sans frontieres. Returning to our top story. The us has warned israel against a planned offensive in rafah. Lets speak to tom bateman who is travelling with us Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken. Thank you forjoining us. You spoke to Antony Blinken about the situation in gaza, how did he respond . I situation in gaza, how did he remand . Situation in gaza, how did he resond . , respond . I asked him about the fact that we now respond . I asked him about the fact that we now know respond . I asked him about the fact that we now know that respond . I asked him about the fact that we now know that he respond . I asked him about the fact that we now know that he will respond . I asked him about the fact that we now know that he will travel to the middle east, he will go to the city ofjeddah and then to cairo. That is to try and whip up support from arab leaders, both for trying to get the Ceasefire Deal over the line but then for the entire issue of post war planning, as they describe it. The question i asked him was the fact that we have this catastrophic situation on the ground in gaza, as you have been reporting, given that, was this then a harbinger of a post war scenario, given the security has collapsed in many parts of the strip and there is no agreed plan for governance . Even the most basic things like getting in humanitarian supplies, we see The Americans repeatedly press israel to let more in and yet we still see those critical situations. He replied with perhaps the strongest comments yet about the scale of the humanitarian crisis in gaza. He said that 100 of the population were now at the severe levels. Inaudible we will return to tom as soon as we can. Sharing his discussion with Antony Blinken. Responding with some strong comments regarding the famine in gaza. This is coming amid Strong International pressure on Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to avoid the planned assault on rafah. We will come back as soon as we can re establish communication but lets look at another situation in the united states. Well staying in the us, the former president , donald trump, has reacted to his failure to secure a close to half A Billion Dollar bond. He needs it to appeal against a judgement in his civil fraud case in new york. Mr trump said that securing a bond of that size was practically impossible. He now has to find the money through other means, or New York State authorities could begin seizing his properties. Heres our North America correspondent peter bowes. This is a case in which donald trump was accused of inflating what he was worth, the value of his properties, to get preferential Interest Rates for loans. Well, he lost the case. Now hes in a position where his lawyers are saying he doesnt have the cash, the available cash, to pay the 1164 million judgment against him. Now, clearly, he is still wealthy, he has property around the worth to the tune of billions, but