In a phone call, President Biden told the israeli Prime Minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. In the last hour, the white house has said that a meeting between the us and israel to discuss rafah will likely take place next week. But Benjamin Netyanyahu has just said theres no way to destroy hamas in rafah other than by a ground incursion. All this as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. Lets get this report from anna foster, injerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah, and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it says, would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operation there would be a mistake. As rafah� s displaced fear what might come next, their presence is just as hard. Medical supplies, water and food are scarce. Translation my daughter said that she wants to eat boiled eggs and i say, how can i bring you boiled eggs . The situation does not allow us to. Our situation was below zero before the war. So what do you expect after the war . Worse and worse. In the north of gaza, famine is nowjust weeks away. Few aid convoys are reaching that part of the strip. And in a second us intervention overnight, its top diplomat Antony Blinken said more needs to be done to save lives. If you look at some of the assessments that were seeing now, they only underscore the urgency of making sure that this assistance is a priority and that its sustained. Again, 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. Talks towards a ceasefire have restarted in qatar. Im cautiously optimistic that the negotiations have continued. Negotiators cautioned that a deal will still take time. Screaming explosion and in gazas rubble, the prospect of a pause in fighting feels as far away as ever. Anna foster, bbc news, jerusalem. Lets go to mark lowen injerusalem. Weve been reporting on those comments from the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, they are pretty stark in what he sees as the situation in gaza. What reaction i we had from the Israeli Government, if any . We had from the Israeli Government, if an . ,. ,. ,. , if any . The Israeli Government has accused reviewed if any . The Israeli Government has accused reviewed accused if any . The Israeli Government has accused reviewed Accused Hamasl if any . The Israeli Government has l accused reviewed Accused Hamas of disrupting a deliveries, in fact they even blocked the head of the un. The first time theyve done that since the war began. I went to a briefing with him, the Secretary General of the un mission for palestinian refugees, and he said that he feels there is an attack at the moment on his function, and on the function of the un mission for palestinian refugees, with the Israeli Government depicting it as some kind of somehow politically biased and trying to discredit the un mission itself. Now he said that the situation in terms of famine in gaza is unprecedented, because what weve seenin is unprecedented, because what weve seen in somalia and parts of east africa, and the sahara over the last decade or so is that famine was the result of a mixture of climate change, conflict and failed policies. What we see in gaza is this has happened under the worlds watch in the last four months of this war, and that therefore the famine that is looming now and could be declared in Northern Gaza as early as the end of may is entirely man made, and is unacceptable in the eyes of the un that the world is stepping back and watching this. So they are calling for not only an urgent and massive injection of aid, but an urgent cease fire for those Aid Deliveries to have some kind of level of security as they get into much needed areas. find level of security as they get into muchneeded areas. Level of security as they get into muchneeded areas. And im ust readina muchneeded areas. And im ust reading thatfi muchneeded areas. And im ust reading that the i muchneeded areas. And im ust reading that the us i muchneeded areas. And im ust reading that the us has i muchneeded areas. And im ust reading that the us has been h muchneeded areas. And im just i reading that the us has been saying that israel should let the head of that israel should let the head of that agency that you are talking about into gaza, a state Department Spokesperson saying, our believe is they should be able to. They say there is to be a meeting between the us and israel next week to talk about that much talked about incursion into rafah. Does it seem like the israeli position will ever change on that . It seems like mr netanyahu is determined that that is the way forward, as he said, he believes thats the only way to contain hamas. He believes thats the only way to contain hamas. Believes thats the only way to contain hamas. He said as much toda , contain hamas. He said as much today. He contain hamas. He said as much today. He was contain hamas. He said as much today, he was speaking contain hamas. He said as much today, he was speaking to contain hamas. He said as much today, he was speaking to the l today, he was speaking to the knesset, the israeli parliament, saying israel is determined to push in and destroy hamas battalions there. That would be in defiance of not only huge concerns over the fate of the 1. 5 million palestinians sheltering down and rafah, but also in defiance of warnings coming from virtually all of israels western allies. The us leading the pack joe biden and netanyahu spoke by phone last night, their first conversation in month, and biden has somehow summoned an israeli delegation to washington to present them with a credible plan for rafah, saying it is absolutely unthinkable that the israelis would send in the military to such a crowded area without having a proper evacuation plan. Now it is very difficult to read netanyahus intentions and all this because he sent an israeli delegation to Doha Or Peace Talks in qatar, while at the same time going on everyday about his intention to push into rafah. Is hejust trying to up the pressure on hamas, its very hard to tell. But i think israels firm belief is that unless they go into rafah destroy hamas there, than their aim of the destruction of hamas would go unfinished. Destruction of hamas would go unfinished. ~. ,. ,. , ~ abeer etefa is the senior middle east spokesperson for the world food programme. She gave me her assessment of the situation. Well, the situation as described by everyone is quite catastrophic. We have a Famine Imminent in the north of gaza and is expected to arrive any day. We could actually be in it. Unless the fighting stops and aid agencies are able to send supplies and have full access throughout gaza and especially the north, then hundreds if not thousands of people, especially children, would die of hunger and starvation. We need immediate action. Many, many people have already died and too many lives have been lost. That means getting essential aid in. Were showing pictures on the screen of people who are queueing up to get food, holding pots and pans in those visuals that we showed a moment ago, desperate for food. How much aid are you able to get in . There is more aid getting through. There is aid getting through, but not in the way that is enough to avert the famine. The only way to avert the catastrophic hunger in gaza is to bring in huge amounts of Food Assistance today, tomorrow and every day for the next few months. We need a minimum of 300 trucks going into gaza every day and especially to the north. There are Food Supplies ready to be deployed and, given the right conditions, we can scale up to feed all the 2. 2 Million People across gaza at least for a month or two months. We need more entry points into gaza including one into the north. We need many Crossing Points to bring in food aid. We need to be able to use the parallel raods so that they are available for daily convoys and safe access to the north. Road access is a priority, there is nothing that can replace the efficiency and the safety and having an organised delivery overland. All other attempts are going to be a drop in the ocean. And what else can be done . Were talking aboutjust basic Food Supplies now . What do people have access to at the moment . Nothing. They have very limited access to food supply. The assistance thats trickling in is still really a drop in the ocean, otherwise we would not be sitting today and talking about an imminent famine. And the other important element is that we need a ceasefire, a decisive factor that could turn this around. As well stopping the fighting it would allow the humanitarian community to roll out massive Relief Supplies and that is what is needed at the moment. Kensington palace has confirmed that images taken by a member of the public and published by the sun of catherine, Princess Of Wales, on a Shopping Trip with Prince William in windsor, are genuine. The photograph has been published just over a week after she admitted editing an official portrait of her and her children. The princess has been out of The Public Eye since christmas, after having Abdominal Surgery. Heres our royal correspondent Sean Coughlan. A blurry video of a couple going shopping at the weekend has become an International Talking point. The pictures of Prince William and catherine, published by the sun, are the first video images of the princess since her Abdominal Surgery injanuary. The unexpected appearance of a House Of Windsor in a Windsor Farm Shop shows that shes back on herfeet and looking relaxed and smiling. There has been a whirlwind of social media speculation and Conspiracy Theories about the princesss health. It follows the release of a photograph on mothers day, which added to a febrile sense of uncertainty, when it was withdrawn by Photo Agencies after concerns it had been manipulated. People on London Bridge this morning gave their views. Its good to see shes back and hopefully shes doing well. Im sure it will be quite nice for her to potter around, do some shopping with her husband. To walk around. If she is well, fantastic, but yeah, i couldnt say| i was really concerned about it. She looks fine, she looks just going about her day, doesnt she . Ive no feelings about that at all, im afraid. Its neither here or there whether she is out and about or not, really. Kensington palace has not commentated on the video and are still calling for privacy, but there are further questions about a previous picture of the late Queen Elizabeth ii, taken by catherine. Getty images are now saying the photo has been digitally enhanced. Prince william will hope the focus can switch to his more official engagements, as he visits projects for the homeless in sheffield. Our royal correspondent Sean Coughlan joins us from the newsroom. Just bring us up to date on what we know now, so this is the first Video Footage weve seen of catherine, Princess Of Wales, since her Abdominal Surgery. Princess of wales, since her abdominalsurgery. Have Princess Of Wales, since her Abdominal Surgery. Have we heard any more from the family . I Abdominal Surgery. Have we heard any more from the family . More from the family . I think this is the most more from the family . I think this is the most significant more from the family . I think this is the most significant fact more from the family . I think this is the most significant fact that it| is the most significant fact that it is the most significant fact that it is a video image. We had previous stills showing catherine with her family and also some grainy paparazzi shots, which we didnt publish in the uk but was seen overseas. Here weve seen her in moving images, and it shows that shes up on her feet and looking relaxed, and smiling. It might go some way to challenging some of the more outlandish Conspiracy Theories that have been doing the rounds because in the background all this in the last few weeks, theres been a frenzy of speculation and social media rumour mongering, and speculation thats gone around and around, so perhaps this will be a possible way of saying that she is quite well and looks 0k of course these artificial images, Kensington Palace has responded by saying that we have to respect the privacy of the princess, particularly when shes recovering from surgery. But this might go some way to suggesting that she is in quite well and seemed to be smiling and relaxed. That she is in quite well and seemed to be smiling and relaxed. Thank you very much Around The World and across the uk, this is bbc news. This is bbc news. Nicholas hawkes was convicted last month of sending unsolicited explicit photos to a 15 Year Old Girl and woman. Unsolicited explicit photos to a 15yearold girl and woman. Nicholas hawkes has 15yearold girl and woman. Nicholas hawkes has been 15yearold girl and woman. Nicholas hawkes has been sentenced 15yearold girl and woman. Nicholas hawkes has been sentenced to 15yearold girl and woman. Nicholas hawkes has been sentenced to 66 hawkes has been sentenced to 66 weeks in prison thats a year for these new offences, and 1a weeks for breaching existing court orders. He had pleaded guilty to sending pictures of his genitals unsolicited to two women on february the 9th. One was a woman in her 60s, another a teenage girl. One message was sent by whatsapps, the other by eye message. In his defence, his barrister said that he had suffered from very severe Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after being kidnapped and tortured back in 2016. He said this had left him wanting to create chaos, and he claimed mr fox got no sexual gratification from sending these messages. Thejudge, samantha lee, said she did not accept that, and she sensed mr fox, as i was saying, to 66 weeks in prison. And he will remain on the Sex Offenders register for 15 years from now. W. Sex offenders register for 15 years from now. ,. , � the us secretary of defence, lloyd austin, has tried to reassure allies about his countrys commitment to ukraine in its fight against russias invasion. He said in an Opinion Piece carried by a number of european publications, mr michel said russias full scale invasion of ukraine posed the greatest Security Challenge since the second world war, and urged members to invest in Weapons Procurement and production. Elisabeth braw is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and author of the book goodbye globalisation. It is an old saying, is it not . If you want peace, prepare for war. And the point i think that michel is making is that we say, we want peace. But that means having to address a pretty uncomfortable fact with the public, which is that we have to run our economy differently, run our societies differently, because if we dont, we wont be able to support ukraine to the extent it needs. And we may face aggression from russia and others ourselves. What is a wartime economy . In this economy an economy thats thats really set up to produce the things, the items that the armed forces need to defend the country, or indeed, in this case, to to help defend ukraine. And one of the issues we have seen when it comes to deliveries to ukraine, and indeed western governments efforts to shore up our own armed forces, is that they can spend money. They can allocate money, they can sign the contracts with Defence Manufacturers. But if the Defence Manufacturers dont have enough workers to make the equipment, and indeed to make the ammunition, then not very much will happen. So the 2 debate that keeps being hashed out and regurgitated across various western countries is pointless. If we dont have people who can make the equipment which we intend to buy with this 2 of gdp. To haiti next and there seems little the world can do for the moment, but simply watch the country slide further int