As concerns mount, joe biden is speaking out take a listen. No, we are devoted to the defense of israel. We will support israel. We will defend help defend israel and iran will not succeed. Thank you. So why is the us putting out such strong warnings about a possible attack . And how are those warnings being felt in israel . James landale has this analysis, from jerusalem. President biden has said that he expects an attack against israel from iran sooner rather than later and unnamed us officials are saying that attack could involve hundreds of drones and missiles against military targets here in israel. Now, that may be a prediction of the future based on hard intelligence. But it may also be the United States trying to deter iran to try and minimise any kind of response by talking up the threat right now. It also could be an attempt to try and shape expectations so that if and when iran does respond, its seen as less escalatory. Now, from irans point of view, it has promised that it will punish israel for the attack on its consulate in damascus, the capital of syria 12 days ago. But equally iranian ministers have said they do not want to widen the scope of this war. And a Massive Attack using drones and missiles from iran to israel would indeed do that. There have been an attack on israel this evening, across the border in the north, hezbollah launching lots and lots of rockets. But that i have to say is a pretty regular occurrence and theres no evidence yet that is in any way linked, or that even the start of some kind of iranian led retaliation. The mood here in israel is calm the streets earlier today were full of people enjoying and preparing for that their sabbath meal, but the threat is being taken seriously. And there are even reports of hospitals being put on standby. So for now, israel is on alert. And the world is watching and waiting to see what iran does next. And later on in the programme, ill be joined by michael singh, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for near east policy, a pro israeli think tank to discuss more on the situation. The World Health Organization says several regions in sudan may tip into famine if conflict does not end. More than a year of war between the nations army and opposition Paramilitary Forces has forced more than nine Million People from their homes. The devastating humanitarian impact is especially acute in the darfur region, where its been almost impossible for Aid Organisations to transfer supplies across Conflict Lines. The Paramilitary Rapid support forces now control the region, from where most aid workers have withdrawn. The army has blocked land routes from outside the country, saying the measure is aimed at stopping the flow of weapons. And while it has eased the transport of some food and other essential supplies, its not nearly enough. Zam zam is one of sudans largest displaced persons camps, and the bbc has obtained rare video from there. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports and a warning some viewers may find images in her report distressing. Infant cries. The youngest casualties of sudans war are often not victims of bombs and bullets. This paediatric hospital in Northern Darfur is a front line in the countrys hunger crisis. Signs of malnutrition are stark. Its difficult for outsiders to get access to the region. We worked with a local cameraman to film these images. The son of this helima Mohammed Sulieman is getting Emergency Nutrition after bouts of diarrhoea and malaria. We just dont have enough food here, she says. Were farmers but arent able to harvest enough now and theres no other income. Medicine is hard to get. In the next bed, amine ahmed ali is caring for six month old twins, slowly recovering from weeks of dysentery. Doctors treated malnutrition here before the war. Much more so now. Translation the numbers have doubled. Every month, and the next month, the numbers increase. In the nearby zamzam camp for displaced people, they queue forfood. There isnt much of that, nor of clean water or health care. Illnesses that could once be treated now kill. One child here dies every two hours so says the Charity Doctors without borders, the last International Humanitarians still on the ground. They found that one third of the camps children under the age of five are malnourished, and so are their mothers. Qisma abubarkir is living that pain. She lost three children in four months. Translation i couldnt afford to take them to hospital. The pharmacy demanded too much money. My first child died on the way home from there and the second child died after six days. The baby fell sick and died three days later. Zamzam is one of sudans largest camps, formed by previous conflict, so already fragile. But the latest war has displaced more than 8 Million People, blocked aid, shut down the economy. Whats needed is full humanitarian access across Conflict Lines and a massive surge of food and medicine. But famine looms. I spoke to Doctors Without Borders at their nairobi headquarters. We have a nutritional crisis. Its a catastrophic nutritional crisis. The children that we screened in the camp of zamzam is the tip of the iceberg. We are talking about only one camp. So it could be much worse. It could be much worse, yes. This little boy may live, but if the war stretches into another year, many, many other children will die. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, nairobi. President biden announced friday that his administration is cancelling 7. 1; billion dollars of student debt, for more than 270,000 americans. It comes at the end of a busy week for the biden administrations domestic policies. On thursday the Environmental Protection agency run by a Biden Appointee Set The First ever limit on dangerous � forever chemicals� in us water supplies. That same day the Justice Department expanded Background Checks for gun sales in what it calls the largest expansion in 30 years. And now the white house is cementing abortion as a campaign issue, coming out against extreme bans and tying them to donald trump. It was his Us Supreme Court appointees who ended the constitutional right to an abortion by striking down roe v wade just two years ago. Vice president Kamala Harris was speaking in arizona on friday, where the states Supreme Court brought back an abortion law from 1864 that criminalises the procedure. She laid the blame for that ruling squarely on the former president donald trump. So heres what a second trump term looks like. More bands, more suffering and less freedom. Just like he did in arizona, he basically wants to take america back to the 1800s. But we are not going to let that happen. Internal Biden Campaign polling data obtained by the Washington Post shows that abortion is more important than the israel hamas war for many voters but the biggest threat to mr biden� s re election may ultimately be voters sentiment about the economy. The Month Of March Saw A Setback in the fight against inflation. Higher costs forfuel, housing, dining out and clothing drove that increase. Prices rose 3. 5 over the 12 months to march, biden has touted the fact that Economic Growth is exceeding expectations and that unemployment is back to pre pandemic levels. But americans are still feeling the pinch at the grocery store. An Associated Press poll out friday found 58 of us adults believe biden has hurt � cost of living. Compared to 40 who said the same for donald trump. Trumps been using this economic strain to attack biden� s campaign. The former us president hosted House SpeakerMikejohnson At mar a lago, while � Election Integrity� was on the agenda, the meeting also focused on the us mexico southern border. We will introduce legislation to require that every Single Person who registers to vote in a federal election must prove that they are a americans assists in first, to prove it. That will be a new part of the federal law and a very important one. Stephanie murphy, former democrat member of congress from floridarodney davis, former republican member of congress from illinois. What you make speaker of the house mike johnson going down to mar a lago for this Press Conference with donald trump on Election Integrity. We should mention that the former president is facing two trials on election interference charges. I on election interference charges on election interference charaes. ~ , on election interference charaes. , � ~ ,. , charges. I dont think it is a surprise charges. 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As americans we should support integrity . As americans we should support election should support Election Integrity in this country. Unfortunately, the republicans, since the last president ial election, about two thirds still believe the outcome of that election it still is not true and you find many of the elected republicans out there saying that it is not true, undermining democracy. Cannot accept American Election results when your team wins. It is really important that we do approach this election with a United American Front where we believe in our democracy and we believe in our democracy and we believe and vote counts. Theyve been pressing the narrative that the last election was not accurate without any real evidence and i think that is a real problem. We must underline that of course there is no evidence that there was anything wrong with the Election Results from 2020. I want to come back to you, rodney, one more question on mikejohnson the speaker of the house visiting donald trump, it is at a time when the Republican Party is split over a number of legislative items including the foreign intelligence act that passed renewing today, but also more aid for ukraine. Aid for ukraine. How much influence aid for ukraine. How much influence do aid for ukraine. How much influence do think aid for ukraine. How much influence do think the aid for ukraine. How much i influence do think the former president has on some of these decisions . President has on some of these decisions . I think he has a tremendous amount of influence. He is tremendous amount of influence. He is going to be the republican nominee and there are issues that he is very voice are issues that he is very voice for are issues that he is very voice for us on. But the issue of foreign intelligence has split of foreign intelligence has split republicans for a very long split republicans for a very long time. I remembervoting against long time. I remembervoting against the reforms because i had similar reforms to limit concerns had similar reforms to limit concerns that might republican and democratic colleagues has ust and democratic colleagues has just this and democratic colleagues has just this week. We and democratic colleagues has just this week. Just this week. We should say that the foreign just this week. We should say that the foreign intelligence l that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a something as you said, we saw both sides of the aisle, concerns on that. But i want to pivot not to some of the Economic Data that we had just mentioned because that is also interesting. We saw and some of the polls and 58 of americans think Thatjoe Biden has hurt the economy. Americans think that joe biden has hurt the economy. Americans think that joe biden has hurt the economy. What you make of that . Has hurt the economy. What you make of that . I has hurt the economy. What you make of that . I think has hurt the economy. What you make of that . I think it has hurt the economy. What you make of that . I think it is has hurt the economy. What you make of that . I think it is the i make of that . I think it is the soft underbelly of the Biden Campaign is the economy. No matter what he says on the issue, hes failing to convince the American People that the economy is doing better and he uses a lot of macroEconomic Data to try to say, unemployment has been low, things are heading in the right direction, but has been unable to connect with people personally who are going to the supermarket and seeing that things are still expensive and are generally unhappy. That is something he has to figure out how to address between now in election day in order for him to go into election day winning. But this cannot be a referendum on him and the way that he has won the economy especially with the sentiments we currently see with americans with the polling that exists right now. I with the polling that exists right nova right now. I ust want to followup right now. I just want to followup on right now. I just want to followup on that. Right now. I just want to j followup on that. What right now. I just want to i followup on that. What do right now. I just want to followup on that. What do you follow up on that. What do you think that is that President Biden has not had more success with his messaging on these everyday items and what impact americans when it comes to the economy . I americans when it comes to the economy . Economy . I think too often the democratic economy . I think too often the Democratic Party economy . I think too often the Democratic Party likes economy . I think too often the Democratic Party likes to economy . I think too often the Democratic Party likes to talk l Democratic Party likes to talk in College Faculty room speak as opposed to Factory Floor language where there are actually connecting with American People and feeling their pain. For example, i will take for inflation, the white house trick to convince people of the white inflation was transitory, Quote Unquote come up transitory, Quote Unquote come up that me to the American Consumer and voter. We must find a way as Democratic Party to connect better on these issues using language that the Real Average American can understand. Understand. You think the donald trump understand. You think the donald trump of understand. You think the donald trump of the understand. You think the donald trump of the publicans are doing a successfuljob about that on that communicating on the economy . Absolutely. 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