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UN aid chief demands action to prevent Israel committing genocide in Gaza | BBC News
A senior UN leader responsible for humanitarian relief has said Israel is “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians and called on the UN Security Council to take action “to prevent genocide” in Gaza.
Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said Israel must lift its aid blockade on Gaza, where its offensive has killed tens of thousands of people and reduced much of the territory to rubble. Israel has prevented any food or aid entering Gaza for more than two months. The UN says around half a million people in Gaza are at “critical risk of famine”.
“For those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need now?”, Mr Fletcher asked the Security Council. “Will you act, decisively, to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?” Mr Fletcher said UN agencies had “life-saving supplies” ready to deliver at the borders but were denied access by Israel.
He decribed a new Israel plan to deliver some aid as “a cynical sideshow.” “It makes starvation a bargaining chip,” Fletcher said. “A deliberate distraction. A fig leaf for further violence and displacement. If any of this still matters, have no part in it.”
In a joint statement, five European members of the UN Security Council said that they were “deeply concerned” at the Israeli plan “which the UN has said would not meet humanitarian principles.”
The statement, by France, Britain, Slovenia, Greece and Denmark said: “humanitarian aid must never be used as a political tool or a military tactic.”
Israel launched its assault on Gaza after Hamas killed almost 1,200 people in its attacks of October 7th 2023 in which it took hundreds of people hostage.
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, rejected the UN allegations against his government as “baseless and outrageous accusations.”
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Fergal Keane and Jeremy Bowen.
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Counter terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the death of former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe, after “new information and evidence has come to light”, Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) has said.
“The police are pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack. I will be updating the House further this afternoon,” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said.
A 28-year-old white British man from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was originally arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday but has now been re-arrested “on suspicion of commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism”, CTPSE said.
Police said the “dynamic and complex investigation” had led to the new arrest.
On Thursday, 78-year-old Widdecombe was found dead at her home in Haytor, Devon, having sustained serious injuries.
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Three members of his government, including Home Office minister Jess Phillips, have resigned, whilst scores of Labour MPs are calling for him to quit following a disastrous set of elections for the party last week.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is among a number of cabinet ministers urging the prime minister to set out a departure timetable.
Sir Keir said he does not intend to quit and threw down the gauntlet to potential rivals to formally challenge him as Labour leader.
No MP has yet launched a formal bid to challenge him, which requires the backing of 81 colleagues or 20% of Labour MPs, according to party rules.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
Reeta Chakrabari presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.
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