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US Middle East envoy to meet Israeli officials

It comes amid growing international outrage about the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

President Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, is due to meet Israeli officials amid growing international outrage about the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. Hamas officials said dozens of people were killed yesterday while trying to collect aid in the north of the territory. The Israeli military said it had no knowledge of casualties. We go live to Israel.

We have a report from a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank. Our International Editor has been getting reaction from Palestianians to the news that several western countries are planning to recognise their statehood.

And the United Nations in Nigeria says it will today run out of money needed to continue supporting over a million people displaced by militants. Boko Haram is considered one of the world’s deadliest groups - and has killed thousands of people across northern Nigeria, forcing tens of thousands to flee and seek refuge in United Nations camps. But now the World Food Programme says cuts to global aid budgets - including by the US which was the biggest donor - could leave people hungry and force families back into the hands of the insurgents. We speak to the WFP.

Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai

(Photo: Steve Witkoff, US special envoy to the Middle East. Credit: AL DRAGO/EPA)

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