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More countries have halted funding to UN agency for Palestinians, as the crisis deepens over the alleged role of some staff in the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel.We speak to a Gaza resident, who says that she and her family have relied very heavily on UNRWA.Also in the programme: the United States has warned of a very consequential response to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan; and why French farmers blockaded key routes into the French capital with hundreds of tractors. (Picture: A Palestinian boy carries a bag of flour distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Credit: Reuters)

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires last week in protest at the new president Javier Milei’s plans to shake up an economy paralysed by inflation, the highest in Latin America. The self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” wants to introduce new laws to slash public spending, privatise state enterprises and scrap hundreds of what he says are wasteful regulations. The unions - representing more than six million workers - responded by calling a general strike. It’s a sign of the fear that his plans are sowing. Equally though, many people - most people - are desperate for change as the economic crisis bites deeper and deeper. From Buenos Aires, Newshour presenter James Menendez digs deeper into Milei the man, his policies and the people who voted for him with Natalie Alcoba, an Argentine journalist who writes for the New York Times; and James Grainger, Editor in Chief of the Buenos Aires Times, an English newspaper in Buenos Aires.

The drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops. The US has levelled its accusations at Iran, which backs a number of militia groups in the region, and promised to respond. Iran denies that it was behind the attack, calling the accusations "baseless''. Also on the programme: Hungary has accused the EU of blackmail after reports Brussels was threatening to damage Hungary's economy if it didn't lift its objections to aid for Ukraine; and how playing an instrument could help your brain power as you grow older. (Image: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a "Sunday Lunch" church event at the Brookland Baptist Banquet Center in West Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., on 28 January 2024. Credit: Reuters/Tom Brenner)

President Biden blames Iran-backed militants and vows revenge.Also on the programme: the latest high level negotiations over a pause in the Gaza fighting in return for a hostage release. What does it mean that the CIA chief is in the room? And, after decades as American Football's punchline, will the Detroit Lions at last make it to the Superbowl?(Picture: President Biden Credit: Getty)

The head of the United Nations has warned that critical aid for more than two million people is under threat, unless countries resume funding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Nine countries have paused their financial support following allegations that several staff were involved in the Hamas attacks on October 7, but the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, tells Newshour why Norway will keep giving money to UNRWA.Also today: the BBC has discovered that the beauty firm, Avon, is still recruiting sales agents in Russia, despite promising to stop investment there; and the first Australian Open tennis final without Nadal, Djokovic, or Federer in 20 years - are we seeing a changing of the guard?(Photo: Palestinians receive flour bags distributed by UNRWA in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip November 21, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

A number of countries have paused funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza after accusations that some staff were involved in the Hamas attack on Israel. UNWRA is investigating the allegations. We get reaction from UNWRA and hear about the humanitarian situation in Gaza from Palestinians caught up in the war.Also on the programme: The world's largest cruise ship is setting off from Miami on its maiden voyage. We hear about the environmental impact of such vessels. And on Holocaust Memorial Day, a survivor talks about the importance of educating the next generation.(Photo: Philippe Lazzarini, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General, speaks to the media. Credit: Trezzini/EPA)

Italy has followed the US, UK, Australia and Canada in suspending funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after it sacked several employees who Israel accused of being involved in Hamas's attacks on the 7th of October.Also in the programme: children warned against skin care products; and Holocaust survivor Peter Lantos.(Picture: A truck, marked with United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) logo, crosses into Egypt from Gaza. Credit: REUTERS)

The UN's most powerful court ordered Jerusalem to take a string of emergency measures in Gaza. It stopped short of demanding a ceasefire. But Israel has been told to do everything possible to stop genocide there, immediately enable more urgent aid to enter the territory and to prevent and punish the direct incitement of genocide. The presiding judge, Joan Donoghue, listed measures Israel had to take. We get reactions both Israeli and Palestinian sides.Also in the programme: with six months to go before the Olympics, we speak to the Director of Planning about the challenge of putting on a successful large-scale international event while managing logistics, security demands and local resident. We hear from the actor Kingsly Ben-Adir about his new role as the Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley.(Photo: The ICJ rules on war in Gaza, The Hague, Netherlands, 26 Jan 2024 Credit: Photo by Remko de Waal/EPA)

Today, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza but stopped short of ordering the cessation of military operations. The court’s final ruling on whether Israel is guilty of committing genocide is likely to take several years.Also in the programme: The story of reunited twins is a glimpse into an astonishing case of a baby-trafficking network believed to have been operating in Georgia from the late 1970s up to the mid-2000s; and we hear from the actor Kingsly Ben-Adir about his new role as the Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley.(Photo: President Donoghue (2nd R) and other judges during a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands, on a request by South Africa for emergency measures for Gaza, 26 January 2024. Credit: Remko de Waal/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

On Friday, Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith is likely to become the first person to be executed by nitrogen gas. We hear from the pastor who'll accompany him in the death chamber.Also in the programme: the lawyer for Austrian sex offender Josef Fritzl, who is to be moved from a high-security to a regular jail, tells us that it is time for mercy; and we speak to the daughter of Mohammed Yunus, the Bangladeshi Nobel laureate who is facing six months in prison.(Photo: an archive aerial view of Holman Correctional Facility where Kenneth Smith is likely to be executed via nitrogen gas. Credit: Getty Images/Bettmann)