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From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, we take a hard look at the suffering of civilians trapped in war zones with Martin Griffiths,

UN humanitarian chief. Then, Taiwan voters have spoken, but what effect will the result have on China?

Journalist Emily Wu joins us from Taipei. Also, meet Sarah Hula, the actress who stars

in two of this award season's busiest contenders, zone of interest and anatomy of a fall. Plus, as Iowa caucus goers

gather in the January deep freeze, Haris Srinivas speaks with New York Times National

Political Reporter, Astead Herndon. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpour in London. Houthis fired a ballistic missile at a U.S.

vessel off the coast of Yemen today, showing that they're still fighting even after U.S.-led

airstrikes, adding to fears the Israel-Hamas war could expand. After 100 days of this war, the toll on civilians keeps getting worse. The World Health

Organization warns Gaza could be on the brink of famine. With the entire population, more than 2 million

people suffering from an acute shortage of food, water and medical assistance. The United Nations is

desperately trying to plug the aid gap

here and in other war zones. Martin Griffiths, Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs,

tweeted about Ukraine today, saying, remember Ukraine, we do. People continue to face death and

displacement as homes, hospitals and schools are destroyed.

We spoke about the alarming rise of war around the world amid the failure of diplomacy when he joined me from UNHQ in Geneva.

Martin Griffiths, welcome to the program. Look, we're obviously going to talk about the important matter of Ukraine, but first to the breaking news, yet more military action in the Red Sea and strikes also by the US and the UK on the hooties in Yemen. You used to be the special envoy for relief there, and you were very instrumental in brokering

some kind of cessation of hostilities.

What is your biggest concern about the current state of play?

Well, look, Yemen, Christian, as you know, because we've talked about this before,

was one of those few, perhaps the only place in the world where we all had some hopes

of real peace after six or seven years of terrible war. And that is being snatched away from us

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