Welcome to bbc new, three hours a fast moving news, interviews, and reaction. We start in gaza, where the first shipment of humanitarian aid to be sent into the territory via a floating pier has been brought ashore in the last few hours. The uk, which has helped the us to build and operate the pier, says this shipment is expected to provide enough provisions to feed 11,000 people for a month. The structure opens up a new route to get food, shelter and other supplies to around 2. 2 million palestinians inside gaza, but thereve been warnings that the pier is only temporary, and appeals for israel to do more to secure routes to get aid into gaza via land. Israels bombardment of gaza has continued, this the scene at Nuseirat Camp In Central Gaza after a strike earlier today. Meanwhile at the uns top court the International Court ofjustice in the hague lawyers acting for israel have been responding to south africas call for an end to Israeli Military action in rafah and across gaza. Well be
Its seven in the morning in singapore, and seven in the evening in new york, where the case for the prosecution is coming to a close at Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. His formerfixer, Michael Cohen, was once again on the stand today in manhattan facing cross examination. The former president s lawyers pushed him on the accuracy of his recollection of phone calls with mr trump after hed earlier testified that it was over the phone that he got the go ahead to make a payment to Stormy Daniels. Mr trumps lawyers also asked whether mr cohen made regular secret recordings of phone conversations, which they said would have been unethical. Mr cohen responded that if he had recorded a crime happening, it would have been an exception to the rule of ethics. Mr trump may have been sitting in the courtroom with only his legal team but a group of republican politicians turned out to support him. They echoed his claims that the prosecution was politically motivated and without any justif
universities have launched schemes to attract hundreds of ethnic minority students into research. the initiatives follow claims of institutional racism in academia, particularly affecting black people. 0ne analysis shows that out of nearly 20,000 phd positions awarded over three years, 2115 were to black students. the head of the uk s research funding body says that the current system was too narrow and that the culture in university departments had to change. our current research and innovation system is just too narrow in those people working in it, and we absolutely need to open it up. these projects are a really exciting element in doing that. let s speak now to dr chantelle lewis, deputy director of the organisation leading routes whose report on the problems facing black researchers was influential in the creation of this initiative.