87 of the vote. But there was defiance in the form of large queues at some Polling Stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. Mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. At least 80 protesters were arrested. Mr navalny s widow, yulia navalnya, cast her vote at Russias Embassy in berlin. There were also protests held and voting queues in a number of other countries. In london, there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. From moscow, heres our russia editor steve rosenberg. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Al
Hello. Im catherine byaruhanga, welcome to the programme. We start with the situation in gaza. And a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend, as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. The eus ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the pilot, the first to try to get aid happening over the weekend, but it takes some time to make sure that its not only once in a time, but it is Sustainable Way to provide aid for the people in gaza and palestine to make sure that we alleviate, ease
We start with the situation in gaza. A ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. These are the latest pictures from larnaca, in cyprus, where, as you can see, aid is being loaded onto a ship, which is due to depart in a couple of hours. Earlier i spoke to hiba tibi shes the Country Director of Care International palestine and she explained the challenges of getting aid into gaza. Any plan that is being taken currently to increase aid in gaza is welcome. These are, unfortunately, aiming to save as many
military, too. sandra: are america s fighting forces focused on defending us in war or is it all about going woke now? it is a question many are asking. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two on this tuesday afternoon. john: good to be with you. i m john roberts in washington. military may not be ready for a major conflict, according to a stunning new report. that s all new at 2:00, but we begin with a fox news alert. sandra: there is now a 100% chance of a recession within the next year. that warning coming there bloomberg economic, just 21 days to the midterm elections and democrats are using the final three weeks to focus on abortion. it does not rest with the extremist republicans in congress and finally say, finally say about your right to choose that it rests with you and if you do your part and vote, democratic leaders in congress i promise you will do our part. i ll do my part. john: president biden making a major promise to put abortion right
And the great amount was generous as many people away to die as we speak. Now. Almost half a 1000000 south africa as president slams. Israels collective punishment of the palestinians and gaza as tens of thousands are forced to leave their homes the coming to you from the russian capital. This is our to international bringing special coverage of the israel palestine conflict. Im sure Elizabeth Israel strikes scott is out once again and at least 20 had been killed in a people wounded in the shop t refugee camp and job aliya north of gaza. A warning you may find the following images disturbing. The video footage shows people being rescued from the rubble left by the attack with children and women among them. Another person is trying to save his dog. There is massive destruction in this densely populated area which has suffered dearly from idea strikes during the recent escalation. Heres a local journalist homes this yolanda whos asked the place where the air strikes just to place the who