welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in cyprus, where a spanish charity ship carrying vital supplies is preparing to set sail for gaza, along a new maritime aid corridor. it s been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. but, without a working port, it s not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin somerville is in the port city of larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. it s a drop in the ocean of gaza s need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. the spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. it has a long journey ahead of it. the barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. this has taken months in planning. the cargo was loaded all weekend. the final security clearances from israel came th
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in cyprus, where a spanish charity ship carrying vital supplies is preparing to set sailfor gaza along a new maritime aid corridor. it s been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. but, without a working port, it s not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin somerville is in the port city of larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. it s a drop in the ocean of gaza s need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. the spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. it has a long journey ahead of it. the barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. this has taken months in planning. the cargo was loaded all weekend. the final security clearances from israel came th
joins me now, head of autos and infrastructure at fitch solutions. good morning to you. so, this has literallyjust come out, hasn t it? what do you make of this plan? it hasn t it? what do you make of this plan? this plan? it really appears to be future this plan? it really appears to be future proofing this plan? it really appears to be future proofing the - this plan? it really appears to | be future proofing the industry for this shift to evs which is already the fastest growing segment in the market, and that brings with it big changes to the manufacturing side of the industry. we have been looking at something similar ourselves and what will be the megatrends in the industry to 2050 and one of those is automation because evs are particularly well suited by manner of having fewer parts to more automated manufacturing and it has an impact on the skill sets that are required for manufacturing. but notjust are required for manufacturing. but not just the are required fo
is a coume our reliance on what you do. there is a coume of our reliance on what you do. there is a couple of things our reliance on what you do. there is a couple of things they re - is a couple of things they re worried about. china s economy is not performing very well right now and the government would like to reassure businesses particularly foreign businesses that now is a great time to invest and should be expanding your operations in china. business confidence particularly foreign business confidence in china, has been dented of the last four years because they have been a number of crackdowns on the acts of private businesses so this is a message that businesses need to hear. that is the short term concern for the government. but there is this broader issue of the way the global economy right now does seem to be factoring into blocks centred on the us, the western powers and centred on china and china s leadership wants to portray china as the bit that is open
in paris today. a french police officer was engulfed in flames and seriously burned two more were injured in clashes with protestors. this year s may day demonstrations come just six days before the final round of the french presidential election and in a divided nations it is clearly a tense time. the bbc‘s lucy williamson is in paris and i spoke to her a brief time ago. these marches come just six days before the final vote and i expect they are some gauge of the mood in france and it does not look good does it? these may day rallies are an annual event organised by the main unions here. they happen alongside the political rallies and the unions also have taken on something of a politicalflavour today. we saw clashes on the margins on some of the matches, some provocateu rs on some of the matches, some p rovocateu i’s we on some of the matches, some provocateurs we believe on the margins on one of those events through some molotov cocktails towards the police injuring