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
Michelle fleury has more. Americans love of lattes and iced coffee helped starbucks through the worst of the post pandemic years. But with high inflation in the us, a cup of coffee is now 5 on average. The big question for investors going into this Earnings Season was would consumers still spend money on elaborate coffees . The answer was mixed. Sales in North America grew 7 , even after the chain raised prices. That figure was below wall streets forecast. Customer traffic only increased by 1 . Most of the gains came from existing customers spending more money. Sales in china, its second biggest market, rose sharply. Same store sales increased a whopping 46 from a year ago. Starbucks remains a favorite brand among chinese consumers. The company benefiting from a rebound after strict covid 19 restrictions were lifted. But the coffee chain said that Wage Increases and investment in its cafes dragged down its overall profits. Starbucks ceo laxman narasimhan, who took over from predecessor
Americans love of lattes and iced coffee helped starbucks through the worst of the post pandemic years. But with high inflation in the us, a cup of coffee is now 5 on average. The big question for investors going into this Earnings Season was would consumers still spend money on elaborate coffees . The answer was mixed. Sales in North America grew 7 , even after the chain raised prices. That figure was below wall streets forecast. Customer traffic only increased by 1 . Most of the gains came from existing customers spending more money. Sales in china, its second biggest market, rose sharply. Same store sales increased a whopping 46 from a year ago. Starbucks remains a favorite brand among chinese consumers. The company benefiting from a rebound after strict covid 19 restrictions were lifted. But the coffee chain said that Wage Increases and investment in its cafes dragged down its overall profits. Starbucks ceo laxman narasimhan, who took over from predecessor Howard Schultz in march,
Good morning. It is a cold start in some parts of the north of the country, temperatures close to freezing. For many, it will cloud over with scattered showers developing and some of those will be heavy and thundery. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its tuesday 21st may. Rishi sunak says the government will pay whatever it takes to compensate the victims of the the Infected Blood Scandal. Details of the scheme are expected to be announced later today. Its been described as the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs. Yesterday a Public Inquiry highlighted a catalogue of failures over many years, which it said had catastrophic consequences. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Cheering and applause. A moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger. Sir Brian Langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the Infected Blood Scandal. Outside, some of them reflected