Prime minister leo varadkar says it was a comprehensive defeat. We return now to the situation in the middle east. The us military says its ships and aircraft have shot down more than a dozen drones In The Red Sea after coming under what it called a sustained attack by iranian backed houthi forces in yemen. Us Central Command said the drones represented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, and us and coalition warships. Here s david waddell. The singapore registered propel fortune is the latest commercial ship to be targeted by the houthi movement. The bulk carrier departed india just under two weeks ago, with her automatic Identification System signalling that she was not connected to israel supposedly to deter this kind of attack from yemen. The uk Maritime Trade Organisation said the captain reported no Collateral Damage to the ship and that she was bound for her next port. These attacks have been ongoing since october, both In The Red Sea and in the gulf of aden, causing many c
Aliens have never visited earth. Hello, im samantha simmonds. Youre watching bbc news. We start with the war in gaza. A ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend 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 additional aid to be brought in, but they 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. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the pilot, the first try to get aid, already happened over the weekend, but it takes so
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Would address its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. An investigation last year found the churchs financial arm, which in the 18th century was known as queen annes bounty, had received funds linked to enslavement worth more than £1 billion in todays money. Today, a group with oversight of the churchs response said the £100 million that had been earmarked by the church to address the legacy of slavery was not enough. The church said the funding that has been put aside should be considered a Seed Investment and would grow over time. Lets start with our panel on this in then an expert review. For 200 years, the church as been in denial about its role in this, but clearly there has been a change in the way organisations view this, that if you inherited wealth as a result of slavery, then you inherit the problem today. How do you feel about that . 501 the problem today. How do you feel about that . ~ the problem today. How do you feel about that . ~. ,. ~. , about that . So i t