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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Where the eyes of Tens Of Millions of americans will be trained, in just a few hours time, for the annual State Of The Union address. It could be one of the most important Speechesjoe Biden delivers this year. The concerns about the president s age have intensified in recent months. His average Approval Rating is 38 the lowest mark in his presidency. He is facing a host of International Crises and domestic challenges. So its notjust what he says tonight it is how he delivers it. The white house recognises the significance. They have been rehearsing for days because they know that, right now, the election is a coin flip, and this is a valuable opportunity for President Biden to stake his case to four more years. We are told that in this speech tonight, President Biden will announce to congress that he has ordered the us military to build a Temporary Port in gaza to help with the transfer of humanitarian aid from cyprus. The pontoon on gazas mediterranean coast, which you would think wou
Showers ahead of it. But notice how much sunshine there is across the country. Those white speckles are the fog which we had this morning, it was a cold and frosty stock for money but at least we have plenty of sunshine across much of the uk. But the rain and the breeze continues to push into the south west and wales. Temperature rise, up to 11 or 12, pretty much where we should be for this time of year. Although it will be a bit cooler further north. Through this evening and overnight for cloud and the breeze and rain moves northwards, becoming confined to Eastern Scotland and eastern england. A few heavy showers in the channel, one or two for Northern Ireland. Where we have clearer skies, a touch of frost, may be some fog. When we have cloud, not quite as cold. For tuesday, a couple of other fans, as cold. For tuesday, a couple of otherfans, one on as cold. For tuesday, a couple of other fans, one on the eastern side which will fizzle away and we have this other one affecting Norther