A Spanish Charity ship carrying more vital supplies is preparing to set sail for gaza along a new maritime aid corridor. Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas 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 through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with the
But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas 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 through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing food aid into gaza. But this is only a small breakthrough. Israels offensive has led to a collapse in civil order. Few Aid Organisations
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Hello and welcome, im samantha simmonds. The royal family are facing more questions over a picture of the princess of wales First Published on sunday. This picture, released for mothers day, showing catherine with their three children, has since been retracted by four Photo Agencies over concerns it has been manipulated. It is the First Official photo of the princess of wales since her Abdominal Surgery two months ago. Simon jones has more. Released at 9 00 yesterday morning by Kensington Palace to mark mothers day a picture of the princess of wales surrounded by her children. The aim was to dampen speculation about catherines recovery from her recent Abdominal Surgery. But some people pointed out that the image looked odd a view shared by several leading Picture Agencies which had initially sent out the photo worldwide. One of them said there was an inconsistency in the alignment of princess charlottes left hand, meaning the image didnt reach the agencys standards. Late last night, th
And the oscar goes to, Cillian Murphy. And. Oppenheimer wins big at the oscars, taking seven awards including best picture, Best Director and best actor. Hello, im lauren taylor, welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. The princess of wales has personally apologised for the confusion over the family photograph issued by Kensington Palace on mothers day after several news agencies, including the largest uk news agency pa, pulled the photo, citing concerns over manipulation. The princess said like many amateur photographers, i do occasionally experiment with editing. She added i wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday, caused. She signed the post c for catherine. Pa said it had issued the image of the princess and her three children in good faith, but was killing it because no clarification had been received from Kensington Palace about its authenticity. Several Digital Experts had raised concerns a