And its notjust my industry and the Entertainment Industry, this is the world at large. But in the Entertainment Industry and your industry, you know, as a senior director, there are very few black women in that position. Yes. And what do you put that down to . What i put it down to, i put it down to hollywood being a part of the world. There are very few women, there are very few black people and very few black women in positions of power and status in the world, specifically in the western world. And so its not only the Entertainment Industry. But do you think the Subject Matter of this film was a problem for hollywood . Oh, yes. No, i mean, hollywood is definitely caste ist for sure. Thank you very much indeed, ava. Thank you very much, i appreciate it. Thank you. So lets take a look at some of the front pages. We are looking at the daily mail and it continues with its boost defence spending campaign. Forformer spending campaign. For former defence spending campaign. Forformer Defen
In nigeria to find nearly 300 School Children abducted by gunmen. You are with bbc news. Im anna foster. There is a development in the aid effort towards gaza. A ship has been loaded in cyprus and we can show you pictures of that happening which is going to mark the start of a new maritime aid corridor. It was announced yesterday by Ursula Von Der Leyen and is expected to become operational in the next few hours. It would be a new way to get large amounts of aid into gaza and is considered absolutely crucial to change the situation for people in the gaza strip, many of whom the un has warned are facing famine, and they say a quarter of the population at the moment in gaza, especially women and children, are finding themselves at risk of famine, starvation, and the Hamas Run Health Ministry says 23 people have died from malnutrition in the last few days. They are hoping this shipment can change the dial in terms of the situation in gaza. This is the scene live in larnaca in cyprus where
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
Tonight in his state of the Union Tonight in his state of the Union Address. I think it was a case and my sense speaking to officials in the administration that for many days now, there has been the growing sense of frustration with the israelis, that had been this played publicly, and it is Thatjoe Biden wanted to announce something on the humanitarian front in the state of the Union Address for happen today. As for the plans, its a massive logistical operation. Its been talked about for months. In fact, the uk had been involved in some discussions around it and the problems in gaza is there is no deep water port, a small efficient harbour but nothing bigger. Theres never been the ability to get big ships to gaza to deliver anything. With the increasingly desperate situation and the un no warning that more than a quarter of the publishing in gaza is on the brink of finding, the incident last week was a Tipping Point for the us administration, where we sought more than 100 desperate an
We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. A vessel carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail from cyprus to gaza in the coming hours. Its the first delivery of supplies to use the maritime aid corridor, announced on friday. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. This is the scene live in larnaca in cyprus where, as you can see, the 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies are being loaded onto a barge. It will be towed by a spanish ship to gaza. The sea corridor is a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to take supplies from cyprus to the gazan coast. This video shot today along the Israeli Border into gaza shows more aid being dropped. The parachutes carrying the boxes of supplies to the people of gaza. The us has confirmed that its troops conducted an Airdrop Into Northern Gaza today. Our correspondent wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca the