Hello. This is bbc news. We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. In the past hours, weve heard that the heads of the us and Israeli Security agencies have met to discuss the hostage situation. The Israeli Prime Ministers Office said the cia and mossad bosses met on friday in efforts to advance another hostage deal. In cypius, final preparations are being made for the first aid vessel to use the sea corridor to gaza. 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 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies have been loaded onto a barge. It will be towed by a Spanish Charity 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
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
Responsible party is Westwood Park. Thank you. Okay. Well take Public Comment can i see a show of hands how many people want to speak first person please come up to the podium. Good evening commissioner. Speak into the microphone. Good evening, commissioners my name is a. Hold on one second the mike is not on. Try that again. Go ahead. Good evening, commissioners im miles lou my wife and i reside near the pine tree on the 6 hundred block of miramar and San Francisco we feel strongly that the city should permit the removal of the subject trees but the dispute between the westwood system and the City Arborist differs if the trees is Good Beverage forum i have a photo that shows a cable so the branch may fail meantime i think its important to protect the residents and owners in our neighborhood thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi, im donna china ive been a retina resident in Westwood Park and live on the 5 hundred block of miramar i live close to the 5
The safety of those living around it and those on miramar thank you thank you is there any further Public Comment seeing none, well have rebuttal 3 minutes. Yes. Anita harris again. Many of the 506 trees id say in the last few years have not been permitted to be remembered they fell down and the city came on an emergency basis to get an Emergency Vehicle permit mr. Buck first of all, thank you that mri westwood takes good care of our tree i realize any tree can fall, however, those trees are deemed unsafe by two arborists weve challenged the kabldz and got flexible cables weve been taking care of those trees i applied and got a grant in San Francisco beautiful to help save our San Francisco trees we love the trees and like the trees we really would be more grateful if you allow us to replace those drawers trees arborist Nicholas Crawford again, i agree with what chris buck chaired or starved his analysis t is much the same as mine weve come to different conclusions and the first thing
Lived here 27 years itself trees compliment the architecture but in recent years ive become more and more afraid of them or at least afraid of that one in front of my house ive nolsz trees up and down the medium collapsing without warning. And in the case of this tree with it goes it is indefinitely going to cause damage no matter what direction its going to hit something unfortunately my house is in easy striking distance i was struck been one thing the arresting above the said he said he cant say those trees are safe i like the tree but i fear its time for the tree to go for the safety of those living around it and those on miramar thank you thank you is there any further Public Comment seeing none, well have rebuttal 3 minutes. Yes. Anita harris again. Many of the 506 trees id say in the last few years have not been permitted to be remembered they fell down and the city came on an emergency basis to get an Emergency Vehicle permit mr. Buck first of all, thank you that mri westwood t