The United Nations says children and adults are now starving to death, and that more than half a million palestinians are on the brink of famine. Ceasefire talks between israel and hamas have stalled, making it unlikely a deal will be reached by the start of ramadan this weekend. Reports have emerged that five palestinians were killed on friday after being hit by an airdropped aid package that failed to deploy its parachute. The bbc has not been able to independently verify the claims of Civilian Casualties. However, this social media footage, verified by the bbc, shows aid being dropped on friday, and a number of parachutes failing to open. The us is among Countries Air dropping meals to gaza. The pentagon says it delivered more than 11,000 meals on friday by air. Us Central Command released this statement in the last couple of hours. We are aware of reports of civilians killed as a result of humanitarian airdrops. We express sympathies to the families of those who were killed. Contra
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
Pushing for a un backed police force. The Transitional Council announced by the Caribbean Community bloc will be in charge of nominating a new Prime Minister, but haitis gangs are demanding a seat at the table. Our Central America correspondent will grant is just outside of haiti and sent us this report. This is the Border Crossing between the Dominican Republic and haiti and we have already seen dominican authorities deporting patients back to the poorest country in the americas at a time it is facing an acute humanitarian crisis, since the 2010 earthquake. They are being deported into applicable vacuum. Prime minister ariel henry stood down citing the fact his situation was untenable due to the violence in the capital Port Au Prince. The caricom and the us Secretary Of State held an emergency meeting Injamaica Emergency Meeting in jamaica and Emergency Meeting Injamaica and made clear that they saw the roadmap towards the transmission of administration in haiti starting with his resi
Final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. Humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israels agreement. But its unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. Wyre davies reports from jerusalem. In the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. The spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza, where there is no port or functioning harbour, is n