Hello, you will live with bbc news. I am anna foster injerusalem. A Us Military Ship has set off for gaza, carrying equipment to build a Temporary Floating Port for desperately needed aid deliveries. The us military confirmed that that ship left late on saturday from a Military Base in virginia on its way to the middle east. The un has warned that around a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a million people, are currently facing famine, which is why this new way of potentially getting aid in is so important. And in the meantime, there is a separate aid ship with around 200 tonnes of food on board which is still waiting to set sail from cyprus, waiting to be given the green light to head towards gaza. That is part of a new maritime aid corridor that the eu announced just in the last few days and said that they were optimistic that it would become operational for the first time this weekend. And of course, all of this comes as the us President Joe Biden gave a new intervie
The vessel, operated by the open arms charity, has been repositioning itself in the harbour in larnaca while another smaller boat towed a Barge Carrying Aid Supplies out onto the waters. Believe we are showing you the live pictures right now of that ship. We are going to keep it up throughout the programme as we discussed gaza as it prepares to set sail. Over the last two days, its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. The aid will be overseen by the World Central Kitchen organisation. But without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. World central kitchen is founded by the celebrity american chefjose andress. The us military has confirmed that one of its ships is currently sailing to the middle east, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of gaza. The support vessel, the general frank s bessonjunior, left virginia on saturday. Meanwhile, talks involving mediat
Expected to get buried under several feet of snow, as the bay area sees more rain. Good morning to you. It is friday, march 1st. You know what that means. Your rent. Shes due. Oh my goodness. Well will we be paying . I mean, were obviously going to pay because we have to stay indoors. Yeah. So enjoy that rent youre paying today. You have all the time in the world, all the time in the world. Live doppler seven. Its busy this morning. Generally. Just some light showers out there. Well see the activity ramp up as we head throughout the afternoon and the evening, with some downpours and some gusty winds. The snow is falling in the sierra. Heres a live look. We anticipate that this snow will become a lot heavier and steadier through the late morning. And really later on this afternoon and evening and into saturday. Thats when those blizzard conditions are really going to ramp up back here at home. Right now, were in the 40s and in the 50s, were not going to grow too far from where we are th
Steady rain, heavier rain around union city, fremont as you will notice 880. So it is going to be tough getting around the south bay from sunnyvale, san jose into the santa cruz mountains. Also seeing steady rain, lighter showers in the north bay right now as we widen the picture here, this is a cold and potent level one storm. Right now were just getting the front arriving into our area, but we are seeing lightning strikes right along the Northern California coast, and its not out of the question for us to see some as well. So later on tonight, were still looking at those scattered showers as we head towards tomorrow morning. Some downpours expected at 5 a. M. 930. The commute is going to be a little bit tough. 5 p. M. Some heavier rain moving in into 7 p. M. And this is when well have our best opportunity for thunderstorms. It is gusty in livermore right now. 28 mile an hour winds look at the view from mount tam cam. Certainly windy conditions, higher terrain. Seeing those stronger w
Theyre coming for our jobs. Theyre coming for us. Good morning. On this friday, march 1st, get that check deposited because rent is due and youre going to want to pay it because youre going to want to spend some time indoors. Yeah, today is just one of those days where its just kind of nasty. Outside. Its rainy, its chilly, its a level two, a moderate storm on the storm impact scale. Today. We have showers and downpours that will pick up later today. Winds could go as high as 50mph. Even the chance of a thunderstorm. Heres live doppler seven this morning. The showers are scattered. Theyre pretty light in nature. We are tracking that snow picking up in intensity live doppler seven in winter mode, showing you these deep blues and purples. Thats some heavy snow. Were just at the start of this blizzard for the sierra. That snow really ramps up this afternoon and into the evening. Back here at home, temperatures right now were in the 40s and in the 50s. So today, the morning lighter scatter