Hello. Welcome. Im catherine byaruhanga. A us Military Ship is headed for gaza, carrying equipment to build a Temporary Port for aid deliveries. The us army says the support ship, set sailfrom a Military Base in virginia on saturday. The un has warned that around a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a Million People, are facing famine. Meanwhile, a separate aid ship with around 200 tons of food is still waiting to set sail from cyprus. The eu wants a new sea route for aid from cyprus to gaza to start this weekend. Our correspondent zoe conway has the latest. It may not look like much, but on this barge since the 200 tons of food, set to leave cyprus later today, towed by a Spanish Charity ship. More than 200 miles to gaza. This is the root is not been tried before. The journey could be precarious. Translation ~. , translation we will tow the latform translation we will tow the platform to translation we will tow the platform to gaza translation we will tow the platform t
and former prime minister boris johnson is expected to apologise to the uk covid inquiry acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night. i m chetan pathak coming up on the programme. finding out theirfate next summer s european championship will begin with scotland playing germany on the opening night. we are up against, its nice to be involved in the first game and hopefully we can set up on a good match. a kinder draw for england on paper at least you ll hear from gareth southgate as they hope to go one better than runners up. the team to catch at the top of the premier league table again are arsenal as they edge past wolves at the emirates. also coming up on sportsday. ronnie rockets into the final of the uk snooker championship in york. and adelaide strikers beat brisbane heat to become back to back women s big bash league winners. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. wi