Lets start in gaza, because us troops have, for the first time, used a temporary pier, to deliver humanitarian aid. These pictures from Us Central Command show the structure. The first consignments were brought ashore a few hours ago. It comes, as israel has accused south africa, of distorting reality, in its attempt to get the International Court ofjustice, to force a halt to its Military Campaign in rafah, in southern gaza. Heres dan johnson. This is a floating lifeline bringing aid direct to gazas shores, built by the us military, so larger ships can deliver additional supplies under the supervision of the World Food Programme and israels military. The americans stress, this is humanitarian work, there are no us military boots in gaza. Listen to the insistence this should only supplement aid by road. The pier is temporary and not meant to replace land routes into gaza. There is british aid heading from cyprus, and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship cardigan bay has helped open the new r
Is held for daniel anjorin, the 14 Year Old School Boy who died in a sword attack near his home in east london two weeks ago. Good evening. After Russian Troops crossed the border into North Eastern ukraine last week, President Putin has said there are no plans to capture the countrys second city kharkiv at least for now. The area around kharkiv has been under frequent attack since russias incursion. Mr putin, on a visit to china, said his forces were advancing to protect the russian border region. Here is the latest Battlefield Situation from uk military intelligence. The red areas are russian occupied, with the arrows showing several likely points of russian attack. The recent focus of attention is here, in the north east, near kharkiv, where fierce fighting has been taking place. The yellow represents new gains claimed by russia. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this Special Report from the front line. Near the village of lipsi, the russians are closing in. The fire f
Lets return to one of those main stories, and the latest on the civil war that is an golfing suit on. With the governor of the Darfur Region now urging civilians to take up arms to defend themselves. Violence is escalating around the city of elashir, the city of elfashir, where the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces or rsf are trying to capture the city from the sudanese army. Medical aid agency msf says the citys South Hospital had seen more than 400 casualties since may ten, including 64 deaths, though it said the real toll was far higher. The United Nations says it has only received 12 of the 2. 7 billion being sought for sudan, adding that famine is closing in. People have said that they are terrified of the continued fighting exclusions. We have spoken to one local man whose identity we will protect for his own safety. It shows his life right now. Today is a friday, 17 of may. Im talking to you from el fasher since last friday, june of may, Fasher Witnessing Heavy Fighting between