Aliens have never visited earth. Hello, im samantha simmonds. Youre watching bbc news. We start with the war in gaza. A ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and united arab emirates, aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow additional aid to be brought in, but they continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. These are the latest pictures from larnaca in cyprus where, as you can see, aid is being loaded onto a ship, which is due to depart in a couple of hours. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the pilot, the first try to get aid, already happened over the weekend, but it takes so
Wait for the state of the nation address. Just a reminder that we will be covering this in full on bbc news live page with analysis of President Putins speech as it happens. You can watch our live stream of the speech there, just press the play button. The dignitaries arriving for the speech they are in moscow. Bbc news website to find complete coverage of this, or the bbc news app. Lets speak to olga ivshina, from the bbc russia service. Tell us about the speech today, what are we expecting . fine tell us about the speech today, what are we petting . Tell us about the speech today, what are we expecting . One thing has been stable over the are we expecting . One thing has been stable over the years are we expecting . One thing has been stable over the years for are we expecting . One thing has been stable over the years for putins stable over the years for putins addresses and press conferences. This year is no exception. He is late, but according to his standards, five or ten minute
welcome back to verified live. jacob rees mogg and priti patel will receive a knighthood and a damewood respectively. tory tees valley mayor and sean bailey have been given peerages. those are just some of the names on the list. let s go back to the newsroom. with more on this let s join nicky schiller in the newsroom. i wanted to look at the peerages, and there are seven names on the list. you mentioned the first one, sean bailey, and he is the conservative mayor or candidate in 2021. he lost out to sadiq khan, but still a member of a london assembly. mr benjamin gascoyne is the former political secretary and deputy chief of staff. he is on the list, as well as the tees valley mayor. he will appear in the house of lords, as well as roster on cancel. he is the political director of the conservative party and research department. charlotte open is also in the peerages list. she is a former special adviser to the prime minister. all ministers or prime ministers have special adv
ceremony at westminster abbey and what we are seeing here, this coach has been used in every coronation since william iv. we are hearing reports that actually the prince of wales because my three children are going tojoin this because my three children are going to join this procession with their parents in encourage behind what you re seeing that gold state coach. you might wonder where this is taking place, this is central london in the middle of the night, we are seeing the military parading through these quiet streets of central london, these are taking place in the early hours of tuesday morning. the reason for that is because this is an area that is heavily trafficked, there is a lot of people moving around and they had to be able to make sure they could practice this massive coronation ceremony and this parade that will happen, so the rehearsal you are seeing here is part of the path back after the coronation ceremony so charles and queen consort camilla will make thei
and friends first on friday morning, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. passengers inside the car say neily told him he didn t care if he went back to jail, before a former marine put him in a choke hold. anxiety is at an all-time high in new york following violence on the subways. aoc and eric adams are turning on each other. todd: alexandria hoff with what comes next. good morning. liquid the conversation includes criticism over the way homelessness is treated or not treated in cities. protest erupted last night and continued following the death of jordan neely from alvin bragg to file charges against a 24-year-old marine veteran who put neely in a choke hold after he was acting erratically. here is eric adams. we are investigating, let s let the da conduct his investigation with law enforcement officials. to interfere with that is not the right thing to do, i will allow them to do their job and determine what happen here. we cannot sa