Its 3 00. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Huge crowds are the gb newsroom. Huge crowds are marching through Central London and glasgow demonstrating against the war in gaza. Thousands of people taking part in the Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest, demanding an immediate ceasefire in london. The gathering has reached the us embassy, where a stage has been set up for speeches. Earlier, officers warned a robust plan is in place to tackle hate crime after the Counter Terror sa said the capital has become a no go zone for jews. The capital has become a no go zone forjews. The met police zone for jews. The met police says the protests in london have cost the force more than £32 million over the past five months. The meanwhile, the head of Foreign Affairs committee has accused israel of blocking aid, getting into gaza humanitarian suppues getting into gaza humanitarian supplies are being airdropped as the crisis in the region deepens. A ship carrying aid is also said to be ready to
To help priced out renters find somewhere to live . In sport, theres no stopping liverpool as they hit five in europe against Sparta Prague including a stunner from in form darwin nunez. Including a stunner good morning. A good deal of dry weather on the cards today, some will say sunshine but they will be a cold easterly wind blowing. I will have all the details for today and for the weekend throughout the programme. Its friday the 8th of march. President joe biden has used his state of the Union Address to criticise donald trump his likely opponent in the election and to claim that freedom and democracy are under assault around the world. President biden also announced that the us military will construct a port in gaza to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the territory. Tonight, im directing the us military to lead an Emergency Mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine a
We start with the situation in gaza. A ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend as 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 large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and 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. Earlier i spoke to hiba tibi shes the Country Director of Care International palestine and she explained the challenges of getting aid into gaza. Any plan that is being taken currently to increase aid in gaza is welcome. These are, unfortunately, aiming to save as many
Of the israel gaza war. Iam in i am in North Yorkshire, where police say they were staggered to find an 11 year old boy behind the wheel of a car towing a suspected stolen caravan. And get me to the train on time one couples rather unusual wedding day. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. It could be a championship Winning Weekend for unbeaten ireland. We will be at twickenham ahead of their six nations match against england. Good evening. His actions cost more lives than they saved thats the conclusion of a report into a british spy who operated at the highest levels of the ira during Northern Irelands troubles. Violent conflict lasted for 30 years between loyalists, who wanted to remain part of the uk, and republicans, who wanted a united ireland. The ira killed people suspected of Leaking Secrets to the security forces. The troubles ended with the good friday agreement in 1998. Todays report is about Freddie Scappaticci codenamed Stakeknife Who worked inside an