Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Somerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing food aid into gaza. They are suffering and this is what were doing. But this is only a small breakthrough. Israels offensive has led to a collapse in civil order. Few Aid Organisations dare risk delivering to the north. Gaza is on the brink of famine. World central kitchen, the us charity, provided the speeded up footage of preparations under way to build a pier to receive the aid. Gaza has no functioning port. And israel will be watching. This aid will be allowed to pass, says its defense minister. Translation we will bring the aid through a maritime route that is coordinated with the us on the security and humanitarian side with the assistance of the emirates on the civil side and appropriate inspection in cyprus. We will bring goods imported by International Organisations with american assistance. At the Operations Centre here in cyprus, theyre mapping its route. It would normally take 15 hours, but the vessels involved and the cargo means it could take as long as two days. So starting point is larnaca port, and the landing zone is somewhere in the gaza strip. The open arms is on a journey that should be unnecessary. All the food that the hungry of gaza need is right by their border in israel and egypt, but the politics of war keeps it from their grasp. Quentin sommerville, bbc news, larnaca. The Hamas Run Health Ministry says more than 31,000 palestinians have now been killed since israel began its Military Action following hamas� s attack on october the 7th. Around 1,200 people were killed, and more than 250 people were taken hostage. With the latest heres our Senior International correspondent, orla guerin and a warning, her report contains images you may find distressing. From the skies over gaza, aid comes dropping. But so little, and so late. On the ground, a desperate rush. Many come away empty handed. Like this woman. Im taking care of orphans, she says. I want to feed them. And here, some of the most vulnerable, born prematurely into war and man made hunger. Staff say all the babies delivered at this hospital in rafah since december have been underweight. Struggling from their first breaths as many mothers have struggled. Dr Ahmed Al Shair says theres been no properfood for pregnant women for the past four months. No meat, milk, eggs, fruit or vegetables. Barak is fighting to keep her children alive. She cant hide the bullet holes, and she cant hide her despair. Im feeding my baby with water, she says, just so she doesnt die. I shouldnt be giving her this at her age. But i have nothing else. After five months of war, much of gaza is in ruins, and hunger is killing now as well as israeli missiles and bombs. This man was buried alive after an israeli air strike. Palestinian Civil Defence prised him free. But they say nine people were killed here in this residential building, crushed as they slept the fate of many palestinian civilians. In gaza, the muslim holy month of ramadan will be marked in the rubble, amid grief and burials and a looming famine. Whatever aid may trickle in by air or sea wont be enough, and wont stop the war. Beijing is preparing for the final day of the National Peoples congress. The annual political extravaganza held each spring allows the Chinese Government to review the past year, and set goals for the upcoming 12 months. High on the agenda this Year Economic stablisation, defence spending, and tensions with taiwan. What should we expect, stephen . People in beijing are starting their working week On The Last Day of the congress and after today, they would expect to see less security around the streets were standing so, for example, the bridges that a Parliamentary Police guarding them will slowly not see some many of those police and the street corners with increased security Willoughby East off in the coming days as life returns to normal. As for the day at the great people, the morning session is basically closed session is basically closed session to review the report that in the afternoon, a series of boats which will, no doubt, unanimously be carried as they always are, this Rubberstamp Session as people approve a series of government work reports, we may or may not hear from the leadership at that session and what used to happen today was the premier� s press conference now, thats been cancelled, it seems that president xi doesnt want to share the limelight for even a couple of hours with anyone in the senior levels of the party, that have been going on for three decades and no more. As for people getting out of this and the whole package of this session, our chinese citizens closer to understanding what the government intends to do about the Major Economic headaches facing this place . I think the hearing some of the ride sounds, if you talk to people, theyre happy to hear that to be a Consumption Lead recovery with better wages, better jobs recovery with better wages, betterjobs for recovery with better wages, better jobs for University Graduates but a support for the tech sector. But, this congress, very sort of thing on communist Party Rhetoric and pretty thin on specifics so we dont really know how the government intends to achieve these things, the turnaround, these things, the turnaround, the chinese economy that fixed the chinese economy that fixed the major problems and the property sector around the like so, i suppose, property sector around the like so, isuppose, People Property Sector around the like so, i suppose, people will have to wait and see in the months and years ahead, how the government really does intend to fix things but that said, they probably pretty happy with some of the messages, the vision that come out of this congress. Thank you for getting us up to speed with today. Lets get more analysis on the npc with gary, an ambassador to china, hejoins us from seattle. Just to get your thoughts on the npc, a lot of focus from the outside world looking on is chinas economy because it does seem to be struggling . Because it does seem to be struggling . Well, obviously, that is the struggling . Well, obviously, that is the number struggling . Well, obviously, that is the number one that is the number one objective for the leaders of the Communist Party in china, theres so much rampant unemployment, the Housing Crisis is very much on peoples minds where people have paid money for Housing Units that are not being built, whether developers have defaulted and so, you have all these empty buildings halted construction and so, the Real Estate Market is very severely depressed and prices dropping so, the huge challenge for the Chinese Government, high unemployment, young people graduating out of colleges with no Job Prospects and of course, very slow economy so that even restaurants and shops are not making the money that they would normally hold to have and so, it is of great concern of the people of china so, as you correspond indicated that there are positive messages coming out of there, what are the specifics . How can you raise the wages of working people in the wages of working people in the factories, at the same time, the chinese leaders are going to focus on trying to stabilise the economy but also, focusing and putting a priority on high tech, given the Trade Tensions between the us and china whether Us Government is not allowing the sale of sophisticated advanced ships to china that china might need for its development of Artificial Intelligence or even its military programme, china is therefore having to resort to other means, they will try to focus on the manufacturing of their own ships but that will take several years as well as the fact that the Us Government will not allow the Machinery Thatis will not allow the machinery that is made by us companies of western companies to be shipped to china so that china can make some of these advanced ships, nonetheless, china will eventually capture what its going to slow down the progress. 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Given the slowdown in chinas growth, it will be veryl chinas growth, it will be very hard to achieve all these objectives of the chinese leaders want which is affordable housing, good wages, Creation Ofjobs for affordable housing, good wages, creation of jobs for the affordable housing, good wages, Creation Ofjobs for the people coming out of the colleges a nervous it is our high schools and even just adequate wages for the current factory workers, the World Economy is very much slow in growth, yes, we have a robust economy here in the us and that create opportunities for all those made in china products and we will keep the factories going in china but when you have a small economy in the rest of the world and china is the Manufacturing Hub for all of those goods that people Around The World go on, the people Around The World dont have enough money disband all watching their wallets very carefully, that means less demand for these made in china goods which hurts the chinese economy and obviously the objectives of the Chinese Government so, itll be slow china will not have more than 10 growth that theyve experienced over the many, many years ago, that projecting many 5 growth, thats better than most other countries but when you have so many people still in poverty, people still making very little money, 5 growth, to be very challenging in terms of helping the chinese leaders achieve the objectives that they want of greater prosperity for all the people in china. Just if we consume out and look at the bigger picture, i want to ask you us elections this year that are up and how they may or may not impact china us relations . ,. , , may or may not impact china us relations . Relations . Obviously, whether its a democratic relations . Obviously, whether its a democratic or relations . Obviously, whether| its a democratic or republican candidate for president , numbers of congress, every major election that we have, the rhetoric against china always heats up. A lot of strong, bold statements about clamping down on relations with china, trade with china and so, you will see more of the by the Biden Administration has been announcing some of these measures, at the Congress Just passed, the house of a and it is just passed legislation, that would effectively call for the banning of tiktok unless a Parent Company divest tiktok and you are seeing the white house supporting that type of legislation and the white house already announced of rules that will prohibit the sale of personal data of americans from going to china or to any other country and so, a lot of these measures are, in terms of privacy, protecting, individual data, for the debtor of individual americans, a lot are individual americans, a lot are in china and restrictions on machinery and advanced ships so i think that tensions will increase and how both sides can manage those tensions because both sides still need to co operate with each other on many other issues, whether it is the Nuclear Weapons such as whether north korea orfighting global terrorism, addressing Climate Change which is going to impact people in both china and the us and all Around The World. , � , and the us and all Around The World. � ,. , world. Thats right, they do have so many world. Thats right, they do have so many other world. Thats right, they do have so many other overlapping issues besides how they get along and how their economies work together, because a much. Ambassador to china. Lets turn to the us now where President Biden and donald trump, are expected to clinch their partys nominations this week, for novembers president ial election, and both men have been campaigning in the swing state of georgia. Joe biden won it four years ago but with a majority of fewer than 12,000. Now theres a fear among democrats, that African Americans may be turning away from the party. Gary odonoghue, has more from the states capital, atla nta. Victory here in november could turn on just how many African Americans decide to vote. Are you going to vote this upcoming election . I wasnt looking at doing it. Wasnt . 0k. Its an Attitude Voting advocates are trying to combat and theyre finding frustration with the democrats on the doorstep. The republicans, they can say one thing and people will catch on to it, you know, and it sticks. And so i want us to have more one liners. I do want more aggression. 88 of black voters supported joe biden in 2020, but some surveys show that as many as one in four could now back donald trump, with the cost of living a big factor. With eight months to go until the election, this race is going to be a long one, and few seem excited about the trump biden rematch. A lot of people in my community kind of feel like were stuck between a rock and a hard place. Biden is a good president. Hes not a great president. And a lot of us are concerned about his age. Look, im not a young guy. Thats no secret. The Biden Campaign has sought to address the age issue head on. Here in georgia, his focus was squarely on voters of colour. And were here to say a simple thank you, thank you, thank you. 2020 was the first time in more than a quarter of a century that democrats won the president ial election here. And with more than a third of georgias voters coming from the African American community, joe biden knows he needs that support to win and cannot take it for granted. 70 miles up the road, it was a very different looking crowd for donald trump, whos facing 13 criminal charges in the state connected to the last election. His message to black voters was blunt. I did more for black people than any president other than abraham lincoln. Its true. The road to the white house runs through battlegrounds like georgia, and joe biden will take comfort that despite doubts, some African Americans still want to be seen with him. Gary odonoghue, bbc news, atlanta. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. 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