from the sycamore gap tree. seedlings from the famously felled tree are starting to grow. hello, i m nicky schiller. we start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. a ship carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid for gaza is getting ready to set sail from cyprus. the spanish vessel, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food and medical aid provided by the us charity world central kitchen. our correspondent anna foster is injerusalem. there is a development in the aid effort towards gaza. a ship has been loaded in cyprus and we can show you pictures of that happening which is going to mark the start of a new maritime aid corridor. a vessel carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail from cyprus to gaza in the coming hours. it s the first delivery of supplies to use the maritime aid corridor, announced on friday. it was announced yesterday by ursula von der leyen and is expected to become operational in the next few hours. it would be a
hello. i m catherine byaruhanga, welcome to the programme. we start with the situation in gaza. and 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. it s 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 gaza s 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. the eu s ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. hopefully the pilot, the first to try to get aid happening over the weekend, but it takes some time to make sure that it s not only once in a time, but it is sustainable way to provide aid for the people in gaza and palestine to make sure that we a
hello. straight to cyprus with these live pictures of the first ship that would use this new maritime aid corridor being loaded with essential humanitarian supplies to be taken from cyprus to gaza. . this is expected to open the the first time in the next few hours, european commission president ursula von der leyen said yesterday that they expected everything to be ready. it would take several days for the ship to actually make the journey to gaza. it was announced yesterday, and as you can see, they are continuing to loaded ready for departure. the aid is urgently needed the hamas run health ministry in gaza said 23 people have died from malnutition injust ten days. the un says a quarter of gaza s population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. the sea corridor i was mentioning earlier is a joint venture, the us, the uk, united arab emirates as well, who have been responsible for some of the airdrop aid happening so far, and of course cyprus have
hello, i m samantha simmonds. we start with the situation in gaza. and 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. it s 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 gaza s 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. the european union s ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. hopefully the first pilot try to get aid over the weekend but it takes some time to make sure that it s not only once in a time but it has a sustainable way to supply aid to the people in gaza and palestine to make sure we ease the situation in the region. cypru
with her two children. welcome to bbc news. i am live in jerusalem outside the walls of the city where in the next few hours, there are hopes that a ceasefire deal in gaza could be arranged, but as talks in cairo have broken down in the last few days, there s very little sign of that happening. all of the focus now is on cyprus for a new maritime aid corridor, confirmed yesterday by european commission president ursula von der leyen, is due to come into operation in the next few hours. this will be the first time this corridor has been used, and the aid is urgently needed. the hamas run health ministry in gaza said 23 people have died from malnutition injust 10 days. the sea corridor is a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and united arab emirates, aiming to take supplies from cyprus to the gazan coast. the un says a quarter of gaza s population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. 0rganisers hope the plan could allow additional aid to be brough