Chief Ursula Von Der Leyen. It comes a day after President Biden said the us planned to build a Temporary Port In Gaza. Well have the latest reaction from washington And Jerusalem. Also on the programme. Joe biden delivers a fiery State Of The Union speech, setting out the key issues likely to feature in his re Election Campaign and takes a swipe at his president ial rival donald trump. But has he done enough to stop the doubters. The Great Barrier reef is showing signs of strain after record high sea temperatures, undergoing another mass bleaching event. The un has been warning that gaza faces famine and that children there are dying from hunger. It says there have beenoverwhelming obstacles when it comes to getting aid into the territory. But on friday a potential breakthrough the uk says it willjoin the us and other allies to create a maritime corridor to deliver essential aid directly to gaza. Ajoint statement from the uk, us, eu, cyprus and the United Arab Emirates said. The plan
Harry and britney what do these two have in common . Well tell you later in the show. Welcome to The World Today. Start tonight with global efforts being ramped up to get aid into gaza. Until now its been done by road and then air now a sea corridor is being set up to gert much needed food, water, medicine and temporary shelters into the palestinian terrority. Aid provided by the United Arab Emirates will be gathered at cyprus, where it can be inspected by officials from the israeli government; and from there it will travel a Via A Maritime Corridor Actross the Eastern Meditterranen to the coast of gaza. The European Commission chief was in cyprus earlier to make the announcement she spoke to reporters along with the cypriot president a point where we simply have to unlock all possible routes. The humanitarian situation in gaza is dire. With an extent palestinian families and children desperate with an extent palestinian families and children desperate for with an extent palestinian fa
Hello, im Annita Mcveigh and welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. Three days after irans unprecedented attack on israel, diplomacy is intensifying to ease tensions in this region and the risk of a dangerous escalatory spiral. Later. The team seeks many suggestions but said israel would make its own decisions. Translation i am now coming from meetings i with the Foreign Ministers of Great Britain and germany. Last night, i spoke to british Prime Minister rishi sunak and soon i will also speak to other leaders. I thank our friends for their support in defending israel, and i say this for both the verbal support and support in actions. They also have all kinds of proposal and advice, i appreciate it, but i want to be clear we will make our decisions on our own, and the state of israel will do what it needs defend itself. After his meeting with mr netanyahu, lord cameron spoke to reporters, who asked him if he was satisfied that
Met with his israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and other Senior Leaders are today. He has been urging restraint from israel after that attack on friday by iran. Mr netanyahus office has told lord cameron that israel will reserve the right to protect itself. Lord cameron is visiting the region adds the same time as germany minister of foreign affairs, they are the First Western diplomat to visit since irans straight over the weekend. More is expected to visit in the coming days. The uk foreign secretarys is also due to visit the prime list of the palestinian authority. After he met with Prime Minister netanyahu, lord cameron spoke to reporters and they asked him if he was satisfied that israel was not going to do anything that could exacerbate the situation. We wanted to demonstrate our solidarity with israel because it was an appalling attack by iran. But to be clear, we have repeated our view that any response should be smart and that should be designed in a way that is going to