dislodged. they are now working on pulling the front of the vessel out while keeping the freed stern away from the bank. let s bring in cnn international correspondent, ben wedeman, and he joins us live from cairo. looking more promising now, isn t it? what s the latest on the efforts to remove the cargo ship that has been stuck for nearly a week. reporter: this is a massive improvement of the situation than 24 hours ago. we heard from the chairman of the suez canal authority that says the stern of the ship which was just 4 meters away from the west bank of the suez canal has now been shifted 102 meters away, so the canal is still not functioning properly but certainly this is a massive step forward. now, they are waiting for the high tide which is in about 2 1/2 hours at which point they are hoping to completely free the ever given, and then they will float it north to the great bitter lake, and that s about 30 kilometers from its current location. that will allow the e
front out while keeping the freed stern clear and they hope to refloat it in the coming hours, but the ceo of a savage company working to free the ship said this was the easiest part and the bow is stuck rock solid. we ll bring in ben wiedeman joining us live from cairo. good to see you again, ben. the bow stuck but the stern is free. what is the latest information you have on this effort to free the whole vessel? reporter: well, we know that the high tide peaks in about an hour and a half and that s when egyptian officials are hoping that there will be progress made and free the bow. certainly the statement from the ceo from the dutch dredging company that the bow is stuck rock solid in clay throws a bit of cold water on the euphoria that was in the air here in egypt. it appears that perhaps even though progress has been made, very impressive progress has been made, we re still not out of the woods or the water, so to speak. the plan was that if it was free and could float
learning to read at the age of 51. it may be a little bit grey and damp for some this morning, but there is a good deal of sunshine on the way as we go into the second half of the afternoon. good morning. it s thursday, the 27th of january. prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who has accused him of sexual assaulting her when she was 17. the prince denies her claims, and his lawyers have lodged papers with the us court, which set out several reasons why they say the allegations are false. these include a denial that andrew was a close friend of ghislaine maxwell, at whose house some of the alleged abuse took place. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. across 11 pages, andrew s lawyers have set out his defence, a denial of the central allegation of sexual abuse made by virginia giuffre, and an assertion in respect of others that andrew lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny what s been claim
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