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hello and welcome. 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 for the maritime corridor the first pilot try to get aid 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 eight to the people in gaza and palestin ....
we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. 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. the un says a quarter of gaza s population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. this is the scene live in larnaca in cyprus where, as you can see, the 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies are being loaded onto a barge. it will be towed by a spanish ship to gaza. 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. this video shot today along the israeli border into gaza shows more aid being dropped. the parachutes carrying the boxes of supplies to the people of gaza. the us has confirmed that its troops conducted an airdrop into northern gaza today. our correspondent wyre davies reports from jerusalem. in the cypriot ....
coming in from syria. state media there say at least two people have been killed, after several israeli missiles hit the kafr sousa district in syria s capital, damascus. the neighbourhood is known to host several security agencies and was targeted in an israeli attack in february last year. our correspondent, jenny hill, is injerusalem with the latest. in the last half an hour or so, syrian media outlets are now saying three people have been killed in what they believed to have been an israeli strike on this district. you will have seen the pictures of the apartment block which appears to have been targeted. syrian media sources are saying that this particular building has been, in the past, frequented by senior iranians and hezbollah figures. we don t have very much more detail than that at this stage, certainly nothing from the israelis, who as you say, did almost actually a year ago exactly to the day target this particular district, killing five people and reported ....
impeach republicans get a do-over and charge the secretary of homeland security with willfully refusing to enforce border laws and breaching public trust and for those who don t eat or live in a home, the latest inflation report is good news not so much for everyone else i from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with john vause the being described as serious and productive. but so far, there s been no breakthrough in talks in cairo aimed at reaching a deal to pause the fighting and free the remaining hostages in gaza that s according to a us official. he says the negotiations will press on cia director bill burns traveled to cairo for those talks. he discussed the situation in gaza with egypt s president, who also met with qatar s prime minister. the hostage talks have failed to bridge gaps between the parties with one key issue being a disagreement over the ratio of palestinian prisoners to hostages. that would be released as part of a deal. talks commas internati ....
and tributes for the hollywood film starand model, raquel welch, who s died at the age of 82. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the search has begun for the next leader of the scottish national party and first minister of scotland following nicola sturgeon s surprise decision to stand down on wednesday afterjust over eight years in power. the snp s national executive committee will meet on thursday to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. nominations have already opened. the party s constitution says a candidate for leader needs to have the backing of 100 members from at least 20 different snp branches. if there s more than one candidate a vote of party members will choose the new leader. ms sturgeon plans to remain in office until her successor is elected and continue on as an msp until at least the next holyrood election. with more on wednesday s events, here s alexandra mackenzie. scotland s first female and longest ser ....