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This is the live scene in beirut, as bbc teams report hearing explosions in the capital s southern suburbs israel has ordered the evacuation of three areas. Meanwhile the uk government has chartered a flight to help british nationals leave lebanon, scheduled to leave beirut on wednesday. It s as israeli tanks were seen gathering at the border on monday. Israel s defense minister yoav gallant said the military is prepared to use forces from the air, land and sea to allow thousands of displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Meanwhile, the deputy chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighters are ready to confront an invasion. He acknowledged the assassination of leader, hassan nasrallah, was a big blow but said all fallen commanders would soon be replaced. Let s get the latest now from our correspondent on the border between israel and lebanon, lucy williamson. We ve been hearing helicopters overhead for a while now and also the sound of artillery, som ....
Hello. This is bbc news. We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. In the past hours, weve heard that the heads of the us and Israeli Security agencies have met to discuss the hostage situation. The Israeli Prime Ministers Office said the cia and mossad bosses met on friday in efforts to advance another hostage deal. In cypius, final preparations are being made for the first aid vessel to use the sea corridor to gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. This is the scene live in larnaca in cyprus where 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies have been loaded onto a barge. It will be towed by a Spanish Charity ship to gaza. The sea corridor is a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and united arab emirates, aiming to take supp ....
We start with the situation in gaza. 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. Its 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 gazas 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. These are the latest pictures from larnaca, in cyprus, where, as you can see, aid is being loaded onto a ship, which is due to depart in a couple of hours. Earlier i spoke to hiba tibi shes the Country Director of Care International palestine an ....
efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. these pictures have come into our newsroom. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce, brokered by the us, is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three day extension to it. the sudanese army says it s approved the idea of discussing the proposal, but its rival, the rapid support forces, has not yet responded. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest. the uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly has been given a statement on sudan. he said six planes chartered by the british government have left the sudanese capital over the last day or so and have arrived in larnaca in cyprus bringing 536 britons out of the country. he went on to see more flights are taking off today. he also talked about encouraging or unified encour ....