especially springlike with lots of cloud and outbreaks of rain and i will have more details throughout the programme. it s sunday the 10th of march. our main story the us military ship is on its way to the middle east, carrying the first equipment to construct a temporary peer off the coast of gaza. it is hoped this will help more aid into the territory as deliveries by land and air have proved difficult and dangerous. and while a ship holding 200 tons of food is making final preparations to set sail from cyprus, food is making final preparations to set sailfrom cyprus, as food is making final preparations to set sail from cyprus, as zoe conley reports. us army logistics ship, already on its way. the united states hopes to get a lot more aid in by sea. but it could take several weeks. in the meantime, in cyprus, efforts are under way by a charity to move supplies across the mediterranean. it may not look like much but on this barge sits 200 tons of food. it will be towed by
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
as is their motive. mr volkov has lived outside russia for some years for his own safety and served as mr navalny s chief of staff until the opposition leader died suddenly in prison in the russian arctic last month. speaking earlier on the day he was attacked, mr volkov highlighted the threats navalny s team were facing by standing up to vladimir putin. that s why putin launches all these criminal cases and poisons and killings etc, indeed to push people out of the country where it is very complicated for them to stay relevant. matthew sussex is senior fellow of central european studies at the australian national university, he gave his take on the situation. regardless of who was directly responsible for beating up leonid volkov, the message that it sends will be a fairly common one for those who follow russian politics. and that is, if you are an opponent of the putin regime, as leonid volkov through his relationship with mr navalny most certainly was, it is possible for y
hello. i m azadeh moshiri. you re watching bbc news. final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israel s agreement. but it s unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. in the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. the spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. it s a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. translation: yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where the last mile will be the most complicated operation. the disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. how the aid will be un
final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israel s agreement. but it s unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. in the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. the spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food and medical aid all the way to gaza. it s a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. translation: yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where the last mile will be the most complicated operation. the disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. how the aid will be unloaded into gaza, where there is no port orfunctioni