i have to be honest, we are not going to be able to turn things round straightaway but we will get to work on that. hollywood s biggest night kicks off later with the oscars and all eyes will be on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins. hello, i m anna foster. a us military ship is headed for gaza, carrying equipment to build a temporary port for aid deliveries. the us military confirmed the ship set sail in the last few hours from a military base in virginia on its way to garzo but it will take time to construct a port. time is in short supply. the un warning and a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a million people are currently facing famine. there is a separate aid ship with around 200 tonnes of food that has been loaded on board over the last few days which are still waiting to be given the all clear to set sail from cyprus. the eu announced this over the weekend, a joint operation between the eu, the uk, the us and others and the
hello, you will live with bbc news. i am anna foster injerusalem. a us military ship has set off for gaza, carrying equipment to build a temporary floating port for desperately needed aid deliveries. the us military confirmed that that ship left late on saturday from a military base in virginia on its way to the middle east. the un has warned that around a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a million people, are currently facing famine, which is why this new way of potentially getting aid in is so important. and in the meantime, there is a separate aid ship with around 200 tonnes of food on board which is still waiting to set sail from cyprus, waiting to be given the green light to head towards gaza. that is part of a new maritime aid corridor that the eu announced just in the last few days and said that they were optimistic that it would become operational for the first time this weekend. and of course, all of this comes as the us presidentjoe biden gave a new
in nigeria to find nearly 300 school children abducted by gunmen. you are with bbc news. i m anna foster. 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. it was announced yesterday by ursula von der leyen and is expected to become operational in the next few hours. it would be a new way to get large amounts of aid into gaza and is considered absolutely crucial to change the situation for people in the gaza strip, many of whom the un has warned are facing famine, and they say a quarter of the population at the moment in gaza, especially women and children, are finding themselves at risk of famine, starvation, and the hamas run health ministry says 23 people have died from malnutrition in the last few days. they are hoping this shipment can change the dial in terms of the situation in gaza. this is the scene live in larnaca in c
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 port