As concerns continue over the humanitarian situation in the territory. The United Nations says more than half a Million People are one step away from famine. Aid going into gaza is being held up because of intense Security Checks at two Southern Land crossings. Air drops are helping palestinians. These, some of 10,000 meals that landed in the northern part of the territory today. But so much more is needed, and now this charity ship with 200 tonnes of food is part of the effort, on its way from cyprus. Quentin sommerville is in the port city of larnaca. He sent this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clear
in peshawar in pakistan has claimed more than 90 lives a plan to allow everyone to live within 15 minutes of a green space or water is unveiled by the government and united by music liverpool s new slogan as it prepares to host this year s eurovision song contest coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, the latest on football transfer deadline day as arsenal agree a £12 million deal with chelsea to sign italian midfielderjorginho. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there s a gloomy prediction about the state of the uk economy this year from the international monetary fund which says it will perform worse than all other major advanced nations. and that is including russia. their assessment suggests the economy will shrink by 0.6% that s a sharp downgrade from an earlier prediction, although they do say the uk is now on the right track. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, said the uk had outperformed many forecasts last year. here s our economics correspo
in the three months tojune with forecasters warning recession is still likely later in the year. 7,000 extra hospital beds this winter, including in pop up sites the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. more chaos for rail passengers train drivers prepare to strike tomorrow on nine lines across the country. # up in space, man. and, the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest seven uk cities are in the running. and coming up on the bbc news channel: britain s rowers overcome problems in the quad sculls at the european championships to reach the medalfinal in munich. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. a drought has been declared in parts of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can announce stricter measures to conserve supplies, and it comes as yorkshire water became the latest to announce a hosepipe ban, in the wake of low rainfall and h
Hollywood is awash with speculation, spin and yes, self importance but this year, with donald trump in the white house and america deeply divided, real life has thrown up a melodrama which makes the movies look tame. My guest today isjohn madden, and oscar winning director whose latest film is set in the murky world of washington politics. But is hollywood doing justice to the times were living in . John madden, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Lets start by discussing the process of making your most recent movie. Its called miss sloane. But perhaps the most striking thing about it is that you were working in washington, making a film about the underbelly of washington politics at the very time america was experiencing a political earthquake. How disconcerting was that . Well, you know, it was really like, i suppose if i use a movie metaphor, its two trains kind of colliding. But we had no idea this other train was on the track. Im sure im explaining the obvious here but obviously when