Left cyprus three days ago and is carrying 200 tonnes of food supplied by an american ngo. Teams from the ngo in gaza have built a floating jetty to unload the cargo. Food and basic supplies are desperately needed in gaza, and the Israeli Police force is deploying thousands of officers acrossjerusalems old city for ramadan s first friday prayers at the al aqsa mosque, with tensions high amid the war. Lets go live now to anna foster at damascus gate. Welcome to eastjerusalem, this is damascus gate, you are talking about the first friday prayers of ramadan which have passed peacefully. There was really tight security, all the streets were closed by Israeli Soldiers and police. They were only allowing worshippers from certain demographics, there was nobody here between the ages of ten and 50. A huge number of people come here for the first friday prayers and we have seenin the first friday prayers and we have seen in previous years violent clashes in this area and because of that addition
And this is the scene live at a Polling Station in moscow. There is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50 in the first round. But with many of mr putins opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that Vladimir Putin will be re elected without a need for that second ballot. The election is encompassing the territories which russia has annexed in ukraine. In all, more than 112 Million People have the right to vote at the last election, in 2018, he took more than three quarters of the vote. Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg has more on the issues surrounding this election. These days, when Vladimir Ovchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. From a mountain of skulls and a dictators ambition to this russias war in ukraine likened to stalins terror. The 86 year old artist had taken his anti war message onto the streets, graffitiing stop the war. All these paintings were scrubbed out, and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the russian army. But he
International calls are intensifiying for accountability for recent violence, including the killing of more than 100 people at an aid convoy on thursday as well as the killing of at least 11 people, including two healthcare workers, in an israeli raid in the city of rafah thats according to gazas Health Ministry. The bbc s Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. How were so many people injured . Were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede . At gazas shifa hospital, the un says theres evidence of both. This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. We have seen people with gunshot wounds. We have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. Jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. Were the soldiers firing deliberately . Hes asked. Yes with tanks, soldiers, aircraft. Why the shooting started is still not clear. Israel says troops felt threatened. How, these pictures do not show. Tanks were present
Good morning and welcome to cnn this morning, it is sunday and im jessica dean victor blackwell, and amara bunker have the morning off and heres what were watching for you today. The us carried out its first airdrops of humanitarian aid into gaza. And President Biden says there is more to come or live in the region with more on the Relief Effort and where the Ceasefire Talks stand today. Plus donald trump brexit, more gop primary wins, but nikki haley is not backing down. Well tell you about her strategy heading into Super Tuesday coming up well, lets to that. Thats what 100 mile per hour winds sound like. More of that in store is Blizzard Warnings remain in effect in parts of california and son day, those areas that can see up to six inches of snow per hour plus lakers superstar lebron james. Yep, he hit another major career milestone. Well explain later on cnn this morning well begin here with the us and jordan successfully conducting its first airdrops of aid into gaza. The combined
And the story begins with an assassination mission. Ifirst met Isaac Gilmore in 2020. Hes a former navy seal, who later became Second In Command of a private Us Military Firm called Spear Operations Group. I was surprised isaac agreed to speak to me because at the time, Human Rights Lawyers were trying to prosecute spear for war crimes. One of the reasons that i agreed to participate in this and be part of this documentary is to be very clear about what were doing and why. This isnt, you know, innocent until proven guilty. Its war. How did you get involved with the operation in yemen . So ultimately, i met abraham, abraham golan, whos a brother and a friend. Abraham developed a relationship with Mohammed Dahlan and that was our path through to the uae government. We met with the appropriate bodies within the uae government. The pitch was to put pressure on isis and alqaeda in the state of yemen and make sure that it didnt become another chaotic hub of terrorist activity, especially wit