Is preparing to set sail for gaza along a new maritime aid corridor. Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us 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 Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing
in the next 2a hours, between gary lineker and the bbc, in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. it s 7am in singapore and 4pm in los angeles where stars are arriving for the oscars ceremony in hollywood which will start in the next few hours. the science fiction film everything everywhere all at once leads the way with nominations it has 11. but there could be stiff competition from the the german language war film all quiet on the western front the biopic elvis or the irish set drama the banshees of inisherin . and in a first for the ceremony there will also be a crisis team working there. the organisers say it s there to mitigate any potential surprises. i m joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes whose at an oscars watch party. a lwa ys always great to get you on the programme during oscars seaso
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