Good evening. President joe biden is expected to announce tonight that the us military will build a port in gaza to get more humanitarian aid to people. The United Nations has been warning that a quarter of the 2. 2 million population is on the brink of famine. The port on gazas Mediterranean Coast would enable ships to bring in food, water, and medicine. But there would be no us troops on the ground in gaza raising questions about how the aid will be distributed. From israel, heres our chief international correspondent, 0rla guerin. Her report contains images some viewers may find distressing. Heading for gaza, another airlift, today by belgium. These supplies are urgently needed. 0n the ground, children are dying of hunger. Un experts have accused israel of intentionally starving gaza. This Isjust A Drop in the ocean and aid agencies say its inefficient and a last resort. When help trickles in, the desperate come running, seizing what they can carry. This man managed to grab a sack o
world chess champion, with china now holding both the men s and women s world titles. it s six in the morning in singapore, and midnight in the sudanese capital, khartoum where the two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing no sign whatsoever of stopping their fighting in the capital khartoum. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. thousands of people are still trying to get out of the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of them. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, to the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to p
got within a0 feet of the vice president. uk interest rates hit their highest level for 13 years, in a bid to stem the pace of soaring prices. and in central africa, the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands and the release of damaging carbon dioxide. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he s repeated the official line from the kremlin that there is no war, but it s a special military operation . mr lavrov has been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years and represented the country on the international stage for nearly two decades. earlier today, he spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine.
Concerned parents, children and teachers are and i want to start by assuring them that the government is doing everything it can to fix this quickly and minimise the disruption to childrens education. We make no apology for acting decisively in the face of new information and let me provide the house with an update on where we are. Of the 22,000 schools in england, the vast, vast majority wont be affected. In fact, in two thirds of inspections of suspected schools, raac is not actually present. And to tackle the 1 of schools that have been affected so far, the 1 , we are assigning each of those schools a dedicated caseworker and providing extra funding to fix the problem. In the majority of cases, children will attend school as normal and the mitigations take typically just days or weeks to complete. We will do everything we can to help parents, support teachers, and get children back to Normal School life as quickly as possible. Lets listen to what the Leader Of The Labour Party had t
boosters this week? hurricane lee just forming in the atlantic will it impact the u.s. al roker is here with the latest track the dangerous september heat wave breaking records from the south to the northeast. schools forced to make tough choices. the video of a russian missile strike on a ukraine market happening just as secretary of state tony blinken made a surprise visit to kyiv. and the young americans shining at the u.s. open. they ve already made history. can they win it all? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome, everyone. how did a convicted killer simply walk free from a pennsylvania prison? apparently horizontally that s what just released security video of danelo cavalcante s escape a week ago appears to show the five-foot, 120-pound inmate suspended face down between two walls quickly walking himself to the roof of the chester county prison where he made his getaway, unseen by a guard in a nearby tower. a vul