We start with the situation in gaza. A ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. These are the latest pictures from larnaca, in cyprus, where, as you can see, aid is being loaded onto a ship, which is due to depart in a couple of hours. Earlier i spoke to hiba tibi shes the Country Director of Care International palestine and she explained the challenges of getting aid into gaza. Any plan that is being taken currently to increase aid in gaza is welcome. These are, unfortunately, aiming to save as many
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. twitter s new owner elon musk has defended his decision to sack about half the firm s workforce without warning. mr musk said the social media platform was losing large sums of money every day. he s insisted twitter s commitment to content moderation remains unchanged, despite the loss of key staff and anxiety among advertisers. in an interview, elon musk revealed that twitter was losing around $4 million a day, meaning costs had to be cut. he promised twitter wouldn t degenerate into what he called a free for all hellscape when content moderation is loosened. but advertisers including general motors have withdrawn their business, which is likely to lead to a drop in revenues. and now twitter faces lawsuits from the hundreds of employees over the way they were fired. out technology editor, zoe kleinman, reports. elon musk did not speak to any of the twitter employees laid off today. he was a surprise guest
processing centre in dover last sunday was motivated by an extreme right wing terrorist ideology. 66 year old andrew leak from buckinghamshire threw up to three devices at the site. he is believed to have later taken his own life. the government has been facing widespread criticism for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre nearby. a group of detainees at a west london immigration centre caused a disturbance during a power cut on friday night. police and extra staff from the prison service arrived at harmondsworth detention centre near heathrow airport this morning. the home office said nobody had been injured and that the welfare of the people there was the top priority. earlier i spoke to to william neal who s a detention outreach caseworker at the jesuit refugee service visiting and supporting asylum seekers at harmondsworth. so essentially what we have are large institutions holding quite a large number of men. so at harmondsworth over 600 men in what
Sheffield, the mist and fog quite extensive in places across northern and eastern areas of england in particular, but not quite so much of an issue overnight tonight and for the next few days. In fact, that is mostly because the winds are set to pick up. It will be quite unsettled, more heavy downpours of rain for many of us as well. Looking at the rainfall chart yet again you can see the rainfall will be quite extensive over the next few days. Not so much for Western Scotland but the area of most concern again, eastern scotland, another 50 100 millimetres of rain over high ground. The ground is of course already saturated. A constant stream of the Shower Speeding through on an easterly wind. Eastern areas of Northern Ireland, heavy, thundery downpours here, maybe some flashes of lightning could cause problems later. Showers elsewhere across england and wales. More sunshine emerging from the south by the end of the day, temperatures for most a little lower than they were yesterday, 10