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
But the recent protests have blocked Distribution Efforts leaving some food despoil. Its frustrating for the wfp officials as they know. You dont have to look far to find hunger here. These farmers pointing to their stomachs lifting their shirts to us. Hungry a lot of folks will look at haiti and theyll say, its heading issues the question that no doubt people in the us will ask is, well, why should we while there are two reasons why you need to l, first of all, theyre on humanitarian grounds but then theres also her only selfinterest in the us. So the longer you wait to act on haiti the more migrants there will be on our southern border. Its that simple many here, search for normal seat where they can, even with the threat of violence, missing mass for some, is not an option. They wear their sunday best and unite in prayer places of worship are not immune from gang tear. They at least off for a moment of training and hope for now. David culver, cnn, portauprince, haiti im john berman
good evening from new york, and the end of yet another day. good evening from washington, anderson, and yesterday was yet another first. courtesy of the first president ever to be impeached twice. the first ever to be found liable after leaving office for sexual abuse, and the first president ever to face state felony charges. today, donald trump i have a new, one donald trump while speaking in the first ever to be arraigned in federal court on felony charges. 37, in all i know i put them on the, screen think lou 31 counts of willful national three of withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, plus false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice for showing up, because of all the spectacle. this is what they will be remembered for years from now. donald trump made the short trip today by motorcade from has miami golf resort, to the federal courthouse downtown. where a small crowd greeted him. inside, after being booked and electronically fin
the former conservative cabinet secretaryjustine greening, the is chief political commentator paul waugh and the republican political analyst doug heye. good evening, welcome to the programme. by the 5th september we will know who is to become the next prime minister of the united kingdom. currently, we have 11 candidates, the hope is that by next week, 11 will become two. in the last hour, the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers has set out the rules by which they will eliminate candidates. here is the chair of that committee sir graham brady. we tried to find a balance where we are not making it impossibly difficult for serious candidates to enter the contest but we don t want to have a cast of thousands of people who don t really have great prospects of progressing in the election. so the first round will be held on wednesday, by which time candidates will require the support of 20 mps. a second on thursday, in which they will need the support of 30. another round