Biggests mysteries. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out with the un warning that gaza faces famine and that children are dying from hunger, efforts are ramping up to get more aid into the besieged strip, but alongside that, tragic reports coming in that five people have been killed by an air drop of aid after the parachute failed to open. And in the past few hours, a potential breakthrough, the uk says it will join potential breakthrough, the uk says it willjoin the us and other allies to create a maritime corridor to deliver essential its a gaza. A joint statement from the uk and the us and the eu and cyprus and the uae said this it went on to say. The plan as we know it is to establish a Shipping Route which would get aid from cyprus to gaza by c, working with the un to facilitate and co ordinate and monitor and verify the flow of aid. Initial shipments would arrive via cyprus, where is really Securities Inspectio
Chief Ursula Von Der Leyen. It comes a day after President Biden said the us planned to build a Temporary Port In Gaza. Well have the latest reaction from washington And Jerusalem. Also on the programme. Joe biden delivers a fiery State Of The Union speech, setting out the key issues likely to feature in his re Election Campaign and takes a swipe at his president ial rival donald trump. But has he done enough to stop the doubters. The Great Barrier reef is showing signs of strain after record high sea temperatures, undergoing another mass bleaching event. The un has been warning that gaza faces famine and that children there are dying from hunger. It says there have beenoverwhelming obstacles when it comes to getting aid into the territory. But on friday a potential breakthrough the uk says it willjoin the us and other allies to create a maritime corridor to deliver essential aid directly to gaza. Ajoint statement from the uk, us, eu, cyprus and the United Arab Emirates said. The plan
Hello, im nicky schiller. We start with that breaking news. The Foreign Secretary lord cameron has announced the us, uk and partners will open a maritime corridor to deliver aid directly to gaza but he said he would continue to urge israel to allow more trucks into gaza is the fastest way to get aid to those who need it. His full tweet says people in gaza are in desperate humanitarian need, alongside the us, the uk and partners, we have announced we will open a maritime corridor to deliver aid directly to gaza and he goes on to say, we continue to coach israel to say, we continue to coach israel to allow more trucks into gaza as the fastest way to get aid to those who need it. It comes as the Eu Commissioner Ursula Von Der Leyen is expected to make a statement this hour and she is in cyprus. This was announced as part of the state of the Union Address by President Biden last night and he confirmed he has ordered the you s military to build a temporary peer of the coast of gaza to ensur
Womens the is today. French president Emanuel Macron in signs in the french constitution the rate for women to have an abortion. French president Emmanuel Macron enshrines in the french constitution of the right for women to have an abortion. Hello. Welcome to verified live. The us says it willjoin uk and other allies to create a humanitarian sea corridor to provide aid to gaza. This maritime corridor can and must be part of a sustained effort to increase the flow of humanitarian aid and commercial commodities into gaza through all possible routes, said a joint statement. The plan is to establish a Shipping Route which would get aid from cyprus to gaza by sea, working with the un to facilitate, coordinate, monitorand with the un to facilitate, coordinate, monitor and verify the flow of aid. The statement also said that efforts would be closely coordinated with israels government. Initialshipments coordinated with israels government. Initial shipments would arrive via cyprus where Israe
British armys top ira spy probably cost more lives did in the Northern Ireland troubles than he saved. During the Northern Ireland troubles. Hello, and welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. A brand new way of getting aid into gaza. A new maritime corridor should be up and running by the weekend. Lets take a look at a map and see how it will work. This maritime corridor will carry aid from cyprus, there at the top, across the sea into gaza. At the same time, the us has said it is going to be building a temporary port, a temporary pier, to help get more aid into gaza from the sea. There have been different attempts to try to get aid in air recently, but these are widely seen as a largely inefficient way of getting the amount of aid into gaza. Of course there have been crossings by trucks, especially around the rafah area, but this latest attempts to get aid in by sea, the eu as part of this arrangement and made this announcement in cyprus a li