Hello. Im catherine byaruhanga, welcome to the programme. We start with the situation in gaza. And 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. The eus ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the pilot, the first to try to get aid happening over the weekend, but it takes some time to make sure that its not only once in a time, but it is Sustainable Way to provide aid for the people in gaza and palestine to make sure that we alleviate, ease
Hello. This is bbc news. We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. In the past hours, weve heard that the heads of the us and Israeli Security agencies have met to discuss the hostage situation. The Israeli Prime Ministers Office said the cia and mossad bosses met on friday in efforts to advance another hostage deal. In cypius, final preparations are being made for the first aid vessel to use the sea corridor to gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. This is the scene live in larnaca in cyprus where 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies have been loaded onto a barge. It will be towed by a Spanish Charity ship to gaza. The sea corridor is a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and united arab emirates, aiming to take supplies from cyprus to the gazan coast. This video shot today along the Israeli Border into gaza shows more aid being dropped. The parachutes carrying the boxes of supplies to the people of
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
Good evening, and welcome to politics nation. Tonights leaned, to the bottom. Race to the bottom. As expected, donald trump extended his Winning Streak in the republican primaries last night in South Carolina. But as he closes in on the gops coronation, the former president is revealing more about his State Of Mind as he contemplates a second term as president , promising more vengeance and retribution to his enemies at a major meeting of conservatives. And the night before, saying his strongest appeal to black voters is a shared cultural comfort with criminality as he faces down four indictments, 91 felony charges. The racist remarks were met with thunderous applause from a gathering of black conservatives. Tonight, ill talk to the author of a new bestselling book on Black Republicans about how the gop went from the party of lincoln to the cult of trump. Meanwhile, the next primary contest is just two days away in the swing state of michigan, where President Biden is trying to mend fe
Good evening, and welcome to politics nation. Tonights leaned, to the bottom. Race to the bottom. As expected, donald trump extended his Winning Streak in the republican primaries last night in South Carolina. But as he closes in on the gops coronation, the former president is revealing more about his State Of Mind as he contemplates a second term as president , promising more vengeance and retribution to his enemies at a major meeting of conservatives. And the night before, saying his strongest appeal to black voters is a shared cultural comfort with criminality as he faces down four indictments, 91 felony charges. The racist remarks were met with thunderous applause from a gathering of black conservatives. Tonight, ill talk to the author of a new bestselling book on Black Republicans about how the gop went from the party of lincoln to the cult of trump. Meanwhile, the next primary contest is just two days away in the swing state of michigan, where President Biden is trying to mend fe