Welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and Around The World. We begin in cyprus, where a Spanish Charity ship carrying vital supplies 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 Somerville 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
So much to shape the world of today . Sathnam sanghera, welcome to hardtalk. Its nice to be back. Its great to have you back, and you are back with a new book, which i have here empireworld. Its your take on just how massive the impact of the British Empire was and still is on the world. You certainly dont undersell your idea, its subtitled how British Imperialism has shaped the globe. I really do believe that. I think the British Empire explains so much about peoples daily lives Around The World, tea drinking in india, in britain, patterns of tax avoidance, even the Bbc World Service used to be known as the bbc empire service. It explains so much about our daily news. Youvejust come back from guyana theres a Border Dispute there that goes back to empire, israel palestine, a dispute that has its roots in empire, but also, theres a gap between the way in Which Britain sees itself and the world sees britain through the prism of this history, and i think we need to remember what we did be
Watched our country take a great beating over the last three years full. Nobody thought a thing like this would be possible, we would not have russia attacking ukraine, we would not have israel being attacked, we had no inflation, inflation is destroying the middle class, it is destroying everything. President biden also addressed the Super Tuesday results. In a statement, he said Super Tuesday is also a crucial moment for former governor nikki haleys campaign which is hoping to slow down mr trumps momentum as the republican frontrunner. Tuesdays contest is the us president ial primary s largest prize with more than one third of the total delegates available expected to be awarded for both republicans and democrats. There has not been a call for the republican race in vermont. Our reporter Helena Humphrey has been going over all the Super Tuesday results at the touchscreen. We are looking at 90 of pre sinks counted right now what we can see as we have some 50 or nikki haley, donald tru
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