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
in the words of one republican senator tonight, quote, i m just pissed off. lisa murkowski is hardly the only one in her party that feels that way right now and is completely exasperated what s been happening on capitol hill. in just the last 24 hours her party lined up to sink the border bill one of their own negotiated for months. you can hear the frustration in that senator s voice, james lankford, of oklahoma how he lamented the politics have overtaken the policy. this is the pen that i was handed at that desk when i was sworn in to the united states senate. there s no reason for me to have this pen if we re just going to do press conferences. i can do press conferences from anywhere, but we can only make law from this room. no law s being made right now. senator mitch mcconnell was even among the no votes today even after he helped craft this bill, but that was after it was made clear it was not going anywhere. tonight many in the republican conference are sounding t
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