The spanish vessel hopes to use a newly opened Shipping Route to arrive in the next few days. But where it will arrive, is still up in the air. There is no Functioning Port in gaza, so its unclear where the boat will dock. The ship, called the open arms, will set off from the port of larnaca, our special correspondent Quentin Sommerville is there. Its taken an enormous effort to even get this far with this relief mission. But the real challenge will come as they get closer to gaza. It might take as long as 2 3 days for as long as 2 3 days closer to gaza. It might take as long as 2 3 days for them to make the 210 nautical miles from here in cyprus to gaza. But when they get there, they are arriving at a territory that has no Functioning Port so they have to off load that aid, and in the north of gaza distributing aid, its the most badly affected, most desperately in need part of gaza. Distributing aid there is extremely difficult. All Law And Order has broken down there, its absolute ch
The spanish vessel hopes to use a new Shipping Route to arrive the next few days but where it will arrive is still up in the air. No Functioning Port in gaza so it is unclear where that boat will dock. The ship called the open arms will set off. Its taken an enormous effort to even get this far with this relief mission. But the real challenge will come as they get closer to gaza. It might take as long as 2 3 days for them to make the 210 nautical miles from here in cyprus to gaza. But when they get there, they are arriving at a territory that has no Functioning Port so they have to off load that aid, and in the north of gaza distributing aid, its the most badly affected, most desperately in need part of gaza. Distributing aid there is extremely difficult. All Law And Order has broken down there, its absolute chaos on the ground, so they were also have to manage that. That will be a Great Success if they managed to open this first maritime aid quarter. There are others who say, in fact,
Hello, you will live with bbc news. I am anna foster injerusalem. A Us Military Ship has set off for gaza, carrying equipment to build a Temporary Floating Port for desperately needed aid deliveries. The us military confirmed that that ship left late on saturday from a Military Base in virginia on its way to the middle east. The un has warned that around a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a million people, are currently facing famine, which is why this new way of potentially getting aid in is so important. And in the meantime, there is a separate aid ship with around 200 tonnes of food on board which is still waiting to set sail from cyprus, waiting to be given the green light to head towards gaza. That is part of a new maritime aid corridor that the eu announced just in the last few days and said that they were optimistic that it would become operational for the first time this weekend. And of course, all of this comes as the us President Joe Biden gave a new intervie
More food into the besieged enclave. A us military ship is also sailing towards the middle east, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of gaza which has no Functioning Port to get aid there by sea. Israel has been accused of preventing aid getting into gaza, and us President Joe Biden says Benjamin Netanyahus conduct in the war is doing israel more harm than good. My colleague anna foster is in jerusalem and gave us this update. First of all, to the Skies Above Gaza and these pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by Us Central Command and also by thejordanian air force as well. This is the latest air drop into gaza, which provided, they said, meals more than 11,500 meal equivalents. Things like food, including rice, flour, pasta and canned food. Weve seen these air drops really starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks or so, since the us air force also got involved. But of course it is still nowhere near to meeting the huge
They demand Prime Minister ariel henry resign. Hes in puerto rico and unable to return home. The aid includes 100 million to support an International Security the uss contribution to 300 also includes a separate 33 million in humanitarian assistance. Mr blinken says a Multinational Security force is needed to stabilize the country. What weve seen in recent days again should remind us that the already challenging and difficult Security Situation has now deteriorated even further, and makes the Multinational Support mission even more important than ever. The United Nations Security Council now, all of us know that only the haitian people can, and only the haitian people should determine their own future. On sunday, the us military increased security at the American Embassy and evacuated some staff. The eu and other countries are also evacuating their citizens. Our Central American correspondent, will grant has more on the violence. And a warning, his report contains images you may find d