Now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. Hello and welcome. In todays unspun world from the bbc s headquarters here in central london, ill be asking bbc correspondents around the world to give us their insights into whats really going on. Whats daily life like in gaza and the west bank at present . Going to the bread queues, to the soup queues where children are struggling to get to the front of the queue before the food runs out. Peace in gaza and in ukraine. What might it look like . How might it happen . It can be because they think that, actually, if they carry on fighting, they might get on the losing side, and they want to make the leap before the situation turns against them. And the closest china gets to a parliament is gathering in beijing. Will it actually decide anything . I think a lot of analysts in particular like to read kind of Smoke Signals and the kind of subtle clues in what people are wearing or where people are sitting. When hamas fighters attacked a Music F
Hello. Straight to cyprus with these live pictures of the first ship that would use this new maritime aid corridor being loaded with essential humanitarian supplies to be taken from cyprus to gaza. This is expected to open the the first time in the next few hours, European Commission president Ursula Von Der Leyen said yesterday that they expected everything to be ready. It would take several days for the ship to actually make the journey to gaza. It was announced yesterday, and as you can see, they are continuing to loaded ready for departure. The aid is urgently needed the Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza said 23 people have died from Malnutition Injust ten days. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. The sea corridor i was mentioning earlier is a joint venture, the us, the uk, United Arab Emirates as well, who have been responsible for some of the airdrop aid happening so far, and of course cyprus have been playing t
With her two children. Welcome to bbc news. I am live in jerusalem outside the walls of the city where in the next few hours, there are hopes that a Ceasefire Deal in gaza could be arranged, but as talks in cairo have broken down in the last few days, theres very little sign of that happening. All of the focus now is on cyprus for a new maritime aid corridor, confirmed yesterday by European Commission president ursula von der leyen, is due to come into operation in the next few hours. This will be the first time this corridor has been used, and the aid is urgently needed. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza said 23 people have died from Malnutition Injust 10 days. 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. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. 0rganisers Hope The Plan could allow additional aid to be brought in, but th
The United Nations says children and adults are now starving to death, and that more than half a million palestinians are on the brink of famine. Ceasefire talks between israel and hamas have stalled, making it unlikely a deal will be reached by the start of ramadan this weekend. Reports have emerged that five palestinians were killed on friday after being hit by an airdropped aid package that failed to deploy its parachute. The bbc has not been able to independently verify the claims of Civilian Casualties. However, this social media footage, verified by the bbc, shows aid being dropped on friday, and a number of parachutes failing to open. The us is among Countries Air dropping meals to gaza. The pentagon says it delivered more than 11,000 meals on friday by air. Us Central Command released this statement in the last couple of hours. We are aware of reports of civilians killed as a result of humanitarian airdrops. We express sympathies to the families of those who were killed. Contra
Hello. Welcome. Im catherine byaruhanga. A us Military Ship is headed for gaza, carrying equipment to build a Temporary Port for aid deliveries. The us army says the support ship, set sailfrom a Military Base in virginia on saturday. The un has warned that around a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a Million People, are facing famine. Meanwhile, a separate aid ship with around 200 tons of food is still waiting to set sail from cyprus. The eu wants a new sea route for aid from cyprus to gaza to start this weekend. Our correspondent zoe conway has the latest. It may not look like much, but on this barge since the 200 tons of food, set to leave cyprus later today, towed by a Spanish Charity ship. More than 200 miles to gaza. This is the root is not been tried before. The journey could be precarious. Translation ~. , translation we will tow the latform translation we will tow the platform to translation we will tow the platform to gaza translation we will tow the platform t