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. 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Children are dying from malnutrition, says the moth run health ministry. The un is warning of widespread famine. Hamas run health ministry. Getting them food is the best way to meet the hunger needs, but not enough trucks can get three because hamas and Israel Cannot agree on a ceasefire. A search for survivors at a refugee camp in central gaza, hit by an airstrike on saturday. In an interview with media, President Biden said israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, must pay more attention to the lives being lost and that his approach to war was hurting more helping israel. Loaded up with the equipment needed to build a temporary dock in gaza, a Us Army Logistics ship. It is already on its way. The us hopes it will get a lot more aid in by sea, but it could take several weeks. Zoe conway, bbc news. With more on this, im joined by bbc arabic� s said shehata. Good to have you on the programme. Tell me about the reaction, not only from people in gaza but across the wider region, to these efforts by the European Countries in the us to get aid into gaza by the sea. The aid is not reaching people because fewer trucks can enter because fewer trucks can enter because of the Security Checks on the side of israel and in addition to that, the air drops lead to killing five people in one incident so it is dangerous and there are fewer trucks going in. The sea is the best way to reach more people however there is a problem. How can they reach gaza coast while there is no Functioning Port . The americans are trying through this Military Ship to build a temporary peer to allow big ships to come there and allow ships to upload and give aid to people in gaza as there is a ship in cyprus, 200 tons of aid, which is welcome, but hard to reach there, this is a problem. The americans are trying hard, President Joe Biden is trying to help the people of gaza because the delivery of aid has been stalled because of the safety issues for the staff. It is not reaching the people. There is a problem with that. The un is warning of famine looming on gaza because children, there are some reports saying children are starving to death. The humanitarian situation is very dire. There is a need for the aid and there is pressure. There is a hope in the sea route but the problem is how can you put into practice . The american temporarily pier, according to the pentagon will take 60 days to be built. So how this ship can reach the gaza coast and there is hope there. . ,. ,. , there. The efforts towards the ceasefire. There. The efforts towards the ceasefire, and there. The efforts towards the ceasefire, and this there. The efforts towards the ceasefire, and this is ceasefire, and this is important because this weekend marks the start of the holy month of ramadan. The us president said he hopes there would be a ceasefire. Where do we stand on that . It would be a ceasefire. Where do we stand on that . We stand on that . It was suwosed we stand on that . It was suwosed to we stand on that . It was supposed to be we stand on that . It was supposed to be last we stand on that . It was supposed to be last monday, according tojoe biden but this did not happen. There is a gap between the two sides, hamas, the delegation left last friday in cairo and there are still ongoing negotiations and talks between the americans, egyptians, israelis and hamas and they are trying very hard to reach this decision before ramadan because if there is no deal before ramadan, it may lead to violence. Because there is intense fighting and killing of people, it will make people go to demonstrations and american and other parties want to avoid that. But so far there is no indications that there will be a deal very soon. So they talk about this temporarily pier to give aid to people in gaza. It may make the pressure less on reaching a deal very soon. I think this kind of effort to do that, this will make it less intensive. Explain that. Would there be pressure on israel because it has allies in the region, would there be pressure on israel to conduct the war differently . I think so because even israel blames hamas of putting obstacles to reach a deal because according to the israeli hamas, it plays on the emotions to make pressure on israel to make more concessions than negotiations. This is what israeli said. Hamas says the opposite. They say as well as the obstacle because people went to the north however there are reports according to imagery and satellites, that israel built new roads from the west to the east and this is a buffer zone between gaza and israel and there may be speculation about the israeli presence and control security after the war. All of that puts pressure on israel to make surgical attacks during ramadan because it thinks there are no indicators that there will be a deal before ramadan. Indicators that there will be a deal before ramadan. President biden and his republican rival donald trump have hit the Campaign Trail in georgia a crucial state in novembers president ial election. Mr biden accused mr trump of wanting to turn the clock back on Race Relations in america. Mr trump said he had done more for black people in the United States than any president since abraham lincoln. Correspondent Gary Odonoghue was at the biden event in atlanta and sent this update. An invited audience, a couple of hundred, very enthusiastic and very controlled. We did have one interruption from a free gaza protester, who was pulled out yelling, but the president wasnt put off too much by that. He hit a number of points that he did in the state of the Union Address on thursday night and a noticeable maintaining of that energy level that we saw on thursday. He was punching it out today. Eight months to go to the general election and will safely keep that up or if anyone can keep it for that long the crucial thing here is georgia is the most marginal state last time around 0. 3 and he won by less than 12,000 votes and many of those from the African American community, which voted 88 for him. The problem is we have seen a dip in that support forjoe biden in that support forjoe biden in the African American community so many reinforcements and messages about things that have been done and will be done and accusing donald trump of adapting to turn back Race Relations in this country. Therefore, trying to play that game against the former president , who at about the same time, making a speech and dont forget donald trump is claiming that in the past, black voters will support him because they understand what its like to be indicted policy is complicated and they switch off a lot of the time and focus on personality quite and focus on personality quite a lot. The age issue is a big one, it is a real one. That is why you have seen the Biting Campaign embrace it in a way and trying to make light of it. I think it is a much more serious issue for them then that, among voters. Certainly in my experience in the last three days people have raised theissue three days people have raised the issue without being asked about it. Its one of those messages from the other side thatis messages from the other side that is hitting home and has hit home. I think it is a serious issue. But what you are seeing from the Biting Campaign is a new brand if you like of populism. His vision of populism, particularly on the economic side, talking about the rich, talking about corporations, talking about inflation and things getting smaller for the inflation and things getting smallerfor the same inflation and things getting smaller for the same amount of money. Also talking about trying to target the working people for help. It is a kind of populism as i say. Certainly not donald trump kind of populism but we may see this election shaping into a personality struggle but the battle of the populism approach. Security services in Northwest Nigeria are searching for hundreds of School Children abducted in a series of kidnappings. The latest, on saturday morning, Saw Armed Men Storm A School in the state of sokoto, taking 15 students and four women. Its just days after more than 280 students were taken from their school in kaduna state. At least 28 pupils have managed to escape since their capture on thursday. Voters in portugal are electing a new parliament today. Sundays Snap Election was called after the socialist Prime Minister, antonio costa, resigned over a Corruption Investigation involving some of his staff. Voting is due to start in under three hours time, with the Opposition Centre right Democratic Alliance and Governing Socialists looking to claim a majority. A close result could give the far right chega Party Powerful Sway too. A total of 10. 8 Million People are registered to vote in the elections, in portugal and abroad, to elect 230 members of parliament. Princess dianas brother, earl spencer, has said he was sexually abused as a child. He says he was targeted by a female member of staff at his Boarding School, Maidwell Hall, in northamptonshire. Our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, has the details. Earl spencer says the abuse began at the Boarding School when he was 11. In an extract from his memoir, published in the mall on sunday, he says i female staff member, who he describes as a voracious paedophile groomed him and other young boys. He says it was targeted in the Dormitory Room at night when he was in bed. He also alleges the Schools Hat Headmaster inflicted brutal beatings and he says he gained sexual pleasure from them. He says reliving the experiences has been absolutely hellish. In a statement to that mail, Maidwell Hall said it was sobering of that is to learn of the experiences of earl spencer and he said the allegations have been referred to the local Authority Designated officer. The school said every Facet Of School Life had changed significantly since the 19705. At the heart of the changes, the school said, was a safeguarding of children and promotion of their welfare. Its emerged that the former Prime MinisterBoris Johnson visited venezuela last month for talks with president nicolas maduro. The bbc has been told the talks were unofficial and not paid for by the uk government. Venezuelas Government FacesStrong International pressure to hold a free and fair election, to release activists and political opponents it has detained, and to de escalate tensions with its neighbour guyana. Mrjohnson� s Spokesman Says he emphasised the need for venezuela to embrace a proper democratic process, but declined to say who paid for the trip by private jet. The Foreign Office said mrjohnson had informed the foreign secretary, David Cameron of the visit. Scotlands First Minister says his country has been badly let down by the uk governments budget. The snp� s humza yousaf is set to make a speech the snp� s humza yousaf is set to make a speech later this week, setting out his case for a Stronger Economic future for scotland. Hell argue extra support is desperately needed for struggling families, saying jeremy hunts budget sacrificed Public Services for what he called unsustainable tax cuts. The budget includes cuts to tax paid by workers from april, including 2p off national insurance. The biggest night in the Entertainment Calendar is here the 96th oscars. Final preparations are taking place ahead of the stars hitting the red carpet in hollywood later. Christopher nolans oppenheimer, which has 13 nominations, is expected to pick up many of the top awards. And theres also barbie, last years Biggest Box Office hit, which has eight nods. But those are just two of hundreds of films in the running for the more than 20 categories voted on by the academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences. Emma vardy emma va rdy has emma vardy has the latest from hollywood. Emma vardy has the latest from hollywood hollywood. Another year at the oscars. Hollywood. Another year at the oscars the hollywood. Another year at the oscars. The biggest hollywood. Another year at the oscars. The biggest nine hollywood. Another year at the oscars. The biggest nine and l hollywood. 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As for this famous red carpet, most of it is covered in plastic right now to make sure not that many people get their grubby feet on it before the celebrities arrive. But unlike in wow celebrities arrive. But unlike in puppy well, perhaps girls dont get to have all the fun at the oscars, as Margot Robbie missed out on an acting nomination and greta gerwig passed over for Best Director. But they got a nomination for screenplay. Instead, ken is up for best supporting actor on the procedures night. Im told its easier to get into the its easier to get into the white horse then it is getting credited for this. White house. Poorthings credited for this. White house. Poor things it is expected to do well, with eight nominations for the quirky tower, including one for the production and costume design. People who are creative and go back to see out. The feedback is been really excited out of the industry. Is been really excited out of the indust. ~. ,. , ~. , the industry. Anatomy of a fa