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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 Sommerville 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 hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing food aid into gaza. But this is only a small breakthrough. Israels offensive has led to a collapse in civil order. Few Aid Organisations dare risk delivering to the north. Gaza is on the brink of famine. World central kitchen, the us charity, provided the speeded up footage of preparations under way to build a pier to receive the aid. Gaza has no functioning port. And israel will be watching. This aid will be allowed to pass says its defense minister. Translation we will bring the aid through a maritime l route that is coordinated with the us on the security and humanitarian side with the assistance of the emirates on the civil side and appropriate inspection in cyprus. We will bring goods imported by International Organisations with american assistance. At the Operations Centre here in cyprus, theyre mapping its route. It would normally take 15 hours, but the vessels involved and the cargo means it could take as long as two days. So starting point is larnaca port, and the landing zone is somewhere in the gaza strip. The open arms is on a journey that should be unnecessary. All the food that the hungry of gaza need is right by their border in israel and egypt, but the politics of war keeps it from their grasp. Quentin sommerville, bbc news, larnaca. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will defy us president joe biden� s warning about a Ground Invasion of gazas Southern City of rafah. Mr biden said an invasion would be a � red line and escalate the conflict. In an interview with german media, netanyahu said, well go there. Were not going to leave. You know, i have a red line. You know what the red line is, that october 7 doesnt happen again never happens again. Around half of gazas 2. 3 Million People are sheltering in rafah. Aid organisations say an attack there would result in widespread civilian casualties. Mr netayahus comments come on the eve of the muslim holy month of ramadan. Israel has continued Military Operations in gaza and ceasefire talks appear to have stalled. 0ur Senior International correspondent 0rla guerin has more. And a warning her report contains images you may find distressing. From the skies over gaza, aid comes dropping. But so little, and so late. 0n the ground, a desperate rush. Many come away empty handed. Like this woman. Im taking care of orphans, she says. I want to feed them. And here, some of the most vulnerable, born prematurely into war and man made hunger. Staff say all the babies delivered at this hospital in rafah since december have been underweight. Struggling from their first breaths as many mothers have struggled. Dr Ahmed Al Shair says there has been no proper food for pregnant women for the past four months. No meat, milk, eggs, fruit or vegetables. Barak is fighting to keep her children alive. She cant hide the bullet holes and she cant hide her despair. Im feeding my baby with water, she says, just so she doesnt die. I shouldnt be giving her this at her age. But i have nothing else. After five months of war, much of gaza is in ruins, and hunger is killing now as well as israeli missiles and bombs. This man was buried alive after an israeli air strike. Palestinian Civil Defense prised him free. But they say nine people were killed here in this residential building, crushed as they slept the fate of many palestinian civilians. In gaza, the muslim holy month of ramadan will be marked in the rubble, amid grief and burials and a looming famine. Whatever aid may trickle in by air or sea wont be enough, and wont stop the war. To talk about the aid situation on the ground, earlier, i wasjoined by hani almadhoun, unrwa usas director of philanthropy. Thank you for being here. I want to start with the news that canada and sweden are Resuming Theirfunding for unrwa, they dropped that pending some investigation into the group. I want to ask what does that mean for operations on the ground . It means that the agency, the agency in gaza will be able to bring food in and medications at least purchase them and have them at the border, to be able to afford some of the staff so they could bring food in the table and offer their families. Its much appreciated with unrwa with usa, the agency that basing the us that supports the un agency and any dollar that goes to unrwa now goes a long way, especially during these dire circumstances right now. We saw in our coverage, Aid Deliveries coming from the air, making their way by sea as well, the us planning to build this floating pier to help deliver aid, what do you make of those plans, how effective do you think that could be . Those are great. Any aid right now in gaza is welcome, but we have to remember that the aid that comes from air is highly cost ineffective, its expensive and it takes you, like, ten planes to do a load of a truck or two trucks so it is not very practical also, you dont control where goes who receives them, the solution is really simple, there is four crosses into gaza and there is miles of aid in the desert to be allowed into gaza. Somebody has to make that decision and bring in this aid and notjust keep it in the south, live in the south but also in the north. There is about 17,000 Unaccompanied Kids now and gaza, there is also a thousand kids who lost a limb, so this is not something that anybody wants to see. We spoke on saturday with the former spokesperson of the defence forces. I asked him if israel is doing enough to create the conditions to get aid to the civilians who need it, i want to play a little bit of what he said and then love to get your reaction to it, he was a bit of that clip. Israel is doing far and beyond what any military in fighting in combat is doing. While there is a clear and imminent threat to israeli civilians, and there are still israeli hostages held in gaza, israel is transferring humanitarian aid into the very same combat zone. Whats your assessment is israel, in your mind, doing enough to ensure that supplies and aid get to those who need it in gaza . I wouldnt know how to comment on that. I can assure you that my own family is starving right now in the northern gaza. You have family there now . Yes. Ramadan is tomorrow and they tell me that there were about what food they will have tomorrow. Despite having some money, there is no food to buy and thats a sad ramadan for them. I do think the trucks are more effective otherwise able to do that, now we need the political will to make that happen, and hopefully, soon enough, my family and my neighbours will the food on their table. Ramadan begins as soon. It doesnt look as if we are going to get a Ceasefire Agreement before then. What would continue Military Operations during the holy month mean for the humanitarian situation and aid efforts over the next few weeks . Like you, im disappointed on the humanitarian ceasefire, this is going to be not really any win Win Situation right now, a lot of people are going to suffer, there will be a lot of hard feelings, not just in gaza, but also in the west bank and the al aqsa compound. Also around the region, there is a lot issue that people protest things and unfortunately, its going to make it very difficult for folks in gaza and people around the world to observe ramadan to notice and watch and know they cant do nothing about it, this is month six and this is gone for too long. Usas director of philanthropy, thank you very much for coming in to speak with us. Thank you, carl. Several News Agencies have withdrawn a photograph of the princess of wales and her three children, saying it appears to have been manipulated. This is the photo here, which was sent out by Kensington Palace on sunday. Its the first image of princess catherine since her surgery in january, and was taken by her husband, prince william. The Associated Press was the first to pull the image as it did not meet the agencys photo standards, noting an inconsistency in the alignment of princess charlottes left hand. Other major News Agencies, reuters and afp, have also pulled the image. The palace has declined to comment on the retraction of the photo by the News Agencies. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some stories making the news in the uk. A man and a woman have been arrested as part of a Police Investigation into complaints about three Funeral Homes in hull and beverley. Humberside police had received concerns about the care of the deceased. Police said the deceased had now been transported from one of Legacy Funeral directors� branches to a hull mortuary. A cordon remains in place at all three premises. A man has been charged with murder in relation to a 38 year old man who was found dead in his home. John belfield was wanted by Police Following an investigation into the death of Thomas Campbell in mossley in 2022. He was arrested last week at Manchester Airport after being deported from south america. The shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said labour will not be able to turn things around straight away if elected. Speaking to the bbc� s sunday with laura kuenssberg, ms reeves said labour would inherit the worst economy since world war ii. The conservatives said labour didnt have a plan to pay for their policies. Youre live with bbc news. Former us President Donald Trump met friday with victor albarn, the Prime Minister of hungary, at trumps florida mansion. 0rban widely considered to be an autocratic leader whose actions have led to an erosion of democracy in hungary. 0ver several years, mr 0rban� s government has moved to curb press freedoms in hungary, implementjudicial reforms that maintain the ruling fidesz partys hold on power, and has isolated hungary from the European Union, aligning himself with Russias Vladimir Putin and chinas xi jinping. And at that meeting, mr trump heaped praise on the hungarian Prime Minister. Take a look at this video, shared to mr 0rban� s instagram account. We kept in touch, theres nobody thats better, smarter or better than viktor 0rban. As you know, the Prime Minister of hungary, he does a greatjob, hes a noncontroversial figure because he said, this is the way its going to be and thats the end of it. He is the boss. On sunday, mr 0rban posted another video online, saying it is his hope that mr trump is elected back to the white house in november. Earlier, i spoke with zsuzsanna szelenyi. Shes an author, Foreign Policy expert and former hungarian mp. Thank you for taking the time to speak with us. What do you make of this meeting between donald trump and viktor 0rban and what were they trying to get out of it . The interesting thing the whole thing is that 0rban is the Prime Minister of hungary, but this was a private visit for campaigning president ial candidate donald trump. 0rban requested this visit from trump and he went to the us to see the Heritage Foundation and visit trump on his private property. He didnt see the government so he didnt meet anyone from the administration, which was obviously something not usual, and this is exactly something 0rban likes to do. So, its a very interesting. For both hungary and europe and the united states. This year, they are having elections, the european elections, which will take place injune and the president ial election in the us will be later this year so, both people, 0rban and trump, are campaigning, so this is obviously campaign event. Its important for 0rban because he is at odds with many other european leaders, the hungarian Prime Minister is rather isolated in europe, there is no european leaders coming to hungary for years. So, he really needs to show also to hungarians that he is an important person who is taking seriously and he can visit world leaders, even if it is not in europe, then elsewhere, and its also a kind of provocation to the the european allies that he is building a Special Relationship that at least his intention, a Special Relationship with trump intentions, which he hopes to be elected as us president later this year. You are saying that viktor 0rban is a bit isolated in europe. That doesnt seem to be the case here. Hes getting a pretty welcome reception from american conservatives. Donald trump himself said there is nobody thats better, smarter or better leader than viktor 0rban. Why do you think the hungarian Prime Minister is such a star in conservative circles in the us . Viktor 0rban is a star because he demonstrates an Illiberal State and is in power in hungary with a supermajority for 13 years now, and he systematically has changed hungary to a new 21st century and he could do this in the circles, in the framework of the European Union so, this is mainly the positive sign viktor 0rban is selling his regime to the word and of course, this is not very welcomed in europe, in the European Union. That is why he is so isolated because this is against european democracy. So 0rban� s opinion about this war is different from the majority of european states, which is very pro ukrainian, and he tells himself as a piece pro peace politician diversely, but obviously this is hindering european politics. Briefly, if you dont mind, President Biden has been framing this years us election as essentially having democracy itself at stake. As someone who is a former hungarian mp who knows someone like viktor 0rban very well, what do you make of President Biden� s statement essentially about donald trump . I think democracy is in quite a big trouble in most many western countries. United states is definitely one of them, and this is because the elaborate positions, basically which means that one party would take a State Position as their own, which is actually happening in hungary, which 0rban calls Illiberal State, is something that is undermining the Liberal Democracy Basics and values and 0rban� s aim is to resent this as a mainstream accepted position are basically not only to challenge the liberal democracy state of the western world as a status quo. So, this is happening, this is a challenge for many of us and hungary is a small and compact and rather centralised country, originally centralised administration where its actually very easy to do. Author for Foreign Policy and former hungarian mp, thank you very much for your time. Thank you very much for having me. The 0scars are now finished and 0ppenheimer� s domination of the awards season is complete. The Historical Drama was the big winner of the night, winning in seven categories, including best picture, Best Director for Christopher Nolan, and best actor for cillian murphy. Another majorfilm to win big was poor things. Emma stone won Best Actress For The Second Time for her role in the surreal fantasy. Lets go live to our los angeles correspondent peter bowes, and tom brook, the host of talking movies. It is great to see you both. Theyve been following all the action from hollywood. It was a big night for 0ppenheimer. It has been a very big night for 0ppenheimer. It is always a big night, 0scar� s day in hollywood. The event is over but the party is just beginning as you might be able to hear from the noise in the room behind us here at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. La isnt usually a big party down, but 0scar� s night is the main exception, and maybe you can go to a party in a moment. Lets talk about 0ppenheimer. It was always predicted to do well, always predicted to do well, always predicted to be the best picture, and so it was to be. I think it deserved to do well

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