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Hello and welcome. We start with the situation in gaza. And 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. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor hopefully for the maritime corridor the first pilot try to get aid hopefully the first pilot try to get aid over the weekend but it takes some time to make sure that its n ....
so let s now get down to business and, as you ve been hearing, a stark warning has come from the head of the united nations that the world is sending out a distress signal and our planet is changing at a catastrophic rate. antonio guterres was speaking at the cop27 summit in egypt, where over 100 world leaders are gathering. last year, many economies pledged to reach net zero by 2050. but then things changed, europe s energy market was hit by russia s invasion of ukraine, and now countries face the prospect of blackouts and rationing of energy supplies. in response, germany, italy, the netherlands, greece and hungary have all extended production of coal and have re opened previously closed facilities. so can european countries still meet their net zero pledges? tim mcphie is spokesperson for climate and energy at the european commission. we have very dramatic challenges before us but we have written into law legislation that all member states have to follow. 0ur net z ....
conflicting claims. the russian military said that as of friday, they controlled the town. ukrainians dispute that claim. and say they still have parts of it. now, what we know is what we saw. we were in in the area around soledar for several days. what we saw is ukraine forces are digging in, they re not trying to retake the town, just trying to hold the pogs they have. now this afternoon we got in touch with some of the troops and they say they are no longer in the area and that they have pulled back. now we don t know if that is part of an organized withdrawal or just a rotation of troops. but what is clear is that the situation is very difficult for ukrainian troops around soledar and the fear is that if and when soledar completely falls and that is confirmed two the russians, that the fighting will intensify further south. as the russians seem to be gaining control of soledar north of here in bakhmut, the fighting is intensifying. one local resident told us befor ....
instability and rising mortgage rates for some time to come. downing street says the prime minister is now focussed on ensuring economic stability, but with most of her plans now ripped up, we ll be asking whether liz truss can survive, and getting reaction from voters. also this lunchtime the head of the metropolitan police says hundreds of his officers should have been sacked for gross misconduct. civilians rescued in the ukrainian capital after an attack by russian kamikaze drones. and against the odds, scotland s cricketers beat the west indies in one of their greatest ever victories. and coming up on the bbc news channel scotland have made a winning start to their t20 world cup campaign with a shock defeat of the west indies in australia. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has scrapped almost all of the key measures in last month s controversial mini budget, in the latest in a series of government u turns. in an emergency statement, aimed at rea ....
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