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UNRWA report says agency needs to improve its neutrality
April 22, 2024 21:21 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBAn independent review of the UN's operations in Gaza says it needs to improve its neutrality. We ask the head of the review whether countries that suspended donations because of Israeli allegations should resume them. Also on the programme: US prosecutors have accused Donald Trump of a conspiracy over hush money paid to a porn actress at the start of his criminal trial in New York; and we speak to the first woman to run the London Marathon topless to deliberately show the scars from her d...
Head of Israeli military intelligence resigns
April 22, 2024 14:22 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBThe head of Israel's military intelligence has resigned over his role in failing to stop the Hamas attacks on October the seventh. Aharon Haliva is the highest-ranking official to step down over the assault, in which about twelve hundred people were killed and more than two hundred others abducted. He said his department had not lived up to the task it was entrusted with. Also in the programme: we look at the impact of Hindu nationalism with our Newshour's correspondent Jamie Coomarasamy ...
Bonus: India election special
April 22, 2024 12:45 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBIn a bonus episode from Delhi, James Coomarasamy explores identity and politics in India as the country conducts the world’s biggest election. He’s joined by journalists Divya Arya and Rajesh Joshi.
Ecuadorians vote in security referendum
April 21, 2024 21:34 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBEcuador's President Daniel Noboa is seeking support for tough measures to tackle gang violence, including plans for armed forces to work alongside police. We hear from Quito on the day of the vote, and ask how one of the safest countries in South America ended up with the region's highest recorded murder rate. Also in the programme: the ultra-orthodox battalion of the Israeli Defence Forces that may face US sanctions; and new plans in France to revitalise the national cuisine. (Photo: Peo...
Can the US aid package to Ukraine slow Russia’s advance?
April 21, 2024 13:46 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBUkraine's recent lack of air defence systems has been blamed for Russian forces capturing hundreds more square kilometres of Ukrainian territory. So what difference will the aid make? We speak a defence analyst and get reaction from the capital, Kyiv. Also on the programme: Newshour’s James Coomarasamy asks if India can stick to its ambitious plans to tackle climate change and develop renewable energy sources; and we ask if the government of Sierra Leone is serious about tackling the drug, ...
US House finally approves military aid for Ukraine
April 20, 2024 21:47 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBAfter months of wrangling, US politicians have agreed on a 60-billion-dollar aid package for war-torn Ukraine. We hear reaction from an MP for Ukraine's governing party and a former advisor to the US Republican Party. Also in the programme: the Zambian foreign minister explains why his country is seeking international aid to help deal with an unprecedented drought; and the courageous man who rescued hundreds of people during ethnic killings in the West Darfur region of Sudan. (PHOTO: Suppo...
US Congress expected to approve long-awaited aid for Ukraine
April 20, 2024 13:17 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBAfter months of delay, the US House of Representatives is poised to vote on tens of billions of dollars in American military aid for Ukraine and Israel. The aid could reshape Kyiv’s war effort. We hear from Kyiv where every minute counts. Also in the programme: we’ll hear from an anti-mass tourism protest in the Canary Islands; and how the ruling BJP has had a slick social media operation ahead of the elections there. Photo: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the US Capitol in Washingto...
US calls for calm after strike on Iran
April 19, 2024 21:32 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBFollowing a presumed Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins renewed international calls for de-escalation. Israel has not commented on the attack, which saw projectiles reach deep into Iran. Also on the programme: the US Congress moves closer to approving $60 billion of aid for Ukraine; in India voting begins in the world’s biggest election. (Picture: Antony Blinken at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Capri, Italy, April 19, 2024.Credit: R...
Presumed Israeli attack on Iran
April 19, 2024 14:22 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBUS officials say Israel hit Iran with a missile overnight on Friday, in what appears to be a retaliatory strike after weeks of escalating tensions between the two countries. There are competing claims about the scale of the attack on the Isfahan region and the extent of any damage, with Iranian state media downplaying its significance. It comes after weeks of soaring tensions between the regional rivals, which have already seen an Israeli attack on an Iranian compound in Syria, and Iran laun...
Germany summons Russian ambassador over spy allegations
April 18, 2024 21:09 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBGermany summons Russian ambassador over arrest of two men suspected of spying for Moscow. We’ll ask if Russian espionage activities are spreading across Europe. Also in the programme, Washington reimposes partial sanctions on Venezuela; the animals in David Bowie’s music, but should nature get the royalties? (Photo: Exterior of Russian embassy in Berlin; Credit: Shutterstock)
Gaza ceasefire talks: Could Qatar walk away?
April 18, 2024 15:54 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBQatar is reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, the country's prime minister has said. Qatar has had a key role - along with Egypt and the US - in trying to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the release of Israeli hostages. We also hear testimony from the ground in Gaza from Medical Aid for Palestinians and the experiences of an Israeli woman, Aviva Siegel who was taken hostage in October. Also on the programme: Votes are counted in the Solomon Islands am...
Young men flee conscription in Myanmar
April 17, 2024 21:37 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBAs fighting continues between the Burmese military and rebels in Myanmar, young men are fleeing into Thailand to avoid the draft. We have a special report from the Thai border. And we ask why Myanmar's military government has moved the detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. Also in the programme: the speaker of the US House of Representatives says legislators will hold a long-awaited vote on billions of dollars of aid to Ukraine on Saturday; and Ecuador is suff...
Fifty thousand Russian soldiers confirmed dead in Ukraine
April 17, 2024 15:18 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBThe BBC has discovered that the body count was nearly 25% higher than in the first year of the war. This overall death toll is eight times higher than the only official public acknowledgement of fatality numbers ever given by Moscow in September 2022. Also on the programme: the military regime in Myanmar has moved the jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest; we ask why has Dubai suffered a years worth of rain in just a few hours? And we'll hear from actor Tom H...
How will Israel respond to Iran’s attack?
April 16, 2024 21:08 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBThe Israeli military’s chief of staff said Tehran’s missile and drone attack would not go unanswered. But what could that look like? We speak to the former director of Israel’s spy agency, Mossad. Also on the programme: UK politicians vote to ban anyone born after 2009 from ever being able to buy cigarettes, and as the Indian elections approach, how has life for women changed under Prime Minister Modi’s decade in power? (Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Credit: Ronen Zvulu...
Can the dream of "Digital India" become a reality?
April 16, 2024 14:26 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBPresident Modi has said that India is no longer seen as a nation of "snake charmers and black magic", thanks to the IT skills of its youth. But will this affect the election? Also on the programme: one of Denmark's most historic buildings, the old stock exchange, is engulfed by fire; and is it even possible to select un unbiased jury when the accused is as famous as Donald Trump? (Picture: An election poster of President Narendra Modi of India. Credit: Reuters)
'Worst floods in decades' hit Kazakhstan and Russia
April 10, 2024 21:19 - 47 minutes - 21.6 MBUnseasonably warm temperatures in southern Russia and Kazakhstan have triggered fast-melting snow, causing unprecedented high rivers and flooding close to major cities. We speak to residents in Kazakhstan's badly affected areas. Also in the programme: Arizona Supreme Court reinstates near-total abortion ban from 1864; and we hear about the contentious reform adopted by the EU parliament to adopt stricter migration rules and shared responsibility. (Photo: KAZAKHSTAN EMERGENCIES MINISTRY ...
Protests in Israel as hostage body recovered
April 06, 2024 21:25 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBThe Israeli military has recovered the body of a hostage in Gaza. It accused the Islamic Jihad group of murdering Elad Katzir, who was snatched from a kibbutz in southern Israel during the Hamas attacks in October. His sister blamed the Israeli government for his death, saying it had failed to strike a second ceasefire deal to allow his release. There have also been protests in Israel demanding the release of all the remaining hostages in Gaza. It’s six months since the beginning of the wa...
Israeli army recovers body of hostage from Gaza
April 06, 2024 13:53 - 47 minutes - 21.6 MBThe Israeli army has recovered the body of a hostage held in Gaza, during an overnight operation in Khan Yunis. It accused the Islamic Jihad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as Elad Katzir. Also in the programme: Mexico severs ties with Ecuador after police storm the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice-President Jorge Glas; and we hear an impassioned case against women becoming surrogate mothers from an activist born of surrogacy. (Photo: A man sit...
IDF officers sacked over fatal aid workers attack
April 05, 2024 21:44 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBAid organisations have stressed the need for an independent investigation into the deadly Israeli drone strike on an aid convoy after the IDF published its first account of the event. Also in the programme: The BBC's analysis of Israel's evacuation warnings in Gaza; we remember the Nirvana singer, Kurt Cobain, thirty years after his death; and will a new currency stabilise Zimbabwe's economy? (Photo: Clothes of members of the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) inside their destroyed car in so...
Israel military sacks senior officers after aid workers killed in Gaza
April 05, 2024 15:07 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBThe Israeli military has sacked two senior officers after seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers were killed in a strike in Gaza on Monday. The inquiry into the incident says some workers survived initial air strikes, but were killed when a third car was hit. Also in the programme: The Arsenal footballer who says he's ready to swap fighting for the league title for fighting for his country; and the scientists who say they've discovered a whole new process behind the damage asthma cau...
US support to depend on Israel easing Gaza suffering
April 04, 2024 21:13 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBPresident Biden tells Israel's prime minister that Washington's future policy on the Gaza conflict will depend on Israel taking new and immediate action to protect civilians and aid workers after the killing of humanitarian personnel by an Israeli strike. Also in the programme: In Taiwan, focus turns into rescuing hundreds of people stranded in the mountains after the deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake; and trees lost in tropical forests in Brazil and Colombia fell dramatically last year. (P...
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: 'We must be doing something right'
April 04, 2024 14:11 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBThe Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has marked the alliance's 75th anniversary by saying "we must be doing something right". It has grown from 12 countries at its inception to 32. Its newest members, Sweden and Finland, abandoned their neutrality and joined the alliance as a result of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Addressing a ceremony in Brussels, Mr Stoltenberg said the alliance's success came from the interdependence of its North American and European members. The forme...
World Central Kitchen founder condemns Gaza strike
April 03, 2024 21:22 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBThe World Central Kitchen founder, Jose Andres, says Israeli forces deliberately targeted vehicles carrying people working for his organisation in Monday’s strikes in Gaza. Meanwhile, some world leaders have also condemned the attack that left seven people working for the charity dead. Also in the programme: we hear from the epicentre in Taiwan of a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that has hit the country; and as gang violence persists in Haiti, we speak to a journalist who was kidnapped in the Ca...
Pressure for swift investigation into aid workers’ death
April 03, 2024 14:34 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBIn the wake of foreign aid workers' killed in Gaza, international calls are growing to curb arms sales to Israel and for a swift investigation into the deaths. We hear from a friend of Zomi Frankcom, one of the aid workers who was killed. Also in the programme: Taiwan’s worst earthquake for 25 years; and we hear how NASA is to set up a unified time zone for the moon. (Photo: Bodies of foreign WCR workers killed in an Israeli strike are transported to their families outside Gaza, in Rafah,...
Israel condemned over killing of seven aid workers
April 02, 2024 21:18 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBThere's been widespread international condemnation of the deaths of seven foreign aid workers in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. We hear from a spokesman for the Israeli government and a US congresswoman. Also in the programme: the crisis on South Africa's northern border; and we hear from Turkey's main opposition party. (Photo: A destroyed car of the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) sits along Al Rashid road, between Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 02 April 2024. C...
Gaza aid groups suspend operations after attack
April 02, 2024 14:17 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBSeven aid workers in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli air strike. The US based-charity World Central Kitchen and other aid groups will suspend their operations. Also in the programme: Iran has vowed to avenge the killing of one of the senior commanders of its elite Quds Force in Damascus; and French theatre-goers speak up after an actress is accused of mumbling. (Photo: Seven aid workers killed as missile strike hits World Central Kitchen convoy in Deir al Balah - 02 Apr 2024. MOHAM...
Gaza: Israel pulls out of al-Shifa hospital
April 01, 2024 15:21 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBPalestinian medics say they are recovering dozens of bodies from the remnants of Gaza's biggest hospital, Al Ahifa, after the Israeli army ended two weeks of intense bombardment. The IDF says hundreds of militants were killed and detained. The Gaza health ministry says the hospital is completely out of service. Also in the programme: Why Germany has become more cannabis friendly; actors and best friends, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain on starring in the new film Mothers Instinct; and t...
Opposition ahead in Turkish local elections
March 31, 2024 21:28 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBTurkey's main opposition Republican People's Party is on course to hold key positions in major cities, in municipal elections across the country. With more than half the votes counted, the opposition was on course for its strongest ever showing in local and mayoral contests. We'll bring you the latest from Istanbul. Also in the programme: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he'll do everything in his power to get hostages in Gaza home, as major protests take place in Jerusal...
Turkish vote: President Erdogan tries to regain power in Istanbul
March 31, 2024 13:17 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBMillions of Turks vote in elections to decide who runs their biggest cities - and whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can wrest back control from the opposition. Also in the programme: In Israel, after nearly six months of war in Gaza, is there weariness among Israelis?. The Brazilian farm workers exploited to harvest an everyday ingredient; and the movement in South Korea to get rid of the Tokyo cherry blossom trees because of their imperial connotations. (Photo: Turkish President R...
Putin wins election with 88% of vote as expected
March 17, 2024 22:10 - 47 minutes - 21.9 MBRussian President Vladimir Putin has been handed a landslide victory in an election his opponents condemned as a sham. The last day of voting was marked by silent protests at polling stations. Also on the programme: We speak to the prime minister of the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and Grenadines about the political plan for Haiti; and the Moroccan police seized more than ten tonnes of cannabis resin from a fishing boat in Agadir. (Photo: Journalists stand in front of the screen with p...
Haiti on the brink of disaster, aid agencies warn
March 17, 2024 14:54 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBAid agencies warn that the humanitarian situation in the country is deteriorating amid gang warfare and lawlessness. Police have launched an operation to wrest control of the capital from gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier. Also on the programme: history is made in Wales as Vaughan Gething is set to become the first black national leader in Europe; and part of a historic Egyptian TV and film studio goes up in smoke. (Picture: Police officers take part in an operation on the surroun...
Protesters arrested on final day of Russian vote
March 17, 2024 14:31 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBAround 50 protesters have been arrested in Russian cities on the final day of a vote set to confirm Vladimir Putin in office. Long queues formed outside polling stations, heeding a call to gather in protest. The call came from the wife of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died suddenly last month at a penal colony above the Arctic Circle. We hear from a member of President Putin's United Russia party. Also on the programme: One resident's story of living in Iceland's volcano zone; and h...
Haitian police target top gang leader
March 16, 2024 22:26 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBPolice in Haiti are reported to have launched an operation to arrest the leader of the coalition of gangs which now control most of the capital. Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier is seen as the main instigator of the protests which forced the Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, to resign last week. We hear from a former US diplomat to Haiti. Also in the programme: People in Russia are casting their ballots on the second day of a vote; and Mad Women- a new play about three women artists, living with bipol...
Russian election begins
March 15, 2024 22:16 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBVladimir Putin faces no serious opposition. The election comes just a month after the death of the President's most prominent and vocal critic, Alexei Navalny, in a penal colony in Siberia. We hear from a young voter who plans to spoil her vote in protest. Also on the programme: The judge overseeing an election fraud case against Donald Trump has rejected the former president's attempt to have the chief prosecutor disqualified; and snakes on plate? Why scientists think that pythons could be...
Polls open in Russia’s presidential election
March 15, 2024 15:23 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBPolls open in Russia’s presidential election, but few are in doubt about the eventual result, with Vladimir Putin certain to win another six year term. Any serious challengers to the President, including anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin, have already been disqualified from the ballot. Also on the programme: we investigate what many are calling an epidemic of suicide among young Americans; and UNESCO recognition for Berlin's techno scene -- overdue or the kiss of death for the city's clubs...
Israel says it plans 'humanitarian islands' for Gaza displaced
March 14, 2024 22:22 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBIsrael's military says it plans to move displaced Palestinians in Gaza to what it called "humanitarian islands" in the middle of the strip, ahead of any offensive in Rafah, but critcs say they haven't offered many details on who they will operate. Also in the programme: thousands of Haitians are deported every day from the Dominican Republic despite the chaos in the former French colony; and Elon Musk’s Space X Starship goes "farther than ever". (Photo: Palestinians fleeing north Gaza du...
Russia's Stage-Managed Election
March 14, 2024 15:24 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBWe hear how Ukrainians under Russian occupation are being forced to vote for Vladimir Putin. Also on the programme: a former hostage who was taken by Hamas on October 7th and held captive for fifty four days. And, four months after the general election took place, why has Gert Wilders been unable to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands, despite winning the most votes? (Picture: President Putin of Russia in a crowd of supporters. Credit: Getty)
Russia's stage-managed election
March 14, 2024 15:24 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBWe hear how Ukrainians under Russian occupation are being forced to vote for Vladimir Putin. Also on the programme: a former hostage who was taken by Hamas on 7 October and held captive for 54 days. And, four months after the general election took place, why has Gert Wilders been unable to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands, despite winning the most votes? (Photo: President Putin of Russia in a crowd of supporters. Credit: Getty Images)
US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide
March 13, 2024 22:21 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBThe US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It would give the social media giant's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app will be blocked in the US. Also in the programme: The UN says one of its staff has been killed in southern Gaza in an apparent Israeli airstrike, and the Korean village surrounded by one million landmines. (Photo: TikTok creators gather before a press conference to vo...
WFP delivers aid to northern Gaza
March 13, 2024 15:40 - 50 minutes - 23 MBThe UN says a new land route has been used to deliver food to northern Gaza for the first time in three weeks. The Israeli military said six lorries from the World Food Programme crossed via a gate in the Gaza border fence. Also in the programme: A close ally of Alexei Navalny is violently attacked in Lithuania; we will hear a rare report from inside the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea; and a rare happy ending for doctors treating a form of brain tumour in children. (Photo...
How can Haiti's gangs be controlled?
March 12, 2024 22:21 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBThe US State Department says it expects a transitional council in Haiti to be appointed within the next 48 hours. Once established it will nominate a new prime minister to succeed Ariel Henry who announced his plans to resign on Monday. His departure had been a demand of the gangs which control much of Haiti, but even though he's now going, they're maintaining their blockade of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Much of the city remains closed, and people are running out of essential goods. We hea...
Haiti's PM resigns as law and order collapses
March 12, 2024 15:38 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBThe prime minister of Haiti has quit, calling for a return to stability in the country -- where armed gangs have taken control. A leading aid official tells us time is short to avert a catastrophe. Also, the BBC has seen footage of doctors, nurses, and other staff at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza being mistreated and beaten when Israeli forces overran facility last month. And the global online home rental platform, Airbnb, says it is banning the use of most cameras at its properties to en...
Caribbean leaders hold emergency meeting on Haiti
March 11, 2024 22:33 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBThe US State Department says it's trying to expedite the deployment of a UN- backed multinational police force to Haiti where gang violence is dragging the country into anarchy. A resident of the capital, Port-au-Prince, tells us that he has a bag packed ready to flee, if the gangs show up in his neighbourhood. And we speak to Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations, who is at the Caribbean Community meeting in Jamaica, about what needs to happen to stop the violence. Also in the programm...
Gaza war: Palestinians struggle to celebrate Ramadan
March 11, 2024 15:22 - 50 minutes - 23 MBThere's little for Palestinians to celebrate at the start of Ramadan as fighting continues in Gaza and Israel enforces tight security around al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Also in the programme: The Princess of Wales apologises for digitally manipulating the first official photograph since her recent operation; and the airline passenger who saw others pinned to the ceiling as their plane suddenly plunged. (Photo: Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid sho...
Israel tightens security in Jerusalem
March 10, 2024 22:26 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBAs Palestinians prepare for Ramadan, extra police have been deployed in the Old City of Jerusalem where tens of thousands of worshippers are expected daily at the Al Aqsa mosque. And we hear about the new maritime routes planned to get aid to Gaza. Also on the programme, we speak to a nun who works with impoverished children in Haiti, amid increasing violence in the country, and we get the latest on the abduction of hundreds of school children in Nigeria by gunmen. And Oscars 2024 predict...
Biden criticises Israel over Gaza
March 10, 2024 14:40 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBPresident Biden says Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to the war in Gaza is "hurting Israel more than helping Israel" - we hear from a member of Mr Netanyahu's party. We also get the latest on plans to get aid to Gaza by sea. Also in the programme: Portugal goes to the polls in what could be a significant election; and we hear from the women DJs of Iran's underground rave scene. (IMAGE: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 9,...
Gaza: Hopes for a ceasefire and hostage deal before Ramadan
March 09, 2024 22:18 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBUS President Joe Biden says it was “looking tough” for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza by the start of Ramadan. We speak to an Israeli government spokesman, and hear about the preparations for the first shipment by sea of much needed humanitarian aid into Gaza. Also in the programme: The history and evolution of drones and their use in modern warfare; and the man competing against himself at this year’s Oscars with three nominations in the same category. (Image: Displaced Palestinians looki...
Gaza aid ship prepares to leave Cyprus
March 09, 2024 14:46 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBA ship carrying much- needed humanitarian aid for Gaza is expected to set sail from Cyprus this weekend - we talk to someone on board. And we hear from UNRWA as Sweden follows Canada in resuming funding for the agency. Also in the programme: the governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state says at least 28 of the more than 280 children who were kidnapped from their school have managed to escape; and as violence continues in Haiti, we hear about the infamous gang leader known as Barbecue. (IMAGE: The...
Gaza maritime corridor could begin at weekend, EU says
March 08, 2024 22:25 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBThe European Union, US, Britain and the United Arab Emirates have all signed up to support the formation of a new maritime corridor from Cyprus to get desperately needed aid deliveries into Gaza. The EU Commission President said a pilot operation would start soon. It's part of accelerating efforts to relieve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as Israel continues its offensive. So how does Israel see itself being involved? We ask an advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister. Also in the programme: ...
Hopes for Gaza sea aid corridor
March 08, 2024 15:24 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBThe head of the European Commission has said a new maritime corridor for delivering humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza will begin operating very soon. On a visit to Cyprus, Ursula von der Leyen said she hoped the initiative would start by Sunday. A pilot project will begin today. The project is also being backed by the United States, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom. Also on the programme: We hear from the new US Special Envoy for Sudan; and the death of "Dragon Ball" creator, Akir...