live from london, this is bbc news. the us military says an army logistics ship carrying parts for a temporary floating pier is heading to gaza as part of plan to deliver humanitarian aid by sea. separately, a spanish charity says a ship carrying 200 tonnes of food for gaza is set to depart from cyprus. president biden and his republican rival donald trump have been on the campaign trail in georgia, a crucial battleground state in november's presidential election. hollywood's biggest night kicks off later, with the oscars and all eyes will be on oppenheimer to see if it collects the most gongs.

hello. welcome. i'm 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 to gaza where - translation: we will tow the platform to gaza where the - translation: we will tow the | platform to gaza where the last mile will be the most complicated operation and this is the embarkation will be done on a pier that is being built now by the world central kitchen. now by the world central kitchen-— kitchen. gaza has no functioning - kitchen. gaza has no functioning port. - kitchen. gaza has no i functioning port. while kitchen. gaza has no - functioning port. while central kitchen says it will be a board to unload the supplies but it is not clear how. —— world central kitchen. nor it is clear how it will avoid things like this, the desperate scramble for aid. this person was lucky. we got a sack of flour. the other man was left skipping it out of the dirt. 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 israel's 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, i'm 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, presidentjoe 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 november's presidential 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 o'donoghue 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 wasn't 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 don't forget donald trump is claiming that in the past, black voters will support him because they understand what it's 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. it's 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. it's 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. sunday's 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 diana's 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. it's emerged that the former prime minister boris 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. venezuela's government faces strong 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. scotland's first minister says his country has been badly let down by the uk government's 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. he'll argue extra support is desperately needed for struggling families, saying jeremy hunt's 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 nolan's oppenheimer, which has 13 nominations, is expected to pick up many of the top awards. and there's also barbie, last year's 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. another year at the j oscars. the biggest nine and in hollywood _ oscars. the biggest nine and in hollywood is — oscars. the biggest nine and in hollywood is back _ oscars. the biggest nine and in hollywood is back in _ oscars. the biggest nine and in hollywood is back in the - hollywood is back in the conversation is as tough as ever. if you thought a dense three—hour biographical would struggle with audiences you would be wrong. oppenheimer, about the creator of the atomic bomb, with a huge box office yet i now cillian murphy is up

for best actor, christopher nolan for best director and the favourite to win the oscar for best picture. but in the battle of the big—name directors, it will competing against killers 0f will competing against killers of the flower moon, by martin scorsese, now the most nominated movie director alive. the oscars is the most extravagant night of award season so lots of preparation work going on right now to make sure everything is perfect. 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 don't 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. i'm told its easier to get into the it's 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 fall has sandra _ the industry. anatomy of a fall has sandra huller_ the industry. anatomy of a fall has sandra huller up _ the industry. anatomy of a fall has sandra huller up for- the industry. anatomy of a fall has sandra huller up for best i has sandra huller up for best actress, a murder mystery leaving you up to guessing and she will not give anything away. she will not give anything awa . ~ , ., . ., away. we wish the audience to discuss the _ away. we wish the audience to discuss the matter, _ away. we wish the audience to discuss the matter, for - away. we wish the audience to discuss the matter, for days i discuss the matter, for days and — discuss the matter, for days and weeks and months. we don't want _ and weeks and months. we don't want to— and weeks and months. we don't want to have a certain feeling. theres— want to have a certain feeling. there's always talk about records to be broken and this year with the 13 nominations for oppenheimer, if it wins 12, it would break the record for the most oscar wins for a

single picture, but that is quite a big ask! as a best of filmmaking are celebrated, the one thing you can predict is there will be a few surprises! emma vardy, bbc news, hollywood. let's speak to sandro monetti, editor in chief of hollywood international filmmaker magazine. ican i can see you are very excited. you have a glitteryjacket on! a question about oppenheimer. it is winning awards after awards in the run—up to the oscars, is there the proper possibility of disappointment? a dangerous position to be the favourite, you only need to look at recent oscar history and who can forget �*la la land' missing out to moonlight and the power of the dog losing out to koh tao? i don't think we will have a surprise this year. i don't think is whether it will win, it will be how many oscars will it win? you mentioned there, the all—time

record is 11, shared by ben hur, titanic and the rings, return of the king, but this could be a history making night, it has a scale, scope and significance, the epic that hollywood love. is and significance, the epic that hollywood love.— hollywood love. is found excited and _ hollywood love. is found excited and i _ hollywood love. is found excited and i want - hollywood love. is found excited and i want to - hollywood love. is found excited and i want to let | excited and i want to let viewers know that you wrote an article about why the oscars were a sinking ship. why did you think that then and you think they have turned things around? i think they have turned things around? ., . . around? i do, and i give them a lot of credit _ around? i do, and i give them a lot of credit for _ around? i do, and i give them a lot of credit for doing _ around? i do, and i give them a lot of credit for doing so. - lot of credit for doing so. because i didn't think the oscars would get to 100 years, but they have started finally to connect with films the public actually like. oppenheimer, yes, a critical favourite but it did $900 million at the box office! these are just not art films beloved by critics. and the cultural elite. even the inclusion of barbie is great, a step in the right direction and

we will see. plus, i do love the ability to surprise and i do love the fun elements. i'm so pleased that ryan gosling will be singing i'm just can at the oscars, that will be the viral moment unless out anything unexpected happens! barbie, you welcome the fact it is being acknowledged at the oscars but some will talk about some of the snubs for best actress and best director. pointing to the fact even that was the biggest grossing film, it has not really garnered enough recognition at the oscars. ~ . , ., ., oscars. which is what the movie is about, ironically! _ oscars. which is what the movie is about, ironically! the - is about, ironically! the talking about the triumph of the patriarchy and speaking to margot robbie during the awards season and she tells a great story about how when she pitched the movie to executives at warner brothers and she

walked into this room and she said the movie would make $1 billion and they got their attention but that she was wrong, it made $1.1; billion. i only think it will win two oscars at the most but regardless of what happens, it will be a game—changer and the movie of the year. will be a game-changer and the movie of the year.— movie of the year. dimension that point- — movie of the year. dimension that point. after _ movie of the year. dimension that point. after the - that point. after the nominations were announced, there was much publicity about whether some of the people setting up nominations got things wrong. do you think the oscars has overcome that bad press around barbie and the nominations?— press around barbie and the nominations? ~ , ., . ., nominations? when you change the numbers. — nominations? when you change the numbers, you _ nominations? when you change the numbers, you change - nominations? when you change the numbers, you change the l the numbers, you change the game. you mentioned that i was down on the oscars before. they expanded the membership by thousands. they made it much more international. the oscars always used to play hometown favourites and a look at the european movies like anatomy of a fall ad the zone of interest

nec that bring 1a. i think the academy has made it more international. they are still very much a punching bag and a lot to criticise but what i'm liking is steps in the right direction.— liking is steps in the right direction. �* , ., direction. beyond barbie and oppenheimer. _ direction. beyond barbie and oppenheimer, a _ direction. beyond barbie and oppenheimer, a question . direction. beyond barbie and i oppenheimer, a question about other awards that viewers should be looking out for. what do you think some of the significant wins will be? it will be interesting to see who wins best original song because is going to be i'm just ken or is going to be i'm just ken or is it going to be what was i made for? also from barbie as well. that would be a great one. and i would say best actor race, i know that cillian murphy extra harbour in the bag but there is so much love for paul giamatti from the

holdovers on the question is willie take it. even though the question is not so much the suspense, i think we will have an emotional night install. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. please go to the bbc website for more stories on the war in gaza. we will have the latest developments as the aid efforts continue. you can follow the buildup to the oscars as well as the results from the awards ceremony later on sunday. and before we go,

an incredible achievement by one woman in the us. cole brauer has become the first american woman to sail around the world solo. she completed the voyage on thursday after 130 days and 30,000 miles. starting and finished in a coruna, spain. she took second place in the global solo challenge race, despite suffering a rib injury midway through. at 29 years old, brauer was the youngest, and only woman piloting one of 16 boats competing. we will have more on that story and achievement here on bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello, the weekend so far has brought a lot of cloud, it's brought some outbreaks of rain. and i suspect if you've been exposed to the easterly breeze, it has felt quite chilly, but it hasn't been all doom and gloom. saturday did bring some sunshine in the far north of the uk in shetland and also a little bit of sunshine towards the south east corner. however, it is low pressure that is dominating the scene right now, this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture, because this low is sitting to the south of us and we are on the northern flank of it. well, we've had this easterly wind, quite a brisk easterly winds. that wind continues to be quite brisk in the north of the uk on sunday. the wind easing a little bit further south, but we are going to see a bit more in the way of wet weather. so clouds and outbreaks of rain drifting across many parts of england, wales, northern ireland and scotland. but there will be some spells of sunshine again in the far north.

we could see some bright or sunny spells. i think south wales, south—west england and the channel islands will see some sunshine, albeit with a scattering of showers. the windiest weather will be in central and northern parts and again, where you're exposed to that breeze, aberdeen, for example, only getting to five or six degrees further south with some sunshine at 11, 12 or 13. now, this area of low pressure still pretty close by as we head into monday, but it loosens its grip. that means the wind will ease. so not as windy on monday, but still with a lot of cloud. there'll be some bits and pieces of rain, perhaps most especially across northern ireland and also towards east anglia and the south east of england. we will see a few bright or sunny spells developing those temperatures again in a range between six and 11 degrees. but as we move deeper into the week, things start to change a little bit because that area of low pressure that has been to the south of us, well, that drifts out into the near continent. and instead we see low pressure areas starting to move in from the west that will eventually shift the wind direction. so actually very light winds

for most of us on tuesday. some areas of cloud, maybe some mist and fog to start the day. a little bit of patchy rain here and there. but i think for the most part, it will be drier temperatures north to south, 6 to 12 degrees. but as we move through tuesday night and into wednesday, we see various frontal systems continuing to push in from the west and notice the isobars here that shows where the wind will be coming from. the wind starting to come up from the south or the south west, and that will bring a somewhat milder feel. still some areas of cloud, maybe some mist and fog on wednesday morning, a lot of dry weather, perhaps a bit more in the way of sunshine developing. and those temperatures will respond 11 to 13 or 1a degrees. so starting to feeljust a little bit different now. by thursday, i think we could still see frontal systems across some western, north, western parts of the uk. a bit of rain here from time to time, further south and east, largely dry with some spells of sunshine and with those southerly winds, temperatures between ten and 15 degrees. so in any sunshine, i think it will feel fairly spring like, but it's not going to be sunshine all the way as we head through the end of the week

and into the weekend. low pressure will still be close by. i think it will often be quite cloudy and there will be some outbreaks of rain, but the winds generally speaking will be coming from the south or south—west. so that will have an effect on the temperatures. those temperatures well up into double digits, perhaps into the middle teens, celsius around 15, maybe 16 degrees. so feeling mild despite the fact there'll be quite a lot of cloud and some rain at times before for now.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the us military says an army logistics ship carrying parts for a temporary floating pier is heading to gaza, as part of plans to deliver humanitarian aid by sea. separately, a spanish charity says a ship carrying two hundred tonnes of food for gaza is set to depart from cyprus. president biden and his republican rival donald trump have been on the campaign trail in georgia — a crucial battleground state in november's presidential election. portugal heads to the polls in a snap election. neither the opposition centre—right democratic alliance nor the governing socialists are expected to win a decisive majority. hollywood's biggest night kicks off later

with the oscars and all eyes will be on oppenheimer to see