the us military says an army logistics ship carrying equipment to build 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 200 tonnes of food for gaza is ready to set sailfrom cyprus. live from london, i am lucy grey. prince william posts a picture of his wife and their children for mother's day — the first official image of the princess of wales since she underwent abdominal surgery. the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, tells the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg that labour is inheriting the worst economic situation since the second world war. and i have to be honest that we're not going to be able to turn things round straightaway, but we

will get to work on all of that. hollywood's biggest night kicks off later, with all eyes on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins at the oscars. hello, you're live with bbc news. i am anna foster here injerusalem. a us military ship has set off for gaza, carrying equipment to build a temporary pierfor aid deliveries. the us army says the ship set sail from a military base in virginia on saturday. and the need for that extra aid is great. the un has said around a quarter of gaza's population, that is more than half a million people, are at imminent risk of starvation and facing famine. meanwhile, a separate aid ship with around 200 tonnes of food on board is ready

to depart from cyprus. this is part of a new maritime aid corridor that the eu announced just in the last couple of days. they said it would be a new and useful way to make sure additional aid is brought into gaza by sea and they said it would start this weekend. all this comes as us president biden has criticised benjamin netanyahu's conduct of the war in gaza. he has said in his words that the military action is doing israel more harm than good. but he also stressed when he was asked if there were any red lines by which israel would lose the us�*s support, he said israel would never let beale —— would never be left on its own, particularly when it came to things like the iron dome missile system used to protect from rockets sent from gaza towards israel. so those comments of course from joe biden will be being looked at around the world. he also said

the possibility of a ceasefire before ramadan begins was looking tough. let's start with this report. zoe conway reports. loaded up with the equipment needed to build a temporary dock in gaza, a us army logistics ship. it's already on its way. the united states hopes to get a lot more aid in by sea, but it could take several weeks. in the meantime, in cyprus, efforts are under way by a charity to move supplies across the mediterranean. it may not look like much, but on this barge sits 200 tonnes of food. it'll be towed by a spanish charity ship the more than 200 miles to gaza. this sea route has not been tried before. thejourney could be precarious. translation: we will tow this platform to gaza, - where the last mile will be the most complicated operation. the disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen.

gaza has no functioning port. american charity world central kitchen says it will be able to unload the supplies, but it's not clear how. clamour nor is it clear how it will avoid scenes like this — the desperate scramble for aid. alni was lucky — he got a sack of flour. diab was left scooping it out of the dirt. children are dying from malnutrition, says gaza's hamas—run health ministry. the united nations is warning of widespread famine. getting food in by road is the best way to meet that hunger, the aid agencies say. but not enough trucks can get through because hamas and israel can't agree on a ceasefire. a search for survivors at a refugee camp in central gaza hit by an air strike on saturday.

in an interview with msnbc, president biden has said israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu must pay more attention to the lives being lost, and said his approach to war was hurting more than helping israel. zoe conway, bbc news. is that us military ship moves to gaza, it will take some two months potentially before the pier it builds is operational in gaza. but the people behind the aid boat in cyprus say they are already working on a small temporary pier to receive the aid from that ship when it sets off. it is currently in larnaca and is being loaded. earlier, i spoke to nathan morley, a freelance journalist in larnaca. i asked when it might get the green light to set sail. according to the president,

who spoke last night, it might move today or tomorrow. they'vve said there are last—minute boxes to tick. i am not sure what they are, i'm assuming logistical problems, but the word from nicosia is it will be tonight or tomorrow. and you have been watching it being loaded as well. what is going to be on board? well, it's mainly humanitarian supplies — food, baby care items, sleeping bags, 200 tonnes. so it's not a huge amount of aid. the problem is, as you mentioned earlier, how they will get it from the ship to shore. we understand there is a temporary harbour or platform which being harbour or platform which is being constructed there, but it's the larger amounts of air that

will require a bigger landing platform. and we understand the us besson, which has left the united states or is passing out later in the week, will build a more permanent structure and i expect there will be more aid on the way, so this really is a kind of starting of something the eu hopes will expand in the coming weeks. in terms of what you're seeing in cyprus, nathan, it's been described as a corridor, but is there any sense yet of how many ships they expect to be able cyprus per day, per week, for example? actually, there isn't, but what i hear is there is a lot of interest now in this scheme. it had been kind of kicked into the long grass because the president did tout this some time ago and then it kind

of went off the boil, and then as the situation in gaza became more critical, it suddenly came to the fore again last week. and when ursula von der leyen was here some days ago, she said this is the high—priority project. there are lots of countries on board and lots of countries expressing interest in being part of the scheme, so i understand once we see it getting moving, it will become quite a flawed channel of communication and aid between cyprus and gaza. but as to the numbers, i don't know what they would be. that is nathan morley, a freelance journalist in larnaca in cyprus. we have seen aid come again by road, but the amount of trucks coming in off are reduced from what was happening before the war began. also a limited number of age drops by the jordanian air force, the us military havejoined them as jordanian air force, the us military have joined them as well. but the

scale is not what is required. and people are wondering of course why new routes like the sea route are being opened up when the land routes are still available. it is mired in the politics around this conflict. i spoke to jane kinninmont — who is the policy and impact director at european leadership network. this is new territory really for the us to be embarking on this floating port idea and the airdrops it's carrying out when it is trying to access territory when access is controlled by its allies, it is a very strange thing. but to look at the bigger picture, one of the core issues for gaza and the palestinian territories is that the palestinians are unable to control their own borders. they are also unable to have an army

because they do not have a state. so this issue of access into gaza has been festering for a very long time. it has been brought into sharp relief now by the looming famine and the extremity of the needs in gaza, but illustrates what has been one of the sort of fundamental bones of contention. israel pulled its soldiers and settlements out of gaza nearly 20 years ago, and the israeli government say that ended the occupation of gaza and that they do not therefore have a responsibility really for the ability of people in gaza to access essentials. most of the rest of the world believes that israel is still legally occupying gaza and that it has a legal occupation to provide the vital things like food, fuel and electricity or to ensure, at least, that the population there is able to get those things. so there is a big underlying legal and political dispute here, which has been going on for many years.

and it is not being solved quickly. this comes against the backdrop of trying to achieve some kind of humanitarian ceasefire. when you hear that described by world leaders sometimes as a temporary ceasefire, or they have ambitions for a permanent ceasefire, israel is of course working towards that because they want their hostages that still remain in gaza to be released. and hamas have made demands about gaza's civilian population being able to return to their homes in the north. they want a cessation of fighting altogether. but while those talks have been continuing, broken as usual by qatar and egypt, even though there was a grand ambition that they might reach some kind of deal by ramadan which is imminent now —— brokered as usual. the us presidentjoe biden said two weeks ago that he was optimistic that might happen, but at this stage, it appears not. the channels of

communication are still open. there is a slim possibility it could happen. but the way things look at the moment is while discussions continue, that ceasefire deal and humanitarian ceasefire is not on the cards just now. studio: thanks very cardsjust now. studio: thanks very much, anna foster, injerusalem. kensington palace has released a new photograph of the princess of wales on its official website. kate's public engagements were recently suspended after she underwent abdominal surgery for an unspecified condition in january. this photograph is the first official release since her surgery. the palace has previously said the princess is doing well, but is not due to return to public duties before easter, wishing everyone a happy mother's day. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, has more. the image is accompanied by a personal message from the princess of wales, in which she thanked people for the kind messages of support and she wished mothers everywhere a happy mother's day.

so the first time we have had any message from the princess of wales said she had that abdominal surgery back injanuary. the circle around her as she recovers in windsor is pretty limited, just close friends and family, so no official photographer was brought in. this was a photo taken by her husband, the prince of wales, earlier this week. it's an informal picture, she appears to look well, with her children laughing around her. she often issues a picture on mother's day, so this was obviously seen to be the right moment once again to bring her back into the public eye. and we have some more royal news — a car collided with the gates of buckingham palace in the early hours of saturday morning. met police say armed officers arrested a man at the scene, on suspicion of criminal damage. he was taken to hospital. buckingham palace said no member of the royal family was in residence at the time

of the incident and repairs to the gates were already under way. in portugal, voting is under way to elect a new parliament. sunday's snap election was called after the socialist prime minister, antonio costa, resigned over a corruption investigation involving some of his staff. the opposition centre—right democratic alliance and governing socialists are both looking to claim a majority. a close result could give the far—right chega party powerful sway — though the democratic alliance leader has ruled out forming a coalition with it. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin ramjaun. yes, thanks very much indeed. it's one of the most eagerly awaited games of the season. second placed—liverpool take on reigning champions manchester city, who are third. a win for either will send them top. city are aiming for a fourth consecutive title. jurgen klopp knows the home atmosphere at anfield could be the difference. am i allowed to say that second to none, is anybody offended by that? it's really good, huh? and energising. massive.

these are the games you want to play, these are the games you want to get to take in the stadium. these are the games, you want to watch. this is a very special game. and, yes, anfield is, for us, a massive, massive factor. it would be a bit embarrassing if i would say today, please help us. people will. .. the shape they attack is easily a bit different than the previous seasons. the quality of new players make the game really different. the main patterns are the same, so we know it quite well. like i think they know us. but the reality is you have to adjust — but the reality is you have to adjust the forms, the quality of individual— adjust the forms, the quality of individual players that they have. but at the same time,

knowing that you have a take a look at the games we played recently, the players they played recently. and so you have to adjust something, you know, to be more comfortable with the players that we have. that match being the highlight of a busy day in england. aston villa host tottenham in the early game — both sides with eyes on a top—four spot, come the end of the season. later, nottingham forest could do with a win at brighton — they're struggling towards the bottom. and burnley could move off the foot of the table, if they can get a result at west ham. harry kane scored a hat trick and set up two goals, as bayern munich reduced bayer leverkusen�*s bundesliga lead to seven points, with an 8—1 thrashing of mainz on saturday. but leverkusen can continue their charge towards a maiden bundesliga title when they welcome wolfsburg to the bayarena later on sunday. xabi alonso's men can restore their ten—point lead with a win, but kane is hoping they slip up. realistically, of course they are favourites to win the league. i think everyone knows that. but all we can do is do what we have done today, just win our games. there may be around ten games left, we have to try and win all of them and see what they do. they've had a fantastic

season, credit to them for that, but this is always the business end, this is always the business end, this is always the business end, this is always the hardest part. so we can do is try and win their games and hopefully drop points. after three matches in this year's six nations, wales are yet to win, and welcome france to cardiff this afternoon live on bbc one. warren gatland's side have also lost their last five home matches in the competition, and are hoping to turn their fortunes around against a misfiring france. we desperately want to win and we feel we'll be ok. we want to try and put a complete performance together. there have been parts of our game that we've been really happy with and a number of things that we need to to fix up as well. so we know we're on a journey, but we're trying to fast—track things as quickly as we possibly can. and a win on sunday will be a good stepping stone for that. australian open champion aryna sabalenka saved four match points and needed four of her own to earn a 6—7, 6—2, 7—6 victory over payton stearns at the indian wells masters.

the world number two was pushed to the limit in her opening match by the american outsider, who's ranked 6ath. the match became a struggle from the start for sabalenka, who was coming off an opening—match loss in dubai in february. she books a third—round meeting with 2021 us open champion emma raducanu. norwegian casper ruud beat slovak qualifier lukas klein 6—4, 7—6 to advance to the third round of the indian wells masters. ruud will play frenchman arthur fils next. and that's all the sport for now. more on the bbc sport website. i was hoping to revel in england's performance yesterday on the rugby. i know it is yesterday's news, but i was hoping it might get a little mention. {iii was hoping it might get a little mention. .., , was hoping it might get a little mention. , . , ,, mention. of course, marcus smith with a last-minute _ mention. of course, marcus smith with a last-minute drop _ mention. of course, marcus smith with a last-minute drop goal. - mention. of course, marcus smith with a last-minute drop goal. howj with a last—minute drop goal. how about that? it was a real day saver at twickenham, england upsetting the odds against ireland. and italy beating scotland. 50 odds against ireland. and italy beating scotland.—

odds against ireland. and italy beating scotland. so it has kicked this tournament _ beating scotland. so it has kicked this tournament into _ beating scotland. so it has kicked this tournament into life. - beating scotland. so it has kicked this tournament into life. it - beating scotland. so it has kicked this tournament into life. it is - this tournament into life. it is crazy and it means next weekend will be really exciting. pivotal, i look forward to it. thank you so much, i got it in! great stuff! thank you. the biggest night in the entertainment calendar is here — the oscars. final preparations are taking place ahead of the stars hitting the red carpet 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. our correspondent emma vardy has the latest from hollywood. another year at the oscars! the biggest night in hollywood is back and the competition is as tough as ever. we're in a race against the nazis. if you thought a dense three—hour biographical might struggle with audiences, you'd have been wrong. oppenheimer, about the creator of the atomic bomb, was a huge box office hit. now cillian murphy is up for best actor...

we'll remember this day! ..christopher nolan for best director, and it's the favourite to win the oscar for best picture. but in the battle of the big—name directors, it'll be competing against killers of the flower moon, by martin scorsese, who's now the most nominated movie director alive. flows freely here now. the oscars is the most extravagant night of awards season, so there's lots of preparation work going on here right now to make sure everything is perfect for the night. as for this famous red carpet, well, most of it, it's all covered in plastic right now to make sure not too many people get their grubby feet on it before the celebs arrive. hey, barbie. but unlike in barbie world, 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 was passed over for best director, but earned one for the screenplay. hi, barbie! instead, it's barbie's ken who's up for best supporting actor at this prestigious night.

screams i'm told its easier to get into the white house than it is to get accredited for this. so, they haven't kicked me out yet. i'm doing all right. the frankenstein—esque movie poor things is expected to do well, with eight nominations for this quirky tale, including one for the team behind the film's production and costume design. ooh! people all across the board, sort of family and people who aren't creative love it, people going back, seeing it twice. the feedback has been really exciting out of the industry. i need you to be precise. anatomy of a fall has sandra huller up for best actress. it's a murder—mystery that leaves you guessing, and even she isn't giving anything away. we alljust wish the audience to discuss the matter, like, for days and weeks and months. we don't want to have a certain feeling in them. there's always talk about records to be broken and, this year, with oppenheimer�*s 13 nominations, if it wins 12 of them, it would break the record for the most oscar wins by a single picture.

but that's quite a big ask. as the best of film—making is celebrated, the one thing you can predict is, there'll be a few surprises! emma vardy, bbc news, hollywood. the shadow chancellor rachel reeves has downplayed hopes for a rapid improvement in public services if labour wins the next general election. asked by laura kuenssberg if there would be real—terms cuts to spending by some departments, she said that there would be an "initial injection of cash", but warned about the fiscal situation a labour government would inherit. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, peter saull. i think the budget on wednesday from the chancellorjeremy hunt presented a few challenges to the labour party. of course, the big headline

was the cap to national insurance by two percentage points, and that's quite an expensive policy, so he came up with various other things to raise the money forthat, including what was previously a labour idea to reform non—dom tax status. labour said they were then going to raise the many through that to spend on other things. the obvious question to rachel reeves and laura put it to her repeatedly today was, how are you going to raise the money that you are going to potentially then use to spend on other things? she wasn't able to give a definitive answer, rather than saying they would close what she calls "a loophole" in the windfall tax for gas and oil giants. i suppose it's understandable, but she wouldn't want to give too much away. we don't quite know when the general election is going to be. it could be as soon as may, most people i speak to in westminster, though, think it will be in october or november. the dangerfor labour, again, if they say they are going to do something, conservatives might steal their ideas like they did in the budget on wednesday. you played that clip there of her talking about workers' rights, this is something labour are very much committed to. they say it will improve

people's abilities to... their happiness in the workplace, fundamentally, and the conservatives will probably use it as a stick to beat the labour party with, saying this is something the business community doesn't like, but labour believes this is an issue and a set of policies that will go down very well with the electorate. president biden and donald trump have hit the campaign trail in georgia — a crucial state in november's presidential election. mr biden accused his republican rival 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. security services in northwest nigeria are searching for hundreds of school children abducted in a series of mass kidnappings. the latest, on saturday morning, saw armed men storm a school in sokoto state, taking fifteen students and four women. two days earlier, more than 280 students were taken from their school

in kaduna state. at least 28t pupils have managed to escape since their capture on thursday. earlier in the week, some 200 people — most of them women and children — were abducted in the northeast after leaving their displacement camps to search for firewood. a new museum commemorating the holocaust is being opened in amsterdam this morning. it will be the first in the netherlands to tell the full story of the persecution ofjewish people during the second world war. israel's president is due to attend the ceremony — where there's also expected to be a demonstration against his government's actions in gaza. lufthansa's cabin crew union has called a two—day strike at two of germany's busiest airports — frankfurt and munich. the action will take place on tuesday and wednesday and is the latest in a series of walkouts to affect the german airline. lufthansa says it has offered to increase pay by at least 10 percent — but the offer was rejected by the union. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. we'd love to bring you some spring sunshine on this mother's day, but alas, it's pretty cloudy out there. and we've got some pretty heavy rain across the united kingdom at the moment as well. the skies are looking rather gray. moisture—laden. daffodils have got some water drops on them as well. and here's the scene for the rest of this afternoon. the rain continuing, especially across parts of northern england, north wales, into the midlands and the southeast of england. tto the southwest of england, southwest wales, here, some brighter sunny spells developing. this is at 4:00 this afternoon, but still the threat of one or two showers around. that cloud you can see there continuing this afternoon, some heavier rain at times, north—west england, the pennines. to the north—east of england, looking perhaps just a little bit drier. some drier weather, too, for northern—western areas of scotland here.

some sunny spells in the northern and western isles. temperatures generally getting to about 7 to 11 degrees celsius, it will be quite chilly in the north and the east of scotland. here, five or six degrees. through tonight, we'll see that rain just petering out a little bit across central areas of england. more rain spreading into western scotland. otherwise, though, quite a lot of cloud tonight, and with that cloud, staying frost—free. temperatures no lower than about 4 to 7 degrees celsius. so then we start off on monday morning with, again, a lot of cloud around, that easterly wind feeding in the cloud. some breaks perhaps in the cloud developing towards western areas of the uk. just need to keep a close eye on this area of rain to the south—east of england that could clip the south—east coastline. some rain coming in to western scotland. maximum temperatures on monday afternoon, about 7 to 11 degrees. pretty typical really for the time of year. but as we go through the rest of the week, we lose the easterly wind and we pick up these weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. so further rain spreading into scotland, northern ireland, the wind coming in

from the south—west. and of course, that is a milder direction. so you can see the yellows and oranges here across the uk. temperatures will be rising throughout the week to above average. so, 15 to 16 celsius in some southern and eastern areas. that will feel quite pleasant where there will be a bit of sunshine at times further north and west. it remains quite cloudy, rain at times, quite breezy. but even here, maximum temperatures about 11 to 15 degrees.

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 vessel carrying two hundred tonnes of food for gaza is ready to set sail from cyprus. kensington palace posts a picture of the princess of wales and her children for mother's day. it's the first offical image of kate since she stepped away from royal duties after abdominal surgery. shadow chancellor rachel reeves tells the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg that labour is inheriting the worst economic situation since the second world war. hollywood's biggest night kicks off later with all eyes on oppenheimer, to see if it can break the record for the most wins at the oscars.