life injerusalem, life in jerusalem, this life injerusalem, this is bbc news. —— live from jerusalem. a us army logistics ship carrying equipment to build a temporary floating port 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'm lucy grey. the princess of wales thanks the public for their support as kensington palace posts the first official image of her 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 around straightaway, but we will get to work on all of that. and the battle of the blockbusters will be decided later, at the biggest night in the entertainment calendar. will barbie or oppenheimer win big at the oscars?

hello, you will live with bbc news. i am anna foster injerusalem. a us military ship has set off for gaza, carrying equipment to build a temporary floating port for desperately—needed aid deliveries. the us military confirmed that that ship left late on saturday from a military base in virginia on its way to the middle east. the un has warned that around a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a million people, are currently facing famine, which is why this new way of potentially getting aid in is so important. and in the meantime, there is a separate aid ship with around 200 tonnes of food on board which is still waiting to set sail from cyprus, waiting to be given the

green light to head towards gaza. that is part of a new maritime aid corridor that the eu announced just in the last few days and said that they were optimistic that it would become operational for the first time this weekend. and of course, all of this comes as the us presidentjoe biden gave a new interview in the us yesterday. among other things, criticising the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's handling of things. he said that israel is doing itself more harm than good with the way that the military operations were being conducted, but he did say the us remained behind israel. and when asked about red lines that might potentially see us support for the israeli military operation waning, he said that the us would always be with israel and would never leave. let's look at the attempts first to try and get more aid into that civilian population in gaza, who so desperately need it. 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 that 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. we have seen that aid ship in cyprus loaded with essential supplies in the last few days and we have been told it is imminently ready to leave told it is imminently ready to leave to make its way to gaza. earlier, i spoke to nathan morley, a freelance journalist in larnaca. and i asked him if there was any indication when it would set sail. according to the president, who spoke last night, it is expected to leae soon, either today or tomorrow. they've said there are last—minute boxes to tick. i'm not sure what they are. i'm assuming logistical problems. but the word from nicosia is it

will be tonight or tomorrow. and you've 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 the shore. we understand there is a temporary little harbour or platform which is being constructed there. but it's the larger amounts of aid that will require a bigger landing platform. and we understand the uss besson — which has just left the united states — will pass here later in the week

and they 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 that 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, not a single mission. is there any sense yet of how many ships they expect to be able to send to 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, nikos christodoulides, did actually 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 a few days ago, she said that 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 fluid channel of communication and aid between cyprus and gaza. but as to the numbers, anna, i don't know what they'd be. that sea route is one of the new options being looked at to get aid into gaza and we have seen military airdrops as the us have joined the jordanian air force and doing that. but i think all parties agree, and the international community has been very clear that in the absence of an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the best way to get in aid it scale is to do it the way it was done before the war started, by road. but one of the issues is the continuing fallout from what has been a long and protracted conflict here in the middle east. 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 both on this floating port idea and the airdrops being carried 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're also unable to have an army because they don't have a state. so this issue of access into gaza has been festering for a very long time. it's brought into sharp relief now by the looming famine and the extremity of the needs in gaza, but it illustrates what has been one of the 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 don't 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 obligation 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, many years, and isn't being solved quickly. two real things going on at the moment and we continue to watch the aid ship in port in larnaca in cyprus at the moment which we're told is loaded and ready to set sail told is loaded and ready to set sail to gaza as soon as it gets the go—ahead, and the talks towards an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. channels of communication are still open, the parties are not round the table at the moment, the talks in

cairo are not happening just now. but us presidentjoe biden said that while things are looking top, there was a slim possibility a ceasefire deal may be agreed before ramadan, even though that is only hours away. so we continue to watch both strands and lucy will keep you up—to—date from here. studio: thank you, anna foster live injerusalem. kensington palace has released a new photograph of the princess of wales on its official website. kate's public engagements were suspended when 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 thanks people for their kind messages of support,

and she also wishs 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 felt to be the right moment once again to bring her back into the public eye a little bit. that's not the only royal news. a car collided with the gates of buckingham palace in the early hours of saturday morning. armed officers arrested a man at the scene, on suspicion of criminal damage. he was taken to hospital. buckingham palace said that no member of the royal family was in residence at the time. people in portugal are voting for 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. the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, says she is "methodically going through" government documents to ensure she can honour labour's financial commitments. on wednesday, the government set out its budget, which included a cut to national insurance and an expansion of child benefits. it also included two of labour's fundraising policies, leaving the party £2 billion short for its plans for breakfast clubs in schools and extra nhs appointments, if it wins the next election. speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuennsberg this morning, she talked about whether extending workers�* rights will still be in labour's manifesto. yes, we have committed to an extension of workers�* rights, including banning zero—hours contracts, getting rid

of fire—and—rehire, and having a real minimum wage. obviously, the low pay commission will set that. but this is a big extension of the rights of working people because if an economy is not working for working people, it's not working at all. and at the moment, too many people are stuck in insecure, precarious work. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, peter saull, about what the shadow chancellor said. i think the budget on wednesday from the chancellor, jeremy hunt, presented a few challenges to the labour party. of course, the big headline was the cut 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 for that, including what was previously a labour idea to reform non—dom tax status. and labour said that they were then going to raise the many through that to spend on other things. so the obvious question to rachel reeves — and laura kuenssberg 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? and she wasn't able to give a definitive answer, other than saying they would close what she calls "a loophole" in the windfall tax for gas and oil giants. i suppose it's understandable that 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. but 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... well, their happiness in the workplace, fundamentally, and the conservatives will probably use it as a stick to beat the labour party with, arguing that 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 north—west 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 15 students and four women. two days earlier, 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. earlier in the week, some 200 people — most of them, women and children — were abducted in the north—east, after leaving their displacement camps to search for firewood. princess diana�*s brother earl

spencer said he was sexually abused as a child, he said he was targeted by a femur member of staff at his school in northamptonshire. charlotte gallagher reports. in an extract from his memoir published in the mail on sunday, earl spencer says a female staff member who he describes as a voracious paedophile groomed him and other young boys. he says he was targeted in the dormitory room at night when he was in bed. he also alleges that the school�*s headmaster inflicted brutal beatings. he says he believes he gained sexual pleasure from them. he says that reliving those experiences has been absolutely hellish. in a statement to the mail, bakewell hall said it was sobering to learn of earl spencer�*s experiences. it added the allegations of sexual abuse had been referred to the local authority designated officer. the school said

almost every facet of school life had changed significantly since the 19705. the heart of those changes, the school said, was the safeguarding of children and promotion of their welfare. a new museum commemorating the holocaust has been inaugurated in amsterdam. several hundred people turned out to protest against israel�*s actions in gaza, as israel�*s president attended the ceremony. the museum will be the first in the netherlands to tell the full story of the persecution ofjewish people during the second world war. 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%, but the offer was rejected by the union. the former prime minister boris

johnson visited venezuela last month for talks with the president nicolas majuro. the talks were unofficial and not paid for by the uk government. venezuela�*s government faces strong pressure to hold a free and fair election to release activists and political opponents. and to de—escalate tensions with its neighbour, guyana. mrjohnson�*s spokesman says he emphasised the need for venezuelan to follow a proper democratic process, but declined to say who paid for the trip by a privatejet. the foreign office said mrjohnson informed the foreign secretary david cameron of the visit. 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 it�*s 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. earlier, i spoke to film critic siobhan synnot ? asking her whether it was gong to be a record—breaking night for oppenheimer. no, we seem to have lost that clip that we were going to play. she was talking about there are 13

nominations for oppenheimer and the record is 11 so there is talk about whether it will be a record—breaking night. there is a great article on our website on the bbc which talks through all of what you can expect, the different processes to go through the big categories to look out for. yes, take it, take a look on the bbc website. owners of cars are being urged to be vigilant after are being urged to be vigilant after a rise in vehicle thefts across the country, thieves are using high—tech gadgets which boost the lending —— electronic keys signal from within the home. the old way of stealing a car involved brute force. but as vehicles have become more sophisticated, so has pinching them. many cars these days have a keyless entry system where you simply have a

fob and you press a button. and some can even unlock when you are nearby and your device is in your pocket. lincolnshire police are warning there has been a spate of keyless car thefts. to steal them, criminals use a range extender box, which lengthens the range of the fob from a couple of metres to several hundred, allowing an accomplice to start the car. you hundred, allowing an accomplice to start the car-— hundred, allowing an accomplice to start the car. you need two people, but there is — start the car. you need two people, but there is much _ start the car. you need two people, but there is much less _ start the car. you need two people, but there is much less damage - but there is much less damage involved so there is no noise in terms of trying to break into a car, smashing a window, hot wiring, anything like that. or you have is one person prowling around your house somewhere hunting for a signal and the other crouching down next to the car waiting for the signal to be sent to them, so it is much easier for them to steal a car. and as a result inevitably, this sort of thing is increasing.— thing is increasing. claire experienced _ thing is increasing. claire experienced thieves - thing is increasing. claire - experienced thieves targeting her street. , ., ., ~ , street. they are walking past cars with their hands _ street. they are walking past cars with their hands in _ street. they are walking past cars with their hands in their— street. they are walking past cars with their hands in their pockets. | with their hands in their pockets. and you — with their hands in their pockets. and you can see the car lights

flash, — and you can see the car lights flash, as _ and you can see the car lights flash, as if_ and you can see the car lights flash, as if they have been unlocked by the _ flash, as if they have been unlocked by the key— flash, as if they have been unlocked by the key fob. but our key is inside — by the key fob. but our key is inside the _ by the key fob. but our key is inside the house. you can then see the gentlemen break into the car 'ust the gentlemen break into the car just by— the gentlemen break into the car just by opening the door easily, rummaging around. and then moving onto the _ rummaging around. and then moving onto the next car. so they are doing multiple _ onto the next car. so they are doing multiple cars at the same time. it is heartbreaking, really. because you is heartbreaking, really. because youjust— is heartbreaking, really. because you just think, you know, i have worked — you just think, you know, i have worked hard for this. and you just come _ worked hard for this. and you just come and — worked hard for this. and you just come and you feel like you can take what you _ come and you feel like you can take what you want. the come and you feel like you can take what you want-— come and you feel like you can take what you want. the car wasn't stolen here. but what you want. the car wasn't stolen here- itut in — what you want. the car wasn't stolen here. but in the _ what you want. the car wasn't stolen here. but in the uk, _ what you want. the car wasn't stolen here. but in the uk, a _ what you want. the car wasn't stolen here. but in the uk, a vehicle - what you want. the car wasn't stolen here. but in the uk, a vehicle is - here. but in the uk, a vehicle is taken every eight minutes. thanks for that. and you can get in touch with me or the team on social media. there is plenty more on our website on all of the stories we�*re covering so do it out. stay with us here on bbc news. goodbye for now.

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 south—east of england. to the south—west of england, south—west wales, brighter, sunnier 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 perhapsjust a little bit drier. some drier weather, too, for northern—western areas of scotland here. here, some sunny spells in the northern and western isles.

temperatures generally getting to about 7 to 11 degrees celsius, but 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, 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. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. a us army logistics ship carrying equipment for a temporary floating port 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. the princess of wales thanks the public for their support as kensington palace posts the first official image of her since she underwent abdominal surgery. shadow chancellor rachel reeves has told 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 around straightaway, but we will get to work on all of that.

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