of the ill—treatment of palestinian medical staff in gaza. we have a special bbc report. haiti searches for a political path forward, as violent gangs remain in control of most of the country's capital. and as voters in four us states vote in nomination contests, presidentjoe biden and donald trump take another step towards a rematch. hello, i'm carl nasman. the first ship with desperately needed food supplies for palestinians in gaza has finally set sail from cyprus. the open arms left larnaca on tuesday morning on a journey that could take as long as two days. this is the ship's position in the eastern mediterrenean sea, according to data

from vesselfinder.com. the news comes as the un continues to warn that massive aid shortages have left gaza on the brink of famine. if successful, other ships will follow as part of an international maritime effort. israel says it welcomes the creation of a maritime corridor and that it is facilitating the transfer of aid to gaza while its forces continue to fight hamas. the us charity behind the open arms mission is world central kitchen, a non—profit devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. earlier my colleague, sumi somaskanda spoke to its founder, chefjose andres. wanna ask you, open answers on its way, 200 tons of food and medicine as we mentioned, getting aid to people on the ground has been difficult so who's going to distribute the aid and how?— who's going to distribute the aid and how? well, i want to remind everyone _ aid and how? well, i want to remind everyone that - aid and how? well, i want to remind everyone that they i

aid and how? well, i want to i remind everyone that they have been there now for many weeks, months, we have more than 65 kitchens, we've been able to do around 350,000 home meals a day, we are trying to build 100 kitchens in total, we've been able to bring more than 11100 trucks into gaza, to have the needs of our kitchen, obviously, more is needed. the north has been very difficult to reach, it was a truly military disaster has been happening and for us, the idea of this route and opening the possibility of bringing food into the beaches of gaza was because we were trying to reach the north in any way we could, that's why we began doing air drops next to the government, with either ship of the king.

the distribution will happen on the same we've been doing it, what happens is the need is so huge and when you're trying to move trucks towards the north, people that are hungry, sometimes will not allow the free flow of those trucks reaching the north and will have to stop, i know that they will put anybody in there, if we bring massive quantities of food, all of a sudden, people will somehow feel they have been fed already, they will bring down the need that everybody experience is not humanitarian flow will be helped and obviously, the quantity of food will be reaching everybody. it’s quantity of food will be reaching everybody. it's an important _ reaching everybody. it's an important effort _ reaching everybody. it's an important effort and - reaching everybody. it's an important effort and i - reaching everybody. it's ani important effort and i want reaching everybody. it's an i important effort and i want to ask you about something you wrote on next, we may fail but the biggest failure will be not trying so i'm wondering, what are you worried about that could get in the way of this aid been delivered?- could get in the way of this aid been delivered? when we bean aid been delivered? when we began moving _ aid been delivered? when we began moving many- aid been delivered? when we began moving many weeks i aid been delivered? when we i began moving many weeks ago, when i went to la narko and we

had the boat and we announced our intention to start talking to all the parties could give us a permission and the green light, to go many things have happened many people had to agree, to many governments and organisations had to agree but that's a technicality too. , we need to be building half a point that we can arrive, we need to be building this yeti in real time, the help of machinery that this already inside gaza they were able to gather inside gaza, we can't be bringing resources... can gather inside gaza, we can't be bringing resources...— bringing resources... can i ask ou bringing resources... can i ask you about _ bringing resources... can i ask you about that? _ bringing resources... can i ask you about that? we _ bringing resources... can i ask you about that? we are - bringing resources... can i ask you about that? we are able i bringing resources... can i ask| you about that? we are able to be successful— you about that? we are able to be successful in _ you about that? we are able to be successful in bringing - you about that? we are able to be successful in bringing the i be successful in bringing the food to the shore and from there, to the different kitchens and people in that. can i ask about that because it is an important point about getting aid to the north of gaza, have you been able to co—ordinate building that with

the israelis? co-ordinate building that with the israelis?— the israelis? well, i mean, nothina the israelis? well, i mean, nothing inside _ the israelis? well, i mean, nothing inside gaza - the israelis? well, i mean, l nothing inside gaza happens without israel. that's a situation. with the humanitarian arm of the israeli government of the idf, and obviously this is happening because of the permission, there's no way be able to do this but i the palestinian authority gave us permission, they gave us permission, everybody is obviously helping us make sure that this is build, again, it's temporary yeti but if we are able to build it, we need to be building a yeti of around 60 metres that will allow us to be bringing vehicles into the barriers are we're carrying right now that from there can be loaded into trucks that relaxes the beach and from there, we will be able to

slowly, but surely, be bringing food into gaza. again, this is a pilot, this is the beginning but, we cannot fail the people of gaza especially right now here in ramadan, that's why we took the initiative to go as quick and as fast as we could. separately, another ship has departed from the us state of virginia — it's bringing materials to gaza to build a temporary pier to receive aid. president biden announced the project last week. 0ur north america correspondent tom bateman was there as it set sail. these are the us army aircraft that will be departing, making around a 30—day trip to get to the shore off the coast of gaza. and you can see there are several of these vessels here that will be heading out. you see a vehicle on one of these over to my left here, another one which will connect with what they call a roll—on,

roll—off facility. that will enable a very big civilian cargo ship to bring containers full of aid to be collected, picked up by these vessels, and then brought to what will basically be a huge floating pier that will be floated, driven towards the shore of gaza. now, what the officials are saying here is that the facility, once it's built, will allow them to deliver 2 million meals a day or 2 million bottles of water per day to the population in gaza. all of this ordered by president biden and announced during his state of the union speech last week. but the political reality about this is that all of this could be done far more easily over land. and, infact, in israel, 30 miles or so north of where this may be built in the gaza strip, there is an international container port. that's why aid agencies say that the solution is to open up more land crossings. they've been urging

israel to do so. and we've seen this increasing public spat between the us administration and the israelis over this entire issue. while the un continues to warn that a quarter of the population in gaza is at risk of famine. now to a special report from gaza — where medical staff have told the bbc they were detained, beaten and prevented from carrying out vital duties — after a raid at their hospital last month. the staff say some detainees were stripped, kept in stress positions for several hours, or had muzzled dogs set upon them. israel said it occupied the nasser hospital site believing it was used by hamas — and that several freed israeli hostages have said they were held there. 0ur correspondent, 0rla guerin, has more on the special report and just a warning — you might find some parts of her reporting distressing. not for the first time in this war, israeli soldiers have been

filmed standing over stripped and kneeling detainees. but these are medical staff detained after the israeli army overran the nasser hospital in khan younis. most are still being held. for weeks, the medics had witnessed israel's advance as it closed in around the hospital. the fighting in khan younis was fierce. thousands of people who'd sought refuge in the grounds fled underfire. even a hospital wasn't safe. 0ne nurse was shot inside an operating theatre through a window. another person shot at the main entrance. the hospital was under siege. then, on february 15th, after giving warnings,

israeli tanks rolled in. inside, utter chaos. patients rushed from collapsing wards. israel says it found hamas weapons and medication, which it says supports accounts from israeli hostages that they were held here. in the idf�*s own footage, you can see hospital patients detained outside in their beds and wheelchairs with their hands zip—tied. and this was the treatment for medical staff. at least 49 of them forced to leave their posts and remove their surgical clothing. israel says it was searching for concealed weapons, and that among the 200 arrested at nasser were terrorists posing as medics. dr amira azoulay had remained

at nasser throughout the siege. before israel's incursion, she risked her life to save others as people were shot inside the grounds. later, she witnessed what happened to her fellow doctors at the bar. translation: it was tough | for us to see how the doctors, who had bravely stayed at the hospital, despite the dangers, were stripped and beaten. their hands were tied behind them, and they were left in the sun for hours. dr ahmed sabah is one of very few medics to have since been released. he shows the positions they were forced to adopt for hours and says they were also tortured. his hand was broken by an israeli soldier, he says, and muzzle dogs were set on him. translation: they forced us to kneel down, _ with our eyes blindfolded.

there was a pit in the ground, and we thought they would execute us. and bury us there. we said our prayers, but they were just intimidating us. the hospital manager who dealt with the israelis during the raid says, with so many staff detained, patients died. translation: eight doctors and 15 nurses were left - treating 250 patients. you can imagine the level of care we could give, with no water or electricity in the hospital at that point. during this time, 13 patients and injured people died. israel says any abuse of detainees is against idf orders and is strictly prohibited. the bbc investigation into how israeli troops treated staff and patients at nasser hospital was raised today in the house

of commons and the house of lords. the foreign secretary now calling for answers. these are very disturbing pictures and reports that have come out from this hospital, and we need to get to the bottom of what exactly happened. and we need answers from the israelis about that. and when we have those, then it'll be easier to comment. in washington, too, questions are being asked about the bbc investigation. has the us raised it with israel? i have only seen the report. i don't know if we have raised it, but i would expect that we would, as it's the type of cases that we often raise with them to seek more information and to make clear, as we always have, that any detainees should be treated in strict compliance with international humanitarian law. the israeli army says it operated within nasser in a precise and focused manner, and it provided equipment

enabling the hospital to function and to treatpatients. to function and to treat patients. but with the war continuing, and more than a0 medics still detained or missing, the hospital has been closed for weeks. the us says it expects a transitional council to be in place in haiti within the next two days — that's after prime minister ariel henry's announcement that he would resign. in an address to haitians early tuesday morning — mr henry called for peace and stability. his exit was the primary demand of haiti's powerful gangs who took over the capital, port—au prince, while he was on a trip to kenya pushing for a un—backed police force. the transitional council — announced by the caribbean community bloc — will be in charge of nominating a new prime minister. but haiti's gangs are demanding a seat at the table. our central america correspondent, will grant, is just outside of haiti and sent us this report. this is the dajabon border crossing between the dominican republic and haiti, and we have already seen dominican authorities deporting haitians back in to the poorest country

in the americas at a time that it is facing its most acute humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. it is also that they are being deported into a political vacuum. prime minister ariel henry stood down, citing the fact that his situation was untenable given to the violence on the street of the capital, port—au—prince. his decision came after the caricom group of caribbean nations and the us secretary of state held an emergency meeting injamaica, and made clear that they saw the roadmap towards a transitional administration in haiti starting with his resignation. so, what happens next? well, the truth of the matter is that unfortunately things can still get much, much worse in haiti. the gangs are going to feel considerably emboldened by the fact that that have forced mr henry from power, and they already control around 80% of the capital, port—au—prince.

and the hopes for a 1,000—strong kenyan—led security force are beginning to hit difficulties, as the kenyan authorities themselves are saying that you do not deploy police to the streets of port—au—prince without a sitting administration. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look now at one of the more unique stories in the uk now: surfers, paddle—boarders and other water—lovers flocked to the river severn in the uk on tuesday. they were taking part in the severn bore, a natural phenomenon that causes a series of waves. it's the only expected "five—star" bore of the year — meaning it's the biggest possible one. and it's the first time in years it happened during daylight hours. people came from all over the world to take part. it's the anticipation. it's — i don't know, waking up at the crack of dawn. laughs it's like a stupid adventure, and — it's like a stupid adventure, and quite _ it's like a stupid adventure, and quite severe as well. here we are — and quite severe as well. here we are first thing in the

morning waiting for some wave to appear— morning waiting for some wave to appear out of nowhere. there's _ to appear out of nowhere. there's nothing else like it. it's because _ there's nothing else like it. it's because you're - there's nothing else like it. it's because you're surfing. there's nothing else like it. . it's because you're surfing the wrong wave up a river inland, isn't it? and this is the one to do! it's great. i must go, cos i'm gonna miss it. well, fortunately for that man and anyone interested, another severn bore is on its way. there is a four—star bore due wednesday morning. so it won't be as high, but it'll surely still be fun. you're live with bbc news. the us has announced it's sending $300 million in emergency aid to ukraine. it's the fifth package the us has sent since 2022 — and the first since december of last year. additional funds for kyiv remain blocked by republican leaders in congress. presidentjoe biden has said the latest aid package is still not enough. but it will likely include ammunition, rockets and anti—aircraft missiles. biden's national security adviser, jake sullivan, explained its significance on tuesday. this ammunition will keep

ukraine's guns firing for a period — but only a short period. it is nowhere near enough to meet ukraine's battlefield needs and it will not prevent ukraine from running out of ammunition in the weeks to come. it goes without saying, this package does not displace and should not delay the critical need to pass the bipartisan national security bill. now to an update in the us presidential election — our news partner cbs news projects donald trump has earned enough support to be the presumptive republican nominee. earlier, president biden clinched the democratic nomination. it follows voting in four more states tuesday. us lawmakers on capitol hill spent hours pressing former special counsel robert hur over his decision not to seek charges against president biden for allegedly mishandling classified documents. mr hur defended his findings, telling congress his report

on biden's memory was both accurate and fair. in the report, special counsel hur said president biden could present himself to a jury as a "well—meaning elderly man with a poor memory". with me is politico reporter daniel lippman. focus on the white house and washington — plenty to talk about tonight. first of all, what would normally be, you know, big headlines — we have the two presumptive nominees on both sides — democrat and republican — but it's basically what we expected. donald trump and joe biden with a rematch looking very certain. does anything change now that essentially this is official? well, both candidates are now going to focus more on their general election, try to move to the middle, traditionally. donald trump doesn't often do that because he wants to focus more on his base, but he's going to have to try to get some of those nikki haley voters. 1 in 7 republican voters. 1 in 7 republican

voters during the primary said that they did not want to vote for trump, they were not planning to. so even though trump is ahead in the polls, he needs to try to appeal to them and say, "hey, i'm not going to mess with democracy — i'm just a traditional conservative here. i want to bring back america first," like he did in the first administration. [30 the first administration. do ou see the first administration. do you see joe _ the first administration. do you see joe biden trying to you seejoe biden trying to potentially attract some former nikki haley voters too — bring them over to the democratic side? i them over to the democratic side? ~ . �* , ., them over to the democratic side? ~ . �*, ., , side? i think that's a big focus of _ side? i think that's a big focus of his _ side? i think that's a big focus of his right - side? i think that's a big focus of his right now. l side? i think that's a big - focus of his right now. they're reaching out to some of the fundraisers for haley and saying, "hey, can you donate to our campaign?" the biden campaign feels pretty good about the financial position they're in, because they need hundreds of millions of dollars to do all of those campaign ads, and they feel like they can try to shape the election and tear down trump, even by spending billions of dollars and saying, "hey, this guy is not gonna help america." they're going to bring up the

nato comments, saying inviting putin to attack nato countries — is that something that most americans want? they're going to say no. the other big news, that testimony by mr hur. neither democrat or republicans were happy with the report he really is. democrats said he was not or should not be referring to the age issue, and the republicans say it was double standards about how classified documents have been prosecuted. what was your takeaway. it seemed like political theatre on capitol hill. he wanted to defend himself, obviously, and it becomes almost like sports where every congressman gets a five—minute countdown clock. 15 minutes of fame basically and they do not even listen to what mr hur says. they do not even listen to what mr hur says-— mr hur says. what i want to do is have something _ mr hur says. what i want to do is have something they - mr hur says. what i want to do is have something they can - mr hur says. what i want to do | is have something they can clip for social media and make their

point. that is what congress has turned into, a lot of political posturing and not addressing real issues. night se . ue. addressing real issues. night segue. speaking _ addressing real issues. night segue. speaking of _ addressing real issues. night segue. speaking of social- segue. speaking of social media, the bill regarding tiktok flying through this committee at record time. a houseboat expected tomorrow. this will be a bill that, if it does pass, could lead to a ban on tiktok. what do you think the chances are these passes? the senate if it is very sceptical that at the senate is very sceptical on this. courts will likely strip this bill down and say it is unconstitutional. interesting is also how donald trump tried to ban tiktok in his administration four years ago but now he wants to reach those young voters, those minority voters using tiktok so he's now saying nice things and he also wants financial support from

one of tiktok�*s major investors, geoff yes. ——it is kind of interesting to see —— yass. kind of interesting to see -- yass. , , ., , yass. very interesting how this is anoin. yass. very interesting how this is going- if— yass. very interesting how this is going- if we _ yass. very interesting how this is going. if we see _ yass. very interesting how this is going. if we see this - yass. very interesting how this is going. if we see this bill- is going. if we see this bill passed, hypothetically, could that be a campaign issue? could that be a campaign issue? could that make a lot of younger voters not happy with joe voters not happy withjoe biden? i voters not happy with joe biden? ., ., ~' voters not happy with joe biden? ., ., ~ , biden? i do not think it is auoin biden? i do not think it is going to _ biden? i do not think it is going to pass _ biden? i do not think it is going to pass through - biden? i do not think it is| going to pass through the senate. tiktok is 170 million active users in america monthly. a lot of those people are voters and if they do not want congress taking away one of the apps that they use. they from communities and people on tiktok are rushing through this bill because they don't want to get the rest of these tiktok creators and just people who love the app and they acknowledge that there are

mental health concerns, addiction issues, but they also say that people would be using another app if tiktok was banned so kind of interesting free speech versus how big these tech companies and how powerful they. these tech companies and how powerful they-— powerful they. tiktok incredibly _ powerful they. tiktok incredibly powerful. powerful they. tiktokl incredibly powerful and powerful they. tiktok - incredibly powerful and very popular. we saw the big campaign by tiktok users, calling the congressman to say we want to keep tiktok. trump does not want _ we want to keep tiktok. trump does not want facebook - we want to keep tiktok. trump does not want facebook to - we want to keep tiktok. trump| does not want facebook to gain from this because it does not like zuckerberg.— from this because it does not like zuckerberg. thank you very much. let's turn to some important news around the world. the police chief for the texas city where 19 students and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting will resign. uvalde police chief daniel rodriguez is stepping down from the job a week after a new report cleared his department of wrongdoing in the response to the may 2022 shooting at robb elementary school. it took officers an hour to get inside a classroom and kill the gunman

amid desperate 911 calls from children. allies of the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny say that his former chief of staff was attacked with a hammer outside his home in lithuania. she says someone broke the window of leonid volkov�*s car, sprayed tear gas in his eyes, then hit him with a hammer. mr volkov said, "we will not give up" after the attack. it's not clear whether this was linked to mr volkov�*s political activity. japan's space one solid—fuelled rocket — called kairos — exploded shortly after launch on its inaugural trip. the company behind the project was aiming to be the first japanese firm to put a satellite in orbit. that was the result. from washington, stay with us, plenty more coming up at the top of the hour, right here on bbc news.

hello there. after a very wet february, the rain has continued to fall during march, particularly across southeast england. here, it's been much wetter than average. we've seen two inches of rain, 50mm in some places, and that's more than the average march rainfall, and we're not even halfway through yet. it is looking a bit drier for the southeast in the next few days, but there is rain elsewhere. and we'll see a spell of milder conditions in the next few days. that's because the air is coming all the way from a long way south, up across the uk, in between these two weather fronts here, and it's this second one here that's focusing the rain as we head into wednesday. now, that is stumbling its way across scotland and northern ireland, heading into northern england and north wales. there'll be some sunshine following to the north, but the winds picking up, bringing some gales in northern scotland and some showers.

and for england and wales, there's going to be a lot of cloud again. still some damp, drizzly, low cloud across western coasts and hills. further east, with the brighter skies, temperatures could reach 15 celsius, and we'll be double figures in scotland and northern ireland. now, that area of low pressure bringing that windy weather in northern scotland will pull away overnight, so things do calm down. and those weather front start to move northwards, back into scotland and northern ireland. here, it will be a little bit chilly first thing on thursday morning, but again, a very mild start for the rest of the uk. we've got that rain moving northwards into scotland and northern ireland. some sunshine for the north of the country, but we will see further showers coming into wales, western parts of england, some eastern areas of england, and particularly southeast england and east anglia may well be dry. and we should get a bit of sunshine here, so 16—17 celsius not out of the question. things are a little cooler still across scotland and northern ireland. that weather front, then, does move northwards, taking rain across more of scotland. the low pressure then driving that system sits across the uk. that weather front will be out of the way for friday.

things will be turning a little bit cooler. windy weather actually through the english channel, and we'll see showers coming into england and wales — some of these could be heavy and thundery. bit of snow over the scottish mountains, otherwise it's rain, sinking southwards here, a northerly wind pushing down — that'll introduce cooler air. but we still could see 13 celsius across some southeastern areas to end the week.

could tiktok get banned in america? us lawmakers prepare to vote on a bill that could force the apps removal from its biggest market. plus, how tech firms in denmark are using gaming to bridge a gap with their workforce. hello. welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. let's begin with tiktok, which is facing the most serious threat yet to its existence in america. on wednesday, lawmakers in the house of representatives are set to vote on a new bill, which could result in a ban on the popular app in the us where it has more than 170 million users. the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york. time may be running out for tiktok in its largest market — the united states. if successful, new legislation would force tiktok�*s chinese owner, bytedance, to find a new non—chinese owner

orface removal from us app stores.