the, the, this is the w news. why, from berlin waiting to sail? so gone. so the 1st ship tearing humanitarian supplies from cyprus, is ready to go. 8 is desperately needed within you and warning, tens of thousands of palestinians face famine. portugal hatch to the poles. for general elections, corruption scandals have dented support for the main stream parties. and the far right is hoping to exploit that the i michael ok, welcome. a humanitarian cord are crossing the mediterranean sea from cyprus may

soon see its 1st aid deliveries to gone to the open arms relief ship in the port of loaner car has been loaded with desperately needed food with the united nations warning, the palestinian territory is on the brink of famine agencies or waiting for approval from us or to use including is really inspectors. so the ship can cross the garza a temporary doc will be set up to receive the aid, as well as a distribution network. the us military has separately sent a ship to build a larger p or for a wider relief effort. dw, corresponding rosie butchered in cyprus at the port in monica. she told me more about the complex process of setting up this aide with. as we're right here just by the port in lauren echo which is know the very starting point, the hub of this new maritime age corps. or i'm just at the port and use our say their ship is know ready to go. they've told me it's buried about $200.00 tons

worth of food a that includes things like rice, like slower, but also proteins. they say like tons to. no, no, we've been reporting on this idea to launch a maritime age course or 4 months, but it seemed that the breakthrough came on friday and we know that and you should just be here for about 3 weeks getting ready to eat. now as part of this plan, officials will perform checks on 8 here in cyprus, including just really officials. so that is very, it can go directly to gaza, where we know this is much need to know what i've been told is that they ship shoot, depart today, but they are waiting for a final green light because there are lots of parties involved here. this is a plan that was brokerage by the u, the u. s. united arab emirates. and of course, cyprus itself very heavily involved. so waiting to see, you know, when they some much needed maiden voyage will actually set sale. so again, what, what took them so long because there's so many partners involved and it was complicated. is that what you're saying?

well, we know that the european union as a whole was being kind of divided when it comes to its general response to the conflict that has been united for a long time and a call for increased to monitoring access. and i should say that this route vfc is not the simplest route to get into the goals. of course, there are land borders which have been heavily restricted out. of course, this whole has to be brokerage between these different partners and crucially with israel, which is very concerned about what kind of a content is actually getting into gone. so note, it seems that we know is at least moving ahead, but there will certainly be criticism from some part saying this is too little too late and too complicated because we know that situation on the ground and gaza is dire. it appears that this root may also be costly. how viable easiest route long term. yeah, well you can see kind of com walters behind me,

the sun shining here, but make no mistake. this will not be an easy, dirty. it's about 400 kilometers from cypress to gaza. the dirty will take at least a day sailing and then off loading onto what we believe will be a make shift. jackie, this being constructed by one of the n g o is involved and then a days travel back. so it's not, doesn't look like this is going to be wrapping up huge amounts of age straight to where you live with how i've heard from one on one of the into is involved saying this will immediately allow them to reach more families. they say, particularly in northern gauze or the besieged part is that the part of that besieged territory, which there's been a lot of, couldn't raised a boat. so it's not going to be simple. and as i said, there certainly concerns that this is not the easiest way to get a before these conflict throughout kid. there were about 500 trucks of age going into gauze every day. and the latest figures i have from the youth, is it not? it's not about a 100, there has been air drops. there have been some logical sense. of course, i know this maritime corridor. the whole goal here is to get more age 18. but i

think there are certainly calls at least review an official saying based court are simply cannot replace moreland access and those calls remain there for, for less restrictions to get land borders cross. and to get aiden in the traditional way. understood a that's a dw corresponding rosie richard. many facts the holy month of ramadan is about to start a time of worship and reflection for muslims. but families in war torn young men are struggling to afford basic necessities as prices shore in wages drop. the government says there's a little it can do to bring down living costs. so mirror invests a lot of time looking at goods and their prices at this store. as a mother of 11 children purchasing these goods as a bird and she lives in the city of ties and e m and her husband works as a daily wage. labor earning $30.00 a day, securing basic goods before the month of ramadan has become a challenge for yeah,

many women. and then there's been a lot, but then we buy what we can afford. like passed a necessity and we cannot afford to buy expensive items. have we buy whichever is cheap? no dates for example, because they cost a lot of time. but how does the war in the m and, and the conflict in the red sea has sent the many currency the rio plunging. this has resulted in a 15 percent increase in food prices. a leader of oil costs $2.00 and a kilogram of flower more than $1.00 in a country where the average monthly income is $60.00. as ramadan approaches yemenis are trying to secure necessities for their families. either of them to so far, we've not done anything before ramadan, but we will resort to securing our needs when we visit the markets and see the reduced prices. will then proceed to purchase donaldson and we have reached a point that no one can afford to buy

a kilogram. a flower formation falafel or acute over on most broad was initially by $500.00 or 600 grams each day. go to some of the flags here. specifically, prices, and they come in saying that the 4 people are those with moderate income is, can only afford the necessities. we're not looking for luxuries, only the essential, the, sorry, these in ties cannot control the rising prices. but officials say they're doing everything in their power to alleviate the crisis for citizens. and so the housing is that is the garden instability in exchange rates prevents us from setting fixed prices. yeah, many low mandates, price declarations extruding items like flour and gas to be fixed prices. what, what ramadan will be different for samira and most of them and these, this year, the struggle to secure necessities may lead many to for get the extra touches that usually accompany the fasting month and give it

a special flavor. and back here to europe, where voters in portugal are deciding whether to shift to the right as other european nations have done. portugal has had 8 years of socialist rule, but opinion polls show a center right. coalition is now possible. also in the mix the far right party shaker is expected to pick up significant support mainstream politicians have so far rolled out working with it in any coalition, dw is yon phillip sholtes is in lisbon. i asked him what triggered snap elections 2 years earlier. the implant or indeed, so the current elections are only taking place because the governing socialist party has been hit by a major corruption scandal. it's about investments in the north of the country party representatives where i got interested uh, ends pregnant as the cost as the offices were searched. so all of this forced him

to step down, still oppose. so his socialist party at around a 30 percent just as the a position of the center. right. opposition of that. also around prefer 2 percent. according to polos and business wide, all eyes are at the moment at the relative you come us, the file arrives populace part to coach single. so it's a bit of a national drama. portugal is commonly thought to be a left wing country, but the populace right wing shake of party that you just mentioned, could emerge as a key player. who are they and what's behind their rice. or they are a typical example of the, the far right populace parties, but have been on the rise all across europe. the whole party is basically centered around one person, a very charismatic form, outlaw per for prof. i saw and also informed the that he was also a form of football commentator. his name is under the tour and of course the

corruption schedule has given a lot of i'm condition to is typically anti establishment of parental reg. about the party is also focusing on other issues, mainly on social problems and immigration. and because of a boot and tourism in big cities, departments a basically an affordable for average, portuguese and, and traditionally, the country has been quite a liberal regarding migration, but arise in irregular migration numbers has also made this topic very controversial. you know, and so 2 quick questions. first, are we expecting a huge turn out and when should we see results? and at the last election, the turn out was just at around 50 percent and most experts say we would probably expect similar numbers this time. the pony stations are open

until 7 pm local time, directly afterwards. we will probably get 1st numbers the 1st officially the results. we can probably expect around midnight local time. okay, that is a young phillip schultz in lisbon. portugal, thanks so much john philip stairs look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. at this hour, tibetans of living and exile in india have commemorated the 65th anniversary of their failed uprising against china. they were a spiritual leader of the dalai lama fled to india 1959. after the defeat, tibetans have been fighting for independence since tibet is internationally recognized as a part of china. seas. elisa dory has been sworn in as pakistan's new president. his alliance with prime minister shavel as trevor, we've made him the favorite to win. it's is it already?

second term is president, which is a largely ceremonial role. last month selections were marred by violence and allegations of vote. rigging, the netherlands as opened a national holocaust museum, the dutch king attended the ceremony along with israel's president isaac hurts on the museum in amsterdam, tells the stories of jews who were deported and murdered in nazi concentration camps. well, island has a voted to reject 2 significant constitutional reforms. their proposals would have redefined the family and women's roles in society. despite support from the government and opposition parties, many voters say they did not understand the changes. it was a bit to remove old fashion family values from ireland constitution, but it failed. the government had pitched the vote, but in the end it had to concede the feet. we accept responsibility for the result

was our responsibility to convince the majority of people to vote. yes, we cared, he failed to do so much with the support of all the main opposition parties, the prime minister had sought to make 2 changes to the constitution. written in 1937. the one to expand the definition of family, the 2nd to replace the language around the mother's duties in the home with applause. recognizing that providing care should be of responsibility for the why. the family, not just the mother. while many voters do want to get rid of outdated concept, many found the wording confusing and set the vote which rushed. i voted yes for the family one because you know there's all different sites and i found it now. and the 2nd one just because of the way it was where it is. i think

that what i meant by others argued the changing the language on care would make it a private responsibility and not a state one. families cannot just clarify people at home. we need to call, they needs this part of the government. they need supports overall in their lives. our lunch has moved away from its conservative catholic roots and recent years, voters have voted in favor of allowing divorce, same sex marriage and abortion in previous referendums. this time though, the irish government struggled to convince the pop like something it says, it will have to reflect on going forward. and there are new images from the james web space telescope, which show the star forming region called n g c 6 o 4. it's located in the triangle and galaxy nearly 3000000 light years from earth

. the telescope allows astronomers to study star clusters in their early formation the we're going to ended there up next after the break shift looked at the opportunities and risk presented by the we are all set and were watching closely for him to bring you the story behind the news we rolled about unbiased information for 3 months this shadow was these costs and video shed light on the donkey street. devastating colonial har is infected by germany across and here.