but by 2016, the port actually recovered. very much because, primarily because of geo bond proceeds we received for the parks. i think that was the years we had large expenditures related to crane cove park and we used bond proceeds to improve that asset. and that ultimately moved our position up. so by 2017, you can actually see there was very little change in our net position. and this next slide will sort of help highlight why. so this chart actually shows the drivers behind the annual change in any given year. and as i noted, while the port's net position grew over $27 million in that five-year period, that change varied year over year. and some key trends that we want through there is growth and -- went through there is growth and operating expenses. we talked about how operating costs grow over time. but that was paired with sources, both operating revenues as well as nonoperating revenues. and while the operating revenues grew steadily over the five-year period, something that our financial statements rereflecteded, i

amy quesada, the executive secretary for the port and the port commission. she knows everybody, everything. she makes it look seamless, but i can't even begin to imagine what each one of your da must look like, and you do it with a smile. you make it look effortless, but we notice when you're gone, so -- so we know what an incredible job you do. brad benson, you forgot when i first ran for the board of supervisors, you met me when i was on supervisor ammiano's staff, but you helped serve on my kitchen cabinet when i ran for supervisor. and i've always appreciated your friendship and the work you've done on so many guiding projects here. it's just extraordinary. when i came over to the port and saw you were here, i was so excited. elaine, also, my friend from way back. i can't begin to thank you enough for stepping into the role of executive director and doing it so beautifully with such vision, grace, and kindness to the staff and all the commissioners, really. thank you for making it look seamless, but it's so hard to do a transition into a new role like th

the port would be protected. i think you guys have done that, but also to a commissioner makras and gilman, other concerns we've had is what about the rest of the leases with the restaurants? when are they going to come forward and say, me too and maybe this is a blueprint for us with them and maybe we'll make adjustments. somebody will say we know what you did for boudin. so maybe this gives us a good path to go down on how to negotiate moving forward. so i'm supportive. thank you. >> president brandon: jay, mike, thank you so much for the presentation, for the fourth time. [laughter]. but, no, you guys have done a great job from where we started to where we ended. this is absolutely wonderful. so thank you so much for your patience with us and for bringing this to us. commissioners, all in favor? any opposed? resolution 1834 has passed. >> item 13 a, informational presentation on fiscal year 2018-19, through fiscal near 2022-23, capital improvement program. >> good afternoon, i'm capital manager with the port f

this port why is it so important data port and where are we in this war in yemen that this port is taking up so much focus right now the port has taken our focus the international focus ever since the start of the war at the very start the plan was laid on the table to kind of have a military battle and but the obama administration stepped in and said that it is a red line purely because the port allows access to twenty four million people to deliver aid and medicine and food which is the lifeline of those people in yemen's war now we have three years of fighting during those three years there was a man men made famine that was created and the fear of this battle is we already have a humanitarian crisis at play the fear is we're going to exacerbate it by launching a battle there a week without aid or medicine could mean that hundreds who depend on that could die and the problem now with the battle as well is that the country is not prepared for the internally displaced people who had to flee if they can afford the fuel of . they had to flee to other governorates some people decided to sta

this port why is it so important to date a port and where are we in this war in yemen that this port is taking up so much focus right now the port has taken our focus the international focus ever since the start of the war at the very start the plan was laid on the table to kind of have a military battle and but the obama administration stepped in and said that it is a red line purely because the port allows access to twenty four million people to deliver aid and medicine and food which is the lifeline of those people in yemen's war now we have three years of fighting during those three years there was a man men made famine that was created and the fear of this battle is we already have a humanitarian crisis at play the fear is we're going to exacerbate it by launching a battle there a week without aid or medicine could mean that hundreds who depend on that could die and the problem now with the battle as well is that the country is not prepared for the internally displaced people who had to flee if they can afford the fuel of . they had to flee to other governorates some people deci

so the hoti existant or present in her day the port does a lot of stock any. of the flow of the humanitarian aid into yemen on the side that should be actually asked and called to stop it's over and is this idea that coalition has actually now is that i and to invade the port. or the m. rashi's a saying that the operation is a critical step towards achieving a political solution to the conflict but doesn't bring this conflict any closer to a political solution do you think does it change the calculus of the overall war not at all i think the back and forth just another attempt by the saudi and a coalition to bring that into the negotiation table but not really to find a political solution there to they're trying to put the whole nation on its knees actually not only the wealthy because. for anyone to have control or where a human tyrion aid channel is going to have you know the ultimate power to. who is feeding the people and the so if you look at coalition has a long history in the course of human war where are many reports really showing in evidence how they

so the hoti existant or present in her day the port does a lot of stock any. of the flow of the humanitarian aid into yemen on the side that should be actually asked and called to stop its of an offensive is this idea that coalition has actually now is that i and to invade the port last or the emma rashi's are saying that the operation is a critical step towards achieving a political solution to the conflict but doesn't bring this conflict any closer to a political solution do you think doesn't change the calculus of the overall war not at all i think the back and forth just another attempt by the saudi and a coalition to bring that into the negotiation table but not really to find a political solution there are there trying to put the whole nation on its knees actually not only the wealthy because. for anyone to have control or where a human tyrion aid channel is going to have you know the ultimate power to. who is feeding the people and the so if you look at coalition has a long history in the course of human war where are many reports really showing in evid

this port why is it so important data port and where are we in this war in yemen that this port is taking up so much focus right now the court has taken our focus the international focus ever since the start of the war at the very start the plan was laid on the table to kind of have a military battle and but the obama administration stepped in and said that it is a red line purely because the port allows access to twenty four million people to deliver aid and medicine and food which is the lifeline of those people in yemen's war now we have three years of fighting during those three years there was a man men made famine that was created and the fear of this battle is we already have a humanitarian crisis play the fear is we're going to exacerbate it by launching a battle there a week without aid or medicine could mean that hundreds who depend on that could die and the problem now with the battle as well is that the country is not prepared for the internally displaced people who had to flee if they can afford the fuel of . they had to flee to other governorates some people decided to stay

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inland port in the quarter in the village. in lamport embargo and their own this also going to be a link. from. bilateral. the still complex was handed over to private operators price before the government took it back months ago. with nigeria's imports averaging ten billion dollars a year many expect a lot of external pressure to keep the company to its current state despite assurances it's not clear if the government will bow to these pressures or forge ahead to kickstart its industrialization and break half a century dependence on oil in the next eighteen months i meant it reached al-jazeera i just central nigeria. now iran one their first match of the world cup in twenty years with a last minute one nil victory over america and their female hands were particularly happy to be in russia because back home in iran women are banned from football stadiums and this is the only nation competing at the world cup which doesn't allow female supporters to raise awareness banners were displayed at the stadium and simply despair and an

i am very familiar with the mission and goals of the port, and the port's need for high quality, dynamicaterfront uses that serve the community and provide ecocurn and contribute to the greater well-being of san francisco. the project you are considering today embraces those goals and provides a bold pathway to achieve them. i strongly encourage you to improve -- approve this project today as it represents over five years of planning, design, environmental review and community input. commissioners, you have done a great job of being very thoughtful and deliberate through this process. let's not forget that alcatraz is a political anchor to our city's tourism and industry. it was awarded the number 1 landmark in america by trip advisor and generates millions of it dollars in economic activity for our safety. this landmark is where the other -- is the embarkation site. it will only generate other economic benefits for our city. simply put, this project is good for the waterfront, for the economy and for our community and it represents a golden opportunity to further activate our beautiful

military campaign aimed at targeting the port the coalition countries know well that the port has no military activities at all and is not involved at all in any shipment the un also told yemen the world's last humanitarian crisis on the bottle for what they've done its effects could make it even was mohamed atta while jazeera djibouti the u.n. security council has just begun a closed meeting to discuss the situation in yemen on diplomatic editor james bays is live from the ninety nations headquarters in new york james it seems i have had a number of these close meetings can we expect anything more to come out of this one than any previous ones. well i think it shows the security council's concern that this is the third meeting in a week on yemen and their concern about this data offensive and the fact that this could take some considerable time according to the united arab emirates and that i think is the fear of the u.n. that there could be a protracted operation that could cause a humanitarian catastrophe because today there in many ways is the lifeline being the main port of yeme

so the $42.7 million project. >> port led right now, provided by port capital and general fund dollars >> a port project that we are delivering on behalf of the city, the plan of finances primarily other people's funding, rm3, city general fund, and other sources and there has been some port contribution in the design. >> so we are going to authorize to advertise hopefully in december. >> potentially sooner, i believe. i -- could i get the slide back up, manny? project bid and award, it may happen sooner, i have spring of 2019 up here, jonathan, we may be looking to put it out to bid late this summer or early fall. >> i don't know if i'm getting confused with the staff report and this, but the staff report, authorized to advertise in december 2018? design completed b october 2018. but my question is, when we are ready to advertise, will we have local hiring goals, l.b.e. goals, any type of goals? for the project? >> we will have all of those goals for the project. to the extent that we can do with the sources of funds. so, i don't know, i don't think there's any prohibition on regional

so let me ask itht the port's experience? >> yes, i think that's the port's experience. that the market is moving and the lease is determined. >> so why would we enter this real long thing if our track record says we're always running a little bit short and trying to play catch up and not have it renew every 10 years? >> if others want to opine, i think i gave the answer for what was in the sheet and what we were negotiating at the time of those approvals. we thought a 30-year period for improvements would be the appropriate time period. >> colleagues, i will argue i'm not sure that the catch-up time would serve us best at 30 years. we have two 10-year options in their own belief. they're looking at having to catch up every 10 years. it's good on the back end, but not the front end. i would argue the logic of rent catch up would apply throughout the term of the year. >> i just want to make a couple of comments. some of the questions you are asking has been studied and opined on in ceqa. and some of them are futuristic issues relative to optional expansion services to sau

inland port in the look which was in the village. in the import embargo and there's all this also going to be a link. birol. the still complex was handed over to private operators price before the government took it back months ago. with nigeria's imports averaging ten billion dollars a year many expect a lot of external pressure to keep the company its current state despite assurances it's not clear if the government will bow to these pressures or forge ahead to kickstart its industrialization and break out a century dependence on oil in the next eighteen months how many. al-jazeera jacket or central nigeria. in scotland a huge fire has destroyed part of the world renowned cascade school of art the macintosh building named after the architect chiles rennie mcintosh has been undergoing a multi-million dollar restoration following another catastrophic fire that was four years ago only one hundred firefighters tackled the blaze which spread to other buildings including a nightclub. traviss a clock at the top stories here at al-jazeera

we have talked about this port and how important it is to yemen. of what could be lost if fighting really intensifies in this location pucela we are obviously all concerned. —— crackle and this port services 70% of imports. you are talking about a country with 22 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, 8 million people on the brink of starvation. in a worst—case scenario, an attack on this support, if you cut off lifelines and assistance, assistance to millions in the country, it is a more dire situation than is already occurring. we are concerned and watching it closely. and, you know, it is hard to overstate how important this is forgetting assistance out and around the country, and to think about the people in and around the port and the danger they are in. —— for getting. this is not a country that was poor before the war in the fighting. there is not really much slack in the system. there is no healthcare. if you cut off the few supplies to get through, it could be catastrophic. it is about close to half of the people in yemen do no

study forces have attacked the main port in yemen.shington is former us ambassador james jeffrey. now with the washington institute, ambassadorjeffrey served in ankara and baghdad, and has focused on relations with iran. it is great to have you here on bbc world news. you agree that this offensive in the port of hodeidah risks the humanitarian catastrophe as many aid agencies are now saving? i'm not so sure about a catastrophe. i checked 20 minutes ago on the un report on how many civilians have been killed in the last 3.5 years, it's about 6000. every death is tragic but compared to ten complex i've experienced in the middle east, thatis i've experienced in the middle east, that is not a large number. we have a catastrophe potentially because yemen is a failed state. at any given time, there is a danger of starvation and cholera and this port is the major artery for relief supplies into the country so relief agencies have a right to be concerned but this port is also the mains supply route for iranian weapons to the houthi rebels who

about whatu talk this port city, why it is so significant?mple, the saudi ambassador to yemen tweeting saturdrday -- "today the uae ambassador to ksa and myself met with a number of ambassadors of countries to riyadh. we stressed that the hodeidah port remains open and will become a vital lifeline to yemenis rather than a source of illegal revenue and smuggled iranian weapons to the houthi." >> there's no evidence to back up any of those statements. for the last three years we've been hearing that iran is involved in yemen, smuggling weapons to yemenis to the port of hodeidah. there is zero evidence any of this has been taken place. there is a land, air, and sea blockade by the united states, united arab emirates, saudi arabia and the coalition of countries. and somehowow iranians are supppposed to have magically transported some e missiles to yemen. there's no evidence to what he is saying. it is part of the same talking points there in yemen to deter iranian influence, again, withthout any substantial evidee to back up what they are saying.

so the hoti existant or president in her day the port does a lot of stock any. of the flow of the humanitarian aid into yemen on the side that should be actually asked and called to stop its of an offensive is this idea that coalition has actually now is that i and to invade the port. is a saying that the operation is a critical step towards achieving a political solution to the conflict but doesn't bring this conflict any closer to a political solution do you think doesn't change the calculus of the overall war not at all i think the back and forth they just another attempt by the saudi in a coalition to bring them into the negotiation table but not really to find a political solution there to they're trying to put the whole nation on its knees actually not only the wealthy because. for anyone to have control or where a human tyrion aid channel is going to have you know the ultimate power to. who is feeding the people and the so if you look at coalition has a long history in the course of human war where are many reports really showing in evidence how they are

i'm elaine forbes, port director. first i'd like to thank you, chairman cohen and members of the committee for having a hearing on this item. i would like to thank director kelley because she has provided a lot of the funding to keep the seawall project going. i'm very proud to represent the port staff and commission in what's really a milestone day for the port as we work together to protect our city by strengthening the embarcadero seawall. i ask that you place a 425 million general obligation bond on the november ballot to support the seawall earthquake safety and disaster prevention program. and if i could please move to the overhead. the seawall, as city administrator kelly said, is unseen, mostly. it's 100 years old and it's served our city and region very well over the last decade, but we now must make significant investment for the seawall to protect the next generation. this bond will strengthen the seawall, to protect the city from earthquake, address flood risk and provide current adaptation for sea level r

this port why is it so important data port and where are we in this war in yemen that the support is taking up so much focus right now the more it has taken our focus the international focus ever since the start of the war at the very start the plan was laid on the table to kind of have a military battle and but the obama administration stepped in and said that it is a red line purely because the port allows access to twenty four million people to deliver aid and medicine and food which is the lifeline of those people in yemen's war now we have three years of fighting during those three years there was a man men made famine that was created and the fear of this battle is we already have a humanitarian crisis play the fear is we're going to exacerbate it by launching a battle there a week without aid or medicine could mean that hundreds who depend on that could die and the problem now with the battle as well is that the country is not prepared for the internally displaced people who had to flee if they can afford the fuel of . they had to flee to other governorates some people decided

of arms have arrived at the port and avoid the current military campaign aimed at targeting the port the coalition countries know well that the port has no military activities at all and is not involved at all in any arms shipment the un cold yemen the world's most humanitarian crisis on the bottle for what they've done its effects could make it even was mohammed atta while jazeera djibouti. the united nations called on nicaragua's governments to invite u.n. monitors into the country without delay the president done imma take a has agreed to an investigation of the political violence but this killed more than one hundred seventy eight people since april but protest leaders say that the government is refusing to show them copies of the of the taishan but it's supposed to send to foreign investigators of course talks between the two sides to stall one off from a serious manuel of apollo who is in nicaragua's capital but i feel. that national dialogue that was hosted by the catholic church of need that i was had had stalled two weeks ago that was until june fourteenth last thursday when

on behalf of the parks conservancy, i want to thank the port commission and the port staff for your ongoing collaboration of this project in the works for many years now, and also for your incredibly thoughtful and careful review of the alcatraz embarkation project. i speak on behalf of the board of trustees, who have followed this project diligently, our board chair sausalito, stacy slaughter, the vice president of communication of the san francisco giants, board member rodney fong, on the port commission at one time, and sf travel. board member dan kinsley of sks investments, and board associate mark buell, the president of the rec and park commission of san francisco. all of these board members have enthusiastically cheered this project along. they could see its incredible civic benefits for a city they care deeply about. all of these civic leaders, as well as leaders in historic preservation and tourism and travel and public education youth development have supported the project along the way. we have the support of s.f. travel, the support of the california historical society, and the

as you can see, the port earns $1.6 million, which is the percentage of rent. they pay us $500,000 base rent and another million dollars in percentage rent. so their success has meant increased revenue for the port and we'd like to continue to see that happen. the way the lease was set up prior, 40-year lease, but there was no options to extend. it was a firm term and then just expire. so through a lot of discussions with boudin and their management and ownership, they've really been anxious to continue to reinvest into the property and that's why we're here today. so as you can see, they are our top performer in the fishermen's wharf and probably one of the top performers in the city in terms of revenue at $27 million. it's very impressive. we have a fine roster of other tenants. nothing against our other partners, but they're clearly performing at absolutely magnificent pace. so as premises for bringing this item here to the commission, we did want to just rebehind commissioners -- remind commissioners of the retail leasing policy that was implemented in 2011

they accuse the saudis of bombing the port's cranes, making it harder to off—load vital supplies.the battle in hudaydah will lead to a humanitarian disaster in terms of food supplies. translation: hudaydah is a city full of civilians and it holds the main artery for all yemenis in the north and south. 70% of all humanitarian aid comes through the port. therefore, this aid will stop. aid agencies fear up to a quarter of a million people's lives could be at risk in the fighting. yemen is the country with the worst food aid situation in the world. more than 17 million people here have no idea where their next meal is coming from. many of those people live in hudaydah, they only have one meal a day. and with this conflict, with this escalation of the conflict and the level of violence that's happening right now in hudaydah, it means that many of those people will lose that one meal. yemenis have already suffered over three years of disease, food shortages, coalition air strikes, and shelling by houthis. what happens now in hudaydah will decide the course of this war. yemen has reached

campaign aimed at targeting the port the coalition countries know well that the port has no military activities at all and is not involved at all in any arms shipment since the intervention of the coalition to back government forces three years ago at least ten thousand yemenis have been killed tens of thousand injured and millions displaced. i'll just. independent yemeni jonathan manalo says the intense bombardment on her data that forces threatening the lives of hundreds in the area before five minutes now we had a very high bumping into town or people encountered sounds very very high you sound very caring people are scared. if they're flying. a lot nicer and always the bomb thinking fire but it did. that and. despite about fourteen kilometers to the window and that don't it's you can always think of chickens but what about you think now the sound is different. but it's finally getting to some people who don't believe any side in good for a cause of pride shared in the school and don't forget about the people we. turn to cokie strike it but the people who died all these people sor

arms have arrived at the port and avoid the current military campaign aimed at targeting the port the coalition countries know well that the port has no military activities addle and is not involved at all in any arms shipment the un also called yemen the world's most humanitarian crisis on the bottle for what they've done its effects could make it even worse mohammed atta while jazeera djibouti. because all very is a yemen analyst a think tank chatham house he says i'm not to be any ceasefire in her data it doesn't look good right now at all we're hearing that the u.n. envoy morphing gryphus has been in summer that he's been trying to broker some kind of negotiated settlement probably a partial or full withdraw of the hoop these from from the city but what we've also heard over the last couple of hours is that the who these largely reject the idea of for withdrawal the coalition does not believe in something that would involve joint management looks like the fighting is going to continue until there is a decisive victory one way or the other or it ends up stagnating as it has in othe

port is intensifying as. forces battle iranian supported who are losing a day to would deal a serious blow to the rebels it could also mean imports of food are cut off for seventy percent of the population. reports. the three year war in yemen has reached what could be a crucial turning point with the battle for the port city of whole data system intervention of a saudi and number on the coalition to stop the rebels in two thousand and fifteen more than ten thousand people have been killed tens of thousands injured and millions displaced famine and outbreaks of cholera and diptheria have turned yemen into what the u.n. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis now an offensive by pro-government forces on what data could result in another quarter million casualties and leave seventy percent of yemen's population without access to food medicine or relief supplies the coalition says rebels have been using the port not only to import food but also ballistic missiles that have been fired at targets inside saudi

envoy confident as yemen deal to present data port violence the idea is that the port gets handed over to the united nations rather than to either of the sides involved in the cold slate is that possible could that happen if if martin griffith who is the special u.n. envoy to yemen pulled off americal it is possible so before him we had two u.n. special envoys who failed to bring everybody to the table for negotiations but if he manages to do that then we can be surely confident that the thing about martin griffith and this is to be said that he has the weight of the e.u. behind him he has the weight of the british government he has a purpose that is in himself and he has the weight of the u.s. behind him so him being a british citizen could potentially change the game here because he's got super powers backing him up and right now there are secret talks about a plan on the table he's actually set to meet the president of yemen in two days in the city of i've done and he's supposed to present a plan that everybody agrees upon if that happens we can kind of take a deep breath and just b

coalition war in yemen they have targeted are they the port destroying the main plane so the port can only receive now small ships and with this maybe new offensive if it started it will actually close the entire port bringing this in the media just because the saudis that coalition they don't want to be blamed for the death toll that might be caused by this of a data circled foreign minister of yemen colored money saying that saudi arabia is not planning to destroy infrastructure the saudi foreign minister. more larry saying that yemen guarantees have been allowed safe passage from the data before any bombing so complete denials from the coalition no i mean how can you be guarantee a safe passage if the only passes for eighty percent according to the united nation for eighty percent of the humanitarian aid getting into yemen is from port eighty percent means that the whole the are not abstract in this border this statement by some yemeni officials in saudi arabia they just want to kind of say that we do care about the humanitarian aid and we have plans like if it's not if it doesn't

of oil port so these are the major oil the major oil ports in the country and whoever controls them can control libya's income which is the oil production is the backbone of libya's income. kemah has long gone merkel is scrambling to hold together her conservative government coalition follows a deepening divide over her handling of the european migrant crisis at a christian social union is on the verge of splitting the government a mccain isn't following all this for us from her lens dominic what's the latest what's happening now well richelle one thing we understand that is emerging today is the suggestion of a source of compromise as it were coming from the christian social union so the junior of the conservative parties in the grand coalition here in germany the mr hoar for us the federal interior minister the de facto leader as it were of the c.s.u. saying that one thing that may be possible is that people who present themselves on germany's borders appealing for asylum vying for asylum but who have in place against them some sort of travel ban can be denied access into germany stra

the hoti and yemeni army loyal to them to withdraw from this city and its ports and this is actually show you clearly how that coalition backed by u.k. and united states is actually using the humanitarian. aid and the last line for the millions of yemeni using it as a weapon to tell the host the other side to control the port either you withdraw all we can just attack the city and you are you going to be responsible for the death and for the destruction of what's left of our data but actually is not the host the who. who obstructed they when it had an edge coming into yemen we remember that and the fittest weeks of the saudi led coalition were in yemen they have targeted or they deport destroying their main claim so the port can only receive now small ships and with this maybe a new offensive if it started it will actually close the entire port bringing this in the media just because the saudis that coalition they don't want to be blamed for the death toll that might be caused by this data the circled foreign minister over have encouraged money saying that saudi arabia is not plannin

of arms have arrived to the port and avoid the current military campaign aimed at targeting the port the coalition countries know well that the port has no military activities at all and is not involved at all in any arms shipment the un cold yemen the world's most humanitarian crisis on the bottle for what they've done its effects could make it even was mohammed atta while jazeera djibouti allison wood is a senior consultant for control risks that provide political and business risk analysis of the middle east north africa she says the saudi embassy coalition probably were rushed the operation in one data. i think we've seen from the at it as well in the statement that the minister made just yesterday that they intend to take this slowly and steadily to really kind of extract the aims that they want to in trying to minimize the damage on the ports the extent possible so i think they're going to proceed with precision rather than sort of advancing quickly to to try to take the city we've seen reports today that something like twenty five thousand people have already fled the city the

campaign aimed at targeting the port the coalition countries know well that the port has no military activities at all and is not involved at all in any arms shipment since the intervention of the coalition to back government forces three years ago at least ten thousand yemenis have been killed tens of thousand injured and millions displaced burnet smith al-jazeera. well independent yemeni journalist says the intense bombardment on her date as airport is threatening the lives of hundreds in the area. before five minutes now we had a very high ranking and people in colonies found very very high. is very caring people had. then if they're flying on a large night and there was a bomb thinking fire but they did. that and. despite a boat. a few kilometers the landfill and that don't it's you can always think it's chickens but what about something now the sound is different this is very foreign reporting to some people who don't believe any side in good for a cause of pride shared in the school of don't care about people really not. your idea and the hopi slice it but the people who. alway

brexit is a big dealfor ports. up to i7% of britain's entire trade, thought to be worth around 150 billion dollars last year. but planning delays means new infrastructure. a crucial lorry park to absorb disruption at uk channel ports is currently not scheduled to be ready before march 2019. a house of lords report last month also warned that a lack of staff and it systems could cause severe delays at british ports in the event of a no—deal brexit. clare marshall went to meet some truckers in the uk to see what they made of it. at the moment, a two—minute delay at customs leads to a 17 mile tail back. it seems a few more cheques will be needed. does that worry truckers here? we need commonsense in the haulage industry. it makes no difference. the rules will still be here. not much change to look forward to. with me is chris southworth. you are listening to that. what is your take on the challenge a hard brexit would offer in terms of getting goods across the borders? the main issue is delays. 1.5 million trucks go o

port and now if it's closed that's going to argue evade the problem. and a lot of people will lose their jobs or the people will lose their farm farms etc i want of the things that people are reliant on in for there is the fishery and they cannot now go to the sea to fish and get food for the and this is the problem now i've called family last night and they told me that they heard the bombing they were hearing the bombings and they were they were they were afraid and there were news that if they get their houses they got trucks by by by either party in the in the front lines situation that is extremely difficult and people can barely. provide to provide food for their children and now that was in the past they kept they could not provide food for their children but now they cannot even go out of their houses for example a certain hours of the day and as sorry with save the children thank you very much . now to some of the other stories making news around the world the european union and the united nations have welcomed a move by greece's northern neig