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Weekend: Hopes for Gaza sea corridor for aid

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Hopes for Gaza sea corridor for aid

10/03/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Hopes for Gaza sea corridor for aid

A ship carrying two hundred tonnes of aid for Gaza is poised to depart from Cyprus

A ship carrying two hundred tonnes of aid for Gaza is poised to depart from Cyprus.

The US military says an army logistics ship has departed for the eastern Mediterranean, as part of a plan to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea. The vessel is carrying the first equipment to establish a temporary floating pier that will be used to unload supplies. Separately, a Spanish charity says a ship carrying two hundred tonnes of food for Gaza is poised to depart from Cyprus.

Also in the programme: Pakistan has elected Asif Ali Zardari for his second term as president; and we find out about Iranian female DJs who are joining the illegal dance floors in the country. 

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more are Dr Yu Jie, senior research fellow on China in the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House and Jeffrey Kofman former reporter and now CEO of AI transcript service Trint. 

(Picture: Humanitarian aid for Gaza is loaded onto a platform next to a Spanish NGO Open Arms rescue vessel at the port of Larnaca in Cyprus. Credit: Yiannis Kourtoglou/REUTERS)

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