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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaMaritime corridor to Gaza to begin at weekend – Von der LeyenPublished12 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The UN says a quarter of Gaza’s population is on the brink of famine and children are starving to deathBy Tom SpenderBBC NewsA maritime aid corridor to Gaza could begin operating this weekend with a test shipment leaving Cyprus as early as Friday, Ursula von der Leyen says.The European Commission chief’s announcement comes after the US said it would set up a temporary port in Gaza.The UN says a quarter of Gaza’s population is on the brink of famine and children are starving to death.Israel denies impeding aid and accuses aid organisations of failing to distribute it.Speaking in Cyprus, Ms von der Leyen said Gaza was “facing a humanitarian catastrophe” and the sea corridor would enable the delivery of large quantities of additional aid.The pilot shipment of aid would come in coordination with the United Arab Emirates and the World Central Kitchen aid organisation, she said.On Thursday Mr Biden said the US military would construct a pier to transport supplies from ships at sea to the shore, but US officials said it would take “a number of weeks” to set up.The operation – which he said would not include US troops on the ground in Gaza – would enable large ships to deliver food, water, medicine and temporary shelters. Initial shipments would arrive via Cyprus, where Israeli security inspections will take place.Mr Biden said the pier would enable a “massive difference” in the amount of aid reaching Gaza but added that Israel must “do its part” by allowing more aid to enter into the territory and to “ensure that humanitarian workers aren’t caught in the crossfire”.”Humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip,” he said.A joint statement from the European Commission, Cyprus, the US, UK and UAE said operating a sea corridor would be “complex” and they would continue to press Israel to expand delivery of aid by road, “insisting that it facilitate more routes and open additional crossings”.”Protecting civilian lives is a key element of international humanitarian law that must be respected,” the statement said.’My son Ali has already died’: Father’s plea for Gaza’s starving childrenWhy food airdrops into Gaza are controversialAid lorries have been entering the south of Gaza through the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing and the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom. But the north, which was the focus of the first phase of the Israeli ground offensive, has been largely cut off from assistance in recent months.An estimated 300,000 Palestinians are living there with little food or clean water.Last week more than 100 people were killed trying to reach an aid convoy amid the growing desperation. Palestinians said most were shot by Israeli troops. The Israeli military, which was overseeing the private aid deliveries, said most were killed in a stampede.The US and other nations have resorted to dropping aid in by air – but humanitarian organisations say that method is a last resort and cannot meet the soaring need.Israel’s military launched an air and ground campaign in Gaza after Hamas’s attacks on Israel on 7 October, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 253 others were taken hostage.More than 30,800 people have been killed in Gaza since then, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry says.Related TopicsMiddle EastIsrael & the PalestiniansIsrael-Gaza warIsraelUrsula von der LeyenTop StoriesArmy’s top IRA spy ‘cost more lives than he saved’Published3 minutes agoChris Kaba murder charge police officer named for first timePublished1 hour agoTheresa May to stand down as MP at next electionPublished40 minutes agoFeaturesWeekly quiz: Which billionaire hired Rihanna to celebrate a wedding?Singapore sting: How spies listened in on German generalMH370: The families haunted by one of aviation’s greatest mysteriesPride, pilgrims and parades: Africa’s top shotsWhy did the IRA not kill Stakeknife?’I’m really shy’ – The return of Gossip’s Beth DittoHow are the child benefit rules changing?The Iranian female DJs shaking the dance floorImages show N Korea sealing its border with ChinaElsewhere on the BBCCrazy urban myth or legitimate punk-pop conspiracy?Comedian Joanne McNally investigatesAttributionSoundsA ball of fire in the skies of KentMust-see moments from news stories big and small, captured on cameraAttributioniPlayerA disturbing scandal, uncovered after 30 yearsHow coal miners’ organs were used for research without their consentAttributionSoundsSoviet Russia’s most popular holiday campMaria Kim Espeland tells Lucy Burns about life in the camp in the 1980sAttributionSoundsMost Read1Army’s top IRA spy ‘cost more lives than he saved’2Police officer accused of Chris Kaba murder named3Cardiac-arrest footballer becomes first-time dad4MH370: The families haunted by one of aviation’s greatest mysteries5Two charged after baby death at hospital6’Sex predators within police operate in plain sight’7Theresa May to stand down as MP at next election8Father could not afford paternity leave to care for ill baby9London a ‘no-go zone for Jews every weekend’10Biden draws election battle lines in fiery speech
[ad_1] A joint statement from the European Commission, Cyprus, the US, UK and UAE said operating a sea corridor would be “complex” and they would continue to press Israel to…
![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaCape Town cattle highlight awful conditions on livestock shipsPublished1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Millions of farm animals endure long ocean voyages every yearBy Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC NewsResidents of Cape Town woke up to a pungent, sewage-like smell engulfing their neighbourhoods on Monday morning.The source? A ship from Brazil carrying 19,000 cattle had anchored in the South African port city the night before, in order to reload on animal feed.After performing an assessment on board the Al Kuwait, staff from a leading animal welfare organisation, the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA), said the cattle had been on board for two-and-a-half weeks and were living in a “build-up of faeces and ammonia [a gas released from urine]”.Conditions were “awful” and the stench was “unimaginable”, the NSPCA said in its statement.The ship has now left for Iraq but there will still be a funk in the air, campaign groups say. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Al Kuwait is heading to Iraq with 19,000 head of cattle on boardThe cattle are just a fraction of the millions of farm animals that endure lengthy journeys in order to be slaughtered and eaten in another country.Animal rights organisations have long complained that conditions on board these ships can be hazardous. They say that, in some cases, creatures have been trampled to death because of overcrowding, while dehydration, disease and hunger are also risks.Defenders of exporting livestock argue that the practice brings food security to importing nations and also financially benefits farming communities in countries that export.A handful of casualties have made headlines in recent years, like when more than 40 crew members and almost 6,000 cattle died after a ship sank of the Japanese coast, or when earlier this month a vessel carrying 16,000 sheep and cattle became stranded off the coast of Australia in extreme heat.Although disasters like these are horrific, “the really bad thing is just the day-to-day suffering” of exported livestock, Peter Stevenson from global animal welfare group Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) told the BBC.The 19,000 cattle that docked in South Africa are part of a much larger herd of Brazilian exports – in 2022 the South American country sent 150,000 live cattle abroad, CIWF estimates. Last year, a Brazilian judge outlawed live cattle exports from the country, citing poor welfare practices, but the ban is yet to be imposed.Australia and the European Union (EU) are also major exporters of livestock, with the latter selling around 4.5 million live farm animals to foreign countries, according to the South African chapter of animal welfare charity Four Paws.In Africa, Somalia and Sudan export the most. Sudan’s authorities said the country exported more than 2.7 million cattle in 2023, despite a raging civil war, according to local media.But why do countries want to import live animals, rather than chilled or frozen meat?”There is a traditional belief in many countries… that fresh meat is in some way tastier, healthier than boxed, chilled or frozen meat,” Mr Stevenson said.Some of these nations would struggle to rear animals from birth as they experience arid conditions that have only worsened with global warming.Australia’s LiveCorp, an organisation serving Australia’s livestock exporters, and AgForce, which represents Queensland’s rural producers, argue that shipping animals contributes to food security in water-stressed regions such as the Middle East. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Campaigners have long protested against the export of livestock across the worldThey also say the export of livestock benefits the Australian economy and farming communities, which can sell their animals for a higher price abroad than they can domestically.Nonetheless, Australia committed to “phasing out” live sheep exports in 2023. It has not set a deadline, however. Its neighbour New Zealand enforced a ban the same year. In Europe, Luxembourg has outlawed the trade and the UK is on its way to doing the same – a bill passed through its lower chamber of parliament, the House of Commons, last month. On Wednesday it will be considered by the upper chamber, the House of Lords. Four Paws notes that as well as hosting a ship full of livestock in its Cape Town port, South Africa exports farm animals itself.”There is insufficient regulation in place and raising animals in the country simply to be transported to be killed in another means that South Africa bears the harmful impacts associated with animal agriculture while the importing country does not,” Fiona Miles, the charity’s South Africa director, said.Not only did the cattle docked in Cape Town cause a nasty stink, they also reminded the world of the risks animals face on the long journeys to our plates.”Animals are sentient beings and feel pain and stress just like we do,” Ms Miles said.You may also be interested in:Millions of donkeys killed each year to make medicineHow undercover sting outwitted pangolin traffickersRelated TopicsAnimal welfareSouth AfricaIraqAround the BBCFocus on Africa podcastsTop StoriesTrident missile test fails for second time in a rowPublished12 minutes agoMartha’s rule to be introduced in some hospitals from AprilPublished1 hour ago’I was raped more than 100 times by grooming gang’Published3 hours agoFeaturesThe strangers who saved each other’s livesThe Papers: Prince’s call for peace and Labour revolt threatThe secret to my Mr Universe title? 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