The ship is operated by an Israeli company, Mano Cruise, which said about 1,700 passengers were on board and it is sailing to Cyprus.

Israel said on Tuesday there were 950 trucks' worth of aid waiting in Gaza - but the agencies accuse Israel of blocking access to it.

A group of journalists at Agence France-Presse is sounding the alarm about conditions faced by their colleagues working in Gaza, saying that without immediate intervention, the last reporters working there will die.

Children in Gaza are seen searching through piles of garbage looking for food or scraps of plastic and burned paper to help them light a fire at home for cooking.

Flood victims are calling for stronger action against climate change. Relatives felt they were being drip fed information on their missing loved ones after the storm. The company is pointing fingers at its suppliers for problems with faulty products. Learn more English vocabulary from the news with our Learning English from the News archive.

Health ministry says dozens have died this month as aid agencies warn that even their workers are suffering from malnutrition

Oxfam director Scott Paul warns that famine is “banging down the door” in Gaza. Paul tells CNN there is currently two months of food - enough to feed all of Gaza - waiting at the border, but Israel is restricting the aid distribution.

The Latin and Greek Orthodox patriarchs of Jerusalem describing starving people not "batting an eyelid" at the sound of bombing.