This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Andrew Peach and in the early hours of Saturday the 9th of March,

these are our main stories. Efforts to get humanitarian aid into Gaza by air and sea have intensified as the UN says a

quarter of the population in the Palestinian territory is on the brink of famine.

A police officer in the Indian capital Delhi has been suspended after video

footage seemed to show him kicking Muslim men while they are offering Friday

prayers in the street. The UN's nuclear watchdog says its specialists have heard several explosions near the Zapparasia

power plant in Ukraine, suggesting fighting with heavy weapons.

Also in this podcast, as Hollywood prepares for the Oscars on Sunday

there's just one question preoccupying fans of the Barbie movie.

Are we gonna get a Barbie too? I mean we love to. Yeah we're always talking about it I think right

now we're just so happy this week to be celebrating Barbie success and Barbie at

the Oscars this weekend. We'll hear from one of Hollywood's most powerful women.

After warnings this week that a quarter of people in Gaza are on the brink of famine.

The US and its allies have stepped up efforts to deliver aid to Palestinian families. On Thursday, President Biden announced

that the U.S. military would establish a temporary port on Gaza's coast.

On Friday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the creation

of a maritime corridor to deliver aid by sea.

The Deputy Director of Operations at the UN Relief Agency,

UNRWA. Scott Anderson, welcome the plan. We hope it will make a significant difference.

I think that there's some details we need to work out on the logistics of the sea route

how will it be delivered on the beach who will do further distribution things like that

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