Summary
After a US judge ordered the closure of the “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention centre in Florida we’ve checked satellite imagery to see how the site has grown since building work began
A Ukrainian military commander has posted footage – which we’ve verified – showing a large fire at a pumping station in Russia’s Bryansk region
Hungary and Slovakia – which continue to buy Russian oil – say supplies have been interrupted following attacks on the Druzhba pipeline
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How much food aid is delivered in Gaza?
Phil Leake
BBC Verify data journalist
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has today published a report on the food situation in the Gaza Strip.
As part of its report the IPC says the minimum food requirements for Gaza’s population of 62,000 tonnes per month have not been reached for several months.
Cogat – the part of Israel’s government responsible for the co-ordination and facilitation of humanitarian efforts in Gaza – publishes figures on the amount of food aid delivered each day in the territory.
The latest data up to 17 August shows that just under 61,500 tonnes has been delivered so far this month.
This is the highest monthly figure since February when a record 216,000 tonnes was delivered during the final month of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
There were no food deliveries between 1 March and 18 May, according to Cogat, although monthly aid volumes have increased each month since then.
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction in three satellite images
Lucy Gilder
BBC Verify journalist
A US federal judge has ordered the effective closure of “Alligator Alcatraz”, a migrant detention centre in the Florida Everglades. Its name reflects the local wildlife of alligators, crocodiles and pythons that live in the surrounding wetlands.
During a tour of the facility on 1 July President Donald Trump said that anyone who attempted to escape would be met by “a lot of cops in the form of alligators”.
The judge ruled that the facility was damaging the wetlands on which it was built and ordered the Trump administration to wind down its operations on the site within 60 days.
Satellite images from Earth surveillance specialists Planet Labs shows that construction on the site began around 25 June.
Trump toured the completed buildings on 1 July and the first detainees reportedly arrived a few days later. Because satellites depend on cloudless conditions to get good images the first clear pictures we have after the facility formally opened in early July come from the middle of that month, showing more buildings erected on the site.
The bottom image shows the site on the day of the judge’s ruling on Thursday.
We’ll continue to monitor satellite imagery of Alligator Alcatraz to see whether there are signs of it being dismantled.
