now, that is a controversial, thorny issue — whether he is bound by the constitution to seek congress's approval first. but frankly a lot of the attention here from us networks and us people is on the state of iowa. that is where, in around three days' time, the us primary season will kick off. americans will begin selecting their candidates for the republican — the republican candidate in the us presidential election. although this was a controversial decision, i think most of the attention will be on iowa at the moment.— attention will be on iowa at the moment. thank you very much. let's get some background on the houthis. they have been fighting a civil war against the yemeni government since 2014. when the war in gaza began last year, they declared their support for hamas and said they would target any ship travelling to israel. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner looks now at whether this military
of a wider conflict in the north. the decision comes as gazans faced the latest bombardment of airstrikes. aid groups are warning that the humanitarian situation is dire. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says nearly 22,000 people have been killed since the war began. the uk government says it won't hesitate to take further direct action against houthi rebels, who are attacking foreign ships in the red sea to show their support for hamas. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, has more on what kind of direct action might be. well, euphemistically, grant shapps, the defence secretary, is calling it direct action, the risk of direct action if the houthis don't stop their attacks. i think there's a number of options. at the minimum, it means continuing to shoot down the drones that the houthis are firing, but this is not a very cost—effective exercise for the west. so you've got us, britain, france, other nations, all that have got navies in that region as part of a coalition, a us—led coalition
at a very heavy price". these were the words of the prime minister a few days ago, as the number of soldiers killed in battle now nears 200. israel's military says it is now withdrawing some combat troops and switching to more targeted operations, but the aim remains the same — to dismantle hamas and bring back the hostages. and this war looks set to last well into the new year. the uk government says it won't hesitate to take further direct action against houthi rebels, who are attacking foreign ships in the red sea to show their support for hamas. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has more on what that kind of direct action might be. well euphemistically, grant shapps, the defence secretary, is calling it direct action, the risk of direct action if the houthis don't stop their attacks. i think there's a number of options. at the minimum, it means continuing to shoot down the drones
the uk government says it won't hesitate to take further direct action against houthi rebels, who are attacking foreign ships in the red sea, to show their support for hamas. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, has more on what kind of direct action might be. well, euphemistically, grant shapps, the defence secretary, is calling it direct action, the risk of direct action if the houthis don't stop their attacks. i think there's a number of options. at the minimum, it means continuing to shoot down the drones that the houthis are firing, but this is not a very cost—effective exercise for the west. so you've got us, britain, france, other nations, all that have got navies in that region as part of a coalition, a us—led coalition called 0peration prosperity guardian. but it costs roughly 100—times more to fire off, say, a sea viper missile from a royal navy destroyer to shoot down a drone than it cost the houthis to launch a little $20,000 drone. so that isn't going to work in the long—term.
guard on wednesday — though the soldiers made no mention of him in their announcement. translation: this day, - july 23rd 2023, we, the defence and security forces, meeting within the national council for the safeguard of the homeland, have decided to put an end to the regime you know. this follows the continuing deterioration of the security situation, and poor economic and social governance. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnerjoins us. he is there in the newsroom. give us your assessment of this coup in niger and its wider significance. this is a really big setback, matthew, for notjust french and us but western and european efforts generally to try and establish some kind of security in the sahel region, the part of north—west africa that borders the sahara. countries like mauritania, mali,
with these weapons is going to be a point of friction and one that we imagined they might thrash out at that meeting with rishi sunak on monday and perhaps later in the week in vilnius at that nato summit. the bbc�*s tom brada there in london. tom, thanks a lot for that. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, has more on mr biden�*s week in london and in vilnius. this is potentially an awkward visit at a crucial time, why, because the nato alliance faces a number questions and it needs to try and present a united front. the two—day vilnius so much, tuesday and wednesday coming at a crucial time in the ukraine war, it comes at a time when america is out on its own when america is out on its own when it comes to cluster bombs, the decision taken in the last few days by america to supply ukraine with these very controversial weapons, has not gone down well with its allies, it has been pretty much condemned by human rights
us�*s decision to supply ukraine with these weapons is going to be a point of friction and one that we imagined they might thrash out at that meeting with rishi sunak on monday and perhaps later in the week in vilnius at that nato summit. the bbc�*s tom brada there in london. tom, thanks a lot for that. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has more on mr biden�*s week in london and in vilnius this is potentially an awkward visit at a very crucial time. why? because the nato alliance faces a number of questions and it needs to try and present a united front. the two—day vilnius nato summit on tuesday and wednesday is coming at a crucial time in ukraine war but it also comes at a time when america is out on its own when it comes to cluster bombs. the decision taken in the last few days by america to supply ukraine with these very controversial weapons has not gone down well with its allies. it has been pretty much
man had been arrested. president biden will hold talks with rishi sunak and king charles later. he is on a brief visit to the uk ahead of the nato summit in lithuania. the war in ukraine and climate change are expected to be on the agenda for the meetings at both downing street and windsor castle. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, reports. back in britain for his fifth visit as president, for what's been called a mini—state visit. president biden will be seeing king charles at windsor castle. the two men share similar views on climate change and the environment. but the us president declined to attend the king's coronation this year, sending the first lady instead, seen by some as a snub. then it's a meeting with rishi sunak, beforejetting off to the nato summit in vilnius. and all eyes will be on him in the lithuanian capital, as
at both downing street and windsor castle. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, reports. back in britain for his fifth visit as president, for what's been called a mini—state visit. president biden will be seeing king charles at windsor castle. the two men share similar views on climate change and the environment. but the us president declined to attend the king's coronation this year, sending the first lady instead, seen by some as a snub. then it's a meeting with rishi sunak, beforejetting off to the nato summit in vilnius. and all eyes will be on him in the lithuanian capital, as nato decides whether to admit ukraine as a future member. america has embarrassed its allies by agreeing to supply ukraine with these controversial cluster bombs. they could be effective against russian defences, but they are banned in most countries on humanitarian grounds. then there's the awkward matter of who should replace nato's
fetal cardiac activity begins — around six weeks of pregnancy. the vote passed mostly along party lines, but the three republican women in south carolina's senate all opposed it, voting with the democrats. the hotly contested bill is a revised version of an earlier measure that the south carolina supreme court ruled unconstitutional earlier this year. the ban is expected to be signed into law by republican governor, henry mcmaster. mount a legal challenge, saying on twitter, "we'll see you in court". russia says insurgents who launched attacks inside russian territory near the border with ukraine have been defeated. the kremlin claims it killed 70 attackers who crossed into the belgorod region on monday. it says the rest were driven back into ukraine. belgorod's governor said one civilian died in the violence. ukraine denies involvement involvement in the attack. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has more. this raid, launched from ukrainian territory but carried out by russians, could turn out to be