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business reporter david waddell. lets have a look at the geography of the situation. right here is the bab al—mandab strait. its right next to yemen, from where those houthi attacks originated. its at the southern end of the red sea. at the northern end is the suez canal. now, ships cannot pass through the suez canal from the south without first passing through this choke point. a couple of days ago, the maersk shipping container company and hapag—lloyd both announced they wouldnt ...

days. scottish national partys chief exec as it has resigned with immediate effect, after the snp was forced to reveal a massive drop in its party member ship this week. you are watching bbc news. time for the media show. my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time. gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandelas entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered much else too — gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and t...

reinvestigated, 246 will face no formal action because correct action was taken at the time. 689 will undergo a new assessment to pursue new 01’ undergo a new assessment to pursue new or mr lines of inquiry including possibly talking again to victims and witnesses. 196 face formal risk management measures and potentially a review to determine if they should remain in the force. this is a good time to go back to our home affairs correspondent sonia jessop, who is there by the bbc radi...

inappropriately restraining him. what would you like to say to families — what would you like to say to families of— what would you like to say to families of children _ what would you like to say to families of children abused . what would you like to say to families of children abused in what would you like to say to - families of children abused in your care? _ we confront the chief executive of the company about the mistreatment of people in their care. president biden meets th...

more on the headline stories in a moment, but lets round up the sport and go to the sports centre and will perry. they hope to set up a last four tie against the holders, real madrid. what you have to do to achieve it is be ourselves as much as possible. our game plan is to stick until the end and do our game and our game. as much as possible, and when its not possible, its because they were better, not because we couldnt do it or something we were not. bur; better, not because we coul...

behind the scenes of how one of the uks biggest hospitals transitions from old to new. we are going this way. liverpools biggest hospital is on the move. ward 7a is ready to release patients. more than 600 patients and thousands of staff will be transferred to a brand new building. im quite nervous. we can plan for as many eventualities as possible but actually until the day of the move itself, we wont know exactly who we are transferring. its taken nine years and more than £850 milli...

at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. lets talk to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. terrible time for people in buffalo. i have seen it described as the blizzard of the century, a monster storm, the worst weather people have ever experie...

time for a look at the weather. heres darren bett. but so much in the west because we have this cloud spilling in. it is wrapped around that big area of low pressure, and the low itself will not reach us just yet but i had a bit, pushing well ahead of it, all of this cloud and that is beginning to arrive across parts of northern ireland, limiting the sunshine. further east, it has been a beautiful day, this was the picture at whitby in north yorkshire. we have seen one or two light sho...

the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of people who looking for better economic prospects and are prepared to work in the uks illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people whove crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there c...

with 11 mps, and counting, eyeing up the top job. and in tennis — victory is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon mens singles title. voice-over: live voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. its eight in the morning in singapore, and 5:30 in the morning in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the countrys leadership. president rajapaksa — whose family has dominat...