sunak. or so, the prime minister, rishi sunak, held a conference call for his cabinet sunak, held a conference call for his cabinet and there was a briefing there his cabinet and there was a briefing there relating to the imminent prospect there relating to the imminent prospect of the uk being involved in a military prospect of the uk being involved in a military response, military strikes a military response, military strikes against the houthis. what is happening strikes against the houthis. what is happening right now and has been happening right now and has been happening injust the last couple of minutes, happening injust the last couple of minutes, as we were listening to frank minutes, as we were listening to frank fair, minutes, as we were listening to frank fair, is that other senior parliamentarians are being called in to government to be briefed. the speaker to government to be briefed. the speaker of to government to be briefed. the speaker of the house o
tonight, the uk appears to be on the brink of taking military action with the us against houthi rebels who ve been attacking ships in the red sea. could parliament be recalled to discuss any uk military response? tonight we ll guide you step by step through this latest international crisis with our defence editor mark urban and our political editor nick watt. also tonight. breathtaking testimony from a fraud investigator employed by the post office to examine shortfalls at branches across the country his evidence helped wrongly convict multiple subpostmasters he investigated this ex branch manager who was suspended by the post office after shortfalls and fraud accusations.
usually to say what they have already started to do. should say i have not had that confirmed. i am not a white house correspondent but thatis not a white house correspondent but that is the strong belief, all the action tonight would suggest we are heading in that direction, so as you say, rishi sunak had a cabinet conference call, thenjohn healey the shadow defence secretary and sir lindsay hoyle the speaker, they were called in for a briefing in whitehall, keir starmerjoined that remotely, what do they have in common? they are privy counsellors and that means they could be briefed and that means they could be briefed and would have been briefed on confidential terms, the current plan is not to recall parliament, but the next sitting will be on monday, and you would expect a prime ministerial statement at that point. but the snp, plaid cymru and the liberal democrats, they are saying that parliament should be recalled, lindsay hoyle, the speaker, he is historically in favour of parli
funeral itself. blakestic is joining with us more. tell us what s going on here. reporter: when it comes to u.s. vice president kamala harris being here, the alliance between japan and the u.s. is japan s most important i alliance. so having the vice president here is a big deal. she s been busy since arriving having already taken part in a meeting. during that meeting, harris reaffirmed the iron cld commitment to japan and said the countries will continue to work together to ensure free and fair indo pacific. globally, abe was known as this charismatic international statesman. here in japan, he s equally revered and criticized for his domestic policies. so when it was announced that a government funded state funeral would be held to honor his legacy without consulting parliament, a lot of people who weren t happy about it. in fact, one man even set