it happened late on tuesday and is the latest in a series of attacks which are prompting major shipping lines to take alternative, longer routes. the international chamber of shipping says that one in five commercial vessels and ships are now avoiding the red sea, which accounts for 12% of global trade. it s led to a near doubling in the cost of container shipping. the attackers say they ll continue to target vessels until palestinians in gaza are allowed sufficient food and medicine. michelle bockmann is principal analyst at the maritime analysts lloyd s list intelligence. thank you for being with us today, michelle. there have been multiple efforts to try and neutralise the threat from these houthi rebels to ships in the area. these latest attacks suggest they are failing. good afternoon. it certainly seems that way at the moment. the us coalition of military support that is meant to be helping that transit through the red sea to the suez canal seems to have failed to deter
in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagra nt israeli aggression. israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah proscribed terrorists organisations in many countries have close ties to iran which itself is holding a day of mourning, after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. alongside this several nations have issued a warning to the houthi militants in yemen who are also close to iran to stop the attacks on shipping in the key lanes in the red sea. and of course the fighting in israel and gaza which has played a role in sparking all this there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation. live now to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. explain who this man, the leader of hamas was, t
welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east. iran s supreme leader says there ll be a harsh response, after at least 95 people were killed, by two explosions in the southeastern city of kerman. the blasts were near the saheb al zaman mosque, where thousands of people had gathered to mark the anniversary of the death of a senior general, who was killed in a us drone strike in 2020. caroline hawley reports. the roads leading to the cemetery were packed with people who had gone to qasem soleimani. officials say the bombs had been planted in bags and were apparently set off by remote control. whoever did this was clearly aiming to cause mass casualties. the iranian red crescent said their efforts to evacuate the injured were complicated by the size of the crowds. and a first bomb was followed swiftly by a second, more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since qasem soleimani was killed himself in an american drone attack while on a visit to iraq. general so
victory overjason kubler, whilst elina svitolina came from a set down to beat raducanu our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more on both matches. he s playing well, and its referent meadow, a previous champion. i ve been played matches already and having a third againstjordan thompson, three measures in two days, than for matches in five days, it s exactly what you need when returning to the tour having had a year away. there were two hours and 15 minutes on the part when the third set began my soul being realistic, if you have been out since april and had a few operations, you are going to tie in the third set of a match of that quality and physicality. she was really going for shots, we know this away she plays and wants to play. her defence was very good, and again it s been a encouraging few runs for her, certainly above expectations, given she s had so little tennis in 2023. india have won the second test against south africa in cape town afterjust a day and a h