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its saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed its carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran—backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without "punishment or retaliation". graham satchell reports. before and after — satellite images show the i...

hearing, has held what the us calls "candid" and "constructive" talks with chinas foreign minister in beijing. this at the start of two days of meetings with chinese officials. mr blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping "open channels of communication" us officials added. the trip to china is the first by a top us diplomat in almost five years and comes months after an earlier visit by the secretary of state was postponed when a suspected chinese spy balloon flew in us ai...

have stopped passing through here and are now taking the much longer route all the way around africa instead — adding costs and delays. heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. the threats to shipping in the red sea is very real. this was an attack by iranian—backed houthi fighters last month, storming a cargo ship registered in britain. the militia from yemen claiming that any vessels owned by allies of israel were legitimate targets. shouting. there have also been drone...

and 18,000 miles — in an electric car. stay with us here for and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the fallout from baroness mone�*s interview with the bbc yesterday, in which she admitted lying about how she and her family stood to profit from a government contract to supply ppe during the pandemic, continues. claim and counter—claim have been flying around today. the prime...

gansu province. more than 250 other people have been injured in the 6.2 magnitude quake. rescuers are braving freezing weather — with temperatures below —13c — to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. lets go live to our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell who is in beijing, what more can you tell us? a what more can you tell us? powerful, shallow earthquakes struck the plateau as before midnight, bringing d...

a huge night ahead, as the 70th edition of sports personality of the year is held here in salford. whose name will follow beth meads on that coveted trophy? good on that coveted trophy? morning. a wet start acro: england good morning. a wet start across england and wales. match range slowly clearing south—east through the course of the day leaving brightest guys behind with a few showers. it will be wintry on the tops of their heels in scotland. —— the hills in scotland. its tues...

already the concourses are milling with activity. the smell of burglaries is wafting around and excitement is building. later on we get the spanish view. later on well get the spanish perspective from semra hunter, ray bubbles from city fan tv will be with us too and you can have your say using the hashtag bbc football but one man who didnt even need his ready brek this morning he was so excited is for former manchester city midfielder michael brown. michael, how big is this? it is one...

we ask the experts. good morning. one of the most famous victories in scotlands history as they maintained their perfect start to euros qualifying with victory over spain at hampden park. and after sleeping outdoors for three years, the boy in the tent is coming back inside having raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. good morning. it is a mild and murky start to the day today, many of us will have cloud with some rain in the forecast, windy and temperatures higher than y...

welcome to bbc news. im monika plaha. our top stories: protesters take to the streets in tel aviv, including outside the home of prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem, after he fires his defence minister for condemning his controversial legal reforms. this sacking of israels defence minister who spoke out against the legislation feels to many people here like a turning point. warnings of more severe weather in mississippi and neighbouring states, ...

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