it s saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed it s 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 impact of the american and british bombing raids. the americans say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the attack overnight, but both the british and americans say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships off the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have boarded vessels. in other attacks, they used drones and missiles. they say they are disrupting this key shipping
Judi dench, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you, john. You were born in 193a and grew up in york. Set the scene for us. What was family life like . My father was a doctor. And i had two brothers, older than me. And of course, at that time, no television, nothing like that. So we all had bikes and we made our own entertainment. My second brother, jeff, only ever wanted to be an actor. My oldest brother wanted to be a doctor, like dad, and i wanted to be a designer, scenic designer. Thats what i set out to be. From a young age . From quite a young age, because we were taken to the theatre a lot, you know, we were taken to. I remember once going to see a cuckoo in the nest, and i laughed so. This couple was in bed and suddenly a chest at the end of the bed opened and a man stood up in vest and pants. And i was sick. I laughed so much, i was sick. My mother had to take me home. But the wonderful thing is that i was taken back a couple of nights later to see what happened. They laugh m
Mobilization, the criminal group was headed by a conscription officer, he was assisted by employees of the Military Hospital commission, a traumatologist and a surgeon. Diagnoses were made up in khylyants and appropriate documents were issued on unfitness, which allowed them to travel abroad. For one such certificate, criminals received from 400 dollars. During the search , Law Enforcement officers found the perpetrators illegal uah 3,000 so far, the criminal group has been arrested. 404 settlements remain without electricity reports ukrenergo. A thermal power plant in the Southern Region was also damaged. Therefore, in order to maintain the balance between consumption and production of electricity, it was necessary to limit the operation of wind and solar power plants during daytime hours. The company added that on thursday it was necessary to import electricity from slovakia. It starts on october 1 at the Lviv National philharmonic. International festival of modern music contrasts. I
The most important thing. In ukraine, its 4 p. M. And we have a news release on the espresso tv channel in the studio of iryna koval. The russians bombed the coke plant in avdiivka, donetsk , with 155 mm artillery shells, antitank guided missiles and ammunition for main battle tanks. This will help allies replenish their supplies while continuing to support ukraine. We talked. Today on protection from russian terror, only last year russian terrorists used more than 40 shaheeds and so almost every night in the conditions of such intense attacks against ukrainians against our cities, our ports, which are important for global food security, the corresponding intensity of pressure on russia and a corresponding boost to our air shield. The new British Defense minister grand shaps is also in kyiv today. He also held meetings with the president of ukraine. During the meeting of the parties also discussed the strengthening of Ukrainian Air defense on the eve of the winter period, and also note
Edition of hardtalk. Im Stephen Sackur and today im joined by an audience here at the Bbc Radio Theatre to celebrate 20 years of hardtalk interviews. Who better to have on our birthday than sir ian mckellen . Whether you think of him as richard iii or gandalf, he has won hearts and accolades around the world. Not just for decades of work on screen but his passion of public campaigning, particularly on the issue of gay rights. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to ian mckellen. Applause wow, that was quite a welcome. Ian mckellen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Theres a lot to talk about both personal and in terms of yourcampaigning. But i want to begin with a thought about your career. There are very few actors with the diversity you have offered your audiences, from the great shakespearean roles to Comic Book Characters in x men. Is there a consistent, Common Thread through everything youve done . The Common Thread is there is no Common Thread. Theres a variety. Thats w