let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally
retaliation, could western powers be pushed into engaging beyond targeted strikes? and what are the risks of a wider conflict in the region? we ll have full coverage, with analysis shortly from a leading middle east researcher. we ll also get the thoughts of today s panel leon emirali, a former ministerial aide and pr consultant. and mo elliethee, executive director at the georgetown institute of politics and public service. but ahead of that, it s the first time rishi sunak has launched any kind of military operation, since becoming uk prime minister. some analysis now from our political editor chris mason on his decision, without consulting parliament, to join the attack. the early hours of this morning, back at their base in cyprus, the britishjets involved in air strikes on yemen. good evening, mr speaker, should parliament be recalled? last night, the decision already taken by the prime minister, the speaker of the house of commons was called in for a briefing. will la
are met. with more, here s our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson. explosions. in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the hostages but to be frank, had we agreed to the un secretary general s proposal over a month ago for this unilateral ceasefire, we would never have got the 110 hostages out that we did in november. israel s army said this week it had killed tens of hamas fighters in an ambush near gaza city. and that it s prepa
including what s described as command and control centres, munitions depots, launch systems and air defence radar. it s in response to weeks of attacks by the iran backed houthi movement, on cargo ships in the red sea, which have disrupted commercial shipping, threatening the global economy. some of the coalition s targets were in the yemeni capital sana a, others in the port of hudaydah. the houthis, a political and military group which controls a large part of yemen is now warning that britain and the us will pay a heavy price, for their aggression . thousands of people today took to the streets of the yemeni capital in support of the houthis. iran has condemned the strikes, as a clear violation of yemen s territorial integrity. with the houthis promising
that houthi targets were struck in nearly 30 locations, including what s described as command and control centres, munitions depots, launch systems and air defence radar. it s in response to weeks of attacks by the iran backed houthi movement, on cargo ships in the red sea, which have disrupted commercial shipping, threatening the global economy. some of the coalition s targets were in the yemeni capital sana a, others in the port of hudaydah. the houthis, a political and military group which controls a large part of yemen is now warning that britain and the us will pay a heavy price, for their aggression . thousands of people today took to the streets of the yemeni capital in support of the houthis. iran has condemned the strikes, as a clear violation of yemen s territorial integrity. with the houthis promising