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before those strikes took place, the boss of maersk, one of the worlds biggest shipping companies, spoke to the bbc to warn of �*significant disruption�* to global supply chains because of the houthi attacks. maersk, like other shipping operators, is re—routing its vessels away from the red sea and suez canal. instead they are taking the �*long way round�*, from asia to europe, and around the cape of good hope. that�*s an extra 3500 nautical miles, or up to two week�*s sa...

welcome to hardtalk. thank you. its such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. lets begin with a very basic fact — you are one of your own israeli governments fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. youve certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide fi...

targets linked to houthis in yemen. president biden has issued the following statement" today at my direction us military forces together with the uk and support from australia, bahrain, canada and the netherlands successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in yemen used by houthi rebels to endanger freedom of navigation on one of the worlds most vital waterways did it" lets get some immediate reaction to this development in the statement from the us president. lets quas...

it was a version of this — i sat down to reread my book because i was coming back for the paperback book tour from england and the guy next to me goes... he looks at the book and he says, "i read that book." and i said, "oh." and before i could stop him, he says, "cynical— both laugh we spent... it was a seven—hour flight. seven hours, and hes playing 20 questions, trying to figure out who i was, and he was getting closer and closer and closer. and it was just horrendous! did you...

the us and britain have begun strikes against targets linked to houthi rebels in yemen. we can cross to will vernon. what can cross to will vernon. what can you tell us?— can you tell us? very few details at _ can you tell us? very few details at this _ can you tell us? very few details at this stage. - can you tell us? very fewl details at this stage. what can you tell us? very few- details at this stage. what we do know is that several us officials have been speaking to news agenci...

conditions and for some of us wintry showers as well. we are in this cold air mass, the wind coming in from the arctic. that is the picture for the arctic. that is the picture for the next few days, but notice these yellow colours waiting in the wings and that will sweep in during the end of the week. but now still quite a lot of clout in the east midlands and anglia and a few rain and showers coming out of that and more snow showers coming in, even to lower levels, in scotland, northe...

good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news channel. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted hes a serial rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost two decades. pc david carrick, a member of the diplomatic protection squad, has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including 2a counts of rape. the met has apologised to his victims, after it emerged it missed warnings about his behaviour over a long period of time. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has more. david carrick...

for palestinians who have been detained. from tel aviv, orla guerin sent this report of more israeli hostages and palestinians who from tel aviv. lining the streets tonight to welcome home a mother and daughter, freed from gaza yesterday. and there is hope that others will come home. qatar and the white house saying that the ceasefire deal and release of captives will continue for two more days. already savouring her freedom, this woman, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv ...