on friday the u.s. justice department announced that it will seek the death penalty for the buffalo mass shooter payton gendron. he pleaded guilty to killing ten black people at a supermarket in 2022. this is the first time the administration has pursued the death penalty. however self the victims' relatives didn't like the decision by just tuesday department officials. >> as far as i'm concerned, i think he is getting off the hook. he won't get the suffering i want. as long as i'm alive, whether 20 or 60 year, i want to see him suffer. >> gendron's attorneys say they are deeply disappointed in the federal prosecutor's decision. the case scheduled to be back in court february 2. houthi targets take more fire from u.s. forces in the region. we'll have the latest on the new wave of strikes launched from this warship. plus a report on what
planes are 100% safe. united typically has 200 max 9 flights daily. 171 are grounded in the u.s. as alaska airlines and united await updated guidance from federal authorities. united's announcement comes one week after a terrifying incident on an alaska airlines flight where a door-sized section blew off the side of the plane in mid flight. houthi targets in yemen take more fire from u.s. forces in the region. the latest on a new wave of strikes launched from this warship. houthi leader try to capitalize on streaks by bolstering political support at home. also ahead, israel rejects accusations of committing genocide against palestinians before the top u.n. court, the and final days of arguments over israel's's military y gain in g. stayay with us.
mikey kay is a former uk military strategic planning advisor and a former raf helicopter pilot. thank you so much forjoining us, we really appreciate your time. i want to read to you something that the director of the us military�*sjoint staff said, general simms. he said he expects retaliation but they are not to be messed with. what have these strikes actually accomplished militarily if not deterrence? i think you have to go back a couple of years and look at the way this has manifested itself and the houthis have been targeting notjust shipping but us warships and more recently, uk warship, hms diamond, with ballistic missiles and drones. this has been going on, the targeting of shipping both military and civilian ships in the straight,
u.s. military fired on houthi targets. since november, the i run back to militant group has been attacking ships in the region to support hamas. the first day of the strikes hit 28 locations and struck more than 60 targets for last night strike was much smaller in scope and targeted a radar facility that the u.s. deemed a threat to ships in the red sea. >> as they are probably trying to recalibrate and think through next steps, we were able to hit approximately 16 locations where they have been holding capabilities that have been targeting not only commercial vessels but of course other ships in the region. >> iran backed houthi militants are retaliating this week, the attacks come amid growing concerns that the war may further spill into the middle east. israel is under the microscope this week, yesterday is really deficient
on their ability to continue attacks on vessels in the red sea. welcome to the programme. let's start in taiwan, where william lai has won the elections and is set to become taiwan's president. lai is representing the governing dpp — and is set to succeed to the current president tsai ing—wen. lai has been labelled a troublemaker by china, as beijing warned people against voting for him. in his acceptance speech, he said he is "determined to safeguard taiwan from continuing threat and intimidation from china" and will maintain the cross—strait status quo. on their end, china says reunification with taiwan still inevitable despite the vote, and opposes separatist activities. my colleague steve lai has followed the days procedings in taipei.
live from london, this is bbc news. in taiwan, william lai from the ruling party wins the presidential election after the main opposition party conceded defeat. but china said "reunification" with taiwan was still "inevitable" after the election on the self—ruled island that beijing claims as its own. the us military launches a fresh strike against a houthi target in yemen, a day afterjoint us—british air strikes across the country in response, the houthis say the us strikes had no significant impact
tonight, for a second night in the row, the united states has carried out targeted airstrikes against iranian -backed houthi rebels in yemen. this is a developing story, and our teams are working to cover more details, but what we know at this very moment is that the target was a houthi radar site. last night's attack was conducted alongside the british military and in coordination with other international allies. tonight, two u.s. defense officials told nbc that the attack was unilateral by the u. s., and it was conducted from a u.s. navy ship. the biden administration is saying that these are defensive strikes, after houthi militants for months now have launched at least 27 strikes on international ships sailing through the red sea, which is a crucial shipping route, through which the u.s. is 15% of global sea trade travels, including oil. the houthis say that the strikes are in protest against israel's military campaign and gaza that has killed more than
central command carried out a second round of strikes against iran-backed houthi rebels in yemen. u.s. officials say one of its destroyers pounded a radar site with cruise missiles on response to repeated attacks on commercial ships in the red sea. >> these attacks have got to stop. and we're talking about one of
by iran and iran has a warship in the red sea region. i think the dangerfor in the red sea region. i think the danger for escalation is there, and that will be something that the us and the uk will be very aware of. they will be looking to proceed with caution if possible. as we saw today, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, returning from a tour around the middle east, where he was discussing with a number of middle eastern leaders, including the saudi crown prince and the israeli prime minister, the danger of the war in israel between israel and hamas spilling out, escalating into a wider regional war. potentially pulling and other global players — hezbollah in lebanon and perhaps even iran. this is exactly why the secretary of state went on this tour around