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 he s 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 manage. by the time you landed, he didn t figure it out? no, he hadn t figured it out. shall we go on in? i mean, i used to live in washington, so. i know. it s lovely. this is my favourite book shop in dc. well, i can see why. so, this is interesting because your books were all over the store. you got to just make sure people don t miss that one. it is the author s instinct, isn t it? it is. actually, it s. .. but it s put in the right position. put it over someone else s. yes. katty laughs i shouldn t do that. here. no, i think it shows up enough. you write about such an eclectic group of subjects, but you wr
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 let s get some immediate reaction to this development in the statement from the us president. let s quash now to washington and our correspondent there. what can you tell us? figs correspondent there. what can you tell us? correspondent there. what can you tell us? as you said we had a statement you tell us? as you said we had a statement from you tell us? as you said we had a statement from the you tell us? as you said we had a statement from the white - a statement from the white house confirming that the strikes have begun, saying it was the us, uk and lists a number of nations includ
a day after dozens of similar us british air strikes across the country. in what the us calls a follow up action to thursday night s attacks, a us ship fired missiles at a radar site. the israeli prime minister says that nothing will deter israel s determination to pursue the war in gaza including the international court ofjustice in the hague. now on bbc news the travel show. europe by train for generations of backpackers into rail, as well as for me, it is what travel is all about. and in germany, the railways are booming, partly because of this. it s called the deutschlandticket. it costs me a0 euros a month, and it allows me almost unlimited use of the country s regional public transport network. 49 euros a month. it was a cost of living measure introduced in 2023, initially atjust nine euros each. i do love a train who doesn t? so i m planning to take them to criss cross the country and get a better look at the close relationship between germans and their ra
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 agencies, to reporters, saying the united states and britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to the houthis in yemen. that s all we know so far. we haven t had any official word from the white house or from the pentagon. earlier today, when a pentagon spokesman was asked about that, they said they would not comment on any. they wouldn t speculate on any potential military action. from what we re hearing, it seems the strikes have started. one houthi official has written on socia
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