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explaining why he allowed the uk to take part in military action in yemen without first holding a commons debate. rishi sunak has faced criticism for not allowing mps to hold a discussion before britainjoined the us in bombing raids on houthi rebels who have been targeting commercial shipping in the red sea. our political correspondent leila nathoo has the story. rishi sunak has made his case that joining us air strikes on houthi targets in yemen on thursday night was an act of self—defence to protect global shipping, that britain could not stand by while fighters defied warnings t...

for third seed elena rybakina against former world number one carolina pliskova. rybakina, a beaten finalist at melbourne park in 2023, saved three set points in the first set tie break before sealing it 8—6 in just under an hour. in three previous matches, pliskova had failed to take a set off rybakina and that stretched to a fourth, as the kazakh star wrapped up the match 7—6, 6—4. world number one iga swiatek is through to the second round after beating sofia kenin. swiatek on a fabulous run of form, coming through 7—6, 6—2 for a 17th victory in a row. the quadruple gran...

the british prime minister called the strikes �*necessary and proportionate'. us says houthi command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems were all targeted. houthi leaders said five people were killed. let's look at where this happend. houthis control large parts of yemen. last night officials said they targeted 16 sites, including in the capital city sana'a. strikes — response to houthi attacks on ships in the red sea. houthis say they will continue to target ships with links to israel. germany, france, den...

this video of a strike, which we've geolocated to be nearly 100 miles north of the other strike you've just seen. the houthis are a political and military group who control a large part of yemen, including the capital, and they're allies of iran, who give them backing in the form of weapons and political funding. this is a map showing some of the strikes by the us and uk in yemen. a number of these have been confirmed by the uk's ministry of defence. the us has said over 100 weapons were fired at 16 houthi locations. the uk, meanwhile, has said it's been involved in strikes in two lo...

throughout the programme. it's tuesday, the 9th of january. our main story. two formerjustice secretaries — one conservative, the other labour — are leading calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office it scandal. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, said various options were being looked at to speed up appeals and compensate the victims. he said more talks would be held today and he hoped to announced a solution very shortly. here's our political correspondent, peter saull. i'm the sub—postmaster, so...