have stopped passing through here and are now taking the much longer route all the way around africa instead adding costs and delays. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. the threats to shipping in the red sea is very real. this was an attack by iranian backed houthi fighters last month, storming a cargo ship registered in britain. the militia from yemen claiming that any vessels owned by allies of israel were legitimate targets. shouting. there have also been drone and missile attacks so many that shipping companies are pulling out of the red sea, sending their vessels around southern africa instead. in response, the us secretary of defence, who s visiting the middle east, has formed an international military coalition to protect ships and ensure freedom of navigation. these attacks are reckless, dangerous, and they violate international law. and so, we re taking action to build an international coalition to address this threat. and i would remind you that
and 18,000 miles in an electric car. stay with us here for and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the fallout from baroness mone s interview with the bbc yesterday, in which she admitted lying about how she and her family stood to profit from a government contract to supply ppe during the pandemic, continues. claim and counter claim have been flying around today. the prime minister insisted he s taking the allegations against michelle mone extremely seriously. she replied, what s the pm talking about, he knew about her involvement all along. a former tory health minister thenjoined in, saying she didn t tell him about it. the company run by baroness mone s husband, ppe medpro, made £60 million profit from its contract with the government. 0ur political editor, chris mason, has the latest. a pandemic strikes. suddenly, gowns and masks personal protective equipment, pp
gansu province. more than 250 other people have been injured in the 6.2 magnitude quake. rescuers are braving freezing weather with temperatures below 13c to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. let s go live to our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell who is in beijing, what more can you tell us? a what more can you tell us? powerful, shallow earthquakes struck the plateau as before midnight, bringing down people s homes and killing 118 residents as they slept, of those we are told 105 people died in gansu province and 13 in neighbouring qinghai. the rescue effort started through the night into the early hours of the morning and has continued today in very difficult, freezing conditions. we are told that 11100 firefighters have been sent to assist in the rescue effort. we are getting footage of emergency tents being set up. you can imagine one of the terrible things when this sort of accident happe
Theres a community that know that environment. Better than anybody else, i you know, listen to them. I used to go out to sea with me grandad. I think the first time i ever went out trawling i was only seven. I used to sit on his chart table in the wheelhouse, drink his irn bru we didnt believe it at first off whitby. Within weeks, it had crept along the coast and it was happening to us. And it was like, my god, whats happening here . It was frightening. Yeah oh its all come out. Something is not quite right. We used to see a lot younger crab to throw back for the following years fishery, but we arent seeing thatjust now. Theres enough catch for today, but you are always thinking ahead to the future, you always want to see plenty of stock, small stock, it is getting fed, you throw it back, you know you will catch it when it is right. But it isnt there, it isnt there to throw back. Its taken about two thirds of our crab catches away over the last 8 9 months. It is a big hit, especially i
wrong with the ecosystem. it s dying. in fact it s not dying, we re murdering it. i itjust left you with a sinking feeling that there s going to be no future in thisjob. it s a really complicated difficult puzzle to try and fit together. everybody is treating the sea like it is a rubbish tip. it is mind blowing! there s a community that know the environment better- than anybody else, - you know, listen to them. i used to go out to sea with me grandad. i think the first time i went out i was only seven. i used to sit on his chart table in the wheelhouse, drank his irn bru and eat his crisps. we didn t believe it at first, within weeks it was happening to us. my god, what s going on here? it was frightening. something is not quite right. we used to see a lot younger crab to thrown back for the following year s fishery, but we aren t seeing that. there is a decent enough catchment today. you are always thinking ahead to the future, you want to see plenty of stock, small stock, i