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hello. if you justjoined us, i m sally bundock. we will now talk through the top stories. if this is your first day back at work after a long christmas break we will bring you up to speed. and we start in the middle east, where the threat of military escalation continues to hang over the red sea. the us, britain, and their allies in the region are on alert to see if their warnings to the iran backed houthis are now working. attacks on commercial vessels have been happening since the war between israel and gaza began. houthis who are behind the attacks say it s in support of hamas and has turned a vital global trade route, that handles about 12% of the world s commerce, into a risky maritime passage. the uk defence secretary, grant shapps, said britain would not hesitate to take what he called direct action . meanwhile, bloomberg reports iran dispatched a warship to the red sea after the us navy destroyed three houthi boats. joining me now is janet mui, head of market ana ....
japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble, after a powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. time for a look at the business news now. tesla, the elon musk controlled car maker which pioneered mass market electric vehicles, has been relegated to second position in the global league of electric car makers. its chinese rival, byd has reported that it sold 526,000 cars in the final quarter of last year compared to 480,000 for tesla making it the world s number one electric car brand for now at least. erin delmore is in new york for us. byd said it is the biggest car brand you have never heard of in a recent advert i saw, but we are hearing more about them and other chinese electric vehicle makers who are shaking up the market. it is true. this news might shaking up the market. it is true. ....
and george santos speaks. let s start with president biden on the ground. and now in california. landing early on his first visit to see the huge amount of damage from those who have been affected by the storms in that state. our team is there live. also this hour, an interview you will see here first. the district attorney of santa fe talking with nbc news after her stunning announcement. what she is saying about charging actor alec baldwin with manslaughter in that deadly movie set shooting. plus, news from back here on capitol hill. george santos responding to a trifecta of stories that kind of don t seem to add up. we re talking drag queen, a military veteran, a denial over a dying dog. we ve got a lot to get to from here in washington and around the country. we ll get to some of the stories in a moment but we want to start with breaking news out of the supreme court. here is the headline. the court says it is not able to identify the person or persons, plur ....
and the venetians are back on board the annual regatta takes place in full for the first time since covid. we begin in canada, where police are searching for two suspects thought to have stabbed ten people to death. at least 15 others have been wounded. the prime ministerjustin trudeau has described the events in the province of saskatchewan as horrific and heart breaking . police there say they are investigating 13 possible crime scenes and are looking for two men they believe carried out the attacks. at this point in our investigation, we have located ten deceased individuals in 13 locations in the areas of james smith cree nation and weldon, saskatchewan. several others have been injured, 15 of which at this point have been transported to various hospitals. there may be additional injured victims who transported themselves to various hospitals. let me be clear. we are still looking for the two suspects. we ask residents across saskatchewan and neighbouring provinc ....
senior republicans in the us condemn the fbi s search of donald trump s florida home. the white house insists it only learned about the operation from media reports. four days of extreme weather is forecast in england and wales. it comes as environmental groups say some rivers are starting to dry up seriously impacting wildlife. that, as western europe is facing its worst drought in decades with water levels in rivers and reservoirs already running low or even dry. a beluga whale that swam up the seine river in northern france and became stranded, has been removed from the water in the first stage of a rescue operation by marine experts. # we re walking in the air.# the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. debts owed by uk consumers to energy suppliers have tripled since last september, according to the comparison service uswitch. ....