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hello. i m sally bundock. a very a very warm welcome to a very warm welcome to the a very warm welcome to the programme. the us military has carried out a fourth round of airstrikes against the iranian backed houthis in yemen. the us says it struck 1a houthi missiles which may have been intended for attacks on shipping in the red sea. it came just hours after the houthis used a drone to hit another us owned cargo ship in the gulf of aden. on wednesday, the united states has announced that it s returning the houthis to a list of global terrorist organisations. the designation will require american financial institutions to freeze houthi funds and its members will be banned from the us. the houthis began attacking merchant vessels in november, saying they were responding to israel s military operation in gaza. since then, the group has launched dozens of attacks on commercial tankers passing through the red sea, one of the world s busiest shipping lanes. answering questio ....
translation: e responded accordingly. we only targeted iranian terrorists on the soil of pakistan. before this, i talked to my colleague, the honourable foreign minister of pakistan, and i assured him that we do respect the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of pakistan. also, those of iraq. but we don t allow our national security to be compromised and to be played with and we have no reservation, no hesitations when it comes to our national interest. and those, the terrorist groups inside pakistan and those that are affiliated to the israeli regime in the kurdistan region of iraq. what we did was actually in line with the security of pakistan, iraq and the whole region. we believe that the security of iraq and pakistan are the security of the islamic republic of iran. some breaking news now from kensington palace. this has been issued in the last minute. her royal highness the princess of wales, was admitted to the london clinic yesterday for planned abdominal ....
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 to stop their attacks on commercial vessels in the red sea, like this one they filmed. there has been broad political support for this limited action, but today mps will get their first chance to question the prime minister about his decision and what happens next. he ll have to address concerns about the escalation of tensions in the region, about the uk being drawn into a longer military camp ....
mr sunak said his working assumption is that a poll will be held in the second half of 202a. labour say he s delaying a vote because the tories are unpopular. here s mr sunak earlier. my working assumption is we will have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime i have got lots that i want to get on with. this saturday, we will be introducing a significant tax cut for millions of people in work, worth on average £450 for an average worker, because we have halved inflation and we want to keep managing the economy well and cutting people s taxes. and i also want to keep tackling illegal migration. we cut the number of arrivals last year by over a third, but we have got more to do and we plan to get the rwanda scheme through parliament and up and running. so i have got plenty to get on with and that is what i am focusing on doing, delivering for the british people and it is great to be talking to people here in the east midlands about our pr ....
the covid public inquiry that ministers whatsapp messages from the pandemic are released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so with regret , but that the request goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. a deadline for the government to submit the messages passed at 4pm this afternoon, but the inquiry says it instead received notice of legal action. in the last hour, we have also heard from borisjohnson, who said he is more than happy to hand over any letters. we are going to speak to our corresponded ben wright on that story in just a moment, corresponded ben wright on that story injust a moment, he is standing by in westminster, but i want to bring you a line of breaking news, and this of course relates to the drowning of two young people, two children, off the peer in bournemouth. police say they were investigating. they held initial inquiries. they arrested a man in his 40s. he was in the water at the time of the deaths of those two young people. police now ....