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as we come on air, more developments in the middle east, with reports of the us and uk beginning morejoint airstrikes against houthi targets in yemen. we'll have the latest. it come as israeli hostage families have come to britain to plead with the prime minister to try to help them resolve the regional crisis. we speak to the brother of twins who are held by hamas. mounting anger inside israel, where the families of hostages stormed the knesset, about netanyahu's response to the crisis. i'll bejoined by liran, whose brothers are still being held hostage in gaza. we also hearfrom uni...

allegations are and what questions have yet to be answered. did you switch off your lights in the last hour? up to a million people are paid to use less electricity to avoid blackouts. and manager frank lampard is sacked by everton after just a year as the team faces relegation. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel... no stopping novak djokovic — chasing a record extending tenth title in melbourne — he cruises into the quarter finals of the australian open. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. rishi sunak has asked his independent ethics adviser to look into...

to south africa. and britain's prime minister orders an investigation into how the chairman of the governing conservative party settled a multi— million dollar tax dispute. let's start with the war in ukraine. eu foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels — amid an ongoing row about whether to send tanks. member countries are putting pressure on germany to provide some of its leopard two tanks, to help fight off russia's invasion. estonia's foreign minister has been at those talks in brussels — he's been speaking to the bbc. decisions need to be implemented and the decisio...

Of the chairman, richard sharp, appointed by the government, he leads the bbc board and upholds the independence of the corporation. the day—to—day running is led by director—general tim davie, the editor in chief. this afternoon, the commission of public appointments has announced he will review the process that led to mr sharp getting the job. it follows weekend reports that he helped to arrange a loan for borisjohnson when he was prime minister and that mr sharp didn't declare that during the appointment process. i have no reason at all to doubt richard sharp's integrity. the problem ...

Over his links with borisjohnson. claims have emerged that mr sharp was involved in helping facilitate a loan of up to £800,000 for the then—pm around the time he was applying to be bbc chairman. the government is responsible for the appointment. mr sharp insists he has not been involved in a loan, a guarantee or arranging any financing. here's our culture and media editor katie razzall. this is the bbc you know — it prides itself on being the great entertainer, the educator, the informer. behind the scenes, the two in charge are the chairman, richard sharp, appointed by the government, h...