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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 th...

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 replie...

to protect commercial ships in the red sea. countries joining the security group include the uk, france, canada, bahrain, norway and spain. it comes after the energy giant, bp, suspended its shipping operations through the red sea because cargo vessels are being attacked by houthi rebels from yemen. this is the route taken by around 12% of world shipping which then passes through the suez canal. but several major freight companies have now stopped passing through here. because of the risk. instead they are taking the much longer route all the way around africa via the cape of good ho...

was in the remote gansu province. tremors were also felt in the neighbouring qinghai region. a second magnitude 5.2 quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday. more than 250 people have been injured. rescuers are braving freezing weather — with temperatures below minus 13 celsius — to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. we spoke earlier to matthew blackett, associate professor of natural hazards of coventry university on why this shallow earthquake had such an impact on this remote region. it ...