anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, - anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, this. anniversary. live from our| studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk air strikes, which hit more than 30 positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november. they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend, and there have been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. raf jets rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus bought the long flights to hit houthi targets in yemen. other west
Singapore, midnight in london and six in the morning in vietnams wet days of floods and landslides have le pt days of floods and landslides have lept 60 people dead and almost a0 missing. Entire villages, roads and homes across several provinces are underwater and to make matters worse, a Tropical Storm is heading to the region, threatening to dump even more rain over northern vietnam. It is one of the worlds most disaster prone nations. Vietnam is no stranger to massive storms and rains but this one is different. Heavy rains have triggered flash floods in northern and central vietnams over just two floods in northern and central vietnams overjust two days but it took away bridges, houses, animals and people at a scale and speed the country has not seen in decades. The local government in this province has declared a state of emergency and opened several gates to discharge water at the countrys largest hydro electric dam, the first time it has done so in years. The decision had an Imme
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Thanks forjoining us. It is 7am in singapore, Midnight In London at 7am in beijing, where Chinas Foreign Ministry has raised new worries about north koreas weekly programme. The chinese Foreign Ministry has called for calm and an end to actions that could further raise tension on the Korean Peninsular. At at the same time a spokesman said beijing had serious concerns about pyongyangs nuclear ambitions. Translation chinas position on north Koreas Nuclear issue is clear and consistent. We have repeatedly stressed that the situation on the Korean Peninsula is highly complicated and sensitive. All parties concerned should exercise restraint and make joint efforts to ease tension in the region, rather than provoking each other and making things worse. We hope the countries which are really committed to Regional Peace will not stoke the tension there. We miss guard against anyone who tries to achieve their own political ends by taking advantage of the reg
Information is on the screen throughout the programme. Lets pick up on a story ijust mentioned. Donald trump has ordered a review of the iran nuclear deal. We already know what hit thinks of it. In one to eat he called it terrible and he has described it as that and many other terms multiple times. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson has just been speaking in the last few minutes, we have had wire copy coming in from reuters, telling us he has said this. America opposes all threats posed by iran, and it is clear there are many. Barbara, you were listening to Rex Tillerson. What did you make of it . It was interesting, hes speaking off the back of a statement he put out yesterday in which he certified that out yesterday in which he certified that iran is keeping its commitment to the nuclear deal. He said yes, in that case the iran deal is working. What we heard was a litany of complaints about iran, that it posed a threat in the region, that it was backing militias there and that i
Information is on the screen throughout the programme. Lets pick up on a story ijust mentioned. Donald trump has ordered a review of the iran nuclear deal. We already know what hit thinks of it. In one to eat he called it terrible and he has described it as that and many other terms multiple times. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson has just been speaking in the last few minutes, we have had wire copy coming in from reuters, telling us he has said this. America opposes all threats posed by iran, and it is clear there are many. Barbara, you were listening to Rex Tillerson. What did you make of it . It was interesting, hes speaking off the back of a statement he put out yesterday in which he certified that out yesterday in which he certified that iran is keeping its commitment to the nuclear deal. He said yes, in that case the iran deal is working. What we heard was a litany of complaints about iran, that it posed a threat in the region, that it was backing militias there and that i