it added that. speaking a short time ago in the house of commons, the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, gave mps an update on the military strikes in yemen. i want to be clear that these were limited strikes. they were carefully targeted at launch sites for drones and ballistic missiles to degrade the houthis s capacity to make further attacks on international shipping. i can tell the house today that our initial assessment is that all 13 planned targets were destroyed. at the drone and crucial desk cruise missile base, nine buildings were hit. a further three buildings were hit. a further three buildings were hit at the airfield, along with a cruise missile loss logic on the open. we ve seen no evidence thus far of civilian casualties, which we took great care to avoid cruise missile launcher. i know the house willjoin me in paying tribute to all our brave servicemen and women. this is the most serious incidents since those attacks, targeting toothy positions yemen last wee
has made a first offer to the drivers union aslef. it comes as rishi sunak invites unions to meet the government on monday and bridge their differences. we think those conversations should happen and that is why i have invited everyone in on monday to have those talks. i m hopeful those talks will be constructive. more than 1.3 million people in england and wales identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual according to newly revelead census data and the uk is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines. former italy and chelsea player manager gianluca vialli has died at the age 58 from pancreatic cancer. good afternoon. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royalfamily, despite extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations against them. details have also emerged about the moment he learned about the death of the queen and the days which followed. in the book, prince harry says he killed 25 taliban fighte
who joins us from washington. hello, welcome to the programme. the news emerging from the steel plant in mariupol is hard to verify, but it does seem tonight from the reporting of several news agencies, that the most severely wounded ukrainians have been taken out of the plant. 40 wounded ukrainians that need urgent treatment and we are told around a dozen buses have left the plant in the last few hours. the russian ministry of defence said those troops that do surrender would be taken to hospital in a nearby town, in separatist held ukraine, where they will then become prisoners of war. we will keep across that and bring you details as we get it. meanwhile there is some evidence emerging that vladimir putin is directly overseeing battle plans for ukraine. western intelligence sources believe the russian president, together with his military chief general garasimov, are intervening in day to day tactical operations and are making decisions that would normally be made by morej
and blackpool s jake daniels becomes the first professional footballer in the uk men s game for three decades to come out as gay. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. could arsenal get the win they needed against newcastle to move back into the champions league places? good evening. britain s most senior military officer has asserted that ukraine is winning the war against russia and has now secured its survival as an independent state. the chief of the defence staff, admiral sir tony radakin, was speaking as the ukrainian army reported making progress in the north. ukrainian forces have been retaking territory around the country s second biggest city, kharkiv, the target of heavy bombardment since the invasion began in february. russian forces are now focusing on the donbas region further south, but they are continuing to meet fierce resistance. we start tonight with a special report from near the eastern city of izyum, known as the gateway to the donbas. our