I want to bring you this story now in yemen, where houthi rebels are pressing hard to capture the key city of marib. it s the last stronghold of the internationally recognised government, and at the heart of yemen s oilfields. the fall of marib would be a major turning point in the conflict that s been going on for years. saudi arabia, backed by the us and uk, intervened in yemen in 2015, after the houthis ousted the government from the capital, sanaa. since then, yemen has suffered the world s worst humanitarian crisis. all sides of the conflict have been accused of killing civilians and other abuses. at least 800,000 people displaced by the war have fled to marib, and more are on their way. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, made his way to the city, and a warning his report contains some distressing images.
They are doing long shifts, and the injuries they are l getting are quite complex, so they are providing - the minimum treatment with l the basic equipment they have. as soon as they re fit again, these men will be rushed back to fight the houthi advance. the grinding battle for marib is being watched closely by influential yemeni tribes. they will make a deal with the winners. and among the wounded, some defiance. you will fight again afterwards? yes. well, you ve got one arm. the war pushes into every life. marib, a city of more than 2 million, has two
Run right through the middle east. they sing. government soldiers took us to the front line. marib has become the key battlefield of the war, but it s about more than yemenis fighting for strategic, oil rich territory. the houthis, the other side, started to push at the beginning of the year around here. it s really intensified since about september. gunfire. these were government forces later that evening. they re backed by saudi arabia, who hoped for a quick victory when they intervened in 2015. machine gun fire. ..and now can t find a way out. they re shooting at houthi fighters who believe they re winning, despite losing almost 15,000 dead sincejune. their big ally is iran. the strategic divide
Malnutrition centres, each with 11 beds. two others were in areas captured by the houthis. of every 100 children, ten have malnutrition, and of those ten, two are severely malnourished. this baby, six months old, weighs 2.5 kilos less than many newborns. in ten days of treatment, she s gained 100g. this is what war does. it destroys lives. notjust babies. for everyone. jeremy bowen, bbc news, marib. a review of workplace culture in australia has found that a third of those working in federal parliamentary
What that will do is basically increase your general levels of immunity which we hope will to some extent counter at the potential drop in vaccine effectiveness we might find with this variant. travel rules also change from today anyone coming into the uk now needs to take a pcr test and self isolate until they get a negative result barbados has removed the queen as head of state after almost a00 years and transitioned to a republic swearing in its first ever barbadian president. ghislaine maxwell s criminal trial is underway in new york with the disgraced heiress accused of providing young girls for convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein to abuse the war in yemen could be at a turning point. houthi forces have been pushing at the city of marib for two years, but since september, they ve gone on the offensive and gained ground at the expense of the army of the internationally recognised government. at least 800,000 displaced